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ChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 10h

1/ Restoring Yandex's damaged data centres will take at least six months and cost billions. Disruption is already severe; Russian manufacturers and distributors face imminent disaster due to Ukraine's strikes causing the collapse of the state-operated goods tracking system. ⬇️

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 10/10/2026

We're all drinking the kool aid, folks. Even the investors who don't like the stuff are struggling to figure out how to avoid it. 🎁:- as.ft.com/r/310cd6d8-3...

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Oekraïne Vandaag @oekrainevandaag.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

🇵🇱 Poolse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken:

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Jeroen Baert @jbaert.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

JE DOET DEZE MATRICES HUILEN

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The appropriate pronouns for AI agents are it/it. We need to stop anthropomorphizing software and hardware.

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Pourbus @pourbusverhelst.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Mijn nichtje Frauke is vermist www.politie.be/opsporingen/...

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Jeffrey Brown @texasgeologist.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Re: Trump's diesel deal with Putin Conversion factor is 7.5 barrels of diesel per metric ton. Daily global diesel consumption is around 25 million bpd. So, the initial 300,000 tons, or 2.2 million barrels, would meet global demand for about two hours.

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Lars Christensen @mamomvpy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

WHAT USE IS AN OLD POLISH MARXIST? Well with a bit of help from the Fed he might help understand the US stock market boom. marketmonetarist.com/2026/10/09/k...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

BLAS: “.. Once again, I had to update the y-axis as the cost of oil freight (Persian Gulf to the Far East) climbs further. Now at >$1.4 million per day.” @bloomberg.com @javierblas.bsky.social ⛽️

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Statbel, het Belgische statistiekbureau @statbel-nl.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

De Kerncijfers 2026 zijn er 📊 We publiceren dagelijks nieuwe cijfers. Eén keer per jaar bundelen we de essentie om België te beschrijven: de bevolking, de economie en het dagelijks leven. Alles staat hier 👉 statbel.fgov.be/nl/kerncijfers

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/10/2026

wow -- Fox Business is now treating Trump's completely made up economic boasts as though they are factual. Note the citation here -- "The White House" Reminder that the entire US economy is about $32t. If we really had $21t flowing in, you'd notice it Fox thinks their viewers are really dumb

Fox Biz screencap that says: "$21 TRILLION INVESTMENTS POURING INTO THE US"

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Andy Kerkhofs @andykerkhofs.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Een toch wat markante analyse in Duitse media: men erkent weliswaar dat de huidige socio-economische koers van Merz mee het ressentiment voedt die het bedje spreidt voor partijen als AfD, maar vindt het verder wel van kapitaal belang dat die koers onverkort wordt doorgezet.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Let's explore the IceCube Neutrino Observatory! Constructed at the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, it embeds ~5,800 ultra-sensitive light detectors (DOMs) in 90 strings through 1 cubic km of ultra-clear glacier ice sitting at very nearly the precise geographic South Pole.

IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. A blue building with deeply insulated windows, and two columns sitting out like flying buttresses to the side. It's on packed snow, a tiny Lego-like structure on the frozen ice.
CREDIT: Christopher Michel - Wikimedia

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

That is consistent. EU's steel protectionism hammers local steel users, whose demand for steel declines. So EU steel makers desperately need new source of steel demand that can withstand the higher prices that prevail under protectionism.

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"charities controlled by wealthy people—with Treasury Dept. approval—can put individual stocks into the accounts of thousands or millions of children." This could create a sympathetic constituency that motivates politicians/regulators to change rules for the benefit of a company's current owners. ☠️

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Wouter De Tavernier @wdetavernier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Bij invoering in 2004 kostte een cheque 6.20 euro, aangepast aan inflatie is dat vandaag 10.42 euro, aan de gemiddelde loonsstijging 11.14 euro. Ze zijn nu dus betaalbaarder dan toen. Niet tof dat ze duurder worden, maar geen nood aan nostradamiaanse voorspellingen. www.standaard.be/opinies/hoez...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The White House accord on AI that was signed by all the big tech oligarchs today misspells United States as “Unites States.”

Document signed by Trump, Sundar Pichai
Google
Dario Amodei
Anthropic
Mark Zuckerberg
Meta

Greg Brockman
OpenAl

Elon Musk
XAI

Jensen Huang
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HELL Kennedy @helenkennedy.com · 29/09/2026

Trump’s new AI website is kinda fun, it turns out.

Can the president use taxpayer funds to air his old campaign ads on TV?

No. Federal appropriations law has long barred using taxpayer funds for political advertising.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

> @variety.com variety.com/2026/digital...

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Matthias @mvgenechten.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Ultrasporter Matthieu Bonne blijkt dan toch limieten te kennen. Met zijn 17 uur, 28 minuten en 17 seconden strandde hij op bijna vier dagen van het Belgische wereldrecord begrotingsonderhandelen. vremdemirror.com/2026/09/29/1...

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17 uur, 28 minuten en 17 seconden: Matthieu Bonne bijt tanden stuk op wereldrecord onderhandelen over de begroting

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TED 🇺🇸 @epicureandealmaker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Adam Jonas’s personal attorney: “Good morning, Adam. How are you today? Yeah? Good. Um, yeah, I’m calling because I just saw your latest research report. Yeah, yeah, nice. Um, you got a minute? Great.

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Tania Doney @taniadoney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So, who's your money on? Gérard Depardieu? Javier Bardem? Personally, I suspect Jackie Woodburne (Susan off Neighbours).

UK news
Marco Rubio says foreign actor was 'clearly' behind suspected plot at UK airbase

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evacide @evacide.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Meta Muse appears to read your Apple messages and upload them to the cloud even if you explicitly tell it not to: appleinsider.com/articles/26/...

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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's winning Biology All email--in fact this is a contender for best this year

Hi all,

We received a package with no name to GSB 2144 with 80 sheep brains in it. If you are expecting this package, please reach out and we can coordinate the pickup!

Best wishes,
Jenna

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Georgios Karamanis @karaman.is · 25/09/2026

IKEA names its sofas after Swedish places, and most of its armchairs follow the same rule. IKEA Sweden sells 64 of them right now, and I put every one on a map. Pick a sofa or armchair and see where it comes from! karaman.is/ikea-place-n... #dataviz #maps

A web page titled "The IKEA place-name map". On the left, a dropdown has MALMKÖPING selected. Below it is a photo of a beige 3-seat sofa priced from 7 295 kr, and it is placed in Flens kommun, Södermanlands län. On the right is a map of Sweden with dots for sofas, armchairs and places that have both. Most dots are in the south, and Älmhult, IKEA's home town, is marked with a red cross.

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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Search interest in “Muse” was still higher in September 2009 than it is now (That’s when the band Muse released its amazing “Resistance” album)

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Roel Maalderink @roelmaalderink.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Meta wil niet dat je deze video ziet. Ik herhaal: Meta wil níet dat je deze video ziet.

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Stephen Turner @stephenturner.us · 23/09/2026

Anthropic is a biotech firm now www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdCE...

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Inside Anthropic's molecular biology lab

YouTube video by Anthropic

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Mass deportations are getting increasingly personal for a lot of candidates and elected officials. Here, Paul LePage, former GOP governor of Maine and current congressional candidate, says his son's father-in-law is currently being targeted for deportation.

Paul LePage said Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is deporting a relative.

The Republican former governor who is running for Maine’s open 2nd Congressional District seat made the revelation in response to a question from a Portland Press Herald reporter during an event in Augusta, where LePage accepted an endorsement from Maine’s Fraternal Order of Police.

LePage told the reporter that his son’s father-in-law, who has a valid work permit, faces deportation because “certain people in Washington” don’t like the country he’s from, according to the Press Herald.

LePage didn’t identify the relative or say which country he is from.

He went on to say that ICE should focus its deportation efforts on gangsters and criminals.

“Would I go after everybody that’s here, that have work permits and have been here for decades? Probably not,” the Press Herald quoted LePage as saying.

At the same event, LePage also criticized the new state law limiting police cooperation with ICE agents.

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

" EU passenger car production has fallen by around 2.6 million units since 2019, a 19 %drop... Europeans bought 2.2 million fewer new cars (from anywhere, not just from Europe) in 2025 than in 2019. It is unclear whether this drop is temporary or structural. "

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The European Union’s automotive sector needs a plan, not undue protection

European automotive policy should prioritise affordable competitiveness over protectionism, using resilience criteria and temporary safeguards

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Vin Diesel now in hiding, fearing for his safety

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I think I have already seen this story here, but it is fascinating enough to share it again. It is not just fantastic naval history, it also illustrates how administrative records were used for improving productivity and efficiency, long before Taylorism or operations research.

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Steve Rattner @steverattner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The labor share of economic output hit its lowest point on record in Q2 2026.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026

LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/09/2026

Florida Republican tries to save her seat by ... running ads against Trump

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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I don't know if Matt Levine's theory about what's behind recent calls for AI regulation is correct. But it does sound plausible! www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Oldie but goodie... Major news outlets exhibit a stark selection bias by disproportionately reporting on rare, dramatic risks @danielcrosby @ritholtz @awealthofcs

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Everything clears at a price. #AdWords

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 14/09/2026

🚨 NEW: The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland say the future of their nations "belongs in the European Union" as they call for independence from the UK

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Shipping Tanker ETF is going through some things. $BWET

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Lia van Bekhoven @liavanbekhoven.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

…en uitademen. VK gaat niet hertoetreden. #EU

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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 13/09/2026

It's a basic thing that no one even bothers to talk about anymore. But he's simply never understood what trade deficits are. Never. When you are getting net investment into your country, you have a trade deficit. But that's good! Trade deficits and surpluses are not inherently good or bad.

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

PISA scores explained in one picture

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Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 07/09/2026

Before LLMs, folks at elite institutions would disproportionately have access to research assistants, increasing their edge over researchers at less fancy institutions with more limited resources. In that specific dimension of access to labour hours, LLMs have the potential to be equalizers.

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Ivan the K ™ @ivanthek.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What kind of investigation can she undertake while sitting on the minority side of the aisle?

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Joannes Laveyne @jolaveyne.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The fill rate of European gas reserves is at a historic low. Whilst on September 1st reserves were, on average, 81% full, this figure now stands at just 67%. Will we be left in the cold this winter? Well, not really. A quick thread on how the fill rate (doesn’t) relate to security of supply. 🧵

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Leah Reich @leahreich.com · 31/08/2026

I’m sure most of you aren’t watching the US Open right now which means you missed this instantly iconic moment, now available in gif form

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Richard Tol @richardtol.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Smith ended mercantilism in 1776 but Trump has yet to catch up.

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