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Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke
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At what stage does the EU demand vaccination certificates from Americans seeking to enter our countries?
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Dmitry Grozoubinski
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Top left: The face when you realize you're going to be campaigning for President on the legacy of tariffs polling 64% at disapprove. Bottom right: The face when you realize you're going to spend the next 3 years ruling tariffs illegal as MAGA chuds send death threats to your pets.
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Quinn Slobodian
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just subscribed, doing my part
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Georg Zachmann
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Michael Pahle, Darius Sultani, and I published a new Bruegel Policy Brief on the EU Climate Architecture. The full paper explores several important aspects in quite some detail, so I thought I’d highlight a few key points here: 1/12
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Darth Putin
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The hard part about doing propaganda is that the past changes so quickly you have no idea what will happen yesterday.
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UK in a Changing Europe
3 days ago
⏰ TODAY ⏰ 💻 Don't miss our online panel looking at financial services and the UK-EU relationship 🇬🇧🇪🇺 With
@jreland.bsky.social
,
@drsarahhall.bsky.social
,
@veron.bsky.social
& Elizabeth Howell Sign up here 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice...
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UKICE Lunch Hour: Financial services the UK-EU relationship - UK in a changing Europe
Join our expert panel as they assess the UK's and EU's approach to financial services regulation and how the sector impacts the UK-EU relationship.
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/events/ukice-lunch-hour-financial-services-the-uk-eu-relationship/
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At the European Parliament
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Bruegel
3 days ago
🔴 LIVE NOW: Financing Innovative Ventures in Europe: closing the scale-up gap 🕘 09:30-10:45 CET What are the policy solutions to help new European companies thrive? 🎤
@fghyus.bsky.social
, Petra Hielkema,
@veron.bsky.social
and
@jzettelmeyer.bsky.social
📹️ Watch here:
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Financing Innovative Ventures in Europe: closing the scale-up gap
What are the policy solutions to help new European companies thrive?
https://www.bruegel.org/event/financing-innovative-ventures-europe-closing-scale-gap
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Aaron Rupar
4 days ago
Undignified to say the least
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Bernd Lange MdEP
5 days ago
Pure tariff chaos from the US administration. No one can make sense of it anymore — only open questions and growing uncertainty for the EU and other US trading partners (1/3)
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Quinn Slobodian
5 days ago
wild choice of example
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Mark O’Neill 🐻
5 days ago
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
I cannot speak as to the accuracy of the piece yet I found it a fascinating exercise
@adamroberts.bsky.social
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How far back in time can you understand English?
An experiment in language change
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
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Bruegel
6 days ago
📼 Event recap! Did you miss the latest edition of Finance Focus? Catch up now with the full recording below! 🤖 AI adoption in the financial sector: the experience so far 🔗
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🎤
@veron.bsky.social
& Marie Brière Stay tuned for new events coming up!
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Douglas Irwin
6 days ago
My thoughts on the Supreme Court decision in The Economist:
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
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The Supreme Court tariffs ruling reins in Donald Trump
Even if he has ways to rebuild trade barriers, writes Douglas Irwin
https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2026/02/20/the-supreme-court-tariffs-ruling-reins-in-donald-trump
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The Onion
6 days ago
“I know Andrew is a good man who’s been treated terribly, but you remember when we learned a few minutes ago that England and the United States are two different countries?” said Senior Advisor Gerald Donovan
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Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew
WASHINGTON—Exhausted from repeated efforts to explain the most basic aspect of political power, an aide to President Trump nevertheless began wearily explaining for the fifth time Friday why he couldn...
https://theonion.com/aide-wearily-begins-5th-explanation-of-why-trump-cant-pardon-prince-andrew/
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graham steele
7 days ago
In a press conference on tariffs, the President can't help himself from criticizing the Fed Chair.
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The Onion
8 days ago
Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker
https://theonion.com/revised-national-parks-webpage-describes-harriet-tubman-as-human-trafficker/
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WarTranslated (Dmitri)
9 days ago
Lukashenko is complaining that amid the crisis in Russia, prices have also begun to rise in Belarus.
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Bruegel
10 days ago
💶 Financing Innovative Ventures in Europe: closing the scale-up gap 🗓️24 February 2026 09:30-10:45 (CET) What are the policy solutions to help new European companies thrive? W/
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Darth Putin
12 days ago
OTD in 2022 Russia's MOD announced that all Russian troops near Ukraine were returning home. And seeing as we weren't lying then, you can believe us in negotiations now. In most cases the "withdrawal" placed the units closer to Ukraine.
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Beautiful interview of prominent historian Yaroslav Hrytsak, on Ukraine's legacies and prospects (in French)
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Yaroslav Hrytsak, historien : « L’Ukraine est toujours debout, contre toute attente. C’est un miracle »
Depuis l’invasion du pays par la Russie voisine, en février 2022, la société ukrainienne fait preuve d’une incroyable résilience. Mais le chemin vers une possible fin du conflit exige de redéfinir le ...
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/02/15/yaroslav-hrytsak-historien-l-ukraine-est-toujours-debout-contre-toute-attente-c-est-un-miracle_6666830_3210.html
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Henry Foy
13 days ago
Zelenskyy throwing shade at Hungary’s pro-Putin PM Viktor Orban in his
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speech Thanks to Ukraine’s sacrifice, Ze says: “Viktor can grow his belly and not have to grow his tanks to defend against Russians on the streets of Budapest” 🔥 🔥 🔥
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Chris Murphy
14 days ago
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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Letters of Note
15 days ago
Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
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Diego Velazquez
15 days ago
Welcome to Count Deregula's castle
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Darth Putin
15 days ago
OTD in 2022 the culmination of the western misinformation campaign was witnessed about Russia's mythical "invasion" of Ukraine.
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Darth Putin
15 days ago
Quick reminder that I invaded Ukraine to *prevent* them acquiring long range weapons... I remain a master strategist.
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Nicolai von Ondarza
16 days ago
Breakdown of today's vote in the EP on the Ukraine loan facility with a new type of graph by member state. This shows neatly the huge support in the Nordics and Baltics, the low one in France (due to the RN) and the stark exception of Hungary, where even the opposition Tisza Party voted against.
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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)
16 days ago
The spreadsheet on this clay tablet, which is almost 4,000 years old, is organised into columns for furrowed area, grain produced, land not sown, and the field’s name. The first field is called “Of the soldiers who stood in for their fathers”. It’s ancient Excel, but I find that incredibly moving
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Readying for Denmark's entry into the banking union?
www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...
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ECB appoints Thomas Broeng Jorgensen as Director General Specialised Institutions and Less Significant Institutions
The European Central Bank (ECB) is the central bank of the European Union countries which have adopted the euro. Our main task is to maintain price stability in the euro area and so preserve the purch...
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/2026/html/ecb.pr260211~ec2605cbb3.en.html
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Aaron Rupar
16 days ago
Enten: "If Canadians really don't like Donald Trump, how do Americans feel about Canada? Well, they actually like Canada! ... even among Republicans, it's +30 ... Canada -- more popular than Donald Trump in Trump's own country"
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Bruegel
17 days ago
📊 AI adoption in the financial sector: the experience so far [ONLINE ONLY] 🗓️ 19 February 2026 14:00-15:00 (CEST) Join
@veron.bsky.social
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Stanley Pignal
18 days ago
WHY IS THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION NOT DEEPENING THE SINGLE MARKET, ask EU member states who have done all in their power to ensure the Commission is not in a position to deepen the single market. As unelected/ivory tower as "Brussels" might be, it only wields the power national capitals grant it.
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David Wessel
27 days ago
The video is even more powerful. (h/t David Axelrod)
youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
https://youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?si=HtbmXFUo4Cyd3giE
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Chris Hayes
29 days ago
I cannot tell you how much doubt was consistently directed at the Gaza Health Ministry’s casualty numbers and how much pressure was put on news organizations to couch those numbers as unreliable. Biden himself said they were fabricated!
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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IDF accepts Gaza Health Ministry death toll of over 71,000 Palestinians killed in the war
Although Many International Experts Have Accepted the Health Ministry's Data as Reliable, and Even Conservative Relative to the True Death Toll, Israel Had Refused to Accept the Health Ministry's Coun...
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2026-01-29/ty-article/.premium/idf-accepts-gaza-health-ministry-estimate-of-over-70-000-palestinians-killed-in-the-war/0000019c-0918-dec4-adfd-fd5dde830000
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Darth Putin
about 1 month ago
Stockholm, Warsaw & Helsinki as a result of NATO Power. Vovchansk as a result of Russian power. Proving the 2 sides are exactly the same
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Chris Murphy
about 1 month ago
I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.
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Ken Vogel
about 1 month ago
The Winklevoss twins: ▶️gave $1M+ each to a Trump cmte in 2024 ▶️donated to the WH ballroom ▶️backed a crypto firm co-founded by Eric Trump ▶️were founding members of Don Jr.'s private club The SEC has now agreed to dismiss a case against the twins' crypto exchange, per a filing made public on Friday.
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S.E.C. Drops Case Against Cryptocurrency Firm Founded by Winklevoss Twins
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/us/politics/sec-crypto-winklevoss.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HFA.gLu0.yjcq-ntavpnE&smid=url-share
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Olga Nesterova
about 1 month ago
Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)
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“People are afraid to speak out about being afraid to speak out” (quote from Bill Gates) is the crispest summary yet of the mood in the US business community
www.ft.com/content/ed08...
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Decoupling from Trump’s America
Washington’s allies are looking for a new strategy after a week that has demonstrated what some see as the risks of subordination and coercion
https://www.ft.com/content/ed081984-836a-443c-ab0b-69462848e686
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Darth Putin
about 1 month ago
OTD in 1935 Hitler assured Poland he would not invade them. A few years later he said Germans were being oppressed & killed so he attacked, carried out genocide and spent the last years of his life in bunker detached from reality. Imagine all that happening today.
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Matt McDermott
about 1 month ago
ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.
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Yaroslava
about 1 month ago
Kyiv. Electricity is back. I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack. Glory to Ukrainian engineers.
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Kelly Barnhill
about 1 month ago
"Oh my gosh, it was so nice to see you! Have a lovely day, fuck ICE!" "Oh you too hon! Stay safe in that traffic, fuck ICE!' - two older Minnesota ladies, bidding farewell after the protest
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Robin Wigglesworth
about 1 month ago
Good grief.
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“I think we have learned something in the last days and weeks.”
www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...
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This was the moment EU leaders agreed Europe must go it alone
A subdued gathering in Brussels became a wake for a decades-old world order that’s slipping away.
https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-leaders-agree-independent-europe-summit-emmanuel-macron-friedrich-merz/
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A.R. Moxon
about 1 month ago
“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”
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The Onion
about 1 month ago
“When an individual enters their residence, conceals themselves behind a closed door, and attempts to go about their everyday life, they are willfully impeding the important work of law enforcement officers and engaging in domestic terrorism,” said DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin
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ICE Deems Being In Privacy Of Own Home Obstruction Of Justice
WASHINGTON—Warning that any attempt to spend time inside a personal residence constituted hostile interference with federal operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials announced Thursday...
https://theonion.com/ice-deems-being-in-privacy-of-own-home-obstruction-of-justice/
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Dan Diamond
about 1 month ago
“Leave Greenland alone!” Heckler interrupts Star-Spangled Banner at NBA game in London, wins cheers from crowd. (Video via Reddit)
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