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As I keep pointing out, the underlying premise of the index is wrong. The Big Mac is *not* a globally homogeneous product; it differs in salt content, calories and even weight across different markets according to local tastes. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Despite 40 years of our Big Mac index, currencies are still mispriced
Exchange-rate theory can be a lot to digest. Instead, take three trips to McDonald’s
economist.com
This is a fun thread.
Dan Davies@dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 6d agoAs I keep pointing out, the underlying premise of the index is wrong. The Big Mac is *not* a globally homogeneous product; it differs in salt content, calories and even weight across different markets according to local tastes. www.economist.com/interactive/...
Was heute aus schmelzenden Gletschern auftaucht, macht sichtbar, wie selbstverständlich Umweltzerstörung früher hingenommen wurde. Die Klimakrise legt nicht nur Eis frei, sondern auch das Denken dahinter.
When you RT Trump's bullshit posts w/no filter, you help to make them go viral, you WILLINGLY confirm that he is the arbiter of truth, and you also drown out news reports on his abuse. He plays you all every single time.
The Save Europe Act is a far-right campaign promoting mass deportations across Europe. While claiming to be a grassroots movement, investigations reveal it is secretly sustained by American activist Brian Brown and a hidden network of European and Kremlin-linked extremists.
Save Europe Act: The Far-Right Initiative to Destabilise Europe from Within - Justice for Prosperity
On 1 August 2026, a string of pan-European remigration demonstrations begins in Utrecht under the slogan “Europe United Against the EU”. The tour is organised by the Save Europe Act (SEA), the campaig...
justiceforprosperity.org
... there is always the import route, but the whole region is in the same bind—Romania's nuclear is down (1400 MW gone), gas is unaffordable due to the stupid Iran war & hydro across the Balkans is collapsed. Every country prioritizing its own consumption.
Chinese & German carmakers have stepped up cooperation on autonomous driving despite wider trade tensions BYD, Geely, SAIC, Xpeng, Xiaomi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, VW, Porsche met in Beijing to discuss common standards for smart cars, automated parking, cross-border data
There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China. But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves. New paper & thread 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hungary's new government is tested very early. Paks nuclear plant is about to go offline for the first time in 44 years because the Danube is drying up. That's nearly half the country's electricity. Collapsed supply & gas prices spiking throughout the region. Just brutal. apnews.com/article/hung...
Hungary braces for a full shutdown of the Paks nuclear plant as the Danube River hits record lows
Hungary's only nuclear power plant is shutting down for the first time due to record-low water levels on the Danube River.
apnews.com
If this had happened 5 years ago it would have been a crisis for the electrical system. Solar once again making things much less bad. ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
Solar overtakes gas to become Hungary's second-largest electricity source
A decade ago, solar power was almost non-existent in Hungary. It generated just 0.2% of the country’s electricity. Nuclear, coal, and gas dominated the grid.
ourworldindata.org
Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · 4d agoHungary's new government is tested very early. Paks nuclear plant is about to go offline for the first time in 44 years because the Danube is drying up. That's nearly half the country's electricity. Collapsed supply & gas prices spiking throughout the region. Just brutal. apnews.com/article/hung...
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
Will the Sunday shows do anything about the people who lied to their faces about this? Doug Burgum got indignant when Dana Bash doubted the 350-foot-long knifing story. Will CNN hold him accountable or just invite him back like nothing happened?
Scott MacFarlane@macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 5d agoFLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
“The city’s transition away from the car, tho fantastically chaotic, has become a global role model. Under mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social, Paris was ‘the most influential city in the world’ says Canadian urbanist Brent Toderian. Hidalgo, stepping down after 12 yrs, exulted: ‘The bike beat the car.’”
How Paris beat the car
Though chaotic, the city’s transition has become a global role model
ft.com
Lovely to get a visit to the rainforest from Brian and Gilly of Wildacres. We had loads of great chats and laughs, and a picnic lunch on an elevated rock overlooking the forest canopy and Atlantic beyond. What they're achieving in opening up hearts and minds to nature deserves *so* much respect 👏
Ungarns einziges Atomkraftwerk muss wegen historisch niedriger Wasserstände der Donau erstmals seit seiner Inbetriebnahme abgeschaltet werden. Das sowjetisch gebaute AKW liefert fast die Hälfte des Stroms des Landes und ist seit 44 Jahren in Betrieb. #Extremhitze #Dürre #Klimakrise #EndFossilFuels
Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌@parentsforfuture.de · 4d ago"Hungary’s only nuclear power plant will shut down for the first time in its history due to record-low water levels on the Danube River. The Soviet-built plant accounts for nearly half of Hungary’s electricity production. If it is powered down, it will be the first time in its 44 years of service."
"That independent market monitor estimated data center demand added nearly $30 billion to wholesale electricity costs since 2024. That’s 46% of the capacity costs charged during that time."
Ohio electric bills may stay high until 2030, at least
PJM, the nonprofit that manages the region's power grid, says it needs emergency changes to keep up with the power demands from data centers and to build more power plants.
cleveland.com
Recommended read: Grist reported on how the Trump administration’s “makeover” of a global hunger programme meant abandoning agricultural and climate research.
Inside the ‘America First’ makeover of a global hunger program
In remaking USAID’s Feed the Future Innovation Labs, Trump is abandoning an agricultural research effort built to benefit the world.
buff.ly
Spaniens Ministerpräsident hat mehreren EU-Mitgliedsstaaten Verstöße gegen »Grundsätze der Solidarität« vorgeworfen. Er forderte eine Sondersitzung zu Ceuta.
EU: Pedro Sánchez will eine EU-Sondersitzung zu den Vorfällen in Ceuta
Spaniens Ministerpräsident hat mehreren EU-Mitgliedsstaaten Verstöße gegen »Grundsätze der Solidarität« vorgeworfen. Er forderte eine Sondersitzung zu Ceuta.
zeit.de
Österreich solle am besten gleich den Chefredakteur der Krone hinschicken, dann muss Stocker nicht vorher dort nachfragen. Bauer will ich mir bei so einer Sitzung gar nicht vorstellen.
DIE ZEIT@zeit.de · 4d agoSpaniens Ministerpräsident hat mehreren EU-Mitgliedsstaaten Verstöße gegen »Grundsätze der Solidarität« vorgeworfen. Er forderte eine Sondersitzung zu Ceuta.
Another datapoint for the fascist radicalisation of institutional pillars of much of the American Right
Wohlwollend könnte man sagen, dass Journalisten wie Jan Fleischhauer nichts aus der Geschichte gelernt haben. Vielleicht ist es aber auch so, dass diese Journalisten Geschichte einfach sehr gerne wiederholen wollen.
The truth is that the Italian government is using a migration crisis as a pretext to challenge Spain’s domestic policy through threats that have no basis in EU law. But by pretending that it can unilaterally suspend Schengen, Italy questions the legal order that makes the European Union possible
57 people have died in the chaotic scenes on the Spanish border with Morocco. After 50,000 people entered Spain from Morocco, over 9/10 (approx 96%) have returned to Morocco
Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 5d agoUpdate: over 48,300 people have returned from Ceuta to Morocco. About 1,700 people are still in Ceuta.
It's a datapoint for how Farage projects are a personalist throwback to the far right populism of the 1990s and early 00s rather than the more professionally run and institutionalised far right parties that now operate in Spain, Italy and France. Farage as the last remnant of Haider-era Europe
Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 6d agoReform at 23% with FindOutNow is not a good number for them (they tended to do better with them than other polling firms). Could the funding scandal and backfiring by-election gambit be starting to really hurt?
I used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
How to plant a nuclear plant in Iran
The question is: what on earth is Google doing?
digitaldigging.org
Google appears to be in an active race to destroy all remaining goodwill the company once had. They've almost entirely destroyed search and now they're screwing with Google Maps.
Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social · 5d agoI used to do some work on the ethical use of satellite and drone imagery for aid and disaster response, and it is genuinely hard to express in words what a dangerous, stupid thing Google is doing by making it easy to use GenAI to create faked satellite imagery:
Anthropic not wanting to be left behind by OpenAI, I see... No doubt someone in their marketing department was crying into their coffee that OpenAI got there first...
Update: Over half of the 50,000 people who crossed into Ceuta have voluntarily returned to Morocco, according to the Spanish Interior Minister. The death toll is now at 41.
Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 5d agoJust in: Over 49,000 people have crossed from Morocco into Ceuta in the last 24 hours, according to estimates from the Spanish Interior Minister. For comparison: - 2021 crisis: over 10,000 crossings - Ceuta population: 83,600 people
A Farage crash will get far less social and traditional media outside the UK then the initial surge of the Farage bubble.
