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Stephan Faris
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Associate editor, Enterprise, POLITICO Europe. On the trail of Joan of Arc.
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Ben Coates @bencoates1.bsky.social · 17h
there is a whole wave of 2010-20 era leaders who seemed impressive while in office but in retrospect glossed over structural problems and helped dig the world into its current hole. Merkel, Rutte, Obama, Cameron, Trudeau…
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 17h
"The former German chancellor remains unrepentant."

Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour www.politico.eu/article/ange...
Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour
The former chancellor refuses to reckon with her fraught legacy on the war in Ukraine, instead invoking Covid and a missed chance for talks.
www.politico.eu
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 12h
Fake news. The green is clearly basil
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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 12h
Which other flag resembles their country’s national cuisine?
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 17h
Merkel might have limited the considerable damage to her legacy by admitting mistakes in her handling of Russia and China. Instead she has compounded the damage by doubling down on her misguided policies and blaming others for the consequences.

www.politico.eu/article/ange...
Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour
The former chancellor refuses to reckon with her fraught legacy on the war in Ukraine, instead invoking Covid and a missed chance for talks.
www.politico.eu
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 17h
"The former German chancellor remains unrepentant."

Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour www.politico.eu/article/ange...
Angela Merkel’s non-apology tour
The former chancellor refuses to reckon with her fraught legacy on the war in Ukraine, instead invoking Covid and a missed chance for talks.
www.politico.eu
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 19h
Spoiler!
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 1d
Winter is coming (fall has fallen)
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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 2d
Editor in chief, city editor, features editor
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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 2d
Lecornu made a big song and dance about cutting benefits paid to politicians after they leave office.

But according to Le Monde, that only applies from 2026. So the ministers who were in office 14 hours are entitled to €28,000 after they leave office.

Not bad for a day's work.
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 2d
Marine Le Pen smells blood as Macron runs out of options www.politico.eu/article/mari...
Marine Le Pen smells blood as Macron runs out of options
The far-right National Rally is pushing for new elections.
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 2d
Europe has the highest rate of tobacco use in the world, overtaking Southeast Asia.

Just under a quarter of people aged 15 and over in Europe use tobacco, according to data from 2024. European women also have the highest global prevalence at 17.4 percent.

www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe now world leader for smoking rates
The WHO says the region has overtaken Southeast Asia, where smoking rates have plummeted.
www.politico.eu
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Dave Clark @daveclarkreports.bsky.social · 2d
Always hard to convert between French metric measures and UK Imperial.
For example a Lecornu is only 0.55 Truss
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 2d
We need something that goes bad faster. Like a banana. 🍌
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 2d
Some stories are evergreen

Rome gloats as France becomes Italy and Italy becomes France www.politico.eu/article/rome...
Rome gloats as France becomes Italy and Italy becomes France
Increasing debt and five prime ministers in less than two years has Paris in a precarious position as Rome enjoys political stability.
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 3d
And it's next to the strawberry museum
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 5d
i feel like the journalism industry needs to invent a category for this post and give a prize to it in perpetuity
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 5d
probably the most fun i've had reading something online in weeks

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Name A 28-Year-Old | Defector
Here is the challenge before you: Name a famous person who is 28 years old. Go ahead. No cheating, no looking it up. Off the dome. Pure, uncut 28-year-old naming. I bet you can’t do it.  Zendaya? 29. ...
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 5d
in this week's newsletter! I explain the tenets of the diet I invented, called "an eye for an eye", and which involves.....well I think it may be easier if you just read it: youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/do-you-thi... [free to read]
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 7d
OpenAI Releases List of Work Tasks ChatGPT Can Already Replace share.google/9lDSoGrwpnEy...
OpenAI Releases List of Work Tasks It Says ChatGPT Can Already Replace
OpenAI has released a new evaluation to figure out how well its AIs perform on "economically valuable, real-world tasks."
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 8d
I have never felt so seen
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 9d
The real generational divide is people who refuse to watch a video if it could be an article versus people who refuse to read an article if it could be a video
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 9d
Last time I flew international out of Brussels, there was a line for UK and US passports that was far faster than the European line!
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 10d
I dunno, man. What if this time the sun is gone for good
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Kashmir Hill @kashhill.bsky.social · 11d
Not the point of this piece exactly but a great example of how chatbot validation could increase polarization

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/w...
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 11d
For 35 years I somehow managed to avoid seeing Total Recall. Until last night.

I, mean, sure. But how did *that* become a cult classic?

And did all sci-fi movies from the 1990s have such crap production? Might as well have been Planet of the Apes...
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Karl Mathiesen @karlmathiesen.bsky.social · 14d
“Many in China now characterize the EU as a middle power."

How Europe sabotaged it's place at the head of the climate pack.

With @ziaweise.bsky.social and @saraschonhardt.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe’s climate clout melts away
China stands ready to fill the gap as EU infighting leaves a vacuum in global climate talks.
www.politico.eu
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 18d
Are these from NATO bases?
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Stephan Faris @stephanfaris.bsky.social · 18d
Offering to do peer review on the pasta study...

Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Tipsy bats and perfect pasta: Ig Nobels celebrate ‘improbable’ research
The annual awards are a celebration of weird but thought-provoking science.
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