Lunch with Hope

A New World Order of Tariffs There is no going back to the free-trade system. A fragmented international economy divided by tariff barriers looks increasingly inevitable.

I hate to break it to these eminent Americans, but the US hasn't been a free trade leader for many years, and how you can write so much about trade while hardly mentioning those that carry it out, or indeed services, or technology, or supply chains... nationalinterest.org/feature/a-ne...

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Heron catching a fish in the rain

Raindrops fall, but the hunt never stops. Great Blue Heron with its morning catch.
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Robin is rumored to be in the script for ‘The Batman 2’ 🦇

A ginger cat is curled up asleep on a bookshop table, all the books appear to be in Spanish

Important Peruvian holiday update:

Cats everywhere in Miraflores district, Lima 😻

(Also, all the books seem to be shrink-wrapped here, even in second hand bookshop!)

#BookshopCat
#Cats
#Booksky

Happy Ruby Dee Day for Summer Under the Stars! 🌞

You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!

Two mice girls dueling with swords. One is doing some Final Fantasy bullshit from afar. In the bottom right the other mouse is indignant and shouting "Ey, wanker! How tha fuck ye swordin' fae there?"

an honorable duelist ⚔️

t i r e d

Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.

A magenta and yellow dahlia in a flower bed

In case you need a break from the news
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A cluster of red seven-spot ladybirds gathered on a blue tiled background.

In the last few weeks, some parts of the UK have been blessed by a veritable swarm of ladybirds in gardens and on beaches - they even disrupted the cricket (game)! 🦗

But do you know the collective noun for a group of ladybirds? 🐞

A Billing Scheme Keeping Your Prescriptions Out Of Reach Health insurers are using “white-bagging” billing practices to boost profits — and undermine patients’ access to meds.

Health insurers are using “white-bagging” billing practices to boost profits — and undermine patients’ access to meds.
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Cancelling $500 million in vaccine research is exactly what a virus would do if it ran the Department of Health and Human Services.

When monster alone won't due.

A drawing of fireflies in a forest graveyard. The caption reads, "You don't have to get it all perfect in order to make a good life."

She's a raging bigot, and Trump thinks she's 'very nice' Depending on who you ask, Laura Loomer is a far-right conspiracy theorist and extremist who holds the ear of President Donald Trump. To others, however, and to Loomer herself, she hails herself as a…

“I view myself as an extra set of eyes, like a watchdog, for the administration to help them so they don’t get totally screwed.”

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Watch Fox News rave about Trump's weird White House roof walk For most people, President Donald Trump’s decision to walk on the roof of the White House on Tuesday was bewildering, but his supporters at Fox News couldn’t stop praising it. Trump’s walk on ...

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She said she made it 21 years but that’s long enough to know this is bullshit.
In my 53 years I agree.

They’re dehumanizing us.

"I See You" - my oil painting

Haiku is a great
Way to entertain your mind
And some others too

#Haiku #Poetry #Culture #CreativeWriting #Writesky