Hustling is an under-rated effort in entrepreneurship (sigh)

For anyone who cares to pay attention, the fact that major developers are lining up behind the NIMBY mayoral candidate tells you a lot about real-world housing politics and who the real shills tend to be in local YIMBY/NIMBY fights. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/n...

So what we do with men who stand in the way WHEN you are having a conversation :-/ Must confess women do it too. But so annoying all the same.

Blindsided by Trump, Modi is learning hard lessons about India's place in the new world order | Mukul Kesavan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

We are indisputably in nerd territory. I had fun working on this. bsky.app/profile/gene...

The joy of nurturing sources willing to speak on background. Trust is the currency in journalism.

The US has slapped additional levies on India over its purchases of discounted Russian oil, dealing a blow to the world’s fastest-growing large economy and deepening a rift between Washington and New Delhi on.ft.com/4fWmxte

Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/41X8Jsz

A primetime TV talent show each summer selects the nation’s most idyllic village. But in Saint-Antoine-l’Abbaye, not everyone is happy, says Simon Kuper: on.ft.com/4oO39Th

BCG roiled by internal backlash over Gaza aid work on.ft.com/4mW1V6E

I am at a point where my calendar might collapse from the sheer weight of everything that needs to be plugged into it: - fast-moving editorial tasks, deadlines, projects - nuts and bolts of a media operation - my son's after school classes - other flotsam from modern life Has to be another way

Why can’t India produce a Nvidia or a DeepSeek? on.ft.com/4m8vmlX | opinion

‘Never compromise’ or ‘Narendra Surrender’? India’s Modi navigates showdown with US www.ft.com/content/0ed9...

The highlight of the summer this year has to be watching my son take to playing cricket. (And me bowling. Lol)

The U.S. is finally catching up with India. Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

Genève: Ce soir Womens Euro: Sweden Vs Denmark

In a few days, I will be heading into my very first days off in 2025. And I count myself lucky to be able to do so in this tragic year for global health and beyond. I have practically worked every single day this year, harder than the five years since "founding" @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social

Have you seen the UK visa application? Same question. They should turn the question back on themselves. Self-reflexive foreign policy...

Presenting nearly 30 blistering editions from us during Q2 2025 covering treaty negotiations, the global health financing crisis, a slew of illuminating guest essays, interviews and more! Geneva Health Files Wrap April-June 2025 + GHF Jobs Scanner genevahealthfiles.substack.com/p/geneva-hea...

🎙️ Last week, we discussed the new Pandemic Treaty and its implications during a Geneva Urban Debate, co-organized with UN-Habitat and Global Parliament of Mayors. Speaker @pritipatnaik.bsky.social , Founding Editor of the @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social , followed negotiations from the outset.

The A7A5 token, billed as the first stablecoin pegged to the rouble, was launched in February by a fugitive Moldovan oligarch and a Russian defence sector bank. www.ft.com/content/1c71...

What a story!

Nice to be in London for a conference on building the business side of journalism. And while here...

Zohran Mamdani has waged a surprisingly strong campaign for mayor of New York City. Can the movement he created overcome Andrew Cuomo’s power?

Palestine was a dominant topic at the World Health Assembly this year. Countries debated how to respond to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and agreed to include Palestine to the International Health Regulations regime. My reporting, with @pritipatnaik.bsky.social, for the Geneva Health Files.

How Wall Street offloaded $13bn of debt tied to Elon Musk’s Twitter deal https://www.ft.com/content/51c51b49-57fc-435d-9146-e86d7b19ca81

World Health Assembly: Why Multilateralism Needs More Than Solidarity I wrote this for thinkglobalhealth.org www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/worl...

Europe’s far right is hammering at the door of power | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/9daa499c-994e-4e1f-be29-82fab1f0958e

Under attack from the Trump administration, Harvard is offering free online courses on the US Constitution, US government, democratic institutions, public engagement, etc. 😉 Do browse. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...

Saturday Epiphany: Magnanimity, discretion, gentle ruthlessness, key elements for media entrepreneurship. @genevahealthfiles.bsky.social

Absolutely cool photos in this story. I don't get many such opportunities, because in general we cannot photograph negotiators or negotiations @who.int

The reputation and independence of credit rating agencies might have improved a bit as a result of this announcement

What management theory tells us about Trump’s ‘team of rivals’ https://www.ft.com/content/5476e880-6b90-466f-a89e-fe86a1aba5da

We have failed #Palestine.

Did the world just avert nuclear war? link.foreignpolicy.com/view/6442934...

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