Gute Diskussion re: Wehrpflicht. Bedenken: der schädliche Einfluss von TikTok; die Schäden der Merkel-Jahre; die Notwendigkeit, die Jugend vorzubereiten; die Notwendigkeit, den Gesellschaftsvertrag zwischen den Altersgruppen zu überarbeiten. podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/r...

Melissa is looking like very bad news for Jamaica. Hoping for the best for everyone down there...

I think we should just have a normal trading relationship with Canada. I think the basic Canadian position is the correct position for the US, as well, and also the "patriotic" one.

'Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the twelve apostles, all the saints in heaven, the archangel Gabriel and all the angels, and all the holy men and women of the Church, that hurt.'

This is what he wants to say to the farmers?

Interesting.

Distribute this report far and wide; every American should read it. It concludes that the United States is moving toward competitive authoritarianism as a result of the Trump administration's attacks on our government and institutions. open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...

The correct choice in the Maine Senate primary is Mills, but 30 years younger.

"Crybully" is, I find, such an apt term for what has become an increasingly common archetype in public life.

Unpopular opinion: 40-year-olds are not old. Maybe "young" is a stretch, but.

Motte-and-bailey is the term du jour, I see.

Interesting conversation between David Frum and Sam Harris re:, i.a., the Machiavellianism and self-absorption of the current generation of tech elite and the implications of same for society. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

From a couple of months ago, an interesting discussion re: the importance of export controls for high-end chips vis-à-vis the People's Republic of China and related issues. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Interesting piece, especially in light of recent coverage of Poland's extraordinary economic success in recent decades. Poland is quietly becoming an immigration country. notesfrompoland.com/2025/10/15/l...

In regional news, this is the first night this season where the overnight temperature will drop to 68 F / 20 C. Lovely out there 🌴😌

Interesting re: the 900,000+ Syrians who remain in Germany after the fall of Assad. Between 1,000 and 2,000 have accepted voluntary return with federal assistance, and about 10,000 naturalize as German each year. Meanwhile, more than 17,000 additional... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Watch the weather, friends in Arizona and Southern California...

Put on a British police show.

When is Adelita Grijalva going to be sworn in?

Russian planes are out again, flying to launch missiles at Ukraine. The drone attack has been ongoing for hours. This is how our weekend is going here in Ukraine. Again. Keep us in your thoughts tonight, please.

This is misinfo, but also pretty funny in spite of itself. First of all, no way this account is American. Second, the US population reached 100 million at some point between 1915 and 1920, not at whatever time this Gillette commercial was made.

Georgia needs a bit of everyone's attention tonight. 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺

No fake wars. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Today is German Unity Day, probably the closest thing to a "national day" that Germany has. It commemorates the official reunification of East and West Germany on 3 October 1990.

Interesting historical comparison. Regime continuously uses pretextual events to trigger further repression, incl. employment sanctions. Private institutions: weak. Silicon Valley oligarchs were aggrieved due to perceived loss of control/ influence. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Kharkiv is again under attack.

Watched this, "Bullet Train Explosion", a remake of a 1975 film. It was cheesy and pretty bad. On the other hand, there's action, there are the landscapes of Japan, and there are trains, so, a few of my favorite elements.

Excellent monologue. "We are no longer in the muzzle velocity stage of this presidency...; we are in the authoritarian consolidation stage of this presidency... Donald Trump is corrupting the government. He is using it to hound his enemies, to line... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Is anyone addressing the potential nuclear incident that Russia is now risking by cutting off the power to Zaporizhzhia NPP? That seems like it ought to be a priority.

Two things are simultaneously true: 1. Maduro is a dictator and illegitimate, and Venezuela, the region, and the world would be better off with him out; and 2. *We* should not be invading Venezuela, attacking it, or wasting scarce military resources on that country.

It's subscribers-only now, but this was a great conversation with Kate Shaw on the Roberts Court, Trump, executive power, and the courts. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

We have seen, and will continue to see, a lot of snobby takes from certain sectors of the legal profession on this. I don't know much about Ms. Halligan, but the fact is, it is generally true that *any* civil lawyer who hasn't practiced criminal law, will not know how to do so...

Capitalization has to be postponed. It's too controversial.

TIL that Fabians and Fenians are different things.

This was interesting. On the one hand, a border area that swung Trump, now confronted by the Trump reality. On the other hand, though, a narrative of how chaotic the border – the Vermont / Quebec border – was under the Biden admin, and how damaging that was. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

JK Rowling is a terrible person in my opinion.

From a few weeks ago, great interview on Silicon Curtain with Andrei Soldatov regarding the Russian journalists who chose to align with or accommodate the regime, and the personalities and grievances associated with that. Very relevant here and now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/8...

Schularick: The state's share of the German economy is 48%, roughly the same as in 1985. Why was there then enough money for all these modernization projects, and not now? Because today, one-third of state expenditures go into the retirement system. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

It's subscribers-only now, but this was a good and sobering conversation with Radley Balko. Klein: "...Then there is this other way of imagining it, which is that, when you see movements like this, they have to start with one group of undesirables and... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Updated my US map and did Canada and UK ones for sh*ts and gigs. Looking at the UK one, it's funny that I never wanted to venture south of north Lincolnshire 😂

Interesting to consider that the distance between Cape Spear, Newfoundland and Portmagee, Ireland is approximately 1,884 miles (3,031 km). That is shorter than the shortest coast-to-coast distance across the mainland US – approximately 2,100 miles from San Diego to Jacksonville.

Shanah Tovah, happy Rosh Hashanah and happy High Holidays to Jewish celebrants.

Making common cause with a far-right movement; being surprised that that movement is full of antisemites. This is not "180 degrees" from President Trump. This is what President Trump enabled.

"Concerned about politicization at the DOJ" would be an understatement.

The russians are attacking our cities at night yet again. Their goal is to terrorize, disrupt, destroy. Please speak about Ukraine, amplify our voices, this is very important. #UkrainianView

Good discussion re: Further speech repression by fed govt; Worsening Orbanization of American media / social media envt under Trump's cronies; Realization that no amount of bad stuff happening to many GOP voters will get them to vote for Democrats. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

It's been a wild ride since we founded this party seven weeks ago, but I've instructed a solicitor on defamation. So ends my white boy summer, and so begins my autumn of rage.

1. Wie kann man jungen Menschen die Bedeutung der Landesverteidigung vermitteln, und gleichzeitig von den älteren Deutschen mehr verlangen? 2. Was ist der Sinn der heutigen Bundesfraktion der SPD? 3. Warum ist ihre Führung pazifistisch und/oder pro-🇷🇺? podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

My boycott of Israel, Palestine, Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Greece, Belgium, Hungary, and Quebec is sustained principally by not inquiring too hard where things come from.

I'm going to go ahead and say that I don't know what the Democrats' strategy should be re: the government shutdown. I've read arguments and counterarguments. Bad situation. No idea.