It's too hot to think

Today’s newsletter: almost all organisations are happiest when they can work to the boss, and when the boss has no political project, “the boss” becomes “the next election”, even when it is so far away as to be meaningless: www.ft.com/content/38a3...

Starmer says UK jets are moving to the Middle East for "contingency support throughout the region" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.

Which scenario is more likely to trigger a third world war? Iran and Israel both possessing nuclear weapons? Or Israel dragging the US, France and others into an operation to prevent Iran possessing nukes? Frankly, both scenarios look scary right now

I decided not to watch this series of Doctor Who yet because I couldn't really be bothered to make time for it as well as keeping up with where I've got to in Classic Who. Suffice it to say I'm now extremely confused about whatever the hell is going on.

Politics of immigration at next general election will depend more on small boat crossings & hotel use than overall numbers.

Eg: net migration halved in 2024 compared to 2023 [ONS stats came out 10 days ago] but that did not feature even as a nib on a single newspaper front-page the next day

How come I can't see who's following me on here? The suggested fixes for it don't seem to work.

Here we go again