Joseph Sax

Development economics, infrastructure, geopolitics. Previously covered MENA political risk @Control_Risks. Off-topics include: history, music, computer games.

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This is my version of the angel and the devil sitting on each shoulder

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@ArtButSports thoughts???

[Tennis TV @TennisTV]

This moment ♥️

#USOpen

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Funny to imagine that in the parallel universe where this book is real, in the original Russian it's called "Special Military Operations and Peace," and the English translator chose to use a more US-coded phrase

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons

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@agreeahmed Reminds me of how the official Scrabble dictionary lists "horse" as a verb, defined as "to provide with a horse"

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Source: https://t.co/tTv5znrjzf

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Exquisitely captures the current moment

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Refusing to update the Duolingo app so the owl remains alive on my phone, preventing his spirit from passing into the underworld

[Robert Tollast @roberttollast]

🧵It’s hard to write on the horror and enormity of the Iraq war in the confines of 1 or 2 articles. The National has published about 20 and 4 podcast episodes this week. Some highlights from the work of my colleagues, speaking to ordinary Iraqis and those tasked with rebuilding

[Ziad Daoud @ZiadMDaoud]

The dollar crisis in Iraq:

- The government has plenty of dollars
- But there’s a dollar shortage in the rest of the economy
- Revaluing the official value of the dinar hasn’t solved this problem

A thread to explain each point

Full analysis, with @x1skv, on @TheTerminal
1/4

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@ElenaRoseSK She's a genius; I didn't know keyboards even had square root keys

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This move exemplifies media owners surrenduring the responsibility of informing the public in favor of raking in clicks by feeding rancorous partisan debate. It just sucks, man.

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Jettisoning reporters whose work surfaces new facts in favor of inflating the opinion section with writers with partisan affiliation (four of these seven mention partisan think tanks or administration work).

[southpaw @nycsouthpaw]

WaPo puts the cherry on top of its newsroom layoffs by hiring 7 new contributors for the opinion section, including long time National Review writers Jim Geraghty and Ramesh Ponnuru. https://t.co/E3xfsmFokO

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@sadizid @ElenaRoseSK Guys this convo is a real downer

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When I was in my high school jazz band, we decided to play this as a bit, and tried learning it by ear. It took us months. The time signature is arcanely complicated - try counting it out and see for yourself.

[Nother Brother Ent. @NotherBrother]

In 1976, THE POINTER SISTERS were asked to record "Pinball Number Count" for @SesameStreet, which was a series of educational cartoons teaching kids how to count. It made its debut in 1977 and was a feature on the show for many years.

[NYTPitchbot @DougJBalloon]

Opinion | I am terrified by the rapid rise of online anti-Semitism. Here’s why I’m doing PR work for the person most responsible for that rise.

by Bari Weiss

[Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein]

A moment of silence out of respect for all the prewritten “Progressives Went Too Far” columns that won’t see the light of day

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@ElenaRoseSK Especially on election day

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!!!!

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

BALTIMORE (AP) — Judge orders release of Adnan Syed after overturning 2000 murder conviction chronicled by popular “Serial” podcast.

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He can only improve on the performance of the first two

[Talk @TalkTV]

BREAKING: Clarence House confirmed Charles will be known as King Charles III.

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@GrahamStarr @BusinessInsider @business Let’s go!!! Awesome news, Graham. Big congrats.