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What a time to be alive theguardian.com/fashion/2025/a…

Any hopes that China wouldn't retaliate against US tariffs were always delusional. Escalation will only make a dangerous situation worse bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Greeks who survived the longest depression on record starting in 2009 and then the Tsipras & Varoufakis era in 2015, watching the global financial system go kaboom

Bond basis is in headlines again. Here's a story I wrote on who are the traders dominating the massive basis trade, making billions for their firms and spooked global regulators. With Donal Griffin & William Shaw bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Tariff Game

Not to beat Chinese emperor analogies to death, but the behavior of Bessent and others in trying to divine what Trump thinks, and then extolling same as genius reminds me of scene in "Last Emperor" where the Emperor's various attendants sniff his poop bowls to check his humors.

To be kicked out of The Who for "overplaying" could be the greatest punchline in Rock History #TheWho

15 Deep Truths of Life: 1.

From this angle, you can truly appreciate how one tiny bollard can stop the enormous and truly gross Cyber Truck. What a magnificent sight! #WorldBollardAssociation

What a time to be alive (h/t Robert Burgess )

To file under "if you have to even say it" ...

Our cover this week.

"Do you even own a black suit?"

BREAKING: Massive -- really, massive -- electricity outage hits Spain, which large part of the country suffering blackouts (including Madrid and Barcelona). Data from Spain's national grid shows a lost of >10 GW of demand, from ~26GW to ~12GW in a few seconds. Reason unknonw.

Premier League execs are about to jet off on their summer holidays, but what are they doing about those Man City charges? 18+ GambleAware

What a time to be alive

What's the opposite of a nepo baby? theguardian.com/sport/2025/may…

Wonder whether the good folk at PRS Guitars have experimented with composite materials...