Francis Cox

Freelance English copywriter and actor living in Amsterdam. Just trying to make sense of the world.

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

This is a sad start to 2026. https://t.co/X5RvYeKxmf

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

This is fascinating. I have so many questions. Which of these technologies will prove viable in the long term? Which ones will work in the West? And how will the massive debt that’s financing them play out for China’s economy?https://t.co/PWFxAJXwLZ

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What an unsettling story! Investigative pieces like this are one of the reasons I subscribe to @nytimes. https://t.co/Su3UPgKaEQ

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

Trump will not get a third term. As Professor Scott Galloway has said, biology will take care of that. https://t.co/ouDZ0xgmSR

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

“The most dramatic case of ‘Fake It Until You Make It’ that we have ever seen.”https://t.co/RzepZTzyTm

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

@susieschobags @LondonU Congratulations Susie!

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

@miguelmarquez Campaigners warned of this.

[Brian Cox @ProfBrianCox]

Just to be clear - given recent drivel on line - Comet 3I/Atlas is a comet, made of carbon dioxide and water ices and bits of other stuff. It is entirely natural in origin, its orbit is as expected and it will whizz around the sun and then disappear off into the galaxy again. If it ever encounters another inhabited solar system in the far future I hope the living things there are more sensible than us and enjoy it for what it is - a visitor from elsewhere in the galaxy - a pristine lump of rock and ices which formed around a distant, maybe long-dead star billions of years ago and many light years away, just passing through. Isn’t that wonderful enough?

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

One of the would-be terrorists lived with his mother and slept in a bedroom decorated with children’s wallpaper. 🙄https://t.co/eb9GgeAiW2

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

She lit up whatever movie she was in. Goodnight Ms Keaton. 😢 https://t.co/zOeYGVdIVb

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“This is what tyranny looks like.” https://t.co/MAOhvFkaRW

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

This is the kind of Royal we want. Goodnight your Royal Highness. https://t.co/wzrxKfvckb

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

Hooray! https://t.co/QcriMV7Msy

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

I always find these types of stories heartwarming. Bitter sweet as they are. https://t.co/DeoIxRB5qa

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

“This is the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic,” #JobsReport https://t.co/bwLvm4KrZ5

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

Who doesn’t love a bit of ABBA? (Well, my sister-in-law actually.) But two academic monographs on their song, ‘Fernando’. Seriously?! 🤣 https://t.co/caDXEsB4g4

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

The word ”unseemly” comes to mind. Putin and Xi Jinping must be loving this. https://t.co/W6KdYi2nYK

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

About 10 years ago, Hudson’s Bay opened several department stores here in the Netherlands. The shops were lovely with good-quality merchandise, but there weren’t a lot of customers and they didn’t last long. https://t.co/m4PiQsSRKz

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

There were stories like this during the first Trump administration. Was anyone in this Missouri town paying attention? https://t.co/NhCLquPfvQ

[Francis Cox @fdcox]

“That’s not me that did it, I have no idea where it came from.” He sounds like a five year old caught red-handed. https://t.co/81P0tqvMXy