Summa Perplexitas
@sperplexitas.bsky.social
Increasingly intolerant of the intolerant.
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European migration policy is trapped in an endless cycle where governments panic over numbers only to then face labour shortages which trigger another surge leading to another panic over numbers that then leads to labour shortages...
New post just out:
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
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open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
"The Overshoot"
Net migration is collapsing, and will fall further over the coming years. We could even have net emigration.
What does that mean for the country and the political narrative as we head towards the next election?
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Overshoot
What happens to politics, and the country, as net migration collapses?
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:07 AM
European migration policy is trapped in an endless cycle where governments panic over numbers only to then face labour shortages which trigger another surge leading to another panic over numbers that then leads to labour shortages...
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General:
> buy-european.net/alternatives
> www.goeuropean.org
> custom posters: hardno.eu
More digital:
> european-alternatives.eu
> euro-stack.com/alternatives
> gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_m...
> buy-european.net/alternatives
> www.goeuropean.org
> custom posters: hardno.eu
More digital:
> european-alternatives.eu
> euro-stack.com/alternatives
> gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_m...
European Alternatives
Overview of non-European products and companies that we list European Alternatives for
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December 12, 2025 at 8:19 AM
General:
> buy-european.net/alternatives
> www.goeuropean.org
> custom posters: hardno.eu
More digital:
> european-alternatives.eu
> euro-stack.com/alternatives
> gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_m...
> buy-european.net/alternatives
> www.goeuropean.org
> custom posters: hardno.eu
More digital:
> european-alternatives.eu
> euro-stack.com/alternatives
> gathering.tweakers.net/forum/list_m...
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« Libérons la politique étrangère de l’UE de sa léthargie »
« Libérons la politique étrangère de l’UE de sa léthargie »
www.lemonde.fr
December 16, 2025 at 9:19 AM
« Libérons la politique étrangère de l’UE de sa léthargie »
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Good piece from Pettis. Europe has to make a move.
Intervening on the euro is impossible as the ECB would never do so. It could also stoke a currency war, as China already intervenes heavily and Trump in some ways has lowered the USD exchange rate - on purpose or as a side effect.
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Intervening on the euro is impossible as the ECB would never do so. It could also stoke a currency war, as China already intervenes heavily and Trump in some ways has lowered the USD exchange rate - on purpose or as a side effect.
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The problem is how. Broad-based tariffs on Chinese goods? IRA-style subsidies to the manufacturing sector as a whole? An attempt to devalue the euro? When you get to the policies bit things start to look very risky.
Europe has no choice but to intervene on its external accounts to counter trade intervention abroad, argues @michaelpettis.bsky.social here. Policymakers must distinguish between domestic conditions that hamper efficiency and those that undermine competitiveness www.ft.com/content/da6d...
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Good piece from Pettis. Europe has to make a move.
Intervening on the euro is impossible as the ECB would never do so. It could also stoke a currency war, as China already intervenes heavily and Trump in some ways has lowered the USD exchange rate - on purpose or as a side effect.
1/
Intervening on the euro is impossible as the ECB would never do so. It could also stoke a currency war, as China already intervenes heavily and Trump in some ways has lowered the USD exchange rate - on purpose or as a side effect.
1/
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"When an army holds together through fear, is financially exhausted, and forced to fight without clear purpose, it ceases to be a stabilizing institution and becomes a mirror reflecting the weaknesses of the entire machine."
Russia can still sustain this war, but it can no longer scale it—and if Ukraine holds on without exhausting itself first, the breaking point will come.
🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/14/i...
I’ve monitored Russian soldiers for 3.5 years. The system is finally cracking
What looks like stability is just the residue of fear and habit.
euromaidanpress.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"When an army holds together through fear, is financially exhausted, and forced to fight without clear purpose, it ceases to be a stabilizing institution and becomes a mirror reflecting the weaknesses of the entire machine."
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Terrible, porque es panorama global. Entre los panfletos que montan y los medios que se compran... Se supone que la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la UE recoge el derecho a la pluralidad informativa.
Terremoto mediático y político en Italia por la venta de ‘La Repubblica’ y ‘La Stampa’, los dos principales diarios de oposición
El grupo de la familia Agnelli, dueño de las cabeceras, negocia con un magnate griego conservador y afín a Trump, mientras Meloni ironiza sobre la operación y ataca en público a sus periodistas
elpais.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Terrible, porque es panorama global. Entre los panfletos que montan y los medios que se compran... Se supone que la Carta de los Derechos Fundamentales de la UE recoge el derecho a la pluralidad informativa.
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When you are being bullied, it pays to smack the bully in the face and end the bullying.
It's time for NATO to smack Russia in the face. And the best ways to do that are 1) mass produce cruise and ballistic missiles for Ukraine, and 2) shock and collapse Russia's economy.
It's time for NATO to smack Russia in the face. And the best ways to do that are 1) mass produce cruise and ballistic missiles for Ukraine, and 2) shock and collapse Russia's economy.
'Whole of society' effort needed to fight Russia threat, armed forces chief says
Sir Richard Knighton says more families will know what "sacrifice for our nation means" as the threat from Russia worsens.
www.bbc.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
When you are being bullied, it pays to smack the bully in the face and end the bullying.
It's time for NATO to smack Russia in the face. And the best ways to do that are 1) mass produce cruise and ballistic missiles for Ukraine, and 2) shock and collapse Russia's economy.
It's time for NATO to smack Russia in the face. And the best ways to do that are 1) mass produce cruise and ballistic missiles for Ukraine, and 2) shock and collapse Russia's economy.
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Fun fact: with the currently reported Russian casualty rates, this would last about 12 hours.
1/ A sign of how things are now on the Russian front lines: Russian volunteers declare success after raising enough money to buy a truckload of body bags. ⬇️
December 16, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Fun fact: with the currently reported Russian casualty rates, this would last about 12 hours.
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⚖️ Arrêt Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) et autres c. Russie
➡️ Multiples violations de la Convention européenne découlant de mesures coordonnées à grande échelle visant à démanteler le réseau Navalnyy en Russie.
🔗 t.co/ISMTEY4JU2
➡️ Multiples violations de la Convention européenne découlant de mesures coordonnées à grande échelle visant à démanteler le réseau Navalnyy en Russie.
🔗 t.co/ISMTEY4JU2
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion/pdf/?library=ECHR&id=003-8412402-11901957&filename=Arr%C3%AAt%20Anti-Corruption%20Foundation%20(FBK)%20et%20autres%20c.%20Russie%20-%20d%C3%A9mant%C3%A8lement...
t.co
December 16, 2025 at 10:39 AM
⚖️ Arrêt Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK) et autres c. Russie
➡️ Multiples violations de la Convention européenne découlant de mesures coordonnées à grande échelle visant à démanteler le réseau Navalnyy en Russie.
🔗 t.co/ISMTEY4JU2
➡️ Multiples violations de la Convention européenne découlant de mesures coordonnées à grande échelle visant à démanteler le réseau Navalnyy en Russie.
🔗 t.co/ISMTEY4JU2
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And if Ukraine doesn't get it, and if Ukraine falls, then we eastern, central, western, northern and southern Europeans will pay the price: in terms of millions of deaths during the next Great European War.
❗️"Ukraine needs strong political support, the kind that was there at the beginning of the war — Zelenskyy"
December 16, 2025 at 10:46 AM
And if Ukraine doesn't get it, and if Ukraine falls, then we eastern, central, western, northern and southern Europeans will pay the price: in terms of millions of deaths during the next Great European War.
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Engineering flowchart in practice.
December 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Engineering flowchart in practice.
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As well as extractive logging and mining industry whose net economic benefits are questionable - these seem to be Finland's leading industries in the future, at least if we ask the current government.
Fur farms that don't turn a profit but require a hefty subsidy every year to keep torturing animals.
December 16, 2025 at 10:53 AM
As well as extractive logging and mining industry whose net economic benefits are questionable - these seem to be Finland's leading industries in the future, at least if we ask the current government.
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At first this chart might look depressing as there are now three times as many non-reading teenagers than reading teenagers in the US. You could also see this as an opportunity to easily set yourself apart from the crowd through the simple defying act of reading books.
December 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
At first this chart might look depressing as there are now three times as many non-reading teenagers than reading teenagers in the US. You could also see this as an opportunity to easily set yourself apart from the crowd through the simple defying act of reading books.
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❗️ Russia loses about 30 thousand soldiers every month, – Zelensky
"Putin believes only in power and money… Russian assaults are always insanely bloody, but Putin does not care. Russians do not count their dead, but they count every dollar they lose."
"Putin believes only in power and money… Russian assaults are always insanely bloody, but Putin does not care. Russians do not count their dead, but they count every dollar they lose."
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
❗️ Russia loses about 30 thousand soldiers every month, – Zelensky
"Putin believes only in power and money… Russian assaults are always insanely bloody, but Putin does not care. Russians do not count their dead, but they count every dollar they lose."
"Putin believes only in power and money… Russian assaults are always insanely bloody, but Putin does not care. Russians do not count their dead, but they count every dollar they lose."
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As long as Ukraine consumes as many or more russian zombies per month as putin can recruit, they won't deploy to our borders. But as soon as Ukraine stops defending us, we'll have a million of them knocking at the frontier.
December 16, 2025 at 10:52 AM
As long as Ukraine consumes as many or more russian zombies per month as putin can recruit, they won't deploy to our borders. But as soon as Ukraine stops defending us, we'll have a million of them knocking at the frontier.
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They’re still standing. Still fighting. Still smiling.
Brave Ukrainian women are defending their country with the kind of strength the world rarely gets to witness. Not for glory — for freedom, for their families, for the right to live without terror.
HEROES. 💙💛
Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava!🇺🇦
Brave Ukrainian women are defending their country with the kind of strength the world rarely gets to witness. Not for glory — for freedom, for their families, for the right to live without terror.
HEROES. 💙💛
Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava!🇺🇦
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
They’re still standing. Still fighting. Still smiling.
Brave Ukrainian women are defending their country with the kind of strength the world rarely gets to witness. Not for glory — for freedom, for their families, for the right to live without terror.
HEROES. 💙💛
Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava!🇺🇦
Brave Ukrainian women are defending their country with the kind of strength the world rarely gets to witness. Not for glory — for freedom, for their families, for the right to live without terror.
HEROES. 💙💛
Slava Ukraine! Heroyam Slava!🇺🇦
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Is Germany again dragging its feet and undermining a "simple" solution to the Ukraine financing problem, instead pushing the ubercomplex reparations loan?
It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way.
But there isn't. Here is why:
It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way.
But there isn't. Here is why:
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Is Germany again dragging its feet and undermining a "simple" solution to the Ukraine financing problem, instead pushing the ubercomplex reparations loan?
It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way.
But there isn't. Here is why:
It's a tempting eurocrisis reflex that if only there were a will in Berlin, there would be a better way.
But there isn't. Here is why:
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Sweden's PM is contributing to the big scam. That European leaders lie to the public about the chances for peace is a disgrace and also very dangerous. How can a society prepare for war when it's constantly being lied to by its own leaders?
December 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Sweden's PM is contributing to the big scam. That European leaders lie to the public about the chances for peace is a disgrace and also very dangerous. How can a society prepare for war when it's constantly being lied to by its own leaders?
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Everyone knows Carol of the Bells, but do you know it’s a Ukrainian song? How did it become a Christmas classic? More than 100 years ago, a 🇺🇦 choir went on a mission to save their country. Read this astonishing story about the power of music in this article: daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-incred...
The incredible story of Shchedryk – a Ukrainian song behind the beloved Carol of the Bells
The forgotten history of the most famous Christmas song and how the power of music changed the world’s perception of Ukraine.
daryazorka.substack.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Everyone knows Carol of the Bells, but do you know it’s a Ukrainian song? How did it become a Christmas classic? More than 100 years ago, a 🇺🇦 choir went on a mission to save their country. Read this astonishing story about the power of music in this article: daryazorka.substack.com/p/the-incred...
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"I'm trying now to give new advice to a new generation."
Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
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Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
December 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
"I'm trying now to give new advice to a new generation."
Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
Ret. Lt. Gen. @MarkHertling.bsky.social discusses his upcoming book, "If I Don't Return," which is based on journals he wrote for his sons while serving in Iraq in the 1990s.
Follow on Apple: bit.ly/4rVIuxU
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'Less money, more priorities' objects Catalonia minister on next EU budget
'Less money, more priorities' objects Catalonia minister on next EU budget
The proposed next EU budget has already caused some fuss in Brussels, especially among the bloc's regions. "All that the EU Commission is proposing is in reality ... less money, more priorities”, Jaune Duch, Catalan EU minister, told EUobserver.
euobserver.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
'Less money, more priorities' objects Catalonia minister on next EU budget
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Ayer fue Sudetenland. Hoy es el Donbas. Ayer eran Hitler y Mussolini. Hoy son Putin y Trump. Y se trata de no repetir la historia, no vaya a ser que esta vez no ganen los buenos.
December 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ayer fue Sudetenland. Hoy es el Donbas. Ayer eran Hitler y Mussolini. Hoy son Putin y Trump. Y se trata de no repetir la historia, no vaya a ser que esta vez no ganen los buenos.