A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed.
— Henrik Ibsen, who died in May 1996
The things that make me different are the things that make me, me.
Donald Trump says his latest tariff idea is “the big one”. He’s not kidding. His reciprocal tariffs would cause global trade and supply chain chaos and be a logistical nightmare for the US and the countries on which the tariffs would be imposed. The concept of reciprocal tariffs isn’t complicated. The US would essentially match the tariff rates of the countries with which it trades.
The big one’: Trump’s latest threat would lead to chaos
Chinese warships detected 150 nautical miles from Sydney coast
ASIO boss reveals multiple nations plotted to murder critics in Australia
Rupert Murdoch’s move to squeeze three of four eldest children out of controlling his media empire was arguably the biggest dice-roll of his 70-year business career. And he failed.
The hubris that made him believe safeguarding his legacy as a media mogul was more important than the future of his family will now reverberate.
The risks for Rupert were enormous: win or lose, he stood to blow up the already fraying fabric of the Murdoch family. But a loss has added the venom of galvanising three of his children (Prudence, Elisabeth and James) against his firstborn son and anointed successor, Lachlan.
Why Rupert Murdoch has blown up his favourite son’s future
Laughter, Not Obedience: The Power of Mockery Against Authoritarianism
Authoritarians thrive on anger but crumble under ridicule. Their power relies on compliance; mockery strips it away
As Neil deGrasse Tyson put it “How sad it must be — believing that scientists, scholars, historians, economists, and journalists have devoted their entire lives to deceive you, while a reality tv star with decades of fraud and exhaustively documented lying is your only beacon of truth and honesty”
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