Eduardo Gasca
@typingpaws.bsky.social
‘No thing under the sun is new’ Ecclesiastes 1:9 ~ MPhil on History of Political Thought. Observer of current events. Political liberal, advocate of a stronger and more assertive EU as beacon of democracy and the rule of law. Ukraine supporter.
OSINT journalism at its finest! Just in case anyone has any doubts that Russia is actively probing European defenses on the Baltic sea and carrying out a hybrid war operations.
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
OSINT journalism at its finest! Just in case anyone has any doubts that Russia is actively probing European defenses on the Baltic sea and carrying out a hybrid war operations.
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The weakness in China’s economy is bad news for Europe. It means Chinese firms will rely on increasingly on exports, supported by a falling yuan. German resistance to defensive trade measures, even as the country loses 10K industrial jobs per month, will be tested.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
Historic Shift Underway in China’s Economy as Investment Slump Deepens
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The weakness in China’s economy is bad news for Europe. It means Chinese firms will rely on increasingly on exports, supported by a falling yuan. German resistance to defensive trade measures, even as the country loses 10K industrial jobs per month, will be tested.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...
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The delay in the Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act reflects growing pushback against the French “Made in Europe” push. While others act, the EU agonizes.
www.ft.com/content/02a5...
www.ft.com/content/02a5...
Carmakers sound warning over EU’s ‘very dangerous’ local sourcing rules
Companies and industries are divided over the bloc’s ‘Made in Europe’ plans
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 AM
The delay in the Commission’s Industrial Accelerator Act reflects growing pushback against the French “Made in Europe” push. While others act, the EU agonizes.
www.ft.com/content/02a5...
www.ft.com/content/02a5...
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Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
The tough day-to-day life of infantrymen at the front; that grey zone dominated by constant fear of being spotted by enemy drones while trying to back off Russian incursions of two or three men whose only aim is proving Ukrainian defense lines.
‘What choice do we have?’: no end in sight for Ukraine’s war-weary frontline troops
As peace hopes falter, infantry soldiers face more long deployments risking their lives against Russian attacks
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The tough day-to-day life of infantrymen at the front; that grey zone dominated by constant fear of being spotted by enemy drones while trying to back off Russian incursions of two or three men whose only aim is proving Ukrainian defense lines.
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Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
How a Cryptocurrency Helps Criminals Launder Money and Evade Sanctions
www.nytimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Smugglers, money launderers and sanctioned people once relied on diamonds, gold and artwork. Now, criminals have a far more practical alternative: stablecoins, a cryptocurrency tied to the U.S. dollar that exists largely beyond traditional financial oversight.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/t...
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Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
Finland has emerged as a global leader in countering “fake news”. Here's how they've done it
Teaching when to trust
As fake news accelerates, we need to teach our children how to think critically. Finnish schools are leading the charge
newhumanist.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Most discussions about “misinformation” treat the problem as if people simply don’t have good enough critical-thinking skills. It sounds intuitive, but it’s not entirely accurate. The problem isn’t just individual ignorance, it’s the structure of the information environment people are placed into.
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Trump national security strategy: Make Europe White Again.
"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades ...certain NATO members will become majority non-European"
"the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure"
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"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades ...certain NATO members will become majority non-European"
"the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure"
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Trump national security strategy: Make Europe White Again.
"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades ...certain NATO members will become majority non-European"
"the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure"
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
"Over the long term, it is more than plausible that within a few decades ...certain NATO members will become majority non-European"
"the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure"
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Whether through malice, incompetence or both the Trump administration is doing what it can to help Putin & harm Europe. And ironically, it brings peace no closer because Putin sees the evidence of Western weakness & disunity as a reason to keep the war going & achieve his goal of destroying Ukraine.
🚨 Explosive report by Bloomberg:
The US has lobbied “several” EU countries to derail the reparations loan for Ukraine, arguing the Russian assets are needed to achieve a peace deal and shouldn’t be used to “prolong the war”.
The US has lobbied “several” EU countries to derail the reparations loan for Ukraine, arguing the Russian assets are needed to achieve a peace deal and shouldn’t be used to “prolong the war”.
US Urged Europeans to Oppose EU Plan for Loan to Support Ukraine
The US lobbied several countries in the European Union in an effort to block EU plans to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back a massive loan to Ukraine, according to European diplomats famil...
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Whether through malice, incompetence or both the Trump administration is doing what it can to help Putin & harm Europe. And ironically, it brings peace no closer because Putin sees the evidence of Western weakness & disunity as a reason to keep the war going & achieve his goal of destroying Ukraine.
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A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
A few thoughts on the new US national security strategy that was released today.
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www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
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Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
December 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’
Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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Europe shouldn't abandon manufaturing - especially while the continent rearms.
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
Who killed Europe’s single market dream?
A decades-long effort to tear down internal trade barriers has stalled, leaving the EU economy ‘tagging along behind’
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Europe shouldn't abandon manufaturing - especially while the continent rearms.
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
But more single market integration, especially in services, can offset trade shocks and boost incomes.
Great title on this FT piece, with an observation from my side.
www.ft.com/content/cbfd...
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"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
Do we really need more stuff?
A proposal for a recycled economy
robertreich.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My shelves are overflowing with books. My closet can't fit any more clothes, most of which I haven't worn in years. My attic is filled to the brim.
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
All of the Black Friday shopping deals remind me that I'm drowning in stuff. Are you?
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You couldn’t get that movie made. The plot is too outlandish.
Trump betrayed Ukraine, secretly colluded with Russians against Europe, and has a secret line with the Kremlin outside of official overview, hidden from everyone including US spy / national security agencies. These are the reddest of flags. A spy sits at the White House.
November 29, 2025 at 7:45 AM
You couldn’t get that movie made. The plot is too outlandish.
Let's see if the penny has finally dropped: 'Europe now has to realise it must confront the Russian question alone'. For starters the EU should stop trans-shipments to Russia via third countries and act more decisively on the shadow fleet.
The week Europe realised it stands alone against Russian expansionism
Washington’s Putin-appeasing plan for peace in Ukraine has failed, but many heard death knell sounded for European reliance on US protection
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Let's see if the penny has finally dropped: 'Europe now has to realise it must confront the Russian question alone'. For starters the EU should stop trans-shipments to Russia via third countries and act more decisively on the shadow fleet.
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Greece and its shipping oligarchs - to which the government is beholden - have done huge damage to the safety of the EU. I'd love to see the EU sanction just one Greek shipping oligarch. That would stop Greek ships from transporting Russian oil overnight...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-recent...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-recent...
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Greece and its shipping oligarchs - to which the government is beholden - have done huge damage to the safety of the EU. I'd love to see the EU sanction just one Greek shipping oligarch. That would stop Greek ships from transporting Russian oil overnight...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-recent...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-recent...
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There's only one question for Germany: what policies will stop the inexorable rise of the AfD, which is heading for 30% in the polls. This will literally tip Europe if it continues. Germany with AfD in government won't stand up to Russia. And it also won't stick with the Euro. A storm is coming...
November 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
There's only one question for Germany: what policies will stop the inexorable rise of the AfD, which is heading for 30% in the polls. This will literally tip Europe if it continues. Germany with AfD in government won't stand up to Russia. And it also won't stick with the Euro. A storm is coming...
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It’s not that complicated, people.
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It’s not that complicated, people.
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I yesterday spoke to Scott Tong with @npr.org and @wbur.org about all the work @econharris.bsky.social and I are doing at @brookings.edu on Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers. These ships are keeping Russia's war machine going and are Putin's Achilles heel...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Russia's shadow fleet lets it avoid sanctions and keep exporting oil
Sanctions put in place by United States, United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries since 2022 are aimed at capping the amount of money Russia can earn by exporting oil.
www.wbur.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I yesterday spoke to Scott Tong with @npr.org and @wbur.org about all the work @econharris.bsky.social and I are doing at @brookings.edu on Russia's shadow fleet of oil tankers. These ships are keeping Russia's war machine going and are Putin's Achilles heel...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
The Youngwilders - a grassroot movement aiming to rewild different patches of land and bring young people in closer connection to nature. Hats off for a brilliant initiative!
‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement
At Maple Farm, nature is returning in droves: nightingales, grass snakes, slowworms, bats and insects. All due to the vision of a group determined to accelerate its recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The Youngwilders - a grassroot movement aiming to rewild different patches of land and bring young people in closer connection to nature. Hats off for a brilliant initiative!
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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“It is now increasingly hard to see how Europe, in particular, can avoid large-scale protection if it is to retain any industry at all.”
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China is making trade impossible
Europe has nothing to offer and difficult decisions to make
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 AM
“It is now increasingly hard to see how Europe, in particular, can avoid large-scale protection if it is to retain any industry at all.”
on.ft.com/3XR9JvS
on.ft.com/3XR9JvS