Peter Sparding

Are you doing any book events in DC?

What do you use it for?

Wall Street’s New Trade Is Dumping Any Stock in AI’s Crosshairs On Wall Street, rising fears about artificial intelligence keep pummeling the shares of companies at risk of being caught on the wrong side of it all, from small software companies to big wealth-manag...

“But since early last week, a trickle of AI product rollouts triggered a stark sea change. Instead of focusing on picking the winners, investors instead are quickly trying to avoid getting caught owning any company with the slightest risk of being displaced.”

I have found that narrative history books work better for me as audiobooks as opposed to the heavier tomes. Books such as 1929, The Demon of Unrest, or When the Clock Broke. Biographies also sometimes work (Truman, American Prometheus, Zbig).

How did you learn how best to use it?

Hackers working for an Asian govt have breached critical infrastructure & govt agencies in at least 37 countries over the past year as part of a major espionage campaign, @paloaltonetworks.com said in a new report.

PAN isn't saying it's Beijing, but...

www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/asian-g...

Wait, emdash is viewed as a sign for AI usage?? Oh…

Wenn Christian optimistisch ist, dann wird alles doch noch gut!

Exclusive: India to slash tariffs on cars to 40% in trade deal with EU, sources say It's the biggest opening yet of the country's vast market as the two sides close in on a free trade pact that could come as early as Tuesday.

Exclusive: India to slash tariffs on cars to 40% in trade deal with EU - www.reuters.com/world/india/...

Hi neighbor ;) I feel you. I think people treat them like the arrows inside grocery stores at the beginning of the pandemic…

Wouldn't she run against Sen. Sullivan?

Oh great guest!

True

Good news for Wisconsin

All this talk of Europe divided... of course it is "divided." It is a federal democratic continental sized union. There will always be some division. But it is striking how united it actually it is on the big issues, especially Ukraine, and how much it gets done.

The EU is getting stronger.

They seemed very excited…

Domestic demand to drive German recovery in 2026, says IMK Germany's economy will next year experience its first domestically-driven recovery since reunification, breaking with decades of export-led growth, a forecast by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute IMK...

„ Germany's economy will next year experience its first domestically-driven recovery since reunification, breaking with decades of export-led growth, a forecast by the Macroeconomic Policy Institute IMK showed on Wednesday.“ www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Have a great (and well deserved) break!

US Threatens to Retaliate Against EU Companies Over Digital Tax The Trump administration threatened retaliation against the European Union in response to efforts to tax American tech companies, singling out prominent companies, including Accenture Plc, Siemens AG ...

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

USA: Verdopplung der Bewerbungen auf viele Stipendien in Deutschland Immer mehr Forscher und Studierende aus den USA wollen nach Deutschland. Der Grund dürfte Präsident Trumps Angriff auf die US-Universitäten sein. Der DAAD sieht diese Entwicklung mit Sorge.

Applications from US researchers to come to Germany have doubled.

www.spiegel.de/start/usa-ve...

What do you mean? You assume he won’t be back in shape for next season?

Oh that I totally get. Was just wondering if it was the German stubbornness you were referring to? :)

Wait, why because of their German descent?

Trump backs away from the tech war with China that he started China hawks were no match for the world’s most valuable company.

Export controls and "great power competition" were common ground between Trump I and Biden.

But in Trump's second term, the China hawks are no match for the world's most valuable company.

www.vox.com/politics/471...

Right, but they may be hesitant to use any non-China based centers to train sensitive systems. Of course I don’t know. Just a thought I had.

True but they may be hesitant to use that option for sensitive areas like national security.

US-Indonesia trade deal at risk of collapse Washington believes Jakarta is reneging on terms of agreement signed in July

US-Indonesia trade deal at risk of collapse on.ft.com/4pYJNKU

55 years ago today

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kniefal...

Yeah I read it. It was pretty astonishing.

Congratulations! This looks great and to start with Steve Coll on Iraq is pretty impressive.