Michael Lewis
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UK Tory opposition leader Badenoch to abandon climate change net zero 2050 target
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservative party to ditch commitment to net zero in UK by 2050
Break in cross-party consensus on issue to be announced on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 9:02 AM
UK Tory opposition leader Badenoch to abandon climate change net zero 2050 target
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This isn't a new direction but a craven failure, feeding not halting Britain's decline
Wrong in so many ways, it fails
• Morally
• Economically
• Socially
• Politically
🧵1/5
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Part of being politically effective is you have to start by having an accurate view of a) where the voters are and b) what your political opponent is actually like. Not sure if the underlying problem with Badenoch's positioning on Net Zero is she is missing a), b) or both, but certainly one of them.
Not sure what was wrong with following the voters here. Be broadly pro-net zero, but opposed to anything that even vaguely impinges on our way of life, eg eating less meat or flying less often.
March 18, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Part of being politically effective is you have to start by having an accurate view of a) where the voters are and b) what your political opponent is actually like. Not sure if the underlying problem with Badenoch's positioning on Net Zero is she is missing a), b) or both, but certainly one of them.
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Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It wasn’t because it took in too many migrants. It was because it fell for arguments uncomfortably close to Vance’s.
"Europe is on the brink of civilizational suicide," US Vice President Vance told Fox News. "Countries don’t control borders, restrict free speech. If Germany takes in millions more incompatible migrants, it’ll destroy itself. America can’t save it."
March 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Germany did destroy itself almost a century ago. It wasn’t because it took in too many migrants. It was because it fell for arguments uncomfortably close to Vance’s.
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Time for a tariff on the word "tariff"? Its etymological supply chain is global - shipped into English via medieval Mediterranean and Latin tarifa ("list of prices, book of rates"), & ultimately sourced from Arabic ta‘rif, "notification" or "definition." A linguistic import tax seems only fair?
March 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Time for a tariff on the word "tariff"? Its etymological supply chain is global - shipped into English via medieval Mediterranean and Latin tarifa ("list of prices, book of rates"), & ultimately sourced from Arabic ta‘rif, "notification" or "definition." A linguistic import tax seems only fair?
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March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
March 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don’t think I’m going to be sleeping very well for *checks notes* the rest of this administration. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/n...
0%, 25%, 0%, 25%, 50%, 25% …..
March 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
0%, 25%, 0%, 25%, 50%, 25% …..
he always pays, no?
#honestdon
Unpaid contractors
Trump Taj Mahal (1990), Trump Tower construction workers, Trump Hotels suppliers
Lawyers: Sued by Harder LLP ($2M, 2019), sued by Morrison Cohen (2015)
Loans: Atlantic City casinos (1990s bankruptcies), Deutsche Bank ($640M, 2008)
etc etc
#honestdon
Unpaid contractors
Trump Taj Mahal (1990), Trump Tower construction workers, Trump Hotels suppliers
Lawyers: Sued by Harder LLP ($2M, 2019), sued by Morrison Cohen (2015)
Loans: Atlantic City casinos (1990s bankruptcies), Deutsche Bank ($640M, 2008)
etc etc
March 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
he always pays, no?
#honestdon
Unpaid contractors
Trump Taj Mahal (1990), Trump Tower construction workers, Trump Hotels suppliers
Lawyers: Sued by Harder LLP ($2M, 2019), sued by Morrison Cohen (2015)
Loans: Atlantic City casinos (1990s bankruptcies), Deutsche Bank ($640M, 2008)
etc etc
#honestdon
Unpaid contractors
Trump Taj Mahal (1990), Trump Tower construction workers, Trump Hotels suppliers
Lawyers: Sued by Harder LLP ($2M, 2019), sued by Morrison Cohen (2015)
Loans: Atlantic City casinos (1990s bankruptcies), Deutsche Bank ($640M, 2008)
etc etc
Is he “paying” full list do you think? #priorities
March 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is he “paying” full list do you think? #priorities
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I had to bring this here because it’s so good
March 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I had to bring this here because it’s so good
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"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies"
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military
A Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies.
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies"
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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German magazine ‚Stern‘.
(Wordplay on ‚axis of evil‘)
(Wordplay on ‚axis of evil‘)
March 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
German magazine ‚Stern‘.
(Wordplay on ‚axis of evil‘)
(Wordplay on ‚axis of evil‘)
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Thank God Keir Starmer is prime minister, part 1,274.
Boris Johnson has reappeared. And he's still a full-on Trump apologist.
Dear oh dear.
Dear oh dear.
March 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Thank God Keir Starmer is prime minister, part 1,274.
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Mexico and Canada should both ban X and Facebook.
As well as every other democracy in the world that wants to stay in existence.
As well as every other democracy in the world that wants to stay in existence.
March 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Mexico and Canada should both ban X and Facebook.
As well as every other democracy in the world that wants to stay in existence.
As well as every other democracy in the world that wants to stay in existence.
and can, IDK, count?
March 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
and can, IDK, count?
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Europe’s biggest powers are swinging behind efforts to seize more than €200bn of frozen Russian assets, as they draw up plans for a ceasefire deal in Ukraine
www.ft.com/content/6536...
www.ft.com/content/6536...
Europeans move towards seizing €200bn of Russian assets
French discuss proposal for Kremlin to lose securities if it breaches a future ceasefire
www.ft.com
March 3, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Europe’s biggest powers are swinging behind efforts to seize more than €200bn of frozen Russian assets, as they draw up plans for a ceasefire deal in Ukraine
www.ft.com/content/6536...
www.ft.com/content/6536...
In unrelated news…
On Sunday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced it would not enforce an anti-money laundering law requiring millions of business entities to reveal the identities of their true beneficial owners - Economic Times
March 3, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In unrelated news…
presidential ponzi #nuts
Wondering what the public interest is in diluting the US dollar to hold Bitcoin and assorted other cryptos in a "strategic reserve." A reserve for what purpose?
We have a strategic petroleum reserve in case we run out of petroleum. We have dollars and people still like them?
We have a strategic petroleum reserve in case we run out of petroleum. We have dollars and people still like them?
March 3, 2025 at 8:20 AM
presidential ponzi #nuts
Emily Dickinson 1945
March 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Emily Dickinson 1945