For the first time since WWII, every governing party facing election in a developed country this year lost vote share, via @jburnmurdoch
2024 Democrats are the red dot.
Absolutely critical context to any postmortem.
This one is indeed very interesting and revealing in the sense of showing how security interests can be perceived differently by different actors. A good one to keep in mind anytime you hear about Russia’s security interests.
Why do women post “sexy selfies”?💄💅
Per 68,562 pics—at nation + US city levels:
It’s NOT bc of gender oppression (sexism)
INCOME INEQUALITY ➡️status competition➡️self-sexualization among women (to gain status)
BONUS:⬆️inequality,⬆️beauty businesses
https://t.co/hFAcnekzGb
《自由的窄廊:國家與社會如何決定自由的命運》
The Narrow Corridor: States, Societies, and the Fate of Liberty
作者:Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson
譯者: 劉道捷
語言:繁體中文
出版社:衛城出版
出版日期:2020/01/22
Idealists say aggression is fundamentally unacceptable. Realists say Russia is so strong that resistance is futile and acceptance is the only answer.
Well, I say we are strong enough to defend our ideals, and fighting back is the most realistic choice. Here's why. 👇🧵1/16
🧵1) Israel's killing of Hassan Nasrallah is hugely consequential for the Middle East. Hezbollah is the crown jewel of the Islamic Republic of Iran-the one effective enterprise Iran’s revolutionaries have built since 1979-and Nasrallah has been crucial to Iran’s power expansion.
#Russia: Putin is revising the nuclear weapons doctrine:1) Russia will consider an attack on a non-nuclear state to be aggression if it is backed by a nuclear weapon (a hint that a nuclear target is on Ukraine’s back); 2) Russia will use nuclear weapons in support of Belarus⤵️
Some of the most viral posts on X come from accounts that celebrate the beauty of what the old world built.
Their content gets so much engagement because it highlights a simple truth: the modern world is starved for beauty.
A thread of some of the most viral posts 🧵