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Wen<p>Trump, Truss and the ‘moron premium’</p><p>Trump must be so proud to have an 'influencer' in Truss. A lovely sketch.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.04.14-132722/https://www.ft.com/content/7ccfa198-3eaa-4ae2-9ce6-2a21bbfe4558" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.04.14-13272</span><span class="invisible">2/https://www.ft.com/content/7ccfa198-3eaa-4ae2-9ce6-2a21bbfe4558</span></a><br> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Delusions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delusions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Truss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truss</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Gormless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gormless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Brainless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brainless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Can the US be classified as an emerging economy? (Maybe that might be submerging, but time will tell)</p><p>'When I first raised this idea last October, I pointed out that emerging markets are often characterised by uncertain economics, corrupt politics, institutions that are too weak to enforce democratic norms, violence and social polarisation.'</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.04.13-090537/https://www.ft.com/content/e7a0af16-6ecf-4e04-8fa3-4de5646e8d58" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.04.13-09053</span><span class="invisible">7/https://www.ft.com/content/e7a0af16-6ecf-4e04-8fa3-4de5646e8d58</span></a> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EmergingEconomies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmergingEconomies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Foroohar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foroohar</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 :youtube: **Why governments are 'addicted' to debt. FT Film**</p><p>“_This film examines what some are calling the biggest issue in global finance today, the role of the 'bond vigilantes', and whether government borrowing could spiral out of control._”</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> length: twenty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1jhoU9Mp_U" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=n1jhoU9Mp_</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Markets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Markets</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Debt</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Borrowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Borrowing</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Bonds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bonds</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Trading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trading</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Investment</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/BondVigilantes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BondVigilantes</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/BondMarket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BondMarket</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/economics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>economics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/finance" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>finance</span></a></span></p>
User name cannot be blank 🇪🇺<p>"Donald Trump is doing enough harm to US standing in the world without adding dangerous ineptitude to the list"</p><p>Editorial: The amateurism of the Trump White House - <a href="https://on.ft.com/423iJjh" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">on.ft.com/423iJjh</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PayWall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PayWall</span></a></p>
anlomedad<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fediscience.org/@Ruth_Mottram" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Ruth_Mottram</span></a></span> </p><p>Do Ft editors correct each and every article by their staff according to what has become necessary regarding the ecological and climate crises?</p><p>No. <br>So it tastes bitter when Stuart Kirk asks his own readers, ie readers of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> , whether they "believe in sustainability or not". </p><p>No article in any newspaper shall be published that doesn't put the article's topic and at least the main talking points into the all-encompassing perspective of the ecological and climate crises. </p><p>Econ and polit journalists obviously find that necessity so annoying that they simply deny this. </p><p>Makes me furious. Because journalists claim to be the world explainers, the intellectuals, the smart ones. This arrogance paired with their proven unwillingness to educate themselves, and to change the way they work is why the necessary cultural change can't happen. </p><p>Same goes for fictional media. Novel writers, script writers, directors: no more scenes with cars, no more scenes with planes and yachts, no more depicting the gluttony of the rich as desirable lifestyle. <br>No more Oscars dressed in latest fashion outfits. </p><p>No more!!</p><p>I hate them. I hate them all. And I hope, they'll be suffering the most horrible deaths when the climate crisis comes for all of us. </p><p>And I hate Stuart Kirk in particular for writing "You really want the lights to go out? Mindlessly cutting finance to coal, oil or gas companies makes no sense. Better to engage, help them transition, and spur the economic growth needed to invest in renewables.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>"<br>May you live in interesting times, Stuart Kirk, the Chinese version!! </p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/9b9cda60-b3a2-4cb3-bbaf-b66c224396dc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/9b9cda60-b3a2-4</span><span class="invisible">cb3-bbaf-b66c224396dc</span></a></p><p>If you ram a paywall, click the link in this post <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/financialtimes.com/post/3lkvvkjzfge2n" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/financialtime</span><span class="invisible">s.com/post/3lkvvkjzfge2n</span></a></p>
heise online<p>Wo ist das Geld? Die Financial Times hat eine Diskrepanz von 1,4 Milliarden US-Dollar in Teslas Geschäftszahlen entdeckt. 😲</p><p>Zum Artikel: <a href="https://heise.de/-10322556?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">heise.de/-10322556?wt_mc=sm.re</span><span class="invisible">d.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&amp;utm_source=mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tesla</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/financialtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financialtimes</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/gesch%C3%A4ftszahlen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geschäftszahlen</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/b%C3%B6rse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>börse</span></a> <a href="https://social.heise.de/tags/aktien" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aktien</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Tesla (TSLA) accounting raises red flags as report shows $1.4 billion missing<br><a href="https://electrek.co/2025/03/19/tesla-tsla-accounting-raises-red-flags-as-report-shows-1-4-billion-missing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">electrek.co/2025/03/19/tesla-t</span><span class="invisible">sla-accounting-raises-red-flags-as-report-shows-1-4-billion-missing/</span></a></p><p>"Many <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> shorts and detractors have questioned Tesla’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/accounting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accounting</span></a> for years...</p><p>Today, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> has released a new report pointing to a $1.4 billion gap in assets...</p><p>The report also points to other red flags...</p><p>but with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> kneecapping the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SEC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEC</span></a>, repercussions are unlikely."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fraud</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waste</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Swasticar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Swasticar</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Cars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cars</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p>The <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> is reporting that 1.4 billion is missing from <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a>’s accounts and it’s not clear what caused the hole. </p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/62df8d8d-31f2-445e-bfa2-c171ac43db6e?sharetype=blocked" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/62df8d8d-31f2-4</span><span class="invisible">45e-bfa2-c171ac43db6e?sharetype=blocked</span></a></p>
Tomáš Němeček<p>Evropa už to zvládla a zvládne znovu. 💪 Každá krize ji posílila – po II světové válce, po studené válce. Dnes čelí nové výzvě, ale když bude chtít, dokáže se sjednotit a obstát. 🔓<a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/financialtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>financialtimes</span></a> <a href="https://denikn.cz/1680075/trump-dela-evropu-opet-skvelou/?cst=3e0435b00cc0b077be188aa204d461c55473e4e859fdc5b03623c509a3f82e37" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">denikn.cz/1680075/trump-dela-e</span><span class="invisible">vropu-opet-skvelou/?cst=3e0435b00cc0b077be188aa204d461c55473e4e859fdc5b03623c509a3f82e37</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Things just keep getting worse for Tulip - once ;anti corruption minister’ In the Starmer government</p><p>Of course this needs to be proven in a court of law, but her involvement in her families dealings in very murky corruption should surely have been a warning flag to him.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.13-182853/https://www.ft.com/content/d6f60fd3-ba80-48d3-b053-21b0eef7904c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.03.13-18285</span><span class="invisible">3/https://www.ft.com/content/d6f60fd3-ba80-48d3-b053-21b0eef7904c</span></a> (archived)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TulipSiddiq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TulipSiddiq</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/UkPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 :youtube: **Nvidia's rise in the age of AI. FT Film**</p><p>Financial Times</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> length: twenty-seven minutes and one second. </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HDQH6ReAyw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9HDQH6ReAy</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Film</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Nvidia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nvidia</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/DeepSeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSeek</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/ai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ai</span></a></span></p>
Wen<p>Farcebook - an insiders tale</p><p>The review of the book (the author is married to an FT Editor) does not mention that she was personally responsible for getting the platform accepted in Myanmar - where it was responsible for the disinformation and hatred that led to many deaths on top of ethnic cleansing. It exposes the targeting of the young and vulnerable well.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.12-050803/https://www.ft.com/content/51d5ed0b-fff4-4c54-bd74-db570bae2fed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.03.12-05080</span><span class="invisible">3/https://www.ft.com/content/51d5ed0b-fff4-4c54-bd74-db570bae2fed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BookReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookReview</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bookstadon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstadon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FaceBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FaceBook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Myanmar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Myanmar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Zuckerberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zuckerberg</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EthnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EthnicCleansing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GuiltyAsCharged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GuiltyAsCharged</span></a></p>
Wen<p>A clear realistic assesment of the vulnerability of European defence systems to US/Russian interference - worth a read as it brings many different aspects together.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.03.11-032649/https://www.ft.com/content/1503a69e-13e4-4ee8-9d05-b9ce1f7cc89e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.03.11-03264</span><span class="invisible">9/https://www.ft.com/content/1503a69e-13e4-4ee8-9d05-b9ce1f7cc89e</span></a> (archived)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EuropeanDefence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanDefence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Vulnerabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vulnerabilities</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TimeToChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeToChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a></p>
flatplanet<p>&quot;What is central Europe?” asked Kundera. “An uncertain zone of small nations between Russia and Germany.” And what was a “small nation”? “One whose very existence may be put in question at any moment; a small nation can disappear, and it knows it.” </p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/cd5273ac-ed5b-41ac-ba46-1b0cbdff5c20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/cd5273ac-ed5b-4</span><span class="invisible">1ac-ba46-1b0cbdff5c20</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/financialtimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>financialtimes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/defence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>defence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/twoeuropes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>twoeuropes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EasternEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>EasternEurope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CentralEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CentralEurope</span></a></p>
EuroMacroniste<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Politico?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politico</a> Europe (which spent the beginning of the war writing fabricated agitprop about <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Macron?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macron</a>), <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FinancialTimes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FinancialTimes</a>, both handing in their forms today. Come get yours!<br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Europa?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europa</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/UE?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UE</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Europe?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EU?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EU</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EuropeanUnion?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EuropeanUnion</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EmmanuelMacron?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmmanuelMacron</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ViveLEmperEUr?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ViveLEmperEUr</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/EUpolitics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EUpolitics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/politics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/meme?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> @ 3:32pm ET on Feb 28, 2025</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiorgiaMeloni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiorgiaMeloni</span></a> calls 4 immediate US - <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> summit<br>...</p><p>“Every division of the west makes us all weaker, favours those who would like to see the decline of our civilisation. An immediate summit→needed between <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> states and allies to speak frankly about how we intend to face today’s great challenges, starting w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a>, which..we have defended in recent yrs.”</p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/c69b4cbb-0119-4863-9952-aef040b65095" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/c69b4cbb-0119-4</span><span class="invisible">863-9952-aef040b65095</span></a></p>
Daniel Schildt<p>Financial Times opinion article by Martin Wolf (“the chief economics commentator at the FT”) is behind of a paywall, but the key idea is clearly visible from FT’s social media post.</p><p>Source: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/financialtimes.com/post/3lj2sdl3h3s2r" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/financialtime</span><span class="invisible">s.com/post/3lj2sdl3h3s2r</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a></p>
Kristoffer Lawson<p><a href="https://attractive.space/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> is reporting that a mining deal between <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> and <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> has been signed (Finnish national broadcaster reporting here as <a href="https://attractive.space/tags/FT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FT</span></a> is behind paywall). </p><p>Honestly, without knowing the exact details, after the assistance Europe has been given, are we now being cut out?</p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mementomori.social/@immersfer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>immersfer</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mementomori.social/@immersfer/114065985798255579" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mementomori.social/@immersfer/</span><span class="invisible">114065985798255579</span></a></p>
kriykat<p>End in Sight for Ukraine War After Riyadh Meeting<br><a href="https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/19/end-in-sight-for-ukraine-war-after-riyadh-meeting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consortiumnews.com/2025/02/19/</span><span class="invisible">end-in-sight-for-ukraine-war-after-riyadh-meeting/</span></a><br>At a meeting in the Saudi capital that included the U.S. and Russian top diplomats, the way was paved for talks to end the Ukraine war and to improve bilateral relations, while Europe is furious, reports Joe Lauria. By Joe&amp;#8230;<br><a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Analysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Analysis</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commentary</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Gabon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gabon</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poland</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s. <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/U" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>U</span></a>.s.StateDepartment <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/AlexanderMercouris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlexanderMercouris</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/AnatolLieven" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnatolLieven</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/EmmanualMacron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmmanualMacron</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JefferySachs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JefferySachs</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/JoeLauria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeLauria</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/KeirStarmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeirStarmer</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/MichaelWaltz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelWaltz</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/OlafScholz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OlafScholz</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/Riyadh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Riyadh</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/SergeiLavrov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SergeiLavrov</span></a> <a href="https://gs.leftic.club/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a></p>
Gehtso<p>Russia's 2024 military budget exceeds total EU defense spending – FT </p><p><a href="https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia-s-2024-military-budget-exceeds-total-1739378358.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russia</span><span class="invisible">-s-2024-military-budget-exceeds-total-1739378358.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/newsukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newsukraine</span></a>.rbc.ua <br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WarOfAggression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarOfAggression</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Europa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europa</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/FinancialTimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FinancialTimes</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Armee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Armee</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/update" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>update</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Frontline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Frontline</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WarCriminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCriminal</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/occupiers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occupiers</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/defenders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defenders</span></a><br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0Y%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BD%D0%B8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>перемогаYкраїни</span></a></p>