I’ll write about this in greater detail tomorrow, but for now, let me say this: I’ve been a relentless critic of the US-NATO proxy war in Ukraine from the very beginning, and yet — or rather, precisely because of this — I was appalled by what I witnessed today. A change in

The West’s decline isn’t sudden—it’s a long, slow unravelling. Economic decay & political neglect have fuelled #populism & given us #Trump. Yet policymakers continue playing the ostrich, ignoring the root causes of #discontent. doi.org/10.1093/cjres/… doi.org/10.1080/001300…

When NATO members increase defense spending, they are doing exactly what the president wants, regardless of what they say to their home audience to legitimate diverting resources from infrastructure and public services

The Europeans will meet Trump's demands on trade by agreeing to buy more American weapons They'll pacify the European left by pretending this gives them independence/sovereignty But it will further weaken the European states economically and bind them ever tighter to USA

Hear the sirens. If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.

Très bonne discussion de la part de l'interviewer. En particulier, son insistance sur le besoin d'adapter les pensions à la réalité du pays. On dit que la retraite par répartition n'est pas risquée, alors qu'elle crée un effet de levier financier sur les actifs en décorrélant

We are selling pad thai in installments to willing buyers at the current fair market price

💥Une migration vers #Microsoft des systèmes d'information des institutions de l'Union européenne est en cours. via Jean Quatremer

People don't talk about this enough. Any theory of public sector waste should try to explain why many of the same pathologies are replicated in profit-seeking environments.

L'Union européenne tournera bientôt sur Microsoft. On n'a pas trop l'impression que cet appel à faire marche arrière lancé par l’Association des Seniors de la Fonction Publique Européenne (SEPS/SFPE) a été entendu. sfpe-seps.be/wp-content/upl…

Remember folks. Who writes and updates the software matters… a lot…

Neue Studie zu digitaler Steuerung und Kontrolle von Beschäftigten im Außendienst via Smartphone - von technischer Wartung bis mobile Pflege. Ich untersuche auf 91 Seiten Software von Microsoft, betriebliche Praktiken, Auswirkungen und Handlungsoptionen: crackedlabs.org/mobilearbeit

extremely lucid essay by adam tooze on the futuristic component of trumpism

Was machst Du ab Septebmer? Du interessierst Dich für Politik, Wirtschaft und Arbeit. Du bist politisch und Kommunikation macht Dir Spaß. Dann bewirb Dich diese Woche für ein anspruchsvolles Praktikum im politischen Zentrum Europas im Team FES Future of Work. Mehr Infos hier👇

EU contemplating a highway for low-road strategies to competitiveness. Innovation, right? DG MEME 🇪🇺

It's a mighty challenge for any materialist today: explaining how European elites perceive this slow harakiri as a historic power move

Wat een verschil in presentatie. Financial Times vs NOS. De EU biedt geen enkele weerstand tegen de pestkop op het schoolplein, maar kruipt er volledig in. Alleen willen we zelfs dat liever niet erkennen…

Important piece. Haaretz goes from bed to bed photographing dying, starving babies and children in Gaza, an endless landscape of horror, utmost cruelty

ChatGPT has been legitimately unusable for me since watching this