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So the Ammonite Order of architecture exists just enough to get its own Wikipedia page. This is from Gideon Mantell's house Castle Place on Lewes High St, designed by Amon Wilds.
March 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
So the Ammonite Order of architecture exists just enough to get its own Wikipedia page. This is from Gideon Mantell's house Castle Place on Lewes High St, designed by Amon Wilds.
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Study of two tulips from Georg Flegel, to celebrate a day that’s included some good entertainment. And it's Spring!
March 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Study of two tulips from Georg Flegel, to celebrate a day that’s included some good entertainment. And it's Spring!
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🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
March 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:
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Bombshell Atlantic piece where Goldberg accidentally got looped into a Signal group of Trump's top brass preparing the Houthi strikes.
I’d urge everyone, including economic EU policymakers, to read it to grasp the raw, unvarnished grievance team Trump has with Europe.
I’d urge everyone, including economic EU policymakers, to read it to grasp the raw, unvarnished grievance team Trump has with Europe.
March 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Bombshell Atlantic piece where Goldberg accidentally got looped into a Signal group of Trump's top brass preparing the Houthi strikes.
I’d urge everyone, including economic EU policymakers, to read it to grasp the raw, unvarnished grievance team Trump has with Europe.
I’d urge everyone, including economic EU policymakers, to read it to grasp the raw, unvarnished grievance team Trump has with Europe.
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If it wasn’t clear already, the Trump Administration loathe Europe.
The feeling is mutual, frankly.
The feeling is mutual, frankly.
March 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If it wasn’t clear already, the Trump Administration loathe Europe.
The feeling is mutual, frankly.
The feeling is mutual, frankly.
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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I wrote this in July 2016
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
March 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I wrote this in July 2016
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Legal eagles: Meta are using pirated books from LibGen to train an AI model. There's a legal action in the US which Meta are defending on the basis of 'fair use'. There's no direct equivalent to fair use in the UK, though, right? Fair dealing is narrower.
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Legal eagles: Meta are using pirated books from LibGen to train an AI model. There's a legal action in the US which Meta are defending on the basis of 'fair use'. There's no direct equivalent to fair use in the UK, though, right? Fair dealing is narrower.
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I suggest Paul Weiss hire her as its new managing partner.
You can read Cohen's full statement here: www.linkedin.com/posts/rachel...
March 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I suggest Paul Weiss hire her as its new managing partner.
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This is fair, because the Constitution specifically rules out the use of Autopens. It was something the Framers felt very strongly about.
March 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
This is fair, because the Constitution specifically rules out the use of Autopens. It was something the Framers felt very strongly about.
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Pre-emotive concession after concession after concession. Inept, malevolent or compromised negotiators.
“The Justice Department has quietly informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir V. Putin” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
U.S. to Withdraw From Group Investigating Responsibility for Ukraine Invasion
The decision is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from holding President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.
www.nytimes.com
March 17, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Pre-emotive concession after concession after concession. Inept, malevolent or compromised negotiators.
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Here we go: the rewriting of history has formally begun
"Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’"
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
"Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’"
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’
A new social studies agenda approved by the education board would require high-schoolers to review baseless claims related to President Trump’s 2020 election loss.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Here we go: the rewriting of history has formally begun
"Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’"
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
"Oklahoma proposes teaching standards suggesting 2020 election ‘discrepancies’"
www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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Off the charts level of institutional vandalism this past week. Kennan Institute long gathered superb Russian military expertise at a time when the subfield was not terribly fashionable. DOGE & co actively destroying DoD intellectual capacity in their mindless rampage through the bureaucracy.
Trump is eliminating Wilson Center, a stellar US foreign policy study establishment. Along with it goes the Kennan Institute - one of the best Russia study institutions.
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
I was fortunate to be a Kennan Fellow in 2017.
Such a loss
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Off the charts level of institutional vandalism this past week. Kennan Institute long gathered superb Russian military expertise at a time when the subfield was not terribly fashionable. DOGE & co actively destroying DoD intellectual capacity in their mindless rampage through the bureaucracy.
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Yesterday the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services was required to be "eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law," and required to "reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law"
Continuing the Reduction of the Federal Bureaucracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yesterday the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services was required to be "eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law," and required to "reduce the performance of their statutory functions and associated personnel to the minimum presence and function required by law"
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As I hear RJK Jr telling us that the measles vaccine is as bad as the measles, I'm thinking about this piece from David Runciman back in 2017 in which he said:
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
March 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As I hear RJK Jr telling us that the measles vaccine is as bad as the measles, I'm thinking about this piece from David Runciman back in 2017 in which he said:
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
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Putin wearing a military uniform for the first time since the start of the invasion should give you an indication of just how ”committed to peace” Russia is and the odds of them accepting the ceasefire.
March 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Putin wearing a military uniform for the first time since the start of the invasion should give you an indication of just how ”committed to peace” Russia is and the odds of them accepting the ceasefire.
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Ever since someone posted that he looks like a racist care bear I can't not think that whenever I see a picture.
I’ve written the cover story for this week’s edition of @theneweuropean.bsky.social – on JD Vance as the creepy VP, who has leveraged his…unique…brand of charm into an incredibly consequential role.
With subscribers tomorrow, on news stands Thursday, and online soonish…
With subscribers tomorrow, on news stands Thursday, and online soonish…
March 11, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Ever since someone posted that he looks like a racist care bear I can't not think that whenever I see a picture.
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GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "Why is a White House official, that's not even elected, why is that person belittling the Polish foreign minister? It's not appropriate. It's not right. We need more discipline in the White House."
March 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
GOP Rep. Don Bacon: "Why is a White House official, that's not even elected, why is that person belittling the Polish foreign minister? It's not appropriate. It's not right. We need more discipline in the White House."
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It looks like the beginning of the end for Ukrainian forces inside Russia's Kursk region. Russian troops have today seized villages in the north and east. Their offensive began ... immediately after Donald Trump cut weapons, intelligence & satellite feeds to Kyiv www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Russian forces recapture villages in Ukrainian-held pocket inside Russia
Moscow claims it is close to surrounding thousands of Ukrainian troops in Kursk region
www.theguardian.com
March 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
It looks like the beginning of the end for Ukrainian forces inside Russia's Kursk region. Russian troops have today seized villages in the north and east. Their offensive began ... immediately after Donald Trump cut weapons, intelligence & satellite feeds to Kyiv www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Elon Musk’s arrogant response to Poland’s foreign minister underscores the importance of accelerating the development of alternative low-earth-orbit communications systems from providers that can be relied on (including Telesat).
March 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Elon Musk’s arrogant response to Poland’s foreign minister underscores the importance of accelerating the development of alternative low-earth-orbit communications systems from providers that can be relied on (including Telesat).
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"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies"
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
A Suspicious Pattern Alarming the Ukrainian Military
A Ukrainian military source believes that Russia’s long-range strikes are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies.
www.theatlantic.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
"Russia’s long-range strikes, by cruise missiles that are among the most costly weapons in its nonnuclear arsenal, are aimed using satellite imagery provided by U.S. companies"
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
From Graeme Wood
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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Policies of wanton cruelty. There is an element of sadism to all this.
Around half of the €200 million funds for the Tallinn Mechanism — a key effort by the U.S., EU and NATO to provide cyber support to Ukraine — have evaporated after the US pulled its funding, Estonia’s cyber ambassador told me today. More in NatSecDaily: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
March 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Policies of wanton cruelty. There is an element of sadism to all this.