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Andy Bounds (@andybounds.bsky.social)
EU correspondent getting trade, Brexit and European politics done. Also Netherlands correspondent.
 ) with today's Trade Secrets newsletter (I'm back next week) on the EU trying to make up for ruptured trade relations with the US by beetling around the world signing deals elsewhere. First 300 clicks free. [on.ft.com/4mSJjVi](https://on.ft.com/4mSJjVi ) [EU officials criss-cross the g...](https://on.ft.com/4mSJjVi )
Dunno if they're making a biopic of François Bayrou before he gets fired but if they are, the Fast Show's Simon Day (here as tough uncompromising Inspector Monkfish) is clearly the man for the lead role. https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreieyatoyqurg3gmmst77twtvpugffokd6apfyac3s65qadlyhquzay https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:mymiyz3x72kdfeb5nfmrk5my&cid=bafkreig3audwgqvcjhrxgiehaqrn2o5mmleacb5vx46kdwiuatixxkdmki
Ditto ditto. I hereby reiterate my existing position that Taylor Swift seems from a cursory observation like a good person and I vaguely wish her well but otherwise have no view on anything she says or does. RE:
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Dom White (@domw.bsky.social)
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This is an excellent idea and great recipes. The best people when you have a newborn are those who turn up on your doorstep, say “I can’t stay but here’s a lasagne, the tray’s disposable” and leg it. And if there’s no answer to the doorbell they leave it on the doorstep and text you. RE:
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Nothing can prepare someone for the level of exhaustion and elation that accompanies the early days of parenthood. But helping stock a friend’s f...
We’re two minutes away from “it’s not big and it’s not clever” and “Don’t Care was made to care”. RE:
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John Scott-Railton (@jsrailton.bsky.social)
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My Trade Secrets today. Everyone says Donald Trump conducts trade and tax policy like a mafia boss. But dealing with him often means not just an offer you can’t refuse but an offer you can’t rely on — sometimes an offer you can’t understand. [on.ft.com/45KbJcQ](https://on.ft.com/45KbJcQ ) [Trump’s roving banditry will u...](https://on.ft.com/45KbJcQ )
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Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the...
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OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN CONCEDES GPT-5 WAS A MISFIRE, BETS ON GPT-6
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Would someone tell me how this happened? We were the fucking vanguard of shaving in this country. The Gillette Mach3 was the razor to own. Then the...
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Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Rep. Jeff Van Drew claims he’s spoken to “large numbers” of dead people who had mail ballots sent to them
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The existence of the Tyrannosaurus rex is further away in history from the existence of the Stegosaurus than it is from the invention of the iPhone. (Hence an actual Jurassic Park would consist of a lot of dinosaurs wandering around pointing at each other and going “What the fuck’s that?”) RE:
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Meredith Rose (@mrose.ink)
Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?
This spells death for the burgeoning market in baby-sized suits of armour. RE:
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Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social)
(Bloomberg) - President Donald Trump stunned the logistics industry on Friday by widening his steel and aluminum tariffs to include more than 400 c...