Reposted by @xela63.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 22/07/2025A UK wealth tax sounds simple: "tax the super‑rich, fund public services" But it's not. Our 16,000 word deep‑dive shows revenues are fragile, it puts growth, investment and jobs at risk, and there's no revenue before 2029. Here’s the evidence: 48277114
Reposted by @xela63.bsky.socialCristina Caffarra @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social · 12/07/2025As Europe got its "letter" (30%) from President Trump's #RandomTariffGenerator, I discuss w Oren Cass at American Compass & Sander Tordoir at CER_EU the conservative US view that "Europeans had it too good for too long" & the European diagnosis/response. Fascinating conversation, airs 17 July. 293
Reposted by @xela63.bsky.socialChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 27/06/2025NATO agrees on 3.5% defence spending. German government plans to raise it to that level quickly, with debt only. There was *one* politician in the election campaign who said all this needed to happen. 526770
Reposted by @xela63.bsky.socialYevgeniy Golovchenko @golovchenko.bsky.social · 25/06/20251/ What happens when you give social data science students 821.6 GB of public vessel geolocation data (AIS) and just 9 hours to identify potentially suspicious behavior near the Danish coast? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1012830
Reposted by @xela63.bsky.socialCarlo "Realism, Gedankenfetzen und Rants" Masala @carlomasala1.bsky.social · 19/06/2025"Der Dreiklang aus völkerrechtswidrig, politisch legitim, aber strategisch hochproblematisch überfordert das Gros der Kommentatoren auf fast allen Seiten." www.zeit.de/politik/ausl...zeit.deKrieg in Nahost: Legal, legitim, egal?Was in der Debatte über Israel und den Iran schiefläuft: Wichtige Fragen werden nicht gestellt, die politische Instrumentalisierung des Völkerrechts kleistert alles zu. 3059092
Reposted by @xela63.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 12/05/2025a society where "bad immigrants" are demonised is a society where no immigrant can truly feel welcome, because aren't we all just one wrong turn or accident away from being unemployed? on disability benefits? unable to care for our children without state help? just no such thing as a safe immigrant 21020247