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Thread - I've been thinking a lot about Walter Lippmann’s Public Opinion lately, especially in the context of Musk’s role in dismantling the federal workforce through DOGE. It’s a perfect example of what Lippmann warned about over a century ago.

submitted 12 hours ago • 45 comments

An excellent commentary from former MI6 chief, Sir Alex Younger substack.com/@britdiplotr...

submitted 12 hours ago • 0 comments

Speaking like a true mafia boss, Trump threatens Zelensky that if Ukraine doesn’t agree a natural resources deal with the USA, “things are gonna not make him happy”. Putin couldn’t have said it better himself. www.cnn.com/politics/liv...

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

Putin says Trump must go further before he’ll even agree to meet. Putin is entirely in the driving seat. The US has alienated its own allies, given Russia nearly all of what it wanted, bought Putin’s warped view of reality, and can’t even guarantee a meeting. The art of the deal, indeed.

submitted 4 days ago • 114 comments

Interesting article reasoning that the polarising nature of social media leads to fascism open.substack.com/pub/protagon...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I highly recommend following Paul Krugman for rational educated analysis. It’s astonishing how incompetent these supposedly smart populists are. The question is how accountable are they for the negative consequences they create? paulkrugman.substack.com/p/lies-damne...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

@samcoatessky.bsky.social was expressing his astonishment yesterday on Sky News that the PM had singled out one judicial review applicant to blame for the legal challenges bedevilling infrastructure projects. Let’s fix that 😈 Here’s a story that starts with a man shut in his cellar.

submitted 29 days ago • 12 comments

If you’re interested in explanations as to the UK’s relative economic decline, this is essential reading, as is the paper “foundations” it references. open.substack.com/pub/edwest/p...

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

A fascinating read regarding myth of genius amongst the super rich - they’re far more likely to be averagely talented due to the different statistical distributions of talent and wealth open.substack.com/pub/briankla...

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

This is how temperatures have changed in London since 1850 #showyourstripes By @edhawkins.org. You can try it for your region or city in the link showyourstripes.info/l/europe/uni...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments