Labour vs capital: the rematch. on.ft.com/48CC4wA

📷 The remains of the underground gas chamber and part of crematorium III at the site of Auschwitz II-Birkenau. Watch a short video about gas chambers and crematoria at Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck — Photo: instagram.com/il_diario_di_polly

A prospective study of A.I. of MRI in >33,000 participants showed the importance of deriving visceral adipose tissue and skeletal muscle fat for risk of cardiometabolic diseases and major cardiovascular events acpjournals.org/doi/full/10....

Deputy defense minister confirms Swedish Gripen jets coming to Ukraine for the first time Ukraine will operate American F-16s, French Mirages, and Swedish Gripens simultaneously, Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havryliuk confirmed euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/29/d...

Despite Moscow recruiting and paying dozens of priests in the deeply religious country to urge congregations to vote against the pro-European PAS party, Moldovans flipped the bird at Russian fascism in yesterday's elections, voting for democracy over Russian terror. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

autumn in my art 🍂

EU states rally around Dutch chips coalition in bid for Chips Act 2.0 | Reuters share.google/xtdwfczIjxZM...

Brussels’ upcoming plan to take on the EU’s housing crisis will include measures curbing real estate speculation, Housing Commissioner Dan Jørgensen announced today.

It looks like Europe's brief flirtation with reviving its night trains is coming to an end - thanks to changing government priorities.

Bosch halts Polish heat pump factory plans - Cooling Post share.google/Wqm6r5ox9UFz...

7.000 jobs verloren in bouwsector in 4 jaar tijd: "De sector zit echt in crisis" vrtnws.be/p.LNx3YEw6E

Worth reading. And deeply concerning.

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Boomer radicalisation is such a ln overlooked problem

⚡️Investigation finds Russian surveillance, sabotage ship near European undersea cables, FT reports. Satellite data has uncovered a Russian surveillance and sabotage ship near crucial underwater cables in Europe's seas, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sept. 26.

We worry about Very Online Kids much more than their Very Online Parents, and I'm not sure that's wise

Er is Gaza, Oekraïne en algemene miserie, maar puur economisch zijn er twee gigantische risico’s. Trump die de VS failliet laat gaan en onderstaande grafiek. De economische groei en consumptie (wealth effect hoge beurzen) grotendeels gebouwd op ‘vibes’, op aandelen die de realiteit negeren.

coronamiljarden geven noodlijdend Zuid-Italië de boost die het nodig had www.standaard.be/buitenland/e...

The Spanish boom continues. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

1/ Russian self-propelled artillery has become increasingly rare on the front lines, due to its vulnerability to longer-ranged Western artillery systems and Ukrainian drone strikes. Their crews have reportedly been transferred to the infantry. ⬇️ bsky.app/profile/spec...

Why Ukraine is winning the war on.ft.com/4gJicd2 | opinion

Another nail in the coffin of Slovakia’s democracy. Parliament has today approved a constitutional amendment that enshrines recognition of “only two sexes” (male and female), restricts adoption to married heterosexual couples, and ends the primacy of EU law over “ethical and cultural matters”. 1/4

The 70-year-old MiG-21 has just retired from the Indian Air Force! So, it's time to share a MiG-21 pilot's incredible stories of 'fighting' and beating Typhoons in this Cold War Hotrod and much more! hushkit.substack.com/p/indian-mig...

do Brits realise how demented their ID card debate looks from basically every other European country?

Inside China’s mega iPhone factory: long hours, discrimination and delayed pay on.ft.com/4nnRrO8

EU plans tariffs of 25-50% on Chinese steel and related products, Handelsblatt reports reut.rs/4njL3al

AI companions are not your child’s friend on.ft.com/3KjhUh8 | opinion

I am so confused

trump's attack on H-1B visas seems like a pretty terrible own-goal for America's research output

Kyiv called in to help Brussels build ‘drone wall’ along eastern flank

Brussels ‘buy green and European’ plan risks deepening strain on EU countries’ ailing budgets

🧵1: Google updated their satellite images of Mariupol. The sight is horrifying. For over 3 years russian occupiers have closed off the city. war crimes are being covered up, evidence erased. In the outskirts; terrifying amounts of rapidly growing unmarked mass graves! A 🧵👇🏼

22 September 1938 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Freddy Groenteman, was born in Amsterdam. In July 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber. https://t.co/mj4fRGSjX4

23 September 1919 | A Czech Jewish woman, Zuzana Böhmová, was born in Prague. She was deported to #Auschwitz from Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive. --- Women at Auschwitz. Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/ Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8

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Why European workers need to switch jobs www.economist.com/finance-and-... From The Economist

Pour se protéger des drones russes, l’Europe se tourne vers l’Ukraine www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...

It’s worth asking the question why British politics is trying so hard to copy American politics when the same policies aren’t even popular there, let alone here.

"There’s simply no evidence that flattering Trump produces better policy outcomes. On the contrary, it seems to encourage more demands... [F]lattery isn’t without cost. It signals weakness. And in Trump’s transactional world, weakness isn’t forgiven--it’s exploited." www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Indeed. I noted the absence of US participation in recent NATO operations in the region (eg vs drones in 🇵🇱 🇷🇴; Eastern Sentry; vs MiG 31s in 🇪🇪). So alas unsurprising that US now announces cuts back on its assistance in the Baltic

Big story in the battle between Brussels and Big Tech: The EU is poised to exclude Meta, Apple, Google and Amazon from a new system to share citizens’ financial data, in the face of Trump’s retaliation threats @bmoens.bsky.social & @paolatamma.bsky.social with the news on.ft.com/46tA9Yv

Strongly recommend this rich and nuanced survey of Spain, 50 years after Franco's death, by William Chislett of @rielcano.bsky.social. At once a story of remarkable progress, unfinished business, and new challenges. ⬇️ www.realinstitutoelcano.org/en/work-docu...

“The images were all of schoolgirls in short skirts with either bare legs or stockings….The post of her child attracted nearly 7,000 views, 90% from non-followers, half of whom were over 44 and 90% of whom were men.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Running around with a chainsaw isn't a viable political strategy? Who knew?

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Are touchscreens in cars dangerous? www.economist.com/science-and-... From The Economist

Hungary, McLaughlin & Associates poll: Fidesz/KDNP-PfE: 43% (-11) TISZA-EPP: 37% MH-ESN: 6% DK-S&D: 5% MKKP→G/EFA: 5% (+2) +/- vs. 2022 election Fieldwork: 10-14 September 2025 Sample size: 1,000 ➤ europeelects.eu/hungary

5 Neanderthal Myths Debunked youtu.be/7FGyfpN9d4A?...