Simon Johnson🇺🇦
@simonrjohnson.bsky.social
Risk manager, quant, physicist, Bayesian. I must study politics and war, that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.
Ok this is pretty funny. Which one is Sasha Baron Cohen in disguise ?
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Ok this is pretty funny. Which one is Sasha Baron Cohen in disguise ?
Hey @alphaville.ft.com @robinwigglesworth.ft.com I have a suggestion for one thing you could add to your website and one thing you could maybe remove
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Hey @alphaville.ft.com @robinwigglesworth.ft.com I have a suggestion for one thing you could add to your website and one thing you could maybe remove
Russian threat 😉
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Russian threat 😉
"Liz Truss moment in Japan"
January 20, 2026 at 12:05 PM
"Liz Truss moment in Japan"
Not as much fun as this one though
January 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Not as much fun as this one though
Sitrep: there is one item which no-one in the world can live without.
The only place with deep manufacturing expertise is Taiwan, the only place which can build the manufacturing machinery is the Netherlands, the only place with the capital markets or software to run them is the US.
The only place with deep manufacturing expertise is Taiwan, the only place which can build the manufacturing machinery is the Netherlands, the only place with the capital markets or software to run them is the US.
January 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Sitrep: there is one item which no-one in the world can live without.
The only place with deep manufacturing expertise is Taiwan, the only place which can build the manufacturing machinery is the Netherlands, the only place with the capital markets or software to run them is the US.
The only place with deep manufacturing expertise is Taiwan, the only place which can build the manufacturing machinery is the Netherlands, the only place with the capital markets or software to run them is the US.
Thoughts and prayers for Eurasia Group
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Thoughts and prayers for Eurasia Group
Do you take requests ?
January 16, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Do you take requests ?
Yes it's basically this isn't it
January 15, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Yes it's basically this isn't it
Ditto with Goldman Sachs and the vampire squid
January 14, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Ditto with Goldman Sachs and the vampire squid
It's happening
January 13, 2026 at 9:06 AM
It's happening
Broke: German institutions making dodgy investments
Woke: dentists making dodgy investments
Bespoke: German dentists making dodgy investments
cc @matt-levine.bsky.social
Woke: dentists making dodgy investments
Bespoke: German dentists making dodgy investments
cc @matt-levine.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Broke: German institutions making dodgy investments
Woke: dentists making dodgy investments
Bespoke: German dentists making dodgy investments
cc @matt-levine.bsky.social
Woke: dentists making dodgy investments
Bespoke: German dentists making dodgy investments
cc @matt-levine.bsky.social
Blackadder, and its not even close
January 7, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Blackadder, and its not even close
Monday morning / Tuesday morning
January 6, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Monday morning / Tuesday morning
Extraordinarily bleak paragraph about US science by @philipcball.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Extraordinarily bleak paragraph about US science by @philipcball.bsky.social
The hotel has a nurse dispensing hair of the dog (not 100% sure she's a real nurse)
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 PM
The hotel has a nurse dispensing hair of the dog (not 100% sure she's a real nurse)
Happy New Year from Antigua 🇦🇬
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Happy New Year from Antigua 🇦🇬
Cost Centre 1 just announced he was going to get another cocktail "in order to maximise shareholder value" 🫡
December 30, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Cost Centre 1 just announced he was going to get another cocktail "in order to maximise shareholder value" 🫡
Thanks but no thanks, LinkedIn
December 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Thanks but no thanks, LinkedIn
Watched The Naked Gun (2025). It had exactly one funny joke.
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Watched The Naked Gun (2025). It had exactly one funny joke.
Watched The Naked Gun (2025). It had exactly one funny joke.
December 29, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Watched The Naked Gun (2025). It had exactly one funny joke.