Ian Goldring
@goldring.bsky.social
I share and comment on things that interest and/or amuse me. Somewhat eclectic, Brussels bubble escapee, happy to live in Valencia - reasonable positivity please.
Canadian/Irish, pro love is love, human rights and so forth
Canadian/Irish, pro love is love, human rights and so forth
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This summer in Toronto could be the last without a bylaw requiring landlords to keep rental units at a safe temperature during increasingly hot summers. Mayor Olivia Chow called for the drafting of a max temperature policy by this upcoming summer + implementation in 2027. For @nationalobserver.com
Toronto Mayor Chow calls for protections to keep tenants safe in extreme heat
Mayor Olivia Chow has requested the drafting of a new bylaw that would require landlords to keep rental units cool in the city's increasingly hot summers, just as heat is required in the winter.
www.nationalobserver.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This summer in Toronto could be the last without a bylaw requiring landlords to keep rental units at a safe temperature during increasingly hot summers. Mayor Olivia Chow called for the drafting of a max temperature policy by this upcoming summer + implementation in 2027. For @nationalobserver.com
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"The company has introduced a new acoustic targeting system that tracks drones and missiles in real time, providing a passive alternative to radar and optical sensors."
nextgendefense.com/ukraine-acou...
nextgendefense.com/ukraine-acou...
Ukraine’s New Counter-Drone Tech Uses Acoustic Targeting to Hunt Shaheds Silently
Acoustic targeting system is a next-gen Ukrainian defense tool that tracks drones and missiles in real time, operates in passive mode with full-hemisphere coverage, and uses phased-array microphones a...
nextgendefense.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
"The company has introduced a new acoustic targeting system that tracks drones and missiles in real time, providing a passive alternative to radar and optical sensors."
nextgendefense.com/ukraine-acou...
nextgendefense.com/ukraine-acou...
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Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."
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Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1386
1. Trump expects 🇺🇦 to OK peace deal by Xmas
2.state of emergency in Lithuania 🇱🇹 after 350 flts cancelled & 50 k pax stranded
3. In Politico, more Trump attacks vs weak Europeans
4. 29 Shahed leakers out of ~50
1. Trump expects 🇺🇦 to OK peace deal by Xmas
2.state of emergency in Lithuania 🇱🇹 after 350 flts cancelled & 50 k pax stranded
3. In Politico, more Trump attacks vs weak Europeans
4. 29 Shahed leakers out of ~50
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December 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1386
1. Trump expects 🇺🇦 to OK peace deal by Xmas
2.state of emergency in Lithuania 🇱🇹 after 350 flts cancelled & 50 k pax stranded
3. In Politico, more Trump attacks vs weak Europeans
4. 29 Shahed leakers out of ~50
1. Trump expects 🇺🇦 to OK peace deal by Xmas
2.state of emergency in Lithuania 🇱🇹 after 350 flts cancelled & 50 k pax stranded
3. In Politico, more Trump attacks vs weak Europeans
4. 29 Shahed leakers out of ~50
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China's RMB is at least 20% undervalued. Easiest way to see this is that the real effective RMB (blue) has fallen 20% since 2022, even as China's trade surplus has risen massively. China's mercantilism rests on this undervaluation and industrial policy...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-mas...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-mas...
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
China's RMB is at least 20% undervalued. Easiest way to see this is that the real effective RMB (blue) has fallen 20% since 2022, even as China's trade surplus has risen massively. China's mercantilism rests on this undervaluation and industrial policy...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-mas...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/chinas-mas...
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Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
December 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Look at this chart.
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
Still wondering if inequality is a problem throughout the world?
Wealth doesn’t just beget more wealth — it begets more power. https://www.theguardian.com/news/2025/dec/10/visual-breakdown-worlds-wealthiest-people
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I hope the German Chancellor catches up - a 1990s deregulation agenda isn’t going to cut it against a wildly undervalued Chinese exchange rate.
I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
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I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
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Great Bradsher piece on how the renminbis dramatic undervaluation is supercharging China‘s export explosion.
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I hope the German Chancellor catches up - a 1990s deregulation agenda isn’t going to cut it against a wildly undervalued Chinese exchange rate.
I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
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I think Europe should consider broader China tariffs - either to slow down the shock directly or as a tool to pressure China to revalue.
1/
5m dead
Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today:
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
5m dead
Labour zionism?
who wants this? who the fuck wants this???
December 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Labour zionism?
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“Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”“
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
‘Make Europe Great Again’ and more from a longer version of the National Security Strategy
A fuller version reviewed by Defense One outlines the Trump administration’s plans for shedding old relationships and creating new ones.
www.defenseone.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Austria, Hungary, Italy, and Poland are listed as countries the U.S. should “work more with…with the goal of pulling them away from the [European Union].”“
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
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Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
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Great Bradsher piece on how the renminbis dramatic undervaluation is supercharging China‘s export explosion.
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
China’s Weak Currency Is Powering Its Exports and Drawing Criticism
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Great Bradsher piece on how the renminbis dramatic undervaluation is supercharging China‘s export explosion.
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
Germanys trade deficit with China has surged more than 120% this year.
But cutting red tape will surely restore Europes competitiveness!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/b...
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Gaza officials says Israel committed 738 violations since ceasefire deal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-officials-says-israel-committed-738-violations-ceasefire-deal
Gaza officials says Israel committed 738 violations since ceasefire deal
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<div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="447" data-start="115">The Government Media Office in Gaza says Israel has carried out 738 violations in the 60 days since the ceasefire agreement was announced, accusing the occupation of repeatedly breaching the deal’s basic humanitarian provisions.</p>
<p data-end="447" data-start="115">Officials said Israel has honoured less than 40 percent of its humanitarian obligations, a failure they argue has deepened the crisis for Palestinians already living under a suffocating blockade and ongoing military pressure.</p>
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www.middleeasteye.net
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Gaza officials says Israel committed 738 violations since ceasefire deal - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-officials-says-israel-committed-738-violations-ceasefire-deal
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The amount of blood China has on its hands for helping Russia kill Ukrainians is underrated.
China is the reason Russia can still continue its war.
China is effectively at war with Europe and should not be considered a partner.
Partners don’t kill each other
China is the reason Russia can still continue its war.
China is effectively at war with Europe and should not be considered a partner.
Partners don’t kill each other
December 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The amount of blood China has on its hands for helping Russia kill Ukrainians is underrated.
China is the reason Russia can still continue its war.
China is effectively at war with Europe and should not be considered a partner.
Partners don’t kill each other
China is the reason Russia can still continue its war.
China is effectively at war with Europe and should not be considered a partner.
Partners don’t kill each other
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❗️🇨🇿Czech company LPP is preparing to supply 🇺🇦Ukraine with a new cruise missile Narwhal with a declared range of up to 680 km.
According to Czech media, Ukraine is expected to receive the first missiles for combat testing in January–February.
According to Czech media, Ukraine is expected to receive the first missiles for combat testing in January–February.
December 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
❗️🇨🇿Czech company LPP is preparing to supply 🇺🇦Ukraine with a new cruise missile Narwhal with a declared range of up to 680 km.
According to Czech media, Ukraine is expected to receive the first missiles for combat testing in January–February.
According to Czech media, Ukraine is expected to receive the first missiles for combat testing in January–February.
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62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
December 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
62% of Germans say that Germany can no longer rely on the US nuclear umbrella for its security.
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
Source koerber-stiftung.de/site/assets/...
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BREAKING: The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not publish the October PPI.
December 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
BREAKING: The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not publish the October PPI.
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A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
Chattanooga’s Municipal Fiber Network Has Delivered $5.3 Billion in Community Benefits, New Study Finds | Welcome to Community Networks
Since 2011, a new study finds that Chattanooga's city-owned fiber network has generated $5.3 billion in net community benefits for Hamilton County. Conducted by researchers at the University of Tennes...
communitynets.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
A new study has found that Chattanooga, Tennessee's decision to build their own affordable community-owned fiber broadband network has driven $5.3 billion in economic benefits back to the community.
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
From my colleague and friend @seangon.bsky.social:
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The transatlantic alliance is over. Deal with it. (Here's how to start.)
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Europe needs a plan for decoupling from America
[FREE TO READ] The EU must make itself minimally vulnerable to inevitable US pressure
as.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The transatlantic alliance is over. Deal with it. (Here's how to start.)
as.ft.com/r/b6825b00-f...
as.ft.com/r/b6825b00-f...
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The unstable cease fire between Cambodia and Thailand has erupted into a full scale firefight between both armies. The Royal Thai Air Force bombed Cambodian positions, and at least one point in Cambodia's Northwest Thai troops have crossed into Cambodia.
December 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The unstable cease fire between Cambodia and Thailand has erupted into a full scale firefight between both armies. The Royal Thai Air Force bombed Cambodian positions, and at least one point in Cambodia's Northwest Thai troops have crossed into Cambodia.
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😫😫😫😵😵😖😖🤢🤢😲😲😒😒🙄🙄🤮🤮😤😤🙆🙆😳😳🤬🤬🤯🤯😮💨😮💨😵💫😵💫🥶🥶😱😱😡😡🫥🫥🤦🤦 #google #googlemaps #israel #apps #technology #gaza #palestina
December 8, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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En las últimas horas han detenido a un concejal del PP (Miguel Vázquez) por blanquear dinero de prostíbulos en Málaga y al marido policía de una concejala del PP (Marta Sanz) por narcotráfico en Valladolid. El PP es la Mafia.
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
En las últimas horas han detenido a un concejal del PP (Miguel Vázquez) por blanquear dinero de prostíbulos en Málaga y al marido policía de una concejala del PP (Marta Sanz) por narcotráfico en Valladolid. El PP es la Mafia.
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SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1384
1. Trump, "disappointed" that "Zelensky hasn't read" the "proposed peace plan"
2. 90 Shaheds launched, 16 leakers
3. E3 in UK today
1. Trump, "disappointed" that "Zelensky hasn't read" the "proposed peace plan"
2. 90 Shaheds launched, 16 leakers
3. E3 in UK today
December 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
SITREP 🇺🇦 DAY 1384
1. Trump, "disappointed" that "Zelensky hasn't read" the "proposed peace plan"
2. 90 Shaheds launched, 16 leakers
3. E3 in UK today
1. Trump, "disappointed" that "Zelensky hasn't read" the "proposed peace plan"
2. 90 Shaheds launched, 16 leakers
3. E3 in UK today
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Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Two weeks ago I said that there were likely millions of uninstalled Blackwell GPUs sitting in warehouses as there is neither the data center capacity nor the power to turn them on. Michael Burry is looking into it and it looks like he’s got evidence I’m right.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-haters-g...