Yes, but there is also the protection of public space. That matters too.
Anthony Painter
@anthonypainter.bsky.social
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Policy. Political economy. Increasing bewilderment.
"The Three Economies" Substack here: https://open.substack.com/pub/anthonypainter
#ynwa
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I'm instinctively sympathetic but there is a real problem with (modified) e-bikes off road - esp deliveries. Would need some proper enforcement more widely (having twice pulled a child out of the path of an "e-bike" in parks)
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And still the strategic imperative for Europe (plus UK) is to prevent deals being done that do not undermine its security. And still it drags its feet and devotes its attention to grovelling to the orange blob. This inferiority complex is debilitating.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ukraine will not give up land, Zelenskyy warns ahead of Trump-Putin meeting
Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses remarks by US president, who said end to war will involve ‘some swapping of territories’ before announcing meeting
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How can France, with its culture of fine cuisine and food artisan excellence, have such universally atrocious coffee?
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Like a scene from the Addams Family. The master race 😂
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A brilliant piece on the misfits that make up the new alt right.
The most relevant detail: Curtis Yarvin ordering chicken korma and mango lassi. He's basically eight years old.
Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right
What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled
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When I read it when it was released before he was who he is I thought it transparently kicking down and wondered what on earth all the fuss was about.
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We will be granting nationhood to a land of rubble come September.
Far robust action is needed in coordination across the democratic world. Sanctions, asset freezes, export bans. Words and symbols are not sufficient.
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
Israel-Gaza war live: security cabinet approves Gaza City takeover as UK’s Starmer urges Israel to reconsider
PM says action ‘will do nothing to end conflict or secure hostages’ release, it will only bring more bloodshed’
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This is the precise mechanism of the Wall Street crash that led to the Great Depression. (Only it was company debt for equity rather than bitcoin).
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And incredibly small font.
