Gordon Moat
@gordonmoat.bsky.social
Wandering German photographer, writer, cyclist, and investor. BFA cum laude San Diego State University
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: Russia will continue to bombard ruthlessly and will continue to destroy civilian infrastructure. These are war crimes taking place there every day. Ukraine is part of Europe, and if Ukraine falls, then peace and freedom throughout Europe are in danger.
A Treasury Secretary who controls neither the budget deficit nor the money supply nor international capital flows is never the “House"“ in financial markets, and anyone who claims to be such is, as Paul Krugman says, beclowning himself: **CROSSPOST: PAUL KRUGMAN: The Beclowning of Scott... 1/
CROSSPOST: PAUL KRUGMAN: The Beclowning of Scott Bessent
Paul’s subheadline: “Another Trump enabler pays the price”...
braddelong.substack.com
Ranked: The Fastest-Growing Major Economies in 2026 🚀 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-fastest-growing-major-economies-in-2026/
putin’s escalation in ukraine, as shown by air raid alert frequency/duration in kyiv
The nine-day passage is more than a shipping statistic: it offers a glimpse of a supply chain taking shape across Eurasia. **One voyage does not make a corridor. But it shows the corridor is becoming operational.** atommedia.online+1
Seeing double… or quadruple! 👀 In this Webb image of galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, gravitational lensing shows us 4 or more images of the same galaxy. This is the first time researchers have spotted this more than once in the same galaxy cluster! t.co/5K4uMG... 🔗 esawebb.org/images/potm2609a/
This year's Pacific hurricane season is shaping up as more severe than usual, as a Super El Niño, an extreme version of a recurring weather pattern, wreaks devastation, in the form of historic droughts and flooding. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/MjnT
One of the clearest takeaways from our latest analysis on who loses from China's export gains is that economies whose exports are directly competitive or similar to China’s face the biggest potential fallout.
Why does China get all the good stuff? Even the ads are full of condoms! 🤣 #alwaysbecharging 🍆 #safesex 🌊🍉 x.com/TychodeFeijt...
The Barbour x Norbit tweed field jacket is similar to a Norbit mainline jacket they've made in the past. This may be a reoccurring design moving forward, so possible to get something if you miss out on the Barbour collab version.
Dig the new Barbour x Norbit collection. Great to see Japanese designers lean into Barbour's heritage and make something funkier without straying from function and tradition. IMO, this collection will be up there with Daiki Suzuki and Tokihito Yoshida's collabs with Barbour in the past.
Xi Jinping Impressed With How Much Trump’s English Has Improved Since Last Visit https://theonion.com/xi-jinping-impressed-with-how-much-trumps-english-has-improved-since-last-visit/
By the way, Israel is using the same logic Russia is using to claim Ukraine, some bullshit about ancient kingdoms and property rights based on myths. Same shit different asshole.
Anonymous@youranoncentral.bsky.social · 6d agoNetanyahu, who's family originates from Lithuania and Russia, claims the Golan Heights belong to Israel and not Syria, based on the Bible.
NEW: The Kremlin used the staged and manufactured 2026 State Duma elections in occupied Ukraine as a de facto referendum on Russian occupation, portraying participation in the election and support for United Russia as evidence of widespread acceptance of Russia’s illegal rule. (1/5)
Authorities announced a revised, higher death toll on Tuesday after search and rescue crews located the bodies of two more people. Six others are still reported missing.
At least four dead, six missing in Japan day after Typhoon Dujuan hit
Authorities announced a revised, higher death toll on Tuesday after search and rescue crews located the bodies of two more people. Six others are still reported missing.
l.euronews.com
🚨🚨🚨PARAMOUNT ASKED ELON MUSK FOR AN EQUITY INVESTMENT AMID PURCHASE OF HBO, WHICH HAS STREAMING RIGHTS TO THE "MUSK" DOCUMENTARY🚨🚨🚨
Semafor@semafor.com · 7d ago🟡 SCOOP: Paramount executives have discussed asking Elon Musk for an equity investment as it looks to firm up its financial picture to digest Warner Bros. Discovery. www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
Trump remained polite and friendly throughout a news conference following his meeting with Burnham, offering largely diplomatic answers to potential flashpoint topics. ➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Ylax
Tax the rich, cap the rents: the policy mix helping Europe’s left push back the far-right
Tax the rich, cap the rents: the policy mix helping Europe’s left push back the far-right
In the last two weeks, leftwing parties have surged across Europe. It is no surprise that leftwing parties running on affordability and wealth redistribution platforms have been gaining ground.
euobserver.com
With three instruments to measure a range of environmental indicators, the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite will improve the Earth observation system and enable #Europe to build a more reliable view of the planet. https://marine.copernicus.eu/news/copernicus-sentinel-3c-launched #CopernicusMarine
Today, the usual Russian flight to Benghazi, but with an unusual route. It normally flies further south, whereas this time it entered the Athens FIR.
The commodity surge goes far beyond just oil and products. Copper at all time highs today and up 50% over the last year.
🌕 Triton isn’t like other large moons… Triton, the largest moon of Neptune’s 16 moons, is a bit unusual. It is the only large moon in our solar system that orbits in the opposite direction of Neptune’s rotation — otherwise known as a retrograde orbit.
🚀 Today, European teams conduct the 500th simulation for @esa.int International Space Station operations. More than 260 flight controllers have been certified to date. This simulation helps prepare future flight controllers to support astronauts and science aboard the Space Station.
