John E. de Wald

Aficionado of art and ideas.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Sam Harris has written the best thing you’ll read today.

https://t.co/gI0wZZNH4m

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@WendyHough16 @alexmassie @Richard_Scorer I wonder how morally depraved one would have to be to have this as one’s instinctive response to a plot to murder Jews (clearly not IDF) on British soil en masse.

[Quillette @Quillette]

The “Gaza genocide” calumny has become the Left’s equivalent of the “stolen election” hoax on the American Right—a baseless accusation that signals ideological allegiance precisely because it defies logic and evidence, writes @mboudry.

https://t.co/GnGodkqxuJ

[Scott Birrell @s_birrell]

‘Before the opening night performance of Verdi’s Don Carlos, the audience observed a moment of silence, followed by the Ukrainian national anthem, performed by the Met Orchestra and Chorus and conducted by Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.’ 🇺�

[Sam Bowman @s8mb]

The problem isn't just the planning system.

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

The West must not stop Israel’s campaign on Hezbollah and Hamas https://t.co/1V4rLyOb6h

[Henry Hill @HCH_Hill]

Please, my economy, it is very sick.

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@wjharte I used to love clay pigeon shooting when I was growing up! It’s a surprisingly gratifying feeling when you do it well

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@wjharte Safe travels! It would be lovely to catch up with you guys soon and hear about your exciting trip.

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@wjharte No, I was just trying to be light-hearted about it. I went to Catholic school as a child but faith was not something that ever stuck.

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@wjharte Most of what I remember about Catholicism is the silly clothes and outdated traditions. But, at least it doesn’t have Justin Welby

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@wjharte I thought ‘time warped costume fantasy’ was the definition of religion. If you strip out the bad epistemology and ethics at least that’s the fun stuff, no?

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

this idiot's really talking about a green text bubble like it's a whole new kind of racism

[Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 @pmarca]

Argentina Dynamism. Argentina Techno-Optimism. Truth to Power. Speech of the 21st Century. 🇦🇷

[Sam Dumitriu @Sam_Dumitriu]

South Korea can build nuclear reactors for 4-5x less than the UK.

But to build one in the UK, they'd have to wait at least four years before they could even lodge a planning application.

My latest on how to fix that and get nuclear built faster.

https://t.co/qtsG6SyV8c

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

The Genocide Charge Against Israel Is a Moral Obscenity https://t.co/mcNWdb2oTL

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

great, now all they have to do is actually build something

[Mike Solana @micsolana]

"it's not natural" she screams from her 22-story condo, artificially warmed, between bites of winter produce grown in december, after a week of antibiotics cured her of her strep. "people weren't designed for this" she says between emails penned on her pocket supercomputer

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

The damp and cold could not dim a lovely day in #London surrounded by thousands of peaceful families, friends, children, and dogs (so many dogs!). It was a welcome reminder of all the good people out there and the importance of optimism in humanity. #MarchAgainstAntisemitism

[John E. de Wald @JEDeWald]

@wjharte Thank you! Irrespective of the level of its parallels to Bali, I would love to see Cornwall and it certainly looks beautiful!

I am at Heathrow now waiting for my flight to board. But I’ll be home soon enough! (In a distant 10 or 11 hour away kind of soon.)