Theo Theodorides

Economist | LSE alumnus (MSc) | Ardent European | Bookworm | Humanist | Εὖ πράττειν καὶ Σπουδαίως ζῆν.

[Theo Theodorides @TheoTheodorides]

An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur?

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@LuckyHeronSay Won't be the only one!

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@Eli_Holgers Deservedly so!

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@francesafetytra Liguria

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@aporia9n @theositjar By most international household wealth datasets, the median French adult has a higher net worth than the median American adult. The key source is the annual wealth report from UBS (which absorbed the former Credit Suisse wealth studies), the leading international wealth survey.

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@Number10cat @KristrunFrosta , please decline the request! He's the last remaining vestige of stability at No. 10. He's got a dog and a PM to tame, after all!

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@_Socrate__ @Ed_Flammarion Êtes-vous sûr qu’il a assez de poids pour une lecture légère estivale?

[AdaM @_Socrate__]

je vous conseille cet énorme livre sur le miracle Grec pour votre été plage
Le savoir Grec de Jacques Brunschwig Geoffrey Lloyd et Pierre Pellegrin chez @Ed_Flammarion 1247 pages 🏺🇬🇷

[Robert Lucas Scott @_rob_scott]

The University of Exeter where I did my undergraduate are threatening 14% of their academic staff with redundancy, disproportionately those in the humanities. Please sign to help stop this attack on university workers and act of cultural vandalism https://t.co/HFqdTvwo11

[Vatnik Soup @P_Kallioniemi]

German discount chain Aldi opened a store in New York, and the line is crazy.

People must be craving for that cheap and healthy European food!

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@montexios Μεγάλες αλήθειες, δυστυχώς...

[Financial Times @FT]

Top Andy Burnham adviser lobbied for Thames Water https://t.co/RGNnUD4MwC

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: The UK has recorded its hottest June day ever after temperatures reached 35.7°C in Surrey

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@arrington Are you referring to Norway or Italy?

[Guillermo Carone @guillermocarone]

My 2 cents on the AC situation in Europe (as an almost architect). And by the way, I've always had AC in my apartments.

Most city centers in Europe are protected, so installing AC units on the facade is not an option. If you think installing AC machines on the facades of Venice, Florence or Paris is acceptable, that's a different discussion.

There are alternatives to this, of course. In Barcelona, for example, all AC machines have to be installed on the roof by law. It's a bit of a technical headache, but totally doable in Barcelona because most buildings have flat roofs. But guess what? Paris and many other cities do not have flat roofs, therefore installing AC machines on the rooftops is not always an option either.

Another factor to consider is noise. AC machines are very loud. Not loud like a siren, but they create this continuous hum, and when you put a bunch of these machines together, it can get quite loud. If you live, let's say, in a 6th-floor penthouse, and the building next to you is 4-5 stories high and has all its AC machines installed on the roof, forget about chilling or having a nice dinner on your amazing terrace.

Does this mean people in Europe should literally die from heat? Absolutely not. Does it mean it's okay for it to be impossible to be productive for some weeks? No. Is it okay to have any of the other problems that a lack of AC creates? No.

What I'm saying here is that this is a multilayered problem. It's not just a "woke" mentality, or people being cheap, or any other single thing you think is the reason for this. It's a combination of culture, history, regulation, technical limitations, and much more. All of which we should find a solution for, but we are definitely not getting any closer with all these rants here on X.

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@guillermocarone

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

A UN commission has found that Israel is committing genocide through a "deliberate strategy to destroy the future of the Palestinians in Gaza by targeting their children".

The truth always comes out in the end — and we must never, ever let it be forgotten.

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@SariArhoHavren Because it appears to be the only meaningful quality-of-life metric on which they can genuinely claim to be ahead of Europeans.

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@skdh Because it appears to be the only meaningful quality-of-life metric on which they can genuinely claim to be ahead of Europeans!

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@drhingram

[Dr Helen Ingram @drhingram]

Terrible news from Exeter. The axe is swinging all over the UK for the humanities and social sciences. If we lose these subjects then we will sever a vital link that passes our cultural and social heritage down to the next generation. https://t.co/1Uz4DC5Uo0