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This is really thoughtful stuff, as per, from @jameskanag.bsky.social. I suspect that elites will be better at protecting their jobs, and that ultimately the number of hand/heart jobs has a (Baumol cost-related) upper limit. But so much to think through here.

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

How effective were strikes against Iran? U.S. and Israeli officials stress how long it would take Iran to rebuild its previous nuclear program. But there's a MUCH more important issue: How long it would take Iran to get the bomb? For that, a small program would suffice. (1/n)

submitted 9 hours ago • 10 comments

People like Munira Mirza, who worked for, enabled or cheered on Boris Johnson, should consider their own responsibility for the rise of "celebrity" politicians & "consummate bluffers", who "care more about personal popularity than real achievements". 1/4 www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

submitted 13 hours ago • 23 comments

Tensions are rising globally as world leaders descend upon the Hague for the NATO Summit. Find our Security Studies NATO reading list here (use code NATO25 to order at discount) ➡️ tinyurl.com/3z7a4p2n @keirgiles.bsky.social @jmichael424.bsky.social @warmatters.bsky.social ‬

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

A masterclass in mockery and contempt for the unforgivably smug Hannan and the ideological idiocy of his Brexit vision…. “Whatever happened to punching the air at a self-inflicted 4% hit to GDP? It’s almost as if the leavers are ashamed of what they have done.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

Nothing to see here, just the front runner to be next Conservative leader promoting the ethnonationalist fantasy movement of some very online cranks led by Captain Haddock

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

Schrier to RFK Jr: You gave Cassidy the answer he needed to hear in order to get his confirmation vote, then as soon as you were secretary you turned around & fired all 17 members. You lied. I also want to be clear that I will lay all responsibility for every vaccine-preventable death at your feet.

submitted 2 days ago • 1069 comments

This is one of those "I was told there would be no math" moments

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

it like doesn’t even occur to him that he could do something other than posting (eg threaten through back channels to cut off weapons)

submitted 2 days ago • 33 comments

Ruiz: Why did the report include citations that don’t exist? RFK JR: All of the foundational assertions in that report are accurate Ruiz: How can they be accurate if they did not exist?

submitted 2 days ago • 813 comments

Trump proving his previous 5th avenue comments. The world will recoil - his base will rejoice. This is why they love him.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Marco Rubio needs to be asked whether he believes his grandfather who remained in the U.S. after receiving a deportation order from our govt should have been treated the way the father of 3 Marines was treated by ICE this weekend in California. ASK HIM. Make him confront his lack of character.

submitted 3 days ago • 348 comments

From Brazil's G20 to #COP30 Belém: how do we align green industrial strategy and green finance with the 1.5°C target? As co-chair of the TF-CLIMA Group of Experts, our final report "Green and Just Planet" shows the way forward. 1/3

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Not remotely the worst thing, of course. But this plus the actual B2/GBU-57 mission probably cost as much as whatever fake DOGE savings are being claimed now as we dismantle the entire federal government.

submitted 3 days ago • 4 comments

good god

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

It amazes me that all this is debatable.

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf

submitted 3 days ago • 132 comments

Since it's almost Midsummer...

submitted 5 days ago • 12 comments

You'd think Elon would be familiar with the phrase "Garbage In, Garbage Out". Having a LLM decide what the correct version of the entirety of human knowledge is, deciding what's "wrong" and deleting "errors", in a recursive fashion, is a profoundly stupid idea, even for Elon.

submitted 5 days ago • 70 comments

Daaaaaaaamn.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

Valuable summary of anti-fascist analysis from @rosansmits.bsky.social decorrespondent.nl/16177/this-i...

submitted 8 days ago • 39 comments

“Keir Giles, a prominent expert on Russian information operations, was targeted with a sophisticated and personalized novel social engineering attack”. More context: Russian Government-Linked Social Engineering Targets App-Specific Passwords (18 June 2025) citizenlab.ca/2025/06/russ...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Its very possible we might find ourselves at war with Iran because of a bad parade, Fox News, and a clown car Cabinet and it doesn't have to happen. My latest. Hope you'll read, subscribe, and share!

submitted 8 days ago • 32 comments

Big Tech feels it doesn't have enough power, so it wants Congress to prevent states from regulating AI models.

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

GOP: Our budget will reduce the deficit CBO: It'll increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion GOP: But with greater growth, it'll pay for itself CBO: Accounting for growth it's $2.3 trillion GOP: ... CBO: Also, more debt raises interest rates, so the true effect is $2.8 trillion.

submitted 9 days ago • 38 comments

Tom Bradshaw, NFU President 🚜: 🇪🇺 "The EU is by far and away our largest market place" 🍲 "About 70% of our export volume for food goes to the EU" 7️⃣ The EU is "7x greater than any other export market"

submitted 9 days ago • 6 comments

“Yeah, definitely bad for kids,” I say, as I put my book down for the third time in 20 minutes to mindlessly scroll bluesky.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Spitting FIRE holy shit 🔥

submitted 10 days ago • 38 comments

Yet another example of the enormous social and economic costs that Tech companies have been allowed to impose on others in pursuit of their own profits

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

⚠️ At least 10 people have quit the biggest AI companies over grave concerns about the technology's power, including its potential to wipe away humanity. Several top execs at several top AI companies have similar warnings. What if they're right?

submitted 10 days ago • 22 comments

"Clearly, a great deal of his persona...is actually affectation and pretence. But politics is now so low on charisma and the common touch that simply being comfortable in your own skin looks like a kind of spectacular normality." 👏@johnharris1969.bsky.social

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

England is not a modern country. The graphic below by @guyshrubsole.bsky.social in today's Observer underlines this fact.

submitted 11 days ago • 28 comments

This makes me think I need to call 911 and report a beating! Mikie Sherrill asked a few great questions. 💙🇺🇸 @mikiesherill.bsky.social #ProudBlue #DemVoice1 #ResistanceUnited #MomSky #BlueCrew #FightBack youtu.be/5Fup12_jKno?...

submitted 12 days ago • 11 comments

Today, with a Trump military parade and all the protests planned across the US, here's my guide to fighting for democracy, including eight specific research-driven lessons for how to successfully push back against authoritarianism. www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-america...

submitted 12 days ago • 7 comments

Proud Boys with badges.

submitted 13 days ago • 1602 comments

Don’t think I’ve ever muttered the words “fuck me sideways” quite so much reading a story as this one.

submitted 13 days ago • 94 comments

As it was obvious they would. A huge waste of parents' money by lawyers who saw an easy payday.

submitted 13 days ago • 53 comments

SCHATZ: "This is the stuff of dictatorships. He identified himself. That should be enough."

submitted 14 days ago • 346 comments

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking President Donald Trump’s unprecedented seizure of California’s National Guard, calling the move illegal and a “dangerous precedent. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 13 days ago • 230 comments

My latest, with some interesting comments at my personal blog. I am used to commenting on constitutional dramas which are not actually crises. But in US you now have a constitutional crisis, and almost no drama - news items come and go, and are soon forgotten: a humdrum crisis.

submitted 13 days ago • 8 comments