@ghoshworld
@ghoshworld.bsky.social
Journalist, formerly of @bloomberg and @time
Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order.
Food, football and foreign policy… not necessarily in that order.
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Sometimes I think the answer to "why are the young people not into this thing I was into as a kid?" is "because they think that's a thing for old people"
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 AM
Sometimes I think the answer to "why are the young people not into this thing I was into as a kid?" is "because they think that's a thing for old people"
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The only difference between Homan and Bovino is that Homan understands that you keep the human rights violations out of public sight so people have plausible deniability to say “they didn’t know” later
CNN calling Tom Homan "well respected" and "not as hardline as Bovino" is an interesting choice. The dude took a $50,000 bribe in a fucking Cava bag and says all the same fascist shit as Bovino and Noem.
January 27, 2026 at 12:29 AM
The only difference between Homan and Bovino is that Homan understands that you keep the human rights violations out of public sight so people have plausible deniability to say “they didn’t know” later
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Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic.
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
www.propublica.org
January 27, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patients’ conditions as chronic.
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.
Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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The political/governing systems in Minnesota have failed so profoundly that ordinary people are strengthening their own communities against a predatory official force. Perhaps it's time to think beyond the political compact known as the "United States of America." New at FOREVER WARS:
Your Leaders Were Lying. Now The People Are Driving
The depravity of ICE, the enthusiasm of Republicans and the cowardice of Democrats is breaking through hypernormalization
www.forever-wars.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The political/governing systems in Minnesota have failed so profoundly that ordinary people are strengthening their own communities against a predatory official force. Perhaps it's time to think beyond the political compact known as the "United States of America." New at FOREVER WARS:
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BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:40 PM
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
www.pressherald.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:06 PM
ICE is changing tactics in Maine: "Now, the volunteers in Maine say federal agents have started showing up at their homes and intimidating them or threatening arrest. Some of them, masked and wearing tactical gear, have issued stark warnings not to follow them." www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
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A lot of media treats Vance as they expect him, as VP, to act, not how he actually acts and speaks. At this point in his career, he’s fully steeped in online “own the libs” meme culture and temperamentally unable to express any unifying sentiments.
Much of the media is treating the vice president’s visit as an attempt to lower the temperature—if anything, he raised it.
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trib.al/O9fDQSZ
January 26, 2026 at 12:30 PM
A lot of media treats Vance as they expect him, as VP, to act, not how he actually acts and speaks. At this point in his career, he’s fully steeped in online “own the libs” meme culture and temperamentally unable to express any unifying sentiments.
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The History of Cartography, “the Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever Undertaken,” Is Free Online
The History of Cartography, “the Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever Undertaken,” Is Free Online
“Cartography was not born full-fledged as a science or even an art,” wrote map historian Lloyd Brown in 1949. “It evolved slowly and painfully from obscure origins.” Many ancient maps made no attempt ...
www.openculture.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:17 PM
The History of Cartography, “the Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever Undertaken,” Is Free Online
Iran football great Ali Karimi leads call for Infantino to speak up on protest deaths
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Iran football great Ali Karimi leads call for Infantino to speak up on protest deaths
A group of prominent Iranians with links to football have called on Fifa’s president, Gianni Infantino, to condemn the killing and arrest of footballers in Iran
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Iran football great Ali Karimi leads call for Infantino to speak up on protest deaths
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Iran detaining protesters being treated in hospitals as part of crackdown, says UN expert reut.rs/4sZUL5b
Iran detaining protesters being treated in hospitals as part of crackdown, says UN expert
A U.N. expert on Iran said on Monday she had received reports of protesters linked to nationwide demonstrations being removed from hospitals and detained by Iranian security forces - a major violation of the right to medical care under international law.
reut.rs
January 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Iran detaining protesters being treated in hospitals as part of crackdown, says UN expert reut.rs/4sZUL5b
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Timothy Kaldas (@tekaldas.bsky.social) is TIMEP's Deputy Director. He is also an adjunct professor of international relations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he is pursuing his PhD. He will speak on Egypt's economic challenges and prospects for 2026.
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
Timothy Kaldas (@tekaldas.bsky.social) is TIMEP's Deputy Director. He is also an adjunct professor of international relations at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where he is pursuing his PhD. He will speak on Egypt's economic challenges and prospects for 2026.
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fucking dying that they are treating Minnesota winemoms as the second coming of the Mahdi Army
The rest of it is even funnier
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
fucking dying that they are treating Minnesota winemoms as the second coming of the Mahdi Army
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Lebanon's Hezbollah chief says group concerned with confronting US threat against Iran reut.rs/3LPp260
Lebanon's Hezbollah chief says group concerned with confronting US threat against Iran
The leader of Lebanon's Iran-aligned Hezbollah movement, Naim Qassem, said on Monday that his group was concerned about confronting Washington's threat against Iran, particularly any threat against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
reut.rs
January 26, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Lebanon's Hezbollah chief says group concerned with confronting US threat against Iran reut.rs/3LPp260
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US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say reut.rs/4riPB2A
US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say
A U.S. aircraft carrier and supporting warships have arrived in the Middle East, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, expanding President Donald Trump's capabilities to defend U.S. forces, or potentially take military action against Iran.
reut.rs
January 26, 2026 at 7:40 PM
US aircraft carrier enters Middle East region, officials say reut.rs/4riPB2A
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I'm sceptical Europe can replace many American big tech products, like Gmail or Nvidia chips. But Teams, oh man, there is nobody that can make a product that works as badly as bloody Teams.
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 7:34 PM
I'm sceptical Europe can replace many American big tech products, like Gmail or Nvidia chips. But Teams, oh man, there is nobody that can make a product that works as badly as bloody Teams.
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France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
January 26, 2026 at 3:31 PM
France announced today it’s phasing out Teams, Zoom, etc. to be replaced with a French/European solution called Visio. The data is hosted on Outscale. Transcripts and subtitles are also handled by French providers. The target is set on 2027 for government agencies.
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AI expert here:
This sounds like a complete nightmare
This sounds like a complete nightmare
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM
AI expert here:
This sounds like a complete nightmare
This sounds like a complete nightmare
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Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second protester was killed by federal authorities. https://cnn.it/4k0MoCk
January 26, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Chris Madel, a Minneapolis lawyer who represented the immigration agent who fatally shot Renee Good, said that he was ending his Republican campaign for governor of Minnesota after a second protester was killed by federal authorities. https://cnn.it/4k0MoCk
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I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I think it's really bad that the group that claims to speak for Jews at Columbia University is so grossly xenophobic.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
Also - Mamdani did grow up in NYC.
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The Washington Post is my hometown newspaper. I grew up reading it. The work of its foreign correspondents was a big inspiration for my own career as one for The New York Times. The Washington Post and its reporters are an American treasure.
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The Washington Post is my hometown newspaper. I grew up reading it. The work of its foreign correspondents was a big inspiration for my own career as one for The New York Times. The Washington Post and its reporters are an American treasure.
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I was in the middle east during the arab spring (not in any country directly affected by it tho) and the u.s. is not there yet by any objective measure. but one key commonality is that state violence is generating more resistance and protest rather than less
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 AM
I was in the middle east during the arab spring (not in any country directly affected by it tho) and the u.s. is not there yet by any objective measure. but one key commonality is that state violence is generating more resistance and protest rather than less
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NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
Government by AI? Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence
The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer....
www.propublica.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:05 PM
NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
“We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
By @jessecoburn.bsky.social
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember:
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
- Organized a city wide general strike
- Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence
- Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE
- Flipped public opinion against ICE
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With the opening of the Rafah border crossing, we are likely to finally see international reporters in Gaza. Israel prevented foreign journalists from entering the Strip for two years and four months, and the IDF killed more than 200 local reporters during that period.
January 26, 2026 at 3:34 PM
With the opening of the Rafah border crossing, we are likely to finally see international reporters in Gaza. Israel prevented foreign journalists from entering the Strip for two years and four months, and the IDF killed more than 200 local reporters during that period.