57AJH
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Photography, Nature and sometimes a combination of the two. Loves the 852
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Ireland the Tin Pot State: Irish Defence Minister, who is also Deputy PM, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation threatens to board Russian Shadow Fleet ships by rowing out to them in our Curraghs and asking to come aboard.
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jrnl.ie/6957232
Irish Defence Minister says Ireland considering boarding and inspecting Russian Shadow Fleet ships
Helen McEntee, who is also Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, was speaking to The Journal today as she attends meetings at the Munich Security Conference.
jrnl.ie
February 15, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Ireland the Tin Pot State: Irish Defence Minister, who is also Deputy PM, Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation threatens to board Russian Shadow Fleet ships by rowing out to them in our Curraghs and asking to come aboard.
jrnl.ie/6957232
jrnl.ie/6957232
If you want to understand the USA today I highly recommend Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy by Eric D Weitz.
February 14, 2026 at 11:48 PM
If you want to understand the USA today I highly recommend Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy by Eric D Weitz.
A message to Marco Rubio. Won’t get fooled again.
We watch what you do not what you say.
We watch what you do not what you say.
February 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
A message to Marco Rubio. Won’t get fooled again.
We watch what you do not what you say.
We watch what you do not what you say.
Glorious light in Sheung Wan this morning #hongkong #streetphoto
February 14, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Glorious light in Sheung Wan this morning #hongkong #streetphoto
This doesn’t sound good 😬
U.S. Equity Risk Premium is now negative 🚨 On a risk-adjusted basis, stocks offer zero return for investors 👀
February 11, 2026 at 12:01 PM
This doesn’t sound good 😬
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Thie is one all should read. Great piece by Alastair Benn
In a post-literate world, reading is treated more like an assumed good than a skill to be actively practised.
My latest for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social:
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
My latest for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social:
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
The perils of hyper-literacy
In a post-literate world, reading is treated more like an assumed good than a skill to be actively practised.
engelsbergideas.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:47 AM
Thie is one all should read. Great piece by Alastair Benn
Well that didn’t last long!
Standard Chartered finance chief leaves for Apollo ft.trib.al/EvW9b72
Standard Chartered finance chief leaves for Apollo
Diego De Giorgi was seen as in contention to succeed chief executive Bill Winters
ft.trib.al
February 10, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Well that didn’t last long!
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Worth noting though that this reinforces levels of Russian economic dependency on China that are drawing Moscow as a firmly subordinate actor into Beijing's sphere of influence
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Worth noting though that this reinforces levels of Russian economic dependency on China that are drawing Moscow as a firmly subordinate actor into Beijing's sphere of influence
“Real life and the people closest to him remain a mystery.” This reminds me of someone 🤔
In a post-literate world, reading is treated more like an assumed good than a skill to be actively practised.
My latest for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social:
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
My latest for @engelsbergideas.bsky.social:
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/the...
The perils of hyper-literacy
In a post-literate world, reading is treated more like an assumed good than a skill to be actively practised.
engelsbergideas.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:35 PM
“Real life and the people closest to him remain a mystery.” This reminds me of someone 🤔
Good read from QS as usual.
Cold War: China has the will & means to replace the dollar in trade. It will overcome the obstacles and do so. The result will be a significant step down in the dollar's international role and in US power projection associated with the "Exorbitant Privilege".
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/dol...
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/dol...
Dollar v Renminbi
China's drive to turn the Renminbi into a global currency may run into structural barriers.
engelsbergideas.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:23 PM
Good read from QS as usual.
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Incredible graphic from NYT showing the depth of Xi Jinping's purge of China's military leadership in recent years: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Incredible graphic from NYT showing the depth of Xi Jinping's purge of China's military leadership in recent years: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The USA today. Insane.
This is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here.
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
(clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
February 1, 2026 at 1:26 AM
The USA today. Insane.
Just a nice moth photo. Oxyodes scrobiculata.
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Just a nice moth photo. Oxyodes scrobiculata.
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David Roche QS writing for Engelsberg Ideas on the hard defence choices facing Europe now that the the US has declared and proven itself, not to be an ally or even a competitor, but an adversary.
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/wha...
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/wha...
The price of Europe's defence
Europe’s dependence on the US for its defence may be coming to an end. Rapid military spending, the replacement of US assets, and taking on the nuclear umbrella will require hard economic decisions ac...
engelsbergideas.com
January 23, 2026 at 4:08 AM
David Roche QS writing for Engelsberg Ideas on the hard defence choices facing Europe now that the the US has declared and proven itself, not to be an ally or even a competitor, but an adversary.
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/wha...
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/wha...
Or False? @hknumberplates.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Or False? @hknumberplates.bsky.social
Invertebrates. All of them.
BREAKING: US Senate Republicans voted against a resolution that would have barred President Trump from further military action in Venezuela without Congress' authorization, after the Republican president put pressure on party members who had supported it reut.rs/49U6Ilk
January 15, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Invertebrates. All of them.
What has the USA come to?
January 14, 2026 at 5:58 AM
What has the USA come to?
Buy Exxon, Sell Trump.
January 12, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Buy Exxon, Sell Trump.
Are Nobel Peace prizes freely transferable? Asking for a friend.
January 9, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Are Nobel Peace prizes freely transferable? Asking for a friend.
Went to the Ancient Egypt Unveiled exhibition at the Palace Museum in West Kowloon today. Used the new ferry. Well worth a trip but quite expensive. This is the Pharaoh Grumpiphat III.
January 8, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Went to the Ancient Egypt Unveiled exhibition at the Palace Museum in West Kowloon today. Used the new ferry. Well worth a trip but quite expensive. This is the Pharaoh Grumpiphat III.