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I would be very careful in reading too much into this.
The EU is not the solution to democratic malaise at the national level. In fact, the EU needs functioning and trusted member states to become a more powerful and relevant regional and global actor.
The EU is not the solution to democratic malaise at the national level. In fact, the EU needs functioning and trusted member states to become a more powerful and relevant regional and global actor.
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I would be very careful in reading too much into this.
The EU is not the solution to democratic malaise at the national level. In fact, the EU needs functioning and trusted member states to become a more powerful and relevant regional and global actor.
The EU is not the solution to democratic malaise at the national level. In fact, the EU needs functioning and trusted member states to become a more powerful and relevant regional and global actor.
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Iceland is right to consider this an existential threat.
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
Iceland declares ocean-current instability a national security risk
Iceland has classified the potential collapse of a major Atlantic current system as a national security threat, citing new scientific warnings that such a change could radically alter the country’s cl...
www.dagens.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Iceland is right to consider this an existential threat.
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
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💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
The Era of Orbánism as an Exportable Model May Be Ending - VSquare.org
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán’s once-admired “illiberal model” is faltering — plagued by economic crisis, voter frustration, and collapsing governance. With the 2026 election looming, his future — and the global appeal of his system — is at stake as his government faces its biggest political test.
vsquare.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
💥 Viktor Orbán faces a possible ousting in April 2026 — and whether he manages to cling to power or not, his regime and its global allure as a model for autocrats worldwide are crumbling. Read the sharpest analysis available.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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All French teenagers dress like this.
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
All French teenagers dress like this.
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"To obtain the capital they need, hyperscalers have leveraged a growing list of complex debt-financing options ... That shift is fueling speculation that A.I. investments are turning into a game of musical chairs whose financial instruments are reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis."
Vibe shift.
Vibe shift.
Debt Has Entered the A.I. Boom
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"To obtain the capital they need, hyperscalers have leveraged a growing list of complex debt-financing options ... That shift is fueling speculation that A.I. investments are turning into a game of musical chairs whose financial instruments are reminiscent of the 2008 financial crisis."
Vibe shift.
Vibe shift.
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For a long time renewable energy uptake in Africa was lacklustre at best.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 AM
For a long time renewable energy uptake in Africa was lacklustre at best.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
But that is changing: Solar panel imports to Africa have surged over the past year—a shift poised to touch nearly every country on the continent as new Ember analysis shows.
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There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.
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A thought provoking dystopia by @davetroy.com. The fictional aspect isn’t much of a stretch, frighteningly. My take away is that rather than simply waiting for the next awful news story, we might stop and think more deeply about the philosophical questions we face as individuals and as a culture.
📄 NEW: A dispatch from the not too distant future warns that our crisis is more metaphysical than political, and urges us to use our collective imaginations to defeat autocracy. My latest.
america2.news/a-letter-fro...
america2.news/a-letter-fro...
A Letter from the Future: Your Crisis is Metaphysical
This dispatch from the not too distant future warns that our current predicament is more metaphysical than political.
america2.news
April 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
A thought provoking dystopia by @davetroy.com. The fictional aspect isn’t much of a stretch, frighteningly. My take away is that rather than simply waiting for the next awful news story, we might stop and think more deeply about the philosophical questions we face as individuals and as a culture.
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43.3 graden in Turkmenistan, en op 16 weerstations 39 graden
Nachten van 26 graden in Oezbekistan
Deze temperaturen in Centraal Azië zijn volslagen ondenkbaar, zo ongelooflijk extreem
Nog angstaanjagender is de stilte over deze moeder aller hittegolven
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Nachten van 26 graden in Oezbekistan
Deze temperaturen in Centraal Azië zijn volslagen ondenkbaar, zo ongelooflijk extreem
Nog angstaanjagender is de stilte over deze moeder aller hittegolven
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WTF ‼️43.3 in the former USSR
TURKMENISTAN -Saragt
Freakish madness
16 stations in Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan >39
Minimums >26C (26.2 Tamdy,April hottest night in UZ)
This is beyond any possible imagination
Nothing in history compares to this madness
And it wil get worse..
TURKMENISTAN -Saragt
Freakish madness
16 stations in Turkmenistan & Uzbekistan >39
Minimums >26C (26.2 Tamdy,April hottest night in UZ)
This is beyond any possible imagination
Nothing in history compares to this madness
And it wil get worse..
April 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
43.3 graden in Turkmenistan, en op 16 weerstations 39 graden
Nachten van 26 graden in Oezbekistan
Deze temperaturen in Centraal Azië zijn volslagen ondenkbaar, zo ongelooflijk extreem
Nog angstaanjagender is de stilte over deze moeder aller hittegolven
👇
Nachten van 26 graden in Oezbekistan
Deze temperaturen in Centraal Azië zijn volslagen ondenkbaar, zo ongelooflijk extreem
Nog angstaanjagender is de stilte over deze moeder aller hittegolven
👇
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It takes a massive brass neck to have your administration attack another president for being disrespectfully dressed in a meeting and then turn up to the pope's funeral in a blue suit.
April 26, 2025 at 10:31 AM
It takes a massive brass neck to have your administration attack another president for being disrespectfully dressed in a meeting and then turn up to the pope's funeral in a blue suit.
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🚨This story is going to be HUGE.
China is going to shutdown key US industries.
Without rare earth minerals, you can’t build cars, computers, weapons or medical scanners. And China controls 90% of key minerals.
There’s a lack of appreciation how crippling this situation could become very quickly.
China is going to shutdown key US industries.
Without rare earth minerals, you can’t build cars, computers, weapons or medical scanners. And China controls 90% of key minerals.
There’s a lack of appreciation how crippling this situation could become very quickly.
April 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🚨This story is going to be HUGE.
China is going to shutdown key US industries.
Without rare earth minerals, you can’t build cars, computers, weapons or medical scanners. And China controls 90% of key minerals.
There’s a lack of appreciation how crippling this situation could become very quickly.
China is going to shutdown key US industries.
Without rare earth minerals, you can’t build cars, computers, weapons or medical scanners. And China controls 90% of key minerals.
There’s a lack of appreciation how crippling this situation could become very quickly.
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On the European tech dependency: “By tackling its technological dependencies, protecting democratic governance, and upholding fundamental rights, it can foster the kind of competitiveness it truly needs” @marietjeschaake.bsky.social @maxvonthun.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
Europe’s Tech Sovereignty Demands More Than Competitiveness | by Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun - Project Syndicate
Marietje Schaake & Max von Thun warn that the European Union’s deregulatory push could undermine its autonomy and fundamental values.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
On the European tech dependency: “By tackling its technological dependencies, protecting democratic governance, and upholding fundamental rights, it can foster the kind of competitiveness it truly needs” @marietjeschaake.bsky.social @maxvonthun.bsky.social
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/e...
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Europeans can’t vote in the US but they do vote with their feet/flights ↘️ on.ft.com/42Itt8c
April 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Europeans can’t vote in the US but they do vote with their feet/flights ↘️ on.ft.com/42Itt8c
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This conversation between @financialtimes.com @gideonrachman.bsky.social and Princeton economic historian Harold James is the most informative big-picture discussion I have seen about tariffs, globalization and the role of the US in the global economy since 1900. www.ft.com/content/2605...
Transcript: The end of globalisation as we know it
Gideon Rachman talks to Harold James of Princeton University
www.ft.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This conversation between @financialtimes.com @gideonrachman.bsky.social and Princeton economic historian Harold James is the most informative big-picture discussion I have seen about tariffs, globalization and the role of the US in the global economy since 1900. www.ft.com/content/2605...
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En daar is hij weer! Joost Vullings @eenvandaag.nl in podcast de stemming: "de pvda heeft de hoop die pvv kiezer waarvan in oorsprong een heel deel uit de sociaaldemocratie komt aan te trekken." Een stelling die meerdere keren als foutief is aangetoond, maar toch als een soort zombie wordt herhaalt🧵
April 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
En daar is hij weer! Joost Vullings @eenvandaag.nl in podcast de stemming: "de pvda heeft de hoop die pvv kiezer waarvan in oorsprong een heel deel uit de sociaaldemocratie komt aan te trekken." Een stelling die meerdere keren als foutief is aangetoond, maar toch als een soort zombie wordt herhaalt🧵
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Sublime cover.
February 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Sublime cover.
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There is a new study out in Nature about the Atlantic overturning circulation. I will be curious to see the media reporting on this. If you wonder why, read my blog article on it! 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
RealClimate: How will media report on this new AMOC study?
RealClimate: I’ve been getting a lot of media queries about a new paper on the AMOC, which has just been published. In my view this large media interest is perhaps due to confusing messages conveyed i...
www.realclimate.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
There is a new study out in Nature about the Atlantic overturning circulation. I will be curious to see the media reporting on this. If you wonder why, read my blog article on it! 🌊
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
www.realclimate.org/index.php/ar...
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Fun Idea of the Day: You can use old pieces of bread to make electrodes instead of letting them go to waste. Researchers have used these bread electrodes to desalinate water, and envision bread electrolyzers making hydrogen fuel and even bread wires replacing copper in light switches. 🍞🧪
Electrodes made from bread could replace metal conductors
Wholemeal bread can be shaped into carbon electrodes that could replace traditional metal conductors in electrical devices
www.newscientist.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fun Idea of the Day: You can use old pieces of bread to make electrodes instead of letting them go to waste. Researchers have used these bread electrodes to desalinate water, and envision bread electrolyzers making hydrogen fuel and even bread wires replacing copper in light switches. 🍞🧪
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You want to know about pigeon pong.
February 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
You want to know about pigeon pong.
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This is a quote ascribed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who launched a coup against the French Republic and installed himself as First Consul and later Emperor of the French Empire. So, yeah, things are going great.
February 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
This is a quote ascribed to Napoleon Bonaparte, who launched a coup against the French Republic and installed himself as First Consul and later Emperor of the French Empire. So, yeah, things are going great.
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A must read from Draghi just dropped. One of the clearest explanation of Europe's economic woes and the way ahead. Calls for both breaking down barriers to internal market and significant increase in investment. Basically Europe has the power to transform itself.
www.ft.com/content/13a8...
www.ft.com/content/13a8...
Forget the US — Europe has successfully put tariffs on itself
High internal barriers and regulatory hurdles are far more damaging for growth than anything America might impose
www.ft.com
February 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
A must read from Draghi just dropped. One of the clearest explanation of Europe's economic woes and the way ahead. Calls for both breaking down barriers to internal market and significant increase in investment. Basically Europe has the power to transform itself.
www.ft.com/content/13a8...
www.ft.com/content/13a8...
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To avoid a Yalta, where US and Russia negotiate a deal over everyone's heads, Europeans need to effectively create facts on the ground so they can't be ignored. To do that, Europe should mobilize funds to support Ukraine. 2/ www.csis.org/analysis/how...
How to Support Ukraine: Peace Will Require Ukrainian Strength
Ukraine is facing strong headwinds as the war has tilted in Russia's favor. But a revived Western effort to finance Ukraine's war effort will send a clear message to the Kremlin and is likely the only...
www.csis.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
To avoid a Yalta, where US and Russia negotiate a deal over everyone's heads, Europeans need to effectively create facts on the ground so they can't be ignored. To do that, Europe should mobilize funds to support Ukraine. 2/ www.csis.org/analysis/how...
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