@lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social not sure about the title, 🤭, but otherwise greatly enjoyed 'Going Deep', your v readable account of John Holland, his milieu, and the genesis of the attack submarine. Just purchased 'Drive!' on strength of your excellent ability to craft a great read amzn.eu/d/htXClaV - ThreadSky

nicktweet.bsky.social • 2 days ago

@lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social not sure about the title, 🤭, but otherwise greatly enjoyed 'Going Deep', your v readable account of John Holland, his milieu, and the genesis of the attack submarine. Just purchased 'Drive!' on strength of your excellent ability to craft a great read https://amzn.eu/d/htXClaV

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lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks. Those were the 2nd and 3rd of books on the incredible spate of innovation late 19th/early 20th century. They followed Birdmen because I found a lot of overlap among aviation, automobiles, and submarines.

nicktweet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Be interesting to read a substack on those differences between 1930s Germany (and US etc) and now, too one day.

lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social•1 day ago

Try this one. https://lawrencegoldstone.substack.com/p/scott-boras-donald-trump-and-the

nicktweet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nice. Thank you. A friend of mine, @nextwavef.bsky.social writes this on Futures, which sometimes touches on politics, and is always a stimulating digest and food for thought, just in case it's ofvl interest. https://open.substack.com/pub/justtwothings/p/14-february-2025-oligarchs-trends?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=3kvlp

lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks. I'll take a look.

nicktweet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ha! Looks like I'll be reading them in reverse order, but v much looking forward to Birdmen, too. The political machinations in Congress described in Deep, also gave me - some - hope re the current state of affairs under Trumpism...though only some...🤞Keep up the great work, and excellent prose.

lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thanks. I've been posting on Substack, called Politics Off-Center. Constitutional history is my main gig. Scary thing for me is that, no, we've never been here before, not even in 1860 or the 1930s.

nicktweet.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'll check it out, thanks. I was in the Reichstag a few years back, got chatting to a US gentleman and his wife about the pics showing Hitler's rise etc, and expressed my concerns about similarities re Trump. He not only couldn't see that, but was a fervent Trump supporter, too. We're mystifed in UK

lawrencegoldstone.bsky.social•1 day ago

We have become, alas, a profoundly ignorant nation. Dearborn, Michigan, the first American city to be majority Arab American voted for Trump!!! He also got much more support from Blacks, Latinos, and the rural population, all of whom are going to be among the hardest hit by Trump's policies.

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