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Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
January 18, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.
Game on.
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@merkley.senate.gov is right.
The Citizens United decision broke our campaign finance system. It's time to reform it so our government works by and for the people, not just the Big Money donors who sign the biggest checks.
The Citizens United decision broke our campaign finance system. It's time to reform it so our government works by and for the people, not just the Big Money donors who sign the biggest checks.
January 16, 2026 at 5:32 PM
@merkley.senate.gov is right.
The Citizens United decision broke our campaign finance system. It's time to reform it so our government works by and for the people, not just the Big Money donors who sign the biggest checks.
The Citizens United decision broke our campaign finance system. It's time to reform it so our government works by and for the people, not just the Big Money donors who sign the biggest checks.
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David Webb, Investor Who Took on Hong Kong Tycoons, Dies at 60
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:50 AM
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Absolutely fucking tremendous from the FT.
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Absolutely fucking tremendous from the FT.
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No, YOU forgot to post the link to your own piece. thecritic.co.uk/the-trump-ga...
The Trump Game | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The first rule of the Trump Game, played by politicians around the world, is you do not talk about the rules of the Trump Game. The object of the game is to pretend that the President of the United…
thecritic.co.uk
January 4, 2026 at 6:02 PM
No, YOU forgot to post the link to your own piece. thecritic.co.uk/the-trump-ga...
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During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
January 4, 2026 at 2:36 AM
During Fiona Hill's testimony to Congress on Oct 14, 2019, she described how Trump and Putin discussed exchanging Ukraine for Venezuela. The quid pro quo was if Trump refuses to help Ukraine fight off a Russian invasion, Putin would not help Venezuela (a Russian ally) resist a US takeover.
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👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
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🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
Jonathan Gullis, The Seagull's Lament
A New Yorker Profile
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨Some personal news.
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
I'm thrilled to announce that I've just filed my first copy for The New Yorker.
A profile of Jonathan Gullis.
"You get the sense that offstage, Jonathan Gullis struggles with being Jonathan Gullis."
open.substack.com/pub/mrhenrym...
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I love Decoder Ring. It turns small questions into big stories. This episode by @junethomas.bsky.social about why Americans think Brits have bad teeth is absolutely fascinating, involving the sugar economy, the NHS, anti-fluoridation conspiracy theories and David Bowie
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
The Awful Tooth (of Bad British Teeth)
Why do Americans bad-mouth British teeth?
slate.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I love Decoder Ring. It turns small questions into big stories. This episode by @junethomas.bsky.social about why Americans think Brits have bad teeth is absolutely fascinating, involving the sugar economy, the NHS, anti-fluoridation conspiracy theories and David Bowie
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
slate.com/podcasts/dec...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
September 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
regrettably if you try to point this out online you'll get yelled out by 79208 journalists going OH SO YOU WANT JOURNALISTS TO STARVE??? even if you're, say, a journalist yourself, and point out that while there are clearly no easy answers, the status quo isn't exactly working for society
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sometimes i feel like the whole tradwives thing is invented purely to annoy me. people just can't be serious about this crap
on.ft.com/42dxK34
on.ft.com/42dxK34
The ‘tradwife’ fantasy
[FREE TO READ] Economic stress is one reason traditional gender roles have a political and emotional allure
on.ft.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
sometimes i feel like the whole tradwives thing is invented purely to annoy me. people just can't be serious about this crap
on.ft.com/42dxK34
on.ft.com/42dxK34
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Hong Kong TVB's greatest-ever live report of a typhoon: 🌀 Molave ▲8, July 19, 2009 1:00 a.m.
He appears at 0:32.
And for the first time, English-translation subtitles!
He appears at 0:32.
And for the first time, English-translation subtitles!
September 24, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hong Kong TVB's greatest-ever live report of a typhoon: 🌀 Molave ▲8, July 19, 2009 1:00 a.m.
He appears at 0:32.
And for the first time, English-translation subtitles!
He appears at 0:32.
And for the first time, English-translation subtitles!
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The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The even more unbelievable crime fact (which I learned relatively recently) is that burglary has fallen by more than 90% since the 1990s.
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
Did anyone notice? Nope. Does anyone believe it? Nope. But is is true? It is!
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How to stop the boats with control *and* compassion - new report by @britishfuture.bsky.social
"Swift returns of asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation and controlled and capped legal routes offering refugee protection to those who qualify."
www.britishfuture.org/bold-control...
"Swift returns of asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation and controlled and capped legal routes offering refugee protection to those who qualify."
www.britishfuture.org/bold-control...
Bold 'control & compassion' approach can reduce small boat numbers - new report - British Future
New evidence shows how a 'routes & returns' approach could combine control and compassion to reduce small boat asylum crossings.
www.britishfuture.org
September 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
How to stop the boats with control *and* compassion - new report by @britishfuture.bsky.social
"Swift returns of asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation and controlled and capped legal routes offering refugee protection to those who qualify."
www.britishfuture.org/bold-control...
"Swift returns of asylum seekers who arrive without authorisation and controlled and capped legal routes offering refugee protection to those who qualify."
www.britishfuture.org/bold-control...
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My most centrist dad take is that most governing politicians deserve sympathy because almost every policy that's actually any good for the country is unpopular, and almost every popular policy is probably bad.
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
My most centrist dad take is that most governing politicians deserve sympathy because almost every policy that's actually any good for the country is unpopular, and almost every popular policy is probably bad.
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
Johnson's Brexit approach was far worse than Chequers IMHO but 20ppts more popular 1/
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The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.*
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
September 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The ever-impressive @iandunt.bsky.social speaks for many of us.*
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
* It looks like things might be starting to change at the top of the Govt since this was filmed.
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Fantastic column by @stephenkb.bsky.social
"Racism in the UK remains the preserve of an extreme minority — but one that is emboldened and growing louder.
It is the result of a year in which neither the government nor the opposition have been willing to draw red lines."
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
"Racism in the UK remains the preserve of an extreme minority — but one that is emboldened and growing louder.
It is the result of a year in which neither the government nor the opposition have been willing to draw red lines."
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Fantastic column by @stephenkb.bsky.social
"Racism in the UK remains the preserve of an extreme minority — but one that is emboldened and growing louder.
It is the result of a year in which neither the government nor the opposition have been willing to draw red lines."
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
"Racism in the UK remains the preserve of an extreme minority — but one that is emboldened and growing louder.
It is the result of a year in which neither the government nor the opposition have been willing to draw red lines."
www.ft.com/content/fbbd...
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@rationalityrules.bsky.social has some great videos analysing Charlie's debate tactics, and if you've watched enough debates, you'll see how he wasn't able to disguise his debate tactics and fallacies as well as other debaters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7y...
Exactly How Charlie Kirk got SCHOOLED by a Cambridge Student
YouTube video by Rationality Rules
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:53 PM
@rationalityrules.bsky.social has some great videos analysing Charlie's debate tactics, and if you've watched enough debates, you'll see how he wasn't able to disguise his debate tactics and fallacies as well as other debaters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7y...
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This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.
One thing that I think some not-youngs forget (and is different from 20 years ago) is that Kirk used his ‘debates’ to generate video that could go viral and, to use an old phrase, catapult the propaganda. His debates weren’t in any way, shape, or form educational.
When Charlie Kirk, who put together lists of professors he didn't like so people could target & harass them, used the phrase "free speech", he used it in the same way creationists use "teach the controversy." For Kirk, it was just another way to bludgeon the left and also to promote his propaganda.
September 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This gets to something that as a former stand-up I recognized but couldn’t name. A 31 year old professional content creator baiting 19 year old amateurs into the format of his choice isn’t debate, it’s crowd work. It’s debate-shaped crowd work farmed for content.
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September 13, 2025
September 13, 2025
President Donald J.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
September 13, 2025