And thank you Reuters for reminding us where our realy sympathies should lie in this disordered world:second-hand Lamborghinis and Ferraris, bound for Dubai from Japan, are stranded at a port in Sri Lanka because ships are unable to dock in the Middle East..
There has been a striking lack of news about the US airman since Trump's announcement of his rescue from Iran. Clearly the operation was messy and became a long firefight in which he and others were wounded. Since then, silence.
it’s only happened one other month in history (February 2021).
Fortune magazine recently declared that king crab has taken caviar’s place as the “hottest luxury ingredient.”twice during his first term and three times in 2025. openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s...
Ever wonder where the money goes that the US spends on the military? In September an awful lot goes on furniture and king crab
"The Pentagon spent $2 million on Alaskan king crab in September. It’s the fifth time the Pentagon under Trump has spent $2 million or more on king crab in a single month
"With all these assets, why is the USA so bad at winning wars?"
A very good piece by @isabelh.bsky.social for @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/united...
Was that his idea of getting the people on side?
New Prospect out now! Daron Acemoglu, @isabelh.bsky.social , Kim Darroch and Arash Azizi feature in our Iran symposium, plus @sophie-neiman.bsky.social reports from Sudan, @imogenwk.bsky.social on Louis Theroux and the manosphere, and @zackpolanski.bsky.social does our Hinterland Q&A...
The Washington Post architecture correspondent describes Donald Trump as the biggest threat to architecture in DC since the war of 1812. (For those w short memories, that was when the Brits burned down the White House) That’s him off the ballroom opening night guest list I expect.
Well there’s a surprise. This loan was agreed last December. Two Putin stooges are trying to sabotage it
Well it worked for T***p
Taking care of business. We need to do this and move on.
How's everyone else's scams going? My scam is parked in the driveway and just started charging off solar power for $0.
Latest Foreign Desk on Monocle Radio. Global ramifications of the war in Iran, with Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko, former US NATO ambassador Kurt Volker, @isabelh.bsky.social and @markhleonard.bsky.social of @ecfr.eu. monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Does this remind anyone of another recent election?
To aid Viktor Orban in his upcoming election Russian operatives proposed “the Gamechanger” — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.
Catherine Belton
The Washington Post
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UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach. “One Gulf diplomat with knowledge of the talks said: “We regarded Witkoff and Kushner as Israeli assets that dragged a president into a war he wants to get out of.”
🇺🇸 John Bolton on U.S. easing sanctions on Russia for lower oil prices:
"I think they drank a lot of vodka in the Kremlin when they heard that news. This is an absolute gift to the Russians."
Trump touts oil price gains, saying 'we make a lot of money,' angering lawmakers
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I really don’t think enough is being made of the fact that it’s a three supposedly do-nothing toothless scholarly organizations—the AHA, the MLA, and the ACLS— who are directly responsible for one of the clearest and most damning exposures of this administration’s stupidity and malfeasance.
On the other hand multi page newspapers were printed overnight in the pre digital age, using movable type, I seem to recall. I wonder what Fleet St would have been like using woodblock.
It’s possible that a random assortment of 8th graders would do this better
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Because he dresses like a cartoon Englishman of the counties, the extent to which Farage is a creature of the US has been overlooked by the public. No longer, perhaps. This jingo’s achievement is to let the left play the patriotism card for once Farage forgets which country he aims to govern
Surprise! Kremlin backs covert campaign to keep Viktor Orbán in power
Chris Murphy: "I Just came from a two hour, closed door classified briefing on the war. It just confirmed to me it's totally incoherent. We are not gonna be able to achieve any of our stated objectives ... this is a disaster of epic proportions, a 10 day debacle"
If Trump admires Churchill as he claims perhaps he should reflect on this quote “ It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own."
A shift in capital away from the US has picked up pace under President Trump. That rebalancing could be good for the global economy.
Will be fascinating to see who steps into the breach given Starmer was a McSweeney project. I suspect the answer to a scandal caused by a New Labour grandee will be yet more New Labour. But do read Stuart McGurk's @prospectmagazine.co.uk account of how MM took control of the party.
