Great episode from @theresthistory.bsky.social on the myths that sprang up around German WWI blood sacrifices. One detail omitted was that Hitler made a point of visiting Langemark cemetery in 1940, emphasising again the importance of the myth to nazi propaganda. podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/t...

When people talk about Latin American narco-gangs being multinational enterprises, they don't simply mean their activities extend across borders and continents. Brazil's PCC also has legal and accounting units. I wouldn't be surprised if a sustainability department is also in the works.

The jury is still out on whether Trump's policies are economic folly, as well as authoritarian nastiness. Seems to be a strong element of wishful thinking on the former. (H/t @adamtooze.bsky.social)

How to institutionalise corruption, lesson #321 via @edwardluce.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9f51...

While playing Risk recently, I realised why Trump's obsessed with Canada and Greenland. He thinks he gets 5 extra armies if he owns the whole continent

Among the many things that Napolean and I have in common, struggling to learn a foreign language is the one I most empathise with publicdomainreview.org/collection/n...

Why do lawyers not want to obey the law? Is 'professional confidentiality' an obstacle to lawyers fulfilling their anti-money laundering obligations? Short answer is 'no' as I and @anticorruption.bsky.social colleagues show here:
knowledgehub.transparency.org/helpdesk/bal...