Author of Why Politicians Lie About Trade | Trade and Negotiations Explainer. Forever D&D DM. 🇺🇦 Born. 🇦🇺 Raised. 🇨🇭 Based. Media and training: explaintrade.com Consultancy network: auroramacro.com Speaking representation: cwgspeakers.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mldwkanrdv2zI'll put my hand up and say this is what I got wrong. I think I was confused because he doesn't vibe like the kind of candidate I associate this problem with. It's not like he was some raging firebrand whose entire shtick was denouncing the government and promising to magically fix everything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldwkanrdv2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mldko3sgsc2kThank you for touching base and sharing your bold proposal. We are aligned on core objectives and fully share core vision. We look forward to constructively ideating to mitigate previously flagged risk vectors, including our core concern that, historically, Wu-Tang Clan ain't nuthing to F'wit.08 May 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldko3sgsc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mldh5fffuf2zNeck and neck promotion fight in Hell's Ironic Punishments Division between the devil who cursed Reform voters with the agony of living in areas run by Reform councilors, and the imp who cursed Reform council candidates with actually having to do the hard, boring, thankless jobs they campaigned for.08 May 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldh5fffuf2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mldd2urjj22z1/ I know I'm not the 1st or 50th person to say this, but having just experienced it the YouTube account flagging/deletion process is INSANE for something I know a lot of people rely on for their livelihoods. I do not understand how content creators stay sane. Here's what happened this to me week:08 May 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldd2urjj22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mlan55m3is2y“.. Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plan to help ships go through the Strait of Hormuz came after [Saudi Arabia] suspended the U.S. military’s ability to use its bases and airspace to carry out the operation ..” Apropos of 👇 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trumps-abrupt-u-turn-plan-re-open-strait-hormuz-came-backlash-allies-rcna343845 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlan55m3is2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3ml6aveya7s221/ We got 50,000 articles about how weak and impotent soft power has proven in the 21st century. Meanwhile, the "1st army in the world" can't bend Iran to its will and the (self-proclaimed) "2nd army in the world" is over a thousand days into its 3 day special military operation.06 May 2026 08:11 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6aveya7s22https://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3ml6243yzk22yRegret to announce "Project Unstoppable Fury of Incandescent Steel: Inevitable Death on Wings of Fiery Oblivion" has been paused in light of how scary the enemy is. To our foes I have just one message: "uWu, I am but smol."06 May 2026 06:10 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6243yzk22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3ml425e4uc22mThis is really important. There's a tendency to conflate 'free speech' with 'uncurated speech' but they're different. Social signalling is how we avoid having to criminalise and enforce many difficult to define but terrible behaviours. The choices reputable institutions make shape that signal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml425e4uc22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3ml3orktric2fDescribing the poem as being about the "horrors of World War II" is an interesting choice. Not an accurate one, but interesting. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 07:42 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3orktric2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkzwudzot225A new variation of Bean Soup Theory whereby one of the few carrots in the recipe loudly demands that everyone who hates beans eats the soup anyway, because it's in there and is not personally a bean. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzwudzot225https://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkyu7rgqfk2fdatesky.app Meet sexy singles in your area who are bored, flirty, and ready to spend all night long arguing about Will Stancil. https://datesky.app04 May 2026 04:41 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyu7rgqfk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkxqawkexc2f1/ Rating the cats I met during a week in Greece (Athens and Crete). First, Athens market cat. 10/10 for sterness of expression and little black chin. His eyes asked, "why you not haz fish?" and I haz no answer.03 May 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxqawkexc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkxl6jdzcs2fSlightly diminish a film 299 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 16:27 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxl6jdzcs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkx3apxfcc2fCretan trade treaty from 2400 years ago. I anticipate we're about a week away from someone blaming it for the collapse of blue collar manufacturing jobs in the Rust Belt.03 May 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkx3apxfcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkvh47qmcc2q...and the living shall envy the deeded. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 20:08 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvh47qmcc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkuezsdxf222"No one could stop the US raiding modern shipping, but it doesn't because it knows it benefits far more from unmolested maritime trade than any potential piracy spoils", used to be my go-to example illustrating how international law works. Will need to update with a "fucking idiot" caveat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkuezsdxf222https://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mksjxwgses22Well. Yes. Me in August: https://www.explaintrade.com/resources/napkin-trade-deals [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksjxwgses22https://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkpcbjkyz22aEvery paragraph in this story is wilder than the last. The level of assumed impunity is wild. It's hard to pick just one but I think I was most enraged by the part where senior officers invent one bogus reason to detain her after another, as their subordinates point out how flimsy each is. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpcbjkyz22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mknprnc4nc2aA UK circular economy wherein half the country is investigating Peter Mendelson and the other half is appointing him to senior positions against the advice of officials.29 Apr 2026 18:22 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknprnc4nc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkk2b6bmy22g1/ So angry. First, this is what "elections have consequences" really looks like. In addition to big stuff like wars and Liberation Day tariffs, the whole vast US machinery of state is now working everywhere, on everything, to make the world worse in every way. Thanks guys. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 07:19 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkk2b6bmy22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkjywyk4322gThis Athens street cat we met cared not for our chicanery.28 Apr 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjywyk4322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkhl6gkxls2fI feel like I'm going crazy. Very few people would honestly object to an MP having a glass of wine at a reception. That is not the accusation. The accusation is: "Your MPs are getting wasted on the job and then casting votes". No part of their role remotely justifies that, obviously? Right?27 Apr 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhl6gkxls2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkg3bq7lt22fI agree that the security perimeter guns aren't allowed in should be far wider. Like, nationwide maybe?26 Apr 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkg3bq7lt22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkfjgxw64s2fOnly Thanos (7c BC). I'll see myself out.26 Apr 2026 12:08 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfjgxw64s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkfj3hjnpc2fReading your posts.26 Apr 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfj3hjnpc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkffceebtc2fUK government paying Palantir millions of pounds a year to ensure they always have all the data they need to make no decisions whatsoever.26 Apr 2026 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkffceebtc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkf2oeeli22fTreat yourself to daydreaming about the expression on Viktor Orban's face as US Marshals march him onto an extradition flight in 2029. Do not treat yourself to replying to me with your entry into the cynicism and pessimism Olympics. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 07:43 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkf2oeeli22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkd5bfad2k2oThe most impressive thing about the US military for decades has been the logistics sorcery that feeds and equips tens of thousands of troops in hundreds of far flung places. A year under Hegseth and aircraft carriers are running out of food. Incredible stuff. Truly peak performance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkd5bfad2k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkcijbiiwc2aRemarkable how accepted the double standard is when it comes to attacking voters. The right can have senior leaders call progressive voters every name under the sun. If some left wing Twitch streamer so much as hints the right aren't all economically anxious saints, we get 150 op-eds about it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkcijbiiwc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/explaintrade.com/post/3mkchnek24c2aTruly the final boss of failing upward. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:m4t4prusopnk4wjt4ehg22q4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkchnek24c2a