How investing has changed: in the late 1990s, Wall Street used to guess interest rates based on the size of Alan Greenspan’s briefcase.
A larger than usual briefcase signalled a change (he’d need more documents to justify a hike or cut).
Asked if the “Briefcase Indicator” was true, Greenspan said: “Not at all. Whether my briefcase was fat or thin depended on whether or not my wife made me lunch that day."
Yes, politics is brutal.
From my sketch in @repubblica tomorrow:
“Then came the photo op. Or rather, the selfie, whose eerie perfection almost evokes the final scene of The Shining.”
🚨🇺🇦🇷🇺 BREAKING - Something is happening on the Crimean bridge - at this moment, a massive attack is underway in Crimea, in the Kerch district, with Ukrainian drones and rockets, including near the Crimean bridge. A fire is observed on or very close to the bridge, and Russian anti-aircraft systems are also operating from the bridge.
Multiple loud explosions reported in the Russian occupied city of Kerch tonight, with traffic on the Crimean bridge suspended.
The area is under drone attack as Ukraine works to cut Crimea off from Russia.
More details are coming in hot about that burning factory in Voronezh, Russia, and honestly, this is an absolute disaster for Moscow.. 💥🔥Turns out the Ukrainian Air Force used high-precision cruise missiles (reportedly British Storm Shadows) to hit the VZPP-S semiconductor plant during broad daylight. This isn't just any regular factory; it’s a critical bottleneck in the Russian military-industrial complex. This specific plant manufactures the vital microcircuits, diodes, and transistor arrays needed for the onboard computers of Russia’s air-defense systems, Pantsir-S1, and cruise missiles like the Iskander-K and Kh-101. Basically, the only high-tech stuff Russia actually manages to produce domestically these days. Since international sanctions have already made it a nightmare for Moscow to source microchips abroad, this factory was their ultimate lifeline. Ukraine's new strategy of targeting the chip factories directly instead of just shooting down the missiles over the front line is pure tactical genius. Good luck replacing those sophisticated weapons now that your main chip manufacturing hub is currently a massive pile of burning ash. 🍿 Peak performance by the Russian air defense! 😂 Source: Official operational updates from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and independent OSINT analysis (June 22, 2026) regarding the strike on the Voronezh semiconductor plant.
The Pentagon puts American troops through the Middle East on high alert after receiving multiple credible threats of an imminent terrorist attack from groups associated with Osama bin Laden.
During the filming of space opera “Star Wars” in Tunisia, Libya mistakes “sandcrawler” vehicles for military tanks, and Muammar Gaddafi threatens to bomb the set unless the vehicles are removed.
George Lucas agrees to move the vehicles to a more distant location.
Since Churchill, only one British PM has served long enough to serve under multiple monarchs, Liz Truss--and that means she is obviously the most successful PM.