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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Ask Questions Later and @claireberlinski.bsky.social's The Cosmopolitan Globalist are offering a two-for-one subscription this week! Details here (along with a discussion of the vulgarization of language): danperry.substack.com/p/when-a-us-...

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When a US President ‘Annihilates’

The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 88: The vulgarization of everything - and our amazing two-for-one subscription offer!

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Russia is holding a fake election with “ballots,” “polling stations,” “turnout figures” and eventually “official results.” It's a laughable fakery - but sadly, major Western news organizations are playing along in their desperation to seem “objective.” danperry.substack.com/p/why-are-ke...

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Why Are Key Media Pretending Russia’s “Election” Is Real?

Russia is staging a fake electoral operation - tet some of the world’s leading news organizations continue to describe it in the language of genuine democratic choice

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The next president may be too late to fix this. But, then again, not necessarily. Here’s a plan. danperry.substack.com/p/trump-risk...

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Trump Risks Breaking the West

The next president may be too late. But, then again, not necessarily. Here’s a plan.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

AI’s most visible political enemy is strikingly prosaic: a windowless warehouse filled with computers. Data centers are becoming objects of intense opposition worldwide. But they are an avatar for something else: fear and loathing of AI. danperry.substack.com/p/the-data-c...

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The Data Center Revolt Is Really Against AI

The backlash against data centers is about far more than electricity and water. It is becoming a referendum on the risks, costs and promises of the AI revolution itself.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

LABOR DAY ESSAY: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” looks remarkably faithful to Homer, then turns out to be not so at all (SPOILER ALERT) danperry.substack.com/p/we-have-br...

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We Have Broken Zeus’s Law

LABOR DAY ESSAY: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” looks remarkably faithful to Homer, then turns out to be not so at all (SPOILER ALERT)

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Gloria Steinem died without succeeding in her lifelong goal. Republicans shamed America by blocking the Equal Rights Amendment. It’s extraordinary that equality between men and women still isn't US law. We should make it our business to fix it. danperry.substack.com/p/gloria-ste...

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Gloria Steinem Failed. It’s an American Disgrace.

Her death took me back to 1982, when she came to my hometown and equality still seemed inevitable. Then came the Republicans. This needs to be punished.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Trump's idiotic assault on Canada might backfire danperry.substack.com/p/trumps-idi...

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

On today’s Critical Conditions, @claireberlinski.bsky.social and I discuss the latest thing that is too weird to be believed: Trump, last heard from preferring Russia to Ukraine, now seems to prefer North Korea to the democratic US ally in the peninsula's south danperry.substack.com/p/trump-choo...

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Trump Chooses North Korea Over South Korea

And sure! Why Not? After all he likes the dictator Kim. We discuss this and other weirdness on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 79

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

DISPATCH FROM A PIVOTAL GREEK ISLAND: How the massacre of Italians by Nazis led to the World War II Holocaust of Greece’s Jews danperry.substack.com/p/the-killin...

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The Killings of Kefalonia

DISPATCH FROM A PIVOTAL GREEK ISLAND: How the massacre of Italians by Nazis led to the World War II Holocaust of Greece’s Jews

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

A conversation on the Ukraine war with Tom Kent, AP's former International Editor and author of the new book "The Propaganda Manual of the Ukraine War" danperry.substack.com/p/talking-ru...

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Talking Russia, Ukraine and Propaganda with Tom Kent

Uber-journalist and Russia expert Tom Kent appears on the CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 78

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Trump has turned his personal social media account into one of America’s principal instruments of war — and so far, the results have been absurd danperry.substack.com/p/the-first-...

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The First Tweet War

Trump has turned his personal social media account into one of America’s principal instruments of war — and so far, the results have been absurd

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Everyone is on edge for escalation. The Iraqi PM goes to Tehran, hat in hand. Netanyahu goes for the gutter in his distressed election campaign. Remember the name Gadi Eisenkot. danperry.substack.com/p/middle-eas...

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Middle East Update

Everyone is on edge for escalation. The Iraqi PM goes to Tehran, hat in hand. Netanyahu goes for the gutter in his distressed election campaign. Remember the name Gadi Eisenkot.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Mountainhead, a movie about tech tycoons gone jargon-spewingly berserk, is a sign of the times. The AQL review explains why it matters to you. danperry.substack.com/p/the-tech-t...

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The Tech Titans Are Villains Now. Is It Unfair?

SUNDAY READ: Mountainhead, a movie about tech tycoons gone jargon-spewingly berserk, is a sign of the times

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Instead of accepting US capitulation, Tehran escalated — attacking Gulf shipping, striking US partners and ordering Hezbollah to prepare for wider war. Appeasement bought nothing and the US should begin building support for a comprehensive land/air/sea blockade danperry.substack.com/p/the-least-...

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The Least Bad Option

A Total Blockade of Iran - for PAID SUBSCRIBERS

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Netanyahu's efforts to remake Israel in the image of Turkey are on overdrive as he races against the clock. The rundown here: danperry.substack.com/p/netanyahu-...

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Lindsay Graham, whom I met some years ago in Italy, was not MAGA but globalist. He believed in the post-WWII order that is currently in danger. Obviously, he walked a tightrope. My analysis on @newsnation.bsky.social

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Against fierce competition, Netanyahu has been competing hard for the Gold Medal in Elected Autocracy. This week the winning blow was struck in a decision that the Supreme Court can be ignored. danperry.substack.com/p/bibi-does-...

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Bibi Does Putin One Better

Israel's government has established the principle that court rulings can be ignored

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

On this Fourth of July, as America marks the 250th anniversary of its founding, we’ve assembled a selection of AQL’s coverage of the United States — its extraordinary strengths, its profound flaws, and the questions that will shape its future. danperry.substack.com/p/25-stories...

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25 Stories about 250

A tour d'horizon of the United States — and a 25% discount to honor its semiquincentennial birthday!

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The world’s indispensable experiment is a spellbinding paradox danperry.substack.com/p/america-at...

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America at 250

The world’s indispensable experiment is a spellbinding paradox

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The US Supreme Court Proves to Be Not TOTAL Quislings. So is it "mostly" or merely "partly"? The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 70. danperry.substack.com/p/the-us-sup...

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The US Supreme Court Proves to Be Not TOTAL Quislings

So is it "mostly" or merely "partly"? The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 70

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

“If Netanyahu tries to sabotage the elections, we will have no choice but to drive him out with sticks and stones,” ex-PM Ehud Barak said. The astonishing thing is that no one was astonished or called him a hysteric. danperry.substack.com/p/israelis-e...

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Israelis Expect Netanyahu to Sabotage the Coming Election

This astonishing new reality holds grim suggestions for the future of Israel’s democracy. A massive test approaches. Also in the United States.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Here are the main stories of June from Ask Questions Later, attached to an indisputably hilarious cartoon about finding parsimony in all the wrong places. Check it out! danperry.substack.com/p/the-longes...

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The Longest Light

THE AQL JUNE ROUNDUP: Are we being parsimonious with the right things?

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The Israel-Lebanon accord is actually a big deal, and a very brave move by the leaders of Lebanon, who must now be protected from assassination by Hezbollah and Iran. danperry.substack.com/p/lebanon-di...

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

On the dangerous chasm between world of the informed and everyone else. Many will mock the elites and disdain mainstream media, even rejoicing in its troubles. They'll be the ones running into walls because they don't believe they're there. danperry.substack.com/p/the-war-of...

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The War of the Worlds

WEEKEND READ: The dangerous chasm between world of the informed and everyone else

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Russia now defends atomic weapons as guarantors of peace, but also offers the prime example of how they allow conventional outrage under the blackmail of nuclear escalation. That explains much about Iran. See the full story: danperry.substack.com/p/every-crim...

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

SUNDAY READ: Tech mania is making us forget how to speak like human beings. "Compute" as a noun is the latest reminder, and one of the vilest. Ban it! danperry.substack.com/p/compute-is...

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“Compute” Is a Jargonistic Scourge. Ban It!

SUNDAY READ: Tech mania is making us forget how to speak like human beings

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Analyzing Trump's capitulation deal with Iran on @newsnation.bsky.social with @connellmcshane.bsky.social - And here's the story in @thehill: thehill.com/opinion/5926...

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Iran’s criminal regime - a menace to its people and many others - deserved to be crushed. But going to war without a serious plan for the Strait of Hormuz may rank among the great strategic blunders of modern history. danperry.substack.com/p/the-march-...

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The March of Folly Comes to Hormuz

Iran’s regime deserved to be crushed. But going to war without a serious plan for the Strait of Hormuz may rank among the great strategic blunders of modern history.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity on Iran over the weekend as the situation appears to be approaching a possible tipping point with no good options available to the US. Here's my analysis on @newsnation.bsky.social, and the story is in the first comment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7t...

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NewsNation 23 May 2026

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

As Tehran tests whether the West can withstand economic pain in the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing may be drawing conclusions about how far democracies would really go to defend Taiwan danperry.substack.com/p/hormuz-is-...

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Hormuz Is Not Just About Iran - China Is Watching

As Tehran tests whether the West can withstand economic pain in the Strait of Hormuz, Beijing may be drawing conclusions about how far democracies would really go to defend Taiwan

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 61. Prepare to learn of Wes Streeting. danperry.substack.com/p/a-very-bri...

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A Very British Political Crisis

The CRITICAL CONDITIONS podcast, Ep. 61. Prepare to learn of Wes Streeting.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I went to Jerusalem to meet with a series of leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis. The results were fascinating. If you care at all about Israel, don't miss this. danperry.substack.com/p/my-despera...

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My Desperate Debate with Top Haredi Rabbis

SUNDAY READ: These discussions underscored how the Jewish state is facing the world's most intensive internal cultural war

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

In speaking truth to power, Charles III proved himself far worthier than the Clown Who Would Be King danperry.substack.com/p/one-king

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One King

In speaking truth to power, Charles III proved himself far worthier than the Clown Who Would Be King

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, we argue that the threat comes not only from governments but from public confusion about what the press even is. A renewed covenant is needed. danperry.substack.com/p/press-free...

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Press Freedom’s Real Crisis Is Hiding in Plain Sight

ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, we argue that the threat comes not only from governments but from public confusion about what the press even is. A renewed covenant is needed.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

The war is now no longer about the air campaign but the US blockade of Iran’s ports. The regime’s betting they can impose unlimited pain on their own people but the world, and the West, cannot tolerate even a little, and will break soon. danperry.substack.com/p/this-is-no...

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This Is Now About the Blockade

MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING FOR PAID SUBSCRIBERS

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Orban, Erdogan, Putin, Trump - they were not the inventors. This guy was. He was executed 81 years ago today. danperry.substack.com/p/the-man-wh...

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The Man Who Built the Modern Autocrat

TODAY IN HISTORY: Benito Mussolini, executed on April 28, 1945, showed how democracy can be dismantled from within

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Discussing the world's "multi-directional derangement syndrone" with @connellmcshane.bsky.social on @newsnation.bsky.social. AKA: Would the Europeans have played ball on Iran with a less offensive US president? www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDO6...

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NewsNation 24 April 2026

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

With the region on a knife's edge, Mohammad Khatibi makes the case for Iran. It would be interesting to hear this intelligent would-be apologist once he's free of the regime. danperry.substack.com/p/a-debate-w...

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A Debate With An Analyst In Tehran

With the region on a knife's edge, Mohammad Khatibi makes the case for Iran. It would be interesting to hear this intelligent would-be apologist once he's free of the regime.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

For centuries, we defined ourselves by work. Artificial intelligence is making that less plausible. AQL offers a seditious — but possibly useful — proposal. danperry.substack.com/p/the-aristo...

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The Aristobots

SUNDAY READ: For centuries, we defined ourselves by work. Artificial intelligence is making that less plausible. AQL offers a seditious — but possibly useful — proposal.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The US Electoral College is a creaky 18th-century contraption that sometimes awarding victory to the loser and is massively vulnerable to cheating. Virginia just took a meaningful step toward fixing this. Pennsylvania should be next. danperry.substack.com/p/the-us-sta...

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The US State of Virginia Just Ditched the Electoral College. Pennsylvania Should Be Next.

The damaging and anachronistic Electoral College can’t be abolished — but it will be bypassed, if a few battleground states follow Virginia’s lead

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Talking to @newsnation.bsky.social's @connellmcshane.bsky.social about the folly of Trump's threats to bolt NATO and how the Europeans are dealing with it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjT7...

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NewsNation 15 April 2026 NATO and Europe

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

On pretty much every consequential issue, everyone awaits the word of a person who tweets images of himself as Jesus. It's a shocking mutation of what the American republic was meant to be. danperry.substack.com/p/the-us-is-...

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The US is Shockingly Close to One-Man Rule

The United States was designed to resist kings; it now behaves as if it has one.

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Dan Perry @dan-perry.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

VIKTOR DEFEATED: Hungarians voted decisively to turn the page, offering a hopeful signal that the populist assault on liberal democracy, and on press freedom, may be losing its grip danperry.substack.com/p/viktor-def...

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Viktor Defeated

Hungarians voted decisively to turn the page, offering a hopeful signal that the populist assault on liberal democracy, and on press freedom, may be losing its grip

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