Kevin Hanrahan

Crypto’s rocky year [FREE TO READ] The industry was hugely optimistic when Donald Trump returned to the White House. But bitcoin has fallen by a quarter in two months

One of the things about crypto is the sheer waste of human time, talent and computing power, let alone the money. Imagine if this level of energy had gone into something socially useful instead. as.ft.com/r/1cd4200c-b...

The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?

Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.

what a surprise, majority of fash "Ireland is full" posts on shitter are from outside Ireland

Republican Senator Mike Rounds said Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in a call to senators, confirmed the so-called 28-point “peace plan” was actually a Russian wishlist and is “not the administration’s position”. Nor is there any threat to cut off weapons or intelligence to Ukraine.

The Economic Impact of Brexit Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

"We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%." #Brexit

Nobody could have predicted this. www.nber.org/papers/w34459

Opinion: We cannot allocate money based on vibes. We need to bet on the technologies that can deliver what truly matters: lower emissions, writes Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. on.ft.com/3IXXolY

Tel Aviv football derby cancelled as 'violent riots' see nine arrested Police said dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 12 civilians and three police officers.

I am outraged that apparently jews are not welcome at football matches in Tel Aviv (am I doing this right?)

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And this, class, is why aiming at agricultural self-sufficiency rather than spreading risk across different countries through international trade is a *really stupid idea*.

Food prices have risen a lot more than other stuff since Covid...

My newsletter asks whether they are now a leading indicator of inflation

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Fintan O’Toole: Catherine Connolly should keep her inner Basil Fawlty under wraps Accusing our EU allies of being proto-fascist warmongers is not a winning strategy

Catherine Connolly should keep her inner Basil Fawlty under wraps

www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Darth Vader fathering Luke Skywalker, from The Empire Strikes Back

"Luke...on balance it's in my financial interest to reinstate being your father"

Step 1: Cut funding for food stamps
Step 2: Stop measuring hunger
Step 3: There's no evidence cuts to food stamps led to a rise in hunger
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Vance in Charlie Kirk free speech update

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

Giving a talk on energy modeling in Hollywood. “All models are wrong, but some are useful” hits different with locals.

Lea Ypi: How to think about surveillance A picture of her grandmother posted on social media sent the author to the archives of Albania’s former security services — and raised difficult questions about who watches us today

“Perhaps the point of learning from the past is not so much to uncover a lost truth as to understand historical patterns that help us see through the lies of the present.”

If you haven’t read Lea Ypi’s @leaypi.bsky.social exceptional essay in @finantimes.com today, please do.

on.ft.com/480JlGc

In English.

My question. How secure is that security partnership really? Especially in the light of new pressures on European digital regulation?

Praises the authoritarian North Korean leader, criticizes the democratic South Korea. bsky.app/profile/atru...

1/4 Putin wants you to forget this anniversary. You shouldn’t.

In 1939, the Soviet Union signed a pact with nazi Germany. Yes—it sided with Hitler.

They didn’t just agree to peace. They agreed to carve up Europe

I Badly Want a Map to the Likely Consequences of the AI-Infrastructure Construction Boom & I do not have one. I do have scattered observations on how it might work out for the tech industry. How it is affecting the overall business cycle—that is another equally complicated topic that...

I Badly Want a Map to the Likely Consequences of the AI-Infrastructure Construction Boom
& I do not have one. I do have scattered observations on how it might work out for the tech industry. How it is affecting the overall business cycle—that is another…
braddelong.substack.com/p/i-badly-wa...

I Badly Want a Map to the Likely Consequences of the AI-Infrastructure Construction Boom & I do not have one. I do have scattered observations on how it might work out for the tech industry. How it is affecting the overall business cycle—that is another equally complicated topic that...

Brad de Long: "the AI boom is the main prop of the current expansion. Remove data‑center spending, the GPU scramble, armies of prompt engineers, and the venture surge for anything labeled “AI,” and the economy is perilously close to stall speed”.
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Like everyone just speculation but having a bunch of people around you may deter a bully

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A photo of Anas Al-Sharif and his Al Jazeera colleague Mohammad Qrere in their press bullet proof vests looking at their phones. Both are reported killed. Photo credit to Motassem A Dalloul.

BREAKING: One of the most important and prominent reporters on the ground in Gaza has been Anas Al Sharif.

He - and several other Al Jazeera journalists - have just been assassinated by Israelis forces whilst in their press tent in central Gaza.

Speechless.

President Trump said that a deal between #Ukraine and Russia can involve
"Swapping of territories to the betterment of both"

What does that mean?

"We will work towards [ending the war] in the days and weeks to come" doesn't sound as if sanctions on Russia are coming in 48 hours. This is obviously a huge shock and was in no way predictable.

REPORTER: Why did you fire the head of the bureau of labor statistics?

TRUMP: Because I thought her numbers were wrong

Motherfucking wind farms…