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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 21/07/2025

This is absurd. The red supergiant Betelgeuse is the bright feature in this image. But that darker blue splotch is a *companion star* that's just been discovered—and it orbits so close to Betelgeuse that it's inside the larger star's outer atmosphere.

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Valerie Faudon @valeriefaudon.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Royaume-Uni: l'une des plus grandes grues du monde (baptisée Big Carl) pose le dôme (diamètre 47m, hauteur 14m, poids 245t) sur le bâtiment du second réacteur EPR de Hinkley Point C. Une étape majeure de franchie!

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

On France and "bankruptcy": if a borrower can finance itself at a rate of interest of 3.4%, just 0.7% above the EU's safe asset, you have to seriously question the notion of "veering towards bankruptcy". There are many, many other more accurate ways to describe what's going on here.

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Aurélie Drvn @aureliedrvn.com · 13/07/2025

Bonjour. Pour nous adapter, nous avons besoin de la Clim. Elle ne fera pas tout, elle ne doit pas nous empêcher de lutter contre le réchauffement mais elle est indispensable.

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Julien Coudert @juliencoudert.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Encore un thread comme on aime. Sérieux et clair. Merci.

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

60% of Americans earn less than a living wage People are using buy now, pay later apps to go into debt to buy groceries GoFundMe has 250k pages dedicated to medical bills and 40k for tuition Trump & Republicans: Let’s give $4.5 trillion more in tax breaks to the rich! 🤑

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Julien Coudert @juliencoudert.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Oui faites attention. Après, je trouve cette carte grossierement trompeuse. Elle est clairement faite pour laisser entendre qu'il va faire 40 à Bordeaux. Ce n'est pas vrai. C'est le record en juin. Ce sera 35 ou 36 (comme les couleurs l'indiquent). Un peu de rigueur.

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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 19/06/2025

Cette nuit et ce matin, l’Iran semble avoir intensifié ses frappes sur Israël en alternant drones (lents et faciles à intercepter pour le Iron Dome) et missiles balistiques plus compliqués à intercepter. Le bilan humain risque de s’alourdir… 1/N

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

We have a "never use yellow if you can help it" rule for our charts. We couldn't help it on this one www.economist.com/united-state...

Chart from The Economist showing the contribution to California's energy supply of natural gas, wind, hydro, batteries, nuclear and solar. There's a huge jump in solar from around 8am to 6pm

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 12/05/2025

China is moving much faster on electric cars than the EU or the United States

A line graph illustrates the share of new cars sold that are electric in three regions: China, the European Union, and the United States from 2020 to 2023. The vertical axis indicates the percentage of electric cars, ranging from 0% to 40%, with marked points at 2%, 6%, 10%, and 22%.

In 2020, China starts at 2%, showing a steady upward trend, culminating at 38% in 2023. The European Union begins similarly at 6%, increasing to 22% by 2023. The United States, starting at 2%, progresses to 10% over the same period, showing the slowest growth among the three.

The graph highlights China's significant lead over both the EU and the US in the adoption of electric cars.

Data source is the International Energy Agency, specifically from the Global EV Outlook 2024 report. A note indicates that in China and the EU, two-thirds of these cars are fully electric, while in the US, 80% are.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 25/04/2025

US allies are bewildered at what the Trump administration is trying to achieve with its trade agenda — and even more concerned at what the ongoing uncertainty is doing to their own economies. Here’s how the US trade war is infecting the global economy: www.ft.com/content/14c3...

A chart with the title: 'US outlook takes a hit as IMF downgrades global growth forecasts'.

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Philippe Maupas @philmop.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Je ne suis vraiment pas fait pour ce monde où les gens vivent dans des univers parallèles selon leur affiliation politique. Source : John Authers. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 16/04/2025

Recent surges in house prices have affected many — but not all — countries in the European Union

A chart titled "There is no universal trend in housing prices in European countries" presents price changes of residential properties purchased by households in the 12 most populous European Union countries. It displays a grid layout.

In the top row from left to right:
- **Portugal** shows a steep increase of +50% from 2010 to 2023.
- **Czechia** indicates a +44% rise.
- **Sweden** reflects a +36% increase.

In the second row:
- **Germany** has a +33% change.
- **Netherlands** exhibits a +17% increase.
- **Poland** shows a +11% rise.

In the third row:
- **Belgium** and **France** both have a modest increase of +6%.
- **Greece** shows a decrease of -9%.

In the fourth row:
- **Spain** indicates a decline of -13%.
- **Romania** has a notable decrease of -27%.
- **Italy** shows a -28% drop.

The chart indicates that data has been adjusted for inflation and cites Eurostat as the data source for 2025. A note at the bottom reminds viewers about the inflation adjustment.

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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Britain has the among the highest share of economic elites born abroad. And, contrary to stereotypes about London, the the lowest share born in the main city.

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Per CNBC: White House is now saying EU will not be punished for their retaliation because it hadn't gone into effect yet. So they only get the 10% baseline tariff. That excuse just tells you in black and white how much they've contorted themselves in order to back the fuck off this poor strategy.

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

"As an indication of the mad-king dynamic at play, the new plan imposes a 20 percent tariff on the European Union in retaliation against the bloc’s value-added tax system—even though the VAT applies equally to imports and domestic goods and is therefore not a trade barrier at all.” -Jonathan Chait

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Greg De Temmerman @gregdt.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Many countries are starting to see their oil demand be affected by the deployment of EVs. Below is the example of Norway where 96% of new cars sold are electric/hybrid. China oil demand seems to plateau too. This is how transitions start... www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 24/03/2025

European countries use far less antibiotics in livestock than they used to

This chart illustrates the percentage reduction in antimicrobial sales (tonnes of active ingredients) used for livestock in selected European countries between 2010 and 2022. The Netherlands achieved the largest reduction (-76%), followed by France (-75%), Italy (-70%), the United Kingdom (-60%), Spain (-43%), and Denmark (-32%). Data source: European Medicines Agency (2023). Note: Only a subset of European countries is highlighted for example purposes.

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Philippe Maupas @philmop.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Alors, 2024 fut-elle l'année du grrrand retour de la gestion active en Europe ? Encore raté si l'on en croit les résultats de SPIVA à fin 2024. Sur 3, 5 et 10 ans, c'est encore et toujours la même débâcle collective 👉 www.spglobal.com/spdji/en/doc...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 19/03/2025

Global cereal production has grown much faster than population in the last half-century

This line chart shows the growth of global cereal production, yield, population, and land use for cereal production from 1961 to 2023, indexed to 1961. Cereal production increased by 250%, surpassing population growth, which rose by 164%. Cereal yield grew significantly, while land use for cereal production remained nearly constant. The chart highlights that higher yields, not expanded land use, drove most of the production increase. Data sources: UN FAO (2023), UN WPP (2024).

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

This was my column on Why Canada should join the EU, from the start of the year. Polling now shows nearly half of Canadians are in favour. While I think Canada *actually* becoming a member is still far-fetched, the two sides could aim for a much closer alliance. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

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Why Canada should join the EU

Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal

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Tom Sasse @tomsasse.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

"in 2023 found that gas sets the price of electricity 98% of the time in Britain, compared with a European average of 58%" --good summary of why electricity is so expensive in Britain and the problems that causes @economist.com www.economist.com/britain/2025...

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 06/03/2025

The United States spends a lot more on healthcare per person than other G7 nations

Bar chart titled "The US spends far more on health than any other G7 country." It compares public and private annual health expenditures per person (2021) among G7 countries, adjusted for living cost differences. The US leads significantly at $12,000, followed by Germany at $7,610, Canada at $6,550, France at $6,330, the UK at $6,160, Japan at $4,680, and Italy at $4,370. Data source: World Health Organization (2025), using international-$ at 2017 prices.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 06/03/2025

Fund managers have said that Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda has instead unleashed a Make Europe Great Again trade that is reordering global financial markets. www.ft.com/content/2e81...

A chart comparing the S&P 500 with the Cac 40 and Dax. Headline text reads: 'Trump rally fades, leaving Wall Street stocks trailing global peers'.

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Stefan Schubert @stefanschubert.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Inheritance flows are rising as a share of national output in many rich countries (The Economist)

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Julien Coudert @juliencoudert.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

This at least shows that "some" americans do understand how tariffs work...

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The top 10% of earners now account for 50% of spending in the US, up from 40% in 1990. That means affordability problems will be slower to show up in spending numbers. It’s also, of course, evidence that American prosperity is increasingly unequally shared.

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Cédric Mas @cedricmas.eurosky.social · 07/02/2025

Good Night World

Un groupe de dirigeants d'entreprise en réunion devant des schémas montrant une chute des profits et des ventes. L'un demande "What if we don't change at all... and something magical just happens ?"

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Barry Ritholtz @ritholtz.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

The Vanguard Effect in a nutshell: $5T swing from high-cost active to low-cost indexing over the past decade. One new wrinkle: Active in ETF format is starting to grab some real flows (thx to being low(er)-cost and in ETF form). via Eric Balchunas, Bloomberg

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Excellent piece. Why Norway’s Political Crisis Is a European Energy Problem www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

www.thirdway.org/report/renew...

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Julien Coudert @juliencoudert.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

This is a fundamental teaching about politics. People don't really care about about what main parties think they care about.

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Eric Lagadec @ericlagadec.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

"J'ai appris à l'école que Pluton était une planète, et ce n'est plus le cas aujourd'hui!". J'entends souvent ça, c'est donc une opportunité de parler un peu de l'histoire de la planète naine Pluton et des objets aux confins du système solaire en général. Thread👇

Photo de pluton par la sonde New Horizon, avec des nuances de beige, de rouille et de bleu

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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

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Antoine Copra @cobrafx.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

À part pour l’ammoniac, le monde a probablement passé son pic de la pollution de l’air. ourworldindata.org/data-insight...

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Douglas A. Boneparth @dougboneparth.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Under Trump, the market went up 66.5%. Under Biden, the market went up 57.9%. No one knows anything. Keep investing.

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Tristan Mendès France @tmf.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Le CEVIPOF a publié un baromètre de la confiance politique sur 15 ans, et il y a dedans des tendances assez inattendues. D'abord, les sondés semblent avoir plus confiance dans les médias en 2024 qu'en 2009 (!). Même chose pour les réseaux sociaux (?). 1/n

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Sophie Pedder @sophiepedder.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

After America, France has the highest share of women on active duty in the armed forces. I found this chart in a recent piece by my colleague @shashj.bsky.social fascinating. Each time I travel with the 🇫🇷 armed forces, I am struck by how many women there are in uniform

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Julien Coudert @juliencoudert.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Fil à lire sur la rentabilité financière des EPR. 👇

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

A tale of two countries. Which? www.ft.com/content/be14...

uk electricity mix, showing steep decline in coal power

Germany’s electricity mix, showing steep decline in nuclear.

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Max Roser @maxroser.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Our Daily Data Insight today — the world has passed “peak child.”

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Antoine Copra @cobrafx.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Petit à petit, nous sommes en train de battre les cancers des enfants.

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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

It’s dying.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

But fossil electricity generation was basically constant until 2020, and has declined quite a bit since. That's progress.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

My first Charlemagne of 2025: Why Canada should join the EU. It has space and resources, Europe has people. Let's deal. (OK fine maybe we should just work towards a closer relationship of like-minded countries, especially in the age of Trump.) www.economist.com/europe/2025/...

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Why Canada should join the EU

Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal

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