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Musk giving a whole other layer to the term crypto-fascist.

Trump suggesting he takes over Gaza just to pull attention from Musk asset stripping the state.

Trump is running a soft version of Putin’s Ukraine strategy: he is delegitimising Canada’s sovereignty, creating conflict, and positioning himself as the ‘protector’. It’s not funny, it’s aggression.

Bazen En Güçlü Direniş Eylemi, Hiçbir Şey Yapmamaktır – Gwilym David Blunt onculanalitikfelsefe.com/bazen-en-guclu…

You can’t take our country — and you can’t take our game.

This is the new normal ultra wealthy ‘sovereign individuals’ exercising arbitrary power over us little folks and if you don’t say “Hell yeah” you get canned.

This is a point I was stressing to my students this week. Russia has strengths (lots of ☢️ weapons and ⛽️) but it is not at the same level as China or America. It is remarkable that Russia has managed to project superpower status from what is effectively a middle power+ position

“You will make enemies of states who are at present neutral and they will naturally conclude that in course of time you will attack them too…you are forcing others to become your enemies even against their intentions, and their inclinations.” Thucydides 5:98

Donald Trump is Liz Truss

But he can’t be rolled by a no confidence vote

Make the papacy Borgia again

I for one am looking forward to Pierre Poilievre and Liz Truss doing a joint presentation at CPAC on how to ruin your political reputation in 42 days or less!

Good old UK elections

"Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" "A republic, if you can keep it." This exchange between Elizabeth Willing Powell and Benjamin Franklin underpins this analysis of democratic backsliding that I've written for The Ethics Centre ethics.org.au/lessons-from-l…

“I’m going to cut this 8500 word draft to 8000 words.” Two hours later: 9000 words

The girls are fighting

After 3 years of education focussed part-time work and full-time parenting, I finally submitted a substantial new bit of research. I look forward to the desk rejection.

That’s so funny because this is mine