“[J]ust as power-playing moguls place themselves on each other’s company boards, so autocrats love other autocrats.” By Marina Hyde: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Welcome to the 2026 World Cup shakedown! The price of a ticket: the integrity of the game | Marina Hyde
In World Cup parlance, Qatar was Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s qualifier. Now it’s the big time for Trump’s dictator-curious protege, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
“[J]ust as power-playing moguls place themselves on each other’s company boards, so autocrats love other autocrats.” By Marina Hyde: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Podcaster/music types: I need a new mic for home recording. Any recommendations? I'm paying with my own money (disgusting) so the best bang for your buck for good quality would be nice.
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Podcaster/music types: I need a new mic for home recording. Any recommendations? I'm paying with my own money (disgusting) so the best bang for your buck for good quality would be nice.
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Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY
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www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
August 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Paperback, with new preface, available TODAY
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...
By Anne Applebaum www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
By Anne Applebaum www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Loving war crimes is not a sustainable policy in a democracy
December 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Loving war crimes is not a sustainable policy in a democracy
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Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
iandunt.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
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Better.
Dear @iandunt.bsky.social. I took note of your comment in your latest email from your substack that Bluesky has "far too little silliness and far too few gags".
This made me sad. So to cheer you up a bit, here is the kangaroo from the Kangol logo sucking its own knob.
This made me sad. So to cheer you up a bit, here is the kangaroo from the Kangol logo sucking its own knob.
December 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Better.
It's a mark of our moral disintegration that there's even a discussion about Ukraine giving up land. To even countenance it is to reward colonialism.
December 5, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Good morning BlueSky. New Origin Story is OUT.
In today's episode of Origin Story, @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social explain the New Left, the messy constellation of ideas & movements that came out of the discrediting of Soviet communism 70 years ago & made the left what it is today 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#leftism #politics
#leftism #politics
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Good morning BlueSky. New Origin Story is OUT.
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Was that chip deal or this tariff break a credible decision made in the national interest, or a finagle made in Donald Trump’s self-interest? Was it both? Who knows
In Washington, everything appears to be for sale
And the government has given up on prosecuting corruption
econ.st
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Was that chip deal or this tariff break a credible decision made in the national interest, or a finagle made in Donald Trump’s self-interest? Was it both? Who knows
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Japan’s military build-up is a response to increasingly aggressive neighbours in China and North Korea and an ever more unreliable ally in America
How will Japan’s defences evolve under its hawkish new leader?
Takaichi Sanae wants bigger budgets, better spooks and a stronger arms industry
econ.st
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Japan’s military build-up is a response to increasingly aggressive neighbours in China and North Korea and an ever more unreliable ally in America
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The proof this is a bad deal is that it is an ultimatum. If it offered Ukraine salvation, why would Donald Trump have to force it on Volodymyr Zelensky? Why are European allies scrambling to stall it?
Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America
It is a sad mix of naked opportunism and strategic myopia
econ.st
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The proof this is a bad deal is that it is an ultimatum. If it offered Ukraine salvation, why would Donald Trump have to force it on Volodymyr Zelensky? Why are European allies scrambling to stall it?
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After receiving an alert on Saturday that the former president’s ankle monitor had been tampered with, the Brazilian police entered Jair Bolsonaro’s home. Bolsonaro had burned the device, he told the police, days before he was to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup.
How a Sabotaged Ankle Monitor Ended Bolsonaro’s House Arrest
Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device.
nyti.ms
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
After receiving an alert on Saturday that the former president’s ankle monitor had been tampered with, the Brazilian police entered Jair Bolsonaro’s home. Bolsonaro had burned the device, he told the police, days before he was to begin a 27-year prison sentence for trying to stage a coup.
“Not only would this plan cede territory, people, and assets to Russia; it also seems deliberately designed to weaken Ukraine, politically and militarily, so that Russia would find it easier to invade again a year from now, or 10 years from now.“
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
“Not only would this plan cede territory, people, and assets to Russia; it also seems deliberately designed to weaken Ukraine, politically and militarily, so that Russia would find it easier to invade again a year from now, or 10 years from now.“
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Men die younger than women, do worse at school and are more likely to kill themselves. Beyond that, however, the idea of a catastrophe crumbles
The panic over a male crisis in Britain is overblown
But some manly problems are undeniable
econ.st
November 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Men die younger than women, do worse at school and are more likely to kill themselves. Beyond that, however, the idea of a catastrophe crumbles
“The court is finding that the government’s actions in this case—whether purposeful, reckless or negligent—raise genuine issues of misconduct, are inextricably linked to the government’s grand jury presentation and deserve to be fully explored by the defense.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed Misconduct in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The court is finding that the government’s actions in this case—whether purposeful, reckless or negligent—raise genuine issues of misconduct, are inextricably linked to the government’s grand jury presentation and deserve to be fully explored by the defense.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...
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The engine of government is sputtering in Britain. Yet a total overhaul of Downing Street and Whitehall in general is unthinkable when the top of government is a circus
Sir Keir Starmer is a prisoner of the politics he pledged to end
When rigmarole becomes reality
econ.st
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The engine of government is sputtering in Britain. Yet a total overhaul of Downing Street and Whitehall in general is unthinkable when the top of government is a circus
”[A] top official at the prison said that he is ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’”
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
”[A] top official at the prison said that he is ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’”
Were we this annoying when doing our teenaging? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
What Does ‘6-7’ Mean? Maybe Tweens Don’t Want You to Know.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Were we this annoying when doing our teenaging? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
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🚨ICYMI🚨 Listen to @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss The UK Labour Party: From Attlee to Callaghan 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#LabourParty #politics #OriginStory #Attlee #Callaghan #ukpolitics
#LabourParty #politics #OriginStory #Attlee #Callaghan #ukpolitics
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🚨ICYMI🚨 Listen to @iandunt.bsky.social & @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss The UK Labour Party: From Attlee to Callaghan 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...
#LabourParty #politics #OriginStory #Attlee #Callaghan #ukpolitics
#LabourParty #politics #OriginStory #Attlee #Callaghan #ukpolitics
Has not yet said that he hardly knew her. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Trump Cuts Ties With Marjorie Taylor Greene, Calling Her ‘Wacky’
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Has not yet said that he hardly knew her. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
“I felt like I had no control of my immigration case, of my body, of my health, of my life, for that matter.”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“I felt like I had no control of my immigration case, of my body, of my health, of my life, for that matter.”
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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This is unbelievably horrifying
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is unbelievably horrifying