The issue is Israel has no objective outside of dominance, which has no end state, other than, to quote Conan the Barbarian "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women." The core question is: what happened to strategic thinking in Israel & the US?

The proof of Iran's strategic victory (as well as its negotiating skill) lies in the fact that it has given the US a vested interest in constraining Israel's freedom of maneuver or, absent that, putting Israel on the hook for the continued closure of the strait (and the economic consequences of it).

Starmer is going to go down as the single most juiceless politician in history, imagine winning a national landslide and then being so bloody useless they threw you out a window less than halfway through the term

Mamdani is a transformational because he asked the question, what if a public servant actually served the public instead of lobbyists? Both Trump and Mamdani have shown the government can move fast if it wants. The question is whether we want it to move quickly to help us or to hurt others?

“OH MY GOD SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

Don't underestimate the power of changing the narrative at the top, which also changes the public discourse. A paradigmatic shift is underway even on the right.

I will be there, come say hi!

Also if you‘re at a loose end this coming Weds evening in London and you want to see me and @edconway.bsky.social talk trade then come along to the Backstory bookshop in Balham! backstory.london/products/24-...

Israel has bombed Lebanon constantly since the US-Iran ceasefire, claiming they are not bound by it. Last night, they launched a massive raid (80+ strikes) on Lebanon, accusing Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire. Today, they agreed to a *second* ceasefire to begin at 16:00. 5 minutes later:

bell hooks said: “To love well, women must unlearn the belief that suffering is proof of devotion.”

The central tension with Musk is that people simply cannot, will not allow themselves to believe that a man that powerful holds views that are unacceptable, and so they find themselves accepting it instead.

Ossoff: The president has been humiliated on the world stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about his stability and his capacity for the office. It’s deeply distressing to Americans to see a president so incompetent attempting and failing to represent the nation.

Crucial and inspirational work right here 👇🏾 This collection brings together case studies by women economists from Mexico and Brazil, documenting concrete experiences of new economic thinking coming to life in policy and practice. Massive kudos to all the authors.

Why I read a novel every week? Well, the kindest thing literature does is remind you that your weird little feelings have always existed. Someone, in some century, was equally confused by love, bored by society, tired of performing, and hungry for meaning.

Every footage I have seen of Mayor Mamdani this week feels like watching a 1990s film where a kid is mayor, every idea of him works, and he wears a basketball jersey under a suit jacket while Mayoring, and his main villain is Donald Trump.

Interesting what the Times Of Israel considers to be a loss for Israel

Folks, the only time I beg is to differ.

and for the lady, perhaps a fresh notebook?

Over 350 economists just laid out the roadmap for an economy in which there's enough for all, within planetary boundaries - without the need for endless growth.

I can confirm that 17 separate people now have informed me that Türkiye plays tomorrow. Three from north america, the rest assembled here in españa, where apparently the fixture has the cultural weight of a national holiday.

For the past couple of years, Valentina Canavesio has been working on a documentary film about Palestinian American artist and designer Rajie Cook, designer behind most iconic symbols in the world. He is also an artist who spent his life creating art to call out injustices faced by his people.

Imagine we jettison the idea of production and consumption being the sole purpose of economic life and substitute care and freedom? What would our economic life look like? What would we look like as social agents in a world built around creation of social relationships?

The most powerful thing colonialism produced is authority. And that authority produces expertise and prescribes solutions and essentially defines reality

The most powerful thing colonialism produced is authority. And that authority produces expertise and prescribes solutions and essentially defines reality.

been there done that. move on. take out the trash.

"Economics is not a law of nature. It is a set of ideas, institutions, and choices." - Professor Ha-Joon Chang

I think it's time to take out the trash. Inside, sadly, I had to put Gwyneth Paltrow and Adam Grant, who comfortably flaunt the privilege of not caring, not feeling about our times, content to stay silent on people's causes for lack of information or b/c the world is already divided. Puh-lease.

Fascists in Belfast set fire to buildings with people inside them. People of colour left work early to stay indoors. This is being actively encouraged by the world’s richest man whose openly pro-white nationalist platform X is still used by the UK government www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I am obsessed with David Graeber’s work these days. As I make my way to London to meet some researchers and public servants at The David Graeber Institute, I cannot help but reflect on Graeber’s essay “Caring Too Much: That’s the Curse of the Working Classes,”

Monstrous and indefensible: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

This is just vile. They can joke about this because they do not take sexual violence seriously as a real issue that needs to be acknowledged and fought. www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026...

One of the major points I try to make in teaching Jewish history is that oppressed vs. oppressed is *not* a binary, but a complicated series of interrelationships that is deeply contextual, and that the same groups can fall into multiple categories, sometimes at the same time.

I worked as a sexual assault and domestic violence victim advocate in a very conservative city between college and grad school. Some of the victims who came into our center had what I would consider deeply dangerous politics. It didn't matter. They were still victims, and we helped them.

This is one the most powerful public representations of the former Israeli occupation, and of its likely intentions now. This is what causes a rally around the flag effect for Hezbollah and for any new resistance groups that might develop. www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

Clearest sign yet that Iran doesn't believe it lost this war. Bodes very poorly for any deal-making with US. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/w...

Israel killed 8 people in Tyre, damaged ancient sites and is forcibly evacuating the Christian quarter I will continue saying this: the goal is not to defeat Hezbollah. The goal is to destroy Lebanon itself. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Omar Abdulkadir Artan was about to become the first Somali referee to officiate a World Cup game. Now, US border patrol officials are denying him entry into the country.

I am a teller of stories and therefore an optimist, a believer in the ethical bend of the human heart, a believer in the mind’s disgust with fraud and its appetite for truth, a believer in the ferocity of beauty. — Toni Morrison, Wellesley College commencement address

Mainstream economists aren't good at predicting financial crashes, facilitating general prosperity, or coming up with models for preventing climate change, but when it comes to establishing themselves in positions of intellectual authority, unaffected by such failings, their success is unparalleled.

“Oh you look like you speak spanish.” Mesdames et messieurs, I wear that as an honor.

Okay so espagne is giving türkiye but make it gay. and franchement, i am here for it. also seeing mes collègues parisien(nne)s avec leur snobisme légendaire découvrir valence with me is truly a joy 🤭✌🏾

Alright folks, 4 conferences it’s game on let’s go: Valencia Polytechnique - institutionalizing relational care Oxford & UCL - restorative investment funding models for municipalities Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa - alternative methods in social economy Come say hi & wish me luck!

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." - Anais Nin

"I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain." - James Baldwin

bonjour hi, just quick daily reminder that mentioning the existence of palestinians is now a hate crime against israeli jews. merci!

Writing advice: take a walk. Trust me.