Margs

Margs

@margs7.bsky.social

Austral-Iberian father of 2. Into geo-politics, travelling, cycling, motorbikes and football (Carlton FC, Arsenal, Real Madrid) . ❤️ Pulpo 🐙, Japanese food 🍱 and beer 🍺. Globalisation ❌ controlled immigration ✅ woke 🤢 pluralism ✅

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The Insider
@theins.press

Upping the stakes: Why raising the Central Bank rate doesn’t help Russia’s wartime economy beat inflation The key rate helps regulate the ratio of investment and consumption in a normal economy — but not in Putin's military dictatorship.

theins.pressUpping the stakes: Why raising the Central Bank rate doesn’t help Russia’s wartime economy beat inflationThe Bank of Russia has left its key interest rate unchanged, contrary to predictions of further raises. The day prior, Vladimir Putin had asked the Central Bank to make a “balanced” decision. Still, R...
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@margs7.bsky.social

Following the Russian playbook… given European trade ties, Europe needs to stand up

WarTranslated (Dmitri)@wartranslated.bsky.social

Echo of the Caucasus reports that searches and harsh arrests of opposition leaders have begun in Georgia. Security forces have detained the leader of the largest opposition party "Coalition for Change," Nika Gvamarija, as well as party member Gela Hasaya.

Margs
@margs7.bsky.social

Right at the end of this clip: the truth. They can’t accept being a nation state, they must be an empire. Something any naive fool believing they’ll stop at Ukraine must understand… they don’t see these ex-Soviet nations as sovereign countries, they MUST be Russian

Julia Davis@juliadavisnews.bsky.social

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and head of RT Margarita Simonyan gushed about "Oreshnik" and Trump's cabinet picks, predicting the U.S. will eventually back down. Henry Sardaryan explained that all Russians have imperial ambitions. youtu.be/WJLgwdGMdJg

youtu.beVladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan are thrilled about OreshnikYouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
Margs
@margs7.bsky.social

I would have said Italy but I remember now being disappointed at how many Italian brands manufacture in China… go Portugal!! 🚴

Simon Kuestenmacher@simongerman600.bsky.social

Which EU member builds the most bicycles? If you guessed Germany or the Netherlands as I have you'd be wrong. It's Portugal! Source:

buff.lyEU production of bicycles down to 9.7 million in 2023Cycling is an eco-friendly and health-conscious mode of transportation with many fans. In 2023, 9.7 million bicycles were produced in the EU, a 24% decrease in bicycle production compared with 2022…
Margs
@margs7.bsky.social

Was devastating at the time, still rips a lot of people up 🙁 what a talent

Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com

Phillip Hughes: depth of loss even 10 years on speaks to the cricketer he was | Jonathan Horn

theguardian.comPhillip Hughes: depth of loss even 10 years on speaks to the cricketer he was | Jonathan HornThe young batter’s death stirred the public in ways we’d never before seen and remains a reminder that sport is ultimately a shared experience That day, that week, that helpless, hopeless fortnight comes at you 10 years later in a blur of images – the bowler cradling Phillip Hughes’ head, the teammate removing his pads, the orderly assembly of cricket bats on front porches, the detached explanation of the neurosurgeon, the mourners fanning themselves in the high school gymnasium. It was a basal subarachnoid haemorrhage – a sick fluke. We’re largely inured to such tragedies now but occasionally they get in your marrow. A child is struck by a car crashing into a playground. A family is blown to bits by a missile. A young girl is murdered and dumped in a tip. A cricketer is killed at the crease. Continue reading...

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Atlantic Council
@atlanticcouncil.bsky.social

OSINT investigators have zeroed in on a Chinese ship as potentially responsible for cutting two undersea cables in the Baltic Sea last weekend. @elisabethbraw.bsky.social explains why we should expect more such incidents:

atlanticcouncil.orgSuspected sabotage by a Chinese vessel in the Baltic Sea speaks to a wider threatUndersea cables and pipelines are acutely vulnerable to geopolitically motivated harm, as events of the last week have demonstrated.

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Illia Ponomarenko
@ioponomarenko.bsky.social

Beautiful sunny morning here in the Kyiv area. Everything works as usual, people are having fresh croissants at coffee shops, girls walk by with flowers in their hands, life doesn’t stop for a single minute, and that fucking godawful annoying traffic jam in central Bucha is back, too.

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