CHOTINER: So how many tacos did you eat? ME: About four, I think. CHOTINER: Ok. On Instagram-- ME: Or six, maybe. CHOTINER: Yeah. Do you think some people might call that a lot? ME: Well, that's why I got the small chips. CHOTINER: Right. It's about discipline. ME: Exactly.

(hanging up the phone after being interviewed by Isaac Chotiner and turning to my wife) I think that went well. He just let me talk and he never seemed to get mad at me

Nothing we don't already know here, but yet another soldier confirming they shoot civilians for the crime of crossing an imaginary line.

🚨 EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT Join us for a free online panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Speakers: Stephen Semler, Thea Riofrancos & Ilias Alami, chaired by Laleh Khalili 🇵🇸 📅 16 Oct 6PM BST 🔗 eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-climate-…

Very excited to announce Transition Security Project, a new research centre that will investigate the US and UK military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. A collaboration between Common Wealth and Climate & Community Institute. Follow us and sign up for our launch. 👇

Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.   A country remade by privatisation.  Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life. 🧵

The decline remains shocking.   The UK shed public wealth at 7.4% of national income per year from 1981 to 1996.  Gross public wealth fell from the highest in the G7 to the lowest, where it has stayed ever since.

Important new analysis by Common Wealth The scale of privatisation in Britain was unprecedented outside post-Soviet countries — and we’ve been paying the price ever since.

NEW NEF report finds the Bank of England could save the Treasury over £20bn a year➡️relieving pressure on Chancellor's fiscal rules➡️perhaps alleviating bond market panic So why doesn't it? And how could we redesign the Treasury and Bank's relationship to ensure it did? 🧵⬇️

🎬 This powerful documentary by Domhnall (Cogito) on #WesternSahara goes well beyond the headlines, including on the role of the territory's resources in the conflict, the EU’s complicity and the legal reality that it is not Moroccan territory. A must watch: youtube.com/watch?v=-T2ha4…

Fun fact: The new Elizabeth Metro line in London moved more people in 2024 than Highway 401, the busiest freeway in North America.

The UK energy regulator modelled the impact of a Russia-Ukraine war in 2010.... Find out more about a remarkable document that was swept under the carpet... substack.com/home/post/p-17…

Make sure to check in to the launch of this amazing project this afternoon.

I still think about this all the time

“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.” Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions transitionsecurity.org/two-transitions

“By binding Israel’s military power together with the Gulf’s hydrocarbon reserves...Washington aims to push back against its weakened regional and global position.” Read Adam Hanieh on fossil capitalism in the Middle East, kicking off our essay series. transitionsecurity.org/oil-militarism…

I want to be 100% clear: The story in the Times of London is entirely false and fabricated. It was just brought to my attention and I’m appalled. I never spoke to that reporter and never said those things. Those quotes aren’t mine, don’t reflect my views. thetimes.com/us/american-po…

.Zohran Kwame Mamdani, congrats on the win. Now you have a big responsibility. If I can help NYC, just let me know what I can do.

The natural resources of Africa’s last colony are exploited by foreign companies, with renewables greenwashing Morocco's grip middleeasteye.net/news/western-s…

The budget will be a £30bn spectacle designed to appease bond markets. Yet it will likely do nothing to challenge the power bond markets have been gifted by the govt. Truly taming bond markets means a radically different approach to fiscal+monetary policy. Let me explain 👇