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Editor-in-chief of World Politics Review. Spent more than a year in Provence. Used to be an American in Paris. Currently bringing coal to Newcastle. https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/ @wpr.bsky.social
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So, what have you been spectacularly wrong about in the past 24 hrs?

submitted 10 minutes ago • 1 comment

Maybe it's because among the first people rounded up by ICE under Trump II were law-abiding legal residents who happened to be pro-Palestinian activists? And one of them has yet to be released?

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Really enjoying this one.

submitted 8 hours ago • 1 comment

Why is the WH press corps asking if Trump will "allow" peaceful protests?

submitted 8 hours ago • 2 comments

Evening soundtrack. This one is so good. (I won't ruin his evening by tagging him directly, but I could even see he who hates all jazz half-liking this. It's more orchestral music with a jazz inflection than jazz.)

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

An article by someone who follows fewer than 300 people and has posted fewer than 300 times about why this site is no fun is like a parody of Tom Friedman cab driver interview journalism.

submitted 13 hours ago • 4 comments

It was obvious to anyone who slightly paid attention that he could not meet the quota of deporting 10, 12 million immigrants that he campaigned on that nonstop. And it was obvious that his deportation policy was always going to be a gigantic human tragedy (& top of the economic one).

submitted 13 hours ago • 9 comments

Many years ago, a friend of mine took up dealing in vintage watches as a side hustle. (And please don't ask about the 1960s Omega Seamaster I could have owned permanently but only borrowed, as it is still triggering for me.) 🧵

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

The funniest part is that we're always just one ketamine-fueled Elon Musk event away from the next user surge, when everyone now complaining about this site will come running back.

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

This is just a jaw-dropping bombshell of an investigation, and it goes without saying that there is likely a ton of leakable stuff still out there just waiting for a home. We're working it up now for today's Daily Review newsletter, so stand by for that.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

"The Tibetan spiritual leader has vowed to reveal a succession plan when his birthday is celebrated on July 6. He may get creative to thwart Chinese interference." The intersection of pre-modern "succession plans" and contemporary geopolitics is a thing to behold.

submitted 18 hours ago • 3 comments

It's chillingly revealing that Kristi Noem has grafted a hideous mask, one incapable of revealing any affect or emotion, over her face. It's like a reverse Dorian Gray, where the moral decay is kept publicly visible, while whatever goodness that might remain is buried to keep it from rebelling.

submitted 20 hours ago • 6 comments

A friend visiting from Pau mentioned that the nearby airport at Lourdes features daily direct flights from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Poland, and it struck me as a vestigial reminder of how the Catholic Church once configured supranational linkages in Europe.

submitted 20 hours ago • 2 comments

This is a great piece because it expands the field for thinking about the potential uses and benefits of digital currencies, not just for settlement, disbursement and fiscal policy, but also for stabilization of global systemic shocks. Lots of obstacles to be overcome, though.

submitted 20 hours ago • 0 comments

Most global affairs outlets ignore maritime issues until they involve naval clashes. We even have a Maritime Issues tag. If you're not paying attention to the world's oceans, you're missing 71% of the story (by surface area).

submitted 21 hours ago • 0 comments