Every time I talk with @mclem.org about the economics of immigration, I come away a whole lot smarter. You can enjoy the same experience: He's written a fantastic primer on what the data reveals about the effect of slashing H-1B visas. It's a banger. Read it. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

Across Europe, the hard right is gaining popularity. Here are six books that help explain the shift

❓ Is the European Political Community quietly becoming a new pillar of Europe's geopolitical governance? That's the BIG idea we discussed yesterday with Her Excellency Daniela Morari, Ambassador of #Moldova to the EU, and a host of other esteemed guests, ahead of the 7th #EPC summit on 2 October.

Kimmel: "Disney has asked me to read the following statement and I agreed to do it. 'To reactivate your Disney+ and Hulu account ... '"

Missing this guy today

It's been a big 24hrs for out-and-out science denial. First, Trump seems to want his MAGA cultists to collectively win the Darwin Award via his denial of medical science Now, Trump is denying more than a century of climate science. Denial = Lives lost Thank you for your attention to this matter

Starting to look like a coordinated shakedown...

How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo—and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors. Backlash Presidents by @juliaazari.bsky.social is out now. Learn more about this incisive book and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #PoliticalScience

Great visual story about formerly the largest predator in Germany, the porbeagle, a cousin of the great white shark. It is returning to the Bretagne. That is ... great news I am told. Also means crossing Bretagne off my list. www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...

🔥 “It seems to be the most effective campaign that Ukraine has carried out so far.” Ukraine’s drone strike campaign against Russia’s oil refineries has left Russian fuel exports approaching their lowest level since 2020, disrupting a key source of revenue for the Kremlin. www.ft.com/content/8f8c...

Europe had over 62,700 heat-related deaths in 2024, report finds 369713.seu2.cleverreach.com/c/111091888/...

A glimpse of hope in this depressing environment: Canada’s PM Mark #Carney on the way forward his country and how it could still sail ahead despite adverse winds. www.youtube.com/results?sp=m...

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New piece for @euiss.bsky.social Europe’s effort to rebuild its defences hinges on whether Europeans can cooperate more effectively with each other and with Ukraine. EU instruments can play a key role in driving this effort forward. www.iss.europa.eu/publications...

Really proud Fall of Civilizations has been named a Waterstones paperback of the year. Get it at your local Waterstones! LINK: www.waterstones.com/book/fall-of...

The police officer killed by German neo-nazis (the NSU group) is now the subject of a new film. Trailer below. Michele Kiesewetter was her name.

🇩🇪🛤️🇨🇿🇵🇱🇫🇷🇦🇹🇩🇰🇨🇭🇱🇺🇳🇱🇧🇪 Christian is onto something, but DB IC/EC ops should be partitioned between Germany's neighbours (thus also resolving the whole reparations kvetching from the Polish far right).

This is just hilarious, thank you. One thing Bernd does in his late night appearance is continuously hinting to the switch to turn the TV off. Assuming that sleepless children might watch but better turn the TV off and find some sleep.

👇 He is right. Let's split it up a bit.

There may be light at the end of the tunnel.

I understand *why* the EU is promoting this out of the gates with agri-food export PR. But it really shows that our trade debate in Europe needs to change.

Yep, that was me again

Earlier this month, I cycled around Ringaskiddy in southwestern Ireland with the aim of putting a human face to the impacts of Donald Trump's tariff games. Here's the story. www.politico.eu/article/irel...

This is the creator of Bernd das Brot, a depressed piece of bread on children’s TV, now made famous in the 🇺🇸 by John Oliver. Have a look here: www.reddit.com/r/fernsehen/...

European governments voting with their money. Only 8% of new German defence procurement planned to go to US companies. Wise move.

Given their speed and proneness to bullshit, the most parsimonious explanation of LLMs is that they’re actually a bunch of Oxford undergraduates in an essay crisis

When your editor drops a hint about your career prospects in your own publication. Why European workers need to switch jobs www.economist.com/finance-and-...

The EU's deforestation regulation has a lot of opponents even within the institutions - seen as poorly designed overreach while the covid crisis was ongoing - so a further delay would be no surprise. www.ft.com/content/ab40...

russia keeps escalating by the day. russia is a terrorist state.

Of course you did.

I did the artwork for this piece in @wired.com !

The $100,000 fee for H-1B visas will be a headache for tech firms. It could also accelerate the shift to expand operations overseas

So you are saying this was all political, and not about his ratings?!

Marius Bülter.

OLIVER: “In Russia, when Putin rose to power, TV satirists were among his first targets… Putin was driven to madness by how he was mocked on a puppet show… the lesson is it’s not safe to let one show slide because there are currently others.”

Shocking news.

Only fitting that „Hier nur Bargeld / no card payment“- Germany suggests blocking tech competition from financial services. on.ft.com/3IuTXTr

There are two ways of dealing with foxes 🦊 in London gardens.

Lemme spell it out. Trump's only leverage over Jimmy Kimmel and ABC came from FCC regulation. His direct power over H1-B visas gives him similar leverage over tech, higher ed, and others.

“Queuing in pubs combines the worst elements of communism – yes, the very worst elements – without any of the good stuff, like free housing or hastily built nuclear power stations.”

This. Germany must build the strongest conventional armed forces on the continent - in the interest of our own security and that of our allies.

An occasional series

Anecdotal evidence confirms this, US labour market seems to be extremely difficult for the young at the moment.

How many digital euros will each of us be able to hold? The digital euro is set to be discussed at the Eurogroup/ECOFIN meeting in Copenhagen. The EU progress is very slow, especially given China's advances in this area. In this paper we compared both projects. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

My latest piece → Research shows that the delivery of the two MIM-104 Patriot fire units recently announced, which the German government originally announced it would finance alone, will now be financed largely by other countries. deaidua.org/news/2025/09...

This is remarkable in so many ways. Essentially Bidenomics, but against self-inflicted tariff wounds, and with a bit of cronyism which is all paid for by extortion of allies.

Europeans do not change jobs often enough. They should. My latest for The @economist.com economist.com/finance-and-...

My new book is published today, and my cats highly recommend it. www.penguin.co.uk/books/462676...

We are hiring at The Economist. This is not just any internship. You will be a paid staff member and writer for 6 months. www.economist.com/finance-and-...