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- What do we do now?
- Wait
- Yes, but while waiting.
- What about hanging ourselves?
- Hmm. It'd give us an erection.
BREXIDIOT
- Wait
- Yes, but while waiting.
- What about hanging ourselves?
- Hmm. It'd give us an erection.
BREXIDIOT
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As they are talking about a 2-speed Europe again
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“A multi-speed Europe” — code for: we’ve taken the EU as far as suits us.
A multi-speed Europe with everyone going at their own pace all sounds very agreeable. As euro-Messiah, President Macron, put it earlier…
medium.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:55 AM
As they are talking about a 2-speed Europe again
medium.com/@WEAYL/a-mul...
medium.com/@WEAYL/a-mul...
Health and Safety - Asia
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Health and Safety - Asia
WhatsApp desktop is increasingly crap
February 9, 2026 at 4:46 PM
WhatsApp desktop is increasingly crap
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L'Algérie rompt sa convention bilatérale sur les services aériens avec les Émirats arabes unis
L'Algérie rompt sa convention bilatérale sur les services aériens avec les Émirats arabes unis
Première action concrète d'Alger à l'encontre d'Abu Dhabi, cette décision s'inscrit dans un contexte d'attaques à peine voilées formulées depuis plusieurs années par l'Algérie à l'encontre des Émirats arabes unis. En cause notamment : l'implication croissante du pays du Golfe dans des dossiers régionaux vue d'un mauvais oeil par les autorités algériennes.
rfi.my
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
L'Algérie rompt sa convention bilatérale sur les services aériens avec les Émirats arabes unis
No doubt that many of those protesting at #IamEuropens having to hand over their social media at US passport control would be whooping with pride if the EU did same to "just 3rd-country foreigner" Brits.
February 9, 2026 at 4:26 AM
No doubt that many of those protesting at #IamEuropens having to hand over their social media at US passport control would be whooping with pride if the EU did same to "just 3rd-country foreigner" Brits.
Perhaps less mysterious than inconvenient.
Economic growth comes from letting people get on and create it, not from top-down policy and strategy.
Economic growth comes from letting people get on and create it, not from top-down policy and strategy.
"The bottom line is that the true ingredients of persistent economic growth remain mysterious"
Saw this 2019 essay via an email today and it is a sobering read.
Not least for governments making growth a central part of their story. www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-po...
Saw this 2019 essay via an email today and it is a sobering read.
Not least for governments making growth a central part of their story. www.foreignaffairs.com/world/how-po...
How Poverty Ends
In the absence of a magic potion for development, the best way for a country to profoundly transform millions of lives is not to try in vain to boost growth. It is to attempt to raise living standards...
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Perhaps less mysterious than inconvenient.
Economic growth comes from letting people get on and create it, not from top-down policy and strategy.
Economic growth comes from letting people get on and create it, not from top-down policy and strategy.
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“China will be quietly displeased and doubtful of Cambodia’s real intentions,” Deth Sok Udom, professor of international relations at Paragon International University in Phnom Penh, said. “But they are unlikely to voice that out openly. www.defensenews.com/global/asia-...
First US warship visit to Chinese-built port in Cambodia cements new drift for Phnom Penh
The recent port call by the USS Cincinnati came amid a warming of relations with Washington after a decade of sour ties that took an unwanted toll.
www.defensenews.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:17 AM
“China will be quietly displeased and doubtful of Cambodia’s real intentions,” Deth Sok Udom, professor of international relations at Paragon International University in Phnom Penh, said. “But they are unlikely to voice that out openly. www.defensenews.com/global/asia-...
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Maurice: les autorités du pays saluent le revirement de Donald Trump sur Diego Garcia
Maurice: les autorités du pays saluent le revirement de Donald Trump sur Diego Garcia
Après avoir qualifié, en janvier 2026, l’accord de rétrocession de l’archipel des Chagos entre Maurice et le Royaume-Uni de « grande stupidité », le président américain Trump opère un revirement. Il a déclaré sur son réseau social Truth Social - dans la nuit du jeudi 5 au vendredi 6 février - comprendre l’utilité de cet accord pour Washington, tout en rappelant l’importance stratégique de Diego Garcia, principale île de l’archipel qui abrite une base militaire américaine. Les autorités mauriciennes saluent la nouvelle prise de position de Donald Trump.
rfi.my
February 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Maurice: les autorités du pays saluent le revirement de Donald Trump sur Diego Garcia
Did Spain tear down the fence keeping refugees from claiming asylum safety in Ceuta?
February 6, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Did Spain tear down the fence keeping refugees from claiming asylum safety in Ceuta?
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Libye: des membres du clan Haftar à Islamabad pour consolider un partenariat militaire avec le Pakistan
Libye: des membres du clan Haftar à Islamabad pour consolider un partenariat militaire avec le Pakistan
Le maréchal Khalifa Haftar, chef de l’Armée nationale libyenne (ANL), et son fils Saddam Haftar, numéro deux de la hiérarchie militaire, effectuent depuis lundi 2 février une visite officielle stratégique à Islamabad. Un déplacement qui vient enraciner le partenariat militaire entre Benghazi et Islamabad.
www.rfi.fr
February 4, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Libye: des membres du clan Haftar à Islamabad pour consolider un partenariat militaire avec le Pakistan
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Khalifa Haftar makes landmark visit to Pakistan for security cooperation
Khalifa Haftar makes landmark visit to Pakistan for security cooperation
Libyan Field Marshal’s visit comes on the heels of a reported $4bn arms deal with Islamabad
www.middleeasteye.net
February 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Khalifa Haftar makes landmark visit to Pakistan for security cooperation
Revolut offering me £500 if I refer a business to them.
Only makes me think, how much money are they making from my account?
Only makes me think, how much money are they making from my account?
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Revolut offering me £500 if I refer a business to them.
Only makes me think, how much money are they making from my account?
Only makes me think, how much money are they making from my account?
Go to Cambodia to appreciate the range of international products available in European supermarkets.
Oh wait.
Oh wait.
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Go to Cambodia to appreciate the range of international products available in European supermarkets.
Oh wait.
Oh wait.
If Europe needs a nuclear deterrent, why not Turkey and Algeria?
January 31, 2026 at 4:41 AM
If Europe needs a nuclear deterrent, why not Turkey and Algeria?
When will EU open visa processing centres in Africa?
Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone
Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Hundreds feared dead in attempt to cross Mediterranean during cyclone
Fifty killed in one incident as Italian authorities estimate 380 people may have drowned last week
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM
When will EU open visa processing centres in Africa?
Globalization has not gone into reverse. We just lost control of it.
Six years on, geopolitics is impacting severely on Brexit choices. By @jreland.bsky.social and me ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-in-a-...
Brexit in a changing world - UK in a changing Europe
Anand Menon and Joël Reland argue that geopolitical tensions make the UK's choices post-Brexit increasingly difficult, even when it comes to regulatory divergence.
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Globalization has not gone into reverse. We just lost control of it.
Go to an Asian shopping centre. Very hard to conclude that globalization has gone into reverse.
Personally struggle with "world changed therefore harder Brexit choices" argument, maybe challenges now more obvious more widely, but the fundamentals around globalisation versus national control were the very facts that led to Brexit
Six years on, geopolitics is impacting severely on Brexit choices. By @jreland.bsky.social and me ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-in-a-...
January 30, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Go to an Asian shopping centre. Very hard to conclude that globalization has gone into reverse.
Same for exporters from India and Mercosur. So much for the mother of free trade.
“One transport chief told the trade select committee Brexit paperwork had been “pure hell””
Another chapter in the Brexit yawnathon. Forever juggling glacial improvements in the deal with the pissing inefficiency, cost and red tape we’ve inflicted on ourselves.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Another chapter in the Brexit yawnathon. Forever juggling glacial improvements in the deal with the pissing inefficiency, cost and red tape we’ve inflicted on ourselves.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Food sector calls for transition period if UK and EU agree post-Brexit rules reset
Industry groups warn that aligning agriculture standards overnight could cost British businesses up to £810m a year
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Same for exporters from India and Mercosur. So much for the mother of free trade.
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Amazon cutting 16,000 jobs, Ireland (6,500 employees) likely to be affected
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Amazon to cut 16,000 jobs as Irish staff wait for news of impact
Amazon is to cut 16,000 jobs in its latest belt-tightening round..
www.independent.ie
January 28, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Amazon cutting 16,000 jobs, Ireland (6,500 employees) likely to be affected
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
www.independent.ie/business/tec...
Cambodian genocide survivor detained by ICE
laist.com/news/cambodi...
laist.com/news/cambodi...
Cambodian genocide survivor detained by ICE
Sithy Yi was detained despite a pending visa application. She’s one of potentially hundreds of crime and human trafficking victims impacted by policy changes, attorneys say
laist.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Cambodian genocide survivor detained by ICE
laist.com/news/cambodi...
laist.com/news/cambodi...
China - Japan
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
China cancels all flights on 49 routes to Japan
Amidst political tensions, China has cancelled all scheduled flights on 49 routes to Japan for February, impacting travel plans. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
www.straitstimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
China - Japan
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...
Does Visio work between 12 and 2?
“The French government announced that it will stop using American video conferencing platforms such as Microsoft Teams and Zoom, and replace them with Visio, a French platform.”
Zoom Is the First Casualty in France's War on American Big Tech
Homebrewed video conferencing may not be a moonshot, but you gotta start somewhere.
gizmodo.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Does Visio work between 12 and 2?
Why we should prioritise taking refugee families and unaccompanied children from camps, rather than from France
Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries.
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat.
Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...
Adapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid
[FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’
as.ft.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Why we should prioritise taking refugee families and unaccompanied children from camps, rather than from France
Will lose access to a diverse range of international news, opinion and insight that does not exist in the cosy world of BlueSky
Kill the addiction. Delete the app. Not only will you feel better for it, it’s just the right thing to do. #X #LeaveX
🚨🚨Re #leavingX, a recent study on the artificial intelligence chatbot #Grok embedded on X estimates it created the astonishing number of 3 MILLION sexualized images in 11 DAYS in January, including 23,000 of children. Unforgivable with this evidence to stay on #X. www.politico.eu/article/grok...
January 26, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Will lose access to a diverse range of international news, opinion and insight that does not exist in the cosy world of BlueSky
If AI is so intelligent, why does it still not get that, no I do not want it to summarise my document?
January 26, 2026 at 7:09 AM
If AI is so intelligent, why does it still not get that, no I do not want it to summarise my document?