@myriamrobin.bsky.social
Columnist at the Australian Financial Review
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Russian communities are facing a surge in crimes from both returning veterans and criminals using the war to get out of jail. But in Vladimir Putin’s new Russia, soldiers are the new heroes, and tough wartime censorship laws leave little room to criticize them.
Criminals go to fight for Russia and then return home to kill again
In a country with little provision for those suffering from PTSD caused by the horrors of the front, some traumatized veterans return to commit crimes.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Russian communities are facing a surge in crimes from both returning veterans and criminals using the war to get out of jail. But in Vladimir Putin’s new Russia, soldiers are the new heroes, and tough wartime censorship laws leave little room to criticize them.
On the careless people on.ft.com/4i7SYUW
How Gatsby foretold Trump’s America
A century after it was published, F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is more relevant than ever. Sarah Churchwell on the trouble with ‘careless people’
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April 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
On the careless people on.ft.com/4i7SYUW
Me doing research, interviews, gossiping: this is so much fun it can’t be a real job. Me writing, editing, getting things down: this job is torture
March 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Me doing research, interviews, gossiping: this is so much fun it can’t be a real job. Me writing, editing, getting things down: this job is torture
One of the world’s most anti-woke crusaders keeps bringing his toddler into work and honestly it’s very confusing
February 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
One of the world’s most anti-woke crusaders keeps bringing his toddler into work and honestly it’s very confusing
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The Murdoch-owned Adelaide Advertiser is finally turning on its former hero Sanjeev Gupta, only a good half decade after the FT and others started shining a light on his shenanigans
February 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Murdoch-owned Adelaide Advertiser is finally turning on its former hero Sanjeev Gupta, only a good half decade after the FT and others started shining a light on his shenanigans
WSJ on “the dumbest trade war in history”: “Mr Trump can’t repeal the laws of economics any more than Joe Biden could on inflation.” www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the...
www.theaustralian.com.au
February 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
WSJ on “the dumbest trade war in history”: “Mr Trump can’t repeal the laws of economics any more than Joe Biden could on inflation.” www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the...
Both sides of politics want us to believe that redirecting prosperity to a preferred sector somehow represents a growth strategy www.afr.com/policy/econo...
Why green aluminium pushes us towards Argentine Peronism
Both sides of politics want us to believe that redirecting prosperity to a preferred sector somehow represents a growth strategy.
www.afr.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Both sides of politics want us to believe that redirecting prosperity to a preferred sector somehow represents a growth strategy www.afr.com/policy/econo...
“the restoration of individual responsibility and freedom” : how some of Australia’s leading tech founders see Trumpism www.afr.com/technology/s...
Silicon Valley’s lurch to the right catches the eye of local VCs
Some 15,000 kilometres away from Washington DC, where tech is cosying up to Donald Trump, local start-ups are pondering whether to ride the anti-DEI wave.
www.afr.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“the restoration of individual responsibility and freedom” : how some of Australia’s leading tech founders see Trumpism www.afr.com/technology/s...
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"In the aftermath of disaster, healthy communities ask themselves, 'What did we do wrong?' Unhealthy ones ask, 'Who did this to us?' Nations that externalize their internal issues lose the ability to address them."
These Bizarre Theories About the L.A. Wildfires Endanger Everyone
Societies that scapegoat foreign powers for domestic problems erode their ability to solve those problems.
www.theatlantic.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"In the aftermath of disaster, healthy communities ask themselves, 'What did we do wrong?' Unhealthy ones ask, 'Who did this to us?' Nations that externalize their internal issues lose the ability to address them."
There are many brave, exceptional people in this world and I’m trying to hold their images and words in my mind to drown out the airtime devoted to the bullies and the bloviators
January 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
There are many brave, exceptional people in this world and I’m trying to hold their images and words in my mind to drown out the airtime devoted to the bullies and the bloviators
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The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
Facts to make you feel old: Supreme by Robbie Williams bangs as hard as ever but is 25 years old this year
January 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Facts to make you feel old: Supreme by Robbie Williams bangs as hard as ever but is 25 years old this year
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December 31, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Merry Christmas to me …
December 25, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Merry Christmas to me …
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It's interesting how pubs are making nearly as much as clubs out of poker machines while getting far less attention.
There's only one reason while some random suburban pub is open to 6am on a Tuesday... www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
There's only one reason while some random suburban pub is open to 6am on a Tuesday... www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
December 17, 2024 at 10:59 PM
It's interesting how pubs are making nearly as much as clubs out of poker machines while getting far less attention.
There's only one reason while some random suburban pub is open to 6am on a Tuesday... www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
There's only one reason while some random suburban pub is open to 6am on a Tuesday... www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
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Exclusive: Inside the ‘unending chaos’ at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
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Inside the ‘unending chaos’ at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
After a frenetic world tour, the billionaire had to wind back his hydrogen plans. A Financial Review investigation looks at what led to an exodus of executives.
www.afr.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Exclusive: Inside the ‘unending chaos’ at Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue
www.afr.com/companies/en...
www.afr.com/companies/en...
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No more rules.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
December 3, 2024 at 9:40 PM
No more rules.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.