annamm
@anmle.bsky.social
Hungarian, but not a fan. Dutch by residence. American by marriage.
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Their "free speech" is their freedom to impose their view on everyone else, who are supposed to shut up.
It's an expression of a belief that cultural norms are imposed from the top down. They've accused liberals of that, and now they're trying to do it.
They have no sense of freedom of action.3/3
It's an expression of a belief that cultural norms are imposed from the top down. They've accused liberals of that, and now they're trying to do it.
They have no sense of freedom of action.3/3
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Their "free speech" is their freedom to impose their view on everyone else, who are supposed to shut up.
It's an expression of a belief that cultural norms are imposed from the top down. They've accused liberals of that, and now they're trying to do it.
They have no sense of freedom of action.3/3
It's an expression of a belief that cultural norms are imposed from the top down. They've accused liberals of that, and now they're trying to do it.
They have no sense of freedom of action.3/3
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RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
U.S. overhauls childhood vaccine schedule, recommends fewer shots
The U.S. no longer broadly recommends vaccines for flu, hepatitis A and B, and RSV. Health officials say the guidance aligns with that of peer countries.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
RFK Jr's HHS had a press call to announce they were — based on no new data — overhauling the childhood vaccine schedule. Senior officials at HHS answered questions but refused to go on the record, saying we could only attribute the quotes to "officials." www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...
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South Africa is hitting this point hard—that we risk tipping back into a pre-1945 world of frequent war, and that moving into a complex future will require the protection of international law
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
South Africa is hitting this point hard—that we risk tipping back into a pre-1945 world of frequent war, and that moving into a complex future will require the protection of international law
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“A simple Google search on any Renaissance-related topic will reveal 100s of seemingly perfect matches to one’s query. But the vast majority turn out to be not just wrong, but wrong in a remarkably confident, flagrantly detailed way.”
🗃️ #arthistory #art
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/renaissanc...
🗃️ #arthistory #art
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/renaissanc...
Renaissance Tales
How the Italian Renaissance mysteriously unleashes our inner fabricator
ideasroadshow.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
“A simple Google search on any Renaissance-related topic will reveal 100s of seemingly perfect matches to one’s query. But the vast majority turn out to be not just wrong, but wrong in a remarkably confident, flagrantly detailed way.”
🗃️ #arthistory #art
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/renaissanc...
🗃️ #arthistory #art
ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/renaissanc...
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The problem isn't that Europeans don't understand that Trump's foreign policy is fundamentally kleptocratic, or neo-patrimonial, or neo-Royal, or whatever one wants to call it.
The problem is that they don't have a lot of good options for how to respond.
The problem is that they don't have a lot of good options for how to respond.
1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...
Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland
The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.
abcnews.go.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:44 PM
The problem isn't that Europeans don't understand that Trump's foreign policy is fundamentally kleptocratic, or neo-patrimonial, or neo-Royal, or whatever one wants to call it.
The problem is that they don't have a lot of good options for how to respond.
The problem is that they don't have a lot of good options for how to respond.
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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This but unironically, as illustrated by (ahem) Calvin and Hobbes and also Ann Nocenti’s run of Daredevil
January 5, 2026 at 10:37 AM
This but unironically, as illustrated by (ahem) Calvin and Hobbes and also Ann Nocenti’s run of Daredevil
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Love this from Guillermo del Toro
January 5, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Love this from Guillermo del Toro
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For Europeans this is getting pretty existential. US nuclear umbrella and NATO article 5 underpinned the last half century of peace. Hard to see how NATO would survive US little green men turning up in Greenland.
It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.
January 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
For Europeans this is getting pretty existential. US nuclear umbrella and NATO article 5 underpinned the last half century of peace. Hard to see how NATO would survive US little green men turning up in Greenland.
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The hedgies seem to believe there is or shortly will be something called a government in VZ, and that it'll be safe for them to travel there in March.
It's almost like the hedgies knew more about this invasion than Congress.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
It's almost like the hedgies knew more about this invasion than Congress.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The hedgies seem to believe there is or shortly will be something called a government in VZ, and that it'll be safe for them to travel there in March.
It's almost like the hedgies knew more about this invasion than Congress.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
It's almost like the hedgies knew more about this invasion than Congress.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
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Remarkable quote from David Mayhew, writing in 2005:
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
January 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Remarkable quote from David Mayhew, writing in 2005:
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
"For the twentieth-first century, a good bet for the chief menace to the American institutional mix is the White House's continuing flexing of military muscle in imperial enterprises abroad... 1/3
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As you read the news today, watch who phrases the news as an "illegal invasion and regime change" versus "bringing democracy". It'll tell you everything you need to know about the news source you're reading, and frankly should decide whether you ever read them seriously again.
January 3, 2026 at 1:05 PM
As you read the news today, watch who phrases the news as an "illegal invasion and regime change" versus "bringing democracy". It'll tell you everything you need to know about the news source you're reading, and frankly should decide whether you ever read them seriously again.
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The fact that Twitter is being used as a factor in a military operation is so Black Mirror, I don’t even know where to begin
This image is real btw. It looks like a photoshopped joke but it’s real.
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The fact that Twitter is being used as a factor in a military operation is so Black Mirror, I don’t even know where to begin
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Surely a good chunk of the predictive value of these markets is premised on insider trading: people who actually know what is going to happen reveal that information if they can profit from it.
A side story is there’s a ton of insider trading on these prediction markets. New accounts making hundreds of thousands on their first and only trade, that maduro would be ousted. Seems like insider trading is legal if not encouraged on these platforms
January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Surely a good chunk of the predictive value of these markets is premised on insider trading: people who actually know what is going to happen reveal that information if they can profit from it.
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“Secretaries Rubio and [Pete] Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress,” - Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ).
Isn't there penalty for lying to congress?
Isn't there penalty for lying to congress?
Trump Did Not Seek Congressional Authorization to Capture Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:51 PM
“Secretaries Rubio and [Pete] Hegseth looked every Senator in the eye a few weeks ago and said this wasn’t about regime change. I didn’t trust them then and we see now that they blatantly lied to Congress,” - Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ).
Isn't there penalty for lying to congress?
Isn't there penalty for lying to congress?
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Trump just announces the US will be running Venezuela now, until the can do a "safe, proper, and judicious" transfer of power. Announcing an occupation before you've occupied a country is a new one.
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump just announces the US will be running Venezuela now, until the can do a "safe, proper, and judicious" transfer of power. Announcing an occupation before you've occupied a country is a new one.
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how dare you lock your own room
i'm stealing all your shit now
look what you made me do
i'm stealing all your shit now
look what you made me do
January 3, 2026 at 5:26 PM
how dare you lock your own room
i'm stealing all your shit now
look what you made me do
i'm stealing all your shit now
look what you made me do
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The nobel peace prize committee has to wear this
At 7:10 or so the winner of the 2025 Nobel peace prize praises Tr*mp & condones extralegal killings in service of regime change. At 14:15 she tells Biz Forum that Venezuela will be the “energy hub of the Americas,” & the “new global frontier of innovation and wealth creation.”
If you want to know what the plan is, traitorous stooge Machado told the America Business Forum back in November: privatizing oil to the tune of $1.7 trillion. She said the same thing at a Saudi forum. It’s remarkable how little pretense there is. youtu.be/l2J2JtO8R9Q?...
January 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The nobel peace prize committee has to wear this
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This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
January 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This all seems pretty unbecoming of a FIFA Peace Prize winner
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Buford 2012-2026.
More a ‘Charon & River Styx’ cat, than ‘Rainbow Bridge’
A white cat in a tiger suit.
Found as a kitten at the lake, surviving on junk food (he loved popcorn)
The Red Baron of mousers (I lost count after 50)
Office intern, garden inspector, always close by
Godspeed, my friend.
More a ‘Charon & River Styx’ cat, than ‘Rainbow Bridge’
A white cat in a tiger suit.
Found as a kitten at the lake, surviving on junk food (he loved popcorn)
The Red Baron of mousers (I lost count after 50)
Office intern, garden inspector, always close by
Godspeed, my friend.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 AM
Buford 2012-2026.
More a ‘Charon & River Styx’ cat, than ‘Rainbow Bridge’
A white cat in a tiger suit.
Found as a kitten at the lake, surviving on junk food (he loved popcorn)
The Red Baron of mousers (I lost count after 50)
Office intern, garden inspector, always close by
Godspeed, my friend.
More a ‘Charon & River Styx’ cat, than ‘Rainbow Bridge’
A white cat in a tiger suit.
Found as a kitten at the lake, surviving on junk food (he loved popcorn)
The Red Baron of mousers (I lost count after 50)
Office intern, garden inspector, always close by
Godspeed, my friend.
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Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
Canadian judge Kimberly Prost is unable to use credit cards, transfer money or book everyday services in what she calls an attack on the independence of the judiciary
www.irishtimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Why do I have to read an Irish paper for a feature about this?
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
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Are we really to believe that voluntary migration coming into a nation where Native Americans already lived + involuntary enslaved importation was going to be unaffected by those to other subject matters? Pre-orders are available for a 3/10 delivery of a book that took 16 years of research. fin//
global.oup.com
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Are we really to believe that voluntary migration coming into a nation where Native Americans already lived + involuntary enslaved importation was going to be unaffected by those to other subject matters? Pre-orders are available for a 3/10 delivery of a book that took 16 years of research. fin//