Depeche Mode is the center of 1980s/1990s music. Everything is an influence on them, influenced by them, or both.
G-Rated Sex JamPost your hottest music take. Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
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Scott L Greer
Профиль VivelyPolitical scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471
Populist radical right governments urgently trying to change topic from domestic issues to border security, with bonus attack on a socialist government. Not exactly surprising.
ReutersItaly said it was suspending the EU's border-free Schengen arrangements with Spain for one month in response to a mass influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta from neighboring Morocco reut.rs/4yQ9WAR
Example. Stevens is not a milquetoast. But it’s hard to convince 2026 primary voters of that if your brand has been pragmatism/conpromise/kitchen table. Progressives have a history of picking fights with party establishment and the interest groups that reward centrism, so they are credible fighters.
Haley StevensMichiganders don’t put up with BS. Everywhere I go I talk to people who are fed up with Trump’s corruption, especially ICE’s abuse of power. It’s why I introduced the Hold ICE Accountable Act. We need to redirect their funding back to local communities.
“Bipartisan problem-solving compromiser” was until recently popular with Dem voters and a good fit for centrists (nice profile, media and donors liked it), so naturally the demand for warriors is difficult to navigate for even authentically combative and partisan moderate Dems.
Prem Thakker ツNEW poll in 18 toss-up districts (with a sample that voted Trump 48-45) shows independents & moderates are *not* looking for the archetypical Moderate candidate — and are not dissuaded if outsiders are labeled too far left. Strong support for Israel was the *least* appealing quality in a candidate.
Why do I love the FT? The writer noting that this fatuity came “during the fourth hour of a popular tech podcast”
Scott L Greer‘“Obviously not blowing up is sort of like task number one and two, or whatever,” Aschenbrenner said during the fourth hour of a popular tech podcast in 2024, a few months before he officially launched his fund. “Done right, I think a lot of money could be made.”’
‘“Obviously not blowing up is sort of like task number one and two, or whatever,” Aschenbrenner said during the fourth hour of a popular tech podcast in 2024, a few months before he officially launched his fund. “Done right, I think a lot of money could be made.”’
Robert SmithWonderfully detailed account from my FT colleagues of how Leopold Aschenbrenner became situationally aware that leverage works just as powerfully on the way down. www.ft.com/content/620b...
“469-54 split against the administration among district judges” Kind of an amazing statistic
Kyle CheneyUPDATE: The dam is breaking. Six federal appeals courts in a row — including two *today* have now shot down ICE's mass detention policy, along with a 469-54 split against the administration among district judges. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
‘Wolfson said there’s a “radical, right-wing agenda coming out of the federal government,” and the AAUP won’t exist in an “ivory tower” and wait for politics to be done to its members.’
Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhDthis part is bananapants www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...
Having spent a decent part of the day in what amounts to a fight with Excel, Adobe, and iOS- this hits.
Jonn Elledgesuggested slogans for annoyingly popular but inherently terrible bits of software, number #1 in what promises to be a very long series: "Adobe Acrobat: why don't YOU go fuck yourself?"
Those are some remarkable numbers
Digital Ground GameNEW POLL 📊 Fox News Senate Polls (June/July) GEORGIA: 🔵 Ossoff 56% (+13) 🔴 Collins 43% NORTH CAROLINA: 🔵 Cooper 53% (+9) 🔴 Whatley 44% OHIO: 🔵 Brown 53% (+8) 🔴 Husted 45% IOWA: 🔵 Turek 50% (+4) 🔴 Hinson 46% (Fox News/Beacon Research/Shaw, A-rated, RV)
This will be helpful if (when) there is a crisis and the only solution is fed leadership
Ian SmithFed's no-guidance going well... Kevin Warsh’s stripped-back Fed communication 'already backfiring', say investors as.ft.com/r/d3931d85-4... 300 clicks free
“In 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. The lone exception was New Mexico, the only state that has used its own money to fully replace the expired aid”
Obamacare enrollment declines in 49 states • Michigan AdvanceIn 49 states, the number of people enrolled in Obamacare plans has declined since Congress made coverage more expensive by allowing federal subsidies to expire at the end of last year. The lone except...michiganadvance.comIt’s 2026 and mainstream media still repeat his nonsense. I’ve known about the Washington plan for years and I don’t even go there much!
Scott L GreerThe Washington airport authority and the airlines that use Dulles are implementing a longstanding plan to fund and carry out a big rebuild that will get rid of the people movers. This has been in the works for years and the funding is mostly super authority and airlines. Headlines everywhere, well:
The Washington airport authority and the airlines that use Dulles are implementing a longstanding plan to fund and carry out a big rebuild that will get rid of the people movers. This has been in the works for years and the funding is mostly super authority and airlines. Headlines everywhere, well:
Trump is set to announce a $22B makeover of Dulles airport that will eliminate the 'people movers'President Donald Trump is eyeing a new Washington-area landmark for one of his makeovers. The Republican president on Wednesday is set to announce a $22 billion renovation of Washington Dulles Interna...apnews.com‘The AI executives are saying (basically) “we plan to consume so much power that we will soon need to blot out the sun with space data centers,” and their favored bloggers are then chiming in to say “but when you think about it, that’s not much energy usage at all!”’
The data center backlash Is working. That's why the New York Times is so concerned.I have adavekarpf.beehiiv.comThis thread and the ensuing conversation is interesting but it’s also framed in parochialism when there’s clearly a big class dimension. Generalizable skills mean mobility means escape, and not everybody thinks working class people should get to escape their situation.
Rachel ColdicuttOne of the things I find odd about UK skills and jobs policies over the last 10 years is the idea that - for young people - place is destiny. It's like we've taken the Brexit memo and double stamped it into meaning you need to stay put to be a success. The geographical footprint of the UK is *tiny*
This is a fantastic PhD topic for comparative politics or social policy. It’s got everything- path dependency, public administration, gender, demographics, competition, norms, ideas, interest groups…
Nicolai von OndarzaFun graph by the EU Commission on the length of summer holidays in the EU. To be frank, as a parent, even the six weeks in Germany feel long. How are parents supposed to bridge 14 weeks of summer holiday?