𝕰𝖚𝖗𝖔𝕾𝖆𝖛𝖆𝖓𝖙
@eurosavant.bsky.social
Commentary on the European non-English-language press
This is a lawsuit in #Scotland - do the judges there also where those silly woolen wigs?
In any case: It's clear they're trying to cut corners by using AI to do their research!
In any case: It's clear they're trying to cut corners by using AI to do their research!
Sandie Peggie ruling in doubt after judge used ‘non-existent’ quotes
Campaigners have criticised the 300-page ruling, which found partially in the nurse’s favour, after two inaccuracies were identified
www.thetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is a lawsuit in #Scotland - do the judges there also where those silly woolen wigs?
In any case: It's clear they're trying to cut corners by using AI to do their research!
In any case: It's clear they're trying to cut corners by using AI to do their research!
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“I’ve been thinking we should update the kitchen cabinets” okay that’s cool but the house is on fire
i don't want to be like "nothing matters" but the problem is really that domestic politics in the US makes discussing any kind of really serious policy issues at the moment impossible
Loomer got the NSA deputy director nom pulled
December 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“I’ve been thinking we should update the kitchen cabinets” okay that’s cool but the house is on fire
Precisely: Trump backed down again!
It's simple: Stand up to the bully, prepare for short-term difficulty, and you'll win in the end
It's simple: Stand up to the bully, prepare for short-term difficulty, and you'll win in the end
Judge Moraes should never have been Magnitsky-ed in the first place, but glad that the madness is over. The punitive tariffs laid on Brazil in mid-summer have (mostly) been quietly lifted too.
US lifts sanctions on Brazil judge targeted by Trump reut.rs/3KY7pAo
December 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Precisely: Trump backed down again!
It's simple: Stand up to the bully, prepare for short-term difficulty, and you'll win in the end
It's simple: Stand up to the bully, prepare for short-term difficulty, and you'll win in the end
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
Those crazy Yanks! Leading GE paper reports here how in terms of streams the most successful "Christmas" song appears to be (wait for it; no, not "Silent Night") ...
A ditty entitled #Monster from the #HeavyMetal band #Skillet! TBF they're also known as a #ChristianRock band
A ditty entitled #Monster from the #HeavyMetal band #Skillet! TBF they're also known as a #ChristianRock band
"Monster" von Skillet: Die lassen es krachen | DIE ZEIT
Das erfolgreichste christliche Lied ist ausgerechnet das ruppig geschrubbte Hardrock-Stück "Monster" der Band Skillet. Perfekt für einen geselligen Weihnachtsabend.
www.zeit.de
December 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Those crazy Yanks! Leading GE paper reports here how in terms of streams the most successful "Christmas" song appears to be (wait for it; no, not "Silent Night") ...
A ditty entitled #Monster from the #HeavyMetal band #Skillet! TBF they're also known as a #ChristianRock band
A ditty entitled #Monster from the #HeavyMetal band #Skillet! TBF they're also known as a #ChristianRock band
No, no! You DON'T want to spread the American betting mania further beyond the relatively inconsequential area of sport (and, really, not even there Cf. recent #NBA insider betting scandal)
CNN and CNBC announced partnerships with the prediction market Kalshi. How many news organizations, desperate for cash and for clicks, will move in a similar direction? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
America’s Betting Craze Has Spread to Its News Networks
CNN and CNBC have partnered with Kalshi, a prediction market, encouraging their viewers to wager on current events in real time.
www.newyorker.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
No, no! You DON'T want to spread the American betting mania further beyond the relatively inconsequential area of sport (and, really, not even there Cf. recent #NBA insider betting scandal)
How does one "smell like feminist"?
Tryin' to figure that one out ... OK we can EXCLUDE from our calculations any fancy cologne/perfume, right? 'Cuz feminists are not into pleasing the opposing gender, no?
Ah the WOMAN-♀️sphere! Where do I apply for observer status? MABA! bsky.app/profile/econ...
Tryin' to figure that one out ... OK we can EXCLUDE from our calculations any fancy cologne/perfume, right? 'Cuz feminists are not into pleasing the opposing gender, no?
Ah the WOMAN-♀️sphere! Where do I apply for observer status? MABA! bsky.app/profile/econ...
“Do You Smell Like A Feminist?”, “Dating Is A Disaster, But Are Men Really To Blame?” and “45 Milkmaid Dresses That Will Make Any Man Weak In The Knees”.
These are just some of the headlines from Evie, an American magazine that is part of the womanosphere
These are just some of the headlines from Evie, an American magazine that is part of the womanosphere
The apple-pie-scented world of conservative women’s media
Put on your milkmaid dress: it is time to enter the womanosphere
econ.st
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How does one "smell like feminist"?
Tryin' to figure that one out ... OK we can EXCLUDE from our calculations any fancy cologne/perfume, right? 'Cuz feminists are not into pleasing the opposing gender, no?
Ah the WOMAN-♀️sphere! Where do I apply for observer status? MABA! bsky.app/profile/econ...
Tryin' to figure that one out ... OK we can EXCLUDE from our calculations any fancy cologne/perfume, right? 'Cuz feminists are not into pleasing the opposing gender, no?
Ah the WOMAN-♀️sphere! Where do I apply for observer status? MABA! bsky.app/profile/econ...
Can Trump maybe just stay out? US (namely the #EPA) & #Mexico sign agreement to spend $700MM & coordinate to clean up #Tijuana River that flows from latter into former incl. expanding water treatment facilities
México y Estados Unidos reafirman un acuerdo para limpiar las aguas del río Tijuana
Ambos países se han comprometido a mejorar la infraestructura para el tratamiento del río transfronterizo
elpais.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Two more posts below here in this🧵
*Literally all investigations of firms with ties to Trump crypto businesses or involving Trump donors have been dropped.
*The pattern of non-enforcement for crypto is different from other SEC cases
*The pattern of non-enforcement for crypto is different from other SEC cases
December 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Two more posts below here in this🧵
Note: This is a 6-post🧵, don't miss out!
🧵New piece from me @goodauth.bsky.social on risks of striking Venezuela, focused on the added risk from Trump team of loyalists. Hint: it has to do with centralized role of Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, and the incompetence of advisers like SecDef Hegseth. 1/
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Trump may strike Venezuela. His team makes that very risky.
Take a close look at who is advising the president on U.S. policy.
goodauthority.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Note: This is a 6-post🧵, don't miss out!
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This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is a real headline on the New York Times website.
Support independent media.
Support independent media.
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Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/peter-brooke...
December 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Wednesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/peter-brooke...
Don't miss highlights from the piece as recounted in the subsequent posts in this🧵
Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...
newrepublic.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Don't miss highlights from the piece as recounted in the subsequent posts in this🧵
No escape? New US #NSS doc shocks Europe anew, they become determined to go their own way!
One problem: Not only are #Netherlands armed forces dependent on US weaponry, arms industry there cannot function w/out input from US companies
One problem: Not only are #Netherlands armed forces dependent on US weaponry, arms industry there cannot function w/out input from US companies
Onze krijgsmacht is vleugellam zonder de Amerikaanse wapenindustrie
De krijgsmacht leunt zwaar op de Amerikaanse wapenindustrie en daarom zorgt de onvoorspelbaarheid van president Trump voor onrust. De
Joint Strike Fighter, het gevechtsvliegtuig waarin Defensie miljarden investeerde, kan bijvoorbeeld ‘bij het schroot’ zonder ondersteuning uit de VS.
www.ftm.nl
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
No escape? New US #NSS doc shocks Europe anew, they become determined to go their own way!
One problem: Not only are #Netherlands armed forces dependent on US weaponry, arms industry there cannot function w/out input from US companies
One problem: Not only are #Netherlands armed forces dependent on US weaponry, arms industry there cannot function w/out input from US companies
A brief🧵
December 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A brief🧵
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Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
December 15, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Grading and googling hallucinated citations, as one does nowadays, and now that LLMs have been around for a while, I've discovered new horrors: hallucinated journals are now appearing in Google Scholar with dozens of citations bc so many people are citing these fake things
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Mark Graber has a terrific review of Amy Coney Barrett's memoir in the @washingtonmonthly.com : washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
Justice Barrett’s Campaign Biography
Amy Coney Barrett’s book, "Listening to the Law," claims the Supreme Court is above politics. Its very existence proves otherwise.
washingtonmonthly.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Mark Graber has a terrific review of Amy Coney Barrett's memoir in the @washingtonmonthly.com : washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/02/a...
About time! EUCommission Prez #VanderLeyen has a date, she can't be late, namely 20DEC to go sign #MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement (negotd since '99), that is *IF* everything is approved on EU side incl. #France protest out of the way
Porozumienie z Mercosurem do końca roku. Unia dużo zyskuje na takich umowach
Komisja Europejska spodziewa się podpisać umowę handlową z Mercosurem do końca roku – poinformował Olof Gill, rzecznik prasowy KE, w rozmowie z dziennikarzami.
www.rp.pl
December 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
About time! EUCommission Prez #VanderLeyen has a date, she can't be late, namely 20DEC to go sign #MERCOSUR Free Trade Agreement (negotd since '99), that is *IF* everything is approved on EU side incl. #France protest out of the way
Ooh, it's a crisis "for the🇪🇬nation"!
Will the #Egypt ForMinister get involved in #LiverpoolFC team selection? Will the Egyptian army mobilize?
"[E]ven foodie TikTokers" were analyzing the #Salah situation, sez here www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Will the #Egypt ForMinister get involved in #LiverpoolFC team selection? Will the Egyptian army mobilize?
"[E]ven foodie TikTokers" were analyzing the #Salah situation, sez here www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘A crisis involving Salah is a crisis for the nation’: Egypt backs ‘golden child’
The view from his homeland is that Salah’s character and past form should allow for his outburst, while Jamie Carragher has been scolded for his hot takes
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Ooh, it's a crisis "for the🇪🇬nation"!
Will the #Egypt ForMinister get involved in #LiverpoolFC team selection? Will the Egyptian army mobilize?
"[E]ven foodie TikTokers" were analyzing the #Salah situation, sez here www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Will the #Egypt ForMinister get involved in #LiverpoolFC team selection? Will the Egyptian army mobilize?
"[E]ven foodie TikTokers" were analyzing the #Salah situation, sez here www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Of course! Now education outlays will have to go up: students deservedly need to get combat pay for attendance www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two survivors of Brown University attack escaped other school shootings
Mia Tretta was shot in the abdomen in 2019 at a school near LA and Zoe Weissman witnessed a Florida shooting in 2018
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Of course! Now education outlays will have to go up: students deservedly need to get combat pay for attendance www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Lolololololol!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Lolololololol!
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Free business plan: half the planet would pay $10 a month for the Google search of 2004 and the Gmail of 2010. We will pay a company real money to insulate us from AI.
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators – and causing them huge dips in ad traffic
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Free business plan: half the planet would pay $10 a month for the Google search of 2004 and the Gmail of 2010. We will pay a company real money to insulate us from AI.
SecyState #Rubio has declared #Calibri typeface2B "woke" - wait! There are PEOPLE behind this!
Like Luc de Groot who designed it originally in 2004 for Microsoft; "makes me die laughing" he says, also points out how his type was designed2B partic readable for visually impaird
Like Luc de Groot who designed it originally in 2004 for Microsoft; "makes me die laughing" he says, also points out how his type was designed2B partic readable for visually impaird
Nederlandse ontwerper: ‘Mijn letter woke? Om je dood te lachen’
De Nederlandse ontwerper Luc de Groot is verbijsterd over de Amerikaanse beslissing om zijn Calibri-letter te verketteren, omdat het een dure knieval zou zijn voor diversiteit.
fd.nl
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Are we heading for a MAGA Hallmark channel where all the rom-coms have a cutesy little corruption angle
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Are we heading for a MAGA Hallmark channel where all the rom-coms have a cutesy little corruption angle
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And when he’s busy with work (lol) Seal Team Six makes sure her heart doesn’t wander :)
Did that chick really think the whole “ protection” thing through ?
Did that chick really think the whole “ protection” thing through ?
December 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
And when he’s busy with work (lol) Seal Team Six makes sure her heart doesn’t wander :)
Did that chick really think the whole “ protection” thing through ?
Did that chick really think the whole “ protection” thing through ?