Hat tip to @johnspringford.bsky.social for explains why Brexit led to an investment strike and how this has reduced U.K. productivity.
In case missed @wjdee.bsky.social @markemuk.bsky.social @rolandmcs.bsky.social David Henig’s impatience with the narrow UK political debate strikes some similar sparks.
Russell Crowes deutsche Stimme ist bei Netflix künftig nicht mehr zu hören. Er ist nicht der einzige Fall. Weil der Streamingdienst von Synchronsprechern verlangt, ihre Stimmen für KI-Training freizugeben, verweigern immer mehr Sprecher die Unterzeichnung einer Klausel und die Zusammenarbeit.
Bang on target!
Ben Habib (of 'Ben Habib Syndrome' fame) is still willing on Restore... who want to deport him.
It's not enough to be in touch with the people, or an average of their views, the BBC and Cabinet have to be in touch with the worst instincts of the worst people.
Fifteen years of "let's be nice to the Gillian Duffys", a sense they're owed something which the state has been unable to deliver? Idk.
This is a very good read, in the narrative-resetting vein of other recent pieces such as @pkrugman.bsky.social on US v European GDP. It argues that Europe is a tech powerhouse, but more in the background (and more sustainably?) than the US. h/t @andrewmartin.bsky.social. substack.com/home/post/p-...
EU Commission recommends that nine Schengen countries phase out the temporary reintroduction of internal border controls
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
‘Nostalgic deprivation’, its role in populism.
Highly recommended.
The racism we're seeing across the right today is vile and dangerous but it's also a sign of desperation.
Three parties all fighting over the votes of aging authoritarians.