Nicolas Veron
@veron.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
Smart Barry Eichengreen piece here on what the yen intervention implies for the dollar. More and more, you will see the massive US fiscal deficit in the background limiting policy flexibility, and the whole world is aware of that. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The real message in the yen intervention
The dollar’s status as a reserve currency is not what it used to be
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We are deciding whether we want to be a country of ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 2d agoBREAKING — Another person died at Delaney Hall. The family of Edwin Lopez Cornejo (age 39) said he was not receiving the medications required to treat his diabetes, and blames his death on the lack of medical care (via USA Today). www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
Given unpredictable tariff policy shifts, US corporate executives could be expected to discuss policy changes in their quarterly earnings calls. Analysis shows corporate mentions of Trump's tariffs in earnings calls spiked in spring 2025. Read more: www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister: "We have detected intensive Russian propaganda campaign across Europe using pictures from Ceuta to sow destabilisation." Far-right from EU (& US!) falls with open eyes for hybrid threats from the weaponisation of migration, even fan the flames. #unity #solidarity
The Russian economy is rapidly transitioning to the cloud.
1/ As yet another Wildberries facility goes up in smoke, the company is taking care of its most important problem: it's reportedly banned its employees bringing smartphones, to prevent them filming the aftermath of drone strikes.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 3d agoThe moment an FP-1 strike drone hit another Russian Wildberries logistics hub this morning, the 175,000-square-metre complex in Khryastovo, Vladimir region.
Russian air defense forces in Gelendzhik shot down a drone right on the beach. It is reported that at least three people were killed there.
Does anyone know anyone who is interested in the philosopher William James? Clearing out an attic I have a dozen books by him (and a few about him) - they need a home.
Question: Tell me what happened at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Here are the answers from two popular open-source Chinese AI models.
Social Media Lab@socialmedialab.ca · 3d ago"Most tech analysts are aware that Chinese models have Chinese Communist Party controls built into them, but the problem is often understood too narrowly. Many assume that these models simply refuse to answer politically sensitive questions..." www.worldpoliticsreview.com/china-ai-mod...
The USA is at the same time a nuclear armed superpower, and one of the most ridiculous states in the history of the world.
On the night of 2–3 August 1944, nearly 3,000 Roma men, women and children were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Today, on European Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, we honour the victims of the Roma genocide and reaffirm our duty to preserve their memory.
more good content! imagine publishing content that's just nice! reveals a little bit about having fun on the internet! people just doing things because they can and the internet was nice!
ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 3d agothis owns www.inverse.com/input/cultur...
“.. The disclosure marks the first time a bank has formally tied money laundering concerns to U.S. President Donald Trump's family business.” @reuters.com $COF www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
We all have our petty weaknesses. Mine will be occasionally reminding everyone that Niall Ferguson wrote the single-dumbest op-ed of the 2024 election cycle.
Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social · 5d agoNo no no this can’t be right I remember Niall Ferguson saying that Trump was funny and that was evidence that he wouldn’t be a fascist— ruh-roh. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
The tweet saying "Our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those 57 who have died trying to reach Ceuta" was part of this thread but got lost?
Ursula von der Leyen@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 5d agoThe images coming from Ceuta are unacceptable. We cannot allow anyone to come to our Union without abiding by our rules. Dangerous crossings must stop immediately. Smuggling networks must be dismantled. And returns must be swift, as our rules allow.
I won't need a mobilisation if I just park some busses and the press gang outside these warehouses and tell everyone fleeing they can either sign up or go back to work.
New important analysis of why the "optimal tariff" argument fails in practice for the US right now By @kclausing.bsky.social and Obstfeld from @piie.com www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
“Optimal tariffs” are far from optimal: Part 1
Advocates of President Donald Trump's tariff policies often bash economists for ignoring real-world complexities. Yet administration officials happily invoke the abstract theoretical concept of the "o...
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"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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“Trump has rejected disaster aid for Democratic-run states at the highest rate in the 47-year history of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.” Right now people in blue states are basically paying federal taxes as if they’re colonized territories of red states. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
Six million Europeans have already voted on the design for the new Euro banknotes. Impressive numbers for the summer holidays: Al 6 miljoen Europeanen stemden over toekomstige eurobiljetten vrtnws.be/p.5wjNZ9pjJ (link to vote is at end of article, I can’t view it as I’ve already voted #teamCulture)
Al 6 miljoen Europeanen stemden over toekomstige eurobiljetten | VRT NWS Nieuws
Al 6 miljoen Europeanen hebben gestemd over de ontwerpen van de nieuwe eurobiljetten. Dat meldt de Europese Centrale Bank (ECB).
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Ukrainian defense tech company Firepoint has launched a game on its social media: guess the next Wildberries warehouse to be destroyed and win merch. It looks like the campaign to destroy logistics centers is continuing.
