David Frum

Interesting thread on how modern social media platforms incentivize the drift to anti-liberal conspiracy-thinking. Russell Brand is a spectacular case, but you can surely think of many other examples - the management of this website prominent among them.

BTW if there's anybody who has been feeling the lack of a good explanation of old British money, here's a very helpful and accessible book on the subject

If you want deeper understanding, here's excellent book by @kapskom on what Modi has done to the hope for a secular, democratic India

Interesting informed thread on propaganda purposes of yesterday’s Russian atrocity

Interesting thread

Interesting thread about how Russia has not deployed anything like its full military capability. A big caveat, however, is that the clock is ticking much faster on Russia's financial and economic capabilities. There are a lot of ways to lose a modern war.