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Fri, 13/02/2026 - 19:56
Peter Mandelson was not one bad apple: he was brought in repeatedly by governments to do their dirty work. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  10th February 2026 History is being rewritten. The story we are told is that an evil man called Peter Mandelson, pursuing his own interests, went rogue to collaborate with […]
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Fri, 13/02/2026 - 19:00
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Fri, 13/02/2026 - 13:12
In my long post about silver prices, I talked about a reversion to the mean. This is something that frequently happens in life: something overshoots the norm and then it swings back and overshoots the abnormal. Slowly but surely it finally settles smack in the middle of the bell curve, to use a shit metaphor. […]
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Fri, 13/02/2026 - 01:00
Giovanni Covi and Tihana Škrinjarić The ability of the banking system to absorb shocks and continue providing vital financial services is important because it underpins the smooth functioning of the broader economy. We propose a methodology that serves as a valuable tool for monitoring banking system stability. It quantifies the resilience of the banking system … Continue reading Measuring banking resilience to adverse outcomes
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Fri, 13/02/2026 - 00:00

For people in relationships, February 14 is a day to celebrate love and romance with a heart-shaped box of chocolates and a thoughtfully written card. But for those in less clear-cut dynamics, Valentine’s Day creates a difficult quandary: How to acknowledge your insignificant other without jeopardizing the carefully crafted gray area of your situationship. They’re definitely not your Valentine, but they’re still… something. And surely that something deserves a card too?

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Fri, 13/02/2026 - 00:00

As a child, my secret “cool kid” skill was the ability to eat the sourest candy—the kind that children only pop into their mouths when dared by the neighborhood bully—and shrug it off like it was absolutely nothing. The mean kids would encourage me to eat yet another Warhead or Tear Jerkers, but I’d wolf it and stare back at their surprised faces without so much as an eye twitch. I not only tolerated the sourness well, I reveled in it. Warheads, sour gummies of any shape, entire lemons: If it had that puckering taste, I would demolish it.

No sour confection is safe when I am near. So when my friend Wyatt first introduced me to Trolli sour gummies years ago, I promptly asked him to hide the bag from me. Because for me, there was only eating Trolli sour gummies until I burned away all my taste buds, and my lips, teeth, and tongue turned toilet-cleaner blue.

Recently, I discovered the appropriately named “frozen novelties” aisle in my local Kroger. That’s where, as I paused to consider which flavor of vegan ice cream to take home, I found Trolli Gummi Pops staring back at me. They more than called to me; they screamed.

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Thu, 12/02/2026 - 20:09

Six days is how long it took for nearly 300 activists from across Europe to mobilise, organise routes through four countries, and set out toward the Turkish-Syrian border in a desperate act of solidarity with the besieged Kurdish-majority regions of North and East Syria, known as Rojava. The ‘People’s Caravan’ — a convoy that aims […]

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Thu, 12/02/2026 - 20:00
Benjamin Guin, Mahmoud Fatouh and Haluk Unal Regulation has been asserted to be a brake on innovation. Prudential rules impose capital, liquidity and disclosure requirements, as well as stress tests, to strengthen resilience and manage risks – though some view them as potentially limiting financial innovation. Yet recent evidence from the UK mortgage market suggests … Continue reading Can regulation drive innovation in finance? Lessons from green mortgage products