Wow. 😮

A black-and-white photo of the signatories of the Treaty of Paris, from left to right: Paul van Zeeland, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs; Joseph Meurice, Belgian Minister for Foreign Trade; Carlo Sforza, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs; Robert Schuman, French Minister of Foreign Affairs; Konrad Adenauer, German Federal Chancellor; Dirk Stikker, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs; And Johannes van den Brink, Dutch Minister for Economic Affairs. The picture is from 1951 but there is a cake sticker with a ‘75’ candle on top, and colourful bunting sticker hanging above.

75 years ago, the Treaty of Paris was signed, establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.

Six countries joined forces to build a shared market, choosing cooperation over conflict.

Born from the desire for peace after WWII, this treaty laid the foundation for the Union we know today. 🇪🇺

Now ask who wants to pay for it

Friends of ours used to throw a huge party for their dog's birthday; until they got a kid, then that stopped

Side effects of declining fertility rates

Merchant vessels report gunfire as they attempt to cross Hormuz, shipping sources say At least ​two merchant ‌vessels said they were ​hit by ​gunfire as they ⁠attempted ​to cross the ​Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, ​three ​maritime security and shipping ‌sources ⁠said.

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Yes Jonathan, it's the smartphones 😉

Next do one about AI doomers traveling to the future

Auf einmal heißt es überall: "Der Staat kann die Bürger nicht gegen solch eine Krise versichern." Ich kann mich nicht erinnern, solche Aussagen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit gehört zu haben. Und vor allem verkennt es doch vollkommen die politischen Realitäten.

Any hope the Dutch market will recover with the new government?

It was *exactly* like that, you were just 27 years younger back then

Are you turning into a Swiss hippie?

Bon Jovi? Really, Marc?

Bluesky is theorizing about real estate markets again 🤦‍♂️

Is that a comment on macro and the credibility revolution?

Der FCK hat keine Chance mehr auf den Aufstieg, die Adler stehen im Finale... läuft für Mannheim! 😇

New paper with Alexander Patzina (@patzinaalex.bsky.social) out now in @actasociologica.bsky.social! We investigate the connection between wages and institutional trust in Germany between 2019 and 2023 1/n

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someone found footage of my first job talk

Just sad that it's probably a Dutch beer, but enjoy nonetheless 😉

Much better place to chill and have a Friday afternoon beer, I suppose

Those who seem most concerned about AI are often the ones who find the idea of AI-augmented work most unsettling. Jobs won't disappear, jobs without AI will—much like jobs without computers did.

Yes, computers and the internet in the late 1990s.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Regine Riphahn "Unsere Forscher bekommen eine Lupe, wo man international mit Mikroskopen arbeitet. Unsere Forscher bekommen ein Fernglas, wo international Observatorien eingesetzt werden." 🫳🎤

Hard habit to break

Sociologists always looking for nuance

More likely by the declining number of scholarships and faculty positions

This is spot-on political economy 🤌. People's inflation expectations are a) not written-down in percentages (it's their intuitive sense of things) and b) related to long-term inflation, not short-term.

And just because they are intuitions doesn't make them wrong. 😇

Iran war drives Germany towards fourth year of stagnation Berlin set to halve GDP growth forecast to 0.5% as surging energy prices blunt €1tn spending push

This is particularly frustrating because this government really tried to help growth with public spending. Which is now the only thing keeping up (minimal) growth.

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