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submitted 23 hours ago • 4 comments

Rape and support for rapists are now key aspects of U.S federal government policy. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/fe...

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Documents accompanying the Commission's dirty Omnibus go Brave New World rethoric style. One of my favorites is that one: because regulatroy rquirements are complex, they might lead to greenwashing. True, but how gutted down, even more complex Omnibus proposed changes could do better?

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Widespread media coverage about a recent study suggested over half of Gen Z want the UK to be run by a dictator. But our research suggests it's more like only 6% who hold this view in reality. @bobbyduffy.bsky.social & @pmorini.bsky.social explain why this matters for @uk.theconversation.com ⬇️ 🧵

submitted 6 hours ago • 3 comments

Democracy dies in darkness. And in censorship. And also, in this case, in ridicule

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The EU Commission's #Omnibus proposal covering 3 recently approved corporate sustainability laws goes FAR beyond for 'simplification'- it's full-scale #deregulation! The shocking proposal was developed in a deeply undemocratic fast-track process #NoToOmnibus www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/d...

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In which I rant about how the Left better keep away from zombie Rawlsianism & other assorted moralisms damagemag.com/2025/02/25/s...

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"Did #Russia invade #Ukraine? It’s a pretty simple question I had for the Deputy Secretary of #Defense nominee. It’s an obvious “yes” to everyone except this administration," - U.S. #Senator Mark #Kelly

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Gain hands-on experience at the heart of global finance: BIS is offering internships (up to 11 months) across the Innovation Hub, Economics, and Banking. These positions are for recent graduates - application deadline is 24.03: www.bis.org/careers/inde...

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1) Historisch betrachtet ist klar: Geld verändert sich stetig – und mit ihm Machtverhältnisse zwischen Staat u. Privatsektor. Wo steht der ÖFFENTLICHE digitale Euro in dieser Entwicklung? Dieser Frage wollte ich mich schon länger widmen & durfte dazu beim #VAW publizieren. Ein🧵 #DigitalerEuro #CBDC

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Remember the kid who we were supposed to be impressed by because he used ML for scrolls? Well, he manually decided to let people die from HIV/AIDS.

submitted 1 day ago • 20 comments

BREAKING: A mass resignation rebellion has erupted at DOGE. Over 20 employees, including engineers, data scientists, and product managers, have asserted they refuse to use their expert technical skills to “dismantle critical public services.” “We swore to serve the American people and uphold…

submitted 1 day ago • 437 comments

Very funny article about a tech billionaire trying and failing to revolutionize something outside their domain of expertise archive.is/W1MnG

submitted 2 days ago • 23 comments

@sandertordoir.bsky.social legde uit hoe Chinese, door de staat gesubsidieerde concurrentie de Duitse industrie ondermijnt. Duitsland heeft de problemen ook aan zichzelf te wijten, vertelde Tordoir: het lijdt aan een „een antitechnologie- en antikapitaalhouding”.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter is out: "Someday, any day, a truly staggering insurance loss will occur – and there is no guarantee that there will be only one per annum."

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Put me out of my misery.

submitted 3 days ago • 315 comments

😂😂😂

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submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

This excellent film makes you want to read Shakespeare and play video games, must see stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OloH...

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purges...

submitted 4 days ago • 8 comments

Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

submitted 5 days ago • 1588 comments

Admittedly, this was low-hanging fruit, prediction-wise. However, turns out that reality is, as usual these days, more brazen: The Development Finance Corp (DFC), which is set to absorb the remainder of USAID, will be led by Ben Black, son of the Apollo founder, and a private equity GP himself.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

This is so cruel it's hard to believe it is really happening

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

This is very, very bad. Am working on a write-up, but let’s just say that firing military leaders for blatantly political reasons is wildly inappropriate; firing all the too lawyers is ominous; firing them all at the same time is a terrifying five-alarm fire

submitted 5 days ago • 119 comments

My German election ballot only arrived today, a long shot but is anyone traveling from Boston to Berlin today who could take it? Any leads @germanyinboston.bsky.social ?

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

Important that the collapse of the welfare state gets a mention in this - as the article says, back in the day there was more state support that gave artists breathing room to create. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments

Media outlets thinking they can survive by cozying up to Musk and Trump should heed the cautionary tale of Mathias Döpfner, owner of AxelSpringer/Politico. www.ftm.eu/articles/mat...

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I’d like to think I’m the first person to get into a flame war with VPOTUS from the swimming pool of Woburn Center Parcs at half-term.

submitted 5 days ago • 139 comments

Meta could have solely funded the ENTIRE WORLD'S 2022 CLIMATE FINANCE GOAL instead of this

submitted 6 days ago • 15 comments

what kind of virus is this

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Geen voorrang voor statushouders betekent meer dakloze statushouders. Dat weet dit kabinet. Dit is niet het oplossen van de wooncrisis, maar het schaden van mensenlevens voor eigen politiek gewin. Opiniestuk van Anna Koolstra en mij. Morgen in de krant, nu online: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

submitted 6 days ago • 17 comments

Recommended! Fascinating discussion of currency internationalization as a purposeful geopolitical strategy. Could the EU capitalize on waning confidence in US Treasuries to promote the Euro? Possibly! But, per the authors, it would require some serious policy shifts.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Glaciers provide stable melting water to a very large % of all farms in the entire world. When (not if) we lose this stable, slow, dependable glacier melt water, our food system will collapse.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

“You don't want companies like Shell to decide what happens. You also want to know what environmental or human rights organizations think about this. That's why there's nothing wrong with giving money to organizations that are struggling to raise their funding.”

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Far-right lobbying secrecy 🚨 CEO has submitted a formal complaint to the EU Transparency Register secretariat against Orban-linked thinktank MCC Brussels MCC Brussels, active since Nov 2022, refuses to disclose financial information, incl funding sources www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/02/c...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

"I honestly did not expect to see modern examples of the things that I had been reconstructing emerge so early in this process. We see the collapse of marine icesheets... we've got ocean circulation slowing down... we've got sea level rising faster than previously forecast"- Dr. Christina Riesselman

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Can one of the many Brussels media outlets do a "which EU think-tanks disclose their funding, to what level of detail" piece? Bruegel is transparent, others give you at least a rough idea (ECFR, EPC, CEPS, CER, Carnegie), some give you nothing (MCC Brussels). Many run opaquely-funded "programmes"

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Musk’s wealth and extremism can insulate him from caring about the consequences of his actions but his holdings also offer an attack surface. Protests, picketing and guerrilla art like projecting “Heil Tesla” on the German gigafactory can turn Tesla’s brand toxic and expose him to huge losses.

submitted 6 days ago • 5 comments

Officially launched by @yolandadiaz.bsky.social today: the 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦. Led by the great @isabelleferreras.bsky.social, we're working on a report for the minister. Vision & ambition from a left party in power are possible!* *in Spain

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