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Take a moment to let words land from the most extraordinary war poets since 1916👇
Ukrainian poets turn frontline soldiers to defend their country from Russia’s invasion.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Take a moment to let words land from the most extraordinary war poets since 1916👇
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Good morning. Let's begin with Prof Snyder's wise insight on the psychology of dictators 👇
"You grift on and you grift on, and the bubble just gets bigger. It seems like you know everything that you need to know, and that the grift, the graft, and the gruffety-gruff can go on forever."
"You grift on and you grift on, and the bubble just gets bigger. It seems like you know everything that you need to know, and that the grift, the graft, and the gruffety-gruff can go on forever."
"The Grift Bubble: A Political Theory of American Collapse"
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
"Those who work against the grifters... may be acting from love, or from law, because they know that these things are real. And so they should also know, in acting thus, that they are the patriots."
snyder.substack.com/p/the-grift-...
The Grift Bubble
A Political Theory of American Collapse
snyder.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Good morning. Let's begin with Prof Snyder's wise insight on the psychology of dictators 👇
"You grift on and you grift on, and the bubble just gets bigger. It seems like you know everything that you need to know, and that the grift, the graft, and the gruffety-gruff can go on forever."
"You grift on and you grift on, and the bubble just gets bigger. It seems like you know everything that you need to know, and that the grift, the graft, and the gruffety-gruff can go on forever."
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"When you have lived for a long time inside a grift bubble, you think you have seen it all. From inside a grift bubble, you do not see the outside. You do not grasp that your grift actually depends upon something larger, something better, which it is sapping, weakening, bringing to ruin."
November 17, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"When you have lived for a long time inside a grift bubble, you think you have seen it all. From inside a grift bubble, you do not see the outside. You do not grasp that your grift actually depends upon something larger, something better, which it is sapping, weakening, bringing to ruin."
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Good morning. If you read one thing this Sunday, let it be this prescient warning from Carole Cadwalladr. Nobody has better grasp of inner workings of Techbroligarchy & how it's about to do to our economy what it already did to our politics 👇
"This emperor has $1 trillion and not a stitch to wear."
"This emperor has $1 trillion and not a stitch to wear."
November 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Good morning. If you read one thing this Sunday, let it be this prescient warning from Carole Cadwalladr. Nobody has better grasp of inner workings of Techbroligarchy & how it's about to do to our economy what it already did to our politics 👇
"This emperor has $1 trillion and not a stitch to wear."
"This emperor has $1 trillion and not a stitch to wear."
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From Roger McNamee & Gary Marcus 👇
“I keep thinking of Wiley Coyote at the edge of a cliff in the roadrunner cartoons, and he doesn’t fall until he looks down. The question is, when are people going to look down? The finances don’t make any sense, and I think they’re starting to look down.”
“I keep thinking of Wiley Coyote at the edge of a cliff in the roadrunner cartoons, and he doesn’t fall until he looks down. The question is, when are people going to look down? The finances don’t make any sense, and I think they’re starting to look down.”
November 16, 2025 at 11:53 AM
From Roger McNamee & Gary Marcus 👇
“I keep thinking of Wiley Coyote at the edge of a cliff in the roadrunner cartoons, and he doesn’t fall until he looks down. The question is, when are people going to look down? The finances don’t make any sense, and I think they’re starting to look down.”
“I keep thinking of Wiley Coyote at the edge of a cliff in the roadrunner cartoons, and he doesn’t fall until he looks down. The question is, when are people going to look down? The finances don’t make any sense, and I think they’re starting to look down.”
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On links to Epstein emails - strewth 👇
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
On links to Epstein emails - strewth 👇
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Cadwalladr's witheringly accurate on the role of media in our downfall. And how, as we hurtle towards 2008-on-crack, the same bastards who flattened their empires on our fear & misery last time are gathering for another feast 👇
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Cadwalladr's witheringly accurate on the role of media in our downfall. And how, as we hurtle towards 2008-on-crack, the same bastards who flattened their empires on our fear & misery last time are gathering for another feast 👇
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"Ukrainians are making this sacrifice every day to give Europe the vital time it still needs to prepare itself for a future it was woefully unready to face. Arguably, they are fighting to see if the idea of Europe that has come into being after World War II has any chance of surviving."
"Ukrainians are making this sacrifice every day to give Europe the vital time it still needs to prepare itself for a future it was woefully unready to face. Arguably, they are fighting to see if the idea of Europe that has come into being after World War II has any chance of surviving."
November 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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"Ukrainians are making this sacrifice every day to give Europe the vital time it still needs to prepare itself for a future it was woefully unready to face. Arguably, they are fighting to see if the idea of Europe that has come into being after World War II has any chance of surviving."
"Ukrainians are making this sacrifice every day to give Europe the vital time it still needs to prepare itself for a future it was woefully unready to face. Arguably, they are fighting to see if the idea of Europe that has come into being after World War II has any chance of surviving."
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"While much of the rest of the world retreats from democracy and flirts with, even embraces, the gooeyness of authoritarianism, the Ukrainians are doing the opposite. They are fighting for their lives, and fighting for democracy."
And this, times a million - and every month 👏👇
savelife.in.ua/en/
And this, times a million - and every month 👏👇
savelife.in.ua/en/
November 16, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"While much of the rest of the world retreats from democracy and flirts with, even embraces, the gooeyness of authoritarianism, the Ukrainians are doing the opposite. They are fighting for their lives, and fighting for democracy."
And this, times a million - and every month 👏👇
savelife.in.ua/en/
And this, times a million - and every month 👏👇
savelife.in.ua/en/
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"These kinds of civilian attacks will continue to reveal why integrating 🇺🇦 into Europe is so important. One great advantage 🇺🇦 has, which 🇷🇺 does not, is that it can be integrated into a European pharmaceuticals market as it has been into the 🇪🇺 power grid.
This winter that advantage will save lives."
This winter that advantage will save lives."
November 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"These kinds of civilian attacks will continue to reveal why integrating 🇺🇦 into Europe is so important. One great advantage 🇺🇦 has, which 🇷🇺 does not, is that it can be integrated into a European pharmaceuticals market as it has been into the 🇪🇺 power grid.
This winter that advantage will save lives."
This winter that advantage will save lives."