Very interesting and thoughtful piece by @thoughtgenerate.bsky.social Worth your time.

@chadbourn.bsky.social theorymatters.substack.com/p/why-woke-p... I thought you may enjoy my latest :)

open.substack.com/pub/theoryma... "Anyone can play with ideas over a cold beer, imagining some futuristic utopia where suddenly everyone converges with your ideals. Paradise it will be, except for those who happen to disagree with you."

There are 34 candidates in Clacton, with the Official Monster Raving Loony party running 3 candidates, against Mr Farage, the SDP, Laurence Fox, Count Binface, the Everyone is God Party, with Rejoin EU and The Consensus Party among the outsiderd www.tendringdc.gov.uk/news/clacton...

open.substack.com/pub/theoryma... "Understanding this movement is more important than ever. Given the takeover of the Republican Party by the supporters of Trump, we cannot simply ignore the new right and hope they will disappear into the ether."

open.substack.com/pub/theoryma... "Understanding this movement is more important than ever. Given the takeover of the Republican Party by the supporters of Trump, we cannot simply ignore the new right and hope they will disappear into the ether."

Morgan McSweeney ordered himself an 18" pizza, which he then *of course* couldn't even come close to finishing, and for reasons I can't quite put my fingers on that feels extremely apt.

Nandy perhaps realising that the new prime minister will not be too weak to sack her and actually is interested in the policy area of culture, media and sport.

open.substack.com/pub/theoryma... My latest with @samuelmoyn discussing his fascinating new work Gerontocracy. Thanks to Sam for giving his time, and for a fascinating discussion.

open.substack.com/pub/theoryma... My latest with @samuelmoyn discussing his fascinating new work Gerontocracy. Thanks to Sam for giving his time, and for a fascinating discussion.

Really good piece here

I'm publishing a really interesting podcast with samuel moyn tonight on Theory Matters about his new book Gerontocracy :)

Music is a pain in the arse. They'll take it off in the news I suppose. But he deserves to be able to give this speech without some twat making a meaningless racket.

The undisguised irritation of Sky's correspondent at having to interview Count Binface – who he'd never heard of – was quite fun. His shock at Binface occasionally getting the better of him even more so. Suspect he'll be seeing clips of that for a while.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-tempor... My fear of paradise is not rooted in any particular version, although some are clearly more malignant than others; it is the promise itself that I find discomforting. It is the promise itself which opens the door to the weird

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-tempor... My fear of paradise is not rooted in any particular version, although some are clearly more malignant than others; it is the promise itself that I find discomforting. It is the promise itself which opens the door to the weird

This is what I love about the World Cup, that knowledge that almost the whole footballing world is united in going 'god I hope Cabo Verde can keep them out for another half'.

The social media ban doesn’t have to stop every under 16 from using social media - if it stops most of them using it, and causes those who still do to use it less, that's a big win. 10 responses to common objections to the ban. www.edrith.co.uk/p/social-med...

A Russian political cartoonist who lampooned Putin, Semyon Skrepetsky, has been assassinated in the Polish city of Biała Podlaska. He was shot in the parking area of a residential building. A suspect was arrested near the Belarusian Embassy.

Taking Kharg Island means US troops on the ground. This has the potential to get very bad. *If* he’s not talking his usual bullshit.

The saga over this plan and this sorry conclusion is going to be *the* case study of why Starmer failed as PM.

this should frighten you

A ‘radical overhaul’ is the wrong move for the youth justice system The government’s white paper risks undermining one of the few public services currently working well www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/article/comm...

Everyone on X and elsewhere who called for a violent response should be charged with incitement. Everyone involved in the pogrom should be locked up with exemplary sentences. Govt should make it clear that will be the response in future anywhere else. Enough.

In Rome for my honeymoon and words cannot describe how much I love it

open.substack.com/pub/theoryma... my latest on the role that higher education can and should play in public life

Ultimately this is the most important story in British politics and much of the world - the Iran war is putting pressure on real wages, which people will blame on the incumbent government.

my local club is about to be taken over by a Saudi businessman close to the Crown Prince. I'm so disappointed and may even stop going because of this

Pope Leo has released his first encyclical, on AI.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-value-... my latest discussing the failures of universities, the proliferation of AI, and the misunderstanding of what university is for. Please read, share, and subscribe :)

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-value-... my latest discussing the failures of universities, the proliferation of AI, and the misunderstanding of what university is for. Please read, share, and subscribe :)

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-role-o... my latest where I ask what the university is really for

Anyone who thinks Andy Burnham is going to save anything besides his own fantasy of becoming PM has been sniffing glue. He's a political huckster with all the depth of a garden pond.

theorymatters.substack.com/p/the-role-o... my latest where I ask what the university is really for

“Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow [Muslim] citizens to take out their anger don't represent the best of America, they represent the worst of humankind, and they should be ashamed of that kind of behavior.” --George W. Bush, six days after 9/11

lmfao

President Trump does not rule out sending National Guard or ICE to polling locations: I'd do anything necessary to make sure we have honest elections.

anyone who thinks UK politics isn't broken with Starmer as the latest casualty of occupying No.10 isn't really looking beyond the news cycle.

I really hope Starmer doesn't drag this out too much. These endgames are so undignified and miserable.

I don't agree with everything in this piece, but as always from Toby, it's an interesting and well-thought-out one!

I see Reform has been *manfully* trying to join in the general mood of feeling victimised, misrepresented and caricatured by egregious, abusive, ‘dehumanising’ political attacks.

War is peace

Actually I don't find it funny at all. We've wasted $72 billion, seriously made life harder and more expensive for those in our country that can least afford it. It's a debacle that infuriates me.

funniest thing i’ve ever seen

Another job rejection. God, this is soul-destroying.

www.liberalcurrents.com/rent-a-new-f... This is not a bad article, but I fear the author underestimates the problems of state capacity to enforce these things and corporate guile to get around even complex legislation. Perhaps, the myth is the 'pure market' and Schumpeter was in the end correct.

In which @stephenkb.bsky.social calls on Polanski to follow Caroline Lucas's cues and show the courage to tackle internal party racism like Edward Heath and Margaret Thatcher did www.ft.com/content/bb62...

www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w... great piece from @jamesrball.com

loved this--deep dive into how the OG superpower republic worked new episode with @bretdevereaux.bsky.social www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/roman-republic