OLIVIA NUZZI (on a romantic beach stroll): This is so wrong. But I can't fight these feelings RFK JR (eyeing a dolphin carcass in the distance): Get the saw

What an absolutely pitiful character. An excellent review by @willdunn.bsky.social@kateconger.bsky.social@rmac.bsky.social

This post has been living rent-free in my head all week. “I would like a SMALL APPLE”

oh GOD that's so embarrassing, loathe the man but this is so pathetic it's hard to read

WJdrjennings.bsky.socialSep 18, 2024 8:24pm

What an absolutely pitiful character. An excellent review by @willdunn.bsky.social of Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter by @kateconger.bsky.social and @rmac.bsky.social

Nature, Culture and Inequality: my review of Thomas Piketty's latest call for political mobilisation against the damage done by pervasive inequality. www.theguardian.com/books/2024/s...

Nature, Culture, and Inequality by Thomas Piketty review – mind the gap

The author of Capital returns with a short book on inequality that asks big questions

This is extremely sad news. Once achievement of @ukandeu.bsky.socialukandeu.ac.uk/the-brexit-w...). I hope a suitable permanent home can be found for it.

Partisan make-up of new proposed Commission, based on parliamentary groups: Centre-right EPP: 15 (🇩🇪🇭🇷🇱🇻🇫🇮🇳🇱🇱🇹🇵🇹🇸🇪🇦🇹🇵🇱🇧🇬🇬🇷🇱🇺🇨🇾🇨🇿) Centrist/Liberal Renew: 5 (🇫🇷🇪🇪🇸🇮🇧🇪🇮🇪) Centre-left S&D: 4 (🇪🇸🇷🇴🇲🇹🇩🇰) Far-right ECR: 1 (🇮🇹) Far-right PfE: 1 (🇭🇺) Non-inscrit: 1 (🇸🇰)

ECec.europa.euSep 17, 2024 8:37am

Across generations. From all backgrounds. With different experiences. But all with one common goal: to make Europe stronger. The structure of von der Leyen II Commission.

Useful discussion of the Draghi report from @isabellamweber.bsky.social

Lots More With Isabella Weber on Draghi's EU Competitiveness Report

This week, former European Central Bank President and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi published a long-awaited report examining ways to make the European ec

prominent libertarian “intellectual” try not to be a racist shithead challenge (impossible difficulty)

PCpaulcrider.liberalcurrents.comSep 16, 2024 5:46am

Tyler Cowen seems to find the anti-Haitian pogrom being whipped up by JD Vance, the political henchman of Cowen's favorite venture capitalist intellectual, Peter Thiel, all so amusing. He's written a post about Haitian cuisine in America but includes the attached addendum.

My partner is reading me extracts from “Orbital” and if it actually wins the Booker I’ll have to post shit to the judging committee