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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 6d

I went to the #USTreasury website 4 research & 😂

"The radical left has chosen to shut down the United States government in the name of reckless spending and obstructionism. As a result, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s websites will only be sporadically updated until this shutdown concludes."

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 13d

Awww.... Happy bday mate :-)

Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 15d

Please welcome @zannymb.economist.com to #Bluesky with a follow folks. An old friend, an amazing journalist and a wonderful human being all rolled into one ☝️

Zanny Minton Beddoes @zannymb.economist.com · 15d

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To experience the best of our written, audio and video journalism, download our app: www.economist.com/get-the-app

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 19d

The kids and i saw a spectacular #DoubleRainbow over #Oslo late last evening 😊

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 21d

Posted sans comment

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 24d

The best summary of all my experiences with #ChatGPT #AI

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 25d

#PeakHappiness - when your 2,5 & 8 year olds plan and execute a #BirthdaySurprise for you & having sneaked out of bed, walk back in singing with a cake and card they made for you all without you having any inkling of what they had been up to!!! I am the #WorldsLuckiestDad #BonWeekend everyone ❤️

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 27d

One can be against violent behaviour, abhor #killing and be opposed to political violence of any kind without your gut instinct being to "normalise" what was in fact abhorrent, despicable and bigoted nonsense well outside any normal civilised political discourse in a functioning democracy!

Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social · 27d

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics the Right Way

www.nytimes.com

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 27d

I can't imagine how #PeterMandelson can stay on as the British Ambassador to the United States after this ... Which would mean that he has had to resign, or been fired from more or less every single major government role he has ever held ... always in disgrace ... and yet, they keep calling him back

Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 27d

“I think the world of you & I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened,” Peter Mandelson wrote, in an email obtained by Bloomberg News.

“I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain.” #Mandelson to #Epstein on his conviction!

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · 27d

“I think the world of you & I feel hopeless and furious about what has happened,” Peter Mandelson wrote, in an email obtained by Bloomberg News.

“I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain.” #Mandelson to #Epstein on his conviction!

www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 8

I will soon join #VickyPryce in her capacity as Chair of the Fellows network @radixuk.bsky.social to discuss reconciling #ClimateAction with #Growth despite #Geopolitics

Do tune in www.radixbigtent.org.uk/events/clima... & also find pods with @juliahobsbawm.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social

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Radix Big Tent - RBT @radixuk.bsky.social · Aug 26

🌍 Join @sonykapoor.bsky.social and Vicky Pryce for an interactive 'Meet the Leaders' #webinar on Climate Change 🌱
📅 Mon 8th Sept | 🕕 6:00pm BST
💬 Be part of the dialogue - submit your own questions!
🔗 Register now: www.radixbigtent.org.uk/events/clima... #ClimateChange

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 6

So, today I asked #ChatGPT5 to please remove the background for me? After several iterations and reprompting that included it giving up the ghost and disappearing me entirely, this is the BEST it could do ... Thinking of running with it as the bio photo for a #Keynote I am doing on the limits of #AI

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 5

You might want to listen to this discussion of a decade and a half of my work on this matter @akshatrathi.bsky.social @robbieandrew.bsky.social

hiddenforces.io/podcasts/gre...

Great Rebalancing: Debt, Demographics, & Politics Will Crush Investors

Sony Kapoor argues that developed world demographics, debt, and political sclerosis will crush forward returns for investors who fail to rebalance their portfolios for the new investment paradigm.

hiddenforces.io

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 5

These Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse bearing gifts of Measels, Mumps, Rubela, Tuberculosis, Covid, Whooping Cough and other such irresistible presents was NOT on my 2025 bingo card ...

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Gonna have to do it again i am afraid 🙄! Here is my full #rainbow over #London from that same day not an «almost full» one 😊! As @katie0martin.ft.com also knows I am also a stow lad having lived there for a decade with very Fond memories of the marshes for which You do get extra points! Even Stevens

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Match my July 1st 2016 #rainbpw over #London Photo taken from the top of the new @tatemodern.bsky.social #TateModern building if you can @pauljdavies.bsky.social 😊

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Sep 3

Everyone wants to host a #climateweek but no one wants to do what needs to be done on tackling #ClimateChange

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 30

I see where you are coming from but that presumes folks think that bank dealing rooms deliver economic benefits .. .

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 30

#Latergram - had an amazing time with the kids at the spectacular #PangongLake at the boundary of #Ladakh and #Tibet at 4225 meters earlier this summer. Do visit if you ever get the chance! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangong...

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 28

So #EU grandstanding on secondary sanctions for importing Russian crude and #Trump´s citing #Indian imports of #RussianCrudeOil as a (the main) factor for imposing punitive #tariffs on #India has ZERO basis in fact or history and India has only done what the EU and US wanted it to do!

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 28

It was the contradiction in these two goals of 1) wanting to keep Russian oil flowing into global markets to avoid a macro inflation shock & 2) wanting to penalise Russia that resulted in the convoluted policy on the $60 price cap on Russian crude exports ... By design, not a bug

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 28

I can confirm that the diversion of #RussianFossilFuelExports to non-EU countries was not a bug, but by design. The US, EU were rightly scared of the macro shock & inflation that would have resulted if the 2nd largest exporter of crude oil in the world after Saudi Arabia suddenly went to zero!

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 28

Having worked on the #RussiaSanctions at the time as explained here youtube.com/watch?v=99Rv... for the @eui-eu.bsky.social and with @davidmcwecon.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/t... the diversion of #RussianFossilFuelExports to #China and #India was tacitly endorsed to avoid inflation

Acting SWIFTly? A discussion on meaningful financial measures to impede Russia’s war

YouTube video by Florence School of Banking and Finance

youtube.com

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Sony Kapoor @sonykapoor.bsky.social · Aug 28

Alright, here are some #facts on #Russian #FossilFuel exports & imports relevant to the #Trump & #EU narrative on #SecondarySanctions on #India

It is #China (coal & crude) #Turkey (oil products) & the #EU (LNG and pipeline gas) that remain the biggest #importers of fuels from Russia, NOT #India ..

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