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economist.comIn an AI blow-up, would insurance pay out?Credit default swaps are back in vogue amid fears of a debt disaster

In an AI blow-up, would insurance pay out? economist.com/finance-and-... Potential weird scenario coming where anyone with any sense finds themself rooting for a lot of very hacked off CDS investors

economist.comDonald Trump may love the Middle East to deathThe folly of wanting a Middle East run by nationalist strongmen and made rich by global commerce

Donald Trump may love the Middle East to death economist.com/internationa... from The Economist

economist.comAfter its Odyssey, IMAX hits the big timeIts popularity reflects a shift in how audiences think about cinemas

After its Odyssey, IMAX hits the big time economist.com/business/202... from The Economist Nice

Quote of the day from @matt-levine.bsky.social “if you have a small brokerage account and are constantly buying stocks and selling them an hour later, chances are that over the long run you are just transferring money from your account to your broker and a market maker.”

I think anyone stupid enough to do such a thing is only going to lose all that money on a horse or similar if deprived of the ability to day trade, so leave them to it.

Found a v smart new paperback edition of ‘The Hogfather’ in Waterstones. Just been reading the section where Hex is asked to help. And um, one of the characters makes a rather pertinent-tho-written-years-ago point that Hex cannot think, it just gives the appearance that it can.

ft.comFlávio Bolsonaro’s passport cancelled as reports say he has fled BrazilDefeated rightwing presidential candidate is under investigation by federal police over alleged corruption and money laundering

www.ft.com/content/f294... Flávio Bolsonaro’s passport cancelled as reports say he has fled Brazil Ah yes, because every non-corrupt candidate needs to flee the country the minute they realise they are in fact going to be still subject to the rule of law

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Hang on does ‘the cheese cake factory ‘ not mean ‘we sell cheese cake?’ I assumed it was a specialised desert emporium :) but am listening to a podcast and they’re implying it’s all about cheesy decor

HMRC’s passive aggressive emails are taking a new tack. ‘More and more people are starting their tax return early…’ oh ARE they ;) (I actually do make a slow start on mine around now but the emails make me want to halt progress out of bloody mindedness;)

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd

@alexselbyb.bsky.social

Jair Bolsonaro's cellmate taking down the bunting

i wish this train would stop announcing that we’re going to waterloo bc we’re at waterloo is the fing

you might as well be at king’s cross and announce that your final destination is king’s cross via edinburgh

nobody else seems remotely fazed by the continual ‘destination waterloo’ announcements so either i’m the only one listening or it’s some circle line esque train that everyone familiar with

i wish this train would stop announcing that we’re going to waterloo bc we’re at waterloo is the fing

i think it’s some bizarre thing where they’re listing all the stops including after it turns around at teddington i mean since when was that a thing

i mean what is the use case for a passenger who needs to know where the train goes after it turns around

i wish this train would stop announcing that we’re going to waterloo bc we’re at waterloo is the fing

it better be going where i think it’s going otherwise i could get q annoyed ;)

i do believe an american opposite on victoria line was bitching re the tube being ‘very expensive’ and now my hackles are up on behalf entire network ;)

voted for the orange moron, i’d bet you anything ;)

two train changes later am still indignant ;) i bet he bitches about the cost of gassssss too even tho that’s also not expensive by any sane standard ie not america

i do believe an american opposite on victoria line was bitching re the tube being ‘very expensive’ and now my hackles are up on behalf entire network ;)

firstly - you can afford to fly the atlantic you can afford a zone one ticket . so f off;)

secondly at least we HAVE a tube not ‘hey you want to get from there to there sorry this city is for tank drivers only and also we don’t do pavements’

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Ciaran Martin

@ciaranm.bsky.social

If you’ve read stuff about cyber’s “Black October” it’s worth reading this quote from one of the human beings who found the PHP bug (with the help of AI, AI didn’t find it) Key quote (what happened is big & scary but neither new nor apocalyptic Full article (£) www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

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Paul Klee

@paul-klee.bsky.social

Before the Town https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/483184

to my mild surprise the Invalides - who amongst other things have lovely paintings -seem to be open, so thought I’d potter over. no problems but a CRS guy searched my bag b4 i was allowed into the area. which is v quiet

gift from the Tsar to Napoleon III. people knew how to do diplomatic gifts back then;)

Chateau D’If, of count of monte cristo fame

the room of model artillery pieces also has a load of model soldiers. and these little Bonaparte scenes :)

i didn’t know that re Versailles. not even model soldiers allowed in germany

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Paul Klee

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Flora on sand https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/flora-on-sand-1927

@paintingsoflondon.bsky.social

There’s a woman over the road in a jaunty red beret. Would v much like a beret - as opposed to my usual caps - but always suspect I could not pull one off :) and over here I’d be twigged as ‘trying to look French’ :)

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Paintings of London

'Eros In The West End' by Neil Pittaway neilpittawayartist.com

Hey Bluesky iPad support now! Nice:)

Suggested IOS feature. ‘I do not want a subscription to Apple Music I have Spotify see and please leave iTunes alone’ toggle

windy enough here that Tuilleries closed and i’ve removed my hat :)

Finding Eurostar v mellow today (even more so than usual. They are v nice trains :)

Not to mention, v fast trains, so any minor delay they just make it up.

Apparently the entire of NW France has a Dickensian fog thing going on

“Bienvenue en France”. Always nice to hear :)

economist.comBritain’s elite may soon become harder to spot“Who’s Who”, a reference book that tracks them, is being sold

Britain’s elite may soon become harder to spot economist.com/britain/2026... ‘In the current edition John McDonnell, a former Labour MP, lists his recreations as “fermenting the overthrow of capitalism”—with spelling, evidently, being less of an enthusiasm.’ :)

economist.comEither AI or public debt could crash markets. But probably not bothIf AI stocks collapse, bond yields will fall

not sure which nation’s visiting head of state this flag display is for :)

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Archie Hall

@archiehall.bsky.social

A morsel of reassurance from me about the recent market moves in @economist.com's leader pages: "Either AI or public debt could crash markets. But probably not both" And of the risks to fear, a sovereign-debt bust is far more worrying than an AI crash. www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

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Paul Klee

@paul-klee.bsky.social

Angel Still Feminine https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-klee/rising-sun-1907

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Jim Pickard

@pickardje.bsky.social

Parliament

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Paintings of London

@paintingsoflondon.bsky.social

'The Royal Courts of Justice' (2026) by Thomas Mairs instagram.com/thomas_mairs

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Leonardo Carella

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Replying to @leonardocarella.bsky.social

Like, someone should explain to Americans that - no - prices will not go down, prices will go up but by less and by the same amount wages go up, and someone should explain the French that - no - you cannot retire at 60 when life expectancy is 83 and fertility rates are below population replacement.

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Leonardo Carella

@leonardocarella.bsky.social

The fact that Western publics are unreasonably mad at objective trade-offs and tolerable living standards (and have to make up new words to describe a nebulous “crisis”) is bad because it generates real crises (avoiding trade-offs causes debt crises, grievance politics cause democratic crises).

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social

“It’s real, even if it doesn’t show up in charts.” How do you know it’s real, then? How do you know that you’re not simply insisting on a reality you prefer, in the face of evidence? How would you support your view? Is it falsifiable, at all? How are you any different from MAGA in this respect?

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The Economist

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While other Fleet Street traditions have died in the age of the internet, the British parliamentary sketch lives on. We explain the art of writing a good one

bit.lyMockery keeps Britain’s politicians honest (almost)The ancient art of the parliamentary sketch is thriving in the digital era

economist.comJapan’s mission to Mars’s moons takes offIt will collect samples and search for signs of ancient life

Japan’s mission to Mars’s moons takes off economist.com/science-and-... from The Economist

economist.comThe second may soon be redefinedSeveral atomic clocks are competing for the job

The second may soon be redefined economist.com/science-and-... from The Economist