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samwilkin.bsky.social
Freelance (managing) editor and media consultant. Amateur essayist. Former senior editor at Politico & MLex, reporter at Bloomberg & Reuters. Essays: www.theleopard.eu Hire me: bxlbureau.eu Substack: substack.com/@samwilkin
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We need better climate activists. www.theleopard.eu/p/the-strang...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Dear hivemind, can anyone recommend books or podcasts on the rise of Mussolini and Italian fascism? Realised that I know the German history very well but almost nothing about Italy in the same period. Thanks in advance.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Started active investing last year and honestly pretty happy that my first 2x trade is contributing to the defence of Europe. Ethical investing can be profitable too 🙂

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

I'm getting a lot of hate on here for my last post. But the essay it links to has had no more readers than I normally get by midday on Monday. Which suggests lots of people are piling onto me on the basis of 280 characters, rather than 1,500 carefully written words. *sigh*

submitted 8 days ago • 243 comments

One-fifth of German voters now support a party that all others consider too extreme to govern with. I don't believe one-fifth of Germans are fascist/racist/any other -ist, but they are concerned. It's time to have the uncomfortable conversations that voters demand. open.substack.com/pub/theleopa...

submitted 8 days ago • 333 comments

guard dog / fren

submitted 12 days ago • 2 comments

Minimum security detail to go for a walk in Brussels

submitted 14 days ago • 2 comments

I've been giving the Substack some love including this new welcome email. Here you'll find links to some of my most successful essays, along with a short explanation of what they're about and why I think they struck a chord. In other words, it's a perfect time to sign up!

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments