politics

The sooner that much of the rest of the world can stop trying to appease Trump the better. The hostility of this Presidency is an opportunity to build something new, something better away from the traditional hegemony of the US and the dollar

I need to get back to work on here, been too long

Last night the UK Parliament voted on an amendment to a bill that would ensure 10 Premier League football matches were made free-to-air. Almost 400 MPs voted against this motion, mostly from the governing Labour Party. This is such a let-down. This is not the Labour Party, it is the Conservatives who wear red party.

Really disappointing to see Labour siding with corporate interests over public access to football. You can’t claim to represent the working class while voting against their culture and joy.

Football

Not something I’d normally cast in this channel but it’s worth bringing everyone’s attention to – even those not from the UK

I Took a Photo!

Casting from Paris today! Embracing my European heritage by having as many espressos and pastries by the side of the street as I can

$PURP

All the best purp, hope things figure themselves out

🚨 TRADE POLICY UPDATE: Back in Mach I wrote the linked article about the plan behind Trump's tariffs. Just now, the European Central Bank announced it interest rate cut to 2% as a result of the tariffs as I predicted.

Read all about it on my @paragraph :

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🚨 TRADE POLICY UPDATE: Back in Mach I wrote the linked article about the plan behind Trump's tariffs. Just now, the European Central Bank announced it interest rate cut to 2% as a result of the tariffs as I predicted.

Read all about it on my @paragraph : https://paragraph.com/@technocrap/the-trump-tariff-tirade

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Night Time: wannabe Philosopher

Posting my journey to grow mentally, emotionally, and be healthy.

What do people actually do for the summer with no football? I’m quickly running out of podcasts about this season to listen to!

About halfway through the latest All In Podcast, they dove into the AI Doom-vs.-Boom debate. A couple quick thoughts:

1. They kept assuming that higher productivity means higher wages and better living standards. That hasn’t been true since the late ’70s—policy has decoupled productivity gains from average workers’ pay (see the EPI’s “productivity–pay gap” data: https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/). Productivity goes up, but pay doesn’t.

2. Labeling concerns about AI-driven layoffs for managerial positions as “fearmongering” misses the point. Sure, entry-level roles might be the first to go. But what happens to the managers whose job it was to oversee those now-unneeded positions?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MTSo0kmsIHRxtsJkP9Km8?si=uBxajDLZSIWoNxydL5w_sg&t=2694&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A2IqXAVFR4e0Bmyjsdc8QzF

So right. And again just reiterates how arbitrary so much of how we measure economic growth and improvement is

Regulation and policy. Have a background in politics and competition economics. Decentralise, redistribute, rebel

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On a side note, I’ve been a big fan of Politico’s reporting lately. In the UK, EU and US they’re constantly proving precise coverage and through things like the Digital Future Daily (linked), they’re highlighting an important issue and giving some decent analysis where others haven’t

Read a great piece today from Politico about the stupendous own goal of revoking Chinese student visas. Only adds to the madness of this Government: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/digital-future-daily/2025/05/29/maga-scores-another-victory-over-tech-00375035

Not to mention, if someone suggested this policy in the pre-Trump world it’d be ridiculed!

Screens

Just watched The Substance. I ordinary struggle with body horror and gore but that was pretty fun

To me, Wes Anderson is hit or miss. ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ qualifies as the former. Benicio Del Toro is magnetic + enigmatic, and Mia Threapleton holds her own in their repartee. Yes, she’s Kate Winslet’s daughter, and you can’t unsee it once you know. Sit center cinema to savor the signature symmetry.

Law & Policy

BREAKING: US SEC drops all charges and cases against Binance

Finished Catcher in the Rye last night. First half didn’t really do it for me but wow second half was some of the best stuff I’ve ever read

Bob Hale

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