Friday, July 11, 2025

What Russian bombardment feels like in Kyiv — Ukraine, UK pen deal for Thales air defense missile supply — The day I first heard a Shahed drone buzzing overhead –Ukraine’s largest battery energy storage project enters final testing phase, set to power 600,000 homes … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/friday-july-11-2025/

When I saw the cover of this week's #Economist, I immediately thought of an educational cartoon from my childhood. But I don't think a British publication would base its art on US public broadcasting about US government. Maybe they don't use the same art on both sides of the pond, or maybe what I think of as "the #SchoolhouseRock bill" is a more widespread representation. Either way, I had a nostalgic laugh.

Keir #Starmer is rapidly losing authority within his own Labour Party, The #Economist reported in an article marking the first anniversary of Labour's return to power.

“The first birthday of Labour government will be a joyless celebration without cake,” the article states.

"Britain’s drug gangs and Moscow’s hackers were just two nodes in a vast criminal super-network [that] included sanctioned oligarchs, Russian intelligence operatives and an Irish crime family."

(and of course that network also now includes the #Trump administration, because Howard Lutnick is/was Tether's money manager and Justin Sun is now the Trump family's business partner in #WorldLibertyFinancial)

* #TheEconomist: https://www.economist.com/1843/2025/07/04/how-tether-became-money-launderers-dream-currency
* no paywall: https://archive.ph/NiCRD

Americans sour on U.S. economy and anxiety over tariffs remains the chief culprit https://www.byteseu.com/1135821/ #AmericanConsumer #americans #Anxiety #concern #COnferenceBoard #economist #economy #JobMarket #june #LastMonth #may #point #recession #respondent #tariff

Americans sour on U.S. economy and anxiety over tariffs remains the chief culprit

Americans’ view of the U.S. economy worsened in June, resuming a downward slide that had dragged consumer confidence…
#Economy #Americanconsumer #Americans #Anxiety #Concern #COnferenceBoard #Economist #jobmarket #june #lastmonth #May #Point #recession #respondent #tariff
https://www.europesays.com/2190600/

https://www.europesays.com/2190600/ Americans sour on U.S. economy and anxiety over tariffs remains the chief culprit #AmericanConsumer #Americans #Anxiety #Concern #COnferenceBoard #Economist #Economy #JobMarket #june #LastMonth #May #Point #recession #respondent #tariff

“Renegade #economist' #KateRaworth comes up with some excellent recommendations for #books on #economics in this @fivebooks.com piece. I reviewed her #book #DoughnutEconomics on my blog back in the saner times of 2023 … doncurren.blogspot.com/2023/10/on-s...

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5zca2ola2zxpkw37w4f3wxtu/post/3lsd4ixcrac2s

Book Review: On Squeezing a Ne...

Inflation in May: CPI Increased 2.4%, Below the Forecast https://www.byteseu.com/1097477/ #business #BusinessInsider #ConsumerPriceIndex #economist #fed #FederalReserve #Inflation #InterestRate #may #MoreUncertainty #price #sale #SmallBusinessOwner #survey #tariff #year

https://www.europesays.com/2155411/ Trump’s Trade War Could Drag GDP Growth to Lowest Since 1960s #business #EconomicGrowth #Economist #FiscalDeficit #GDPGrowth #GlobalEconomy #Government #kose #levél #Organization #percent #tariff #tariffs #TradeWar #trump #WeakDecade #WorldBank #year

Jamie Dimon Says China Unlikely to Fold on Tariffs: ‘They’re Not Scared’ https://www.byteseu.com/1065074/ #act #business #China #economist #friday #GlobalMarket #JamieDimon #lot #ManyCountry #SteelImport #tariff #time #trade #trump #UnitedStates #year

https://www.europesays.com/uk/148746/ Jamie Dimon Says China Unlikely to Fold on Tariffs: ‘They’re Not Scared’ #act #Business #China #economist #Economy #friday #GlobalMarket #JamieDimon #lot #ManyCountry #SteelImport #tariff #time #Trade #trump #UK #UnitedKingdom #UnitedStates #year

https://www.europesays.com/2125046/ Jamie Dimon Says China Unlikely to Fold on Tariffs: ‘They’re Not Scared’ #ACT #business #China #Economist #Friday #GlobalMarket #JamieDimon #lot #ManyCountry #SteelImport #tariff #tariffs #time #trade #TradeWar #trump #UnitedStates #year

Trade Warmonger
#Trump #Tariffs #Word #Economist

"We don't have the political leadership in this country to make difficult decisions."

Shamubeel Eaqub - #economist - speaking on #AoNZ's looming #Superannuation crisis on this monring's Breakfast programme.

https://www.europesays.com/2105098/ IMF Projects Indonesia’s Unemployment Rate Second Highest in Asia; Economist Comments #China #Economist #Economy #IMF #Industrialization #InternationalMonetaryFund #UnemploymentRate #worker

“Multiple Western Press Outlets Have Suddenly Pivoted Hard Against Israel”

by Caitlin Johnstone in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack

“After a year and a half of genocidal atrocities, the editorial boards of numerous British press outlets have suddenly come out hard against Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza”

https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/multiple-western-press-outlets-have?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios

The Economist, a weekly newspaper tending to a conservative capitalist viewpoint, does proper journalism.
They have useful thoughts on a clinical trial.

A landmark study of gender medicine is caught in an ethics row
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/04/30/a-landmark-study-of-gender-medicine-is-caught-in-an-ethics-row
From The Economist