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The 20th century will be eternal because nobody makes anything anymore and slop-machines will only be trained on it
An endless future of aesthetics being just scrapped bits of an ever more hallucinated past. Mr Butler, please save us
An endless future of aesthetics being just scrapped bits of an ever more hallucinated past. Mr Butler, please save us
February 17, 2026 at 12:50 PM
The 20th century will be eternal because nobody makes anything anymore and slop-machines will only be trained on it
An endless future of aesthetics being just scrapped bits of an ever more hallucinated past. Mr Butler, please save us
An endless future of aesthetics being just scrapped bits of an ever more hallucinated past. Mr Butler, please save us
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Trump & Vance have done Europe a massive favour by insisting they are too big to ride in the shopping trolley.
China's subsidised export drive will force action, after which Europe's economy will be more self-reliant and balanced. Absurdly, major European (&GB) pols have fought this all the way.
China's subsidised export drive will force action, after which Europe's economy will be more self-reliant and balanced. Absurdly, major European (&GB) pols have fought this all the way.
Liberation Day kind of cements the message that the US is pulling back from providing global public goods (demand in this instance), but the Vance speech made it clear even earlier that defense was going to be the same, which in turn requires fiscal expansion elsewhere.
February 14, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Trump & Vance have done Europe a massive favour by insisting they are too big to ride in the shopping trolley.
China's subsidised export drive will force action, after which Europe's economy will be more self-reliant and balanced. Absurdly, major European (&GB) pols have fought this all the way.
China's subsidised export drive will force action, after which Europe's economy will be more self-reliant and balanced. Absurdly, major European (&GB) pols have fought this all the way.
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About time we called it the price-wage spiral.
Do wages drive inflation, or does inflation drive wages? A new paper for Switzerland finds inflation strongly influences wage growth, but wages have only a weak effect on prices. Inflation is driven more by imports, expectations, and economic slack than by wage pressures.
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
About time we called it the price-wage spiral.
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EU and NATO go hand in hand.
Still, the EU must take more care of its own security.
All EU countries are obliged to help if one of them gets attacked. It's time to make sure the EU is ready to act on this, Parliament states.
Learn more: link.europa.eu/38DGqm
Still, the EU must take more care of its own security.
All EU countries are obliged to help if one of them gets attacked. It's time to make sure the EU is ready to act on this, Parliament states.
Learn more: link.europa.eu/38DGqm
February 3, 2026 at 5:04 PM
EU and NATO go hand in hand.
Still, the EU must take more care of its own security.
All EU countries are obliged to help if one of them gets attacked. It's time to make sure the EU is ready to act on this, Parliament states.
Learn more: link.europa.eu/38DGqm
Still, the EU must take more care of its own security.
All EU countries are obliged to help if one of them gets attacked. It's time to make sure the EU is ready to act on this, Parliament states.
Learn more: link.europa.eu/38DGqm
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Starting to wonder about the EU dimension of this. Mandelson was EU trade commissioner - one of the most important EU portfolio - in 2004 to 2008 after all.
February 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Starting to wonder about the EU dimension of this. Mandelson was EU trade commissioner - one of the most important EU portfolio - in 2004 to 2008 after all.
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Friedrich Merz just now:
“In recent weeks, we’ve felt some of the happiness that comes with self-respect. Let us make something of this newly stirring self-confidence among Europeans.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQQ...
“In recent weeks, we’ve felt some of the happiness that comes with self-respect. Let us make something of this newly stirring self-confidence among Europeans.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQQ...
Live: Friedrich Merz' Regierungserklärung
YouTube video by DIE ZEIT
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Friedrich Merz just now:
“In recent weeks, we’ve felt some of the happiness that comes with self-respect. Let us make something of this newly stirring self-confidence among Europeans.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQQ...
“In recent weeks, we’ve felt some of the happiness that comes with self-respect. Let us make something of this newly stirring self-confidence among Europeans.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQQ...
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Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
“If anyone thinks here… that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US, keep on dreaming,” Nato SecGen Mark Rutte told the European Parliament. “You can’t.”
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
“It will make things more complicated. I think Putin will love it. So think again.”
as.ft.com/r/25718b02-2...
Europe must stop ‘dreaming’ about defence without US, Rutte warns
[FREE TO READ] Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Please. This is absurd. Europe can certainly deter Russia and defend itself if its focused and determined. Perpetuating a sense of European helplessness may help Rutte bureaucratically but its 1. wrong 2. prevents action. 3. willfully blind: the US ain't coming to defend Europe.
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France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
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Amazing chart with horrible acronyms - for the first time in my living memory, unemployment in Northern Europe and Southern Europe seems to have converged. Seemed unthinkable during the Eurozone crisis.
January 23, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Amazing chart with horrible acronyms - for the first time in my living memory, unemployment in Northern Europe and Southern Europe seems to have converged. Seemed unthinkable during the Eurozone crisis.
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Europe's strategy for energy sovereignty on two t-shirts.
January 22, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Europe's strategy for energy sovereignty on two t-shirts.
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Ook na Donald Trumps terugtrekkende beweging in Davos blijft de vraag: hoe zou Europa kunnen terugslaan in een handelsoorlog met de VS? Eén optie die deze week de ronde deed: Amerikaanse staatsleningen dumpen.
Een Europese ‘kapitaaloorlog’ met Trump kent vele risico’s
NRC Voorkennis: Ook na Donald Trumps terugtrekkende beweging in Davos blijft de vraag: hoe zou Europa kunnen terugslaan in een handelsoorlog met de VS? Eén optie die deze week de ronde deed: Amerikaanse staatsleningen dumpen.
www.nrc.nl
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Ook na Donald Trumps terugtrekkende beweging in Davos blijft de vraag: hoe zou Europa kunnen terugslaan in een handelsoorlog met de VS? Eén optie die deze week de ronde deed: Amerikaanse staatsleningen dumpen.
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The only lasting outcome is exasperation among European and other (former?) allies of the US who then start working even more on self-reliance and hedging strategies.
MAGA foreign policy as an all pain and no gain path to self-inflicted decline.
MAGA foreign policy as an all pain and no gain path to self-inflicted decline.
What's striking about Trump in terms of forpol is how little actually happens, and how much of what does happen then unhappens. The only things that last are the boat murders, kidnappings and bombings.
The energy expended, first on shock and then on processing it all, is still just as exhausting.
The energy expended, first on shock and then on processing it all, is still just as exhausting.
January 21, 2026 at 8:22 PM
The only lasting outcome is exasperation among European and other (former?) allies of the US who then start working even more on self-reliance and hedging strategies.
MAGA foreign policy as an all pain and no gain path to self-inflicted decline.
MAGA foreign policy as an all pain and no gain path to self-inflicted decline.
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This is actually a weirdly boring time to specialize in International Relations because there's no actual intellectual substance to any of this. Like, yeah, man. Shit's fucked. Fucker's nutso. That sort of insight is why I'm a fancy-pants political scientist you should all respect and consult.
January 21, 2026 at 7:08 PM
This is actually a weirdly boring time to specialize in International Relations because there's no actual intellectual substance to any of this. Like, yeah, man. Shit's fucked. Fucker's nutso. That sort of insight is why I'm a fancy-pants political scientist you should all respect and consult.
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Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
January 20, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Amazing moment on French TV. A French judge explains how Trump sent people from the US Embassy basically trying to intimidate her during Le Pen's trial for embezzlement - something they've done to other judges around the world.
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Europe has no good options to respond to Trump's tariff threats over Greenland - in my latest for @ecfr.eu I outline five principles that Brussels and EU capitals may want to keep in mind when sketching out next steps (spoiler: ditch moot threats and focus on services trade)
ecfr.eu/article/keep...
ecfr.eu/article/keep...
Keep ice cool: How Europeans should respond to Trump’s Greenland tariff threats – European Council on Foreign Relations
Rather than panicking or posturing, European leaders should prioritise EU unity, pinpoint their leverage and consider buying time
ecfr.eu
January 20, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Europe has no good options to respond to Trump's tariff threats over Greenland - in my latest for @ecfr.eu I outline five principles that Brussels and EU capitals may want to keep in mind when sketching out next steps (spoiler: ditch moot threats and focus on services trade)
ecfr.eu/article/keep...
ecfr.eu/article/keep...
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The most powerful man in the world has gone insane
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 AM
The most powerful man in the world has gone insane
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Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Europe is heading to a point where Atlanticism becomes equated with Appeasement
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As far as a “disease of affluence” goes, I’d argue it is the *success* of neoliberalism that has enabled the nihilistic detachment from politics that brought Trump to power. He wasn’t elected because voters love fascism, but because they feel secure enough to vote as self expression.
"fascism is capitalist insofar as neoliberalism creates the conditions that give rise to it"
i just don't buy this as a story for why people find it attractive, see -
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
i just don't buy this as a story for why people find it attractive, see -
www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of...
January 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM
As far as a “disease of affluence” goes, I’d argue it is the *success* of neoliberalism that has enabled the nihilistic detachment from politics that brought Trump to power. He wasn’t elected because voters love fascism, but because they feel secure enough to vote as self expression.
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Amerika heeft afgedaan, Europa moet worden gedekoloniseerd
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Column | Amerika heeft afgedaan, Europa moet worden gedekoloniseerd
Steeds meer Europese landen sturen troepen naar Groenland om de Amerikanen af te brengen van het onzalige idee dat ze zomaar een stuk uit een Europees land kunnen happen. Uitstekend. De noorderlingen ...
www.nrc.nl
January 17, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Amerika heeft afgedaan, Europa moet worden gedekoloniseerd
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
Mijn column in @nrc.nl
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...
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Nobel Please Prize
January 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Nobel Please Prize
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Official confirmation of German participation in European troop deployment to Greenland. First Bundeswehr soldiers to arrive tomorrow. 🇪🇺 / NATO solidarity in action.
January 14, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Official confirmation of German participation in European troop deployment to Greenland. First Bundeswehr soldiers to arrive tomorrow. 🇪🇺 / NATO solidarity in action.
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In my latest, I argue that the push for annexing Greenland is motivated by the logic of the flasher: proponents are interested in it to fuel a fantasy of power. For all the talk of strategy, it's more masturbation than Machiavellianism.
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
The Perverse Interest in Greenland
Proponents of Annexing Greenland Are Masking Their Fantasies in the Language of Strategy
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:18 PM
In my latest, I argue that the push for annexing Greenland is motivated by the logic of the flasher: proponents are interested in it to fuel a fantasy of power. For all the talk of strategy, it's more masturbation than Machiavellianism.
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
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Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen,
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen,
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"