4s30 The Influence of Russian Imperial Narratives \ Imports do not subtract from GDP
MartinCurt `2024 s 30` Hope. Help. Donate. Pray.
A letter from our publisher —
G’day cobbers!
In the 303rd year of Pyotr Romanov's empire, in the 553rd week of RF's invasion of Ukraine, and on the 960th day of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Kyiv is in Ukrainian hands.
For an overview of the week from a Queensish military historian, read the first part of :—
☼¶ ☼Michael Ryan (Mick, QvM/MMJ, Futura Doctrina)
☼The Big Five - 27 September edition
Video-lovers might listen to this clip on RF imperialism — and its effects elsewhere :—
Helsinki Commission of USA — 3 min.
Why the U.S. Misjudged Ukraine — The Influence of Russian Imperial Narratives on U.S. Policy — Dr Tim. Snyder (History, Yale).
Three more interesting essays from Tim. Snyder :—
☼¶ ☼Timothy Snyder
☼Fantasy-Impotence-Fascism The Trump-Vance Political Theory
Shevelov’s Rule Reminders of sacrifice and scholarship in Ukraine
To Be or Not to Be Ukraine and the Biden Legacy
Sir Lawrence Fredman on threats :—
☼¶ ☼Comment is Freed (Lawrence Freedman)
☼Who's Afraid of Vladimir Putin? On taking threats seriously
Hell hath no bitterness like a conservative untrumped :—
☼¶ ☼Nick Cohen (Writing from London)
☼Sarcastic, sneering and sadistic: The voice of modern power What Putin and Trump's propagandists have in common
Trump is Putin’s useful idiot: How Russia sabotages the West The Low-down interview with Peter Pomerantsev
No, Cynthia, the world does not hate America :—
☼¶ ☼Walking the World (Chris Arnade & al.)
☼No, the world doesn't hate America It's still the world's dominant cultural power, and that's ok
And Dr Smith explained to me why imports do not subtract from GDP. (Skip this if you already know.)
☼¶ ☼Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
☼Once again: Imports do not subtract from GDP I've explained it before, and I'll keep explaining it until the world understands.
Cheers,
Martin.
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+The Woes of the West+
☼☼America and Other Problems☼☼
☼¶ ☼Phillips P. O’Brien
☼Weekend Update #98: A Week in Ukraine Impressions on the State of the War
Three Scenarios for Ukraine--Just Don’t Call them "Peace" Deals
Weekend Update #99, Certain Debates Should be Over This week proved beyond a doubt the value of ranged attack and the weakness of Russian Red lines. Is the Administration listening?
☼¶ Guardian
The shapeshifter: Who is the real Giorgia Meloni? By Alexander Stille
The cement company that paid millions to Isis: Was Lafarge complicit in crimes against humanity? By Samanth Subramanian
¶ Engelsberg Ideas
2024s21 — We are living through a shift in the balance of power between states and the private sector, writes Ulrike Franke, with vast implications for modern conflict.
☼¶ ☼Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
☼At least five interesting things for your weekend (#49)
1. Degrowth in theory (silly) vs. degrowth in practice (terrifying)
2. 90s taxes weren’t so bad, were they?
3. China’s financial woes
4. The CHIPS Act got some very good people
5. YIMBY education
6. Remembering slacker culture
☼¶ ☼Persuasion (Yascha Mounk & al.)
☼Musa Al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke Yascha Mounk and Musa Al-Gharbi discuss why so many members of elite groups like to pretend they’re oppressed:— “I try to argue for reflexivity, which is a social scientific principle that states that the kinds of theories that we have about the world should also apply to the theorists themselves and to the institutions and environments, the communities that the theorist himself participates in. So oftentimes, for instance, when sociologists try to understand social problems, we analyze different groups asymmetrically. We analyze the behaviors of whites and non-whites, the behaviors of men and women, in completely different ways. We analyze the behaviors and relationships and institutions that we like in completely different ways than we analyze the institutions and people that we're more sociologically distant from. So in this book, I'm using some of the same tools and methods that we would normally use to analyze people who are more sociologically distant from us.”
☼¶ ☼Foundations
Why Britain has stagnated by Ben Southwood, Samuel Hughes, Sam Bowman
☼¶ ☼Timothy Garton Ash
☼U.S. needs to call time-out on Israel To avert wider war with Iran
☼¶ ☼UnPopulist, Reimagining Liberty (Aaron Ross Powell)
☼The Making of the MAGA Hoax About Pet-Eating Haitians It exposes the movement’s racist foot soldiers and indicts anti-woke conservative intellectuals like Chris Rufo and Ayaan Hirsi Ali Cathy Young
All Sides Are Violating International Law in the Escalating Middle East Conflict If Israel, its neighbors, and the Palestinians played by the rules of war they could forge a path to peace Nicholas Grossman
☼¶ ☼Nick Cohen (Writing from London)
☼Sarcastic, sneering and sadistic: The voice of modern power What Putin and Trump's propagandists have in common
Trump is Putin’s useful idiot: How Russia sabotages the West The Low-down interview with Peter Pomerantsev
The real scandal is that there is no outrage on the US right about Russia buying up its journalists
+Not so Woeful+
☼¶ ☼After Babel &c. (Jon Haidt, Jean Twenge & al.)
☼Research-Backed Advice on Screen Policies for Young Kids Jacqueline Nesi and Cara Goodwin interpret a recent meta-analysis.
☼¶ ☼Konstantin Kisin
☼The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems
+... and in the Left corner ...+
☼☼For everyone, but of special interest to Social Democrats, Bolshevik imperialists, and other lefties☼☼
If you didn’t look at the video, but are a left sympathizer with RF, please view :—
Helsinki Commission of USA — 3 min.
Why the U.S. Misjudged Ukraine — The Influence of Russian Imperial Narratives on U.S. Policy — Dr Tim. Snyder (History, Yale).
☼¶ ☼Konstantin Kisin
☼The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems
+Wayfarers’ Watch+
☼☼For everyone, but especially for people interested in religion and theology☼☼
This essay by Sylvester, a prelate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (formerly UOC-MP), clarifies questions about the Kyiv law “On protecting the constitutional order in the field of the activities of religious organisations” and freedom of religion & conscience.
My summary :— The wording of the statute gives cause for concern, but if the law courts show an ounce of common sense, no harm will be done.
☼¶ ☼Orthodox Christian Studies Center of Fordham University — Public Orthodoxy
A Democracy Test for Ukraine What Threats to Religious Freedom Does the New Law Impose? by Archbishop Sylvester (Stoychev)
And this essay by John Jillions, sometime curate of Holy Annunciation parish in Queensland’s Woolloongabba :—
Tradition and Change by Very Rev. Dr. John Jillions
¶ Engelsberg Ideas
2024s21 — A mix of faith, fear, and control has shaped Christianity's conflicting teachings about human sexuality over the centuries. Katherine Harvey reviews Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch.
☼¶ ☼fr Thomas Plant
☼Are all religions really "paths to God"? Why I respectfully differ from Pope Francis
Enemies of the World (A Sunday sermon on power & humility)
☼¶ ☼Konstantin Kisin
☼The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems
☼¶ ☼Society of Jesus: Thinking Faith (England & Wales), America (USA) Eureka Street (Victoria) &c.
Psalm 8 and ‘anthropo-eccentricity’ Luke Taylor on ‘What a piece of work is man.’ Beautiful reading, ioo, for the Season of Creation.
The Theological Basis for Christian Service John Cavadini on charity.
☼¶ ☼Jewish Council of Australia. Thursday 3 October is the head of the year, Saturday 12th is Day of Atonement.
Newsletter: Reflections on one year of genocide, a new Jewish year, and opportunities for change
In a few days we welcome the month of Tishrei, the first month in the Hebrew calendar. A month of beginnings, festivities, and solemn introspection. Tishrei is an opportunity to think about the year that was and what we want to bring into our worlds in the year to come; we open the Machzor, open the Ark, and open our hearts. We fast and we feast, we forgive and forget, and we hold our communities closer for Tishrei is a month of togetherness. | We pound our fists on our chests and say that we … have sinned, because we know that our individual redemption and salvation is tied with that of our communities. As Rabbis Katz and Rosenberg remind us in their beautiful book For Times Such as These (2024), during Tishrei 'we transform our individual burdens into collective responsibilities'. | We wish you a deeply meaningful Jewish new year, and may we all be so fortunate as to keep building communities of solidarity across social divides. | On that note, there is still so much work to get done, and two ways you can support our work are by donating to our Ko-fi (donations currently not tax deductible) and signing the Council’s statement of Core Values, either as a Jewish supporter or non-Jewish ally.
https://www.jewishcouncil.com.au/news-media | To receive bulletins from JCA, write to jewishcouncil@jewishcouncil.com.au
+Femme Vitale+
☼¶ ☼Reactionary Feminist (Mary Harrington) and more
☼Industrial Body Dissociation, Colonization, and the Myth of Transgenderism Jennifer Bilek
'My life is no longer my own.' What my philosophy student taught me about the meaning of life—and the value of the humanities. By Jane Drexler.
+Greensleeves+
☼☼Green News, and other material which doesn’t fit elsewhere☼☼
☼¶ ☼Konstantin Kisin
☼The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems
☼¶ ☼Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
☼Let go of the nuclear retrofuture Fission power is great, but we invented something even greater.
☼¶ ☼Persuasion (Yascha Mounk & al.)
The Silent Majority on Climate Change The left can’t save the planet on its own. Luckily, it doesn’t need to. Simon Glynn
Where Environmentalists Went Wrong To tackle climate change, we need policies that make the biggest difference at the lowest cost. It’s time for “effective environmentalism.”
+Klaus Wits+
☼☼About war☼☼
☼¶ Foreign Affairs (The Council on Foreign Relations [US])
What the U.S. Election Means for Ukraine A Trump Win Would Cause a Crisis for Kyiv—but Wouldn’t Guarantee Defeat By Alexander Vindman
☼¶ ☼Counteroffensive (Tim Mak & al.) ☼1940s massacre threatens Ukraine & Poland’s friendship The killings in Volyn are a historic event with repercussions for Ukraine’s future. Mariana Lastovyria
The Next Proliferation Wave: Can Europe Go Nuclear? An analysis of Europe's nuclear-related landscape shows that while proliferation on the European continent is possible, it faces severe obstacles. Fabian Hoffmann “Throughout the war in Ukraine, U.S. and Western decision-makers have repeatedly backed down in the face of Russian nuclear threats, undermining Ukraine’s ability to defend itself effectivley. Therefore, a key lesson states may learn from this war is that they need to build their own nuclear arsenals to protect themselves from conventional aggression by a revisionist nuclear power.”
☼¶ ☼Michael Ryan (Mick, QvM/MMJ, Futura Doctrina)
☼China is Learning About Western Decision Making from the Ukraine War A Special Assessment on Ukraine and how Western decision-making is informing the strategic calculus of Chairman Xi and the CCP
Precision Pager Weapons Precision warfare takes a darker and more individualized direction
Munitions Depot Strikes in Russia and Ukraine’s Strike Complex What other nations can and should be learning from Ukraine about 21st century long-range strike operations
Advancing to the Litani and Restoring Deterrence A special assessment of what lays ahead in the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah
The Big Five - 27 September edition
☼¶ The Interpreter (Lowy Institute)
China narrows US lead on military capability, and India replaces Japan as Asia’s third-ranked power — 2024 Asia Power Index Key Findings Report, by Project Lead Susannah Patton, Data Analyst Jack Sato, and the Institute’s Director of Research Hervé Lemahieu. The lead authors also published an essay in Foreign Affairs analysing America’s post-primacy role in the region’s balance of power: Asia Has No Hegemon.
☼¶ ☼Journal of Peace Research
To compete or strategically retreat? The global diffusion of reconnaissance strike \ Michael C Horowitz and Joshua A Schwartz
☼¶ ☼Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Chinese nuclear weapons, 2024 \ Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns & Mackenzie Knight
☼The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems Kon. Kisin
☼¶ Guardian
The shapeshifter: Who is the real Giorgia Meloni? By Alexander Stille
The cement company that paid millions to Isis: Was Lafarge complicit in crimes against humanity? By Samanth Subramanian
The west’s cautious approach seeks to avoid escalation in Ukraine. It may have the opposite effect Putin will not stop unless he is forced to. It’s time to change the way we think about nuclear deterrence, and commit to securing victory By Andriy Zagorodnyuk
☼¶ The Atlantic Council
There can be no sustainable peace in Europe without security for Ukraine Mykola Bielieskov — research fellow at the National Institute for Strategic Studies and a senior analyst at Ukrainian NGO “Come Back Alive.”
Putin will keep escalating his nuclear blackmail until it stops working By Peter Dickinson
+Right on+
☼☼Sometimes about Conservatives and Liberals of the ‘right’☼☼
If you didn’t look at the video, but are a right sympathizer with RF, please view :—
Helsinki Commission of USA — 3 min.
Why the U.S. Misjudged Ukraine — The Influence of Russian Imperial Narratives on U.S. Policy — Dr Tim. Snyder (History, Yale).
☼¶ ☼Konstantin Kisin
☼Why I'm So "TRIGGERED" By Anti-Churchill Lies and What is the Woke Right
Konstantin Kisin on Diary of a CEO (Steven Bartlett)
The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems
☼¶ ☼UnPopulist, Reimagining Liberty (Aaron Ross Powell)
☼Tim Walz Isn’t a Radical, He’s a ‘Neighbor’ Neighborliness is the Democratic VP nominee’s response to MAGA’s nativist and exclusionary politics Alan Elrod
+Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union+
☼☼Mostly material from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group☼☼
Russia fabricates absurd 'spying' charges against Ukrainian abducted from Kherson oblast in 2022 20.09.2024
Stalin era denunciations resurrected in all parts of Ukrainę under Russian occupation
Occupation ‘court’ finds Russia’s brutal violation of Crimean Tatar political prisoner’s rights unlawful 23.09.2024
Take the Russian invaders’ citizenship or starve in occupied parts of Ukraine
Helsinki Commission of USA — 3 min.
Why the U.S. Misjudged Ukraine — The Influence of Russian Imperial Narratives on U.S. Policy — Dr Tim. Snyder (History, Yale).
+Toots etcetera+
ChrisO_wiki @ChrisO_wiki@mastodon.social
1/ A high-ranking officer of the Russian aerospace forces (VKS) is reported to have died by suicide in the Moscow region. He is said to have despaired of the bad working conditions and "criminal orders of the commanders" in the VKS Communications Centre. …
1/ A Russian cannibal who killed a Tajik migrant, cut out his heart, and videoed himself frying it with vegetables and eating it, has been allowed to go home to recover from injuries received fighting in Ukraine. He is the latest in a series of cannibals to fight in the war.
1/ Russian commanders are throwing away their troops in performative assaults which they know will fail but are carried out to impress their superiors, according to an angry Russian milblogger. His commentary highlights a persistent contributing factor to Russia's very high casualty figures.
1/ Russian conscripts captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region and subsequently freed in prisoner exchanges are being forced to sign military contracts under threat of beatings and prosecutions of themselves and their families, according to relatives.
1/ Recent news that sailors from the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov have been sent to fight in Ukraine as infantry, due to a shortage of personnel, highlights how Russia has been expending specialists of all kinds to fill gaps.
+In the Offing+
1) An exhibition at the Ukrainian Museum of Australia —
Connection/Collection, an exhibition co-curated by artists Kiera Brew Kurec and Eva Heiky Olga Abbinga — until 17 November 2024.
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2) Milestone in the History of Ukrainian Studies in Australia
"The Tale of the Sunflower and Its Travels in Ukraine" — Inaugural lecture by the recently-elected Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Melbourne — Dr Iryna Skubii
Time: Tuesday 15 October 2024. Light refreshments: 5:15 p.m.; lecture: 6.15 p.m. AEDT. Place: Forum Theatre (Room 153), Arts West Building, The University of Melbourne. To register: please follow this link.
Abstract:
The sunflower, a vibrant and essential part of global cuisine, holds a unique place in Ukraine's cultural and historical landscape. Today, sunflower oil is a staple in local and regional cuisine, and the flower's bright imagery is deeply woven into the nation's cultural fabric. Yet, many might be surprised to learn that the sunflower, known as soniashnyk in Ukrainian, is not native to the local forest-steppe and steppe lands. First cultivated by Indigenous peoples in the Americas, sunflowers were introduced to Europe, then to the Russian Empire, and eventually became one of the most common crops in Ukraine. The sunflower has thrived in Eastern Europe, evolving into a cornerstone of Ukraine’s economy as the country has emerged as the world’s leading exporter of sunflower seeds and oil.
While the sunflower is a cherished icon in Ukrainian literature and art and a popular symbol of resilience, its environmental impact has not received the critical attention it deserves, particularly regarding its role in soil degradation and the spread of monoculture farming. This lecture will delve into the complex history of sunflowers within Ukraine’s economic, cultural, and environmental landscapes. By examining this agricultural plant as a source of food, cultural significance, and national wealth, the talk will illuminate the intricate relationship between sunflowers, Ukraine’s history, and its land.
Iryna Skubii is the inaugural Mykola Zerov Fellow in Ukrainian Studies at the University of Melbourne. She obtained her PhD in History from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario (Canada) and a Candidate of Science degree in History from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (Ukraine). Her publications focus on Ukraine’s history of trade, consumption, materialities, and human-environmental relationships during the early Soviet period, including the Soviet famines, as well as social and environmental history. She is the author of the book Trade in Kharkiv in the Years of NEP: Economy and Everyday Life (1921-1929).
The Mykola Zerov Fellowship in Ukrainian Studies is generously funded by the Ukrainian Studies Support Fund of the Association of Ukrainians in Victoria.
Those of us who have the good fortune to live in Queensland or the misfortune to live without Melbourne should not be downcast! We are assured that the lecture will be available on zoom.
+Pi Jaws &c.+
In the first book of Moses, we read
And the Lord God formed man of the slime of the earth: and breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2, 7)
In Luke’s gospel, we hear
And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come? he answered them, and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the kingdom of God is within you. (Luke 17 , 20f)
And in John’s
The [Judeans] answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, maketh thyself God. Jesus answered them: Is it not written in your law: I said you are gods? If he called them gods, to whom the word of God was spoken, and the scripture cannot be broken … (John 3, 33-35)
Such passages moved Dr David Bentley Hart (an Orthodox writer from Maryland) to think about ‘non-dual Christianity’ as practised by Meister Eckhart, Catherine of Genoa and other beguines, and Teresa of Ávila, which he discusses and expounds in _You Are Gods: On Nature and Supernature_ (University of Notre Dame Press).
For those who listen a-v lectures:— Mark Vernon speaks for some eighty minutes about Hart’s book. Philosophers use ‘dualism’ and ‘non-dualism’ for many different things; I suppose that Hart and Vernon employ Indian terms for clarity ‘Vedanta Christianity’
(End of the Vedas Christianity) or ‘Advaita Vedanta Christianity’
(Non-dual End-of-Vedas Christianity).
Mark Vernon on You Are Gods :— You are Gods: Reflections on Vedantic Christianity by David Bentley Hart
+Laughter, the best Medicine+
Phyllis Ada Diller (20 August 2012, aged 95)
The best contraceptive for old people is nudity.
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+Resources & Publication Details+
The Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine is a reputable source for inquiries about Ukraine; it's also a 'first-stop' place for inquiries about surrounding countries. (A place to go to before Wiki.)
JustPeace Ukraine is published by the Rvrd Martin Arnold ☼☼Abbe.Martincurt@gmail.com☼☼ who welcomes comments & suggestions and notification of typos & errors.
For more information about Martin, go to ☼☼https://gravatar.com/martinoarnold☼☼
*_* Хай живе вільна Україна *_* L’Ukraine a toujours aspiré à être libre - Voltaire *_* Няхай жыве вольная Украіна *_* Larga vida a Ucrania libre *_* Да здравствует свободная Украина *_* Long live free Ukraine *_* 自由乌克兰万岁
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Rationale for Just Peace Ukraine —
The Russo-Ukrainian War is illegal
The Russo-Ukrainian War is immoral
The Russo-Ukrainian War is inexpedient
If you like, send in your own thoughts about any or all of these headings — or other material.
In brief —
RF forces must leave Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia and any other occupied territories. It must assist prisoners and the deported, whether children or adults, to return home. The Kremlin must use its fossil-fuel and other loot to recompense for damages its forces have caused.
+Tl;dr+ Samvydav Review
Scores of Substack and similar samvydav sites sifted by the strenuous staff at Just Peace Ukraine.
Some interesting or worthy items are marked with some combination of the banner with the strange device [|εξηλσιορ*ψ|] — ψ, the Greek letter ‘psi’, may denote matter especially relevant to the Russo-Ukrainian War and anti-imperialism. (Mnemonic: ‘psi’ has the form of a trident, which is an ancient symbol for Ukrainian government. The symbol was used in the Greek settlements on the Black Sea (or Psi). Tim Snyder reminds us that Greeks and Jews have the longest recorded settlements in Ukraine, and capital psi, “Ψ”, looks like an infant menorah.)
☼¶ ☼Africanist Perspective (Ken Opalo)
☼Can better urbanization policies unlock faster economic growth and development in Nigeria? At the moment the Nigerian state can’t guarantee competent pro-growth government throughout the country. Competently run pro-growth cities are the next best thing.
☼¶ ☼After Babel &c. (Jon Haidt, Jean Twenge & al.)
☼The Worst Argument That Social-Media Companies Use to Defend Themselves Why are tech leaders so adamant about pushing their creations on other people’s [children], while protecting their own?
Transgender identity: How much has it increased? We finally have hard data Jean M. Twenge
No, I’m Not Always Available Don’t apologize for disconnecting Freya India
Research-Backed Advice on Screen Policies for Young Kids Jacqueline Nesi and Cara Goodwin interpret a recent meta-analysis.
Why has identifying as transgender increased so much among young adults? And why the answers to that question are instantly political Jean M. Twenge
☼¶ ☼Centre for Defence Strategies (CDS — Ukrainian security think tank)
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☼¶ ☼Comment is Freed (Sam & Lawrence Freedman)
☼Sudan: the future of war? Lawrence Freedman
Who's Afraid of Vladimir Putin? On taking threats seriously
Holding It Together Why Labour is finding government so hard Sam Freedman
☼¶ ☼Cosmopolitan Globalist (Claire Berlinski & al.)
☼Middle East 201 Reading the Qur'an
Global Eyes Express Highlights from the world news
“Ukraine is dead, gone!” – Donald Trump calls time on Ukraine and aims to do the same on U.S. assistance. The Republican nominee's hatred for Ukraine should make anyone interested in the survival of the nation take notice and take action. Two Grumpy Old Men on Ukraine
Israel (probably) killed Nasrallah in massive air strike
☼¶ ☼Counteroffensive (Tim Mak & al.)
☼How Taiwanese chips find their way into Russian weapons of death We visited the lab in Kyiv where they take the wreckage of Russian missiles, pulling apart the Western components that make it possible for them to rain violence down on Ukraine. Oleh Tymoshenko, Tim Mak, and Elaine Lin
Know anyone who works in the defense industry? We’re launching a new trade publication: Counteroffensive Pro. It’s not for your average reader. But if you know someone who works for a defense/VC firm, who needs to track Ukrainian defense tech... Tim Mak and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
The funeral for Ukraine chief rabbi's son In this reporter’s notebook, we explore the history of the Jewish Ukrainian community and the life of Matityahu Samborsky, through the words and actions of his wife and father. Oleh Tymoshenko and Myroslava Tanska-Vikulova
1940s massacre threatens Ukraine & Poland’s friendship The killings in Volyn are a historic event with repercussions for the future. Mariana Lastovyria
Imagining the Russian empire's collapse The Russian empire is made up of dozens of nations and ethnic groupings, forced under authoritarianism to exist under a single state. Some Ukrainians think that until the components pieces are broken Mariana Lastovyria and Oleh Tymoshenko
☼¶ ☼From Baltic to the Black Sea (Cemil Kerimoglu)
☼My Substack Summer What I read in Summer 2024
☼¶ ☼Gordian Knot (Jack Devanney & al.)
☼Setting the UCert Insurance Cap
ALARA's not so bad. What about Korea, China?
☼¶ ☼Hart (The brothers Addison Hodges, David Bentley & Fr Robert Hart)
☼"The Three Methods of Prayer" (Part 1 of 2) A medieval but timeless contemplative prayer manual from The Philokalia
English version — Symeon the New Theologian: The Three Methods of Prayer Addison Hodges Hart
☼¶ ☼Inspecting Gender (Genspect) and more
☼Can one Refuse to be Identified as ‘Cis Gendered’?
'Gender Affirming Care' is a Social Engineering Attack What cybersecurity can tell us about institutional capture Daniel Howard James
A Question for the Gender Wars: Are Christians Conservative or Progressive? By Paul Tyson
Introducing: Genspect American College Survey Volume 1 of 5
☼¶ ☼Letters from an American (Heather Cox Richardson)
☼September 13, 2024
September 14, 2024
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September 19, 2024
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September 24, 2024 Biden at the UNO Assembly
September 25, 2024
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September 27, 2024 Hurricane Helene
☼¶ ☼Liberal Patriot
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☼¶ ☼Mathworlds (Dan Meyer & al.)
☼My Remarks Today Accepting the National Math Leadership Award at NCSM Regular programming returns next week. Dan Meyer “… the truths as I understand them: that students are brilliant, math is creative, and teaching is some of the most sophisticated work and one of the most sacred relationships humans have ever constructed.”
☼¶ ☼Persuasion (Yascha Mounk & al.)
☼Alexandre Lefebvre on Liberalism as a Way of Life Yascha Mounk and Alexandre Lefebvre discuss taking liberalism seriously as the main moral paradigm of our world.
The Mexican State is Being Vandalized Hollowing out courts while playing footsie with the cartels, Mexico’s President AMLO is leaving office, but not power. Quico Toro [|εξηλσιορ|]
The Silent Majority on Climate Change The left can’t save the planet on its own. Luckily, it doesn’t need to. Simon Glynn
The Problem with Effective Altruism A partial defense.
Reflections on the New Encampment Culture There were many puzzling features of the recent protests. This coming year, universities must course correct—while protecting the right to dissent. David Bromwich
Musa Al-Gharbi on Why We Have Never Been Woke Yascha Mounk and Musa Al-Gharbi discuss why so many members of elite groups like to pretend they’re oppressed.
Kamala Harris Needs To Get Out More If something doesn’t change fast, Harris’ tepid approach will lose her the election. Ross Barkan
Don’t Cancel People For What They Didn’t Say No, Rich Lowry did not mean to say the N-word. John McWhorter
The Egregious Republican Lie About Ohio’s Migrants The claim that Haitians are eating household pets is the most blatantly racist presidential campaign stunt in decades. Cathy Young
How To Fix DEI The current system is broken. Here’s what truly inclusive institutions would look like. Rachel Kleinfeld
Where Environmentalists Went Wrong To tackle climate change, we need policies that make the biggest difference at the lowest cost. It’s time for “effective environmentalism.”
New York City Deserves Better Than Eric Adams The corruption charges against Adams are serious. He needs to resign. Brendan Ruberry
☼¶ ☼Polemology Positions and Osborne Ink (Matt Osborne)
☼Syrskyi Pushes The 'Easy Button' In Kursk Again, because it keeps working
The Things We Lose By Winning Notes on a bipartisan project
Fame Seeker II The elder sequel
Nord Scream: The Wall Street Journal Has Greenlit Best True War Story Film In Ages I need this movie in surround sound, right now
Accident Investigation My thirty years' war
Special Envoy: How Robert Malley Achieved A Quantum State Of Suspension Inspector General report points to political considerations
From The Liver to The Knee: Operation Grim Beeper Sends Hezbollah A Message Iran proxy's response is limited by lack of secure communications
Beneath the Rings of Rabba on the Curated Worlds A short story
Kamala Harris Is In Trouble With White Men Who Work For A Living Who could have seen it coming?
☼¶ ☼Reactionary Feminist (Mary Harrington) and more
☼Educational Psychologists support the Cass review of gender identity services for children and young people (2024) and its recommendations Genspect
For Girls and Women with Gender Dysphoria, Solidarity from a Surprising Source By Mel Day
Solving the Bathroom Problem How to make these necessary spaces beautiful, especially with a large family Regina Doman
Industrial Body Dissociation, Colonization, and the Myth of Transgenderism Jennifer Bilek
The End of Summer Ada Wordsworth
Global culture is global? "English identity" versus globalism with Hungarian characteristics
☼¶ ☼Researching Ukraine (Benjamin Cook)
☼Diary of a Ukraine War Researcher Dear diary, I want this war to be over...
Trump's Golf Course Assassin Isn't A Serious Shooter LARP-ers can still be dangerous.
I asked ChatGPT why people don't care more about Ukraine. I asked it to answer from a psychological perspective.
Biden's Legacy of Failure A less generous view than Dr. Snyder.
I let AI debate my positions with Snyders. Who wins? Let the Robots decide!
AI Drones in Ukraine, Part 3 5000 AI drones from Lithuania to Ukraine
☼¶ ☼Sarcastosaurus (Tom Cooper)
☼When even Intelligence Services are crying for Help...
Ukraine War, 12 September 2024
(No) Western Permission for the Use of advanced Western Weaponry by Ukraine on the Russian Soil
Ukraine War, 16 September 2024: Kursk...
Ukraine War, 17 September 2024
Ukraine War, 20 September 2024
Rickshaws for the 151st, Update 7 (Ultimo) ....and other collections of this month.
Huraaa! It's yet more War!
Explaining a Mirage
Ukraine War, 27 September 2024: Part 1 Who dares wins – and who doesn’t, is a modern-day professional Politician in ‘the West’
Ukraine War, 27 September 2024: Part 2
Ukraine, Taiwan, Israel: The Collapsing Western World The Postwar world order is dead, the cause: self-inflicted wounds. Contrasting the support offered to Ukraine and Israel reveals the fatal flaw in Western leadership. tl;dr: it hardly exists. Andrew Tanner [|εξηλσιορ*ψ|]
Supporting Ukraine is the most SELFISH thing you can do by Benjamin Cook
Benjamin's Charity UAO: Delivering Critical Aid to Ukraine’s Most Vulnerable
Don's Weekly, 16 September 2024: Part 1 by Donald Hill
Don's Weekly, 16 September 2024: Part 2
Don's Weekly, 16 September 2024: Part 3
Don's Weekly, 16 September 2024: Part 4
Don's Weekly, 23 September 2024: Part 1
Don's Weekly, 23 September 2024: Part 2
Don's Weekly, 23 September 2024: Part 3
Don's Weekly, 23 September 2024: Part 4
☼¶ ☼Tales from Old England (Brother Alexander) and other Brit. stuff
A battle on two fronts The crown is lying in the gutter for anyone wishing to pick it up Ed West
The funniest politician in modern history Haters and losers might object, but Trump is uniquely amusing
Why is Britain poor? ‘Foundations’ offers a diagnosis and maybe a cure
The curse of Ostentatious Egalitarianism On the Miserable Britain Mindset
☼¶ ☼Tenzer Strategics (Nicolas Tenzer)
☼A (Provisional) Plan of Conquest for Ukraine? A Decisive Element in Medium-Term Strategy
☼¶ ☼Ukraine Conflict Monitor (Konrad Muzyka & al.)
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☼¶ ☼Ukrainian Writer in London (Kateryna Babinka)
Things It's a sad knowledge that my skill of letting go of everything and starting over from scratch appears useful.
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☼¶ ☼UnPopulist, Reimagining Liberty (Aaron Ross Powell)
☼Elon Musk: The Phony Free Speech Absolutist He censors on behalf of leaders he likes and stands up to those he doesn’t Landry Ayres
The UnPopulist Celebrates its Third Birthday Here is our 'origin story' and our plans to defend and revitalize liberalism no matter what happens this November Shikha Dalmia and Landry Ayres
The Making of the MAGA Hoax About Pet-Eating Haitians It exposes the movement’s racist foot soldiers and indicts anti-woke conservative intellectuals like Chris Rufo and Ayaan Hirsi Ali Cathy Young
All Sides Are Violating International Law in the Escalating Middle East Conflict If Israel, its neighbors, and the Palestinians played by the rules of war they could forge a path to peace Nicholas Grossman
Tim Walz Isn’t a Radical, He’s a ‘Neighbor’ Neighborliness is the Democratic VP nominee’s response to MAGA’s nativist and exclusionary politics Alan Elrod
☼¶ ☼Walking the World (Chris Arnade & al.)
☼Walking Faroe Islands (part two) Transcendent natural beauty in a nation that gets things done
No, the world doesn't hate America It's still the world's dominant cultural power, and that's ok
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☼¶ ☼Adam Tooze
☼The first one-child county in China. Jesse Jenkins on electricity. Vitalpolitik or why ordoliberals like gardens.
American voters, the economy & Trump's dodgy crypto schemes. US army reorganization & Das Kapital's birthday.
German industrial decline. Chinese deflation. Copper-smithing in Afghanistan & postwar Finland and the making of gun country.
How climate change is coming for your Mimosa, AI ate the market for software engineers & Elon is polluting the night sky.
Angst in Germany. The demise of defined-benefit pensions in America. Indian demand for gold & fixing up the doomsday machine.
The quarter-century Tsunami in central bank liquidity. Are US labour markets heating up? The Mill Hunk Herald and the economics of video games. Maryam
The climate crisis comes to Brazil. Central bank liquidity facilities. How Haiti came to the USA & the silent anniversary of Abraham Accords.
Chartbook 320 Squeaking it out in Brandenburg: Germany's democratic establishment on a knife's edge.
Who wanted Henry Kissinger dead. Competition in the Chinese auto market & what Orban wants in Africa.
Homeless in America. The rise of direct taxation. Bilderberg man & the rise of the poker bot.
Machining shells. How the world's premier seed bank survived the siege of Leningrad & when the Bundeswehr came to Wales.
China's policy shift. Berlin's Clubsterben gets real. “Aestheticising Atrocity” and the Doomsday seed vault.
☼¶ ☼Alexander Vindman
☼How North Carolina Could Decide the 2024 Election A Path to Victory Through Josh Stein's Race Against MAGA Mark Robinson
"What the U.S. Election Means for Ukraine" My latest piece in Foreign Affairs
Let's Talk About Immigration On a new special podcast called The American Fabric
Plans of Victory with Biden, Demands for Surrender with Trump Different Promises from the White House and Trump Tower
☼¶ ☼Anne Applebaum
☼Lying and Spying The curious tale of RT
The end of judicial independence? Or will courts just become unserious...
☼¶ ☼Daniel W. Drezner
☼What My Dog Taught Me This Summer A pet parable.
Donald Trump and JD Vance Are Attempting Domestic Terrorism by Proxy The GOP ticket is wreaking violent havoc in its own backyard.
It's Not Easy Being the Fed The Fed wants to preserve its independence. What does that mean for monetary policy this fall?
The Tale of Two General Election Campaigns Continues Variations on a continuing theme.
So much for Russia's Nuclear Card Remember Russia's nuclear threats? Neither does anyone else.
Is BlueSky An Echo Chamber? A few thoughts on the existence of social media thought silos.
☼¶ ☼Dave Keating (Gulf Stream Blues)
☼VDL's [European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen] commissioners: separating the wheat from the chaff The EU's broken system for appointing commissioners, which forces someone from each of the 27 member states on the president, has resulted in a tiered system of importance unrelated to job titles.
Gorizia: a reminder of what's at stake with Germany's EU border checks The German government's decision to reimpose passport checks at all of its internal EU borders risks re-erecting the walls which took so long for Schengen to tear down.
☼¶ ☼Ed West
☼School choice as game theory Guardian readers are not hypocrites on education
☼¶ ☼Eliot Wilson
☼Sunday round-up 15 September 2024 Who knew Tommy Lee Jones and Oliver Stone were exactly the same age? Candles too for Jimmy Carr and Sophie Dahl, and it is Battle of Britain Day
The NHS and institutional reform There was perpetual revolution in the late 1990s and 2000s and its effect has left a mark, but politicians and officials should remember that change can be good or bad
Reflections on politics of the week A few issues which crossed my mind on health, new peers and power dynamics in Whitehall
Sunday round-up 22 September 2024 The bumps for Toni Basil, Ruth Jones and Billie Piper, the anniversary of the Battle of Saule in 1236 and the autumn equinox which ends astronomical summer
The West Wing at 25: changing the game Aaron Sorkin's high-minded political drama made its debut 25 years ago today, and, though it has flaws and critics, it revolutionised the way TV portrayed politics
House of Lords reform: battle is joined again New government, new reforms of the House of Lords, but Starmer has scaled back his ambitions and is left with no real prospect of improvements
Gove takes the helm of The Spectator The former Conservative cabinet minister is not the first person to mix politics and editing the Speccie; or the second, or third, or fourth...
☼¶ ☼Konstantin Kisin
☼Why I'm So "TRIGGERED" By Anti-Churchill Lies and What is the Woke Right
Konstantin Kisin on Diary of a CEO (Steven Bartlett)
The Cobra Effect: Why Good Intentions Don't Solve Problems
☼¶ ☼Lauren Wolfe (Chills)
☼How Media’s Racism, Indifference and Finances Affect Countries at War There is a chicken-and-egg problem between media outlets and the people who consume their content.
☼¶ ☼Michael McFaul
☼Harris versus Trump on Ukraine Harris’s Peace Through Strengths Defends American Interests and Values; Trump’s Peace Through Appeasement Does Not
☼¶ ☼Michael Ryan (Mick, QvM/MMJ, Futura Doctrina) [|εξηλσιορ*ψ|]
☼China is Learning About Western Decision Making from the Ukraine War A Special Assessment on Ukraine and how Western decision-making is informing the strategic calculus of Chairman Xi and the CCP
Precision Pager Weapons Precision warfare takes a darker and more individualized direction
Munitions Depot Strikes in Russia and Ukraine’s Strike Complex What other nations can and should be learning from Ukraine about 21st century long-range strike operations
Advancing to the Litani and Restoring Deterrence A special assessment of what lays ahead in the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah
The Big Five - 27 September edition
☼¶ ☼Nick Cohen (Writing from London)
☼Labour: Too crippled by caution to rescue the UK? Lowdown interview with Rafael Behr
Sarcastic, sneering and sadistic: The voice of modern power What Putin and Trump's propagandists have in common
Trump is Putin’s useful idiot: How Russia sabotages the West The Low-down interview with Peter Pomerantsev
The real scandal is that there is no outrage on the US right about Russia buying up its journalists
☼¶ ☼Noah Smith (Noahpinion)
☼Xi Jinping vs. macroeconomics Macro will not be mocked, sir.
Harris needs to be Pennsylvania fracking's biggest champion Biden already boosted fracking. Harris needs to promise more of the same.
At least five interesting things for your weekend (#49) Degrowth, real and imagined; 90s taxes; China's banks; CHIPS Act bureaucrats; YIMBY education; the slacker era
How will you save small midwestern towns without mass immigration? What really happens when a "flood of migrants" gets "dumped" on a small heartland town.
Let go of the nuclear retrofuture Fission power is great, but we invented something even greater.
America's supply chains are a disaster waiting to happen A guest post by Ben Golub and Yann Calvó López.
Once again: Imports do not subtract from GDP I've explained it before, and I'll keep explaining it until the world understands.[|εξηλσιορ|]
☼¶ ☼Paul Kingsnorth
☼Lost and Found Fifty Holy Wells, #49
On the Long Station Fifty Holy Wells, #50
Legends of the Fall Into the Void, part two
☼¶ ☼Phillips P. O’Brien
☼Weekend Update #98: A Week in Ukraine Impressions on the State of the War
Three Scenarios for Ukraine--Just Dont Call them "Peace" Deals
Weekend Update #99, Certain Debates Should be Over This week proved beyond a doubt the value of ranged attack and the weakness of Russian Red lines. Is the Administration listening?
The Precipice of Failure--US Foreign Policy and Ukraine The one hope is that Harris is different
☼¶ ☼Sam Greene (TL;DRussia)
☼TL;DRussia Weekend Roundup 15 September 2024: Mirror Mirror, plus texts and tunes
TL;DRussia Weekend Roundup 22 September 2024: Turning points, plus texts and tunes
☼¶ ☼Stefan Korshak
☼Sept. 14 - Day 934 - Coming up Sevens, Counterattack and Counter-counterattack, Ukraine Ops Skillz, Lee vs. Longstreet
Your Questions and Answers - The Varta 2 and Ukraine Armor LLC:
Sept. 21 — Day 941a — Big news that wasn’t, It’s a new world in strategic bombardment
Sept. 21 — Day 941b — Spinning the “debris”
☼¶ ☼Stephen Bradford Long
☼The Blinding Light of Mental Illness Longlegs, Horror, and Bipolar
On Being Post- vs. Ex- Integration instead of rejection
Homosexuality and the Poverty of Christian Imagination The Bible is silent.
☼¶ ☼fr Thomas Plant
☼Mass in my lug Is liturgical worship a human tradition, or divine?
Are all religions really "paths to God"? Why I respectfully differ from Pope Francis [|εξηλσιορ|]
Enemies of the World This Sunday's sermon
Vox populi non vox Dei Jesus is not who people say He is
☼¶ ☼Timothy Garton Ash [|εξηλσιορ*ψ|]
☼Biden don’t embolden Putin with your timidity
The West is nuts not to fund Ukraine
U.S. needs to call time-out on Israel To avert wider war with Iran
So many geopolitical moving parts now
☼¶ ☼Timothy Snyder [|εξηλσιορ*ψ|]
☼Launches in Ukraine Senses of a word and of a struggle
Talking freedom in Kyiv Two years ago and today
Fantasy-Impotence-Fascism The Trump-Vance Political Theory
Shevelov’s Rule Reminders of sacrifice and scholarship in Ukraine
To Be or Not to Be Ukraine and the Biden Legacy
☼¶ ☼Et Cetera
☼The Air Force’s Missile Woes The Sentinel program has stumbled, but it’s not down for the count Al Mauroni
Towards Victory In Ukraine: Zelensky Returns To America Zelensky is back in D.C. this week to talk about how Ukraine plans to win the war. Accelerating developments offer a preview of Ukraine's strategy to defeat russia as the Kursk Campaign continues. By Andrew Tanner
Will America Let Ukraine Win? The future of US power and its position in the world are both at stake. An emerging Trump-Putin-Netanyahu alliance threatens to upend international affairs. Is Harris ready? Prove it, Kamala.
Mark Robinson, man of destiny And government shutdown theater Jeff Jackson
Robot Gamblers Are Making People Poor When you go online to gamble, you're not playing against other meatbags. You're getting hustled by bots. Jonathan V. Last
Key stages in the decline of academic Marxism Joseph Heath
Can Musk's Neuralink Destroy What Makes Us Human? A wild theory about the nature future of consciousness The Living Philosophy
The Global Nuclear Posture We detail the threats, the policies and the possible solutions in a lively podcast on Deep State Radio Joe Cirincione
The Global Nuclear Posture, Part Two
National Security Leaders Endorse Kamala Harris "It is an endorsement of democratic ideals, of competence, and of relentless optimism in America’s future."
Adler, The Age and "As a Jew .." Julie Szego
'The Art of Living' in Springfield, Ohio What John Gardner's masterful short story tells us about ourselves. By Scott Samuelson
The Bringer of Violence The perpetual victim is the chief perpetrator Mary L Trump
You’re Allowed to Call Trump a Threat to Democracy Political violence is an intolerable threat to our nation. It isn’t the only one. William Kristol and Andrew Egger
Tax the city to pay for undersea cables, says former Cabinet Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan said the financial sector wrongly assumes the government can protect them from an attack on the critical cables. Latika M Bourke
Keir Starmer: The grifter that keeps on grifting OPINION: I've seen first-hand how grifting is part of the British establishment - Sir Keir risks becoming the face of the unattractive syndrome.
What I'm Reading September 20
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN ZELENSKYY'S PLANS FOR PEACE OR VICTORY Iuliia Mendel Weekly Update
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR STRATEGY CHANGED: NOW PUTIN IS SERIOUS
Kaitlin’s Heart for Heroes Our nation’s [USA] first responders are more likely to die of suicide than in the line of duty. The loving parents of Kaitlin Bergan aim to change that. Michael Judge.
The Next Proliferation Wave: Can Europe Go Nuclear? An analysis of Europe's nuclear-related landscape shows that while proliferation on the European continent is possible, it faces severe obstacles. Fabian Hoffmann
Lutheran priests Yes, we do have priests, not just pastors or ministers Kjetil Kringlebotten
OpenAI versus the EU Emotional recognition and the great divide on AI Kenneth Payne
'My life is no longer my own.' What my philosophy student taught me about the meaning of life—and the value of the humanities. By Jane Drexler.
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