Reposted by P ThortonΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 01/03/2026Henri Rousseau - La Sein à Suresnes Henri Julien Félix Rousseau ( 21 May 1844 – 2 September 1910) was a French post-Impressionist painter in the Naïve or Primitive manner. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt 0639
Reposted by P ThortonIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Price shocks in essentials must be buffered before they ripple through the economy and rip apart our societies. Have governments learned their lesson or will they let the fossil fuel price shock unleash another round of windfall profits and inflation? Link: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/12/o... 24219
Reposted by P ThortonPhilipp Heimberger @heimbergecon.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Europeans live longer than Americans, despite spending less on healthcare. 22612
Reposted by P ThortonBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026ah THE COMPLETE HOMOSEXUAL HANDBOOK, one of the lesser known late TSR products. 1122235
Reposted by P ThortonMichael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 06/03/20269/15 That is why it was impossible to raise the consumption share of GDP without both undermining the very large and globally competitive manufacturing sector and reducing high investment levels that had driven GDP growth. 133
Reposted by P ThortonMichael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 06/03/20267/15 The Japanese growth model and its manufacturing sector, like China's today, had been turbocharged by the very factors that made its consumption so weak, i.e. huge direct and indirect transfers from households that subsidized capacity expansion in... 133
Reposted by P ThortonShahin Vallée @shahinvallee.bsky.social · 05/03/2026A good thread by @nilsredeker.bsky.social but I disagree with his optimistic assessment of the @ec.europa.eu IAA. A quick thread : 22710
Reposted by P ThortonJeremy Cliffe @jeremycliffe.bsky.social · 06/03/2026The remarkable thing about Pedro Sánchez is that he has faced everything modern European politics has to throw at a government - the scars of the eurozone crisis, a polarised and fragmented politics, snobbery from other Europeans - and built the most successful economy and foreign policy in Europe. 511822
Reposted by P ThortonRichard Baker @bakerart.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I have produced quite a few paintings and drawings of Green Street in Cambridge over the years. Here's a watercolour and ink sketch showing the western end as it goes into Trinity Street. Not sure if I still have this one. #Cambridge #watercolour #streetscene 834799350
Reposted by P ThortonJen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Don't fall into the cynicism trap. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2024/09/20/w...nytimes.comDon’t Fall Into the ‘Cynicism Trap’ (Published 2024) 13612
Reposted by P ThortonSander Tordoir @sandertordoir.bsky.social · 04/03/2026New piece on Chinese tech investment in Europe — fittingly out the day the Commission publishes the Industrial Accelerator Act, kicking off months of legislative wrangling. A look at the data and recent cases shows Europe has learned to block Chinese takeovers of tech & semiconductor assets. 1/ 15428
Reposted by P ThortonOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 09/03/2026One and a half million people are killed by animals every year. Almost one million by other animals, and more than half a million from direct conflict among ourselves. Almost all of these deaths from other animals are caused by just two types: mosquitoes and snakes. 1513846
P Thorton @pthorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Deeply troubled by the festering political violence the republican party, trump & rw extremist have unleashed on the US. Their refusal to enact gun safety laws & their celebration of violence is what caused today’s terrible tragedy.They need to face accountability for Kirk’s sake.Thoughts & prayers. 020
Reposted by P ThortonDr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @drdoylesays.bsky.social · 19/02/2025We're not always going to feel strong. Strength fluctuates. We won't be strong every minute, & we don't need to be. What we do need is to be committed to having our own back, being on our own side, not abandoning ourselves-- no matter how strong we do or don't feel this minute. 17814
