leiwanderer.bsky.social
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This article is a very useful reframing of the tired “Europe falling behind in tech” whinge.

Europe has actually build the foundations for socially useful tech, for decades.

What it has not done is attempt to create Empires by extracting cash from that work.

ploum.net/2026-01-22-w...
Why there’s no European Google?
Why there’s no European Google? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
ploum.net
January 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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The Trump Doctrine
February 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Just going to leave this here again. US budget deficit grew by another 40% in the latest quarter. Trump is coming into power. This is unsustainable.

Yes, the EU should integrate better, but growth is sub-par only if you compare with the US. It grows as fast or faster than other developed economies.
January 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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What drives ordinary citizens to want their country to join or stay in the European Unio)?

🧵 it’s being a democrat or becoming one!

“Fighting for Europe: EU's Democratic Pull Phenomenon in #Ukraine, #Poland & #Belarus

OPEN ACCESS @jcmsjournal.bsky.social

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 11, 2024 at 11:07 AM