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Yes, and a big chunk of the flashy stuff relies on tech and equipment developed and built decades ago that today’s USA is unable to replicate. A country that is no longer able to build a tanker or a frigate has a serious problem, that is not offset by fancy IA-enabled kinetic effectors or whatever.
One of the most annoying aspects of much geopolitical debate is how far it obsesses over supposedly superninja style US special forces or hyperflashy precision weaponry rather than the real foundations of American power that were once in logistics, naval strength, maintenance and mass production
February 4, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Yes, and a big chunk of the flashy stuff relies on tech and equipment developed and built decades ago that today’s USA is unable to replicate. A country that is no longer able to build a tanker or a frigate has a serious problem, that is not offset by fancy IA-enabled kinetic effectors or whatever.
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Astonishingly bad figures for Teslavin the UK. Outsold by several Stellantis brands on BEVs last month. Outsold even by cheapo newcomer Leapmotor.
Tesla UK sales plunge 57% as Chinese rival BYD sold twice as many EVs in January mol.im/a/15528065 via dailym.ai/android
Tesla UK sales plunge 57% as Chinese rival BYD sold twice as many EVs in January mol.im/a/15528065 via dailym.ai/android
Tesla UK sales plunge 57% as Chinese rival BYD sells twice as many EVs
Just 647 Teslas were registered last month compared to 1,326 BYD EVs. This came amidst a difficult January for the new car market, which contracted by almost 5% year-on-year.
mol.im
February 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Astonishingly bad figures for Teslavin the UK. Outsold by several Stellantis brands on BEVs last month. Outsold even by cheapo newcomer Leapmotor.
Tesla UK sales plunge 57% as Chinese rival BYD sold twice as many EVs in January mol.im/a/15528065 via dailym.ai/android
Tesla UK sales plunge 57% as Chinese rival BYD sold twice as many EVs in January mol.im/a/15528065 via dailym.ai/android
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INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
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But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
February 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
But Bezos had $75 million to spend on Melania’s vanity project.
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Dismissing Katen Pierce was also a poor decision by Starmer. They do keep piling up.
February 4, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Dismissing Katen Pierce was also a poor decision by Starmer. They do keep piling up.
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
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I have no opinion about Morgan McSweeney, but as a general point, I never understood why the publicly-sacrificing-my-top-aide-stunt should impress anybody, or clean this mess up, frankly.
UK politics is far too obsessed with the "evil advisor” anyway.
UK politics is far too obsessed with the "evil advisor” anyway.
Keir Starmer: "Morgan McSweeney is an essential part of my team. He helped me change the Labour Party and win the election. Of course I have confidence in him."
February 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
I have no opinion about Morgan McSweeney, but as a general point, I never understood why the publicly-sacrificing-my-top-aide-stunt should impress anybody, or clean this mess up, frankly.
UK politics is far too obsessed with the "evil advisor” anyway.
UK politics is far too obsessed with the "evil advisor” anyway.
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This is scandalous behaviour by @greenparty.org.uk, and Rob is owed an apology. People look at this sort of stuff and think it's evidence of scholars engaging in a partisan fashion, and not only is that a slight on Rob's professionalism, it also damages the field more generally.
Just a quick note to @greenparty.org.uk and @greenpartyhan.bsky.social - I was not consulted on being quoted on your leaflets and I have not endorsed your campaign (or any campaign in this seat). I think this note, like the bar chart next to it, is misleading and out of context.
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February 4, 2026 at 12:27 PM
This is scandalous behaviour by @greenparty.org.uk, and Rob is owed an apology. People look at this sort of stuff and think it's evidence of scholars engaging in a partisan fashion, and not only is that a slight on Rob's professionalism, it also damages the field more generally.
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Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.
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Thinking of those relatively junior civil servants who were jailed for substantial periods for leaking information in return for relatively small amounts of reward during the hacking scandal.
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Thinking of those relatively junior civil servants who were jailed for substantial periods for leaking information in return for relatively small amounts of reward during the hacking scandal.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:24 AM
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I mean... this is REALLY not ok
February 2, 2026 at 9:06 AM
I mean... this is REALLY not ok
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The Harvard Kennedy School of Government Class on ethics in public life taught by Larry Summers and Peter Mandelson is going to be so lit.
February 2, 2026 at 11:47 AM
The Harvard Kennedy School of Government Class on ethics in public life taught by Larry Summers and Peter Mandelson is going to be so lit.
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Given the acute Putin-Trump threat, time for Poland and Germany to bury the hatchet. Notes from a recent visit to Warsaw and Gdansk
For Europe's sake: time to make up
German and Polish history has been hijacked by the far-right
open.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Given the acute Putin-Trump threat, time for Poland and Germany to bury the hatchet. Notes from a recent visit to Warsaw and Gdansk
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BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Epstein
Former ambassador forwarded memo from special adviser to Gordon Brown to late sex offender in 2009
www.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
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my last Epstein scoop for the weekend:
Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers.
www.ft.com/content/8623...
Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers.
www.ft.com/content/8623...
Sarah Ferguson received $150,000 from Jeffrey Epstein after share sale
Transaction is latest evidence of extent of friendship that former Prince Andrew’s ex-wife forged with the sex offender
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
my last Epstein scoop for the weekend:
Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers.
www.ft.com/content/8623...
Jeffrey Epstein wired $150,000 to Sarah Ferguson, the former Duchess of York, in 2001, according to newly released financial records, after helping her to cash in share options earned from her work for Weight Watchers.
www.ft.com/content/8623...
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Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times demand action on SLAPPs in next King's Speech.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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Someone posted this and I don’t think I will ever recover
January 31, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Someone posted this and I don’t think I will ever recover
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Some notes:
Yes, that’s a typo on the month. Date is correct on page 1 and other docs.
Also, the scripture:
Matthew 19:14 ~ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.
Yes, that’s a typo on the month. Date is correct on page 1 and other docs.
Also, the scripture:
Matthew 19:14 ~ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Some notes:
Yes, that’s a typo on the month. Date is correct on page 1 and other docs.
Also, the scripture:
Matthew 19:14 ~ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.
Yes, that’s a typo on the month. Date is correct on page 1 and other docs.
Also, the scripture:
Matthew 19:14 ~ Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”
John 11:35 ~ Jesus wept.
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Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
January 31, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Stunned to discover that this guy is an antisemite
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Stunned to discover that this guy is an antisemite
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Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
The "coincidence" of Epstein's cash payments to Peter Mandelson's partner/husband in 2009/10 and the then industry secretary's lobbying within cabinet for a softer post-crash policy towards bankers looks on the face of it like outright corruption. Certainly demands police investigation.
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour.
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'.
Nick Timothy – the great genius at the....
Morgan McSweeney – the great genius at the....
Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?
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Niall Ferguson being in the Epstein files is probably the least surprising thing since my last hangover.
February 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Niall Ferguson being in the Epstein files is probably the least surprising thing since my last hangover.
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Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Goodwin literally had a hissy fit when Alan Rusbridger & David Aaronovitch went for dinner after an event they all did together & chose not to ask him. He’s palpably desperate to go to fictional dinner parties that exist only in his warped imagination. Instead he gets to suck lemons with 30p Lee.
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Inference is that immediately post GFC, in 2009/10, Epstein, Mandelson and Staley were discussing how to undermine planned Obama Administration reforms intended to tame Wall Street.
I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly
www.ft.com/content/608a...
January 31, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Inference is that immediately post GFC, in 2009/10, Epstein, Mandelson and Staley were discussing how to undermine planned Obama Administration reforms intended to tame Wall Street.