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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 02/10/2026

Ah well nevertheless www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

Note on household analogies.

That states don't tend to retire or die, or pay off their debts entirely, is one way national debt is not like household or personal debt, not like a credit card for example, and why analogies with household debt, or suggestions the government must 'pay off or 'pay down' the debt can cause intense debate. Clearly, pithy, accessible metaphors are valuable to journalists and audiences. And 'paying off is a tempting phrase even to those who know the arguments because it seems to express the idea there must be some degree of discipline over debt, even for a state. We just used a household analogy by saying mortgage debt equal to 100% of income would not usually induce fear. But again, it helps to know that household analogies are dangerous territory, intensely contested, and can easily mislead.

Note on hype.

'What's the best line?' is an

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 30/09/2026

The kids won't remember peak Newt.

If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for 30 days because they get infections and they don't have upper body strength. I mean some do, but they're relatively rare.

"On the other hand, men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch, they roll around in it, it doesn't matter, you know. These things are very real.

"On the other hand, if combat means being on an aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for 12 ships and their rockets, a female may again be dramatically better than a male who gets very, very frustrated sitting in a chair all the time because males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 20/09/2026

things can only get worse with a northern accent

NEW: Andy Burnham will shift his messaging away from "hope" to preparing the public for "challenging times" and "difficult decisions" with Labour officials increasingly concerned the budget will be gloomier than expected

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 18/09/2026

how people of my age think of joe rogan (top left)

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 17/09/2026

what was ian saying in october 2024 - the people were protesting wrong (and this is just lies of course)

I wonder if the organisers of those pro-Palestine marches ever wonder how much they gave up. I wonder if they recognise, just even for a moment, what kind of coalition they could have built against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government if they had not tolerated patently anti-semitic rhetoric and behaviour. I wonder if they know how many Jews and non-Jews might have marched alongside them.

Even in the earliest days of the protest movement, when the memory of the October 7th atrocities were still fresh, there wasn't even a trace element of sympathy for those who had been killed. There wasn't the slightest interest, or recognition, of Jewish suffering.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 17/09/2026

please give your money to the guardian, for terfery, genocide support, and whatever this is

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 15/09/2026

Gonna tell my kids this is Ed Sheeran

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 14/09/2026

scottish independence seems unwise and impractical, but 5 minutes of listening to contemptuous english people makes me

mel gibson in braveheart yelling freedom

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 13/09/2026

Dumbest people on the planet

Rahm emanuel: I've served in two White Houses and in Congressional leadership, and I can tell you when the last time a CEO or an industry at large asked to be regulated: never. That's what makes Dario's letter so striking — it's an admission that we're driving down a dark, winding road on wet pavement with the headlights off. And where's President Trump? Looks like he nodded off again. It’s time to turn the lights on, put both hands on the wheel, and regain control before it’s too late.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 12/09/2026

Ooh i know this one-marry your 23 yrs jr assistant.

David Brooks on how to transform your life, at any age

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 12/09/2026

This is lis smith's org and this is the message they are pushing on instagram

Lis smith pushing her org's message on msnow: james talarico knows if you want to win texas, you have to win over some republicans

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 12/09/2026

only one man can help us now

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 27/08/2026

whole thing is hilarious - but I'll pick just one bit:

The risk of insider trading is minimal, especially in relative terms.
Unlike in energy commodities where a single EIA report could swing the outcome, there is little
genuinely decisive and actionable material nonpublic information for the aggregated results of
over 450 elections. Standard market procedures, including KYC, exchange rules, CFTC
regulations, trader prohibitions and market surveillance, are more than sufficient to mitigate this
risk.
The CFTC should not privilege speculative insider trading concerns over real-world data
showing these markets can be offered safely. These concerns are no basis to block a market. How
will the CFTC handle other markets’ insider trading threat–will they prohibit all trading there as
well? CFTC and exchange rules and protections exist for a reason: they work.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 26/08/2026

DNC has announced their results of the long process to find the "Joe Rogan Of The Left"

a much younger than he is today bill o'reilly

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 26/08/2026

this from derek thompson is so funny. 'maybe all the people i follow on twitter were disingenuously arguing against a strawman? much to consider.'

Thompson: I want to re-circle something that you said because I think it’s so important. When I’m on social media, on Twitter, following the arguments among people who are building AI, I’ll often see them make this fact check where they’ll say, “There’s this popular claim about data centers using all of this water, but in fact, data centers use much less water than is commonly assumed.” But that fact check is often assumed to do the job of proving that anti–data center politics is based on a myth. And what your reporting, I think, does so well is it shows that the actual on-the-ground opposition to data centers is so much more complicated than just a single factoid about water use.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 12/08/2026

seen wandering the streets of durham

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 09/08/2026

this tells you more what it is. an external advisory panel, basically there to rubber stamp a decision already made, generally. They are named for reasons you understand

Michalinos Zembylas, professor of educational theory at the Open University of Cyprus, and Prof Anoop Nayak, of Newcastle University, were among four external academics chosen to sit on the nine-member panel that unanimously selected Mr Arday in 2022.

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 31/07/2026

Rendering of new american embassy

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 27/07/2026

lofuckingl - not sure what's funnier, the idea that keir was devoured by a hostile press, or that burnham needs to provide better treats to the lobby or else