James Mackintosh
@jmackin2.bsky.social
Writer of Streetwise column in the Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/streetwise Here for FinTwit c. 2012. Ex FT
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I seem to have missed the golden age of international law when all countries but particularly the US did everything according to the rules.
I also seem to be missing the ideas for creating another.
I also seem to be missing the ideas for creating another.
January 3, 2026 at 2:43 PM
I seem to have missed the golden age of international law when all countries but particularly the US did everything according to the rules.
I also seem to be missing the ideas for creating another.
I also seem to be missing the ideas for creating another.
There's a strange narrative on here that makes out it is shocking that the US doesn't respect another country's sovereignty. A decade without the US toppling a govt is much more unusual.
January 3, 2026 at 5:32 PM
There's a strange narrative on here that makes out it is shocking that the US doesn't respect another country's sovereignty. A decade without the US toppling a govt is much more unusual.
Maduro being transferred to NY.
Shame it isn't DC, then it would be the start of the plot of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, simply shifted to a week after Christmas rather than Xmas Eve
Shame it isn't DC, then it would be the start of the plot of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, simply shifted to a week after Christmas rather than Xmas Eve
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Maduro being transferred to NY.
Shame it isn't DC, then it would be the start of the plot of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, simply shifted to a week after Christmas rather than Xmas Eve
Shame it isn't DC, then it would be the start of the plot of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, simply shifted to a week after Christmas rather than Xmas Eve
K-shaped stock market on first trading day: Basically if you aren't a tech stock, forget it.
January 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
K-shaped stock market on first trading day: Basically if you aren't a tech stock, forget it.
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Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Discworld QOTD, from Hogfather
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Sir Terry Pratchett is best understood as one of the most interesting, deeply ethical practical (I would say Pragmatist but I cede to actual experts) philosophers of the late 20th Century who just happened to work in deconstructed fantasy literature as his medium.
Christmas cheer from the WSJ: The small ways you can make your economy-class seat a little less miserable www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
How to Make Your Economy-Class Seat a Little Less Miserable
With just a few gear upgrades and some canny strategies, you can make your experience not just tolerable, but maybe even a little luxurious
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December 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Christmas cheer from the WSJ: The small ways you can make your economy-class seat a little less miserable www.wsj.com/lifestyle/tr...
Will it still be legal to kill a lobster by any of Sir Robin's methods, just so long as you don't boil it? Mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken;
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away;
And his limbs all hacked and mangled.
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken;
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away;
And his limbs all hacked and mangled.
UK to ban boiling lobsters alive as animal welfare standards tightened ft.trib.al/PifF1nN
UK to ban boiling lobsters alive as animal welfare standards tightened
Method is still used in some restaurants but campaigners say this ‘torture’ is avoidable
ft.trib.al
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Will it still be legal to kill a lobster by any of Sir Robin's methods, just so long as you don't boil it? Mashed into a pulp,
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken;
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away;
And his limbs all hacked and mangled.
Or to have his eyes gouged out, and his elbows broken;
To have his kneecaps split, and his body burned away;
And his limbs all hacked and mangled.
I mean merits and all but I can see comment editor having a giggle before approving for publication
December 21, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I mean merits and all but I can see comment editor having a giggle before approving for publication
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Half Ma’am Half Brisket
December 21, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Half Ma’am Half Brisket
From the files: Iran buys kamikaze dolphins from Ukraine share.google/p32QWk0OG1nN...
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
From the files: Iran buys kamikaze dolphins from Ukraine share.google/p32QWk0OG1nN...
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this is it. this is the most bluesky post ever
December 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
this is it. this is the most bluesky post ever
"Cash on the sidelines" has been a repeated claim recently for why market will go higher. <Ed: There isn't any>
All. In.
Portfolio managers' cash level drops to a record low 3.3%. Dec BofA FMS
Portfolio managers' cash level drops to a record low 3.3%. Dec BofA FMS
December 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
"Cash on the sidelines" has been a repeated claim recently for why market will go higher. <Ed: There isn't any>
Vanguard on AI: "the approximately 100 occupations most exposed to AI automation are actually outperforming the rest of the labor market in terms of job growth and real wage increases"
December 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Vanguard on AI: "the approximately 100 occupations most exposed to AI automation are actually outperforming the rest of the labor market in terms of job growth and real wage increases"
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Breaking: In a massive hit, Ford is writing down $19.5 billion in EV investments. It will also stop making the electric version of its F-150 pickup.
Ford Takes $19.5 Billion Charge to Write Down EV Investments
The sum is among the largest impairments taken by a company and marks the U.S. auto industry’s biggest reckoning to date that it can’t realize its electric-vehicle ambitions anytime soon.
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December 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Breaking: In a massive hit, Ford is writing down $19.5 billion in EV investments. It will also stop making the electric version of its F-150 pickup.
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com does your nice top 1% vs bottom 1% SEND support look similar for other groups? (Eg quintiles stack neatly?) Also does private look similar for just the public schools, so it excludes the special private schools aimed at providing SEND? I assume so, but charts left questions!
December 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com does your nice top 1% vs bottom 1% SEND support look similar for other groups? (Eg quintiles stack neatly?) Also does private look similar for just the public schools, so it excludes the special private schools aimed at providing SEND? I assume so, but charts left questions!
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Whereas the problem with going 'we will have the old Labour right's approach to social issues BUT we are going to do Old Labour economic policies to make it up to our left flank' is that Labour voters are repelled by the social issues and the economic policies don't work!
Let me count the ways in which Labour isn’t working
The government’s muddled thinking on the economy is causing it to haemorrhage support on all sides
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December 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Whereas the problem with going 'we will have the old Labour right's approach to social issues BUT we are going to do Old Labour economic policies to make it up to our left flank' is that Labour voters are repelled by the social issues and the economic policies don't work!
It's constantly baffling to me that the left's response to voters saying that everything the government does is badly run is to say that more stuff should be nationalized and run by the government.
December 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It's constantly baffling to me that the left's response to voters saying that everything the government does is badly run is to say that more stuff should be nationalized and run by the government.
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political science
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
political science
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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B of A and, now, Morgan Stanley finally give in.
Morgan Stanley revises its forecast, predicting a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut in December 2025.
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
B of A and, now, Morgan Stanley finally give in.
AI and productivity: How much is productivity damaged by everyone having to click at least twice on every newly-opened PDF to close unwanted "can AI summarize this for you?" prompts? Or time spent in email settings getting rid of unneeded AI summaries?
December 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
AI and productivity: How much is productivity damaged by everyone having to click at least twice on every newly-opened PDF to close unwanted "can AI summarize this for you?" prompts? Or time spent in email settings getting rid of unneeded AI summaries?
The U.S. military may just be the world’s most lethal investing club, and it’s killing it in this bull market. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc... via @WSJ
Top Gun Traders: Stock Bets and Crypto Culture Take Over the Military
Troops are hooked on investing. They’re trading tips from cockpits and the decks of aircraft carriers, and making fortunes.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The U.S. military may just be the world’s most lethal investing club, and it’s killing it in this bull market. www.wsj.com/finance/stoc... via @WSJ
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Tesla Model Y Posts Worst Defect Rate of Any New Car in a Decade www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-m...
Tesla Model Y Posts Worst Defect Rate of Any New Car in a Decade
Tesla Model Y reliability just hit rock bottom in Germany’s TÜV Report 2026, with the worst defect rate in a decade. Here’s why that matters to you.
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November 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Tesla Model Y Posts Worst Defect Rate of Any New Car in a Decade www.autoblog.com/news/tesla-m...