Erkan Erdem

Economist

[John O’Brennan @JohnOBrennan2]

The EU has spent years kidding itself that Serbia had changed, or was becoming a ‘normal’ EU state.

Today, Serbia’s Church and State gave a hero’s funeral to the Butcher of Bosnia.

This country has categorically no place in the EU.
https://t.co/nXsLWOqezz

[CNN @CNN]

The body of Ratko Mladić, the Bosnian Serb commander who died while serving a life sentence for war crimes, lay in state as Serbia defied European Union warnings against allowing public homage to the man found guilty of the continent's first case of genocide since World War II. https://t.co/qqegLJN0zA

[George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway3d]

The verdict of a prominent conservative website and magazine:

"A 79-year-old man who has long dealt in chaos is now being consumed by that chaos. His episodes are becoming more frequent, his good days further apart. What he has lost is not a sense of decency or decorum—he never had those—but any remaining sense of self-control.

"Everyone around him can see it. Yet, whether from ambition, cowardice, or weary acceptance, they keep looking for ways to rationalize his behavior. The tragedy is no longer Trump’s. It is now America’s."

[Reuters @Reuters]

Brazilian scientists have discovered a new giant dinosaur species linked to one found in Spain, suggesting land routes once connected South America, Africa and Europe about 120 million years ago https://t.co/eyO8ws8pyd

[Erkan Erdem @_erkanerdem]

Exciting news! 🎭 Young Artists of America has launched an $8M Building Dreams Campaign to open Montgomery County’s first Collaborative Performing Arts Hub in Rockville (2027).
Learn more: https://t.co/01xN4PQPuW
#ArtsEducation #MontgomeryCountyMD #RockvilleMD

[Charly Wargnier ☄️ @DataChaz]

Anthropic has quietly dropped a massive curriculum of free courses covering the entire AI ecosystem

The syllabus is STACKED 🔥

→ Claude Code: CLI automation for your workflow
→ MCP Mastery: building custom tools and resources in Python
→ API: a complete guide to the Anthropic backend
→ AI Fluency: frameworks for safe and efficient collaboration
→ Claude 101: core features for everyday work

I added the link to the free @AnthropicAI Academy in the 🧵↓

[Niskanen Center @NiskanenCenter]

Medicaid work requirements don't work.

Two states have already tried it.

[Josh Mandel, MD @JoshCMandel]

Good intent in the new Medicare PA bill (transparency! consistency!), but forcing physician sign-off on all decisions (even automated approvals??) undermines the potential of AI/FHIR solutions to streamline prior authorization.

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President.

We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable.

https://t.co/y7DPaDw8IS

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

California lawsuit accuses Exxon Mobil of misleading the public about plastic recycling https://t.co/Xo3f2L29ge

[Reuters @Reuters]

Futures on the fed funds rate, which reflect the cost of overnight loans between banks, suggest a nearly 60% chance of a 50 basis-point rate cut by the Fed on Wednesday, according to LSEG calculations https://t.co/saM3w9Ue20

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Today Powell more or less endorsed the Long Transitory view of inflation. And I thought maybe I should lay out my stylized version of what happened (for wonks only!) 1/

[Reuters @Reuters]

Turkish intelligence announced it was coordinating an extensive prisoner exchange, amid signs of a major swap between Russia and Belarus on one side and the United States, Germany and Slovenia on the other https://t.co/liVVerk7xZ

[Isa Cueto @isabellacueto]

Alcohol came in at number 3 on a list of changeable risk factors driving a lot of cancer in the US. Researchers found it contributed to tens of thousands of cancer cases and deaths. NEW:

https://t.co/ixbCdbDjG6

[Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ @tribelaw]

This open letter to Justice Alito from former deputy solicitor general Philip Lacovara is far more respectful to the Justice than the Justice has been to his critics. He owes the nation a coherent response if he fails to recuse.
https://t.co/B6YmYx1LED

[Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn]

What’s the best explanation for the US having so much more real economic growth without more inflation than the other countries in the G7?

[The Hill @thehill]

"This is no time for the West to get complacent about Ukraine" (@TheHillOpinion) https://t.co/gXdz8iTtwY

[Nicholas Kristof @NickKristof]

Trump is found guilty. He is the first president to become a felon. https://t.co/qDlvLPoCl3

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

The entire world witnessed allied action in the skies above Israel and neighboring countries. It demonstrated how truly effective unity in defending against terror can be when it is based on sufficient political will.

Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Jordan acted together and with maximum efficiency.

Together, they prevented terror from prevailing. And they are working together, and in coordination with others, to prevent further escalation.

Israel is not a NATO member, so no action, such as triggering Article 5, was required. And no one was dragged into the war. They simply contributed to the protection of human life.

"Shaheds" in the skies above Ukraine sound identical to those over the Middle East. The impact of ballistic missiles, if they are not intercepted, is the same everywhere.

European skies could have received the same level of protection long ago if Ukraine had received similar full support from its partners in intercepting drones and missiles. Terror must be defeated completely and everywhere, not more in some places and less in others.

I thank everyone in the world, every leader and state, who truly assists us with air defense and missiles necessary to protect our skies, as well as training our pilots on F-16s. All of this already works and will continue to work to save lives.

However, we can now see how unity can work truly a hundred percent, and how almost a hundred percent of “Shaheds” and missiles can be intercepted. We will discuss it with our partners.

[POLITICO @politico]

DOJ opens formal investigation of U.S. Steel takeover https://t.co/EeiTJ8wYw2