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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US

This view is wrong

A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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the thing is there really is a epochal tech revolution happening, it’s called renewables and green industry
Really refuse to let the worst people have ownership of techno-optimism
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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My solution to vehicles blocking the bike lanes:
December 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Long rumored and eagerly anticipated by some, the fourth edition of The Book of PF is now available for preorder

More: nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... (bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...), nostarch.com/book-of-pf-4... @nostarch #openbsd #freebsd #pf #networking #bookofpf #freesoftware #firewalls
Yes, The Book of PF, 4th Edition Is Coming Soon
nxdomain.no
December 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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This is one of the things that's often missing from online discussions of anti-capitalist theory. The question that actually determines our socioeconomic status and fate is this:

Do you live off what you're paid for your own labor, or off the profits you draw from the labor of others?
I can’t believe you idiots are still arguing with me about this. Idc what your job is paying you now, you still have to labor for your money. You’re working class.

All it takes is an unfortunate accident or illness for you to be in the poor house. Medical debt and fallout would cripple you. Stfu.
All of you are poor. These hypothetical poor people everyone is discussing are us. We’re poor. Idc if you make 6 figures or not. You’re poor too.
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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When the Pope catches you on a short-haul flight that could have been a 2-hour train ride.
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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The biggest technological revolution of our lifetime is underway and it's not AI:
Official data is in this week, and US solar continues to grow rapidly, with generation up 30% compared to last year!
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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You meet the users where they are to stop them doing the stupidest shit imaginable.

You have no idea how much this paid off. The number of infected media players people downloaded in the age before Windows Media Player had more than three codecs is unimaginable

Who knows if I saved the firm
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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28/11 - #CriticalMass
🚲🚲🚲
➡️ Starting point: Trône
➡️ Ride together
➡️ Bring your 🎶, flag, lights and all you need to enjoy the moment

See you @ 18h00
#ridebikesnottanks
#kритичнамасатут
#letsridetogether
(📷 Giuseppe Massa)
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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squirrel: *points gun*
me: what do you want me to do?
squirrel: *gestures at sign*
me: alright, i get it *opens book drop*
squirrel: *makes hurry-up motion*
me: NOT A SQUIRREL!
squirrel: *disappears into book drop*
me: *whispers* forgive me, keith
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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If you are looking for #PF resources for #openbsd or #freebsd, up to date slides for the #tutorial are at nxdomain.no/~peter/pf_fu....

Also @nostarchpress.bsky.social and yours truly are preparing The Book PF, 4th ed (see nxdomain.no/~peter/yes_t... or tracked bsdly.blogspot.com/2025/07/yes-...)
nxdomain.no
November 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.

Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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If a worker is killed using manufacturing equipment, they don't just clean it up and get back to using it immediately. But that's what happens at road intersections.
Motonormativity is a dangerous disease.
what we should do now is of course close the intersection until it is redesigned. but we won't we will do nothing and wait for the next tragedy.
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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xkcd nails car bloat

xkcd: Car Size xkcd.com/3167/
Car Size
xkcd.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix: bit.ly/4hVDlBC

Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers.

It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Good morning to all those people who wasted the last decade saying, "there's no point tackling climate change in the UK, because China."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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Performative decency is actually *so* important for this reason.

It tricks the 10% of ghouls into thinking that there are only 1% of ghouls.

And it makes the 30% of people that don't care one way or another follow the mostly decent crowd
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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and if you *are* a ghoul, faking decency is the price of admission into polite society. seethe about it on your own time
November 7, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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What a queen
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Ce mardi 04/11/25 nous avons passé pour la toute première fois la barre symbolique des 12 millions de passages devant les compteurs 🚲

Cela n'était jamais arrivé auparavant....

Et nous atteindrons les 13 millions avant la fin de l'année
😎
November 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM