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Mike Bird
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Mike Bird
@Birdyword
Wall Street editor @TheEconomist. Money Talks podcast co-host. Into markets, history and economics. Author of THE LAND TRAP.
- Something inherently funny about the phrase "Disney regrets that it has come to this"
News: Disney has filed a lawsuit against Ron DeSantis, alleging a "targeted campaign of government retaliation" over "protected speech" that "threatens Disney's business operations" and "violates its constitutional rights." "Disney regrets that it has come to this." - In Tokyo there is a Philadelphia themed bar, which was set up because the guy who runs it loved Philadelphia soul music, and wanted to set up place that only played that. Eagles games on the TV, cheesesteak on the menu.
- There's a joke that's been revived in a bunch of countries along these lines. Man stands on a street in Hamburg, 1918, with a sign that says "the king is an idiot". Police arrest him. He says he meant the British king. "You can't fool us," they reply, "we know who the idiot is"This Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- I love the togetherness of the Olympics. Whatever our differences, we can all bind together to watch THIS CONTENT NOT AVAILABLE IN YOUR REGION. Who could forget the race for gold in THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN REMOVED IN RESPONSE TO A REPORT FROM THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER
- Crazy - and remember that many of these cities have been settled for thousands of years. How could they have known where the train line would eventually be? Very mysterious.Excellent geography trivia: One third of the population of Switzerland lives within 5 kilometers of the main train line crossing the country. Source: buff.ly/3WBdINQ
- Nike stock right now - the company has >450,000 employees across 130 factories in Vietnam (46% tariff rate)
- One phenomenon I've noticed recently, due to the rise of moustaches and mullets among white men across the Western world: it is no longer possible to confidently identify Australians at a distance.
- A reminder that the British government has not at any point even required a negative Covid test for people to fly into the UK. Not in the Spring, not in the Summer, not now. Never.Matt Hancock says he’s “incredibly worried” about the South African variant of Covid
- Astonishing chart from Goldman showing the slump in overseas passengers arriving to the US. Presumably not largely because of the tariffs but because of the horror stories about random incarceration.
- Never ask a woman her age Never ask a man his salary Never ask Norway what makes up more than two thirds of its total exportsThis Post is from an account that no longer exists. Learn more
- One discovery on moving to the US is that however into Halloween you think Americans are, it's more than that.
- I get a huge amount of enjoyment from the arc of long-running local news stories.
