Nikhil Pal Singh
@nikhil_palsingh
Americans, understandably focused on the (past and present) antics of Donald Trump, tend to underestimate the shift in elite European views toward China 1/
Von der Leyen tells Xi EU-China ties are at ‘inflection point’ on.ft.com/4f3wBAh
Water is wet.
A powerful, sobering look at the forces that have pulled multiracial voters away from the Democratic Party. The most important, by far, has been the party’s failure to address the economic vulnerabilities of these voters. nytimes.com/interactive/20… via @NYTOpinion
1/ AI is already wreaking havoc: Global Data Centers now consume more electricity than most countries bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-… x.com/MonaAli_NY_US/…
Energy consumption across the globe . . . from an incredible Bloomberg photo essay on data centers and their insatiable energy demands. bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…
MLK was also mentioned by name in this memo from the FBI's anti-Black COINTELPRO, dated March 4, 1968 -- exactly one month before he was assassinated. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, the author of this memo, was reputed for his use of disinformation & sexual blackmail.
MLK watched his friends rape women and laughed. We’ve known this for a while via a King historian who was allowed to access these files. Now we have the files. MLK was scum.
I don’t think the wager forcing us to agree that anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism is going to work out too well for anyone. One of those be careful what you wish for situations.
U of Chicago is going to merge humanities departments and downscale its language offerings in part because...the institution spent too much money on construction projects. Its endowment: over $10 billion. Are there any leaders in higher ed who *want* to save the humanities?
The Division of the Arts & Humanities is considering consolidating its 15 departments into eight, reducing language instruction, and establishing minimum class and program sizes, citing new federal policies and shifts in the “underlying financial models” for higher education.
This is getting close to the logic of holocaust deniers who often point to the existence of survivors, escapees, the existence of Jewish partisans, the sporadic use of Jewish labor, and the fact that not all camps were used for extermination to cast doubt on genocidal intent
Trump's job approval rating reaches new low of 37% in Gallup's latest tracker, polling underwater on every issue: news.gallup.com/poll/692879/in…
It’s crucial that we have ineffectual leaders (who the public are almost completely unaware of) so we can maintain our distinct identity.
So Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana are indeed starting a new party. This blows Zack Polanski's leadership pitch out of the water. It's crucial now more than ever that we maintain a distinct Green Party identity as Ellie and me are arguing. Let's not become the support act.
Important bit of news out of the AI summit in DC yesterday: Trump is siding with big tech companies over publishers and authors who say AI models are stealing their livelihoods and futures. 🧵
Reminder that Starmer enthusiastically defended Israel’s food and water siege on Gaza
Israel announces plans to build a concentration camp in Gaza, says its aim is to remove Palestinians from Gaza, lies about "negotiating" in good faith & when the Palestinian side takes "negotiations" seriously, Israel blows up the deal and the US/Israel blame Hamas. Same pattern.
We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good…
Every few weeks, right wingers rediscover André Rieu, the Burger King of classical music, and fancy themselves continental sophisticates for enjoying this decadent, plastic, end-of-history schmaltz.
A magnificent example of the European culture we’re told doesn’t exist. Touches my heart every single time.
An Israeli airstrike on a home sheltering displaced Palestinians northwest of Gaza City has killed 15 people today —including six children. Israeli soldiers have continued killing Palestinian children with daily massacres at civilian shelters.
Exclusive: Harvard publisher cancels entire journal issue on Palestine shortly before publication. My latest. theguardian.com/education/2025…
In a new essay, Robert Keohane and the late Joseph Nye warn that Trump’s coercive and transactional approach to foreign policy could bring the United States’ period of dominance to “an unceremonious end”: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…
Zohran won Dan Goldman's by almost 70 percent...challenger PLEASE
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NEW: Tulsi Gabbard is running a dangerous and brazen disinformation campaign. She's gaslighting the public, abusing the intelligence community to protect Donald Trump, and undermining national security. Read all about it in my latest article. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
The postwar social contract where American (however defined) workers are granted access to security not through a vast safety net but access to capital in the form of real estate is over! It's never coming back, that era of accumulation is finished!
"OUR COUNTRY IS TOTALLY BROKEN" “A 38-year-old first-time homebuyer spends 42% of after-tax income on a mortgage… runaway debt is destroying balance sheets.” — @esaagar