Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Still wearing the BBG badge. He’s a full convert. 000
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Donald Trump’s trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comTrump’s Trade Wars Tip World to Slower Growth, Faster InflationUS President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said. 020
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Global Investors Make a Risky Bet on Russia’s Return to Markets www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comGlobal Investors Make a Risky Bet on Russia’s Return to MarketsIt's a massive geopolitical gamble that could yet backfire. 120
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 07/03/2025My CDs long gone, though I have held on to this. 110
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienRobert Jameson @rhjameson.bsky.social · 10/01/20252/ and great chart to go with above story: it's > 1.5 C 011
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Woo hoo! Munster Club Football Final Full Time Dr. Crokes: 0-15(15) Loughmore Castleiney: 1-6(9) 010
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Munster final day! Fingers crossed for @drcrokesgaa.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienFadah Jassem / فداء جاسم @fadahjassem.bsky.social · 07/12/2024A lot is happening in Syria. Want to follow along with additional context, local knowledge, and those who witnessed it in real-time? Here’s a starter pack: Syria from 2011 and beyond. go.bsky.app/3ng3Ghq 27563218
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Been streaming The Cure / Songs of a Lost World for a few weeks. This had to be done 030
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienTony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 06/12/2024How the chip war could turn under Trump - from Chris Miller, author of the hugely influential ‘Chip War’ www.ft.com/content/4408...ft.comHow the chip war could turn under TrumpFrom tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next 033
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Even if transparency was desirable, like disclosing the size of the stockpiles controlled by Swiss commodity trading houses, it would be un-Swiss. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...bloomberg.comSwitzerland Flunks Its Study of Commodity SpeculatorsAn industry that operates in the shadows stays in the shadows. 140
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienGeoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Massive away win for the little fella. 573583949607
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/12/2024Terry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at age of 77theguardian.comTerry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at age of 77* Welshman won world title in 1979 as a qualifier * Griffiths lived with dementia for several years The former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died at the age of 77 after a “lengthy battle with dementia”, his family have confirmed.… 1011829
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 28/11/2024They bore people with their results only a third of the time 020
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 28/11/2024French 10-year borrowing costs match Greece’s for first time www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 030
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 27/11/2024If you didn't keep up with bollard developments in the other place, make sure to do it here. (The car in the first post was inevitable.) 060
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 27/11/2024A very underrated biscuit. Yep, shortbready, but simple. Not as fancy as the ones you'd see in the house at Christmas and which were doled out sparingly. 120
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienAdrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Car parking, and the space wasted on it, is one of the biggest impediments to building climate resilient cities. 0247
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienAnders Nilsson @etwasanders.bsky.social · 22/11/2024We accidentally ended up with a clinical trial in the music scene here. 13833174
Reposted by Fergal O’Brien🍺Donald Clarke 🎥 @donaldclarke.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Shocking if true. 7528
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Call it `interactive' and slap another million on there. (And now I have to watch that scene again. Has to be done) 020
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 21/11/2024A banana. Some duct tape. $6.2 million. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comCrypto Tycoon Pays $6.2 Million for Banana Duct-Taped to a WallMaurizio Cattelan’s artwork Comedian carried a presale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million. 110
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The fact that a massive yellow bus that transports CHILDREN with flashing red lights was still not enough that we needed to add an extended arm (with cameras) with a second flashing stop sign to physically block the road from drivers tells me all I need to know about our auto culture. 1242092
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienPaul J Davies @pauljdavies.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Late to the starter pack game, but here's a handy list of all the writers and wranglers of Bloomberg Opinion who are up on BlueSky @opinion.bsky.social go.bsky.app/87cfrJ3 63415
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienJoshua Green @joshuagreen.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Scoop w/Saleha Mohsin -- Elon's now deeply involved in Trump's Treasury battle. He spoke yesterday with Scott Bessent, who he'd dumped on days earlier: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comBessent Spoke With Musk as Contest Endures for Treasury PositionBillionaire Elon Musk and Key Square Group LP founder Scott Bessent, whom President-elect Donald Trump is considering for Treasury secretary, spoke after Musk publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick as the b... 53715
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15/11/2024Almost a week has gone by and we don’t want to say it’s been chaos, but watching one country’s delegation head for the exit and another nation’s climate minister refuse to show up next week isn’t a great look. Get the latest from COP29 for free ➡️ bloom.bg/3OcTZhS 312123
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Twitter is dead. Long live BlueSky. iandunt.substack.com/p/twitter-is...iandunt.substack.comTwitter is dead. Long live Blue Sky.The exodus is real. 639253363256
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienWill Wilkes @willwilkes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Germany faces a worsening problem: capital is fleeing the country. Our story shows how a €650 billion exodus contributed to the collapse of the ruling coalition and sparked tough questions about the future of Europe’s biggest economy: www.bloomberg.com/news/article... #Germany #news #europebloomberg.comThe €650 Billion Exodus at the Heart of Germany’s Political TurmoilChancellor Olaf Scholz’s fractious coalition struggled to stem a massive capital drain, which threatens to accelerate after Donald Trump’s re-election. 001
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Ten films to get to know me: 1. The 39 Steps 2. A Matter of Life and Death 3. Rio Bravo 4. The Apartment 5. Once Upon a Time in the West 6. Stalker 7. Assault on Precinct 13 8. The American Friend 9. Flash Gordon 10. Alien/Aliens 020
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Love it. Don’t have a full cargo, but here’s our beast. 7,000km and counting. 010
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 14/11/2024Loved those. Any chance of an occasional special? 010
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienIt's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Genuinely burst out laughing. I need £825,000 and i need it now 1217729
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienBloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 12/11/2024More Bloomberg News reporters and editors have been added to our starter pack of Bloomberg News journalists. We hope you <GO> and follow them!go.bsky.appBloomberg News reportersJoin the conversation 104635169
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I might add an additional thought to this line - ``And it is trouble worth noting, even if you have no interest in cars'' ... because you might be one of the many, many other people walking or cycling on public streets and don't have an Iron Man suit to protect against SUVs. 020
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Very good (as ever from Sarah). And the impact of automation continues an existing trend in cars. As they've become `safer' for drivers, that increased insulation/isolation from the road has led to more switching off of the natural safety/caution instincts. People are sleepdriving. 110
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 10/11/2024Someone should set up an algo to post random racism/bigotry at 20-minute intervals so people who miss the mArKeTpLaCe oF iDeAs don't feel like we're iN a SiLo 2313
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 08/11/2024I didn't know you'd moved. I was worried I'd lost my quiz fix. Nice to see the good work continues. Though I don't know why I bother. 23 (again). argh. 120
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 29/10/2024Impossible! But credit to Alexis for a good go at it. 120
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 29/10/2024Yep. Had it on at the weekend, first time in a few months. And here's one for you: www.theguardian.com/music/2024/o...theguardian.comJust like heaven: the Cure’s 20 greatest songs – ranked!Ahead of the release of Songs of a Lost World – their first album in 16 years – we rate the best of a band who combine light and dark like no other 110
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 25/10/2024The Swiss are a bit `meh' on the EU. (though they like the economic benefits) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comSwiss Like the EU’s Economic Benefits, Not So Much the EU ItselfSwitzerland’s efforts to forge closer links with the European Union are going to prove a hard sell with voters, according to a new poll showing that about half are skeptical about the bloc. 010
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienTom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 03/09/2024Our culture has normalized personal responsibility on our roads so much that almost all back to school PSA's are asking kids to be perfect.We need to focus on systems that force drivers to be safe by design rather than hoping kids are perfect.Hope is not a strategy Content done w/ The Biking Lawyer 47415
Reposted by Fergal O’BrienCharles Louis Richter @richterscale.bsky.social · 21/08/2024Mr. Kenobi has referred to Mos Eisley as a "wretched hive of scum and villainy." But we sat down with some patrons at a local cantina and they painted a very different picture of life in the the struggling spaceport town and explained why they continue to support Mr. Jabba's leadership. 162561695
Fergal O’Brien @fergalob.bsky.social · 21/03/2024“No movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M Emmet Walsh in a supporting role can be altogether bad”. www.theguardian.com/film/2024/ma... 010
