rafajbuendia: "The EU replaces the U.S. as China’s top surplus partner" #alwaysbecharging nitter.net/RafaJBuendia...

Man this @fieseler.bsky.social long-read for @canarymedia.com is fantastic, and long both due to its length and the fact you will need to walk away from your device, scream into the sky for 5 minutes and return to continue reading So much to break down here.....

Japan has submitted an official application to participate in the European defense-financing mechanism SAFE; Turkey and South Korea did this earlier. This was announced at a briefing by European Commission spokesperson Tom Renier. Good.

The dolphins were scouting out the salmon, Dr. Andrew Trites said. “They were sort of spread out and pinging through the water in a much broader area than what the whales can search — and the whale was listening.” www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

I love those who bash this. They can't decide on the tyrannous superstate vs ineffectual bureaucracy narrative. If the EU is weak, geopolitically doomed, the euro is garbage this ‘breaking convention’ shouldn’t matter to them. The EU standing up for itself the computer simply cannot compute.

prompting an LLM with “Who was the 1st person to walk on the Moon?”, we're not reasoning about Moon landing. In reality, we are asking: given the statistical distribution of words in its training data, what is the most likely continuation of the prompt “The first person to walk on the Moon was...”?

Massive fiscal turnaround in #Greece. Debt-to-GDP expected to plunge from 209.4% (2020) to 142.1% in 2026(f). This remarkable reduction is happening while maintaining one of the highest military spending rates in NATO. #Greece #Eurozone #NATO ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web...

Why not use intelligence software, in a different country, from a US company (Palantir), where the US gov can ask for the data, about citizens in your country, any time? What's not to sovereign...err...I mean, what's not to like about national intelligece data in US clouds?

Update #UkraineSupportTracker - 🇺🇦 is facing a record low in new aid commitments in 2025. Europe allocated only about €4.2bn in military aid in Sept/Oct — far too little to offset the loss of U.S. support. Within Europe the gap is widening 👉 kielinstitut.de/publications...

Europe has failed to offset the cut-off of American military aid to Ukraine, according to the @kielinstitute. From 2022 to 2024, military aid to Ukraine averaged €41.6 billion per year. But in 2025, only €32.5 billion has been allocated by Europe alone, leaving a gap of €9.1 billion.

Regardless of what happens to the reparations loan, which is still under intense negotiations, the Russian assets will be protected from undue interference. It's a bold decision and an act of defiance. The Europeans are finally playing their cards.

Noteworthy new Info on SAFE, which is shaping up to be the most successful EU defence initiative so far. Here EU Defence Commissioner Kubilius annouces a total of 691 projects under the €150bn programm. Still curious to see how many of the projects include joint procurements of several states:

Apparently it can always get worse. The full version of the new U.S. National Security Strategy, aptly named “NSC-1488” by the wags, calls for actively pulling Poland, Austria, Hungary and Italy from the #EU. And supporting far right. US sides with Putin. notesfrompoland.com/2025/12/10/f...

It is intensely funny to me that tech bro CEOs on an annual salary of 15 petabillion dollars think data centres can go in space because it's very cold but actually they would get obscenely hot because heat won't radiate into the vacuum of space taranis.ie/datacenters-...

Earlier this year, I wrote an essay that lays out some of the economic evolution that the EU could consider to reclaim agency in a great power competition world. I published it in July so it ended up landing in the usual summer lull. Perhaps of interest. www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...

(Pedestrians too)

There is so much talk about talks, but there is no real indication that Ukraine and Russia are any closer to each other today than they were six months ago.

When I started making YouTube videos, I did not imagine that I would one day make one with this title. Watch here for my breakdown of the new U.S. National Security Strategy.

We really are on the brink of a health golden age.

9/🧵 The Belgians have been getting pressure from the U.S. to not release the Russian Central Bank assets for Ukraine, because the Trump administration wants all that money to go back to Russia, while taking their cut – which is just jaw dropping – Interview link in comments.

Been saying this for years, belt and road is going to provide economies of scale to the Chinese automakers that we’ve literally not comprehended. You think U.S./EU automakers are in trouble now, just wait a couple years!

This is why Elon Musk’s X platform was fined by the EU. Elon refused to follow the regulations that every other platform has to adhere to in the EU. This is not a “free speech” issue.

If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...

Russian ships accidentally dragging their anchors around has a big clean energy angle... www.businessgreen.com/news/4522926...

h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content

I had just read excerpts via @samagreene.bsky.social So Trump 2.0 is officially determined to officially meddle in the domestic politics of Euro countries. Not some new revelation, but the pompousness and self-righteousness of putting it in black and white in this official document is pathetic.

This. Europeans know they need the EU and trust it because it is actually highly functioning. The American business complaint is that it passes laws! It can be hard for it to do big new things that require unanimity. But where it has authority/power, it does stuff!

Sahel Coup Belt spreading. The #Guinea-Bissau army announces taking full control of the country, suspending the electoral process, and closing the borders, official elections results have not been announced so far, yet another West African country falls to a military regime.

The great slowdown: Germany at a standstill as ‘China shock’ hits As Europe’s biggest economy is pummelled by structural problems and external threats, rocky China ties are compounding the dreary picture My report from a rather depressing week in Berlin

“Sarah Champion, chair of the Commons international development select committee, said: “Members received a private briefing on Sudan, at which one of the academics stated: ‘Our low estimate is 60,000 people have been killed there in the last three weeks.’”

This shitshow has to stop. Europe's security, our lives and freedoms, are being vetoed by corrupt kleptocrats. We just cannot accept this anymore. We are taken hostage, we lack control over our destiny.

🇺🇦 A list of countries that have allocated funding for the procurement of American weapons for Ukraine through PURL. Last updated on 03/12/2025 (22:05 CET) (+ 🇳🇿 7,72 million €) Total allocated funds: 3,57 Billion €

The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this: The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.

What this chart really shows about aid to Ukraine Aid has dropped by about €40bn/year leaving Ukraine on the back foot As Sweden points out others are not stepping up Italy, Spain, France, UK, Germany need to be at €12bn/yr to cover this US is trying to break Ukraine and Europe is letting it

If you live in the UK or Europe + want to use our map to investigate landfill, current or historic near you, it's available here: share.google/PieVvUSOvTrP...

Less than a month to go. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria is set to join the euro area, bringing economic stability, lower costs, and easier cross-border trade. Learn more about the benefits of adopting the euro here ➡️ link.europa.eu/BCDhK8 #EuroInBulgaria #EvrotoBG

As Europe embarks on a historic rearming effort, its defence companies are scrambling for rare earth minerals, which more nimble US rivals are scooping up – Bloomberg: ‘Dwindling stockpiles in Europe may leave just months before production is affected’

More good news for #SAFE, and for our defence readiness! 🇪🇺🤝🇨🇦 Thanks, Minister David McGuinty, for a good partnership!

The shift in Europe is part of a wider pattern: groundwater is depleting in parts of the Middle East, Asia, South America, along the US west coast + across swathes of Canada, Greenland, Iceland + Svalbard. We need to act now to preserve what is becoming an increasingly scarce resource.

Muscular Christianity. “Wear some headphones, kid. And put your shoes back on”

Interesting read.

Reportedly, this is one more photo of the burning Russian shadow fleet tanker in the Black Sea.

Ukraine faces US$155bn funding gap for 2026-27 • With US out of the equation, Europe is in the driver’s seat to help Ukraine plug its budget gap • Ukraine has also just started negotiations for a new loan with the IMF, but this one will require US signoff

On the 1-year anniversary of daily, uninterrupted, nationwide protests in Georgia, the crowd is massive. Even after a year of arrests, torture, fines, and repressive laws, Georgians still show up. The illegitimate, pro-Russian regime must stand down. 🎥 Sesilia Eden

Every single food product tested in #Austria had dangerous #PFAS levels. Also organic plants that do not bioaccumulate & biomagnify like animal foods. #Collapse www.global2000.at/sites/global...

Great map of European soil -- so many different things to pick up on.

"Militarily, there is no justification for demanding such sweeping concessions from Ukraine compared to Russia": several thoughts from Danish military expert Anders Puck Nielsen regarding the 28-point plan. The proposed "peace plan" looks like a genuinely harsh ultimatum.

Ukraine does not need Trump’s help to surrender

After a short hiatus on YouTube, I am back with a Q&A video. I discuss missiles, Russia's war economy, who is winning the war, and whether Denmark can close the straits to Russian ships. Watch it here.