Nawab Sri Lanka’s shook off socialism (it turned back later) & became one of the first Asian economies to liberalize under JR Jaywardena in 1977. It’s ethnic chauvinism that literally and directly destroyed its potential. Easily a 25,000k gdpc country otherwise (as a base case even).

Consider the following: The majority of Catholics worldwide live in countries where the weather doesn't exactly permit long sleeves, let alone suits.

“Motorola’s manager was killed in the riots and construction stopped. The Motorola factory moved to Malaysia” Holy fucking shit this was a Haitian-tier deathnik chimp-out of intergalactic proportions

If you think Vance’s little bitch fit at Zelensky looks shortsighted, stupid, and like the worst foreign policy ever a year out, imagine how bad it’ll look in 30

REPORTER: You mentioned that, staying on as Fed governor, you intend to keep a low profile. Could you give us a little more detail on what that looks like? JEROME POWELL: *ducks down*

1) Check the poverty incidence among fishermen and farmers 2) There is already vocational training and education tied to 4Ps 3) CONDITIONAL ANG 4Ps HINDI YAN PAMIGAY LANG BASTA BASTA

President Trump is effectively a reverse-engineered Old Stock American

no professional economist has ever been or will ever be again this funny on purpose

At the end of the day, Sinwar won

There’s no other way of calling it. Incompetence. We’re nowhere near the ideal eGovernance service if we can’t be bothered to pay cloud vendors. Para kang bumili ng ambulansya pero walang pang-gasolina.

Yin Shao Loong at a climate event in Putrajaya today made an important point that the “green jobs” narrative is oversold I (broadly) concur. Once a solar panel factory is set up, you need minimal labor to run it. And as noted by Shao Loong, even the construction phase is getting

🇹🇿Tanzania is about to finalize one of the largest energy deals in African history. Equinor, ExxonMobil, and Shell are meeting in Dar es Salaam this week for the final round of negotiations on a $42 billion LNG project. The hard part is already done... Commercial terms agreed

One of the best characters in Korra and arguably the franchise, the decision to make the Iroh equivalent a flawed and insecure man who still has a lot of growing to do even though he has a lot to teach is great. Also I love how he's the polar opposite of Aang but they share the

The psychology of the Silicon Valley overlords is in general interesting to observe. Someone like Musk seems entirely happy and comfortable in his element: for all his flaws, does not seem resentful, does not come across as angry or spiteful. Is clearly doing what he believes he

A very political statement from JNIM this evening, the group calls on all "patriots" of Mali to unify on a single front against the "terrorist dictatorship" currently ruling Mali, including traditional chiefs and political parties. JNIM calls for a "peaceful transition" of power

When the hegemon and their system wavers, the world becomes less peaceful and more contested. The question isn't whether you can afford to arm. It is whether you can afford the alternative. The arms buildup is the insurance policy against geopolitical uncertainty. The price of

Korra is genuinely one of the most gifted characters in the franchise and was severely hindered being locked away by the White Lotus which one of the biggest reasons she struggled early, and also why she had the highest potential to grow much faster. She was overtrained

Despicable QRTs here that continue to remove our agency. Even when this country has good news we are to be used as a sort of battering ram for the grievances of others.

there is touch of irony here, considering that aang’s element is air—freedom—yet the weight of being the last airbender and all the traditions weigh him down meanwhile, toph is earth—firmness—yet she longs to break free from the traditions that imprison her