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Amy Griffin's avatar

Thank you for this critical resource in making some sense of the months and decades ahead.

And please don't give up on your retirement novel about the sexual superhumans of the future; it sounded great! I also just learned that Connie's brother Dylan Morgan is a DMD writing a fantasy series called Godfall. Dream team!

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Michael David Cobb Bowen's avatar

I have become convinced that some of my best ideas may work better in fiction than in the eyes of VCs. In a novel, I can boil the ocean. I'll be working on multiple fronts. Exciting times.

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Mike Hind's avatar

I follow a British Marxist-adjacent commentary thing called Novara Media and another leftish thing called Another Europe. Both insisted this week that Iran hasn't been pursuing That Sort Of Nuclear Ambition. I don't know how they know. Huge if true, etc.

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Maximal Dispatches's avatar

“This is the Trump Doctrine in action—tear down the deal, torch the treaty, then tiptoe back in with a flimsier framework and a swaggering smirk. Call it the Do-Over Do-It-Worse Diplomacy, a tired pageant of provocation and retreat that has left America’s allies aghast, its adversaries amused, and the rest of the world warily watching the unraveling of U.S. credibility…

https://open.substack.com/pub/reboottherenaissance/p/do-over-do-it-worse-diplomacy-how?r=nfojx&utm_medium=ios

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Michael David Cobb Bowen's avatar

Are you confident you have the 'Trump Doctrine' firmly in hand this week?

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Maximal Dispatches's avatar

I wish the US adversaries wouldn’t be so gleeful. We take no pleasure in it.

Iran's supreme leader claims 'victory' in his first comments after U.S. strikes

Iran's government also voted to suspend cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, which will stymie efforts to monitor its uranium enrichment.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/iran-suspends-cooperation-iaea-nuclear-watchdog-khamenei-rcna215169

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