French Overseas Territories compared to France itself. Source: buff.ly/MXfFM3u

This is amazing. www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

At what stage does the EU demand vaccination certificates from Americans seeking to enter our countries?

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.

just subscribed, doing my part

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

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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At the European Parliament

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Undignified to say the least

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)

wild choice of example

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 @drlauravarnam.bsky.social

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My thoughts on the Supreme Court decision in The Economist: www.economist.com/by-invitatio...

“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

In a press conference on tariffs, the President can't help himself from criticizing the Fed Chair.

Revised National Parks Webpage Describes Harriet Tubman As Human Trafficker https://theonion.com/revised-national-parks-webpage-describes-harriet-tubman-as-human-trafficker/

Lukashenko is complaining that amid the crisis in Russia, prices have also begun to rise in Belarus.

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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.

Beautiful interview of prominent historian Yaroslav Hrytsak, on Ukraine's legacies and prospects (in French) www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

Zelenskyy throwing shade at Hungary’s pro-Putin PM Viktor Orban in his #MSC 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” 🔥 🔥 🔥

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.

Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

Welcome to Count Deregula's castle

OTD in 2022 the culmination of the western misinformation campaign was witnessed about Russia's mythical "invasion" of Ukraine.

Quick reminder that I invaded Ukraine to *prevent* them acquiring long range weapons... I remain a master strategist.

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.

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

Readying for Denmark's entry into the banking union? www.ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/dat...

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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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.

The video is even more powerful. (h/t David Axelrod) youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...

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/...

Stockholm, Warsaw & Helsinki as a result of NATO Power. Vovchansk as a result of Russian power. Proving the 2 sides are exactly the same

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.

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.

Seen in Los Angeles (Credit: Zurita Carpio)

“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...

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.

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

Kyiv. Electricity is back. I thought we wouldn’t see it for a few days after the night attack. Glory to Ukrainian engineers.

"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

Good grief. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Suddenly it’s happening everywhere

“I think we have learned something in the last days and weeks.” www.politico.eu/article/eu-l...

“Look: Rome wasn’t burned in a day.”