As a Russian-speaking person of color who was born and raised in Ukraine, I believe that I am in a position to speak on the issue of nationalism and neo-Nazism in Ukraine. A long thread 👇
— Mariam Naiem (@mariamposts) April 7, 2022
Ian Welsh is frantically burying his head in the sand, but I know a couple of Ukrainian people and this is accurate.
This Paul Krugman column about rural America is both wrong and mean. There’s a reason black urban communities and rural America began falling apart at the same time in the 80s. We enabled financial predation everywhere. https://t.co/d9njBSYoK3
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) January 27, 2023
Yeah, that was typical dumbassery from Krugman. He lost his way completely during the Obama administration and never recovered.
Top US air force general predicts China conflict in 2025.
I’d guess 2028, if I had to. Right now China could not win against the US Navy. The longer they wait, especially if there is a contested election or political issues in the US, the better for them.
The first ten on today’s playlist:
Your regular reminder that Russia is mobilizing its entire society and using up decades of stored-up Soviet weapons in an all-out attempt to conquer a country with 25% of its population and 11% of its GDP, and has so far managed to conquer only around 10% of that country.
— Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 (@Noahpinion) January 27, 2023
To Ian Welsh: winning!
To everyone who is not a fucking idiot: enormous disaster.
One thing that’s true is that it’s most often wrong to assign malice to an action or statement that can much better be explained by the person in question being a complete clown dumbass.
She’s great. Very Bonham-esque style. I’m not a drummer, but I do know that’s a very hard song.