Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialJens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Finally out, with @shahinvallee.bsky.social our ambitious story for European Macro Policy Network (EMPN) on the future of the global euro empn.eu/publication/... 610437
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialTrouw @trouw.nl · 04/09/2026De ooit zo vanzelfsprekende liefde tussen VVD en CDA is bekoeldtrouw.nlDe ooit zo vanzelfsprekende liefde tussen VVD en CDA is bekoeldCDA-prominenten zien de VVD verder naar rechts schuiven, terwijl VVD’ers vinden dat het CDA naar het midden beweegt. Trouw sprak met bewindslieden uit een tijd dat de twee partijen beter met elkaar overweg konden. 6185
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 20/08/2026Binyamin Netanyahu’s alliance with the far right has become the key to remaining in office. The Israeli prime minister will keep enabling settlers unless he is forced to back down bit.lyIsrael is flirting with the next intifadaAmerica must press Binyamin Netanyahu to rein in violent settlers 1127
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialJean Dohmen @dohmen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026They’re eating the horses! www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...nytimes.comUnder Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to SlaughterA legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction. 2148
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 18/07/2026All things considered, our overall assessment is that he has underperformed as Britain’s prime ministerbit.lyThe final score on Sir Keir Starmer’s two years in officeSome progress, but all too plodding 4112
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 18/07/2026Under a new treaty, whose 1,000-plus pages took more than five years to negotiate, Gibraltar has become a de facto part of the EU’s border-free Schengen area. Discover the full story. Register to read for freebit.lyOpening the border between Spain and GibraltarThe deal offers hope for a more pragmatic relationship between Britain and Europe 082
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialfravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Gustav Klimt - "Country House on Attersee Lake, Upper Austria," 1914 111353173
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/07/2026The Ukrainian military is hammering Crimea with swarming drone attacks, seeking to transform it from a Russian-occupied fortress into a nightmare for the Kremlin to manage. Here is an in-depth look at the attacks, which Ukraine has ramped up in recent weeks.nyti.msUkraine Is Bringing the War With Russia to Crimea, Strike After StrikeUkraine is engaged in a campaign in Crimea to take out Russian air defenses, sever vital supply lines, and cripple the peninsula's energy grid and fuel reserves. 14527111
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialAgathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 03/07/2026It's @foreignpolicy.com free week: all pieces are free to read, with no paywall or need to log in - on this occasion I'm re-upping my third most popular column ever, outlining how strains on the Russian economy were accumulating last Fall (and it's now much worse)foreignpolicy.comPutin’s Fear of a Humiliating Economic CrisisGreater sanctions pressure could finally bring Moscow to the negotiating table. 0209
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 29/06/2026As good as anything I've read on Europe and China Shock 2.0 by @adamtooze.bsky.social, in which various factors are involved not least China's heavy investment in the green economy and "European industry needs saving from itself" adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...adamtooze.substack.comChartbook 454: China shock 2.0 and mercantilist-on-mercantilist violence.At Premier Lǐ Qiáng addressed the plenary opening of “Summer Davos” in Dalian China last week, something unusual happened. 2177
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 24/06/2026AI presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher’s favourite kindecon.stWhy big AI labs are hiring so many philosophersAI presents all sorts of thorny problems—a philosopher’s favourite kind 185
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 20/06/2026DOWD: “.. A historian once told me that the presidency would distill Donald Trump to his essence. “.. That essence, it turns out, is trillions of microscopic organisms that suck up all the oxygen and endanger life around them.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/o... 48769221
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialPG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026While natural gas remains our largest electricity source, the crossing of the lines between solar and coal — one representing the future and one the past — is something we may look back on as one of the key moments in the planet’s transition to green energy. open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...open.substack.comTrump is fighting the green energy revolution. He'll lose.Market forces are stronger than MAGA. 0145
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 17/06/2026“I would bet a kilo of dysprosium that this week’s EU meeting will come out with something vaguely threatening but unspecific.” www.ft.com/content/d2cc...ft.comIf Brussels starts a trade war, Beijing will finish itWargaming the EU-China conflict warns Europe against aggression towards an opponent with superior firepower 1134
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialRem Korteweg @remkorteweg.bsky.social · 14/06/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comHow Brexit has made Britain poorer – in chartsForecasters were wrong about an immediate recession but right that we would be worse off outside the EU 031
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialPG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026The Texas Senate race sets up the largest political science experiment ever conducted, testing the thesis that no matter how flawed and politically unpalatable a Republican can be, a GOP candidate will always win a U.S. Senate general election in Texas. open.substack.com/pub/charliec... 052
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialRuud Meulenbroek @reiziger.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Financial Times heeft er vandaag ook een interessante video over gemaakt. youtu.be/6lFXmDk-tps?...youtu.beWhy birth rates are falling everywhere all at once | FTYouTube video by Financial Times 3114
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialRenée Graham 🏳️🌈 @rygraham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Props to CNN’s chyron writer: 402246534896
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialArnaud De Decker @arnauddedecker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Twee dagen trok ik op met Oekraïense drone-eenheid SIGNUM aan het front in Donetsk. In de killzone is de oorlog een macabere videogame met echte levens, waar FPV-drones continu jagen op alles wat beweegt. Lees het verslag vandaag op @vrtnws.be www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...vrt.be"Ik ben aan het ergste ontsnapt": journalist Arnaud De Decker in vizier van Russische drone in Oekraïne | VRT NWS Nieuws"Dit is het einde." Dat dacht journalist Arnaud De Decker toen hij onlangs 2 dagen doorbracht bij de Oekraïense drone-eenheid Signum, aan het front bij Slovjansk. Een Russische FPV-drone, waarbij een ... 0237
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Arguably the most important chart in Europe. French and German debt levels were identical 20 years ago, now French debt is well over 100% of GDP, Germany is near 60%. I am guessing any gap in that chart over 20% makes joint borrowing—the precondition to deeper EU integration—all but impossible 🧵 65123
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Respect the professionalism www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/a... 2142
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialTom Kreling @tomkreling.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Op de ‘remigratietop’ in Portugal wordt de pers gescheiden en het publiek opgezweept. FvD’ers kletsen in de pauze met extreemrechtse activisten www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...nrc.nlOp de ‘remigratietop’ in Portugal wordt de pers gescheiden en het publiek opgezweept. FVD’ers kletsen in de pauze met extreemrechtse activistenExtreemrechtse bewegingen: In Portugal werd dit weekend een omstreden bijeenkomst gehouden van extreemrechtse activisten, soms strafrechtelijk veroordeeld, en politici. Verbindingen leggen tussen de V... 83913
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMathijs Bouman @mathijsbouman.nl · 30/05/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYA-...youtube.comDid Elon Musk Just Rig the Stock Market?YouTube video by More Perfect Union 53613
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 30/05/2026Illiberal South-East Asian governments are each facing a big short-term problem and a big long-term one as they renew their regimes. There is a clear answer to both challengesecon.stllliberal leaders in mainland South-East Asia revamp their regimesThey are doing better than their more democratic counterparts 083
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialPG Kroeger @pgkroegerbb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to the White House on Wednesday to lend him some cards. “For four years, my country has fought a much larger adversary to a standstill, while for three months, a far smaller country has kicked your ass.” open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...open.substack.comZelenskyy Offers to Lend Trump CardsThe Ukrainian president said his American counterpart’s total lack of cards “makes me very sad." 1196
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 26/05/2026A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.janrosenow.substack.comSpain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how.How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed. 9159141750
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialJohn Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Krugman's US vs Europe substacks have been extremely interesting over the last week (and important to the policy discussion in Europe) paulkrugman.substack.com/p/challengin...paulkrugman.substack.comChallenging the Narrative of European Decline, ContinuedI do not think that word “productivity” means what people think it means 37630
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMaarten van Rossem @maartenvanrossem.bsky.social · 13/05/2026De Europese Commissie wil dat het eenvoudiger wordt om internationale treintickets te boeken. Maar zolang treinreizen gepaard gaat met slechte aansluitingen, hoge kosten en eindeloze vertraging, stappen we liever in het vliegtuig. Waarom is er nog steeds geen naadloos Europees hogesnelheidsnetwerk?maartenonline.nlChaos op het Europese spoor - MaartenonlineReizen per trein is duurzamer dan per vliegtuig. Maar het is vaak prijzig en meer tijdrovend. Waarom is er geen naadloos Europees netwerk van hogesnelheidslijnen? 0142
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 11/05/2026An invasion of Taiwan “would trigger an immediate global economic catastrophe and the loss of countless innocent lives”, write two senators in a guest essay. American support in the region is, therefore, “the bedrock deterrent preventing such a calamity”econ.stAmerica’s commitments in Asia are a bulwark against catastropheJeanne Shaheen and John Curtis, two US senators, explain how to keep them credible 4144
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 10/05/2026High-end cricket bats, which can retail for over £1,000 ($1,350), are almost all produced from English willow. That is becoming more difficultecon.stThe surprising supply-chain choke point for cricket batsA shortage of English willow changes the batting order 182
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I wrote a piece for the Financieele Dagblad about Peter Magyar’s supporters, who oddly seemed obsessed with him yet not hugely enthusiastic about him. A Hungarian acquaintance said she had started dreaming about him, though she doesn’t like his conservatism. 1/4 fd.nl/opinie/15949...fd.nlMagyar: de man op wie iedereen iets anders projecteertPéter Magyar werd in recordtempo de hoop van de Hongaarse oppositie – zonder dat zijn aanhang hem werkelijk omarmt. Zijn aantrekkingskracht schuilt minder in wie hij is, dan in wat kiezers in hem denk... 183
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialJohn Kampfner @johnkampfner.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Political courage and what it meansopen.substack.comTwo leaders staring into an abyssMerz and Starmer both in big trouble; one has a longer shelf-life. Here's why 263
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialAgathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 04/05/2026Around two-fifths of all US data centres are located in areas of high water stress • Data centres require access to huge amounts of water for cooling and power generation • Large data centres can consume as much water as city of 50,000 people does www.ft.com/content/ba4e... 21910
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialAdam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 04/05/2026A leader who can never find the source of his own problems isn't strong. He's loud. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...open.substack.comThe Buck Stops NowhereA president who never owns anything, and a party that used to know better 621921433
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 03/05/2026“.. ‘The messaging has been more than a mess,’ said Matthew Bartlett, a Republican strategist, ‘and that is not a good thing as we dive into another week and even month of war.’” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/u... 71535175
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Fantastic article from @katie0martin.ft.com. “Lots of governments passed up the chance to borrow for nothing in the zero-interest-rate years…Most of the world failed to get the green energy memo after Russia’s assault on Ukraine. It is entirely plausible that Europe will miss this chance too”giftarticle.ft.comThe euro’s urgent needEurope must finally grasp the opportunity to develop the single currency as a reserve asset 39633
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 30/04/2026“Dark patterns and addictive design breach an impressive array of laws,” warns Marie Potel-Saville in a guest essay. “The regulatory apparatus is moving. And yet the harm continues, at scale”econ.stStop big tech from making users behave in ways they don’t want toThat means targeting mechanisms engineered to rewire the brain’s reward system, writes Marie Potel-Saville 0124
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 25/04/2026European NATO allies push back at Trump threat to Spain www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEurope's Nato allies push back at reported US threat to SpainOn Friday morning, souring relations between Europe and the United States reared its Medusa-like head again, writes the BBC's Europe editor. 26425
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Another symbol I learned today that I should have known: opposition folks cut circular holes in the middle of the Hungarian flag in a reference to the 1956 uprising, when protestors cut the red Communist star out of the flag 513739
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialVerfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 11/04/2026The Italian electorate rejected a judicial reform, leading to key resignations. GIUSEPPE MARTINICO and UMBERTO LATTANZI place the reform in Italy’s broader political context – a system in poor health, yet far from the undemocratic Hungarian example. verfassungsblog.de/nor-what-it-... 096
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialTuffy @smtuffy.bsky.social · 02/04/202610/10, no notes www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comWorld’s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scamFake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan’s death while soliciting crypto donations 19235
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialStanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026There is a final favour Macron could do for France—to resign early. Leaving the Elysée a few months short of his mandate would reset France’s awkward electoral calendar. The aim: to avoid new presidents starting their rule at the height of summer. My Charlemagne: www.economist.com/europe/2026/...economist.comA final favour Macron could do for FranceA gracefully timed exit would reset France’s awkward electoral calendar 0225
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 29/03/2026The killingly apposite Vietnam analogy, drawn by @rogermcshane.bsky.social. "Some around the Pentagon have reportedly begun calling [Hegseth] 'Dumb McNamara'" 15418108
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialJohn Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset. 168183406899
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialJessica @jessica-rn.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Just wait until these eyesore monstrosities want to come to your neighborhood. Goodbye trees. Expect to hear a constant, electrical humming, warmer temperatures and higher energy bills. Fight like hell to keep data centers out of your area.cnn.comData centers are creating ‘heat islands’ and warming the land around them by up to 16 degrees | CNNThe vast data centers that power artificial intelligence are so energy hungry that they’re heating up their surroundings, according to new research. It’s an alarming finding given the number of data c... 43295454697
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialMatt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 01/04/2026I wrote this week about the possibility that Viktor Orban, the political genius who synthesized populist nationalism and competitive authoritarianism into the perfect 21st-century system of autocratic control, might actually lose Hungary's election on April 12. 1/2 www.economist.com/briefing/202...economist.comMight Hungary’s election sweep away MAGA’s favourite foreign leader?Whether Viktor Orban wins or loses, the world’s populists and their opponents are watching 25722
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialAnnie M Leonard @anniemleonard.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Have you called your Senators and Reps about the SAVE act, which should be called the Stop All Voting Everywhere act since it is a step in that direction?theguardian.comUS Senate heeds Trump’s call to debate restrictive Save America Act voting billSenate voted 51-48 to begin discussion on bill that would require proof of citizenship for new voters 70684314
Reposted by @olireinoud.bsky.socialThe Economist @economist.com · 23/02/2026A system where authority over the world’s most important companies is divided between groups of MAGA insiders and a patchwork of local attorneys-general is certain to prove an arbitrary and costly mess econ.st/4aYXmVY Illustration: Mojo Wang 053
