4 years ago I was doing trollies at Sainsburys on a Monday night. I left, worked hard and got a degree from the University of Sheffield. Now I’m doing trollies at Waitrose on a Friday night. Never give up 💫💯💎🛒

Man shot in Russia in argument over Kant uk.reuters.com/article/us-rus…

I'm literally shaking when I think about the power of the memes people are going to make if Trump wins back the White House in 2024.

Val d’Orcia

Florence vs Venice

Tomb of Giuliano de Medici, 1533 #michelangelo #highrenaissance

Between now and 2050, 35% of all urban pop growth worldwide will be driven by India, China AND NIGERIA (+189m). Chartbook Newsletter # 10 is a big note to self: Any account of 21st-century global dynamics must go beyond “Eurasian" axis. Read it here: adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne…

"Bravery is an innate quality; no one can give it to you, it is in the blood." -Napoleon Bonaparte

Less Friedrich Hayek more Friedrich List

"At no point in history have so many non-risk-takers, that is, those with no personal exposure, exerted so much control." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Southern Nigeria should be a country with Togo and Benin.

"Great ambition is the passion of a great character. He who is endowed with it may perform either very great or very bad actions; all depends upon the principles which direct him." -Napoleon Bonaparte

Iranian sacred geometry —

He sure could write

Any man can start a business, but not any man can found a city.

The city of Damascus is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world — known in Syria as aš-Šām & the "City of Jasmine.” Damascus is a major cultural center, with distinctive art & design aesthetics that continue to inspire A thread on Damascus design details…

I don’t think we’d ever rebound from civilizational collapse just because there’s a 1 to 1 million ratio of publications that could support rebuilding civilization to the publications responsible for leading it to ruin and 90% of them present as ostensibly critical.

In the UK if you can’t get any hoes they throw you in prison