... if you voted for Trump, JFC but that's on you, he's not a riddle and he's not wrapped in anything. But this is a Trump War, Trump is an Epistemic Collapse President, and the Epistemic Collapse was the deliberate goal of... 3/

Are they paying so much over an allegation? These headlines are atrocious.

I still think 9/11 and its Iraq war were major contributors to the great crash of ‘08. God only knows what more new plagues will be visited up on us for this latest war of choice.

"Mechanised armies of the 20th century have lost their meaning and the infantryman has reached the limits of human capability," said one Russian military expert.

TikTokification has fucked us, man

It is the ancient struggle between Ahura Mazda and Ahriman which playing as it has always done, again and again and noted by the devout Zoroastrian Karl Marx in Capital , who observed it as the battle between quantity and quality.

Join @carolleonnig.bsky.social and me at @politicsprose.bsky.social at the DC Wharf on May 21 in discussion of my forthcoming book Liar's Kingdom. politics-prose.com/andrew-weiss...

I do not see the UK ever rejoining the European project. The English have way too much pride for their own good.

I bet this will put a spring in that Starmer’s shoes.

Ari Melber reports on Robert Mueller’s legacy and is joined by Andrew Weissmann: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmQ7... @weissmann.substack.com

Both the Wall Street Journal and The Information confirming that OpenAI is killing Sora - both the app and *access to its video-generating model for developers*. This is a huge move that suggests things are a bit desperate www.wsj.com/tech/ai/open... www.theinformation.com/articles/ope...

So it costs more than minimum wage, is that the problem and not that Americans never lived in a world where energy efficiency was a virtue?

Groping is allowed in this new world.

"Is this the end?"

Oh wow I was wrong, Disney fully exiting

What I like about here is that it doesn’t look or feel like the world is just obsessed with a few things under the sun.

Israelis will soon be living on the side of a volcano if this war with Iran keeps up.

What would happen if the Iranians start putting out random posts that they are talking to Vance or Miller or even Musk?

"People seem to know what Donald Trump is going to say and make bets accordingly..." Rumours suggest millions were made on Trump's false claims of Iran peace talks. Is he working in America's interest, or to make his mates richer? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/did-...

I guess he is still on a walkabout to find himself.

“What is to prevent the emergence of a perfect ideology, which is not just internally consistent but quite literally impossible to think one’s way out of?”

I wrote about why - with a million caveats - we might feel optimistic that Europe’s populist right is no longer advancing everywhere, all at once For @theleaduk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...

Why the war in the Middle East will have long term impacts on energy prices and our energy security. I talked to TRT World last night. m.youtube.com/watch?v=S3yF...

Put "markets," "the wisdom of crowds" and "incentives matter" together and you get "prediction markets." 23/

But incentives really *do* matter. That's the premise of Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." This comes up all the time. 9/

Trolls are out, criticizing the Mueller Report and its findings; saying Mueller accomplished nothing. Read the facts first. Then decide for yourself. Here: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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These guys are a paragon of awesome stupidity. I never thought, I would actually witness an empire fuck itself this badly.

Municipales 2026 : Hittler bat Zielinski à Arcis-sur-Aube

It is being reported on the ground in Cuba that everyone on a ventilator at this hospital died overnight. As a Cuban, I'm devastated.

Book banning has reached the UK. By @gemmaclark.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/gemmacla...

Gas only sets Spain's electricity price 15% of the time. When gas costs spike it barely registers on the electricity bill. In countries like Italy and the UK gas sets the price 90% of the time. The difference is enormous. I spoke to @politico.com about this. www.politico.eu/article/spai...

This is probably the funniest thing that happened this month.

I am sure the Americans will now impose sanctions on him if they haven’t already done so.

When Trump dies and people celebrate that fact, show this to anyone who complains.

On the bright side, trump proofing a political system is probably going to be many people's life work for at least a generation, if not more.

Crude oil prices rise faster in Asia than in US and Europe amid Iran war https://asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/iran-tensions/crude-oil-prices-rise-faster-in-asia-than-in-us-and-europe-amid-iran-war

I think he is the first dictator shameless enough to claim total support. Even the North Korea fella is only in the very high 90s. He is mad and slowly but surely he has been Turing everyone and everything around him mad as well.

What else might they have in their quiver?

we can remember that the Trump war is illegal and evil while also remembering that the Iranian regime is evil.

Baldrick would have made a better president.

High oil prices are good for Putin — but how good? I once ran the largest oil company in Russia and I have some thoughts. Subscribe to my new Substack here (it's free!) — khodorkovsky.substack.com

The sad thing is if Trump is trapped so is America.

BREAKING: The blackout in Spain and Portugal in April 2025 did NOT happen because of renewables. The final ENTSO-E report on last year's Iberian blackout is out — and it's essential reading for anyone working on the energy transition. www.entsoe.eu/news/2026/03...

Cowards usually live to fight another day.

AIPAC has made a destructive turn. It has become effectively a front for rightwing billionaires to tear down any candidate who will not sign onto its unqualified, extreme position on Israel.

India bans 'The Voice of Hind Rajab', citing threats to relationship with Israel - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/india-bans-voice-of-hind-rajab-citing-threats-israel-relationship

If only the rest of Europe and the Middle East did something similar, maybe the Trump will get the message and stop.