Jansen Ganesh is on fire in this column on the UK’s role in the Iran conflict
www.ft.com/content/eaee...
Jansen Ganesh is on fire in this column on the UK’s role in the Iran conflict
www.ft.com/content/eaee...
An intricate octopus cut from a single piece of paper
Japanese artist Masayo Fukuda hand-cut this life-sized octopus from one sheet of paper. Known as Kirie in Japanese (translated as “cut picture”), the art form involves cutting intricate forms from a single sheet of white paper and then contrasting it against a black background to reveal the design.
04.03.2026 16:50 — 👍 1834 🔁 634 💬 31 📌 54And whatever parallels exist with previous wars, the US has recently dismantled much of its soft power infrastructure, with DOGE’s swinging cuts to USAID under Elon Musk. The West’s ability to reach and influence the “Hearts and Minds” of those affected has been massively reduced.
04.03.2026 13:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@lewisgoodall.com
04.03.2026 08:42 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Churchill was a great painter! A whole flat in one afternoon, two coats! (To paraphrase Mel Brooks)
04.03.2026 08:18 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Seems like the media should at least express some curiosity about this.
open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...
When we talk about Baby Boomers not getting off the stage: In 1997, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2007, the US president was born in 1946.
In 2017, the US president was born in 1946.
And next year in 2027? The US president will have been born in 1946.
bsky.app/profile/froo...
03.03.2026 22:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
So, in launching a huge bombing campaign on Iran they apparently didn't plan for:
- Who takes over;
- Interceptor shortages from sustained drone retaliation;
- How to defend US bases in the region;
- Threats to ships in the Strait of Hormuz; and
- How to evacuate Americans with airspace closed.
SCOOP: A suspected Iranian drone attack hit the CIA’s station in Saudi Arabia in what would amount to a significant symbolic victory for the Islamic Republic as it lashes out at U.S. targets and personnel across the Middle East, sources tell Ellen Nakashima and me
03.03.2026 21:11 — 👍 221 🔁 98 💬 24 📌 16@snellarthur.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social
03.03.2026 21:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He’s a reliable friend to war criminals Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.
03.03.2026 21:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0He’s probably already inviting bids.
03.03.2026 18:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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A reminder: Matt Goodwin lost heavily in spite of an almost total lack of tactical voting, not because of it.
The combined Green/Labour vote was 66%, versus 28.7% for Reform.
If Labour and the Greens split the vote 50/50 – a total coordination fail – he'd have finished third, not second.
Actually?!
03.03.2026 09:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
narrator:
only 12% of UK people polled by YouGov thought the UK government should praise the air strikes
21% thought the UK government should condemn the strikes
much larger proportion don't have a strong view either way
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3838953...
There’s lots significant here - not just the Greens in second place. Reform falling back, the combined right bloc vote being just 39%. British politics in a state of flux. Is it time for Labour MPs to act?
03.03.2026 07:38 — 👍 209 🔁 47 💬 17 📌 7@snellarthur.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social
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White House tweets out Rubio’s statement seeming to say that basically Bibi maneuvered Trump into attacking Iran.
02.03.2026 21:55 — 👍 639 🔁 242 💬 71 📌 70
I predict this man has a very bright future.
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Congratulations, pal.
#WellDeserved
When you have the chance, please take the time to watch Harrison Ford's remarkable, beautiful Life Achievement Award acceptance speech. #ActorAwards
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV_2...
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02.03.2026 22:29 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"He [Trump] is losing control of the decision to escalate... He can cut his losses now, pay a political price, try to stop the war, even though it would be a failure. Or he play for the long run and become Lyndon Johnson in the Vietnam War and face a more disastrous political outcome." - Robert Pape
02.03.2026 19:25 — 👍 702 🔁 165 💬 9 📌 8
Prof. Robert Pape:
"I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".
US: I'm attacking Iran because they have nuclear weapons World:Why don't you attack Russia? US: Are you crazy? They have nuclear weapons
02.03.2026 19:49 — 👍 1525 🔁 369 💬 22 📌 9This is a rotten idea
02.03.2026 19:22 — 👍 56 🔁 18 💬 0 📌 0
Imagine being sent to your death by this guy. He makes George W Bush sound like Winston Churchill
(Not an endorsement of George W Bush FYI)
