Fintwit refugee. Random observations. Sometimes finance-related. Shitposter with a Bloomberg. Night 🦉and wearer of pointy hats and flower garlands. Avant gardenerhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3myzgtlg2zs2nChristine Lagarde’s delivery of her prepared remarks at the start of the ECB meeting has a vibe not too dissimilar to that of the BBC shipping forecast29 Oct 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzgtlg2zs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3myadjzrxt225« Is France gonna make it? » https://youtu.be/t-jTw9os3ZM?is=3kdhVVdOrOwipVa_19 Oct 2026 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3myadjzrxt225https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mxt4w3akg22fOk so thought I would test this out. Not really active on text-based media anymore. And among the first few scrolls, not one, but three(!), uncensored videos of that horrific incident in the tiger enclosure. If things like that can’t be immediately taken down, X is not for me [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Oct 2026 08:28 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxt4w3akg22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mwvhykb3i225For the kids that weren’t around last time, it’s not a debt crisis without a Landesbank02 Oct 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvhykb3i225https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mvmfwidq722sachievement unlocked16 Sep 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmfwidq722shttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mtgigizufk2uLatest polls indicate a rejection of the far right’s initiative. I take great pleasure in the millions that EMS Chemie has thrown down the drain with their stupid ad campaign [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgigizufk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3msvpgd4idc2412 Aug 2026 17:59 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvpgd4idc24https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3msptyfha2s2bI know it’s nothing new, but I continue to be amazed by the ability of late stage capitalism to create new reasons to spend money through an appeal to feelings of inadequacy https://www.vittlesmagazine.com/p/tablescalping10 Aug 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msptyfha2s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3msilkd4nkk26Fresh off its fortunately unsuccessful initiative to cap the Swiss population at 10m, regret to inform you that the Swiss far-right is back with another one. Whereas the anti-immigration measure was framed as being pro-sustainability, this one is all about neutrality! pro-peace! anti-war! 🚨🚨🚨07 Aug 2026 12:45 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3msilkd4nkk26https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mrwv4kygmk2bPeople need to get a grip. Leopold Aschenbrenner didn’t “crash” the stock market. The S&P 500 is barely off all-time highs. (But yes, some over-leveraged traders got taken out, that’s the way it usually works.)31 Jul 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwv4kygmk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mrwfw6ihqk2bgood nuanced thread on Leopold A. tldr it’s not what you think [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrwfw6ihqk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mq3627risk22🇦🇷 🇦🇷 🇦🇷!!!!07 Jul 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3627risk22https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mpxpbr7buk2tthe Icelandic horse would like to remind everyone that it is not a pony [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxpbr7buk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mpxoqmtz6c2tLong before Brexit, and when I lived in the UK, I remember telling someone that I was going to Paris for the weekend, and she responded, “So you’re off to Europe then...” And I’ve never forgotten, because it was such a strange thing to say [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 08:36 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxoqmtz6c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mpxkwd5wz22nI miss those vintage World Cups, where key matches would overlap London/NYC trading hours, and liquidity would become nonexistent esp. in certain EM bonds. The outrage and complaints from disinterested US traders was brilliant06 Jul 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpxkwd5wz22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mpqozi4l6222Geneva, the kind of place where I’ve spotted more Argentine football jerseys this afternoon, than comparable Swiss kit yesterday. (Follow me for more WC commentary, blah blah…)03 Jul 2026 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqozi4l6222https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3morrlgdb6224The OG musk fanboys were those environmentally conscious urban liberals that bought a Tesla back in the 2010s. Feels like a lifetime ago [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jun 2026 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3morrlgdb6224https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3morqre7x3s24Podcasts about 90’s pop culture/ britpop hosted by aging UK music journalists are the new grainy black and white WWII documentaries our dads and grandads used to obsess over. Same vibe.21 Jun 2026 06:31 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3morqre7x3s24https://bsky.app/profile/michellev.bsky.social/post/3mopfxnbhx225we have so many useless referendums (immigration, minarets, ending fractional reserve banking…), when do we get something useful to deal with the crippling impact of heatwaves? [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jun 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:v7eiapucmvt6cspfqljcco7c/app.bsky.feed.post/3mopfxnbhx225