@michaelsteen

Just in case... @michaelsteen@mastodon.social. Views mine, not employer’s. German via Brexit, monetary policy geek via ECB; more details via that jobs site

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Stephen Bush
@stephenkb28 Jul 2023
Re-upping @grimes_ce’s excellent lunch with Christopher Nolan. The last half-decade has been a value-destroying folly on an epic scale: ft.com/content/e47df8a6-21fa…
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Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird This logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three. @toddwaterbury, @angyche and myself, The logo was designed to be simple, balanced, and legible at very small sizes, almost like a lowercase "e", a 🧵
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Ok, this isn’t blocked yet on here: threads.net/@michaelsteen_

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89 Followers • 14 Threads • (Can’t actually do much here at the moment as they did find a way to lock down accounts of those in EU.). See the latest conversations with @michaelsteen_.

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Otto English@Otto_English11 Jun 2023
The hypocrisy of these entitled people who campaigned against the "unelected bureaucrats" and "elites" even as they jostled to get their ermine and a place on the red benches
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On April 13th I got an email from a stranger, @FayadMulla He was on Lesbos & had footage from 2 days prior showing migrants getting rounded up on land & ditched in the Aegean by the coast guard Did I want to see it? If you think the answer was an easy "yes," you're wrong.
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This is a lot of fun, ECB blog on ECB sources stories ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/dat…

Anonymous Eurosystem leaks – minor nuisance or major problem?

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If Starmer is to be a true change-maker, he needs to stand up to Braverman and her populist lies about immigration. My @TheNewEuropean column theneweuropean.co.uk/whats-t…

What’s the point of Starmer if he won’t confront Braverman on immigration?

Britain needs a bolder Keir Starmer who will challenge the home secretary over her shameful anti-immigrant rhetoric

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"We stand united in demanding Evan’s release and we won’t rest until he is safely brought back home." The publishers and top editors of @WSJ, @NYTimes and @WashingtonPost released a joint letter on Evan Gershkovich in today's edition of their respective papers. #IStandWithEvan
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301 ehemalige Moskau-Korrespondenten aus 22 Ländern fordern die russische Regierung auf, die Anklage gegen den Journalisten Evan Gershkovich fallenzulassen und ihn freizugeben. Der „Wall Street Journal“-Reporter sei kein Spion. faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/m…

301 Korrespondenten schreiben Lawrow: Gershkovich freilassen

301 ehemalige Moskau-Korrespondenten aus 22 Ländern fordern die russische Regierung auf, die Anklage gegen den Journalisten Evan Gershkovich fallen zu lassen und ihn freizugeben. Der „Wall Street...

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Journalism is not a crime. As one of more than 300 former Moscow correspondents from 22 countries, I signed this letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich of the WSJ. #istandwithevan
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Link to the letter and signatories freegershkovich.com/letter-t…
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The Guardian
@guardian24 Apr 2023
Journalists who have worked in Moscow call for release of Evan Gershkovich theguardian.com/world/2023/a…

Journalists who have worked in Moscow call for release of Evan Gershkovich

More than 300 journalists write to Russia that arrest sends ‘dangerous signal’ about attitude to journalism

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Michael Steen retweeted
Michael Fry@BigDirtyFry20 Apr 2023
Your Grandad on what it was like being verified back in the day
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Lost my “legacy” blue tick. But ran a personal best on my local jogging route yesterday. Coincidence?
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Fab read on Bloomberg, the company and the man. Also, the aquariums are finally explained. ft.com/content/b998300e-d5d9… By @RobinWigg

Bloomberg is contemplating life without its founder

Michael Bloomberg is lining up succession and one of the largest charitable donations in history

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Michael Steen retweeted
James Savage
@SavLocal12 Apr 2023
Brilliant piece, completely fascinating: Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama. vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/…

Inside Rupert Murdoch’s Succession Drama

With the $1.6 billion Dominion lawsuit threatening to hobble Fox News, the ink on his divorce to Jerry Hall still wet, and his broken engagement to Ann Lesley Smith even fresher, it’s been a chaotic...

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Chris Giles
@ChrisGiles_14 Mar 2023
The UK has gone from the best performing economy in the G7 to an also ran. Why has this happened? New big read enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re… In a single chart 1/
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Cunk and Shitpeas, just over 7 years ago. youtu.be/_WQ4dimDx30
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