Paul McNamara

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Sovereign Debt “veteran” apparently

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Tempted to read J. D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy? Skip it and listen to this instead

‎If Books Could Kill: Hillbilly Elegy on Apple Podcastspodcasts.apple.com ‎Show If Books Could Kill, Ep Hillbilly Elegy - Mar 23, 2023

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An incomplete thread of the many times Donald Trump has called for violence, made excuses for violence, celebrated violence, or dismissed violence committed against others:

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Two months ago Greg Abbott pardoned a murderer who texted a friend "I might go to Dallas to shoot looters" then drove into a BLM protest in Austin and killed a protester. The universal response from conservatives to the pardon was "Yeah! Woo-hoo!" Now they say liberals should turn down the rhetoric

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What the fuck. Absolutely not.

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It's coming home.

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Hawaiian 2: Italy Strikes Back

Question for Yanks: why are people getting worked up about NYT coverage? I mean the bias is obvious but from here it looks like a US version of the Guardian: prestige liberal newspaper in an era of mass media?

News Analysis: President Biden put on a competent showing at his news conference on Thursday night, but it remained in doubt if he could stem the bleeding of Democratic support.

‘No Poll Says That’: Biden Digs In as Democratic Fears Deepenwww.nytimes.com The president put on a competent showing at his pressure cooker of a news conference, but it remained in doubt if he could stem the bleeding of Democratic support.

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"Hopefully, some states will consider criminal prosecution," Musk wrote, suggesting he wants it to be illegal for brands to refuse to advertise on X. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetratorsarstechnica.com Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X's revenue.

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The NYT’s long, well-reasoned and merciless condemnation of Donald Trump, undoubtedly the most evil person ever nominated for president by a major party, whose only saving grace—his incompetence—would be no safeguard in a second term surrounded by corrupt sycophants.

this is powerful, whatever else you think about the paper of record. i suggest skipping the sniping and just embracing and sharing this widely.

Opinion | Donald Trump Is Unfit to Leadwww.nytimes.com He failed the tests of leadership and betrayed America. Voters must stand up to him in November.

Important one this: Spurs are actually the junior North London Club, having been in Middlesex not London until 1965.

Important ontological questions of our time: Does Middlesex actually exist? jonn.substack.com/i/146472449/...

I mean I think the Spanish will murder this team but hard not to enjoy this

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Today, Mars is a planet entirely populated by robots. It's cold and dry with little atmosphere. But when the solar system was young, 4 billion years ago, it had atmosphere, oceans, and most of the building blocks for early life. So what went wrong? It's a mystery! (🧑‍🎨: Michael Carrol, NASA)

Remembering the old days before penalty shoot-outs. The original Dutch-Spanish matchup went 80 years.

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Russia is making nearly eight times more Kh-101 missiles than before Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion in 2022 — and is still dependent on parts from western countries, particularly the US. Our @financialtimes.com story on the missile that destroyed Okhmatdyt hospital. www.ft.com/content/ef46...

Type of Russian missile that struck Kyiv children’s hospital uses western componentswww.ft.com Kremlin has turned to microprocessors and other technology not intended for military use to skirt sanctions

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Always interesting to note the exact moment someone abandons all pretence.

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A parliamentary pal tells me: “the register of financial interests is retroactive to one year before members take their seats. As of today Farage and Tice have 28 days to make a complete declaration” 🍿

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This is journalistic malpractice. The Biden admin was working on Parkinson's policy.

Breaking News: A Parkinson’s expert visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, according to official visitor logs. The administration has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease.

Parkinson’s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Monthswww.nytimes.com The White House has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease and that there has been no reason to update the most recent testing, conducted in February.

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Meanwhile:

Office clear out. Turns out that before lockdown I stashed a box of unwanted presents

This is a use of the term “amazing” which is new to me.

It’s amazing the extent to which our billionaire tech bro overlords are just telling us out loud that they are rooting for fascism. Makes me slightly nostalgic for the days when American plutocrats plotted against democracy in secret.

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I can’t explain how fucked up it is that Threads created a more hostile atmosphere to the New York Times than we did. Tony the Tiger brand humping website just beat our asses.

Wow. @nytimes.com has closed their Threads account and left the platform after days of getting just shredded in the replies for their handling of Biden post debate. Now they're getting dog piled on Instagram for running from Threads.

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Happy #primeweek! I just want to let y’all know that the Amazon shipping warehouse where my husband works is denying workers fans during a nationally recognized heat emergency and everything you order during time week places workers’ lives at risk.

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SHOTS FIRED

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NEW Survation MRP: Labour on Course to Win 484 seats. The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are in a close race to form the official opposition. Probabilistic seat count: LAB 484 CON 64 LD 61 SNP 10 RFM 7 PC 3 GRN 3 34,558 interviews conducted online and on the telephone

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Unfortunately FPTP is like The One Ring of UK politics: whoever wins does a Boromir/Isildur and thinks "Maybe we shouldn't destroy it, maybe we should use its terrible power for good?"

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Hearing Sunak is currently organising a Stop the Steal mob to march on Westminster and hang whoever the Deputy Leader of the Tories is this week. Seriously, sometimes you just have to step back and marvel at how absolutely cooked the US is.

I am enjoying the prospect of Reform and Tories arguing for PR. We had a referendum on Electoral reform, the people spoke and referendum results can Never Be Revisited