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William Bain

@wbain.bsky.social
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Professor of International Relations, National University of Singapore. International Relations | History of International Thought | Political Theology

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Brett Snyder @crankyflier.com · 15/10/2026
Now on Cranky: The A330 is the Perfect Atlantic Airplane and More Fleet Tales with American’s CCO
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The A330 is the Perfect Atlantic Airplane and More Fleet Tales with American’s CCO – Cranky Flier
The A330 is the Perfect Atlantic Airplane and More Fleet Tales with American’s CCO
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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 24/09/2026
If you encounter a manuscript that includes references to articles that do not exist, is that evidence of fraud? Or could it indicate something else---an accident, an oversight, something innocent, not worthy of the term "fraud"? My position is that it is fraud. Here is why.
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
You have managed four more points than my current total. Without doubt this will be my worst GW in more than ten years of playing FPL
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
At this stage of the season is it better to hold underperforming assets, like Wirtz, when they have a good fixture (Fulham in this case), or is it better to cut losses early and bring in new players in the hope of realising immediate improvement and avoiding prices rises?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Who are the best £4.5 defenders looking to future GW’s, now that we have nearly three weeks of information?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
That is a solid team. My daughter played a season when she was 10 and it was all cute at the start but rather less amusing when a team called Unicorn Power was leading a mini-league with five adults through the first five game weeks
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Of Haaland, Bruno, and Gabriel, which are the best to build a balanced team around without owning all three?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Superb book. I used it as the main text for my Introduction to Politics course. And it sits proudly on my shelf to this day
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Sooner the better I say before the traditional catastrophically bad GW1 following painstakingly putting a team together that is meant to rectify all my mistakes of the past
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Here here! Living in Singapore often means finalising my team several hours before kickoff. It also means I get twitchy when the 59th minute pod is recorded late in the week. Not playing World Cup to be fresh and enthusiastic for the start of FPL.
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It was a trying season at times, especially through the first half when I was languishing around the 5m rank, but I am glad that I did it in the end. Finished first in two of three mini leagues (just barely) due in part to the podcast. You do something more interesting than most. Thanks.
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
For those like me who have triple Arsenal (Raya, Gabriel, Rice) and triple City (O’Reilly, Semanyo, Cherki) which to hold and which to sell for GW 38?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Triple captain: Semanyo, Cherki, or O’Reilly?
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This is one of the best books on the Enlightenment I’ve read in a good while, and it’s timely on the problem of people ruling empires to enrich themselves, national interest as a destructive mania, and revolutions that don’t deliver
Richard Whatmore, The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis (Penguin, 2023)
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
A tweet has just been posted that you are triple captaining Denis? Are you recommending this for all of this?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
What is the General’s preferred wild card draft for the no Haaland/no Salah league?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Played my free hit in GW33 and still have my wildcard, bench boost, and TC. Three transfers and 4.5m in the bank. For GW34 I have 10 outfield players but no keeper; two are yellow flagged: Mbuemo and Gordon. Will wildcard in GW35. How many transfers are worth using to be sure of having a full 11?
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Since the beginning of the War in Iran, Pegah Banihashemi and I have argued that it is unlikely to end quickly. The dynamics we've highlighted (regime resiliency; incompatible interests between the belligerents) persist. That's why we argued a week ago in TIME that the ceasefire wouldn't last
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Why the U.S.-Iran Ceasefire Won’t Last
"The ceasefire is barely a tactical pause between actors whose core objectives remain fundamentally unchanged," write Pegah Banihashemi and Paul Poast
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
"The History of Political Thought as Window on the World" - an interesting new autobiographical essay by John Dunn @thecambridgeschool.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The History of Political Thought as Window on the World
Everyone understands politics through their own life. The range of experiences that led me to spend mine thinking about politics preceded my experience of the challenges and opportunities of studyi...
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
I’m desperate for the ominous vote of confidence from the club to see him out of the door. We are fielding a U23 side with a manager who hasn’t won the men’s over 40 Sunday league
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Really getting sick and tired of all the winning. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...
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With gas prices on the rise, Trump officials discuss feared $150 oil
The White House braces for a potential oil spike to $150 or higher as the Iran war chokes supply.
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
I have loved your photos for a couple of years now having lived in Glasgow for three years in Scotstoun. Thank your for the warm memories
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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Last lecture of SocSci H1F: Explanation in the Social Sciences, the class that @laurennross.bsky.social and I co-teach at UCI. The class brings together the philosophy of science on explanation with case studies from International Relations, illustrating how explanation matters for social science. 🧵
Two women smiling underneath a projector screen which reads "Argumentation, persuasion & the influence of norms in international politics, Prof. Lockwood and Prof. Ross, Soc Sci H1F, Week 10"
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Duncan Bell @duncanbell.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
An epic book
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Wishing you a speedy recovery Mark
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Brett Snyder @crankyflier.com · 09/02/2026
Now on Cranky: Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems crankyflier.com/2026/02/09/n...
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Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems – Cranky Flier
Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Keep the writing flowing, I’ve got SIN-EWR three times in the next three months
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
One of the pleasures in life is reading Cranky at 36,000 feet over the South China Sea on SQ34: SIN-SFO (with a glass of champagne in hand)
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Jon Ostrower @jonostrower.com · 22/01/2026
This was a super fun episode of @theairshowpodcast.com. @briansumers.com and I went deep into aircraft design to explain the 787-10 and its recent surge in popularity with U.S. Alaska, United and Delta. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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The 787-10 is having a moment
Podcast Episode · The Air Show · 01/22/2026 · 24m
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The Royal Institute of Philosophy @triphilosophy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
How have ideas of relational equality developed in the past 100 years? ⚖️ Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now. 🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS #politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
What is the play with City midfielders? Is Semanyo a hold or sell in a team with Foden? If he is a sell who are the best replacements?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Declan Rice has been an excellent FPL asset, I’ve had him since GW1. Is he a hold or sell now that he’s flagged?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
How on God’s green earth has Wood managed to survive in your team so long??!!
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Best captain for the no S/H league? Saka? Semanyo?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Consecutive catastrophic weeks. Are you running a no Salah/no Haaland support group? I’m looking to acquire an emotional support animal…
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Is this the GW to bring Palmer back in or is it better to wait a week to see how his fitness/minutes play out? Simon Johnson, on the Straight Out of Cobham podcast, observed Palmer holding his groin after the Bayern fixture. When asked in the post match interview, Maresca said Palmer is ‘okay’
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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 15/09/2025
The UN80 Initiative, a plan to restructure the United Nations, aims to make it more agile in responding to global challenges—but its proposed budget cuts and agency consolidations have drawn scrutiny. Here’s a rundown ⬇️
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The UN80 Initiative: What to Know About the United Nations’ Reform Plan
As the UN General Assembly convenes for its eightieth session, one major topic of debate is the secretary-general’s internal reform plan, which proposes significant budget cuts and agency consolidati…
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
I’m a no Salah/no Haaland manager. Isak or Palmer? Who are the best forward/midfield enablers to make that move possible?
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 08/09/2025
Seizing the $300 billion in Russian assets immobilized in Western jurisdictions and allocating them to Ukraine would send a strong signal that there is little light at the end of the tunnel for Russia's economy.
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The ‘Fortress Russia’ economy has adapted well to pressure. But stagflation presents an opportunity for the West
Now could be the time to ratchet up sanctions pressure on Putin and change Moscow’s risk analysis of prolonging the war.
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Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
The Tianjin summit shows that the Russia-China alliance is as strong as ever. Truly no-limits. If Trump thought he could "pull" Russia away from China, he was mistaken. As I explain in my latest for @wpr.bsky.social, you can't manipulate major powers. www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-trump-rus...
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The Myth of Great Power Manipulation
The idea that Trump is swaying Russia’s and India’s foreign policies misses a key point about great power politics.
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
What does I and a certain FPL content creator do about Martinez? Hold or bite the bullet and use a transfer?
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
This is what I settled on in the end. Good pod yesterday. Listened twice to sort this out
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
This, I suspect, is THE question for the no Salah no Haaland managers: what to do about the Palmer and Saka fitness situation? Sell one, hold one? Replacements? Worth taking a hit to move both?
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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
1/9 Reminder, we do medieval history! "Violence and Order: Past and Present", a SI edited by Warren C. Brown (Caltech‬), @rorycox.bsky.social (St Andrews‬), & Jennifer Jahner (Caltech), explores medieval "meanings of and relationships between violence and order" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A contemporary (1334) depiction of knights battling at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
The last pod from @fplgeneral.bsky.social before the launch of FPL!
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Latest pod from @fplgeneral.bsky.social
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Who are the top 7 midfielders to consider in a 3-5-2 formation?
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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 07/08/2025
Countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Poland are openly reconsidering their nuclear postures in light of eroding US security guarantees.
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Eighty years on from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world should not forget the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons
The breakdown of nuclear diplomacy, misleading talk of ‘limited’ nuclear war and a lack of public awareness have produced a dangerously heightened risk.
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
FPL is back!
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William Bain @wbain.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
What took so long to restart the 59th Minute Pod? It’s been an FPL desert without you! The question I suspect many have: Salah or Haaland? And how risky/foolish is it to go with neither?
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