FT asks: 'Can Europe’s economy ever hope to rival the US again?'

A reminder that once you strip out population and dollar strength (which doesn't impact living standards in Europe), countries in the EU are *converging* with the US, not falling behind. ft.com/content/93f882…

Extreme-Right Politicians Falling Asleep At Key Moments dot tumblr dot com.

(Starring V. Putin at his 2022 war cabinet meeting, D. Trump at his financial-crimes trial, and now…)

Excellent data-filled thread explaining why there has NOT been an increase in maternal mortality in the United States (and possibly in other counties) contrary to what you may have read. Yet another case where a change in measurement technique produces a false statistic

The arbitrary borders drawn by British decolonization are causing more than a few problems around the world these days, it seems

Of course this coincides with the very angry turn against Netanyahu and his government by Israelis.

Both Hamas and Likud had only small minorities of popular support before Oct.7; now there’s a real prospect they’ll be banished, making an actual peace process conceivable

Significant ⁦Hussein Ibish⁩ piece in the Globe on the dramatic turn of Gaza residents against Hamas in recent months. Creates a strong opening for a PA return and thus makes statehood a viable peace outcome in the short term. theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

This guy has banned Twitter for his country’s citizens since February, yet seems to have great access himself for important messages like this

I had not been aware of Roger Corman’s series of sea-creature miscegenation movies, all produced by him while he was in his late 80s and 90s. They include

Sharktopus (2010)
Dinoshark (2010)
Dinocroc vs Supergator (2010)
Piranhaconda (2012)
Sharktopus vs Whalewolf (2015)

The edition of Anna Karenina that you get for free on Google Books is a rare one that has the courage to skip that boring opening sentence and go straight for the good stuff

JG Ballard’s Beachside Bollards

A family resort experience

Taiwanese TV and movie actor Wu Mu-hsuen was recently forced to sign a pledge to support #China 's territorial claim on democratic #Taiwan , or the show she had just finished filming would be ditched, according to multiple local media reports. rfa.org/english/news/c…

Very disturbing ⁦CNN⁩
report on torture & other maltreatment of #Palestinian detainees. Nothing ever justifies such treatment. ⁦more reason for ⁦Int'l Criminal Court⁩ to investigate. There should be #noimpunity for such crimes. cnn.com/2024/05/10/wor…

To casual observers, Rishi Sunak’s “Rwanda scheme” just sounds like a really strange and profoundly expensive way not to solve a very solvable migration problem of not very large scale

Up close, I write, it’s far worse.

theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

'How Joe Biden Sabotaged the ‘Rules-Based Order’' - my latest in Foreign Policy.

'By denying that Israel has violated international humanitarian law in Gaza, Washington is discrediting itself and the order that it claims to uphold.'

foreignpolicy.com/2024/05/10/bid…

I swear Putin’s people think of 1960s Bond films as educational documentaries

To casual observers, Rishi Sunak’s “Rwanda scheme” just sounds like a really strange and profoundly expensive way not to solve a very solvable migration problem of not very large scale

Up close, I write, it’s far worse.

theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…