Ian David Holmes
@idholmes.bsky.social
Writer, researcher, teacher, actor. Language Development tutor- Associate Lecturer University of the Arts London. I'm interested in storytelling - both as an artform and as a social theory.
Trump himself cannot articulate, either at press conferences or, apparently, over the telephone, why exactly he needs to own Greenland, or how Denmark can give American companies and soldiers more access to Greenland than they already have... Trump just wants the U.S. to look larger on the map.'
Trump Triggers a Crisis in Denmark—And Europe
"Trump might forget about Greenland. But also, he might not. Nobody knows. He operates on whims," @anneapplebaum writes.
www.theatlantic.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Trump himself cannot articulate, either at press conferences or, apparently, over the telephone, why exactly he needs to own Greenland, or how Denmark can give American companies and soldiers more access to Greenland than they already have... Trump just wants the U.S. to look larger on the map.'
'When we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith. In dubio pro machina: when in doubt, trust the machine – that may become our future guiding principle.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
'When we follow AI’s advice, we are not guided by reason. We are back in the realm of faith. In dubio pro machina: when in doubt, trust the machine – that may become our future guiding principle.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'London is a long way from fallen, and no one should doubt the real agenda here.'
The plot against London - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
The plot against London - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
The plot against London
Distorted attacks by the populist right are really about demography
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January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
'London is a long way from fallen, and no one should doubt the real agenda here.'
The plot against London - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
The plot against London - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT