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“At the end of the day, absent competition, monopoly capitalism is a shakedown.” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

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Their dogs vs my dog. Which one is your dog? 😆

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Elon Musk recently posted on his site that another lawyer and I are “undermining civilization.” He goes on to ask if we suffered childhood trauma and concludes by suggesting we are suffering from “generational trauma.” This is my response. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/my-o...

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It was a great pleasure to take part in the conversation on global #informationIntegrity: how comprehensive is research that forms the foundation for policymaking? I warmly suggest the OID's report on Information Ecosystems and Troubled Democracy. observatory.informationdemocracy.org/the-observat...

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The 14 flags at 1:14 might be a coincidence, and it might not be. Utterly terrifying if it’s not.

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Spot on

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The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

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McCarthyism in the XXI century. It's terrible to watch and painful for those directly affected by it, but it will not last.

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I can. In fact, the Canadian version is so great, I can't think of an American equivalent. 🧵

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I have covered NOAA and it’s work for like 15 years and this is brutal. If you’re there and want to chat or share anything, signal is davelevitan.26

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This tweet sent out 14 hours BEFORE the crash needs to be immortalized in stone. Or on a plaque in every ATC tower. Or on a disclaimer before every Mayday: Air Disaster episode. Or on an Amber Alert type system to every American. Or on a stamp. Or maybe currency. Something.

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Most people may care about overfishing in the oceans. Maybe not many care any more about WTO disciplines on the topic. For the record: the end-2024 target for the fish subsidies agreement to enter into force was missed by a shortfall of 23 ratifications. Israel has now ratified. Still 22 short.

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From @robarmstrong.bsky.social 's essential newsletter. Trump coins so many threats that they trade at a massive discount to face value

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Tariffs are neither a Swiss Army knife for domestic problems nor an effective stick to discipline other nations (as Trump believes). But they can be useful as a shield allowing other (social, environmental, industrial) policies to do their work. My latest www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...

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More compassion and courage than the entire media and feckless Congress combined!

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🚨 🚀🌍 Today, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law is launching three online tools – the Climate Backtracker, the Inflation Reduction Act Tracker & the Silencing Science Tracker – to keep tabs on the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks & anti-science actions: https://buff.ly/4jsf5HJ 🧵⤵️

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🎥 The @eui-eu.bsky.social presents 𝑽𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊 𝒅’𝑬𝒖𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒂—a new #documentary and debate series in Florence! 🍿 Held monthly from January to June at Palazzo Buontalenti, the series will explore Europe’s most pressing challenges through powerful documentaries & debates with leading experts. #VisionidEuropa

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⚖️Courts are applying new due diligence standards yet interpreting them differently. To provide clarity, @leoncastjan.bsky.social has recently curated an @ajil.bsky.social symposium with @tibisay-morgandi.bsky.social and @lawprofpuig.bsky.social to examine these measures. Read more

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was mostly keeping it together until I read Kyle MacLachlan's tribute to David Lynch

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The EU is considering restrictions on Russian aluminium and LNG www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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BBC News - 'I have nothing to go back to' - LA fires heartbreak www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Bristol is about to undergo its biggest transformation since the Second World War and not many people know about it. This is what’s about to happen… a Sunday long read👇🏼 www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

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I asked for recommended readings for my "Global Transformations and the liberal world order"-seminar, and am happy to repost the suggestions. Here's the first, on the international trade regime:

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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.

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Using media as a smear machine: this story is shocking www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

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Happy Winter Solstice to all in the northern hemisphere. The turn of the year's tide, a pivot-point, a day of hope—when the dark stops rising & after which the Sun begins its slow climb back. A day I celebrate more than Christmas or New Year. Fiat lux! 📷 by @annieworsley.bsky.social

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On her birthday, a Diana Krall song to cheer up the weekend: youtu.be/v9q4ilyEJg8?...

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American Kitchens Face an Uncertain Mix: Olive Oil and Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/d...

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www.reuters.com/markets/deal...

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The difference between humans and animals? Animals would never allow the dumbest ones to lead the pack.

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Interviewing @anandwrites.bsky.social, Katy Tur casually mentions "I had a $90,000 bill for an emergency appendectomy that insurance refused to cover." Reminder: I got an emergency appendectomy (+5 days in the hospital) in Germany, which insurance did not cover. Total bill? the.ink/p/an-honest-...

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STOP THE PRESS Trump 2 is fully endorsing 'investment facilitation' (the latest #wto agreement)!! (Yes, admittedly, the word 'expedited' does a lot of the heavy lifting) #forevertheoptimist #IF4D

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Rupa Huq, "Post Brexit European kids need passports which is not normal in their culture" @rupahuq.bsky.social Lisa Nandy, "The Home Secretary has to think about national security" Rupa Huq, "Kids on a school trip are 9 years old.. They're not going to abscond and become an uber driver"

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STOP THE PRESS Trump 2 is fully endorsing 'investment facilitation' (the latest #wto agreement)!! (Yes, admittedly, the word 'expedited' does a lot of the heavy lifting) #forevertheoptimist #IF4D

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China has slapped sanctions on 13 US defence companies and their executives over arms sales to Taiwan The sanction list includes drone and artificial intelligence companies, according to a statement released by mainland China’s foreign ministry on Thurs www.scmp.com/news/china/m...

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This isn't a criticism of any of these authors but of a culture. Look at this contents page. The YLJ comes out in 8 volumes (!) a year, and this is a typical volume of 400+ pages. Look at the contents page

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rwi.lu.se/news/icmd-su... The Raoul Wallenberg Institute latest most ambitious effort to try to limit the harms caused by conflict worldwide – the International Humanitarian Law Compliance Monitoring Database (ICMD) – was launched on Friday, 25 October 2024 with the Embassy of New Zealand in Sweden

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