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@EuroBriefing Hungary's "Far-Right" party won nearly 6% of the vote. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Homel… Officially, the election was between a centre-right party, a right wing party, and a far-right party. The key result was that the EU got their man elected. The EU perspective was all that mattered

If Péter Magyar had won against a centrist candidate, the headlines this morning would be about another European country falling to a right-wing populist. What happened in Hungary is the same that happened in Germany in 1998 and 2021. After the leader had been in power for 16 years, voters wanted a fresh face, but not a fundamentally different policy. eurointelligence.com

This has been brewing for 10 years or more. Now the seething anger is out in the open, anything could happen.

@r0ck3t23 People have been saying similar for decades, most notably Ivan Illich in the 1960s. amazon.co.uk/Deschooling-So…

Elon Musk thinks the entire education system is built on a broken assumption. That every student should learn the same thing. At the same speed. In the same order. At the same time. Musk: “Everyone goes through from like 5th grade to 6th grade to 7th grade like it’s an assembly line. But people are not objects on an assembly line.” The model was designed for a factory economy. Standardized inputs. Predictable outputs. That economy is gone. The assembly line is gone. But the education system still runs on its logic. A student who masters algebra in two weeks sits through eight more weeks because the calendar says so. A student who struggles gets dragged forward because the schedule doesn’t wait. Neither is being served. Both are being processed. Musk: “Allow people to progress at the fastest pace that they can or are interested in, in each subject.” AI doesn’t teach a classroom. It teaches a student. One at a time. Every time. It skips what a student already knows. It finds where they’re stuck and approaches it from a different angle. It adjusts in real time. Not at the end of a semester when the damage is already done. A student obsessed with basketball learns fractions through shooting percentages. A student who builds in Minecraft learns geometry through architecture. The subject doesn’t change. The entry point does. No teacher with thirty students can do this. Not because they lack skill. Because the math doesn’t work. AI doesn’t have that constraint. Musk: “You do not need to tell your kid to play video games. They will play video games on autopilot all day. So if you can make it interactive and engaging, then you can make education far more compelling.” The brain isn’t broken. The format is. Kids learn complex systems and strategic thinking for hours voluntarily. Then walk into a classroom and can’t focus for twenty minutes. That’s not a discipline problem. That’s a design problem. Musk: “A university education is often unnecessary. You probably learn the vast majority of what you’re going to learn there in the first two years. And most of it is from your classmates.” Four years. Six figures of debt. And the real value comes from the people sitting next to you. Not the institution charging you. The degree doesn’t certify knowledge. It certifies endurance. Musk: “If the goal is to start a company, I would say no point in finishing college.” The system was built to train employees. If you’re not trying to be one, it has nothing left to offer you. Every lecture. Every textbook. Every curriculum. Now available instantly. Personalized to any learner. Adapted to any pace. The question isn’t whether the old model survives. It’s how long we keep forcing students through it while the replacement already exists.

Completely underreported story is that Russian oil is now selling at 250% the price it was before the war with Iran. So far there has been no talk on reimposing the oil sanctions that were lifted a few weeks ago. The Russian economy is now going great again.

𝐀 𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐔𝐌𝐏’𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐆𝐘 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐍𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀 — 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄’𝐒 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐅 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐀𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 GB News’ Alex Armstrong laid out the geopolitical map that American media refuses to draw: this war isn’t about toppling Iran. It’s about 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 — and America is winning on every front. Start with oil. The Strait of Hormuz carries 𝟒𝟓% 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲. Trump effectively captured Venezuela’s oil supply in January. As Armstrong put it: “𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘰’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯. 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴.” China is in the middle of a tariff negotiation with Trump — and suddenly its entire energy supply depends on American goodwill. Then Europe. With Russian energy off the table and domestic energy hollowed out by the “𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰,” Europe is becoming 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐬. Armstrong: “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰.” Armstrong connected the dots to what the Pentagon calls 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 — Greenland through the Panama Canal, the entire Western Hemisphere secured as a self-sufficient American economic and security zone. “𝘕𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢.” The most striking part was his warning for Britain: “𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘞𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 60% 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.” He described Britain heading toward 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟏,𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 as America withdraws from its traditional role. When a foreign ally’s own news anchors are publicly acknowledging that Trump’s strategy is working — even as it leaves them behind — that tells you everything about who has the leverage. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭: 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩 𝐢𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬. 𝐇𝐞’𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

@benonwine This story was 20 years old when The Times wrote about it 20 years ago. They've known about it for half a century and more. thetimes.com/uk/crime/artic…

You are a Traitor, and your Party that you lead covers up and enables abuse.

@newstart_2024 Britain was successfully invaded by the Dutch in 1688 who set up the the Bank of England in 1690 to finance Amsterdam's commerce/wars. Initially the "British Empire" was for Amsterdam and London, later, the Bank and the City of London. Nothing else. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

Even though this is from an older podcast, Jimmy Carr’s take still hits different: “The Roman Empire didn’t fall. It became the Church.” And the British Empire? According to Jimmy, it didn’t collapse either — it simply turned into a bank. We handed the colonies back with a polite “sorry about that,” then offered to “hold” all their money safely in the City of London. Roman Empire → Vatican British Empire → Global financial hub Empires don’t die. They just rebrand. Still one of the most provocatively entertaining history takes I’ve heard. What’s your favourite “history didn’t end, it just changed form” observation?

The Japanese have been making videos showing Britain how to solve their problems God bless Japan! 🇯🇵

Remember 2021 when the Tories literally blew up our energy security? 💥🧨 We used to have coal as a guaranteed emergency backup for when the wind didn't blow. Now, in 2026, we’re forced to beg for expensive gas imports or pray for wind. Utter lunacy.

Here’s a fun fact for China’s climate cheerleaders to mull over. "If China’s coal to chemicals industry was a country it would rank as the world’s third largest consumer of coal." "This sector is trumped only by the rest of the Chinese coal sector and India’s national consumption, but it is ahead of other major coal users like the US, Japan, Indonesia and Turkey." to paraphrase @JavierBlas Shaanxi’s coal to chemicals industry, centered on the city of Yulin, continues to expand with government backing: the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has classified coal-derived chemicals as a ‘new productive force’ in the same policy breath as solar panels and electric vehicles. China’s own government is clearer about its energy system than its Western admirers tend to be. Official policy statements and domestic media describe coal as the “ballast rock” of China’s energy supply, providing cheap electricity, industrial heat, and chemical feedstocks for the bulk of the industrial economy. The claim that China is becoming a green electrostate sits alongside an operational coal fleet of 1300 GW with 261 GW of coal capacity either under construction or already permitted. Coal generated 59 percent of Chinese electricity in 2024. Vanishingly little coal capacity has been fully retired, only 2.5 GW in 2024. While some are ultra-supercritical coal plants which now serve as flexible backup and load-smoothing assets for variable renewables, this fleet is not a legacy sector approaching retirement. Many are fresh investments in the sectors the electrostate narrative holds up as proof of China’s clean industrial future. China will not retreat from coal for ideological reasons, as the European bloc has done with both coal and nuclear. Chinese planners have reasons to retire older, less efficient plants and reduce coal combustion near urban centres, but there is no structural incentive to remove a working power source from a system still growing at roughly 7 percent per year in electricity consumption. For a deep dive check out my interview with @wang_seaver on @DecoupleMedia. link in replies. For the full essay this excerpt is based on go check out our s\/bst@ck. linke below.

@sduo275153 @AsianDawn4 "...in the long history of Japanese football." 😃 You may enjoy this piece of history, if you enjoy football. imdb.com/title/tt840366…

🇯🇵🇬🇧 Japan vs England. I know it's soccer. Japanese immigrants don't go to other countries and wave their flag and act like the country they just left is better than the country they're living in 🤷‍♂️

@IslanderWORLD Que c'est beau, monsieur !

🇫🇷 Hours after taking office, Christophe Barthès new RN mayor of Carcassonne walked onto his town hall balcony and personally took down the EU flag. Left only the French tricolour and the Occitanie regional flag flying. Posted the Caption: “Out with the European flags. In with the French flags.” Two other newly elected RN mayors immediately followed Barthès — Bryan Masson in Cagnes-sur-Mer and Anthony Garenaux-Glinkowski in Harnes.  Three town halls. One day. Zero apologies. Brussels called it populism. The French called it an election. RN failed to take any major urban centres but it’s winning the towns, winning the streets, and now Barthès is winning the balconies. Token gesture or ripple in the pond to actually getting rid of the radioactive EU?

@DavidGHFrost @baylissbaghdad @DavidGHFrost was and remains, a Tory. To my knowledge he never publicly distanced himself from any of Theresa May's policies. Forgiveness is a Christian virtue, but it does require the act of repentance first. I see no act of repentance from the high Tory, David Frost.

@baylissbaghdad Yes indeed. It was after all Theresa May's Tories who brought in the energy price cap.

Great piece from @baylissbaghdad. Socialists don't understand prices at all. To them they are just arbitrary numbers, and their signalling & information-carrying functions are a closed book.

Germany's loss, BASF's gain

@DrBrianKeating @AswathDamodaran Error: Universities have not lost the plot. Some are doing very nicely out of the system. life.studentbeans.com/post/heres-how…

95% of Professor's Research is Pointless | @AswathDamodaran Timestamp: 00:00 Intro 01:37 Why Nobel Economists Aren't Billionaires 06:08 Universities Have Completely Lost the Plot 07:43 95% of Academic Research Is Worthless 13:05 The University Is a Sticky Business — But Cracks Are Forming 40:00 ChatGPT Already Does What Bankers Charge Millions For 46:43 The Most Dangerous Number in Finance 52:35 There Is No Safe Place Left to Put Your Money 55:48 When Every Asset Is Overpriced, Buy What You Love 1:00:22 We Are Losing Our Ability to Think 1:01:30 Markets Are Smarter Than Experts — Every Single Time

@AaronBastani Coal to oil liquefaction: Started in WW1 Germany, now to become the boom industry of the 21st century, led by China. oilprice.com/Energy/Coal/Ch…

China’s exporters will have yet another competitive advantage over global rivals, while also being in the amusing situation of offering cheap energy to Taiwan (who have so far said no). These people played chess for 30 years, while our political class farted about on connect 4.

@EuroBriefing I can't see any real change in Germany till economic malaise hits the former West Germany, and the older population,more dramatically. A similar problem across much of western Europe. The "shires" of England live in a parallel universe to the old urban centres.

The German “economic reform” debate is not about reforms at all. It is about tax increases. Abolishing the married couples tax allowance is a tax rise. Structural reforms would be: phasing out of pay-as-you-go pensions; ending wasteful industrial subsidiaries to clapped-out industries; stop wasting defence spending on old-tech from Rheinmetall; reform of the welfare system. The Merz government is clearly not interested in reforms. But more worryingly, nobody else seems to be either. eurointelligence.com

@MuskieAngler98 @BrandonLuuMD Only speaking from UK , no written tests are 16.5 hrs.

@MartinJudge10 @BrandonLuuMD Bro saying you can “cram” for a boards exam just proves he’s never taken one😂, you think there’s any way to cram for a 16.5 hour test?😂

Doctors take more high-stakes exams than virtually any other profession. Over 10+ years of this, I became obsessed with one question: which study techniques actually work? Here's how I learned to study less and score higher 🧵1/11

@AaronBastani 1. How much did the installation cost? 2. Does this cost include the cost of a battery? 3. How long is the guarantee? 4. Is the installation pigeon proof? Thank you.

My mother in law has PV panels on her home. She pays £8 a month on her bills some months. Other months…zero. I’m genuinely perplexed why anyone wouldn’t grasp that’s quite…good.