Last January, I noticed something peculiar in my 2yo’s bedroom that - after a year of obsessive reporting - led me to a profound cosmic revelation about what’s even possible in our universe. A 🧵.
NEW: an ideological divide is emerging between young men and women in many countries around the world.
I think this one of the most important social trends unfolding today, and provides the answer to several puzzles.
Writer's Block.
A thread for @alixabeth and others. This is not about writing problems in general: procrastination, frustration, stress eating, pain, and so on. It's for when you cannot remember how to write- like there is a gap in your brain- and the whole world goes gray. 1/
King of Spain at the final day of Wimbledon. This looks great.
Very rare to see this level of tailoring nowadays, even on the wealthy. So let's talk about some of the reasons why it's great. 🧵
This Ukraine history lecture series by @TimothyDSnyder is excellent. It’s available on Spotify, and elsewhere. 25 lectures, 50 minutes each. I listened to the entire thing during my March commutes and found myself excited for red stoplights.
Each weekend, I am posting lectures from my course on Ukrainian history, with commentary and a list of terms. Lecture 7 discusses the rise of Muscovite power.
Commentary, terms, links to video and podcast:
https://t.co/2OkpDjNdnc
Lecture video:
https://t.co/rGUNf2kpeF