GraziaR
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Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.
Oh no the Governor of the Bank of England compared AI to the Industrial Revolution
December 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Those who compare AI with the Industrial Revolution only know about the Industrial Revolution from AI.
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This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
A stalled economic conveyor belt is behind the rise of anti-system, anti-growth parties on both the right and left
www.ft.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This by the excellent @jburnmurdoch.ft.com confirms my view that political trends are being driven by the halting of the upward economic conveyor belt - striking charts: www.ft.com/content/30a4... Welcome to the age of zero-sum politics
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Italy has the least financially literate population among developed nations surveyed by the OECD. on.ft.com/4p9mTjj
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Italy has the least financially literate population among developed nations surveyed by the OECD. on.ft.com/4p9mTjj
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The Belgium PM is too stupid/corrupt to know that an objective of the "peace deal" is to derail efforts to use Russian frozen assets.
Belgium PM says using frozen Russian assets could derail Ukraine peace deal reut.rs/4rqnpeW
Belgium PM says using frozen Russian assets could derail Ukraine peace deal
The assets the EU hopes to use are held by Belgian financial institution Euroclear.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 10:49 AM
The Belgium PM is too stupid/corrupt to know that an objective of the "peace deal" is to derail efforts to use Russian frozen assets.
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EU taxpayer, here is some of your money
💰New revelation on the Orbán family’s €30m dacha, which Viktor Orbán insists is only his old father’s agricultural site: a witness testimony reveals that his son-in-law’s company BDPST Group (known for developing luxury hotels and mansions) maintains the property.
🦓Does it look like a farm to you?
🦓Does it look like a farm to you?
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
EU taxpayer, here is some of your money
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The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The flip side of this is the male author who was asked about his writing routine, and who talked about how much he loved the feeling that he could close his door and then “the day is completely yours” to focus on writing. He had, at the time, two young children… and, of course, a wife
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A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
A great day for the golden rule of political analysis: when the right wins it is a resounding ideological victory that humiliates the left and when the left wins it is a precarious fluke that will surely end up humiliating the left. Conservatives are power’s landlords and the left merely tenants
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Donald is not the most powerful person in the world, he is the 2nd most powerful person in the world. The most powerful person in the world is the last person to speak to Donald.
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Donald is not the most powerful person in the world, he is the 2nd most powerful person in the world. The most powerful person in the world is the last person to speak to Donald.
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Watching the livestream now: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
October 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Watching the livestream now: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc
October 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
It’s extraordinary that Biden’s main weaknesses were inflation and cognitive decline and now America has inflation and cognitive decline as well as tariffs, authoritarianism, blatant corruption, etc
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It may have escaped your attention, but the Belgian energy system has quietly passed an important test. During the weekend of 4-5 October 2025, our consumption was almost entirely covered by renewable energy. And yet the system ticked like a Swiss watch. /
October 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It may have escaped your attention, but the Belgian energy system has quietly passed an important test. During the weekend of 4-5 October 2025, our consumption was almost entirely covered by renewable energy. And yet the system ticked like a Swiss watch. /
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Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
October 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Pritzker: "It's unconscionable. This has never happened before. They're calling out troops onto the streets of a state that doesn't want them and they're not even telling us where they're gonna go, what they're gonna do. This hasn't happened I don't think since the Civil War."
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"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president
Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."
October 8, 2025 at 8:02 PM
"We took the freedom of speech away," says the president
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Tell me about Europe's problems again, please.
Deborah Buttgereit fell and fractured her arm. Doctors told her she needed surgery to repair it.
Then the bill came: $97,998.
After the hospital applied a self-pay discount, Buttgereit was on the hook for $78,398.40.
Then the bill came: $97,998.
After the hospital applied a self-pay discount, Buttgereit was on the hook for $78,398.40.
She had a broken arm, no insurance — and a $97,000 bill
As soon as she fell, Deborah Buttgereit knew she couldn’t avoid going to the hospital. “I could hear the bones moving around in my elbow,” Buttgereit said.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Tell me about Europe's problems again, please.
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Fascinating data. There are three things here that really matter to people, and they think matter to everyone:
Healthcare
Economy
Prices
There is ONE thing that they assume matters to everyone, because it dominates so much of the narrative, but it is NOT affecting them personally:
Immigration
Healthcare
Economy
Prices
There is ONE thing that they assume matters to everyone, because it dominates so much of the narrative, but it is NOT affecting them personally:
Immigration
Fantastic piece. This graph particularly caught my eye. What is going on here?
September 20, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Fascinating data. There are three things here that really matter to people, and they think matter to everyone:
Healthcare
Economy
Prices
There is ONE thing that they assume matters to everyone, because it dominates so much of the narrative, but it is NOT affecting them personally:
Immigration
Healthcare
Economy
Prices
There is ONE thing that they assume matters to everyone, because it dominates so much of the narrative, but it is NOT affecting them personally:
Immigration
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Opinion: Imagine spending the last seven weeks of this year working for nothing. This is in effect what women across the world do when compared with men because of the endurance of gender pay gaps. on.ft.com/3HWJsbq
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Opinion: Imagine spending the last seven weeks of this year working for nothing. This is in effect what women across the world do when compared with men because of the endurance of gender pay gaps. on.ft.com/3HWJsbq
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically
September 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Since January 20, Russian air raids in Ukraine have intensified dramatically
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Under sleepy Joe Biden Russia retreated from:
Kiev
Sumy
Kkarkiv
Kherson
Chernihiv
Snake island
Lost control of Black Sea
Navy chased out of Crimea
Under tough on Russia Donald, we've killed hundreds of kids, quadrupled our strikes on cities & bombed US owned businesses.
Kiev
Sumy
Kkarkiv
Kherson
Chernihiv
Snake island
Lost control of Black Sea
Navy chased out of Crimea
Under tough on Russia Donald, we've killed hundreds of kids, quadrupled our strikes on cities & bombed US owned businesses.
September 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Under sleepy Joe Biden Russia retreated from:
Kiev
Sumy
Kkarkiv
Kherson
Chernihiv
Snake island
Lost control of Black Sea
Navy chased out of Crimea
Under tough on Russia Donald, we've killed hundreds of kids, quadrupled our strikes on cities & bombed US owned businesses.
Kiev
Sumy
Kkarkiv
Kherson
Chernihiv
Snake island
Lost control of Black Sea
Navy chased out of Crimea
Under tough on Russia Donald, we've killed hundreds of kids, quadrupled our strikes on cities & bombed US owned businesses.
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Rough guide to freedom of expression.
If you’re speaking up to challenge those with power or privilege please go ahead.
If you’re using your position of power or privilege to (further) demonise already oppressed or disadvantaged people, we need to have words.
If you’re speaking up to challenge those with power or privilege please go ahead.
If you’re using your position of power or privilege to (further) demonise already oppressed or disadvantaged people, we need to have words.
August 30, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Rough guide to freedom of expression.
If you’re speaking up to challenge those with power or privilege please go ahead.
If you’re using your position of power or privilege to (further) demonise already oppressed or disadvantaged people, we need to have words.
If you’re speaking up to challenge those with power or privilege please go ahead.
If you’re using your position of power or privilege to (further) demonise already oppressed or disadvantaged people, we need to have words.
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He’s wrong about everything, and thinks he’s right about everything. Hard to tell which is worse.
The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.
The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
He’s wrong about everything, and thinks he’s right about everything. Hard to tell which is worse.
The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.
The war will end when Russia decides no longer to fight. The US could make that happen with a few simple policies. Instead the Trump administration offers ridiculous analysis and pathetic excuses.
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As usual, making the important points.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Has No Cards
Why would Putin need to make a deal with him?
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
As usual, making the important points.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Days after Gabbard purged the CIA. And the FBI is also a goner. This is beginning to get slightly worrying
Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse wapo.st/45Nu5tu
Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.
wapo.st
August 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Days after Gabbard purged the CIA. And the FBI is also a goner. This is beginning to get slightly worrying
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A good summary of the Alaska fiasco.
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
Institute for the Study of War
Various US officials indicated that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be willing to compromise on some war termination demands, but Putin's own statements and Russian official statements contradict...
www.understandingwar.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A good summary of the Alaska fiasco.
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder...