DKKINSIGHT
@dirkkinsight.bsky.social
Senior Expert & Political Analyst (EU–ME–US/CA).
Strategic writer on geopolitics, democracy & power structures.
Economist (Master’s level). Narrative & crisis strategy.
📚 Book reviews & political non-fiction.
Strategic writer on geopolitics, democracy & power structures.
Economist (Master’s level). Narrative & crisis strategy.
📚 Book reviews & political non-fiction.
We didn’t go green. We outsourced production, pollution, and responsibility.
Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
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Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
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December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
We didn’t go green. We outsourced production, pollution, and responsibility.
Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
open.substack.com/pub/dirkkins...
Fast fashion is the clearest example: cheap, disposable, shipped across the world — and sold as progress.
Climate honesty starts with consumption.
open.substack.com/pub/dirkkins...
★★★★★ Hillbilly Elegy — J. D. Vance
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
★★★★★ Hillbilly Elegy — J. D. Vance
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
A raw, unsentimental memoir about class, family, and responsibility. No excuses, no ideology—just lived experience and hard truths about why upward mobility breaks and what it costs to escape. Essential reading.
#BookReview #Nonfiction #Memoir #America
★★★★☆
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
★★★★☆
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
Educated — Tara Westover
An extraordinary memoir, deservedly praised. Powerful and honest, but at times repetitive, which keeps it just shy of five stars for me. Still an essential read.
#BookReview #Educated
⭐⭐☆☆☆
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
⭐⭐☆☆☆
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
After The Terminal List, True Believer was a disappointment for me — less focus, less tension, too much sprawl. I’ll still try book three, but this one didn’t deliver.
#BookReview #Thriller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
December 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
Blood Impact doesn’t try to impress — it delivers. Tight pacing, controlled violence, clear stakes.
As someone who reads everything from thrillers to non-fiction: this one stands out.
#BookReview #Thriller
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
December 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
I’ve just begun the Reece series from the start and I’m curious how it develops. Strong opening. The Terminal List still holds up—tight pacing, hard edge, no filler. A rare thriller that knows exactly what it wants to be. Five stars, easily.
#BookReview #Thriller #JackCarr
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
A murder, but no simple whodunit: Murder at the Agora uses crime to expose Athens as a political battlefield. Dense atmosphere, precise detail, intelligent dialogue. Historical crime fiction with real analytical depth.
#BookReview #HistoricalFiction
Just finished Murder at the Agora — such a vivid return to Athens.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
December 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just finished Murder at the Agora — such a vivid return to Athens.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
Now diving into Book 2, Shadows at the Acropolis.
Unfortunately the series is only on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited right now… I normally prefer Apple Books, but Athens was calling.
New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
December 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
New here.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.
I write about culture, resilience, and the forces that shape modern societies. Exploring how ideas influence behavior — and how narratives become power.
This is The Tolerance Trap — the starting point of many of those reflections.