The Spectator World

We've just gone to press with the August monthly edition of @TheSpectator. - @AdamFriedland on the pain of being an Arsenal fan - @bdomenech on the film industry's move to Texas - @MarcWarner10 on AI's potential to surpass humans - @BridgetPhetasy on dead internet theory

"Everyone I know has experienced the rudeness and sloppiness of most of these bike riders. They seem to care not for road rules, pedestrians, safety or anyone but themselves. The bikes dart recklessly between vehicles." ✍️ Joan Collins trib.al/1jXeLLZ

"I distinctly remember being in shop class in the seventh grade and the buzz among the boys was over whether or not Hulk Hogan could actually physically pick up the gargantuan Andre the Giant. There was no consensus." From @jackhunter74 trib.al/OfC6qpW

"This biography traces, step by step, the intellectual and moral journey that earned that praise. But Chernow shows us the battle for Twain’s progressive credentials, too. His empathy didn’t stem from theory, but memory." ✍️ John Mac Ghlionn trib.al/VJHrs8t

"The same progressives who fumbled their schools’ Covid responses, instituted woke curriculum and pushed adolescent gender transitioning should not decree to parents which school is best for their children." ✍️ Bethany Lorden trib.al/QoSfFUL

"I’ve decided to treat the 2020s like a film that’s so bad it’s good. The script is deliciously absurd. The dialogue is gloriously poor. The effects are outrageously over the top. All we can do is sit back, park our brains – and enjoy." ✍️ Sean Thomas trib.al/3DPEhud

"This clear-sighted, intelligent book contains much in it to delight readers familiar with the works cited and those who are not." ✍️ Philip Womack trib.al/kvIiXZv

"There seem to be an inordinate number of food delivery personnel using these bikes. They are the most dangerous, considering the number of deliveries they must make in a day." ✍️ Joan Collins trib.al/PC4VTeQ

"Proponents of Trump’s trade agenda – who are willing to stomach Americans paying to rebalance trade deficits with the rest of the world – insist the benefits will reveal themselves in due course." From @KateAndrs trib.al/RuobNSQ

"We will need well-trained natural brains if we are to keep the artificial brains we have created under control." ✍️ Christopher Caldwell trib.al/lnDOsrk

"The Kyiv government is racked by corruption scandals and purges, public faith in their future and in their leaders is tanking and pressure to make peace at almost any price is growing." From @owenmatth trib.al/MNmnDS7

"Parker and Stone don’t care and have lost nothing off their fastball – just ask Meghan Markle. They got their bag and they can do whatever they want." ✍️ Cockburn trib.al/ldbfHln

"Slanting Towards the Sea is a contemporary tragedy, but not for the reasons that are at first apparent." ✍️ Emily Goulding trib.al/AOt9eqp

"According to figures from the Pew Research Center, 58 percent of mainline Protestants voted for Donald Trump last year. Despite this, the attitude of mainline church leadership toward MAGA has been one of full-blown resistance." ✍️ Chris Mondics trib.al/kbM3Qm5

"Perhaps Vice President J.D. Vance summed up Hogan after his passing best: 'Hulk Hogan was a great American icon. One of the first people I ever truly admired as a kid.'" From @jackhunter74 trib.al/g2hM7FN

"Against my better judgment, I rather like Doyle. I find myself strangely moved by her honesty gospel; I follow her on Instagram. That she has done hard things herself is indisputable." ✍️ Arabella Byrne trib.al/Bk5LdPv

"Crucially, the biographer of Washington, Hamilton, Grant and John D. Rockefeller brings to Twain the same blend of forensic precision and narrative elegance that defines his other work." ✍️ John Mac Ghlionn trib.al/LyWMhAi

"It’s estimated these tariffs will amount to the largest tax rise in decades." From @KateAndrs trib.al/YmjFu53

"This month, Congress put school-choice funding on offer to the states as part of the Big Beautiful Bill. Progressives have bashed the provision for the harm they claim school choice will do to under-resourced school districts." ✍️ Bethany Lorden trib.al/dhaIAvq

"Trump has yet to say anything about this outrageous obscenity on Truth Social, instead paying tribute to Hulk Hogan, endorsing Michael Whatley for the open North Carolina Senate seat and announcing a deal for Australia to start importing US beef." trib.al/jUlIBu6

"Your brain, it turns out, is not such a scary place after all. It just needs space to perform. Without being faced with a constant feed of other people’s thoughts, your own become more vivid, more surprising." ✍️ Katherine Dee trib.al/6XRSQJE