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Spending 5% of GDP on "defence" – in reality, on preparing for war – is an arms race. Historically, arms races have very frequently led to war.
We should be spending at least some of that money on building peace – on building complex webs of social and commercial relationships between rival blocks, and strengthening the international institutions which, if respected, could realise the "rules-based international order".

Entropy and the general theory of peace – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Book chapter in Proceedings of the International Peace Research Association Second Conference. Vol. 1: Studies in Conflicts

Fuck Liz Truss
https://www.instagram.com/p/DKWtxobNcx_/

Christian Stöcker on Instagram: "Quiz Questions: Who wrote this deranged but familiar sounding treatise about a „globalist“ (read: Jewish) conspiracy that „hates western civilization“ and is trying to take over the world? I‘ll give you a second to think about it. The answer is: @trussliz, the former (salad survival length) Prime Minister of the UK. The (very real) international conspiracy of far right pro fossil fuel crazies is taking root everywhere. It showed its face at #CPAC. These people want what #Trump does, but everywhere."
22 likes, 0 comments - chrisstoecker on June 1, 2025: "Quiz Questions: Who wrote this deranged but familiar sounding treatise about a „globalist“ (read: Jewish) conspiracy that „hates western civilization“ and is trying to take over the world? I‘ll give you a second to think about it. The answer is: @trussliz, the former (salad survival length) Prime Minister of the UK. The (very real) international conspiracy of far right pro fossil fuel crazies is taking root everywhere. It showe…

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.06343 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_…

Should We Expect Further Acceleration of the Earth's Rotation in the Coming Years?
Recently, it has been suggested in the literature that the difference between universal and coordinated time UT1-UTC could reach a large positive value in the coming years (Agnew 2024). This would make it necessary to introduce a negative leap second into UTC for the first time in history, which in turn will cause serious problems in time keeping and synchronization systems around the world. Based on the latest Earth's rotation and universal time data published by the international Earth rotati…

Trump’s determination to move fast could slow implementation of his tariff regime.
It also threatens to cost him credibility with businesses he’s counting on to invest in the U.S.
and world leaders whose buy-in he needs to negotiate trade deals.
Still, few expect a different posture from the famously intransigent fool or any second-guessing following the Wednesday ruling from the U.S. Court of International Trade, which briefly halted most of the tariffs

Beginning the second day of the #Rotary International 2025 Convention in Calgary, Canada… over 15,000 people here!