John Fowler

4 key questions from Assad’s collapse International Intrigue, Monday 9 December 2024

I am particularly proud of this morning's edition of Intrigue covering the 4 key questions we're asking after Assad’s collapse.

Even better, unlike some prominent geopolitical commentators, we promise never to delete it even if we're wrong.

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#syria #assad

Oh wow.

Maybe. I dunno. My issue is I saw an investment deck a few yrs ago predicated on the market size of making ppl feel guilty for not tipping. Not innovation. just give me a 2.5% slice of good humans' guilt. It's a robber baron age again just 1s and 0s instead of train tracks.

Whatever you do, don't check out @explaintrade.com's awful joke about this.

A social media post by former president Moon Jae-in calls on the military to resist upholding "unconstitutional declarations of martial law" and for the National Assembly to request a lifting of the declaration, which - as per the ROK constitution - the president would be required to oblige.

Sold. We'll write it up!

Anyone got any idea what's going on behind the scenes in South Korea?

I (and the @intriguemedia.bsky.social team) would love to chat with anyone with any SK political experience!

Exhibit A.

Looks more like the Rio Grande to me.

People on X moan about the media being biased and people on Bluesky moan about the media being biased.

Take it from a media founder, the most bipartisan thing in the world is how much some folks bleat when their opinions aren't reflected back at them.

Go to bluesky they said, it's a much nicer place they said

But it's really hard to understand what and Yoon has history of being politically impulsive I'm told...

🌍 Chipping away Plus: Conspiracy of the day

"The CHIPS Act’s three biggest bets were that America’s Intel, Korea’s Samsung, and/or Taiwan’s TSMC could help revive domestic chip-making in the US. But after Pat Gelsinger just retired from Intel, only one of the three is looking promising."

archives.internationalintrigue.io/p/tuesday-bb...

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I don’t like this new site I just seemed to get dragged by trade nerds

Everyone (mostly @explaintrade.com) laughed at us when we wanted to bring our highly amusing and witty takes on global news to Bluesky.

Well, nobody's laughing now.

YouTube video by NowThis Impact Sen. Josh Hawley Presses Visa and Mastercard on Profit Margins

If I could vote in the US, and if i forgot about the supporting insurrection stuff, this would almost get me on this guy's side youtube.com/shorts/dFK_u...

Well I'm fucked.