Patrick Holden

Community meme: I CAN EXCUSE FASCISM. BUTI DRAW THE LINE AT MERCANTILISM.

The Supreme Court:

Not sure about that

US:
"We are all one Western Civilization sharing a common thread from Athens to Rome to America."

EU:
"We've actually been building institutions to bring Europe closer together, pooling our sovereignty around shared values and..."

US:
"No. Not like that."

Skinner meme: Am I unhappy for personal reasons? No it must be the Enlightenment

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

Agreed: that is a ludicrous headline.

Post a banger not in English

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFac...

I’m not sure ‘our national security developed vetting technique can be beaten if a candidate is prepared to lie’ is an especially helpful line to push.

There's a saying in trade policy called something like:

"Buy before the press release, sell before the text release."

Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly

i have just gotten off a productive call with sauron where i laid out our requests

- nazgul bodycams
- morgul knife must remain sheathed unless suspect is determined to be carrying the one ring
- shelob will be the new point of contact

The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:

- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE

As it's combined with formal bureaucratic/legal structures

Neo Patrimonialism

Can't believe I forgot to celebrate Justin Webb Day yesterday. Must have been distracted by all that normality in America

EU launches inquiry into X over sexually explicit images made by Grok AI Investigation comes after Elon Musk’s firm sparked outrage by allowing users to ‘strip’ photos of women and children

The commission said its investigation would “assess whether the company properly assessed and mitigated risks” . Well that should be a tough one
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Re Burnham all I can say is that if Labour lose the bye-election (likely) Starmer will be in big trouble.

NEW: Andy Burnham confirms - he’s running

One year ago today. Anyone have an update?

You dissing my MSc in Zip Disk management?

Outstanding!

@johnnyryan.bsky.social yes and also have the fight before Trump gets control of the Fed.

"we are not in the nice-to-do territory now, we are in the need-to-do territory.”
www.politico.eu/article/eu-b...

impeccable timing for my talk this Thursday @ ISS in the Hague.

'Developmentalism after American Hegemony'.

you can register here
www.iss.nl/en/registrat...

Niche market

1️⃣ He didn't say that.
2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him.
3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling.
4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it.
5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented.
6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.

The six phases of grief,
Denial, Anger, TARIFFS, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance

Live images of Robert Jenrick and Nadim Zahawi arriving at Reform HQ.

a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background ALT: a group of people are sitting in a field with a horse in the background

Central bankers stand up for Powell
www.ft.com/content/48bd...

God forbid anyone would give a false answer to a 'very large and complex question '