Biden sought "outside-the-box thinking" on the state of democracy so the WH convened Michael McFaul, Richard Haass, Fareed Zakaria, Ian Bremmer, Fiona Hill, James Stavridis, Jon Meacham, Anne Applebaum, Sean Wilentz and Michael Beschloss, and Allida Black. https://t.co/ixCsWcF5n1
My quick take on Olaf Scholz’ performance for @ForeignPolicy@colmfquinn - “He has ticked quite a lot of boxes by now (on Ukraine) - heavy weapons, candidate status…but one complaint could throw perceptions off balance.”
Today I looked at whether Ukraine's PR machine—so effective at the beginning of the war but now beginning to take some dings—can still keep Western attention as the war drags on. https://t.co/D42KgXDmYJ
All (very good, and cutting) jokes aside, it’s a good article. I would also add that the added pressure of selling out to private equity has probably not helped things either
"The veterinarians plan to raise the baby Irrawaddy dolphin until it wean and later release it back to the wild when ready, hoping that it would rejoin the pod of this endangered species in the Gulf of Thailand." 🥲
Prayers up for this recently orphaned Irrawaddy river dolphin recuperating in Thailand. Here it is drinking milk, nibbling on its caretaker's finger, and taking a nap.
From Getty: "The Irrawaddy river dolphin was orphaned and rescued from stranding in the Gulf of Thailand on July 23 and then taken into care at Marine Endangered Species Veterinary Hospital of the Department of Marine and Coastal Resources"
Both the Zawahiri assassination and Pelosi trip are America's version of United signing Ronaldo a second time. Quick dopamine hits for the fans as long as they don't think longer than two seconds about it.