All war is political, but this is political theatre. Moscow's threat of tactical nukes may have more to do with Gazprom's annual report than NATO. the4717.com/post/bad-gas

“Look how well the economy is doing!” v. “Why are we so damned gloomy about it?” The answer may be that the data models and humans are asking different questions. the4717.com/post/the-uncer…

The Cold War concept of "containment" is back in vogue - with good reason &major differences. China is facing a demographic collapse, but its real danger is a fundamental misunderstanding of capitalism. the4717.com/post/containin…

I’ve never seen anyone wrap “stuffing a hooker and paying her to shut up” in quite such high flown rhetoric as Trump just did. Now I’m going to tell my bartender why my unpaid tab strike the core of the American way of life.

Couldn’t have put it better myself.

A number of publishers, including The Atlantic, have recently announced partnerships with OpenAI. The arrangements conceivably could lead to more accurate AI models. But the potential perils are also clear, writes Damon Beres. theatln.tc/c12oekVt

I first pointed out that we’re in Cold War II back in 2018. But it only recently struck me that in this new Cold War, we—and not the Chinese—might be the Soviets. 1/13 thefp.com/p/were-all-sov…

Banks are Eating More Risk, Again, by Richard Murff open.substack.com/pub/the4717/p/…

Trump had the advantage ahead of this weekend, he had the advantage ahead of that disastrous debate… but don’t assume he’s been handed a walk-in to the White House. The American voter is remarkably unsympathetic to political violence. the4717.com/post/post-shoo…

The CrowdStrike bug showed just how vulnerable our internet of things is to a weapon you aren’t thinking about. It isn’t pretty. the4717.com/post/in-a-emp-…

Can I ask a marketing favour of the hotel industry? Can you come up with a better phrase than "Adults Only"? I quite like the idea of no kids, but this implies I'll have to spend my holiday in a gimp mask being molested by random Germans.

Classic comedy from John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Tim Brooke-Taylor & Marty Feldman (with Barry Cryer) in The Four Yorkshiremen sketch from At Last The 1948 Show (1967)

Is just me or are those Apple AI Intelligence ads with the dull looking girl pushing a way for people not doing their job to do it badly?