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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

In Corbin & King we trust.

Whatever the state of the dining scene in this tough economy, King has enough of a loyal following

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

remember to read Kalecki as well as Keynes. if your class is defined by "control of the means of production" then production is a nice to have but control is a got to have.

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I'm not surprised that American democracy is being dismantled in the interests of a car company, I'm just surprised they didn't hold out for a decent car

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Innsmouth Looksmaxxing @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

"Car dealership that disappears political dissidents" really does feel like the form America has been building to this whole time.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

2024 me (which was, ooh, three months ago now) would have bet the house on the Russian Federation breaking up before the USA. Today me see-saws from one to the other. Which is perhaps less a reflection on the pace of change than of my geopolitical nous, or lack thereof.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Or in defence of Canada against the US 🤯

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

You can quibble about the data plotting or the visualisation. That's just tinkering at the edges. "The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia... than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west)." The US is aligned with the values of Putin's Russia.

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Andrew Levi @andrewprlevi.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

If the Trump-Putin Pact exists, Europe has to pre-empt its execution. If it doesn’t exist, but Europe can’t be sure enough of that, it still has to pre-empt. Even if Trump assured Europe that it didn’t exist, he couldn’t be believed, so Europe would still have to pre-empt. /7.

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Tristan Snell @tristansnell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Somehow, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, the first country to surrender was America.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Слава Україні 🇺🇦🌻

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

"et ses mains ourdiroient les entrailles du prêtre, à défaut d'un cordon, pour étrangler les rois," Meslier via Diderot (1772), paraphrased as early as 1791 already as: "quand le dernier roi sera pendu avec les boyaux du dernier prêtre célibataire, le genre humain pourra espérer être heureux."

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

The current US Administration is capable of two things only: breaking everything and spewing lies with a side of gleeful performative cruelty. Nothing else. Picking on just this one example because Ebola is terrifying. 🧵👇

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Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Usually political risk people write stuff about like the threat of armed group attacks or piracy or whatever but it's wild the #1 wild card factor is "we literally don't know what the most powerful empire that is the pillar of the world order is going to randomly decide to do tomorrow"

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I know I should be concentrating on real concrete things actually happening, for both pragmatic and mental health reasons, but, seriously... wut?? 🤯

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Begs the obvious question: will that include Trump?

Ministers will expand the criteria for exclusions to the UK to include anyone who provides significant support to, or enjoys access at the highest levels of, the Russian government, the Home Office said.

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Jasmin Mujanović @jasminmuj.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I’ve maintained since the initial invasion of Crimea in 2014 that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is as clear-cut as international relations gets. This is the first rung on the moral ladder. If you’re equivocating on this issue, you should not be allowed to turn on the stove by yourself.

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Gabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Trump the self-appointed peacemaker is increasing the likelihood of war, not decreasing it. Putin is being given a licence to kill, not a one-way ticket to The Hague. It’s even more than a licence to kill, it’s an invitation.🧵10/17

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025

My oath is to the Constitution of our state and of our country. We don’t have kings in America – and I don’t intend to bend the knee to one. I am not speaking up in service to my ambitions — but in deference to my obligations.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

if you were accidentally fired while transporting a nuclear warhead and currently need a place to stay with said warhead please know that i have a sizable backyard and an abiding desire to be a nuclear power

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

A quote today from the great Julia Davis. If Europe hasn’t figured out that Trump is bringing our 80-year collective security friendship, which has served us all well, to an abrupt and catastrophic end, you know it today. You are on your own. Act accordingly.

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timoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Trump being a creature of pure id also means he has much better and more basal survival instincts than Musk. Musk’s conviction that he is a unique genius walks him first into the rat trap where Trump’s rodent brain has him stand back.

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Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Never thought that saving Europe from fascism would mean praying for German rearmament. But here we are.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

"the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must"

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Gabrielius Landsbergis @glandsbergis.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

What needs to happen to avoid this all-too-likely disaster? My hope lies with Europe, with the appearance of a leader with Churchill’s resolve, the spirit to say we will never surrender, we will defend all of Europe, from Ukraine to Portugal.🧵15/17

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

A wider war in Europe within the next twelve months is not inevitable. But in just a few short days, the dial has shifted from possible to probable. And I am not prepared for it. Not at all prepared.

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Johanna @johannavonalemann.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

If you get the chance to watch this, do. Zelensky: "People might be frustrated with Brussels, and I understand that. But, if it's not Brussels, it will be Moscow". #msc25

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Daniel Keohane @keohanedan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

“If there is an agreement made behind our backs…Ukrainians will resist and we will support them” EU foreign policy chief @kajakallas.bsky.social

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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The people of Europe stand with Ukraine against the threat of a false peace as much as brutal war. Because of our shared history. Because of our shared future. Because it is just. Because it is necessary. And because they deserve nothing less. Don't abandon them. #SlavaUkraini youtu.be/u8GftJEa4_8

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"Don't Abandon Them" - Marsh Family adaptation of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" about Ukraine

YouTube video by Marsh Family

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

It’s hard to communicate the crisis that’s unfolding and the dangers ahead because a lot of superficial things won’t change. The Netflix will still turn on. Your sports teams will play. You’ll see movies. But the things that make liberal democratic life uniquely stable, secure, & vibrant will decay.

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Sam Greene @samagreene.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The bait-and-switch, with Kellogg talking to the Ukrainians and Europeans, but Witkoff dealing with Moscow and evidently Trump, does more than just underscore the White House's preference for bilateralism. It locks in the sense in Europe that Washington cannot be trusted. /8

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Materialist Gnostic @walmsley.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

part of what is so fucking insane about anti-Ukraine sentiment is how absolutely baseless it is. it doesn't matter if you are a cold-eyed national interest maximizer or a bleeding heart lover of liberty, it all tips towards "give them the guns"

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m @keptsimple.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

for decades the federal govt has bent over backwards to limit spending even on totally sensible things like office coffee, all so they can say your tax dollars aren't going to pay for coffee. and it was all for nothing bc elon is tweeting out conspiracy theories about non-existent fraud.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Over a week old and seemingly still broadly true.

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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 08/02/2025

And this will wreck the lives of many people who may not be progressives or politically engaged at all. Explain to them why it matters! They might not care about Musk’s Hitler salute, but they probably will care if all their food gets infected or their kids’ teachers don’t get paid.

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

To be clear, I 100% believe that the primary barrier to Elon Musk gaining control of the Treasury payments system is COBOL

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

i think an important thing for people outside the US to understand is that elon musk seized control of the government today and most americans don’t even realize it happened.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

In isolation, no inference can be drawn from this. However, in the broader context, data point after data point, finding after finding, the evidence adds up pretty conclusively to a less than optimal outcome.

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Gilbert @admetus71.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Chúc mừng năm mới. An khang thịnh vượng.

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Marco Incerti @marcoinbxl.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Two great threads with everything you wanted to know about #DeepSeek, #AI/ finance, but where afraid to ask bsky.app/profile/anil...

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Jonathan Ford @grepsul.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Really interesting piece, which illustrates (in the case of the car market) how policies in Britain towards transport, infrastructure, net zero, etc, are generally framed in the mistaken belief that we are a much wealthier society than we actually are open.substack.com/pub/martinro...

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Britain’s car market is a complete disaster

In which the nation's most average driver tries to buy a new car and realises we’re all poor now.

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Claire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

I’ll say this until I drop: It’s not about the substance, it’s about your relationship to it. I don’t really think there ARE bad drugs. There are drugs used in maladaptive ways. And a lynchpin of harm reduction is approaching your substance use with eyes open, understanding your risk.

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Carol Jasper @drcaroljasper.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Morning. If you read a post about ‘grooming gangs’ or ‘rape’, check the account. If the only mention of sexual assaults to women involve some sort of specific group of people pertaining to a specific demographic - the poster is inherently racist and are using harm to women as a vehicle for rhetoric.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 03/01/2025

Elon Musk is starting to risk getting Jess Phillips killed. She's been safeguarding minister for six months. She oversaw nothing relating to the rape gangs. As an opposition MP she was one of the most prominent campaigners for the victims. What he's doing is a travesty.

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Niléane @mastodon.nileane.fr · 24/12/2024

This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here Frohe Weihnachten

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