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UNL communications writer. Former OWH editorialist. Regionalist, film fan. Author of enovel ANDROID RUN
Wendy Cutler, a leading expert on US-Asia trade issues, will speak here at the U of Nebraska-Lincoln on Nov 19 on US-Japanese trade ties. Free and open to the public; also livestreamed
Our university's Yeutter Institute is a cosponsor
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Our university's Yeutter Institute is a cosponsor
@simonlester.com
news.unl.edu/article/cutl...
Cutler to discuss U.S.-Japanese economic ties on Nov. 19 | Nebraska Today
Wendy Cutler, senior vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute and former acting deputy U.S. trade representative, will discuss “What’s Next for U.S.-Japan Trade?” from 4 to 5 p.m. Nov. 19 i...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Wendy Cutler, a leading expert on US-Asia trade issues, will speak here at the U of Nebraska-Lincoln on Nov 19 on US-Japanese trade ties. Free and open to the public; also livestreamed
Our university's Yeutter Institute is a cosponsor
@simonlester.com
news.unl.edu/article/cutl...
Our university's Yeutter Institute is a cosponsor
@simonlester.com
news.unl.edu/article/cutl...
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It's unendingly amusing to me just *how* much of The Wealth of Nations, and of Hume's earlier writings about trade, is about wine.
October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It's unendingly amusing to me just *how* much of The Wealth of Nations, and of Hume's earlier writings about trade, is about wine.
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I grew up in Munich and had no idea about half of the exonyms this lovely city is known by. Monica? Kinda weird but it works I guess…
October 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I grew up in Munich and had no idea about half of the exonyms this lovely city is known by. Monica? Kinda weird but it works I guess…
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This morning France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars at the Prison de la Santé in Paris. Collaborators apart, no western European president or prime minister has ever been to jail in post-war times
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com
France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars
The first French ex-head of state to be jailed since Marshal Pétain
economist.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
This morning France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars at the Prison de la Santé in Paris. Collaborators apart, no western European president or prime minister has ever been to jail in post-war times
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com
economist.com/europe/2025/...
from @economist.com
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I had a ton of fun whipping this up this weekend after the jaw-dropping Louvre heist. Anyone seen some crown jewels or priceless paintings in a shopping bag, suitcase, or artist's hovel recently?
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
The Louvre has a wild history of being robbed in broad daylight
One of the most infamous heists in the cultural institution’s history was the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa—when Pablo Picasso numbered among the suspects.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I had a ton of fun whipping this up this weekend after the jaw-dropping Louvre heist. Anyone seen some crown jewels or priceless paintings in a shopping bag, suitcase, or artist's hovel recently?
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
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Those institutions / policies included decentralization and federalism, freedom of enterprise, labor, and trade, and high state capacity in fields where the government does act, such as infrastructure and social welfare. Peace helped indirectly (no wartime domestic czars!) as well as directly.
October 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Those institutions / policies included decentralization and federalism, freedom of enterprise, labor, and trade, and high state capacity in fields where the government does act, such as infrastructure and social welfare. Peace helped indirectly (no wartime domestic czars!) as well as directly.
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Grateful for orgs like @reclaimtherecords.org today as I attempt to get all kinds of historical files. There's so much data WE own that still isn't open to the public!
February 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Grateful for orgs like @reclaimtherecords.org today as I attempt to get all kinds of historical files. There's so much data WE own that still isn't open to the public!
In my enovel ANDROID RUN, written in 2016 and set in the 2040s, the president is Kendell Nolen, a nefarious tech mogul. Below, he erupts in fury when he asks Rep. Tamika Perkins to head the CIA & she stoutly defends the independence of the CIA and Congress. Tamika will go on to challenge the admin
February 11, 2025 at 3:03 AM
In my enovel ANDROID RUN, written in 2016 and set in the 2040s, the president is Kendell Nolen, a nefarious tech mogul. Below, he erupts in fury when he asks Rep. Tamika Perkins to head the CIA & she stoutly defends the independence of the CIA and Congress. Tamika will go on to challenge the admin
February 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In my enovel ANDROID RUN, written in 2016 and set in the 2040s, the president is Kendell Nolen, a nefarious tech mogul. Below, he erupts in fury when he asks Rep. Tamika Perkins to head the CIA & she stoutly defends the independence of the CIA and Congress. Tamika will go on to challenge the admin
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Interesting piece of information I didn’t know: since 2015, Chinese commercial ships are built to be also fit for military use.
This is an aspect to consider when Chinese ships are involved in Baltic Sea cable cuttings.
www.svd.se/a/KMkq4M/kin...
This is an aspect to consider when Chinese ships are involved in Baltic Sea cable cuttings.
www.svd.se/a/KMkq4M/kin...
USA blir akterseglat i maktkamp om hamnarna
Kinesiska företag driver hamnar runtom i världen. Även i Sverige. Det ger Peking inflytande i bland annat Grekland och Afrika, medan USA blir allt mer akterseglat.
www.svd.se
January 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Interesting piece of information I didn’t know: since 2015, Chinese commercial ships are built to be also fit for military use.
This is an aspect to consider when Chinese ships are involved in Baltic Sea cable cuttings.
www.svd.se/a/KMkq4M/kin...
This is an aspect to consider when Chinese ships are involved in Baltic Sea cable cuttings.
www.svd.se/a/KMkq4M/kin...
Hmm: imposition of tariffs as an instrument of coercion, divorced from actual trade policy
#ArbitaryMarketDistortions
#ArbitaryMarketDistortions
January 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Hmm: imposition of tariffs as an instrument of coercion, divorced from actual trade policy
#ArbitaryMarketDistortions
#ArbitaryMarketDistortions
Over the weekend I read a long thread on a policy issue I've followed for four decades. A fellow making a reasonable, key policy point in the initial post was pummeled and insulted throughout by a marauding horde of shallow smart-alecks acting like 13-year-olds
January 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Over the weekend I read a long thread on a policy issue I've followed for four decades. A fellow making a reasonable, key policy point in the initial post was pummeled and insulted throughout by a marauding horde of shallow smart-alecks acting like 13-year-olds
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Russia threatens Bundestag elections with large-scale cyberattacks and disinformation,Bild reported
According to data from the analyses of German intelligence services,Russian authorities allocate up to €2 billion annually for disinformation campaigns
According to data from the analyses of German intelligence services,Russian authorities allocate up to €2 billion annually for disinformation campaigns
January 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Russia threatens Bundestag elections with large-scale cyberattacks and disinformation,Bild reported
According to data from the analyses of German intelligence services,Russian authorities allocate up to €2 billion annually for disinformation campaigns
According to data from the analyses of German intelligence services,Russian authorities allocate up to €2 billion annually for disinformation campaigns
Article describes range of changes toward expected China focus at DOD in regard to funding, weapon systems, troop presence. Elbridge Colby, in the policy undersecretary position, will oversee the strategic changes, in line with his longstanding views
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January 22, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Article describes range of changes toward expected China focus at DOD in regard to funding, weapon systems, troop presence. Elbridge Colby, in the policy undersecretary position, will oversee the strategic changes, in line with his longstanding views
x.com/starsandstri...
x.com/starsandstri...
Another sign of political volatility in Britain
📊 TIE between the Conservatives and Reform
Westminster voting intention
CON: 25% (-)
REF: 25% (+1)
LAB: 24% (-)
LDEM: 12% (-)
GRN: 7% (-1)
via @Moreincommon_, 17 Jan
Chgs. w/ 13 Jan
Westminster voting intention
CON: 25% (-)
REF: 25% (+1)
LAB: 24% (-)
LDEM: 12% (-)
GRN: 7% (-1)
via @Moreincommon_, 17 Jan
Chgs. w/ 13 Jan
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January 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Another sign of political volatility in Britain
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On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest, we talk about Timmy Chalamet as Bobby Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown; the Amazon Prime show On Call, from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf; & the generously weird legacy of David Lynch. slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Timotheé Chalamet’s Impossible to Replicate Charisma
A Complete Unknown is a masterclass in the art of the music biopic.
slate.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
On this week's Slate Culture Gabfest, we talk about Timmy Chalamet as Bobby Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown; the Amazon Prime show On Call, from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf; & the generously weird legacy of David Lynch. slate.com/podcasts/cul...
Neb Legislature's Rules Committee did not approve proposals to change the filibuster rule. As the @nebraskaexaminer.com piece explains, some conservative Republican rural state senators recognize that current filibuster rules can at times help rural interests
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/19/f...
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/19/f...
Fate of Nebraska Legislature filibuster rule centers on rural-urban split more than party • Nebraska Examiner
Arguments for whether to change the threshold needed to shut off a filibuster appear centered on rural and urban interests, not party goals.
nebraskaexaminer.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Neb Legislature's Rules Committee did not approve proposals to change the filibuster rule. As the @nebraskaexaminer.com piece explains, some conservative Republican rural state senators recognize that current filibuster rules can at times help rural interests
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/19/f...
nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/01/19/f...
Daniel Webster (born Jan. 18, 1782): "No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country."
The Constitution is our indispensable foundation. Americans should be stalwart in defending it.
The Constitution is our indispensable foundation. Americans should be stalwart in defending it.
Hold on,my friends,to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands.Miracles do not cluster and what had happened once in 6000 years,may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution;for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.
-Daniel Webster
-Daniel Webster
January 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Daniel Webster (born Jan. 18, 1782): "No man can suffer too much, and no man can fall too soon, if he suffer or if he fall in defense of the liberties and Constitution of his country."
The Constitution is our indispensable foundation. Americans should be stalwart in defending it.
The Constitution is our indispensable foundation. Americans should be stalwart in defending it.
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"The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil."
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
January 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil."
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
-- Daniel Webster, born #OTD 1782
In my grad school in the '80s, I was friends with Bill Cochrane, a grand old fellow & senior staff member for Senate Rules Committee. Bill was a key staff member involved in preparations for presidential inaugurations
Bill was from my home county in NC. Years back I saw his grave in Chapel Hill
Bill was from my home county in NC. Years back I saw his grave in Chapel Hill
January 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
In my grad school in the '80s, I was friends with Bill Cochrane, a grand old fellow & senior staff member for Senate Rules Committee. Bill was a key staff member involved in preparations for presidential inaugurations
Bill was from my home county in NC. Years back I saw his grave in Chapel Hill
Bill was from my home county in NC. Years back I saw his grave in Chapel Hill
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Without Mel Brooks hiring Lynch to make THE ELEPHANT MAN — on the strength of ERASERHEAD alone — he is very likely just a guy who made a weird film at AFI. That whole filmography you love doesn’t happen.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
January 17, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Without Mel Brooks hiring Lynch to make THE ELEPHANT MAN — on the strength of ERASERHEAD alone — he is very likely just a guy who made a weird film at AFI. That whole filmography you love doesn’t happen.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
We all need sponsors and mentors and patrons. We need people who believe in us.
I see that President Biden has called for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress
Reminds me: In the late '80s when I was covering N Carolina congressional races, a longtime incumbent House member was livid with me after I rightly reported that he used leftover campaign donations to buy stock
Reminds me: In the late '80s when I was covering N Carolina congressional races, a longtime incumbent House member was livid with me after I rightly reported that he used leftover campaign donations to buy stock
January 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I see that President Biden has called for a ban on stock trading by members of Congress
Reminds me: In the late '80s when I was covering N Carolina congressional races, a longtime incumbent House member was livid with me after I rightly reported that he used leftover campaign donations to buy stock
Reminds me: In the late '80s when I was covering N Carolina congressional races, a longtime incumbent House member was livid with me after I rightly reported that he used leftover campaign donations to buy stock
Below are my general concerns about an absolutist, long-term embrace of broad tariffs as government policy. My views aren't newly formed. On the contrary, I could have written this 10 years ago or 20 or 30
So, in regard to an absolutist embrace of broad, long-term tariffs:
So, in regard to an absolutist embrace of broad, long-term tariffs:
January 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Below are my general concerns about an absolutist, long-term embrace of broad tariffs as government policy. My views aren't newly formed. On the contrary, I could have written this 10 years ago or 20 or 30
So, in regard to an absolutist embrace of broad, long-term tariffs:
So, in regard to an absolutist embrace of broad, long-term tariffs:
Always makes me feel good when I thwart Microsoft's autocorrect defaults by calling up the Proofing setting and changing it to just what I want (such as no ordinals)
January 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Always makes me feel good when I thwart Microsoft's autocorrect defaults by calling up the Proofing setting and changing it to just what I want (such as no ordinals)