Tonight (6:45 pm), I'm speaking at Le Vernissage Londres, a private view and charity evening for Save the Children, in conjunction with the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. Hope93 Gallery 54 Eastcastle St, London W1W 8EF levernissagelondres.com

In September 2001, terrorists flew passenger planes into the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon, killing over 3,000 people. It was the worst terrorist attack in history. And it changed the world forever. www.themintmagazine.com/over-the-rai...

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Panama Canal will be restricted to shipping because of El Niño plus Climate Change drought. Global trade implications to supply chains maritime-executive.com/article/pana...

Panama Canal Begins Reducing Daily Transits Due to Declining Water Levels

The Panama Canal Authority is expanding what it is calling “temporary modifications to the lock’s transit capacity” as the forecasts for a worsening d...

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After 18 years of litigation, the Fourth Circuit just wiped away a $42 million jury verdict against CACI for its role in torture at Abu Ghraib—a verdict the same court had *affirmed* earlier this year. Why? Because of #SCOTUS's 6-3 June 23 ruling in Cisco, which eviscerated the Alien Tort Statute:

Today's episode of The Ezra Klein Show. Trump vs. the Bond Market Robin Wigglesworth from the Financial Times explains everything you need to know about the Trump administration’s meddling with the bond market. open.spotify.com/episode/1ts2... youtu.be/1TfGBoQVgGc?...

What the Heck Is Going On in the Bond Market? | The Ezra Klein Show

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The horn is sounded! I declare Caturday open

The magic of an Irish rainforest 🌍

Excellent letter in @financialtimes.com from my colleague @ninajorden.bsky.social pointing out the need to be careful how public sector productivity is defined www.ft.com/content/a10c... Letter: What Baumol’s disease tells us about the productivity puzzle

Letter: What Baumol’s disease tells us about the productivity puzzle

From Nina Jörden, Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge, UK

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BREAKING: A federal judge in California has ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment when it used security-related justification to revoke the legal status of students who expressed views it didn't like. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Amber likes yogurt with apricot puree. Yes, it was my breakfast.

Feedback on essay: "...there was little evidence of your learning from engaging with theological reflection through the course" And: "You have met the learning outcomes for this assignment" ??? Please help me understand...

Time for a snooze. Been playing all day.

Hey @lewisgoodall.com here is our Lancet article on Long COVID. Happy to chat. www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

Kitten has the zoomies.

It's not niche. It affects thousands of people. If you're one of them, have your say. And if you're not affected (yet), share this with people who are.

Rob Morgan@durutti74.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The DWP are asking for people to contribute evidence for a forthcoming review of Carers Allowance and how it operates. Admittedly this is niche, but please spread the word so it reaches the right people. www.gov.uk/government/c...

She's been asleep all afternoon. Not surprising,since she'd been playing since 4 am.

Amber's antics. Off camera, Skye is watching this.

May I introduce you to Amber?

Nigel Farage is running the bizarre line again on Today that he "wasn't in politics" when he stuffed £5 million down his trousers from a crypto-billionaire. He literally owned a political party.

Is this the line? This does not seem to me like the best possible line. If this were my line, I would go back into hiding and come up with a better line.

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Nigel Farage, asked about the £5mn gift from Christopher Harborne by LBC: "It's an unconditional gift. I can spend it on Ferraris if I want. That'd be entirely up to me."

Farage's £5m problem: do any of his defences hold up? www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...

Farage's £5m problem: do any of his defences hold up?

Nigel Farage has offered a succession of explanations for failing to declare a £5m gift he received in 2024 from crypto-billionaire Christopher Harborne. Ex-MP and professor of law David Howarth exami...

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Starmer resigns, has already spoken to the king. Will ask NEC to set out timetable with nominations opening July 9. He'll remain as PM until contest complete. Promises orderly handover of power, which suggests he will stay until September even if there isn't a contest.

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like

Jorge@antartica81.bsky.social · 3mo ago

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Very much this.

Jo Michell@jomichell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Got a piece up on Polanski, MMT, economic policy and all that. Punchline: Polanski is right that the current institutional and operational framework is past its sell by date, and Greens are asking the right questions — but Richard Murphy’s MMT is not the answer. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

"Trees are poems that Earth writes upon the sky." Khalil Gibran Ralph Emerson art

💥 BREAKING: Russia’s “invincible” Moscow-Simferopol railway in occupied Crimea just got absolutely bodied by a Ukrainian drone. Service suspended, all passengers evacuated. 10+ trains between Russia and Crimea canceled. Ukrainian drones throw the best fireworks show! 🔥 #SlavaUkraini #CrimeanWind

This is just *so* good.

Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"Apple, Google, and Meta are very excited to announce the release of new AI-driven products. We guarantee that they will respect your privacy. Unfortunately, these products are not available in Europe, as they have laws to protect your privacy."

Gestapo: 'Did you do this?' Picasso: 'No, you did.' (True story)

You just *have* to have 2 Ali Baba laundry baskets. One for the lights wash, the other for the darks.

Hugh Brechin@hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

can strongly, strongly recommend a game of 'sit in the pub with your friends and try to guess the price of an item on Peter Murrell's Embezzlement List' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...