Stephan Faris
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Associate editor, Enterprise, POLITICO Europe. On the trail of Joan of Arc.
Mountain religion
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Ben Coates
7 days ago
Final reminder for those still doing Christmas shopping: why not buy a funny and interesting book? Rory Stewart said it was a lovely read!
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This whole paragraph is đ
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12 days ago
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Oh, we'll keep it alive... In front of all your friends
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âSix-Sevenâ Is Over
Grown-ups killed it.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/six-seven-meme-over/685231/?gift=1ga2TvL-DbuHDQIcYF7oR79A23LdbvK1X9J2HEi-ezQ&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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The most important European policymaker for the first time in a decade is not a European and, increasingly, doesnât even much like the place anymore. The Most Influential Man in Europe Thinks Europe is Full of Losers
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The Most Influential Man in Europe Thinks Europe is Full of Losers
The most important European policymaker for the first time in a decade is not a European and, increasingly, doesnât even much like the place anymore.
https://politi.co/44OL4fj
21 days ago
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Spending 90 minutes running around and not scoring is I guess one definition of peace
24 days ago
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Makes sense. We were all TIME's person of the year. Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
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Is Gen X Actually the Greatest Generation?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/t-magazine/gen-x-generation.html?smid=bs-share
25 days ago
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Is it... HBO?
25 days ago
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Jeremy Goldkorn
26 days ago
From R. Crumb's satirical "City of the Future" in Zap Comix (1968)
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The overuse of delve (until recently one of my favorite words) by AI is likely because it was disproportionately trained on Nigerian English. One of the very many great nuggets in this piece: Why Does AI Write Like... That
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...
26 days ago
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AI but for knowing when I have no desire to use AI
27 days ago
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This feels like the most basic of all possible numbers
27 days ago
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Tracks My most-used words in 2025 were: 1. "chatgpt" (10Ă) 2. "europe" (7Ă) 3. "trump" (7Ă) 4. "news" (6Ă) 5. "brussels" (6Ă) See which words you used the most here:
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Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
https://anisota.net/harvest
27 days ago
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I mean I know tech guys aren't copyeditors but... C'mon.
29 days ago
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Phil Tinline
29 days ago
Perhaps, instead of turning everything into paperclips, AI is coming to resemble Clippy.
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whet moser
29 days ago
had the intrusive thought that 30 years from now weâre going to have VC funds and military startups named after harry potter stuff and itâs going to be even more annoying than hobbit stuff
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The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear -- doesn't have the same ring to it.
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29 days ago
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Tom Macfarlan
about 1 month ago
Following the pattern, the next number would be 86? First digit raises by 2, second digit raises by 7 but doesn't interact with the first digit. Or 96 if it does, this is uncharted territory.
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Gen-X: 42 Millennials: 420 Gen-Z: 69 Gen-alpha: 6, 7 Solve for the next generation
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Ben Coates
about 1 month ago
Itâs horrifying that in the Netherlands, of all places, itâs now common for mayors and councillors of small towns to need security because of threats to their lives. In 2024 *almost half* of public officials were threatened with violence. Understandably, many are giving up
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Maatregelen bij woning burgemeester Venlo na online dreiging rond komst azc
Morgen wordt de komst van het azc besproken in een commissievergadering.
https://nos.nl/artikel/2592115-maatregelen-bij-woning-burgemeester-venlo-na-online-dreiging-rond-komst-azc
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Wolfgang Blau
about 1 month ago
Before Germanyâs last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
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Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren BundeslĂ€ndern mit Bauschaum beschĂ€digt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die GrĂŒnen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
https://www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermittler-vermuten-Russland-hinter-Bauschaum-Attacken-auf-Autos-id30057484.html
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Wanna feel old?
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When was the first kiss? Over 17 million years ago, a study suggests.
Evolutionary biologists donât know why we kiss â but new research suggests kissing evolved long before humans existed.
https://wapo.st/4pi4np0
about 1 month ago
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I don't understand the bit about the bamboo?
about 1 month ago
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POLITICO Europe
about 1 month ago
French energy giant TotalEnergies was formally accused yesterday of complicity in war crimes and torture â after a criminal complaint filed in Paris over a massacre at its Mozambique gas site, first exposed by a POLITICO investigation last year.
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TotalEnergies accused of complicity in war crimes over Mozambique container massacre
French legal complaint claims the firm paid and supplied soldiers who carried out mass killings first uncovered by POLITICO.
https://www.politico.eu/article/totalenergies-accused-complicity-war-crimes-mozambique-container-massacre/
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Ben Coates
about 1 month ago
One of the biggest yet quietist trends weâre living through: the rapid death of overseas aid and diplomacy. âFor the first time in 30 years, France, Germany, the UK, and the US all cut their ODA in 2024.. the first time in history all 4 have cut aid simultaneouslyâ
www.politico.eu/article/arms...
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The Westâs new arms race: Selling peace to buy war
Military spending is rising faster than at any time since the end of the Cold War, but the retreat from diplomacy and foreign aid will come at a price.
https://www.politico.eu/article/arms-race-cold-war-military-spending-us-white-house/
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If you are fan of Patti Smith (and you should be!), this is well worth spending time with.
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50 Years of Patti Smithâs âHorsesâ
In 1975, she transformed poetry into punk. Neither would ever be the same. More than 20 artists who made and admired the album share their memories.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/arts/music/patti-smith-horses-anniversary.html
about 1 month ago
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Oooh, a Windows update! I can't wait to see what wonders they have in store for me...
about 2 months ago
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"To be clear: anyone in the world who has used ChatGPT in the past three years must now face the possibility that their personal conversations will be handed over to The Times to sift through at will in a speculative fishing expedition," the company said.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
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https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/openai-fights-order-turn-over-millions-chatgpt-conversations-2025-11-12/
about 2 months ago
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Nettles Bring Hives Roses Give Scratches AI Toys Tell Kids to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-toys-danger
about 2 months ago
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Perfect subhead (on the actual article page) AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
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AI-Powered Toys Caught Telling 5-Year-Olds How to Find Knives and Start Fires With Matches
AI-powered toys are flying off the shelves -- but they're engaging in horrifically inappropriate conversations with children.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-toys-danger
about 2 months ago
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âYes, my darling, I was thinking about you too⊠and how good youâd look leaning against my *Ford F-150*, sipping a *Miller Lite* under the *Visit Austin, Texas* city lights.â ChatGPT ads are coming â and they wonât look like Google Ads
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ChatGPT ads are coming â and they wonât look like Google Ads
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says Googleâs ad model profits when search fails â and vows ChatGPT will take a different approach to ads and commerce.
https://searchengineland.com/chatgpt-ads-coming-some-point-464388
about 2 months ago
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If my math is right, this article is claiming that French people ate on average more than 3.5 baguettes a day. The good old days, indeed! The baguette faces an uncertain future. How France is rethinking its iconic loaves
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about 2 months ago
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Andrea Pitzer
about 2 months ago
Great fame can be obtained By routing an army With oxen carrying Burning straw on their horns. But after all, it is No more important than The tracks of sandpipers On a wave washed beach. Days go by and become A year and I am too Lazy to notice. âfrom "Autumn Thoughts" by Lu Yu
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Never travel without a fully stocked first aid kit
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about 2 months ago
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Laura Kayali
2 months ago
Franceâs social, economic, cultural, religious and political divisions offer fertile ground for the Kremlinâs interference, several policymakers, academics and military officers told POLITICO. Story with
@msolletty.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/red-...
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Red hands and pig heads: Russiaâs plan to destabilize France goes on trial
Paris has emerged as a top target of Moscowâs hybrid war.
https://www.politico.eu/article/red-hands-and-pig-heads-russias-plan-to-destabilize-france-goes-on-trial/
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Naomi O'Leary
2 months ago
When Clare Daly launched her re-election bid last year, Catherine Connolly sat at her right hand. âI wish I could canvass every day for her on the streets,â Connolly said. Will Connolly use the presidential platform in a similar way to how Daly used hers? My piece:
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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How is Catherine Connolly likely to approach foreign policy as president?
A precedent for outspokenness, set by Michael D Higgins, now seems to be a baseline minimum
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/10/27/what-kind-of-president-will-catherine-connolly-be-on-foreign-policy/
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Amazing that the use case being promoted by the largest AI companies is exactly the one for which the technology is least suited. AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time
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Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time â regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2025/new-ebu-research-ai-assistants-news-content
2 months ago
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Yvonne Seale
2 months ago
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens â Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
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Eva Hartog
2 months ago
Less than a week from now the
#Netherlands
will elect a new government. Ahead in the polls is the far-right PVV â widely known for its anti-Islam rhetoric, less known for this: the party has only one formal member who makes all the decisions. Guess who. My story:
www.politico.eu/article/geer...
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Geert Wildersâ one-man rule â and what that means for the Dutch
How Europeâs smallest party became the Netherlandsâ largest political force.
https://www.politico.eu/article/geert-wilders-one-man-rule-what-that-means-for-dutch-party-of-freedom/
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Spotted in Sardinia đą
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2 months ago
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It's a what-if-we're-the-baddies tattoo
2 months ago
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This is delightful. âThe comedians on that stage are performing in a gilded cage,â the exiled Saudi satirist Ghanem al-Masarir wrote before the festival, adding, âIn MBSâs Saudi Arabia, the punchline is always prison.â
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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I Watched Stand-Up in Saudi Arabia
What the surreal Riyadh Comedy Festival foretold about the kingdomâs future
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/10/fear-laughing-riyadh-comedy-louis-ck/684527/?utm_source=native-share&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
2 months ago
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Geert Wildersâ one-man rule â and what that means for the Dutch How Europeâs smallest party became the Netherlandsâ largest political force. By
@evahartog.bsky.social
www.politico.eu/article/geer...
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Geert Wildersâ one-man rule â and what that means for the Dutch
How Europeâs smallest party became the Netherlandsâ largest political force.
https://www.politico.eu/article/geert-wilders-one-man-rule-what-that-means-for-dutch-party-of-freedom/
3 months ago
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Just going to sit down, watch a movie, take my mind off of current events. Oh.
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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_wpw2QHJNco&si=FY7-jwM7bceKH55t
3 months ago
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In this economy?
50centadjustedforinflation.com
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50 Cent Adjusted for Inflation
109 Cent
https://50centadjustedforinflation.com/
3 months ago
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Drank a room temperature coke today. Ice was available. I've gone fully European.
3 months ago
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Under Russian drones, Ukrainians wonder if Europe still cares
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
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Under Russian drones, Ukrainians wonder if Europe still cares
More than three years into Russiaâs full-scale invasion, Ukraineâs capital endures constant Russian attacks while watching European solidarity fray.
https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-drones-ukraine-europe-kyiv-solidarity/
3 months ago
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Juncker still undefeated
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
I've been a bit sceptical of the "exodus of US-based academics to Europe" thing, but this is a notable move.
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Negotiating to have my salary paid in Labubus.
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