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Imagine... a world where the CMA did not block the Meta/Giphy deal. The endless possibilities. Lots of gifs... on the metaverse

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theconversation.com/ukraine-war-... Just wrote this in @uk.theconversation.com about why I think abandoning Ukraine would lead to global nuclear proliferation

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Will European media and politicians engage with what Merz has to say about Europe and strategic autonomy, or will they spend most of their analysis in their usual comfort zone of "what does it say about the unstoppable rise of the far right"?

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US: Should we end NATO and ally with Russia instead? UK: Is a £40 handbag too big of an expense for a banker? Germany: If FDP and BSW are both above 5%, will CDU-SPD need to expand to Grune? France: Should girls be allowed to wear a headscarf when playing amateur basketball?

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Imagine believing we can colonize Mars but thinking it's impossible to replace plastic straws

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AI: claim to replace humans, used mostly for bad taste images and deepfake videos, billion dollar investment holes Beavers: actually replacing human labour, saving costs, amazing tales

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www.theguardian.com/technology/2... Breaching GDPR to target users with gambling ads. I'm not always sure about how tight consent requirements should be, but this is really bad

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As everything is about Large Language Models now, why don't we see universities massively investing in language degrees and students signing up? Understanding language must be THE key skill to get what's going on?

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The sudden and illegal elimination of all US aid personnel worldwide immediately reduces US soft power. It makes Americans less secure, everywhere. Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.

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Today might be a good time for everyone in the UK to (re)-read what the Royal Statistical Society published in 2022 rss.org.uk/RSS/media/Fi...

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Lucy Letby murder convictions: what did the expert panel find?

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I wrote in The Conversation about how the uk should feel during this (cold?) trade war theconversation.com/the-uk-would...

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Every researcher right now

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Der Ausstieg der USA aus dem Pariser Klimaabkommen stellt die internationale Klimapolitik vor eine große Herausforderung. Doch ein Blick in die Spieltheorie zeigt: Gerade die reichen Länder sollten ihre Bemühungen weiter verstärken, so @rfoucart.bsky.social:

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Sharp market reaction to the announcement that you can make leather bags for much cheaper than Big Bag wanted you to believe

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Ignore the noise. Tax carbon. Put carbon border adjustment mechanisms, and believe in conditional cooperation (me in the conversation) theconversation.com/trump-has-re...

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A propos of nothing: in 2017, Bloomberg single handedly put an end to the startup Juicero by showing you could do the same smoothies for 100 times cheaper just by pressing the fruit bag instead of using a very expensive machine m.youtube.com/watch?v=5lut...

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NEW | In 2024, solar power overtook coal for the first time! ☀️ As the US is doubting its own clean energy credentials, the EU is all in and it shows. Today we @ember-energy.org published our annual European Electricity Review. A thread on the most important developments...

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Voting matters, episode 218. UK gov has set up a fund to support vulnerable households with energy costs. A local authority use the money to give air fryers to every retired person who requested it without means testing. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.gov.uk/government/p...

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From Yougov's German MRP, any German friend could tell me who this one seat for "others" is ? How did "others" get 5%? yougov.co.uk/internationa...

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Today, I am grateful to macro. I don't understand what you do, but I'm glad 2008 was better than 1930, and 2020 was better than 2008. And inflation got down, and somehow, eurozone countries still get cheap debt. There must be something correct hidden somewhere in your models.

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How a war economy works: loan for the war, 5%, any other business, 20%

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ChatGPT was released in November 2022, unleashing a technological revolution and an era of unprecedented growth (tbc)

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Sure, you care about privacy online. But do you care enough to sue the European Commission for sending your personal data to the US without consent when signing up for an event via Facebook - and win €400 in the ECJ? curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiXw... I just spoke to France 24 about the Le Pen family

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In French-speaking Belgium, far right parties are not allowed on TV. They never get above the 5% threshold to enter parliament. Not saying this is the way to go, but to me a good answer to "stop being condescending, people do not start voting far right because of media exposure"

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teaching decreasing marginal returns

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1. Come to "support the European far right" by making them fight with each other 2. Destroy the most powerful fossil fuel supporters 3. Sell more electric cars

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We've reached the point where hating brexit is so consensual that we can complain in the same headline about too many migrants, not enough migrants, and labour shortages

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