Philippe Buc
@philippebuc.bsky.social
Professor at Leiden University, researches religion(s) and violence. Franco-American. Loves the sea and the cold North.
https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/PhilippeBuc
Ce furent deux vaisseaux venus d'autres rivages,
L'un à l'autre étrangers ...
https://leidenuniv.academia.edu/PhilippeBuc
Ce furent deux vaisseaux venus d'autres rivages,
L'un à l'autre étrangers ...
“Our European allies don't understand nuclear language, for them it's like conventional with a bigger boom, no, if a single French submarine fires all its missiles, on arrival that makes “300 Nagasakis”. Is that enough to understand a message? What more do we need in Europe?”
March 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
“Our European allies don't understand nuclear language, for them it's like conventional with a bigger boom, no, if a single French submarine fires all its missiles, on arrival that makes “300 Nagasakis”. Is that enough to understand a message? What more do we need in Europe?”
Sales in China also fell by nearly 14% in January and February, but a political backlash is an unlikely explanation; Mr Musk is generally regarded as pro-China. In Britain, where his political meddling should be a factor, Tesla sales actually increased by almost 21% in February.
March 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Sales in China also fell by nearly 14% in January and February, but a political backlash is an unlikely explanation; Mr Musk is generally regarded as pro-China. In Britain, where his political meddling should be a factor, Tesla sales actually increased by almost 21% in February.
In Germany, where Mr Musk caused an uproar by supporting a far-right party in recent elections, sales fell by 76% in February, year on year.
Yet Barclays reckons that first-quarter sales in America, where antipathy to Mr Musk seems highest, will be flat.
Yet Barclays reckons that first-quarter sales in America, where antipathy to Mr Musk seems highest, will be flat.
March 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
In Germany, where Mr Musk caused an uproar by supporting a far-right party in recent elections, sales fell by 76% in February, year on year.
Yet Barclays reckons that first-quarter sales in America, where antipathy to Mr Musk seems highest, will be flat.
Yet Barclays reckons that first-quarter sales in America, where antipathy to Mr Musk seems highest, will be flat.
—a fall of 1%, to 1.79m cars. Sales have continued to fall in recent months compared with a year ago, at a time when the EV market overall is still growing. Barclays estimates that first-quarter sales in Europe could be down by around 30%.
March 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
—a fall of 1%, to 1.79m cars. Sales have continued to fall in recent months compared with a year ago, at a time when the EV market overall is still growing. Barclays estimates that first-quarter sales in Europe could be down by around 30%.
Mr Musk’s behaviour only partially explains Tesla’s troubles. Sales were falling before he took a chainsaw to America’s public sector. Last year Tesla dropped a long-standing aim to be making 20m cars annually by 2030 and reported its first decline in annual sales for many years
March 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Mr Musk’s behaviour only partially explains Tesla’s troubles. Sales were falling before he took a chainsaw to America’s public sector. Last year Tesla dropped a long-standing aim to be making 20m cars annually by 2030 and reported its first decline in annual sales for many years
Let us add that this explains why Tesla is becoming a submarine-- to avoid Navy pilots. Another explanation is here:
The Economist, today
The Economist, today
March 13, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Let us add that this explains why Tesla is becoming a submarine-- to avoid Navy pilots. Another explanation is here:
The Economist, today
The Economist, today
Only someone in Denmark might confuse over-water and under-water
March 11, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Only someone in Denmark might confuse over-water and under-water
In other times, this would have meant a duel. One does not call a Navy Captain a traitor.
March 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In other times, this would have meant a duel. One does not call a Navy Captain a traitor.
The difference being that Orban, who indeed got a lot of pork, is in power, and these Poles not. Orban is playing a dangerous game, because if he loses he may end up in jail. And have to cough up some of his bacon.
March 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The difference being that Orban, who indeed got a lot of pork, is in power, and these Poles not. Orban is playing a dangerous game, because if he loses he may end up in jail. And have to cough up some of his bacon.
In French slang we might say, "c'est pas bézef", "that is not too good". But Bezos sounds also like "baisé", also slang for fucked. Fair to use for a tax evader ...
March 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In French slang we might say, "c'est pas bézef", "that is not too good". But Bezos sounds also like "baisé", also slang for fucked. Fair to use for a tax evader ...
Reuters, Chris Kirkham, today:
1/ (Reuters) - Tesla's stock has dropped by nearly half in three months. Even so, investors are still debating whether Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker remains overpriced.
1/ (Reuters) - Tesla's stock has dropped by nearly half in three months. Even so, investors are still debating whether Elon Musk's electric-vehicle maker remains overpriced.
March 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
6/ The bulk of its worth rests on hopes for autonomous vehicles Tesla hasn't yet delivered, despite Musk's promises in every year since 2016 that driverless Teslas would arrive no later than the following year.
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
6/ The bulk of its worth rests on hopes for autonomous vehicles Tesla hasn't yet delivered, despite Musk's promises in every year since 2016 that driverless Teslas would arrive no later than the following year.
5/ Tesla's electric-vehicle business accounts for almost all of its revenue but less than a quarter of its stock-market value, according to a Reuters review of more than a dozen analyses by banks and investment firms.
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
5/ Tesla's electric-vehicle business accounts for almost all of its revenue but less than a quarter of its stock-market value, according to a Reuters review of more than a dozen analyses by banks and investment firms.
4/ ... that the world's most-valuable automaker isn't really a car company at all, but rather an artificial-intelligence pioneer that will soon unleash a revolution in robotaxis and humanoid robots.
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
4/ ... that the world's most-valuable automaker isn't really a car company at all, but rather an artificial-intelligence pioneer that will soon unleash a revolution in robotaxis and humanoid robots.
3/ And yet Tesla continues to fetch a valuation far above those of the world's biggest automotive and technology firms, judging by standard financial metrics. That's because most investors and analysts have bought Musk's pitch ....
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
3/ And yet Tesla continues to fetch a valuation far above those of the world's biggest automotive and technology firms, judging by standard financial metrics. That's because most investors and analysts have bought Musk's pitch ....
2/ The company's market capitalization has dropped 45% since hitting an all-time high of $1.5 trillion on December 17, erasing most of the gains the stock made after CEO Musk helped finance the election victory of U.S. President Donald Trump.
March 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
2/ The company's market capitalization has dropped 45% since hitting an all-time high of $1.5 trillion on December 17, erasing most of the gains the stock made after CEO Musk helped finance the election victory of U.S. President Donald Trump.
So are the cantankerous French, well caricatured in Astérix.
March 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
So are the cantankerous French, well caricatured in Astérix.
Here is this coven of exalted divines... They are not advancing the business of Christ, just their delusions or business
February 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Here is this coven of exalted divines... They are not advancing the business of Christ, just their delusions or business
It is hard to know what will come out of the Trump-Musk chaotic and disruptive foreign policy moves. But certainly little solidarity with the US on China -- www.ft.com/content/65ab...
Spain calls for EU to forge China policy without US
‘Europe must take its own decisions’, says foreign minister José Manuel Albares
www.ft.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It is hard to know what will come out of the Trump-Musk chaotic and disruptive foreign policy moves. But certainly little solidarity with the US on China -- www.ft.com/content/65ab...
thanks for this. There is hope, perhaps in this specific configuration for imperfect reasons
February 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
thanks for this. There is hope, perhaps in this specific configuration for imperfect reasons