Still wearing the BBG badge. He’s a full convert.

Trump’s Trade Wars Tip World to Slower Growth, Faster Inflation US President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said.

Donald Trump’s trade policies have abruptly set the world onto a path of slower growth and higher inflation that could worsen notably if tensions escalate, the OECD said
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Global Investors Make a Risky Bet on Russia’s Return to Markets It's a massive geopolitical gamble that could yet backfire.

Global Investors Make a Risky Bet on Russia’s Return to Markets
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My CDs long gone, though I have held on to this.

A wonderful Gene Hackman story here.

Sparks are coming to save 2025

2/ and great chart to go with above story: it's > 1.5 C

Woo hoo!
Munster Club Football Final
Full Time Dr. Crokes: 0-15(15)
Loughmore Castleiney: 1-6(9)

Munster final day! Fingers crossed for @drcrokesgaa.bsky.social

A lot is happening in Syria.

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Been streaming The Cure / Songs of a Lost World for a few weeks. This had to be done

How the chip war could turn under Trump From tariffs to AI demand, US companies are pondering what comes next

How the chip war could turn under Trump - from Chris Miller, author of the hugely influential ‘Chip War’ www.ft.com/content/4408...

Switzerland Flunks Its Study of Commodity Speculators An industry that operates in the shadows stays in the shadows.

Even if transparency was desirable, like disclosing the size of the stockpiles controlled by Swiss commodity trading houses, it would be un-Swiss. 

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Massive away win for the little fella.

Terry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at age of 77 * Welshman won world title in 1979 as a qualifier * Griffiths lived with dementia for several years The former world snooker champion Terry Griffiths has died at the age of 77 after a “lengthy battle with dementia”, his family have confirmed.…

Terry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at age of 77

They bore people with their results only a third of the time

French 10-year borrowing costs match Greece’s for first time
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If you didn't keep up with bollard developments in the other place, make sure to do it here. (The car in the first post was inevitable.)

A very underrated biscuit. Yep, shortbready, but simple. Not as fancy as the ones you'd see in the house at Christmas and which were doled out sparingly.

Car parking, and the space wasted on it, is one of the biggest impediments to building climate resilient cities.

Two events in a concert calendar: Monday, Oct 10: The Cure, Avicii Arena, Stockholm Tuesday, Oct 11: Placebo, Cirkus, Stockholm

We accidentally ended up with a clinical trial in the music scene here.

Shocking if true.

Call it `interactive' and slap another million on there.

(And now I have to watch that scene again. Has to be done)

Crypto Tycoon Pays $6.2 Million for Banana Duct-Taped to a Wall Maurizio Cattelan’s artwork Comedian carried a presale estimate of $1 million to $1.5 million.

A banana. Some duct tape. $6.2 million. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

a yellow school bus with an extedned arm of stop signs flashing red

The fact that a massive yellow bus that transports CHILDREN with flashing red lights was still not enough that we needed to add an extended arm (with cameras) with a second flashing stop sign to physically block the road from drivers tells me all I need to know about our auto culture.

Late to the starter pack game, but here's a handy list of all the writers and wranglers of Bloomberg Opinion who are up on BlueSky @opinion.bsky.social go.bsky.app/87cfrJ3

Bessent Spoke With Musk as Contest Endures for Treasury Position Billionaire Elon Musk and Key Square Group LP founder Scott Bessent, whom President-elect Donald Trump is considering for Treasury secretary, spoke after Musk publicly endorsed Howard Lutnick as the b...

Scoop w/Saleha Mohsin -- Elon's now deeply involved in Trump's Treasury battle. He spoke yesterday with Scott Bessent, who he'd dumped on days earlier:

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

Short bets on pineapple about to pay off.

Almost a week has gone by and we don’t want to say it’s been chaos, but watching one country’s delegation head for the exit and another nation’s climate minister refuse to show up next week isn’t a great look.

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