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Mathis Richtmann

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reporter DW Business with a special interest in money and abstract stuff; opinion obvsl. own, (he/him) 🖥 mathis.lol

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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Amazing interactive reporting on tax evasion in Germany. @zdfmagaz.in and @fragdenstaat.de show which districts in Germany attract shell companies. steueroasen.watch
steueroasen.watch
Das Steueroasen-Verzeichnis
FragDenStaat und ZDF Magazin Royale präsentieren: Eine digitale Entdeckungsreise durch Deutschlands Steuerparadiese.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Financially betting against climate change means betting on property insurers atm. www.wsj.com/business/all...
wsj.com
Allianz Sees 2025 Earnings at Top End of Target Range, Maybe Higher
The German insurer expects to make at least 17 billion euros in operating earnings for the year as a whole after an increase in earnings over the first nine months.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
„In the latest quarter, [Meta] showed users 14 per cent more ads than a year earlier, and charged 10 per cent more for each one.“ Let’s not forget that the AI boom is built on selling ads. 🎁 giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Mark Zuckerberg goes all in on the AI YOLO trade
The prize of achieving so-called superintelligence outweighs the risks for Meta chief
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Spirit Halloween now has a section devoted to Trump’s economic policies
Photo of Spirit Halloween, which has a tariff aisle including a sign that says “Tariff-ied,” t-shirts that say “once I was afraid now I’m tariffied,” and costumes of Trump’s tariff chart
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Deena Mousa @deenamousa.com · 25/09/2025
In 2016 Geoffrey Hinton said “we should stop training radiologists now" since AI would soon be better at their jobs. He was right: models have outperformed radiologists on benchmarks for ~a decade. Yet radiology jobs are at record highs, with an average salary of $520k. Why?
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Markus Beckedahl @beckedahl.eurosky.social · 11/09/2025
Kauft dieses Buch, denn es ist sehr gut! Es ist ein Roman, der den Glauben an den Rechtsstaat in den Vordergrund stellt. Und der aufzeigt, warum es sich lohnt, für unsere Demokratie zu kämpfen.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
If Europe fails to create digital cash with embedded privacy that normal cash has per default because it opts for using ether as a tech stack, it‘ll fail. 🎁 on.ft.com/4lIFi4y
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EU speeds up plans for digital euro after US stablecoin law
Concern over competitiveness raises possibility of digital currency using public rather than private blockchain
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NBER @nber.org · 05/08/2025
Analyzing 23 million Tweets from global newspapers reveals how climate-news shocks move currencies, shift capital flows, and hit brown stocks, from María José Arteaga Garavito, Riccardo Colacito, Mariano Max Croce, and Biao Yang www.nber.org/papers/w34084
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
„Unsere Studie zeigt: Die größere Herausforderung liegt nicht allein in ungleicher Bezahlung für gleiche Arbeit, sondern in der strukturellen Trennung von Migrantinnen und Einheimischen im Arbeitsmarkt.“
faz.net
Zuwanderungs-Lohnlücke: Erstmals ergründet eine Studie die Ursachen genauer
Selbst mit gleichen Qualifikationen verdienen Migranten weniger als Einheimische. Das liegt aber weniger an einer direkten Diskriminierung bei der Bezahlung, zeigt eine neue Studie.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
While the long-view is great, the conclusion that „in the next crisis, governments may not be able to foot the bill“ is poor: If that’s the case, financial markets as a whole break down—making the scenario rather a basket case. 🎁 economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com
How the economy evades every crisis
Foreign-policy types talk of an age of unprecedented disorder—and markets barely notice
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Wolfgang Petzold @wolfgangpetzold.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Do EU recovery funds promote cohesion between regions? No, says article: core regions profit more than peripheral ones sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Especially appreciated the „China‘s e-payments aren’t stablecoins for a reason“
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
LLMs are bad at knowing what’s important. That’s why it matters whether you give it info in bulk (better) than step by step: the LLM may confuse „wrong“ context it creates while answering with „true“ context you only know. Enter context engineering. www.dbreunig.com/2025/06/22/h...
dbreunig.com
How Long Contexts Fail
Taking care of your context is the key to building successful agents. Just because there’s a 1 million token context window doesn’t mean you should fill it.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Whenever I hear @meredithmeredith.bsky.social speak it’s like breathing good air after choking on smog for a week.
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Ember @ember-energy.org · 28/06/2025
For the world’s sunniest cities, getting over 90% of the way to 24/365 solar is now an economic reality. The economic viability of 24/365 solar electricity can be a game changer for industrial use cases like data centres⚡ ember-energy.org/lat...
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Kay Rabe von Kühlewein @klimakay.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Die @taz.de zeigt in einer neuen Datenanalyse auf sehr gut, warum die Klimakrise auch eine Gerechtigkeitskrise ist. Denn gerade in Städten wie Berlin entscheidet die soziale Frage wo du wohnst und damit auch wie sehr du von Hitze betroffen sein wirst taz.de/Klimagerecht...
"Reiche Menschen haben die Wahl: Sie wohnen sowohl am kühleren Stadtrand, als auch in heißen Innenstadtgebieten. "
Von blau bis rot nach Temp eingefärbte Karte Berliner KiezeKarte Berlins mit hervorgehobenen Kiezen, die zeigt dass Kein einziges Armutsquartier kühl ist
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Exhibit A, prediction markets add no predictability.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Weiß da jemand was? @bmf-bund.de isn't working?
Screenshot of browser window at www.bundesfinanzministerium.de showing HTTP ERROR 500 -- a blank page.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Today had new rare earth export data out. The US suffered the most decline in supplies in May. But Germany's supplies of magnets -- the main product from rare earths -- were slashed in half in both April and again in May. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Export statistics by Magnet exports from China, in line with export restrictions on rare earths and their products seeing a steep decline in recent periods
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Markus Beckedahl @beckedahl.eurosky.social · 13/06/2025
Meine Keynote von der @netzwerkrecherche.org - Jahrestagung als Text: Plattformen und Journalismus: Die Entkernung der Demokratie digitalpolitik.ghost.io/plattformen-... #nr25
digitalpolitik.ghost.io
Plattformen und Journalismus: Die Entkernung der Demokratie
Auf der Jahrestagung von Netzwerk-Recherche in Hamburg habe ich heute die Keynote gehalten. Das ist der Redetext. Die reichsten und mächtigsten Menschen der Welt reihen sich hinter einem autoritären ...
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Also ich wär ja dafür, dass die Commerzbank verkauft wird.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/06/2025
Great piece of visual journalism showing how geographically concentrated data centre development tends to be - looking at Ireland specifically investigates.thejournal.ie/data-centres ‪ by @conorocarroll.bsky.social
investigates.thejournal.ie
The Journal Investigates: Where are all the data centres and why should you care?
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Übermedien @uebermedien.de · 06/06/2025
Polizeigewerkschafter gelten in Medien oft als Experten für Kriminalität und Migration – dabei verfolgen sie vor allem eigene Lobby-Interessen. Jetzt ohne Abo lesen: uebermedien.de/105843/achtu...
uebermedien.de
Wie Polizeigewerkschaften die Sicherheitsdebatte prägen - obwohl sie nicht neutral sind
Polizeigewerkschafter gelten oft als Experten für Kriminalität und Migration – dabei verfolgen sie vor allem eigene Lobby-Interessen.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
omg Steve needs money badly
Advertisement of Steve Wozniak speaking at the Rare Earth Mines, Magnets & Motors 2025 conference in Troronto September 23-24, 2025
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
The AI summary misrepresented ECB president Lagarde in this Bloomberg story. I wonder it it was ECB press people supervising that AI.
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Anke Domscheit-Berg @anke.domscheit-berg.de · 04/06/2025
Der " #MechanicalTurk" - war im 18. Jhd ein gefakter Schach-Computer, in dem ein Mensch saß. 2025 fliegt ein Mrd $ schweres "KI-Startup" auf, das "KI-basierte Programmierung" vertickerte, aber gar keine #KI einsetzte, sondern 700 Inder:innen. #AIwashing timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/t...
How this Microsoft-backed billion-dollar London startup made 700 engineers sitting in India pose as AI
TIMESOFINDIA.COMLondon-based Builder.ai, once valued at $1.5 billion and backed by Microsoft and Qatar's sovereign wealth fund, has filed for bankruptcy after reports that its "AI-powered" app development platform was actually operated by Indian engineers, said to be around 700 of them, pretending to be artificial intelligence.The company now owes $85 million to Amazon and $30 million to Microsoft in cloud computing fees, while approximately 1,000 employees have lost their jobs.
The failure highlights growing concerns about "AI washing," companies rebranding conventional technology services as artificial intelligence to attract investment in the current AI boom.
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Massimo Bognanni @massimobognanni.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🔴 EIL! Bewährungsstrafe (1 Jahr 10 Monate) für #CumEx-Schlüsselfigur Kai-Uwe #Steck. Eine milde Strafe für einen #Kronzeugen - was folgerichtig klingt, wirft nach dem Prozess-Verlauf dennoch Fragen auf 👇
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
US consumer inflation expectations 5-year unhinged -- highest long-term figure since 1991.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
One problem with reporting on US policy: You have to decipher how far removed a seeming decision is from the president to give a sense for how final a decision is. Like this one from the US Trade Representative: Requires a disclaimer.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Und was mit den Versicherern, Pensionskassen und Kleinsparern, die Energiekonzerne im Portfolio haben; Die auch zur Kasse bitten?
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
So what‘s Ghana and Morocco‘s story?
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
From simple chart analysis you could say the dollar and yields track again recently, just at a widening US risk premium. Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down: on.ft.com/3Z91JaS
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 31/05/2025
“The shutdown came on the heels of Volvo announcing layoffs affecting 5% of the plant’s workers, or roughly 125 people, and a global workforce reduction of 3,000 employees…The layoffs are part of nearly $2 billion in cost reductions Volvo is undertaking as tariffs have roiled global trade.”
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Volvo temporarily suspends production at SC plant citing parts shortages • SC Daily Gazette
Volvo Cars temporarily halted production at its Lowcountry plant because of a parts shortage. But production will resume Saturday.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Great thread on the other legal tools Trump has on the EU after the reciprocal tariffs were struck down.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Radwege werden über alle Mobilitätskategorien hinweg am schlechtesten bewertet. Sind Radfahrende die anspruchsvollsten Verkehrsteilnehmenden? Nicht-repräsentative Umfrage im @tagesspiegel.de
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Yea weird twist: Elon Musk’s xAI pays to offer its „service“ to Telegram users — not the other way around.
X post by Telegram‘s Pavel Durov outlining the deal
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Imagine: Only two and half years ago, this country debated whether to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Who just got burned? TMTG=Trump Media & Technology Group
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
It's quite rare to speak to people who have seen, smelled and felt the impacts of our dirty supply chains for the clean energy revolution. Activists I spoke with warn about the impacts of rare earths mining in northern Myanmar. @boell.de @globalwitness.org www.dw.com/en/the-dirty...
dw.com
The dirty secrets behind Myanmar's rare-earths boom – DW – 05/24/2025
Myanmar is caught in a scramble for minerals. Their exploitation is causing deaths and environmental harm in the country's Kachin State, activists tell DW. Can the region's independence movement make ...
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Great story comparing food prices in Europe: Barilla pasta is up to 31% more expensive in Germany — where are the arbitrageurs driving pasta over the borders?? Is efficient market theory wrong?? www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Bar Chart showing price differentials of Barilla pasta in European countries
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Andrew Watt @andrewwatteu.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
Class War from Above. Graphed. On top of the direct distributional effects, the demand expansion, in conjunction with tariffs, will boost US inflation and force interest rates higher. At the latest now, every low and middle income US voter must wake up to the fact that MAGA is not on their side.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I wonder if modeling both EU and US negotiators as reporting to anyone is true: The US seems to report to the Treasury market only and EU negotiators have so many constituents its tough to model.
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Jens Südekum @suedekum.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Die Abbildungen 30 und 31 sind meines Erachtens die Highlights des gestern vorgestellten Frühjahrsgutachtens des @svrwirtschaft.bsky.social Je nach konkreter Mittelverwendung hat das Fiskalpaket massiv unterschiedliche Auswirkungen auf BIP-Wachstum und damit die Schuldenquote. /1
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Chinese CMOC overtook Glencore as the largest cobalt producer in 2024. Great story on the diplomatic gamble the Congo is trying to play to get US support for access to minerals. 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
And Bloomberg Terminal is the bookie. “Would you bet on a match that you can’t see or know the score?” another said, adding that trading volumes were lower as a result. www.ft.com/content/cd43...
ft.com
Bloomberg terminal outage hits traders
Disruption to widely used markets data service affects UK and EU debt auctions
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
As Germany is set to roll back supply-chain legislation, incredibly timely report on debt-bondage and housing conditions for workers at global bike manufacturers in Taiwan. mondediplo.com/2025/02/11bi...
mondediplo.com
The bicycle industry’s dirty secret
Open access // by Peter Bengtsen (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, February 2025)
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The 90-day pause on China tariffs is the largest reduction in tariffs since Trump took office, by far, but it still leaves tariffs significantly higher than they were on April 2nd and eight times as high as before he took office
a timeline of Trump's 2nd-term tariffs, which go from roughly 2.5% to 13% by march, fall back to 7%, rise to 10%, rise to 15%, rise to 28%, sink to 25%, rise to 26%, then fall to 16%
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Best thing I read on the popes this week.
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Mathis Richtmann @nullnein.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
This comes after a long history of Austrian popes.
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