Francis Fukuyama on how he keeps contact with the working class at Las Vegas casinos ft.com/content/75f7de79-c3c7…

How are prices determined? While I slept, Claude made me "History of economic thought since Aristotle." I asked it to use my favourite textbook (Blaug, Economic Theory in retrospect). The result will astonish of you. Even top economists here will learn something, I promise.

This is just incredible. The Pope is absolutely loving this. At the Prayer Vigil with the young people of France, they reenact the incredible history of the Church of France, from the arrival of Lazarus and his sister Mary Magdalene, the martyrdom of St. Denis, the baptism of Clovis, the purchase of the Crown of Thorns of Our Lord by St. Louis IX, St. Joan of Arc, the countless Saints of the eldest daughter of the Church, the martyrs of the French Revolution, all the way to the great St. Thérèse of Lisieux.

A 1990s-early 2000s Russia scale collapse in fertility rates appears to be under way in Mexico. If sustained Mexico could have a truly epic demand for Central American labor in coming years. That combined will US pull will hollow out Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras,& Guatemala.

MATT TREACY: More than 900 people with deportation orders remain in IPAS centres - a near doubling of numbers. Questions also need to be urgently answered regarding the increased number of asylum seekers being privately accommodated, as IPAS is full. gript.ie/treacy-cohort-in-ip…

THOMAS O'REILLY: A discreet gathering of European home affairs officials, including participation from the UK, is expected to open discussions on potential revisions to the EU Migration Pact by 2027. gript.ie/ireland-set-to-join…

Oktoberfest adjacent ministerial met up in Munich set to kick start "Migration Pact 2.0" process with Ireland at the helm. @gr

Future of Australian multiculturalism is Malaysia: - Suburbs develop distinct ethnic economic identities (already happened) - Contracts, jobs and referrals flow through family and co-ethnic networks rather than open markets (already happened) - Politics drifts toward community ethno-religious blocs and Tammany Hall style brokers who deliver votes (already happened) - Thin civic layer (“we’re all Aussies”) but in practice every community organises on identity lines - Eventually the majority start to mobilise communal based identity politics of their own

"as we grew wealthier, gained more technology, and expanded our welfare state, we became less comfortable with and tolerant of risk. Each generation since World War II has become more and more risk-averse, all while enjoying modern luxuries and prosperity" a.co/d/0e0UFuFl

A Russian police officer armed with an AKS-74U stands guard over prostitutes arrested in an anti-Vice operation. Moscow, 1990s.

France is light-years ahead of the cheating scandal game, we have political affairs such as “leading homeschooling activist and tradcath married mother-of-four gets accused of domestic violence by her formerly far-right Greco-Roman Neo-Pagan violinist mistress.” Amazing country.

An insane story of a man who spent 13 years hidden behind a wall in his own house in western Syria to avoid Assad's security forces. (We've had this for days and held it while we substantiated parts of it. @newlinesmag videographer @subhash_anagha)

I have lost way too much money betting on this shit.

Mexico shocked the world yesterday when its statistical office reported that fertility in 2024 was just 1.23 births per woman. How did Mexico go from having one of the highest fertility rates in the Western Hemisphere to one of the lowest, and how can we avoid that outcome? 🧵!

A majority of Walt Disney World traffic is childless adults Catering to adults increased revenues and profits as childless adults have more disposable income to spend on themselves. Thus, infantile adults have priced out many actual children, who make up a dwindling minority of the park's guests and who are by virtue of astronomical prices, restricted by class. The same dynamic has already transformed the toy industry: adult-only households account for 55 percent of spending on toys.

Oh, @CatholicHerald … imagine claiming it was the Easter Rising that inflamed tensions in Ireland, not the Tory-powered Ulster Crisis that created, armed, and indulged a massive private army committed to war if Ireland got devolution through peaceful constitutional means…

They don't make movies about the glory of Irish history because they want Irish people to hate themselves They deliberately only choose to make movies that offer a selective and anti Irish view of 20th Century History One exception though was the Oscar nominated Secret of Kells, which was made in 2009 just before the self loathing revisionism accelerated under Fine Gael from 2011

Samo gęste z planu Die Linke na Berlin: -Praca policyjna zastąpiona lub uzupełniona pracą społeczną -Dopuszczalne zakrywanie twarzy podczas demonstracji i noszenie akcesoriów ochronnych -Zaprzestanie działalności urzędu ochrony konstytucji jako tajnej służby, Berlin miałby też zawnioskowac w Bundesracie o zakaz działalności AfD -Konsekwentne odrzucanie wniosków o wydalanie zagranicznych aktywistow; -Przejmowanie na własność pustostanów przez osoby mieszkające w nich co najmniej rok - Żadnych kar za jazdę na gapę (!) - Areszt absolutnym wyjątkiem a aresztowani mają otrzymywać płacę minimalną - Nikt nie będzie deportowany - Berlin ustanowi własną politykę migracyjną - Zostaną wyznaczone panstwowe miejsca do planie cracka (na wzór Szwajcarii) - Koniec kontroli tożsamości przy wejściu na basen - Berlińskie szpitale nie będą uczestniczyć w ćwiczeniach na wypadek wojny; zakończona zostanie współpraca berlinskich szkół z Bundeswehrą -Brak ocen w szkołach aż do klasy 9. No ciekawe co z tego zostanie...

Your yearly reminder that humans appear to have a fall mating season lol

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