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You can't say you weren't warned • Who killed the 'rules-based international order'? Is it even really dead?
You can't say you weren't warned
Who killed the 'rules-based international order'? Is it even really dead?
therealstory.substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:59 PM
You can't say you weren't warned • Who killed the 'rules-based international order'? Is it even really dead?
This is a death sentence • They've sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. He's 78, and his health is failing.
This is a death sentence
They've sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. He's 78, and his health is failing.
therealstory.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
This is a death sentence • They've sentenced Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison. He's 78, and his health is failing.
Shining A Light Inside China's Trojan Horses • Mark Carney's concordat with Xi Jinping is far worse than you've been told.
Shining A Light Inside China's Trojan Horses
Mark Carney's concordat with Xi Jinping is far worse than you've been told.
therealstory.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Shining A Light Inside China's Trojan Horses • Mark Carney's concordat with Xi Jinping is far worse than you've been told.
Has the world turned upside down or not? • I've been doing some reconnaissance for you. Here's a status report.
Has the world turned upside down or not?
I've been doing some reconnaissance for you. Here's a status report.
therealstory.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Has the world turned upside down or not? • I've been doing some reconnaissance for you. Here's a status report.
About memory, honour and decency • Adrift and alone on a dark sea, we look to the night sky and scan the horizon for light.
About memory, honour and decency
Adrift and alone on a dark sea, we look to the night sky and scan the horizon for light.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
About memory, honour and decency • Adrift and alone on a dark sea, we look to the night sky and scan the horizon for light.
How neoliberalism crashed and burned • It's all right there in Russia's new Iranian-model superdrone: A Chinese turbojet engine, with American and German telemetry.
How neoliberalism crashed and burned
It's all right there in Russia's new Iranian-model superdrone: A Chinese turbojet engine, with American and German telemetry.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
How neoliberalism crashed and burned • It's all right there in Russia's new Iranian-model superdrone: A Chinese turbojet engine, with American and German telemetry.
You shall hear rumours of war. . . • The American president is crazy. Canada's prime minister is cowardly. Welcome to the "principled and pragmatic" recrudescence of "responsible conviction" at Davos.
You shall hear rumours of war. . .
The American president is crazy. Canada's prime minister is cowardly. Welcome to the "principled and pragmatic" recrudescence of "responsible conviction" at Davos.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
You shall hear rumours of war. . . • The American president is crazy. Canada's prime minister is cowardly. Welcome to the "principled and pragmatic" recrudescence of "responsible conviction" at Davos.
In no particular disorder • Europe, China, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, and the Disunited States of America.
In no particular disorder
Europe, China, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, and the Disunited States of America.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
In no particular disorder • Europe, China, Canada, Iran, Venezuela, and the Disunited States of America.
Sometimes, the mask slips. • It's the epistemology, stupid.
Sometimes, the mask slips.
It's the epistemology, stupid.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Sometimes, the mask slips. • It's the epistemology, stupid.
If you think this is what democracy looks like • . . . Give your head a damn good shake.
If you think this is what democracy looks like
. . . Give your head a damn good shake.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
If you think this is what democracy looks like • . . . Give your head a damn good shake.
Happy Christmas to everyone. • Or at the very least to "people of good will," and to Real Story subscribers.
Happy Christmas to everyone.
Or at the very least to "people of good will," and to Real Story subscribers.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Happy Christmas to everyone. • Or at the very least to "people of good will," and to Real Story subscribers.
The Winter Stopping Of The Sun • Grianstad an Gheimhridh, in other words.
The Winter Stopping Of The Sun
Grianstad an Gheimhridh, in other words.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The Winter Stopping Of The Sun • Grianstad an Gheimhridh, in other words.
"This is what 'globalize the intifada' looks like" • Weekend Real Story newsletter preempted.
"This is what 'globalize the intifada' looks like"
Weekend Real Story newsletter preempted.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
"This is what 'globalize the intifada' looks like" • Weekend Real Story newsletter preempted.
Did Trump just declare war on Europe? • Yes and no, or not quite but close. Still, it's not all bad news out there.
Did Trump just declare war on Europe?
Yes and no, or not quite but close. Still, it's not all bad news out there.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Did Trump just declare war on Europe? • Yes and no, or not quite but close. Still, it's not all bad news out there.
We Live In A Time Of Monsters • The Trump regime is not on Europe's side, or Ukraine's, or Canada's. You don't have to guess whose side the White House is on anymore.
We Live In A Time Of Monsters
The Trump regime is not on Europe's side, or Ukraine's, or Canada's. You don't have to guess whose side the White House is on anymore.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
We Live In A Time Of Monsters • The Trump regime is not on Europe's side, or Ukraine's, or Canada's. You don't have to guess whose side the White House is on anymore.
The hour is later than you think (updated) • Welcome to Xi Jinping's 'Community of the Common Destiny of Humankind'.
The hour is later than you think (updated)
Welcome to Xi Jinping's 'Community of the Common Destiny of Humankind'.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The hour is later than you think (updated) • Welcome to Xi Jinping's 'Community of the Common Destiny of Humankind'.
The hour is later than you think (updated) • Welcome to Xi Jinping's 'Community of the Common Destiny of Humankind'.
The hour is later than you think (updated)
Welcome to Xi Jinping's 'Community of the Common Destiny of Humankind'.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The hour is later than you think (updated) • Welcome to Xi Jinping's 'Community of the Common Destiny of Humankind'.
Dangerously obsolete notions about "the news." • Try talking about postliteracy to a conference hall full of judges & lawyers. I dare you.
Dangerously obsolete notions about "the news."
Try talking about postliteracy to a conference hall full of judges & lawyers. I dare you.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Dangerously obsolete notions about "the news." • Try talking about postliteracy to a conference hall full of judges & lawyers. I dare you.
Updated. About the Palestine Tribunal thing • See under the subhead 'The War On Israel Plods Drearily Along."
Updated. About the Palestine Tribunal thing
See under the subhead 'The War On Israel Plods Drearily Along."
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Updated. About the Palestine Tribunal thing • See under the subhead 'The War On Israel Plods Drearily Along."
Of course it was 'surreal.' What did you expect? • Donald Trump, "Joe" Jolani and Bibi Netanyahu walk into a bar. . . UPDATE.
Of course it was 'surreal.' What did you expect?
Donald Trump, "Joe" Jolani and Bibi Netanyahu walk into a bar. . . UPDATE.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Of course it was 'surreal.' What did you expect? • Donald Trump, "Joe" Jolani and Bibi Netanyahu walk into a bar. . . UPDATE.
Welcome to the 'Age of Disorder' • Memory-hole everything that brought us here. We're all transactional now. Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Marc Carney: One Big Happy Family.
Welcome to the 'Age of Disorder'
Memory-hole everything that brought us here. We're all transactional now. Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Marc Carney: One Big Happy Family.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Welcome to the 'Age of Disorder' • Memory-hole everything that brought us here. We're all transactional now. Donald Trump, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, Marc Carney: One Big Happy Family.
When the Emir is displeased with you • With backstory about my peculiar exchange with Michael Cohen, the American president's disbarred lawyer and disgraced hush-money fixer.
When the Emir is displeased with you
With backstory about my peculiar exchange with Michael Cohen, the American president's disbarred lawyer and disgraced hush-money fixer.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
When the Emir is displeased with you • With backstory about my peculiar exchange with Michael Cohen, the American president's disbarred lawyer and disgraced hush-money fixer.
True North, Strong and Forsaken. • The American president throws another tariff tantrum, inadvertently reminding everyone that there once was a time when America was a shining city upon a hill.
True North, Strong and Forsaken.
The American president throws another tariff tantrum, inadvertently reminding everyone that there once was a time when America was a shining city upon a hill.
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
True North, Strong and Forsaken. • The American president throws another tariff tantrum, inadvertently reminding everyone that there once was a time when America was a shining city upon a hill.
The sun rises on a holy land of show business • The art of the surreal: summiteering as a presidential vanity project
The sun rises on a holy land of show business
The art of the surreal: summiteering as a presidential vanity project
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
The sun rises on a holy land of show business • The art of the surreal: summiteering as a presidential vanity project
Giving thanks for small mercies • Because of the day that's in it, and because the world is turning inside out. There's also a big shakeup at Al Jazeera, and another at CBS News. . .
Giving thanks for small mercies
Because of the day that's in it, and because the world is turning inside out. There's also a big shakeup at Al Jazeera, and another at CBS News. . .
therealstory.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Giving thanks for small mercies • Because of the day that's in it, and because the world is turning inside out. There's also a big shakeup at Al Jazeera, and another at CBS News. . .