The EU easing restrictions on new genomic techniques for food is an important break from the precautionary reflex that has long shaped EU policy & may also have large, positive effects for low- & mid-income countries dealing with rising food insecurity. By @cullenhendrix.bsky.social:

Attempting to refute the administration's Greenland ambitions by pointing this out is accepting the premise - one I don't think is worth granting.

Religious people usually use "we" when talking about religious people.

#Hunger is rising while advanced economies — especially the US — pull back on humanitarian and agricultural aid. A new #EU policy on gene-edited crops could help strengthen global food security, especially in developing countries. My latest for @piie.com.

If the non- response to the Iran strike didn't convince you, this might. It's a whole new ballgame with diversified supply and the rapid rise of renewables.

an annoying thing about realists insisting they're the no-nonsense reality-based group is that few of their predictions have been based in reality

I don't know what definition of "great again" this could be consistent with.

I realize this guy is not a sympathetic character, but think about what this guy is putting himself through to conform to beauty standards. Women do the equivalent in droves. Deeper issue is why performative masculinity makes this seem worth it at this point in time.

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People have no idea what a premium we have enjoyed and what losing it will cost us

Calm down: they're probably just talking about Trump.

The future of globalisation - a new podcast discussion on how geopolitics and trade profoundly changes Europe's role, how countries will adjust to this new normal – and whether the changes we have seen will ever be unwound with #Voxtalks_economics cepr.org/multimedia/f... via CEPR_EU

Chasing balanced agricultural trade in a high-income, high-consumption economy is chasing a white rabbit. My latest (ungated) for @barrons.com. Now enjoy your hot cocoa (grown in Côte d'Ivoire) and ginger snaps (India, China, Nigeria).

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Ditto.

Strong choice - sending an emissary from one of the poorest, most polluted states in the union to tout the virtues of the American way. "Hi, I represent Cancer Alley. You guys want in?"

HASSETT: If the Supreme Court doesn't find with us, refunds would go to whoever cut the check for the tariff BRENNAN: Doesn't the administration claim it was the country that paid that? HASSETT: Uhh --

This should call down the conspirscy theorists apnews.com/article/rele...

From someone just as qualified to comment: please get your kids vaccinated.

I feel sorry for all the Andrews who resemble this guy but are not this guy. You might need to see a dentist soon.

Absolutely.

Question: When the head of the DOJ’s Civil Rights division tweets out a false statement about an individual that results in them being barraged with death threats based on their religion and ethnicity, which governmental agency would look into whether that student’s Civil Rights had been infringed?

The lyrics are embarrassing in the best way possible, but make no mistake: the VH brothers are both prodigious talents and Michael Anthony was very underrated.

Tapper: This is one of the documents the DOJ released. It’s 100 pages. It’s all black. That’s the transparency we’re getting.

Few people know this territory as well as @veron.bsky.social - and good for Europe.

This is not foreordained. It's on us.

Any student complaint is an automatic suspension? Exit, voice, and loyalty. Those are the options. I am increasingly concerned by how many are tacitly choosing number 3. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...

So I guess the firing hasn't really ceased.

*SOME ORACLE DATA CENTERS FOR OPENAI DELAYED TO 2028 FROM 2027 *ORACLE DELAYS LARGELY DUE TO LABOR AND MATERIAL SHORTAGES Could become a common theme--you can't build w/o workers. Construction workers are mostly immigrants. Tariffs also increase materials costs...hard to have your cake & eat it too

"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

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Competitive authoritarian regimes emerged in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela, Erdogan’s Turkey, Orban’s Hungary, and Modi’s India. Not only did the United States follow a similar path under Trump in 2025, but its authoritarian turn was faster and farther-reaching. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

This administration is spending more time on Diet Versailles than on anything else and a sans serif font is wasteful?

Highly, highly recommended listen.

I'm sorry but how on Earth could they not at this point?

Some time soon, something bad will happen to the United States. It always does - natural disasters don't care about politics and don't care if you're prepared. And when it does, this will be the second-in-command of FEMA. We deserve better.

Please tell me it's just me and that @noaa.gov @climate.noaa.gov has not discontinued hosting the Oceanic Niño Index, one of the most important tools for monitoring the most important source of year-to-year variability in global climate. origin.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/ana...

The President of the United States unilaterally levied a tax on all of us and is redistributing our taxes to a core segment of his supporters.

Affordability concerns are real because: - Tariffs raise import costs - Deportations make it harder to harvest crops - Attacking Obamacare hikes premiums - Budget deficits raise mortgage payments - Undermining the Fed risks inflation. It's not a hoax; it's a policy choice.

His play is a weakened regulatory environment and that European countries will hang separately.

To be fair, it's not like Nebraska's economy depends on the weather.

Y'all, this new National Security Strategy is WILD. "Continental Europe has been losing share of global GDP—down from 25 percent in 1990 to 14 percent today ... But this economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure."

Choking off the supply of student-grade instruments with tariffs means fewer players (and customers) for US instrument makers down the line. This is eating an industry's seed corn. My latest for @piie.com. www.piie.com/blogs/realti...

This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year. Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.

New from me at the @CatoInstitute blog: "For US Businesses, Tariff Complexity Is 'Death by a Thousand Papercuts'" www.cato.org/blog/us-busi...

In a new @gallup.com survey, 33% of Americans say it's a good time to find a quality job. That's the lowest percentage since the final days of Trump's first term, during the pandemic. news.gallup.com/poll/699311/...

Honest question: has anyone even bothered to sane wash the pardon in print? Is anyone carrying water for this?

Long term, this is how the music dies, writes @cullenhendrix.bsky.social: when trade policy chokes off supply of beginner-grade instruments, impoverishing not just budget-conscious aspiring music makers but also reducing demand for higher-end US instruments. Read:

Tariffs and economic uncertainty are hurting US musical instrument imports that serve the beginner market. The beginner of today is the big spender of tomorrow. Cutting off access for starter instruments eats the US musical instrument industry's seed corn. Via @piie.com www.piie.com/blogs/realti...