Very weird move for USA to sell € to buy Y, instead of using their own $. Supposedly a very low Japan interest rate and a high US inflation playing a role here.

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My understanding is that a stock price will fall if people think that people think that it is in trouble, even if it is not in trouble.

Yeah, exactly. Sentiment ( ~trust & prognosis) plays an important role in demand too, and thus in the stockprice.

Although it’s clear China has a machine, what it can do, how much and when exactly, remains open for discussion at this point.

“Reportedly” and “citing people familiar with the matter” being key to the validity here. I remember reading another article (like this by lithography experts explaining the many pitfalls. Still the stock has tanked a net 4,6% driven by this news.

No need to be so toxic just for not agreeing with someone’s view, is there?

Also try to avoid scmp. it’s owned in part by CCP.

According to this article the kill zone is about 50 deep by 1200 km long. And I’ve heard from other report maybe even 50 to 80 km deep. That’s impressive and frightening at the same time.

Mistral is allowing MS to use Mistral AI for European MS customers becasue Mistral’s GDPR iiuc.

Slavery is outlawed in all cases EXCEPT as punishment for crimes committed.

Imo that’s quite fucked up. Then wiki says;

" The Thirteenth Amendment exempts penal labor from its prohibition of forced labor. This allows prisoners who have been convicted of crimes (not those merely awaiting trial) to be required to perform labor or else face punishment while in custody."

Basically legal slavery is still existing in the US.

According to the Guardian:

“Canada, Mexico, Australia, EU, UK and China among dozens of economies listed in US president’s renewed ⁠effort of near-global import taxes after supreme court struck down his ‘liberation day’ tariffs”

they have combat load of 30 fused rounds and 144 modular charges. More than I expected.

Done, some are imo really ugly, strange opaque colours at times too.

RCH 155 Howitzers Are Fighting in Ukraine

so now the battle proven claim in the new 2026 folder is “official”.

That thing is a beast ," conduct 16 shots in 60 seconds and leave position before adversary responds".

Swift isnt visa/mastercard its something else.

Yes, I should have put it down more nuanced. I’ll update it.

Who is Drapatyi

Good in-depth article. Tnx. Seems he’s a bottom-up reformer, hands on kind of guy. Sort of a Federov type, but with much more real battle experience ofc.

Regional Powers like Brazil, India, China and the EU are moving away from Swift which is under US majority control , and/or the US owned Mastercard/Visa system ( #E):

“The rise of “sovereign” systems, especially in Europe, a big source of Visa’s and Mastercard’s international business, could erode their enviable operating margins of over 50%. In their latest annual reports, both companies brought up “preferential” treatment of domestic payments systems as a risk to business. That may be one reason why investors have lately been lukewarm about the two giants, despite healthy earnings. After a sustained climb starting in 2023, their share prices have declined in the past year (see chart).”

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That’s the shitty part.

It absolutely is shit. It’s at best a medicine to treat a symptom. Not the disease itself, though imho trying to reign in the “algorithms” haven’t really worked so far. Especially since it only wants to spread, and the enshitification gets only worse.

In a better world, there would be better options. But this isn’t (yet) that world unfortunately.

Though I share your concern regarding possible censorship and information restrictions etc, according to the article:

"After approval by the Senate earlier Tuesday, members of the National Assembly passed the bill by 279 votes to 81. "

This is a very high approval rate in favour of the bill in France , where they can’t almost agree on anything. Also, according to this eurobarometer:

" The risk of cyberbullying or harassment that children face on social media (mentioned by 71% of respondents) and the risk of online grooming or sexual exploitation that children face on social media (70%) are the biggest concerns of Europeans".

So this appears to be genuinely on the agenda of most Europeans.

didn’t really hear about that before now?

Zelensky sacked the cabinet including MOD Federov. This sparked protests considering the momentum Federovs changes and successes realised during his 6 month career.

So, afaik, it’s said that Federov and Syrskyi were having strong disagreements and this was creating a disruptive atmosphere in the Cabinet and Army. Also since recently there have been more & more disgruntled U.A militaries about the way Syrskyi was running the military (some even calling him a " butcher").

Time for oldskool to make way for newskool.