Neil Dunsire

Why George Osborne still runs Britain Austerity was a radical economic experiment – but 15 years on, it has become the new orthodoxy.

Brilliant article : www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

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.

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

🧵 Yesterday I shared my views on how disordered discourse has captured the US state and the risk of that happening elsewhere, but I don’t want to leave you hanging without proposing a solution.

Winter Has Come Eighty years of western history ended this week. What comes next is not likely to be good.

Winter is Here. A low and dishonourable week brings an end to eighty years of western history.
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Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.

It's when you realise the size of the age gap that it becomes clear what a sick mockery of the sport last night was

Appointing two people to head up a dept for efficiency is beyond parody.