Not sure where this is going except to say ‘we are screwed’

as it stands I had to wait like 6 months after the most recent one came out for a physical copy because they prioritized the ebook

Lemons to Lemonade

the amount of credulity people assign to the press conference is crazy to me, in reality what the US seems to want is to be sword of damoceles that forces a cowed venezuela to open its oil industry but doesn't much care otherwise

you're telling me the best they could come up with was to make it list what episodes of a TV show are necessary so you "don't need" to watch the full thing?

While Ukraine's drone attacks have grown since I wrote it, Ukraine's logic (and Russia's dilemma) remains fundamentally the same: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The answer on Saudi’s willingness to use military force is, from what I’ve been hearing, a ‘yes’. The main barrier is the National Shield commander’s unwillingness. As long as the NS refuses the idea, they are the single most important obstacle to/prevention of, direct conflict with the STC.

wow way to spoil the end of death by lightning

it's always been a not-great publication tbh

Netflix really wanted a Scorsese movie for marketing/Prestige purposes and didn't care if it was just ok.

Same unfortunate outcome happened with the other Netflix originals by legendary directors like Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Da 5 Bloods, and Kissing Booth 2.