Andimar
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European federalist. Henri Laborit in the picture. Sympathetic to NAFO. 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇺🇦
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Here is the link and thanks to the National Security Archive, as always: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Archive Lawsuit Opens Vladimir Putin Memcons/Telcons
Washington, D.C., December 23, 2025 - The verbatim transcripts of Vladimir Putin's meetings and telephone calls with U.S. president George W. Bush from 2001 to 2008 opened to the public yesterday as t...
nsarchive.gwu.edu
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Here is the link and thanks to the National Security Archive, as always: nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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Christmas came early to the Russia scholars with Santa declassifying the Bush-Putin meeting transcripts.
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
December 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Christmas came early to the Russia scholars with Santa declassifying the Bush-Putin meeting transcripts.
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
That's 2001. Ukraine is Russian land, simply given away for no reason, as if USSR had not collapsed and there was no Ukraine independence referendum. And, long before the 2008 Bucharest Summit
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AI is like cosmetic surgery.
You laugh at the few examples that you notice because those are badly done, thinking the whole thing is for suckers.
Meanwhile you're completely oblivious to the countless examples of it that are actually well done.
You laugh at the few examples that you notice because those are badly done, thinking the whole thing is for suckers.
Meanwhile you're completely oblivious to the countless examples of it that are actually well done.
December 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
AI is like cosmetic surgery.
You laugh at the few examples that you notice because those are badly done, thinking the whole thing is for suckers.
Meanwhile you're completely oblivious to the countless examples of it that are actually well done.
You laugh at the few examples that you notice because those are badly done, thinking the whole thing is for suckers.
Meanwhile you're completely oblivious to the countless examples of it that are actually well done.
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When I left 2K Marin in 2013 and went indie, this statement (from a Rock Paper Shotgun guest piece about Deus Ex written by my friend and former colleague JP LeBreton) was seared into my mind.
December 24, 2025 at 12:58 AM
When I left 2K Marin in 2013 and went indie, this statement (from a Rock Paper Shotgun guest piece about Deus Ex written by my friend and former colleague JP LeBreton) was seared into my mind.
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“It’s not great to come home without Mercosur or the plan on Russian assets,” said Guntram Wolff, senior fellow at Bruegel. “The question for Macron is whether it is smart to impose political losses on Merz on two big issues.”
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
Role reversal: how foot-dragging France blindsided newly assertive Berlin
As Friedrich Merz pushed to finalise a deal on Russian frozen assets, it became clear that he was missing one key ally
www.ft.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
“It’s not great to come home without Mercosur or the plan on Russian assets,” said Guntram Wolff, senior fellow at Bruegel. “The question for Macron is whether it is smart to impose political losses on Merz on two big issues.”
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
www.ft.com/content/99d2...
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I had never even heard a hint that generational upward mobility had been higher in the UK than in the US for decades, until seeing that second chart.
December 20, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I had never even heard a hint that generational upward mobility had been higher in the UK than in the US for decades, until seeing that second chart.
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Quand les premiers drones Shahed vont voler en essaim au dessus de l'UE en 2026, puis piquer vers le bas, l'UE regrettera peut-être de pas avoir pioché dans les avoirs gelés russes, pour aider l'armée ukrainienne, la seule organisation qui peut la protéger du couteau russe sous la gorge
December 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Quand les premiers drones Shahed vont voler en essaim au dessus de l'UE en 2026, puis piquer vers le bas, l'UE regrettera peut-être de pas avoir pioché dans les avoirs gelés russes, pour aider l'armée ukrainienne, la seule organisation qui peut la protéger du couteau russe sous la gorge
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Asie / L'événement est un peu passé inaperçu en Inde / Des économistes mettent en doute la fiabilité des statistiques nationales. Un chiffre du PIB erroné à près de 50% ? www.lesechos.fr/monde/asie-p...
December 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Asie / L'événement est un peu passé inaperçu en Inde / Des économistes mettent en doute la fiabilité des statistiques nationales. Un chiffre du PIB erroné à près de 50% ? www.lesechos.fr/monde/asie-p...
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Very embarrassing that any “realists” support appeasement. Realist theory says: kill the bastards.
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
The Cold-Blooded Case for American Support for Ukraine
The Realist case for arming Ukraine
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Very embarrassing that any “realists” support appeasement. Realist theory says: kill the bastards.
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
open.substack.com/pub/deadcarl...
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“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians
What are you even talking about! I am saying it is a delusional fantasy to suggest Russia is going to invade European countries like Poland, Germany or indeed the UK, which is the insane drivel currently being promoted in support of a disastrous arms race.
December 17, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
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There remains a false perception of diplomacy as something in contrast to coercion and a naive faith that reasonability can resolve any crisis. It must be more broadly understood that sometimes you must coerce your opponent into reasonability.
“If our opponent is to be made to comply with our will, we must place him in a situation which is more oppressive to him than the sacrifice which we demand”
my negotiation strategy with russia is kill more russians
December 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
There remains a false perception of diplomacy as something in contrast to coercion and a naive faith that reasonability can resolve any crisis. It must be more broadly understood that sometimes you must coerce your opponent into reasonability.
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"It accidentally replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire."
I try to avoid linking to Substacks but this essay is FASCINATING
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"It accidentally replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire."
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"The irony is maddening: You spend a lifetime mastering a language, adhering to its formal rules with greater diligence than most native speakers, and for this, a machine built an ocean away calls you a fake."
December 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"The irony is maddening: You spend a lifetime mastering a language, adhering to its formal rules with greater diligence than most native speakers, and for this, a machine built an ocean away calls you a fake."
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i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
December 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i have said this before but if you are actually interested in influencing people beyond a narrow circle of too-online journalists you will be making direct to camera videos on tiktok, instagram and youtube. if you primarily post on text-based social media then you're just dicking around.
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"Chomsky's long-standing friendship with a notorious child rapist was more dignified than Summers' "
okay, got it
okay, got it
December 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
"Chomsky's long-standing friendship with a notorious child rapist was more dignified than Summers' "
okay, got it
okay, got it
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
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Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds
Analysis marking 10 years since Paris climate agreement underscores effectiveness of strong government policies
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Economic growth no longer linked to carbon emissions in most of the world, study finds www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life.
My interview with Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned by the US for ruling to authorise an investigation into war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
My interview with Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned by the US for ruling to authorise an investigation into war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life.
My interview with Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned by the US for ruling to authorise an investigation into war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
My interview with Canadian judge Kimberly Prost, who was sanctioned by the US for ruling to authorise an investigation into war crimes by US troops in Afghanistan www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
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[traduction]
La Chine dévore l’industrie du reste du monde
( @jaredb-econ.bsky.social )
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
La Chine dévore l’industrie du reste du monde
( @jaredb-econ.bsky.social )
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
[traduction]
La Chine dévore l’industrie du reste du monde
( @jaredb-econ.bsky.social )
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
La Chine dévore l’industrie du reste du monde
( @jaredb-econ.bsky.social )
annotationsbis.blogspot.com/2025/12/la-c...
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I feel like I have been hit in the head by a horseshoe
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I feel like I have been hit in the head by a horseshoe
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L'ambassade des États-Unis au Royaume-Uni a publié hier un message sur Facebook indiquant que les demandeurs de visas sont tenus à compter du 15 décembre de modifier les paramètres de confidentialité sur tous les réseaux sociaux pour les rendre publics.
December 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
L'ambassade des États-Unis au Royaume-Uni a publié hier un message sur Facebook indiquant que les demandeurs de visas sont tenus à compter du 15 décembre de modifier les paramètres de confidentialité sur tous les réseaux sociaux pour les rendre publics.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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Jacques Baud était à la fois le chouchou de certains médias de gauche tendance campiste ou pro-russe (Le Média, QG) et d'extrême droite ou adjacents (Front Populaire, Sud Radio). Il vient d'être placé sous sanctions européennes car il est assimilé à un relais d'influence de Moscou.
December 12, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Jacques Baud était à la fois le chouchou de certains médias de gauche tendance campiste ou pro-russe (Le Média, QG) et d'extrême droite ou adjacents (Front Populaire, Sud Radio). Il vient d'être placé sous sanctions européennes car il est assimilé à un relais d'influence de Moscou.
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«Nous devons nous préparer à une guerre d’une ampleur comparable à celle qu’ont connue nos grands-parents ou nos arrière-grands-parents...»
Depuis Berlin, Mark Rutte, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN a prononcé un discours important.
Nous le traduisons.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...
Depuis Berlin, Mark Rutte, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN a prononcé un discours important.
Nous le traduisons.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...
«Nous devons nous préparer à une guerre d'une ampleur comparable à celle qu'ont connue nos grands-parents ou nos arrière-grands-parents» : le discours de Mark Rutte | Le Grand Continent
« Nous sommes la prochaine cible de la Russie, et nous sommes déjà en danger. » Depuis Berlin, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN a adressé un message d’une particulière gravité aux citoyens de l’Union....
legrandcontinent.eu
December 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
«Nous devons nous préparer à une guerre d’une ampleur comparable à celle qu’ont connue nos grands-parents ou nos arrière-grands-parents...»
Depuis Berlin, Mark Rutte, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN a prononcé un discours important.
Nous le traduisons.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...
Depuis Berlin, Mark Rutte, le secrétaire général de l’OTAN a prononcé un discours important.
Nous le traduisons.
legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/12/1...