Jan van de Rieth

Jan van de Rieth

@jvdrieth.bsky.social

European mongrel. Interested in macro, data analytics, chess, food, fishing, Asia (especially Malaysia and China), wine, cricket and mental health. Recovering Big 5 consultant (there were 5 back then...). 实事求是 The beautiful South (Limburg).

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Jan van de Rieth
@jvdrieth.bsky.social

Mini bio: European mongrel: mix of Manouches, Germans, farmers from Limburg, Belgians, Jews & a Slovenian pâtissière (aka Oma) Degrees from Durham & Imperial, interests macro econ, politics, chess, fishing, food & computing Half a lifetime in the Big 4, doing data analytics Left LDN pre Brexit

Jan van de Rieth
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Democratically elected. Twice.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump is BIG MAD about Obama saying the White House now looks like Saddam opened a Cheesecake Factory: "He's not a smart guy. He's not smart at all ... for you to say it's a Cheesecake Factory, that just shows why you were a lousy president"

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George Potter 🔶
@georgepotter.bsky.social

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Jan van de Rieth
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This is brilliant, please read

Dario Perkins @darioperkins.bsky.social

THE PERKINI REPORT: THE 2028 REALITY CRISIS What if the most obvious financial bubble in all of history turns out to be.... a bubble... and what if that is just really.... bearish? there were signs, there are always signs 🤣 free link: hub.tslombard.com/the-perkini-...

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AD.nl
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Boom valt op woonwagen in Breda: kinderslaapkamer zwaar beschadigd, kinderen ongedeerd

dlvr.itBoom valt op woonwagen in Breda: kinderslaapkamer zwaar beschadigd, kinderen ongedeerdTijdens de storm van vrijdagavond is in Breda een enorme boom omgewaaid en op een woonwagen terechtgekomen. De schade is aanzienlijk, vooral de slaapkamer van de kinderen is zwaar getroffen. Gelukkig waren zij op het moment van het incident niet thuis. De storm zorgde op meer plaatsen in het land voor overlast. Er zijn meerdere meldingen gedaan van omgevallen bomen en beschadigde auto’s. Volg alle ontwikkelingen rond storm Austen in ons liveblog.
Jan van de Rieth
@jvdrieth.bsky.social

Having spent most of the week with an AI evaluation (some elements will definitely improve productivity, other parts would certainly a) destroy productivity and b) destroy my team), I am ready for the Butlerian Jihad.

Jan van de Rieth
@jvdrieth.bsky.social

Public service announcement: Headlines a la: "Could xxx do yyy?" "The truth about xxx!" "What they don't want you to know about xxx" "What you've always been doing wrong with xxx" "You don't know THIS about xxx" are >90% of the time horse shit. Please don't wash that bilge into my timeline.

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Kat Abughazaleh
@katmabu.bsky.social

Happy Crock of Shit Day! A year ago today, the federal government was hard at work committing prosecutorial misconduct to secure the wrongful indictment of myself and five others. Time flies.

Jon Seidel@jonseidel.bsky.social

Grand juror: "Are you actually presenting any new actual facts …?" Mecklenburg: "Are you going to be able to listen with an open mind?" Grand juror: "I heard this case like last week and I thought it was a crock of shit."

Jan van de Rieth
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Too corrupt for Trump? That is possible?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 BREAKING: Kimberly Guilfoyle is OUT as Ambassador to Greece, shortly after we learned the White House requested her resignation. She allegedly hit up a donor to pay her $100K AmEx bill in exchange for access. She flew on private jets from an energy firm she pushed. Now she’s under an IG probe.

Jan van de Rieth
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WTAF? Bluesky porn??? I follow streams like "Writing & Books" or "Chess" on bluesky They frequently show up with porn in my feed. I didn't ask for that and i frequently look at the chess feed with my young son. Not impressed.

Jan van de Rieth
@jvdrieth.bsky.social

I started at Arthur Andersen, then worked for Deloitte My career is posthumously getting dodgier...

Prem Sikka@premnsikka.bsky.social

Deloitte in Cyprus helped in falsifying documents to hide Roman Abramovich's wealth and evade tax, Leaked documents show transactions backdated and tailored. Assets spirited away to BVI. Big four accounting firms advise UK govts, get public contracts, routinely implicated in scandals.

bbc.co.ukDeloitte helped in falsifying documents to evade tax on Abramovich’s wealthBackdated paperwork also made the Russian oligarch’s yachts and mansions disappear from accounts, BBC finds.

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Matthias Eberl
@eberlmat.bsky.social

Meanwhile in the UK. Was. "Let's make our universities financially dependent on overseas students." Then. "Let's make overseas students feel increasingly unwelcome." Now. "Screw that, let's just withdraw our offers so they don't come in the first place." Next. "Who needs universities anyway?"

ft.comUK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket banPullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026
Jan van de Rieth
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"Nec audiendi qui solent dicere, Vox populi, vox Dei, quum tumultuositas vulgi semper insaniae proxima sit" "And do not listen to those who keep saying, the voice of the people is the voice of God, because the bleating of the crowd is always close to madness"

Jan van de Rieth
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I am a European father with a beautiful son. Like my father and grandfather, I have served in the armed forces and would understand if my son did the same.

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Ulrike Franke
@rikefranke.eu

And so it begins: the very first proposal of the new regional parliament in which the AfD is the strongest faction is about an immediate end to sanctions against Russia and the normalisation of relations. (Which, of course, they cannot decide at the regional level.) www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

spiegel.deSachsen-Anhalt: BSW will mit AfD Ukraine-Antrag verabschiedenDas BSW und die AfD wollen im Landtag in Sachsen-Anhalt den ersten gemeinsamen inhaltlichen Antrag beschließen: Ukrainehilfen sollen eingestellt, Russlandsanktionen aufgehoben werden.

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Rachel Parris
@rachelparris.bsky.social

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶