Matt Steinglass
mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Matt Steinglass
@mattsteinglass.bsky.social
Europe editor of The Economist. Don’t let them kill me https://youtu.be/WnE15v4Gets
Read Page 69. I bought Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s “Fleishman is In Trouble” that way browsing in Shakespeare & Co and it was the most original and hilarious thing I’d read in years. Apart from your columns obvs
January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Oh that’s funny, I thought it was F16 strikes. Huh
January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Though maybe that’s not still roiling any controversy
January 23, 2026 at 2:30 PM
I thought the general’s son was killed by an IED? Oh wait—your grammar was ambiguous, you mean 24 were killed in combat or died in traffic or flight incidents?
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Yes, but Chora (if I recall correctly) was in Afghanistan in 2007
January 23, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I had wondered for ages how it was conceivable that unemployment could stay so high in Italy and Spain forever; turns out it couldn’t (with a bit of help from some labor market reforms)
January 22, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Too old for Rutte, too winsome and sincere for Trump
January 22, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I was thinking that but Cumberbatch feels like a better pick. Maybe McConaughy for Trump
January 21, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Not crazy but he’d need heels
January 21, 2026 at 10:06 PM
YES
January 21, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I fear it will be boring. To my knowledge, he has never let the mask drop under any circumstances; not even sure it is a mask
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Blof is AI even if they are technically human beings. Suzan en Freek are human and good actually
January 21, 2026 at 7:55 PM
A million fiber optic drones along the Suwalki Gap
January 20, 2026 at 9:14 PM