Lovely chat (or monologue ;) ?) with Zivile on the Perception Paradox podcast. Thanks for having me. piped.video/GKPHMbsWQFo?is=lwPC…

Imaginez un instant le débat de l’entre-deux-tours de la présidentielle entre ces deux femmes. Et qu’on se mette à parler d’économie, de déficit budgétaire, de taux d’intérêt et de balance commerciale. Ça serait marrant.

« Dire haut et fort la dangerosité des programmes de Mélenchon et Le Pen » : quel rôle pour Christine Lagarde en 2027 ? l.leparisien.fr/Fn61

President Lagarde has informed the Governing Council and the President of the European Council António Costa that she will step down from her position on 7 February 2027. Her successor will be appointed by the European Council in due course. Press release ecb.europa.eu/press/pr/date/…

Elle a annoncé quitter la présidence de la BCE en février, neuf mois avant le terme de son mandat : Christine Lagarde prépare-t-elle en réalité de se lancer dans la présidentielle ? Bruno Le Maire se dit «enthousiaste» à l’idée d’une éventuelle candidature ➡️ l.leparisien.fr/Rbri

Франція виступила проти кандидатури Орбана на посаду генерального секретаря ООН. «Париж вважає, що ця посада не може бути втішним призом для політика, який втратив підтримку власного народу», – заявив міністр закордонних справ Франції Жан-Ноель Барро lb.ua/news/2026/10/29/777052…

Lagarde has explicitly ruled out running for president of France, but is that really so? I think she might do it

Just to avoid any social media chatter: the plasters on my face are due to a small surgery earlier in the week. Follow doctor’s orders and get your skin checked regularly!

Je souhaite exprimer ma profonde reconnaissance à Christine @Lagarde pour son engagement européen et pour l’action déterminée qu’elle a menée à la tête de la banque centrale européenne au service de la stabilité de la zone Euro et de la prospérité de notre Union dans une période jalonnée par de nombreuses crises. Son parcours nous rappelle que la stabilité n’est jamais acquise : elle se construit par une action résolue, le sens de l’intérêt général et la confiance dans notre avenir commun. Merci pour votre contribution à une Europe forte et résiliente. La transition à la tête de la BCE doit désormais se préparer de manière ordonnée et équilibrée avec nos partenaires européens.

"Je veux avoir la liberté de parole", déclare Chrisitine Lagarde après l'annonce de son départ de la BCE #BFM2

Elon Musk now literally holds the off switch on Anthropic's $2 trillion IPO. Anthropic's filing shows it has agreed to pay Elon's AI company up to $120.5 billion for computing power. And starting early next year, either side can walk away with 90 days' notice. The deal is with SpaceXAI, the SpaceX unit that used to be xAI, and it rents Anthropic the Nvidia chips that run Claude. In May, the price was $1.25 billion a month for one data center in Memphis. Reuters reported the confidential draft of this filing put the total at $84.5 billion. The public version filed today says $120.5 billion. Once all the capacity arrives in December, the bill jumps: Anthropic expects to pay Musk about $3.1 billion every month. Anthropic reportedly brought in $16.8 billion last quarter, which works out to about $5.6 billion a month. So more than HALF of what Anthropic earns today is about to go to one supplier. Now here's where it gets really insane: The lock-in on those contracts ends in January and March 2027. After that, either side can cancel with 90 days' notice. Fortune reported in July that the clause gives SpaceX a way to take its chips back if Grok suddenly needs more. Grok competes directly with Claude. And in February, Elon publicly called Anthropic's AI evil. So the company selling itself to the public as the safe AI lab is about to run a huge share of its product on hardware owned by its loudest critic. That critic also owns a direct competitor, and he can start the 90-day clock in early 2027. The filing does warn that some of Anthropic's compute suppliers build their own AI models, and that warning reads very differently once the supplier is Elon. And Elon needs this deal just as badly: SpaceX's CFO has promised $100 billion in annual revenue by the end of this year. At full speed, Anthropic's rent comes to about $9.3 billion a quarter. That's more than the roughly $7.6 billion SpaceX's entire AI business brought in last quarter. So 2 of the biggest IPOs in history are now holding each other up, and both of them have a 90-day exit. Anthropic has a real argument here. Computing power is the scarcest thing in AI right now, and Amazon's cloud capacity for 2027 is reportedly largely sold out. The filing even admits Anthropic badly underestimated how much compute it needed in the past. Grabbing every chip on the market is the rational move, and the same clause lets Anthropic leave if cheaper capacity shows up. But public buyers deserve 2 things before the listing: Anthropic should publish how much of Claude runs on SpaceX hardware and what happens to its customers if that notice ever arrives. And it should get the 90-day exit removed for the full length of the contract, the same way its other big compute bills are locked in. Until then, anyone buying ANT at $2 trillion has to answer one question for themselves: Who do they trust to keep Claude running in 2027, Anthropic or Elon Musk?

It is sickening that the USA is now lifting sanctions on Russian fuel, and transparently ridiculous to blame Ukraine for the spike in prices that obviously began with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Putin is murdering innocent Ukrainian civilians every day. The Ukrainians are fighting for their lives. And yet the White House is apparently determined to force American drivers to bankroll Putin’s slaughter. It won’t work and I doubt it will make much difference to the price of fuel. If we want Russian oil and gas back on the world market then let’s end this war - with a free, sovereign and independent Ukraine.

As of today, one man, billionaire Trump ally David Ellison, controls: CBS CNN HBO Discovery Channel BET Fandango MTV Nickelodeon Paramount+ PlutoTV Showtime TBS The CW TNT Warner Bros. & more Call it what it is: oligarchy.

Shakira is livestreaming her Madrid concert worldwide for free today! Here's how to watch, what time it starts and how long the replay will be available justjared.com/2026/10/03/sha…

La Maison de l'Amérique latine ne doit pas disparaître ! - ¡Firma la petición! c.org/dbXKxdRkwG via @change_es

I just signed an executive order permanently declaring Artificial Intelligence “Artificial Intelligence” in California. You’re welcome, America.

mise a mort de Olivier Faure par Glucksmann et Guedj sur LFI #primaire . leurs arguments font mouche.

The 🇪🇺 Commission should put forward a proposal that would allow 🇪🇺 Member States to refuse visas to Russian citizens as soon as possible. Russian citizens should not come to Europe and enjoy the freedom that the Ukrainian people are risking their lives to defend. This is completely unreasonable. - Minister for Migration, @JohanForssell.

Five European payment networks, including Bancomat, have established the European Network for Payments (ENP), headquartered in Madrid. Its aim is to create a European alternative to American giants Visa and Mastercard and make payments interoperable and independent.

Dear all, please share with your own networks ! We Are HIRING ! Our Commercial Team is rapidly expanding, and we are looking for A-team players and amazing achievers to join us in Madrid, EU or hybrid. 🥇 linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…