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Marcus Williamson

@jauntyangle.bsky.social

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I work in conflict and post-conflict countries. Interested in international affairs, economics, governance and public policy. Also trashy movies and books, eating and drinking, and strength sports. Wu Tang is for the Children.

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Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Apr 21

When I tried to read it as an undergraduate I was so disoriented and upset by it, I threw my copy off a bridge into a river.

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Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Apr 4

Okay, but also... Not a big fan of charts that don't start the y-axis at zero. You can just pick the number you want and make the fall look as big as you want. I think the policies need to be critiqued without these sorts of stunts.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Apr 4

I think it's more accurate to say that we found out that it turns out that voters across the spectrum are highly sensitive to inflation and don't like it, even when in an environment of mild real income growth.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 30

Agreed. It's true that some who discard gender in favor of sex are bad faith actors. But sex drives important objective variations that gender doesn't, e.g. differences in presentation and prognosis for many serious diseases. You can't dump every thing or concept that's been used in bad faith.

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Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 20

We should have caught on as we saw the world's authoriarian regimes coopt the term 'terrorist' to justify their oppression. I would propose as a general rule- if something is a crime, treat it as one and prosecute it as such. Don't create special categories that make that crime extra-bad.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 18

For my running pace, the perfect music is Barber's 'Adagio for Strings'.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 14

Nothing anyone else isn't saying. It's all so bleak.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 11

Fascinating. He is usually so predictable and occupies that small space of Brexit cheerleading/Telegraph miserablism. This is new. And very telling as he is kind of a bellwether for much of the right.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 6

I am fine with the practice, but when you talk to people you call them 'you' or use their name. And it's rude to refer to someone with he/she in front of them! Declaring pronouns is about affirming identity, it's not about polite communication.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 5

I got it very severely and was medically evacuated in an air ambulance from Liberia to the UK. Only got out of Liberia because of false positive PCR test- otherwise likely would have died there.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 5

Musk probably generalizes from experience with SpaceX, Starlink etc- fire lots of people, work the rest to death, keep trying to find new and cheaper ways to do things, eventually you succeed. Doubt it generalizes to economics or public service though.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 4

I like Hodges. I frequently don't agree with him, but he seems to think issues through based on his principles and frequently doesn't go on party lines.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 2

Oh my God that would be amazing.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 2

Owen Jones but for the right.

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Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Mar 1

At the time, one of my friends said "What a way to lose the Cold War".

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 25

Going to have this on loop with Cage's 4'33". Will be nice to add a bit of variety.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 25

Surprised to see that half of their funding came from the US State Department.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 25

Excellent graphic.

ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · Feb 24

a (very timely) reminder of the legacy of germany’s partition:

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 25

Undershoots even the lowest expectations, sadly. If he was serious about it, it would be weeks long, probably with events in every province or region.

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · Feb 16

Europe doesn't need any more wake-up calls.

It's awake. It's just very comfortable in its warm bed and procrastinating on getting up in the hopes something turns up to magically take care of all the chores it knows it should be getting on with.

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Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 15

Everyone likes to dump on The West Wing buy the scene where the journalist talks about how being a Whitehouse correspondent is a terrible job and not real journalism always seemed spot on to me.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 8

Shouldn't you be working for the Telegraph? This sort of deranged little-Englander fantasy goes down very well there.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 5

I think they plan to add paid subscriptions at some point.

Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 5

I was posting a lot then took a little break right after the inauguration. But I couldn't stay off. But yes, I do like it.

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Marcus Williamson @jauntyangle.bsky.social · Feb 5

The quality of all four is exceptional, notable for their sophisticated rhythm/cadences and clever wordplay. Especially third guy (Ras Austin) and fourth (Eric Jamal). Coast.