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There is a lot of good stuff to unpack in this piece www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/o...
this is a really great conversation.
The implied narrative of this NYT piece is that Blanche (a) recognizes the illegality of what is happening, (b) is facilitating it, but (c) doing everything he can to ensure his personal fingerprints are not directly on the murder weapons. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/08/u...
We need a new US foreign policy that promotes peace and solidarity
Mu conversation with @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
Popehat Loves The Inflation
Henry Farrell
Ted's not only a great writer but a wonderful human being.
On a somewhat related topic, have a somewhat related co-authored piece coming out real soon.
"We'll just get more of that awful genre where it turns out misreading the Melian dialogue is key to understanding literally every event in international relations ever."
This, by @melaniemitchell.bsky.social is a strong, subtle overview of where we are at yalereview.org/article/mela...
We need a new US foreign policy that promotes peace and solidarity
Mu conversation with @ezraklein.bsky.social @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/o...
Melanie Mitchell probes the jagged landscape of AI and its uncertain future.
This is the opposite of right. Todd Blanche is the nominee because he noticed the corruption Trump demands and is supporting it actively.
Jeremy Strong's Zuckerberg impression is so accurate that i fear it will lead us into a dangerously uncanny valley
it's almost
dare i say it
meta.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM4L...
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me there has been "no change" to the Government's policy on using X, despite Elon Musk helping to incite the hateful scenes we saw in Belfast last night.
Also no new plans to take action against X for its role in the violence
