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A sort of Pevsner of the Pubs πŸ˜ƒ

29.01.2026 20:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for doing it and recording it all - hugely enjoyed all the observations and anecdotes! Looking forward to the Croydon Tram when you are back πŸ˜€

29.01.2026 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

🫣🫣

29.01.2026 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why refused entry!? Missed that!

29.01.2026 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Am curious - why so?

07.01.2026 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is something AI is incredibly useful at - a quick overview of Trump/US statements on Greenland in the past year.

Rather than the individual shock dynamic, the overview shows a pattern and an increasing aggressiveness in the demands towards territorial annexation of Greenland:

05.01.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Excellent piece

20.12.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed. A huge flock of canaries in the abandoned Welsh mines in these numbers...

17.12.2025 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
'Express Your Loyalty': Russian Speakers In Latvia Face Language Test -- Or Deportation After years of increasing pressure, the Latvian government has begun issuing orders for the longtime Russian residents who have failed to learn Latvian to leave the country. A handful have been deported, hundreds have simply left, while up to 1,000 mostly elderly Russian speakers wait in limbo.

This is a much more recent example and goes directly to the residence issue (whatever one's view on it) www.rferl.org/a/russia-lat...

22.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜…

22.10.2025 17:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sound similar to the lamps by the escalators at St John's Wood?

04.10.2025 17:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you say a bit more please πŸ™ about how you see it a NATO-Russia war unfolding then?

12.09.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Arguably, even more 😬 because now DPM and VP...

05.09.2025 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜…

05.09.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜…πŸ˜…

04.09.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On a mobile?! πŸ€”πŸ«£

04.09.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you ever won? πŸ˜ƒ

27.08.2025 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

46* though, not 47. Was 47 before Russia expelled from the CoE.

26.08.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†πŸ˜†

25.08.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excellent as always Bill. Thank you!

23.08.2025 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for the piece. One thing that puzzles me - what does "definitively smash[ing] the β€œEuropean order”" look like as an outcome? Occupation of multiple territories, including large ones? Puppet regimes? Something else? Seems v hard to envisage as sustainable?

09.08.2025 12:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜†

07.08.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜…

15.07.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜„

08.07.2025 12:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Β£1.10!!

08.07.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thx for sharing, really excellent piece as you say.

07.07.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜„

01.07.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And UK reportedly asked for it during reset discussions but EU declined

19.06.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Β£1,170 blimey! V frustrating at any price I imagine. Good to hear I am not alone in not fully understanding Benedict Evans's annual presentation though...

15.06.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜„

12.06.2025 06:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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