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Per Bak on Self Organized Criticality (SOC) youtu.be/ydt99BXi3YU?is=1ZAT… via @YouTube

Scott Adams was a hero to many of us. Through Dilbert, he taught us to see systems clearly, laugh at power, and survive corporate life with sanity intact. His impact will last far beyond the strip. Rest well.

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Did you know? @NathalieLoiseau sits on the Council of the European Council on Foreign Relations a think tank that was co-founded with seed funding from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations. Since ECFR receives a significant share of its funding from Soros/OSF, being part of that network ties her at least institutionally to the Soros-funded policy-influence ecosystem. That doesn’t necessarily prove any “hidden agenda,” but the affiliation is worth knowing when assessing her positions and influence in European politics…

While China operates “dark factories” where robots work 24/7 without lights, weekends or trade unions, Brussels has once again saved Europe, this time by regulating bottle padding and social media emojis. Yes, as China produces electric cars in automated plants the size of small cities, the EU is proudly entering a new industrial age: the Age of the Cushioned Bottle and the Controlled Tweet. Let’s recap the global race: China has robots welding at 3 a.m. Europe has committees debating whether a Facebook post needs a Responsible Digital Empathy Disclaimer China exports future technologies Europe exports PowerPoints on “harmonised bottle impact resilience” The EU’s strategy is simple: if we cannot innovate, we will regulate until nobody else can either. Between bottle bounce coefficients, influencer happiness audits and algorithms designed in Brussels to protect citizens from the psychological danger of other people’s opinions, Europe is becoming the world’s first bureaucratic theme park. A continent where factories close, ideas leave and compliance officers thrive. One could almost admire the ambition: to build a society so safe, so regulated and so infantilised that by 2030 Europeans will require official authorisation to think and a CE mark on every thought. Maybe it is time to ask ourselves a basic question: Do we want nations that compete, build technology and embrace risk, or a union that wraps bottles in foam, citizens in warnings and industries in red tape? The world is moving. Europe is cushioning. History does not wait for those who are still adjusting the protective padding. texspacetoday.com/china-ente…

Click McScroll dispatch #748: Brussels, Where Reality Goes to Retire Ah, Ursula again, Europe’s self-anointed Arch-Empress, casually rearranging the continent like it’s her private Lego set. Today’s episode: she meets Germany’s Merz and Belgium’s De Wever to discuss Ukraine, frozen Russian assets, and presumably which EU treaty she will ignore next. Spoiler: all of them. Apparently, “European security” now depends on a country that is not in the EU, not in NATO, and whose borders Brussels discovered sometime around 2022. Fascinating. Next week: the Sahara Desert becomes a “strategic cornerstone of Finnish fishing policy.” Ursula solemnly declares that time is of the essence, which is bureaucratese for “We know this makes no sense, but hurry up before voters notice.” Then comes the real masterpiece: Financial support for Ukraine is of central importance for European security. Translation: “If you do not pay for this war, your children will be eaten by Russian bears and democracy will implode before the weekend.” And Belgium’s “particular situation”? Ah yes, the country that accidentally became the Fort Knox of frozen Russian assets, now being politely told: “Kindly shut up and hand over the loot so Brussels can cosplay Churchill.” Brilliant plan. What could possibly go wrong with unelected officials distributing confiscated billions like pocket money at a sleepover? It’s not like history has any warnings about this, right? The pièce de résistance: We agreed to continue discussions to reach a consensus. Of course you did. Consensus in Brussels means everyone eventually agrees with Ursula, or they are accused of treason, populism, or God forbid independent thought. Here is the real question nobody asks: When did Member States decide that sovereignty was optional and stupidity mandatory? Because at this stage, it’s not naïveté anymore. It’s not confusion. It’s not even fear. It is wilful, industrial-grade, Brussels-certified stupidity, wrapped in blue and gold paper and stamped “For Your Safety.” Click out. @Georges73922577 @Poulin2012 @idrissaberkane @Emmanuelle_IDL @lachansondelara

If this is true, then it is insane, the EU is becoming the fourth Reich.

Rumors swirling that the EU commission will fine X hundreds of millions of dollars for not engaging in censorship. The EU should be supporting free speech not attacking American companies over garbage.

Vol. 473 of Click McScroll’s Emergency Briefings From the Balloon So, picture this: somewhere between Brussels and Neverland, Europe’s Very Serious Adults accidentally butt-dial the 21st century. On the line: Macron, Merz, Rutte, Stubb, plus Volodymyr himself, all huddled around a metaphorical IKEA coffee table whispering: “We must protect Volodymyr.” Not “we must protect peace,” not “we must protect taxpayers,” not even “we must protect what’s left of our credibility.” No. The product must be protected. The Netflix series cannot end in Season 3. Meanwhile, across the ocean, Trump’s envoys are doodling 28-point peace plans on the back of a Mar-a-Lago napkin, and Europe’s finest are shrieking, “Mon Dieu, the Americans might actually end the war… without our script notes!” What follows reads like a leaked WhatsApp group of panicked HR managers trying to stop a shareholder from turning off the money printer. They speak of “betrayal,” “danger,” and “dirty tricks” which is rich coming from people whose job description is literally: “Manage other people’s reality with a straight face.” Anyway, grab popcorn, strap in, and enjoy this beautiful little window into how the sausage of “values” is made when everyone’s real fear is that the show might be cancelled mid-season: “We Must Protect Volodymyr”: Leaked Call Shows European Leaders Conspiring Against Trump Peace Plan @Poulin2012 @idrissaberkane @Georges73922577 @mtmalinen @Emmanuelle_IDL zerohedge.com/geopolitical/w…

Everyone should listen to @yanisvaroufakis and @EuroBriefing. Very good discussion that provides interesting perspectives on what is happening around us, far from the propaganda and imposed European narrative. @Thinker_View - You should invite them for a good discussion. youtu.be/b5xKTHXNrCU?si=vcwf…

À propos : où en sommes-nous du scandale McKinsey & Company ? Même en Afrique du Sud, ils ont agi et les conséquences sont lourdes. Récemment, McKinsey a admis que la restauration de sa réputation prendra des années après les scandales sud-africains. En 2024, sa filiale africaine a accepté de payer plus de 122 millions de dollars pour régler des accusations de corruption : entre 2012 et 2016, McKinsey aurait versé des pots-de-vin à des responsables de deux géants publics sud-africains, Eskom et Transnet, afin d’obtenir des informations confidentielles et décrocher des marchés lucratifs. Pendant ce temps, en France, sous la présidence de Emmanuel Macron, rien de concret. Aucune enquête publique crédible, aucune sanction réelle, aucune remise en question d’envergure du rôle de McKinsey auprès des institutions. C’est une vraie république bananière, cette macronie. Si McKinsey se heurte aujourd’hui à ses responsabilités à l’étranger, il est temps de poser les mêmes questions ici en France : •Quels liens exactement entre l’État français et McKinsey ? •Pourquoi n’y a-t-il pas d’enquête démocratique équivalente à celle menée en Afrique du Sud ? •Comment garantir que les missions de conseil ne deviennent pas des conflits d’intérêts déguisés ? La transparence, la vérité et la responsabilité doivent primer avant qu’il ne soit trop tard. @Poulin2012 @idrissaberkane @XavierPoussard @Emmanuelle_IDL @Georges73922577 @EricMorillot @pittbull_grrr bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Macron veut coller des “labels” pour dire quels médias sont fiables. Prochaine étape : tamponner les cerveaux ? Tacite l’avait vu venir : « Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges. » Quand un pouvoir s’effondre, il fabrique des lois… et des vérités officielles. #Macron #Censure

CLICK McSCROLL CHRONICLE — SPECIAL EDITION “La République en Papier Toilette” (or: How to Spot a Dying Empire Without Leaving Brussels) Good evening, loyal listeners of the Balloon Dispatch. Today’s slogan is brought to you by the ancient Roman sass-machine known as Tacitus, who, long before the Franco-Brussels bureaucratic hydra, already understood the secret: when a state starts printing laws faster than Macron prints deficits, it’s not governing, it’s gasping for air. TACITUS: “Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.” (For the francophones in the back: it means exactly what you think it does.) EUROCRACY, EXPLAINED IN ONE QUOTE The European Union has reached that very special stage of empire where: •A new regulation is born every morning •Nobody knows what it means •Everybody must comply •And Ursula von der Leyen smiles like it’s all perfectly normal By the time Brussels finishes regulating olive oil bottle shapes, acceptable cheese sadness levels, and the correct emotional tone when eating insects, Tacitus is somewhere whispering: “Yep. Told you.” AND THEN… FRANCE Ah, France, the spiritual Disneyland of performative legislation. Every time Macron senses his dynasty wobbling, he unveils a new law, typically involving: •Mandatory paperwork for breathing •A ministry of Respectful Microwaving •A regulation defining what emotions may be felt during retirement (spoiler: none) Macron doesn’t govern. Macron curates laws like a medieval librarian guarding the last copy of How to Pretend You’re In Control (Vol. IV). If Tacitus were alive today, he’d move to Portugal, buy a dog, and never open X again. THE MODERN INTERPRETATION When a system is healthy, it needs few laws. People know what is right. When a system is dying, it needs endless rules because nobody believes in anything anymore. The EU today is Rome in its late stage: But instead of gladiatorial combat, we have: Impact assessments Committees Lobbyists holding pens like daggers Commission press conferences that last longer than most marriages THE TACITUS TEST™ If your regime produces: Number of laws Probability of collapse Few number of laws : low probability of collapse Many number of laws : medium probability of collapse Brussels-level of laws : Congratulations, Caesar (or @vonderleyen ) the barbarians are at the gate. CONCLUSION Empires fall not because enemies invade, but because leaders legislate themselves into irrelevance. Tacitus knew it. You know it. And somewhere, Macron is preparing a new bill banning the act of pointing it out. Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges: when a government writes more laws than it creates hope, the end is already scheduled. @Georges73922577 @Emmanuelle_IDL @Poulin2012 @idrissaberkane @Trefle4fe @lachansondelara @Vieux_Rhone @mtmalinen