Josh N.

Econ, Tech, UK/Japan, a little on Russia. Classical liberal

[Konstantin Sonin @k_sonin]

Alexey @navalny, the leader of Russian opposition, would have turned 50 today. He was killed in jail on Putin's orders in 2024. I remember him speaking in a courtroom on 22 February 2022, the day the war started. Daily harassed and tortured in prison, Alexey spoke about what mattered most - against the criminal war and against the Putin's corrupt regime that started it.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

China is rebuilding how occupied Ukrainian territories function — step by step.

It installs 6,000 Huawei base stations, replaces dollars with yuan, and keeps factories running with Chinese engineers. no ownership, no formal role, but everything depends on Chinese tech, Babel. 1/

[Masih Alinejad 🏳️ @AlinejadMasih]

یک بار به دعوت رییس مجلس آلمان در خود پارلمان آلمان به مماشات اروپایی‌ها اعتراض کردم و این بار با دعوت شهردار فرانکفورت و با حضور خانم یولیا کلاکنر به ریاکاری رهبران اروپایی اعتراض کردم.
پیام من به اروپایی‌ها روشن بود:
مردم ایران به بیانیه‌های همبستگیِ توخالی و لبخندهای دیپلماتیک نیازی ندارند. رژیم‌های دیکتاتوری و زن‌ستیز با مذاکره، تجارت و مماشات تغییر نمی‌کنند. اگر غرب واقعاً به دموکراسی باور دارد، باید حمایت عملی خود را از مردم ایران نشان دهد و دست از عادی‌سازی روابط با قاتلان مردم ایران بردارد. دیکتاتورها با هم متحدند اما کشورهای دموکراتیک کنار هم و کنار مردمی که برای آزادی مبارزه می‌کنند، نیستند. آزادخواهی در ایران، یک خواسته وارداتی نیست، بلکه در قلب و جان مردم ما ریشه دارد.

​تا روزی که ایران آزاد شود، از هر تریبونی برای رساندن صدای مردم به گوش جهان استفاده خواهم کرد. ما پیروز خواهیم شد، چون سزاوار آزادی و کرامت انسانی هستیم. این وظیفه همه ماست که نگذاریم در روزگاری که اینترنت را به روی مردم بستند قتل‌عام مردم زیر خبرها و هیاهوی بیهوده‌ی سیاسی گم شود. امروز تیتر یک نیویرک‌تایمز هیاهوی حامیان رژیم و حضور سازماندهی‌شده آنان در خیابان بود… چند بار قتل عام فجیع مردم ایران در صفحه یک رسانه‌ها نشست؟

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

DOJ Probe Into Powell and Fed Building Costs Has Been Dropped

https://t.co/DLJCZAdorN

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

Kolomychenko: The Russian state has opted for complete ideological control of the internet and is prepared to bear the associated costs.

https://t.co/87Dtda9Tqw

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

The U.S. dollar fell to a 30-year low against the Israeli shekel

https://t.co/n288TPY6m5

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

@RichardHanania Next is the deepest state.

[Christo Grozev @christogrozev]

All of Israel, Russia and China seem to be betting on the escalation with Iran giving them an opportunity to present themselves as savior of GCC countries that should be trusted in the wake of USA's failure to protect them. And at least the latter two are fueling the escalation.

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

Barry Eichengreen

“…. just as Nero undermined the Roman denarius—arguably the world's first international currency—America's ruler poses a growing threat to his country's currency”

https://t.co/uAyKolJN7G

[Zineb Riboua @zriboua]

Two interviews from the Arab world have proven especially illuminating on Operation Epic Fury. One here features an Egyptian writer, the other a former Iraqi parliamentarian, both speaking on a Saudi-sponsored Arab channel with the kind of frankness that the Western media landscape rarely produces and rarely amplifies. Each, in his own way, says the same thing: Iran is the enemy.

I hope that reading them gives serious observers of international affairs a flavor of what the real debate looks like inside the Arab world, conducted in Arabic, on Arab terms, and almost entirely out of Western view.

https://t.co/kiANc6Hpko

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

Ukrainian forces secretly operated across Middle Eastern countries shooting down Iranian-designed Shahed drones, exchanging military support for weapons, fuel and financial aid to strengthen Ukraine’s defenses

Zelensky made his first public acknowledgment of the operations Wednesday. He said Ukrainian forces took part in active operations abroad using domestically produced interceptor drones proven in countering Iranian-designed Shahed drones used by Russia in Ukraine

https://t.co/V1t2EKHc1y

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

The internet shutdown in #Iran has reached 1000 hours. in its 42nd day after 984 hours. Users whitelisted by the regime can deliver alternative narratives to the outside world

[NetBlocks @netblocks]

1000 hours.

[Cato Institute @CatoInstitute]

Tariffs increased prices for American importers and consumers. Economists have calculated significant increases in the prices of imported and domestic products.

Learn more from Cato’s @scottlincicome, @AlfredCObregon, and Chad Smitson:
https://t.co/5GV64aPIVr

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

Iran judiciary urges courts to 'speed up' execution verdicts, as rights groups sounded the alarm about surging hangings of convicts seen as political prisoners

https://t.co/qNCw3bBH7t

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

As I wrote last week, control over the Strait of Hormuz will determine who wins the war.
Iran’s ceasefire statement says passage will only be possible “in coordination” with the Iranian military.
Trump’s ceasefire statement says Iran has agreed to a “complete, immediate and safe opening” of the Strait.
Two completely different things.
Until vessels resume crossing the Strait without paying a fee to Tehran, it’s a strategic victory for the Islamic Republic. https://t.co/OdbXC3sqmg

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

Russia provided Iran with list of Israeli energy targets, Ukrainian intelligence find

https://t.co/UwvGAFrq8k

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

On the occasion of Passover, I met with rabbis from Ukrainian cities and representatives of Jewish communities.

Passover is about the triumph of freedom. This is exactly what all of Ukraine is fighting for today. I thanked the Jewish community for standing united with us in this struggle – for supporting people, helping communities, and praying for our state.

I am grateful for a special gift – the first Torah translated into Ukrainian and printed at a Kharkiv bookstore that the Russians tried to destroy.

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

@arash_tehran almost the same as what the Russian elites are doing

[Jay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger]

Hear, hear.

[Josh N. @camera_lucida]

U.A.E. Wants to Force Hormuz Open and Is Willing to Join the Fight

The United Arab Emirates is preparing to help the U.S. and other allies open the Strait of Hormuz by force, Arab officials said

https://t.co/uupeOChlt0