John Sargeant
@johnsargeant.bsky.social
Caregiver to Bro, recovering blogger. Interests: history, politics, religious and political extremism. Hobbies: listening to audible, computer games, long walks, films and watching way too much tennis.
Madison Keys 🔥🔥🔥
April 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Madison Keys 🔥🔥🔥
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Good news and bad news.
Good news: in several matters, the US government plainly have not thought-through their policies and so are facing repeated set backs in courts. Amateur hour stuff.
Bad news: they still have four years to get their act together.
Good news: in several matters, the US government plainly have not thought-through their policies and so are facing repeated set backs in courts. Amateur hour stuff.
Bad news: they still have four years to get their act together.
March 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Good news and bad news.
Good news: in several matters, the US government plainly have not thought-through their policies and so are facing repeated set backs in courts. Amateur hour stuff.
Bad news: they still have four years to get their act together.
Good news: in several matters, the US government plainly have not thought-through their policies and so are facing repeated set backs in courts. Amateur hour stuff.
Bad news: they still have four years to get their act together.
The irony that it is debt awareness week when so many are threatened with PIP and carers allowance being taken away. If the private sector, health sector and social care have to step in, this will cost tax payers more. Morally but also economically bankrupt.
March 26, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The irony that it is debt awareness week when so many are threatened with PIP and carers allowance being taken away. If the private sector, health sector and social care have to step in, this will cost tax payers more. Morally but also economically bankrupt.
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Seeing as it’s the Ides of March, here’s our very fun guide to how Julius Caesar rose to power and then destroyed the stability of the state, ignored the law, undermined political institutions, and leveraged the wealth of the richest man in the nation… ahem…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Julius Caesar’s Rise To Power - BBC Sounds
Join Greg Jenner in Ancient Rome to meet one of history’s biggest names, Julius Caesar.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Seeing as it’s the Ides of March, here’s our very fun guide to how Julius Caesar rose to power and then destroyed the stability of the state, ignored the law, undermined political institutions, and leveraged the wealth of the richest man in the nation… ahem…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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I’m very happy to announce that the brilliant @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and I are hosting a new podcast produced by Goalhanger:
Journey Through Time
Join us as we explore the human experience behind the events that changed our world and shaped our present.
First episode coming 20th March…
Journey Through Time
Join us as we explore the human experience behind the events that changed our world and shaped our present.
First episode coming 20th March…
March 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I’m very happy to announce that the brilliant @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social and I are hosting a new podcast produced by Goalhanger:
Journey Through Time
Join us as we explore the human experience behind the events that changed our world and shaped our present.
First episode coming 20th March…
Journey Through Time
Join us as we explore the human experience behind the events that changed our world and shaped our present.
First episode coming 20th March…
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Two things struck me in the 20 year change in whether other countries trade more with China or USA:
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
March 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Two things struck me in the 20 year change in whether other countries trade more with China or USA:
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
1. China took over the world market fast; and
2. Trump has to be one of the STUPIDEST people ever to go after 3 of the few remaining countries that trade more with US: Mexico, Canada, & Greenland.
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This is an excellent weekend essay at FT on Trump and the end of American soft power - by Joseph Nye who popularised the terms "soft power".
Well worth your time reading - and includes many insightful points about legal/judicial/constitutional power.
www.ft.com/content/63df...
Well worth your time reading - and includes many insightful points about legal/judicial/constitutional power.
www.ft.com/content/63df...
Trump and the end of American soft power
Joseph Nye coined the term for the influence countries exert through attraction. Here he sets out why exclusive nationalism is likely to prove a losing strategy
www.ft.com
March 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This is an excellent weekend essay at FT on Trump and the end of American soft power - by Joseph Nye who popularised the terms "soft power".
Well worth your time reading - and includes many insightful points about legal/judicial/constitutional power.
www.ft.com/content/63df...
Well worth your time reading - and includes many insightful points about legal/judicial/constitutional power.
www.ft.com/content/63df...
Time for Europe to put its money (and economy) where its mouth is for Ukraine’s defence. It is typical having complained that they were not stepping up Trump now claims the EU is a rival when they start to. Expect tariffs soon. The days of shared peace and prosperity are ending.
March 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Time for Europe to put its money (and economy) where its mouth is for Ukraine’s defence. It is typical having complained that they were not stepping up Trump now claims the EU is a rival when they start to. Expect tariffs soon. The days of shared peace and prosperity are ending.
Trump and Vance have shown every reason for the free world to worry as Zelenskyy is treated to a haranguing considered “great television” by POTUS. Your security and liberty is subject to whether it’s good business.
Starmer not inviting Baltic states to summit is dropping the ball.
Starmer not inviting Baltic states to summit is dropping the ball.
February 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Trump and Vance have shown every reason for the free world to worry as Zelenskyy is treated to a haranguing considered “great television” by POTUS. Your security and liberty is subject to whether it’s good business.
Starmer not inviting Baltic states to summit is dropping the ball.
Starmer not inviting Baltic states to summit is dropping the ball.
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NEW
Making sense of what is happening in the United States
Why there is perhaps not a constitutional crisis - yet
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/02/maki...
Making sense of what is happening in the United States
Why there is perhaps not a constitutional crisis - yet
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/02/maki...
February 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
NEW
Making sense of what is happening in the United States
Why there is perhaps not a constitutional crisis - yet
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/02/maki...
Making sense of what is happening in the United States
Why there is perhaps not a constitutional crisis - yet
By me
Substack:
emptycity.substack.com/p/making-sen...
Personal blog:
davidallengreen.com/2025/02/maki...
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Jannik Sinner ban makes tennis look ridiculous. He didn’t cheat, he got no performance enhancing benefit, but still a three month ban to show how revellant WADA is. All over someone else’s treated cut finger touching him. news.sky.com/story/world-...
Jannik Sinner: World number one gets three-month tennis ban for doping
The tennis player initially said he hadn't done anything wrong but has now accepted a ban which expires in time for him to compete in the Italian and French Opens in May. But it has triggered a furiou...
news.sky.com
February 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Jannik Sinner ban makes tennis look ridiculous. He didn’t cheat, he got no performance enhancing benefit, but still a three month ban to show how revellant WADA is. All over someone else’s treated cut finger touching him. news.sky.com/story/world-...
Played tennis at a club for first time in 20 years last night, thanks to support budget for bro. Two hours paying for today, but I’m still smiling. Lot’s of fun despite 2 celsius.
February 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Played tennis at a club for first time in 20 years last night, thanks to support budget for bro. Two hours paying for today, but I’m still smiling. Lot’s of fun despite 2 celsius.
Raducanu can play well enough to warrant a wildcard entry. The problem is she cannot sustain that level of play the tour demands to have the ranking. She has a fanbase and name recognition which means she will merit getting them still. Hope she can maintain fitness/no injury to not need a wc soon.
February 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Raducanu can play well enough to warrant a wildcard entry. The problem is she cannot sustain that level of play the tour demands to have the ranking. She has a fanbase and name recognition which means she will merit getting them still. Hope she can maintain fitness/no injury to not need a wc soon.
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What happened to Meghan McCain?
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
What happened to Meghan McCain?
Really thought the one silver lining from “The Phantom Menace” is that it might warn people about trade wars given how the Sith are behind it, to bring down the republic and impose an emperor.
I get the economics escaping popular culture. But Star Wars. Unforgivable.
I get the economics escaping popular culture. But Star Wars. Unforgivable.
February 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Really thought the one silver lining from “The Phantom Menace” is that it might warn people about trade wars given how the Sith are behind it, to bring down the republic and impose an emperor.
I get the economics escaping popular culture. But Star Wars. Unforgivable.
I get the economics escaping popular culture. But Star Wars. Unforgivable.
Hold it together Yastremska!
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hold it together Yastremska!
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An exciting find by Duncan Wright and my colleague Ollie Creighton!
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Archaeologists find ‘lost’ site depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. By reinterpreting previous excavations and conducting ne...
news.exeter.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
An exciting find by Duncan Wright and my colleague Ollie Creighton!
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
Madison Keys revealed what seems a simple truth in sport yet so hard to do. The right mindset is essential to fulfil your talent and athletic potential. If you need to feel a winner all the time, tennis will destroy you. Her run best seen since Emma’s at US Open. Just brilliant.
January 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Madison Keys revealed what seems a simple truth in sport yet so hard to do. The right mindset is essential to fulfil your talent and athletic potential. If you need to feel a winner all the time, tennis will destroy you. Her run best seen since Emma’s at US Open. Just brilliant.
Zverev speaks so elegantly, whether defending Novak’s retirement or for people with diabetes. However it will be the shout of believe “Oyla and Brenda” which will forever reverberate around him, which means he cannot be an ambassador for the sport.
January 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Zverev speaks so elegantly, whether defending Novak’s retirement or for people with diabetes. However it will be the shout of believe “Oyla and Brenda” which will forever reverberate around him, which means he cannot be an ambassador for the sport.
Sabalenka’s development from ferocious ball striker to the tactician that can out think opponents has been a joy to watch over the years. Plus never dull on or off the court.
January 12, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Sabalenka’s development from ferocious ball striker to the tactician that can out think opponents has been a joy to watch over the years. Plus never dull on or off the court.
Gael Monfils in Auckland - fantastic!
January 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Gael Monfils in Auckland - fantastic!
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Cheap history books klaxon! On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is available for just 99p on Kindle all this month. I’m sorry for the self-promotion, but so glad that these important and marginalised histories are being made easily accessible to wide audience. 🗃️
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe eBook : Pennock, Caroline Dodds: Amazon.co.uk: Books
On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe eBook : Pennock, Caroline Dodds: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Cheap history books klaxon! On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is available for just 99p on Kindle all this month. I’m sorry for the self-promotion, but so glad that these important and marginalised histories are being made easily accessible to wide audience. 🗃️
Baldur’s Gate 3 really is closest to the fun of “Chose Your Own Adventure”series of books read as a kid. Getting the hang of it, just as well as at Moonrise Towers.
January 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Baldur’s Gate 3 really is closest to the fun of “Chose Your Own Adventure”series of books read as a kid. Getting the hang of it, just as well as at Moonrise Towers.
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*TRUMPET PARP*
You’re Dead To Me is back!!! Welcome to series 9 of the BBC comedy podcast that takes history seriously
Today’s episode is all about Ancient Greek philosophy superstar Aristotle, featuring @edithmayhall.bsky.social and @schreiberland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You’re Dead To Me is back!!! Welcome to series 9 of the BBC comedy podcast that takes history seriously
Today’s episode is all about Ancient Greek philosophy superstar Aristotle, featuring @edithmayhall.bsky.social and @schreiberland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
January 3, 2025 at 9:39 AM
*TRUMPET PARP*
You’re Dead To Me is back!!! Welcome to series 9 of the BBC comedy podcast that takes history seriously
Today’s episode is all about Ancient Greek philosophy superstar Aristotle, featuring @edithmayhall.bsky.social and @schreiberland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You’re Dead To Me is back!!! Welcome to series 9 of the BBC comedy podcast that takes history seriously
Today’s episode is all about Ancient Greek philosophy superstar Aristotle, featuring @edithmayhall.bsky.social and @schreiberland.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...