James Lloyd
@jamesplloyd
father of four; drawn to islands
Columbus wrote marginal notes in a text, referring to a story told in Galway about a man who had been cast ashore by the sea from the west, possibly suggesting a land beyond the Atlantic. “Men have come from the west (the Antilia islands) to Ireland, which is near England.”
TIL that Columbus had visited Ireland podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the…
The Democratic Party has a future? Huge if true.
New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani appeals to downwardly mobile millennials who embrace his zero-sum politics, writes Reihan Salam. But are those voters the future of the Democratic Party? on.wsj.com/3GIOzvf
The UK will pull every lever* *(that doesn’t involve Israel, America)
The appalling scenes in Gaza are unrelenting. The UK will pull every lever we have to get food and lifesaving support to Palestinians, and we will evacuate children who need urgent medical assistance. This humanitarian catastrophe must end.
