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In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Trump’s election loss.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
‘Who’s Gonna Stop You?’ Listen to Trump Press Georgia Speaker Over 2020 Vote.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Trump’s election loss.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
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No serious international scholar supports the restructuring of education that is being driven forward (and anyway is unconstitutional).
The letter has been published on Facebook & likely will be in other outlets.
www.tiflis24.de/en/post/inte...
The letter has been published on Facebook & likely will be in other outlets.
www.tiflis24.de/en/post/inte...
International Scholars Warn: Georgia’s Higher Education Reform Threatens Academic Freedom
More than sixty internationally respected scholars from leading universities in Europe and North America have issued an unusually direct warning to the Georgian government. In an open letter addressed...
www.tiflis24.de
December 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
No serious international scholar supports the restructuring of education that is being driven forward (and anyway is unconstitutional).
The letter has been published on Facebook & likely will be in other outlets.
www.tiflis24.de/en/post/inte...
The letter has been published on Facebook & likely will be in other outlets.
www.tiflis24.de/en/post/inte...
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"Not a reform, a robbery" -- statement I just recorded for a Georgian TV station, on the restructuring of education.
Robbery is the right term, too because of the violent damage being done.
Robbery is the right term, too because of the violent damage being done.
December 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Not a reform, a robbery" -- statement I just recorded for a Georgian TV station, on the restructuring of education.
Robbery is the right term, too because of the violent damage being done.
Robbery is the right term, too because of the violent damage being done.
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
Bleak update by @olliecarroll.bsky.social. Ukraine on front foot at Kupiansk, but struggling elsewhere. 'A source in Ukraine’s general staff said during first half of 2025 Russia’s army grew by average of 8-9k a month...while Ukr struggled to replace its casualties' www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Ukraine scrabbles for handholds against Russia’s massive assault
A counter-attack in Kupiansk is promising, but the overall outlook is not
www.economist.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Bleak update by @olliecarroll.bsky.social. Ukraine on front foot at Kupiansk, but struggling elsewhere. 'A source in Ukraine’s general staff said during first half of 2025 Russia’s army grew by average of 8-9k a month...while Ukr struggled to replace its casualties' www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Neue Studie: Moor-Emissionen doppelt so hoch wie geschätzt 🌍 Entwässerte Moore in der EU stoßen jährlich 232 Megatonnen CO₂-Äquivalent aus. Eine Hotspot-Karte zeigt, wo Schutz und Wiedervernässung am dringendsten nötig sind 🌱
#Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #Forschung
#Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #Forschung
December 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Neue Studie: Moor-Emissionen doppelt so hoch wie geschätzt 🌍 Entwässerte Moore in der EU stoßen jährlich 232 Megatonnen CO₂-Äquivalent aus. Eine Hotspot-Karte zeigt, wo Schutz und Wiedervernässung am dringendsten nötig sind 🌱
#Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #Forschung
#Klimaschutz #Nachhaltigkeit #Forschung
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A dataset that records every earthquake shows that moderate earthquakes can still significantly reduce growth and have lasting effects, especially in low- and lower-middle-income economies.
Rabah Arezki, Youssouf Camara, Patrick Imam, Kangni Kpodar
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Rabah Arezki, Youssouf Camara, Patrick Imam, Kangni Kpodar
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
A dataset that records every earthquake shows that moderate earthquakes can still significantly reduce growth and have lasting effects, especially in low- and lower-middle-income economies.
Rabah Arezki, Youssouf Camara, Patrick Imam, Kangni Kpodar
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Rabah Arezki, Youssouf Camara, Patrick Imam, Kangni Kpodar
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
Germany keeps playing chess against itself in Europe. Only reason Meloni can torpedo a deal on Russia's reserves is because Germany allows the ECB to cap Italy's yields. Europe's dysfunction starts and ends with the ECB. Time for Germany to say what's what.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-euro-b...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-euro-b...
December 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Germany keeps playing chess against itself in Europe. Only reason Meloni can torpedo a deal on Russia's reserves is because Germany allows the ECB to cap Italy's yields. Europe's dysfunction starts and ends with the ECB. Time for Germany to say what's what.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-euro-b...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/why-euro-b...
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Habe selbst kein Problem mit Alkohol.
Weil ich grundsätzlich keinen trinke.
Aber unter dem Eindruck div. Weihnachtsfeiern sehe ich ein echtes Problem, wie sehr er hierzulande weiter verherrlicht wird. Nicht nur zur Doppelmoral-WM (Oktoberfest), sondern immer. Gewalt & Krankheit folgen.
Why the fuck?
Weil ich grundsätzlich keinen trinke.
Aber unter dem Eindruck div. Weihnachtsfeiern sehe ich ein echtes Problem, wie sehr er hierzulande weiter verherrlicht wird. Nicht nur zur Doppelmoral-WM (Oktoberfest), sondern immer. Gewalt & Krankheit folgen.
Why the fuck?
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Habe selbst kein Problem mit Alkohol.
Weil ich grundsätzlich keinen trinke.
Aber unter dem Eindruck div. Weihnachtsfeiern sehe ich ein echtes Problem, wie sehr er hierzulande weiter verherrlicht wird. Nicht nur zur Doppelmoral-WM (Oktoberfest), sondern immer. Gewalt & Krankheit folgen.
Why the fuck?
Weil ich grundsätzlich keinen trinke.
Aber unter dem Eindruck div. Weihnachtsfeiern sehe ich ein echtes Problem, wie sehr er hierzulande weiter verherrlicht wird. Nicht nur zur Doppelmoral-WM (Oktoberfest), sondern immer. Gewalt & Krankheit folgen.
Why the fuck?
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One Night in Bangkok but it's a 16th century chanson
YouTube video by Jonasquin
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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A key feature of the crazy precious metals bubble is that the Dollar has been stable (blue). But that picture is deceptive. The Dollar only looks stable because Japan's Yen is tanking. Take the Yen out and the Dollar is falling. King Dollar is in trouble...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-dollar...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-dollar...
December 18, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A key feature of the crazy precious metals bubble is that the Dollar has been stable (blue). But that picture is deceptive. The Dollar only looks stable because Japan's Yen is tanking. Take the Yen out and the Dollar is falling. King Dollar is in trouble...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-dollar...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/the-dollar...
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Super interesting BOE blog post on the ownership of commercial real estate.
bankunderground.co.uk/2025/12/11/w...
bankunderground.co.uk/2025/12/11/w...
December 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Super interesting BOE blog post on the ownership of commercial real estate.
bankunderground.co.uk/2025/12/11/w...
bankunderground.co.uk/2025/12/11/w...
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Erinnert Ihr Euch noch daran, wie Nigel Farage das Vereinigte Königreich aus der EU gedrängt hat, das Land dadurch einen riesigen wirtschaftlichen Schaden erlitt und er deshalb politisch nie wieder eine Rolle spielte?
Nein? Ich auch nicht.
#entzaubern
Nein? Ich auch nicht.
#entzaubern
December 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Erinnert Ihr Euch noch daran, wie Nigel Farage das Vereinigte Königreich aus der EU gedrängt hat, das Land dadurch einen riesigen wirtschaftlichen Schaden erlitt und er deshalb politisch nie wieder eine Rolle spielte?
Nein? Ich auch nicht.
#entzaubern
Nein? Ich auch nicht.
#entzaubern
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Woah.
Potentially a big story.
A shenzhen team completed a working prototype of a EUV machine - ASML's most cutting edge - in early 2025. It was built by former ASML engineers, but has not yet produced working chips.
China hopes to produce by 2028-30.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Potentially a big story.
A shenzhen team completed a working prototype of a EUV machine - ASML's most cutting edge - in early 2025. It was built by former ASML engineers, but has not yet produced working chips.
China hopes to produce by 2028-30.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and...
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Woah.
Potentially a big story.
A shenzhen team completed a working prototype of a EUV machine - ASML's most cutting edge - in early 2025. It was built by former ASML engineers, but has not yet produced working chips.
China hopes to produce by 2028-30.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Potentially a big story.
A shenzhen team completed a working prototype of a EUV machine - ASML's most cutting edge - in early 2025. It was built by former ASML engineers, but has not yet produced working chips.
China hopes to produce by 2028-30.
www.reuters.com/world/china/...
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"Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note."
Damn. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Damn. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Longest Suicide Note in American History
The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy targets liberal democracy itself.
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Unilateral disarmament is now official policy. Because—despite its name—this National Security Strategy is not really a strategy document. It is a suicide note."
Damn. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Damn. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Good news: a court just agreed to review the case challenging Trump's illegal attempt to destroy the CFPB, the agency that has returned more than $21 billion directly to Americans scammed by giant corporations.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
December 17, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Good news: a court just agreed to review the case challenging Trump's illegal attempt to destroy the CFPB, the agency that has returned more than $21 billion directly to Americans scammed by giant corporations.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
The courts must uphold the law – or families will pay the price.
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Does work in English, too. Oiltimer instead of ICE cars.
Will use.
Will use.
Mir hat @graslutscher.de gerade erzählt, dass er in Zukunft Verbrenner nur noch "Öltimer" nennen will, um sie als die veraltete Technologie abzuwerten, die sie sind, und ich denke, ich werde das auf jeden Fall verwenden. 😂
December 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Does work in English, too. Oiltimer instead of ICE cars.
Will use.
Will use.
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Smith testified to Congress he had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump conspired overthrow the 2020 election.
He also had proof that Trump obtained classified documents and obstructed the government’s attempts to recover them.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A-4aJWhpwT_O...
He also had proof that Trump obtained classified documents and obstructed the government’s attempts to recover them.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A-4aJWhpwT_O...
Jack Smith tells lawmakers his team developed 'proof beyond a reasonable doubt' against Trump — The Associated Press
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith has told lawmakers in a closed-door interview his team “developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt” President Donald Trump criminally conspired to o...
apple.news
December 17, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Smith testified to Congress he had proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump conspired overthrow the 2020 election.
He also had proof that Trump obtained classified documents and obstructed the government’s attempts to recover them.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A-4aJWhpwT_O...
He also had proof that Trump obtained classified documents and obstructed the government’s attempts to recover them.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
#OneV1
apple.news/A-4aJWhpwT_O...
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The Migration Advisory Committee has published its annual report today
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The Migration Advisory Committee has published its annual report today
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
They have supplemented their earlier analysis of the fiscal impact of migrants on skilled work and health/care visas with those on family visas.
Full results below:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
This is remarkable. So many of the Trumpers are a combination of belligerent, obfuscating, or mansplaining (to burn up time?).
Trusty gives a good clear answer, then Gomez gives the right brief 4-word answer.
The wrong Commissioner is in charge.
Trusty gives a good clear answer, then Gomez gives the right brief 4-word answer.
The wrong Commissioner is in charge.
LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is remarkable. So many of the Trumpers are a combination of belligerent, obfuscating, or mansplaining (to burn up time?).
Trusty gives a good clear answer, then Gomez gives the right brief 4-word answer.
The wrong Commissioner is in charge.
Trusty gives a good clear answer, then Gomez gives the right brief 4-word answer.
The wrong Commissioner is in charge.
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The Knowledge of London is the world’s most respected taxi driver qualification.
For 160 years, it’s been a symbol for dedication, expertise and service to Londoners, and applications are currently on track to be the highest in a decade.
For 160 years, it’s been a symbol for dedication, expertise and service to Londoners, and applications are currently on track to be the highest in a decade.
THE KNOWLEDGE IS ON THE RISE! TfL marks 160 years of the Knowledge as applications RISE to decade high
Transport for London (TfL) has marked the 160th anniversary of the Knowledge of London, as new figures show applications to become a licensed London taxi driver are at their highest level in a decade ...
www.taxi-point.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The Knowledge of London is the world’s most respected taxi driver qualification.
For 160 years, it’s been a symbol for dedication, expertise and service to Londoners, and applications are currently on track to be the highest in a decade.
For 160 years, it’s been a symbol for dedication, expertise and service to Londoners, and applications are currently on track to be the highest in a decade.
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UKRI's allocation of budget up to 2030 just out. More about 'buckets' than just allocations for individual research councils this time round.
Spending on curiosity-driven research flat, while budget linked to govt priorities, innovation will rise.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Spending on curiosity-driven research flat, while budget linked to govt priorities, innovation will rise.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Flat cash for curiosity-driven research at UKRI up to 2030 - Research Professional News
But spending on government priorities and innovation will increase as share of agency’s budget
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
UKRI's allocation of budget up to 2030 just out. More about 'buckets' than just allocations for individual research councils this time round.
Spending on curiosity-driven research flat, while budget linked to govt priorities, innovation will rise.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Spending on curiosity-driven research flat, while budget linked to govt priorities, innovation will rise.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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AfD-Bundesvorstand und MdB Stephan Brandner hatte mich hier ja mehrfach als „Faschistin“ bezeichnet. Ein Gericht verbot ihm das, doch er wiederholte die Beleidigung und versprach sogar eine großzügige Belohnung, wenn es ihm andere nachtun. Danach erstatteten wir Strafanzeige.
December 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
AfD-Bundesvorstand und MdB Stephan Brandner hatte mich hier ja mehrfach als „Faschistin“ bezeichnet. Ein Gericht verbot ihm das, doch er wiederholte die Beleidigung und versprach sogar eine großzügige Belohnung, wenn es ihm andere nachtun. Danach erstatteten wir Strafanzeige.
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Starmer repeats call for Farage to apologise to fellow pupils who have accused him of racism – UK politics live
Starmer repeats call for Farage to apologise to fellow pupils who have accused him of racism – UK politics live
PM tells PMQs it is ‘never too late to apologise’ when questioned over allegations made against the Reform UK leader
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Starmer repeats call for Farage to apologise to fellow pupils who have accused him of racism – UK politics live
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Britain could have joined Erasmus five years ago; an agreement on funding was completed between negotiators but vetoed “at the very last minute” by Boris Johnson. From Stefaan de Rynck’s book
December 17, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Britain could have joined Erasmus five years ago; an agreement on funding was completed between negotiators but vetoed “at the very last minute” by Boris Johnson. From Stefaan de Rynck’s book