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What a terrible loss. There is not a single thinker more influential for my entire cohort of political economists of money and finance. For so many of us, *the* rite of passage was Perry's online course on money and banking. And then his books. Devastating.

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 9h

Oh tiens, un Pokémon rare à Paris : le gros pickup...

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 13h

Before (2025) / After (2026) the pedestrianization of this section of Rue de la Jonquière in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. You could not have put the crowd in the after photo on the sidewalks of the before photo !

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22h

Dario Amodei of Anthropic is Very Normal and Can Be Trusted With the Future of Humanity: “…in my case I'd say that I think an adult death is perhaps 2 or 3 times worse than an infant's death.” blog.givewell.org/2010/06/03/m...

GiveWell makes explicit cost effectiveness estimates (based in part on those of the Disease Control Priorities report) for both organizations: ~$545 per infant death averted for Village Reach, and ~$150-750 per death averted for Stop TB. These are roughly comparable, but don't take into account the fact that Stop TB mainly treats adults, while VR mainly treats infants and children. I feel that adults are capable of deeper and more meaningful experiences than are infants, and also deeper connections with other people, so an adult death seems worse to me than an infant death (though both are of course bad). Trying to quantify exactly how much worse is very subjective and can also seem calculating ("how many babies would you kill to save an adult?i, but on a practical level one is forced to make difficult decisions with limited funds, and in my case I'd say that I think an adult death is perhaps 2 or 3 times worse than an infant's death. Thus, adjusted for my personal values, Id say that Stop TB is ~2-3 times more cost-effective than VR, though I understand that others may validly disagree with this subjective assessment.

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Open Lines at The Transport Politic @thetransportpolitic.com · 15h

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Line 12 Gothenburg, Sweden · 10.3 km · 18 stations · Opened Dec 14, 2025 Line 12 of the Gothenburg Tramway opened between Mölndal and Lindholmen,… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg_Tramway 📷 en.wikipedia.org

Photo of the Line 12 in Gothenburg. Credit: en.wikipedia.org.

Open Lines card: new tram / light rail line, Line 12, in Gothenburg, Sweden · 10.3 km · 18 stations, opened Dec 14, 2025. A world map marks the city.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 15h

My kingdom for a headline about speed safety cameras that mentions a reduction in crashes along with an increase in tickets.

denverite.com

New, automated speed cameras will mean more Denver traffic tickets

The city expects to bring in $3.1 million more from traffic tickets.

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 19h

Avant / Après Rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin dans le 10ème arrondissement. En 1970 devant le Théâtre de la Renaissance, c'est un parking, on voit bien de loin l'affiche du film (à la mauvaise réputation). En 2026 c'est piétonnier, de loin deux arbres cachent les affiches des pièces qui s'y jouent ;)

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JRUrbaneNetwork @jrurbanenetwork.bsky.social · 19h

End of an era.

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China Space Watch @chinaspace.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

China’s satellite internet sector is accelerating! From Sept 14–20, China completed 6 rocket launches, sending 30+ satellites into orbit. Launches are shifting from once every few years to weekly—and sometimes multiple times a day. 🚀

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Before (2025) / After (2026) Rue Julien Lacroix in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Many car parking spots were removed for some greenery. One of the last changes done in the pre-election rush in the first half of 2026, actually completed a few weeks after the election.

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Charles de Gaulle - Mémoires d'espoir et Discours et messages À paraître en février chez Bouquins

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

AI is real, AI bubble even more so.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Oracle, 29th largest company in the world, led by Larry Ellison, books looking bad, bet huge on AI, tens of billions in negative cash flow, and if the company goes down, there’s a good chance it takes the AI bubble and Skydance down with it.

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Félicitations ! C'est mérité.

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 12/10/2026

Data suggest AI rollout has huge impact on call centre employment • Employment in call centres has dropped by 5% globally compared to late 2023 peak • Analysis holds not only in aggregate and high-income countries, but also in most lower- and middle-income countries www.ft.com/content/d641...

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Do they even have the technology?

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 12/10/2026

When they say you can’t have platform screen doors because the trains have varying door locations

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 10/10/2026

Thoroughly looking forward to headlines like ”Trump Ocean’s 2027 hurricane season threatens to destroy thousands of homes in Palm Beach,” and “As Trump Ocean rises, Miami may be permanently flooded”

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Avant / Après Cours de Vincennes, 12ème arrondissement de Paris. Ici la place piétonne servait en 1970 de parking automobile, même si ce n'était pas le cas plus loin comme le montre une autre photo. Maintenant, c'est un terminus pour le tramway.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The London Assembly's Transport Committee just issued a new report on autonomous vehicles, and it's notably lacking in enthusiasm: "We currently have not heard sufficient evidence to persuade us that London should welcome autonomous passenger services."

london.gov.uk

Who’s driving the future of autonomous transport in London?

The London Assembly Transport Committee has published the report: 'Who’s driving the future of autonomous transport in London?'

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 12/10/2026

China is going all in on electrification to power EVs and data centres • Electricity accounts for about one-third of energy use, up from around 10% in early 2000s • Regions in western China that produce more power than they can consume are becoming data-centre hubs www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Biden was willing to destroy the entire system of international law to protect Israel. Trump does it on general principles of hating the idea of any kind of law. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/u...

nytimes.com

Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions (Gift Article)

U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ah, well, nevertheless: "Republicans face midterm backlash from factory workers squeezed out of jobs by Trump’s tariffs" apnews.com/article/trum...

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Old school Little Englander nonsense about regulations. The reason the UK didn't massively deregulate after Brexit was 1/ because regulations and standards are international norms, and 2/ the people and more importantly politicians even businesses of the UK want them.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"Don’t feel sorry for millennials. They are living it up now" www.economist.com/finance-and-... "The Economist has assembled data on millennials’ incomes for 32 rich countries. In just three of these—Italy, Greece and Japan—are millennials worse off"

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Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Today's Trade Secrets: another fine Merz EU've got Xi into.* The EU's quota deal on cars with China and the Franco-German paper on trade instruments don't add up to an industrial strategy. Show us the detail: show us the teeth. *this headline doesn't 100% make sense but I am very proud of it.

as.ft.com

The EU has more bark but lacks bite towards China

Germany’s apparent shift towards trade belligerence is unfocused and unproven

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Interesting post-EU-China hybrid deal: China to lower value-added tax export ‌rebate for EVs including hybrid to 9% from 13% ⁠from April 1 ‌2027 Beijing effectively reducing a financial incentive to export cars, dovetailing with EU concerns about flood of cheap Chinese EVs

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Zhu Rongji died recently. He never got to get his.

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

He didn't mention Twitch streams

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 12/10/2026

China's official figures suggest investment in manufacturing and infrastructure has plunged • Beijing's data typically paint a rosy picture, fuelling suspicion among analysts • This time round the figures are suspicious because they look too bleak to be true www.economist.com/briefing/202...

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Philip Oldfield @sustainabletall.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The quality of social housing being built in Paris takes some beating. Yes… this is new social housing! 107 apartments with solid stone facades, designed by AAVP Architecture. Photos by Benoît Santiard Would you just look at that beautiful balustrade!

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Melissa & Chris Bruntlett @modacitylife.com · 12/10/2026

Run in partnership with Belgian railways, Blue-bike is a national shared bike system with 4,000 (e-)bikes across 300 locations. This year it expanded its offering with an e-cargo bike at 34 locations; making it easier to haul groceries, ferry kids, or tackle everyday journeys that might need a car.

Photos of a blue colored shared electric cargo bike parked on the streets of Leuven, Belgium.

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ansarallah chews khat and kicks their ass

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/10/2026

‘Ships turn off their AIS transponders for a variety of reasons. Naval vessels of all nations mask their position far more often than they acknowledge.’ @lalehkhalili.bsky.social on ghost fleets. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.uk

Laleh Khalili · Ghost Fleets

Unregistered and undetectable fleets cut into the profits of the big tanker companies. After the first Trump...

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

💥Confirmation of EU-China trade deal detail: - Yearly quota of 350,000 hybrid units with fixed annual increase adjustment rate of 6%. This will cut by more than half the current Chinese exports to the EU, which is estimated to reach around 800,000 units in full year 2026

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EmmanuelSPV @emmanuelspv.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Before (1970) / After (2026) Quai de Valmy, 10th arrondissement of Paris. Here the family vehicle in 1970 was the car and only the car, in 2026 you can spot a family on the longtail bike. In 1970 cars were parked along the canal, but at least the sign says you could not wash or repair them here ;)

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Gaétan Heymes @gaetanheymes.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Une belle journée en montagne. Un peu de neige résiduelle sur les crêtes entre Val des Prés et Montgenèvre, mais il a beaucoup plus neigé en Italie et vers le Queyras. Les mélèzes commencent à changer de couleur en altitude ...

Vue depuis le pas de la Fanfare, vers la vallée de la Durance

Vue depuis la crête du Chalvet, au fond les sommets entre Sestriere et le Queyras sont bien enneigés

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Paris 1891 pictoral map

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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Popularity of US President Donald Trump in European countries. He currently has the highest approval rating in France with a -67, compared to the lowest in Denmark with -91. The latter is not surprising given his continual threats to invade Greenland (a part of Denmark).

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Hackney Cyclist @hackneycyclist.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Huidenstraat, Amsterdam in 1993 and today

Top, 1993, black and white: a cobbled street with a few cars and bollards, and a handful of pedestrians crossing near the corner.

Bottom, today, in colour: the same corner, now packed with people walking and cycling along the street. Two women ride a bike together in the foreground, and a no-entry sign with a "cyclists excepted" plate stands at the junction.

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Simon Kuper @simonkuper.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Most football fans detest Gianni Infantino. But the Swiss son of poor Italian immigrants may be exactly the FIFA president that most national football federations want. Me @financialtimes.com on how power in the global game works, and why he's likely to survive. Free link as.ft.com/r/946066a2-f...

as.ft.com

Why Fifa’s Infantino is so hard to topple

As challengers emerge, patronage continues to underpin a tenacious presidency

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 11/10/2026

‘A decade ago, donations of a million pounds or more represented 1 per cent of party funding. Now they account for more than a third. But even by these standards Reform’s reliance on large donors is unusual.’ @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on party fundraising. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

lrb.co.uk

Peter Geoghegan · Short Cuts: Funding Reform

British politics has long been complacent about the power of big money. The relatively low price of access to...

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French Grid Bot @frenchgrid.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

🇫🇷 France: 19g CO2/kWh 🟢 ⚛️ 83% Nuclear 💨 8% Wind 🌊 5% Hydro 🇪🇸 Spain: 200g CO2/kWh 🟠 ⚛️ 40% Nuclear 🔥 33% Gas 💨 9% Wind Data: Electricity Maps (02:00 UTC)

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The Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 10/10/2026

Which state is the youngest in the nation? (It's Utah) And young voters have swung leftward since 2024. Put it together, and @jakerugh.bsky.social has been documenting a big change in voter registration patterns in conservative Utah.

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etbadaboum @etbadaboum.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

On average, outside of exceptional days, it's around 9M. By 2035 they aim for ca. 15M per day.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 10/10/2026

China’s railway system provided 25 million rides on a single day, October 1. For comparison, the US aviation system serves about 3 million travelers daily. Amtrak serves about 35 million riders per year.

english.scio.gov.cn

China's railway passenger trips hit record single-day high

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