Well, not after I deleted my app and account, they're not.

Between Scylla and Charybdis.

A battle cry from 1969.

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

Europeans should understand that China views climate policy not as ideology—but as a lever of industrial power, writes @byfordt.bsky.social @ecfrasia.bsky.social https://bit.ly/42z4ofJ

Really, men/golf fans/Americans? Really?? I don't know if I really believe that people were better before, but God, I miss some good, old restraint and social control.

We must move past a simplistic view of techno nationalism and embark on the challenging work of establishing digital infrastructures that are powerful, participatory, transparent, and fundamentally accountable to the people they serve, writes @Vaibhav Chhimpa.

I had no idea there was a Swedish footballer called Hjalmar Ekdal. Not a keeper. That's hilarious – who would name a kid after him? HEDVIG!!

You need this.

A mandatory ID number for all citizens for work, tax reasons, etc? Of course, works great! But a compulsory *digital ID card* that you might have to carry with you at all times sounds like a disaster in the making. "53 per cent of people are in favour of a universal digital identification system"

In den Niederlanden gab es am Wochenende rechtsextreme Ausschreitungen. In den 4 größten Ländern Europas führen rechtsradikale Parteien in den Umfragen. Ich verstehe den Fokus auf das Spektakel, aber der Dauerfokus auf Trump, Kimmel, Kirk scheint mir stark zu vernachlässigen was in Europa passiert.

Very annoyed with this ”but Turkey shot down a Russian jet”. Turkey doesn’t have a border with Russia. If Finland did the same (when it’s ”only” an incursion), what would stop Russia from starting to shoot down Finnish (or other NATO) jets when they’re flying close to the Russian border ?

!! Excellent! “Counting U.S.-led buys on the list … the total comes to about €6.8 billion, around 8 percent of Berlin’s plan, with the rest overwhelmingly going to European industry.” www.politico.eu/article/germ...

If only there were a way to get this point across to blue-eyed local politicians in Norway, selling off the national power supply while blinded by promises of data center jobs from international mega-actors.

Commentary: Trump keeps treating the nation’s allies with such contempt that the consequences will be lasting and ugly.

Chinese liner Sea Legend Shipping launched the first direct container service between China and northern Europe via the Arctic over the weekend - takes just 18 days to reach Europe

True. Our banks, finances, technological solutions and security measures are inextricably linked to the U.S. We may not like it, but in many ways, what happens there is almost as important as what happens in our own country.

Aztec Smartphone

Reason number 5728 to build up the European military industrial base www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

My current #mutedWords list. It might not seem like much, but I estimate it improves my experience by a solid 50%.

Over half of Europeans in most populous countries call trade deal with U.S. a „humiliation“. Only 10% think Trump is a friend. Yet, EU leaders submit to Trump & pretend relations are in best order. While they do this bc of military dependence on U.S., they may destroy their own public support.

The "talent" will go to the countries that want immigrants--and frankly, that's not most of Europe. It is China, the UAE, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, etc. It will take the US and the EU a long time to learn this, but the world is no longer just the US and the EU.

It's almost as funny as it's terrifying.

Dear me, the comments here are awful! But I think he's on to something. You get info from trusted, personalised sources. And unlike the geniuses commenting on the OP, I can't connect all the dots between my books, notes, journals and aspirations in milliseconds, so I think it'd be rather useful.

My favourite fact about Iceland is that we have many, many crime writers but only one forensic pathologist, and he was so busy answering all of their questions that he decided to have a small seminar for writers to get some peace. It immediately sold out so he had another one that also sold out.

“All opposing forces seem as though vanished from the face of the earth. It is this utter collapse of powers only recently present, no, their complete disappearance … that I find so staggering.” Victor Klemperer, 1933

I'm watching University Challenge, and my entire sense of time and reality collapses, because all the guys look like members of the Larsen-Feiten Band.

I think it's time for Jesus to come out and say in no uncertain terms that he would not, in fact, kill people.

Time for Bruckner. It's been a while. The first two-and-a-half minutes of Romantische – you can't do a buildup better than that. Eat it, EDM-risers!

It's always about money. Say what you will about Trump, but in this sense I think he understands America better than anyone.

I think I said I'm a shark tank cleaner and a band leader on LinkedIn, so I'll allow them to train their AI models on that. 😁

"Instead of pondering Trump’s every utterance, the EU should adopt a self-help mindset, prioritise European unity and save its energy to focus on what it can influence: seizing the chance to push through previously unthinkable economic reforms that will benefit the bloc [...]"

And here was I thinking I was so clever and unique (kidding!)

I've made this point somewhere before, but I'm at a weird junction as a classical listener, where subpar recordings often keep me more engaged than flawless ones. Take Brendel's Emperor on Stereovox from 1962.

Oof. Although... even though I'm definitely pro-EU, I've always felt commentators overestimate its importance as a global player. For me, Europe has always been, and remains, a patchwork of individual players. What's new is that we have a US administration going solo. And it has real ramifications.

What a waste! 😂🤪😭 The futility of these efforts remind me of the populist Norwegian Centre Party pushing Nærpolitireformen (The Police Reform) to re-open closed rural offices in tiny communities – at great cost, against the wishes of the police, the communities, the experts... and everyone else.

The more I learn, the clearer it becomes that the rest of the world needs to reduce its reliance on America and the USD. Nearly every ETF, bank, and institution on the market is tied in one way or another to U.S. indexes, firms, or infrastructure, and exposed to the whims of this stumbling giant.

"It's worse than anything you can imagine." "Europe has limited itself to reacting with humanitarian gestures. We pretend to send a few parachutes of food whenever they let us. And we're happy when they allow a few more trucks to enter. But this isn't going anywhere"

"Where is the world? Where are the Arab nations?" This Palestinian girl broke down as she described an Israeli attack that targeted her family’s shelter in Gaza City.

Why is he so determined to wreck the credibility of the U.S. market? I’ve already cut my U.S./USD exposure significantly in 2025 over inexplicable shit like this, and I doubt I’m the only one. Less information, more (needless) risk? No thanks!

Interesting discussion on the relationship between racism and economic factors; tldr, there's little evidence. In our work on progressive values, we also find limited evidence of economic influences. Pace Marx, economic explanations seem to have a poor record across the social sciences!

Brrr, it's getting cold in here. It's not very nice or helpful to judge people by their appearance, but why do so many nationalists look so dead in the eyes? Also, why would anyone want to be a nationalist? So boring. So monomaniac. So uniform. So scared. So angry. So serious. So counterproductive.

"It doesn’t disturb me, because it’s actually proof that we live in a country where free speech, free association, is alive and well"? (borrowing the words of the UK trade secretary, commenting on yesterday's far-right demonstration)

I have no idea if there are any numbers to back it up, but it seems utterly alien to me that any of this could meaningfully drive radicalisation. As a rule, I don't believe anything I read on social media. But I do find discussions like this fascinating, even if they strike me as absurd.

A perfect balance between synth bass and funk bass making this a real winner: Gene Dunlap - There's Talk (1983)

It's so weird that this, of all things, seems to be a global trend on the right.

This is good, though: "I want to be crystal clear on one point: whether on environmental or digital regulation, we set our own standards, we set our own regulations"

I believe Europe needs politicians who can absorb expert advice and implement policies based on that, rather than leaning on easy slogans that ignore serious warning signs.

... and the whole world is watching.

I step outside and enjoy the sunset.