If you have school-age children, push them towards studying French and Negotiation at university. Job for life. RE:

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David Henig (@davidheniguk.bsky.social)

Formally now time to welcome the UK to a Swiss-style relationship of permanent negotiation and multiple deals with the EU. [contains quote post or...

First WTO challenge to CBAM. The EU might be marginally relieved it's not from India, China or indeed the US, but let's see who piles in after it. RE:

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Peter Ungphakorn (@coppetainpu.bsky.social)

Russia has lodged a legal complaint at the WTO about the EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism. https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news25_e/ds63...

I failed to post this last week, but it’s one of the best op-eds you’ll read all year. Two politicians with *wildly* different orientations but a common thread of belief in the nature of citizenship and nationality. (They’re also 100% right obvs.) [on.ft.com/3GS1rPl](

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⬇️⬇️⬇️ British stag weekend^1000, especially the bit about lack of intelligence. RE:

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Grumpy Philosopher (@stevecooke.org)

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Albania: fine, whatever. #Eurovision

Another bloody accordion, and yet that's not in the top ten worst things about the San Marino entry. #Eurovision

France doing the standard French ballad except with the least French-looking person you can imagine. #Eurovision

Great sauna song by Sweden but I think it's too quirky to win. Also it had an accordion. Fun fact*: since the beginning of Eurovision at least two entries each year have featured accordions and none has ever won. *totally invented, sorry

Denmark is what you'd get if you typed "Make me a Eurovision entry" into generative AI.

Without wishing to get embroiled in intra-Swiss linguistic politics, can someone explain to me why the Swiss entry who is herself from Basel is singing in French? Aren't there cantonal laws against this kind of thing?