Jonathan

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I secure things and speak in public. Sometimes I speak in public about securing things. Helmsman

As the economist Mancur Olson emphasised in the 1960s, there are no strategic commodities, only strategic uses. People, for example, need to be fed, but there is more than one way of doing so. The analogy of the supply chain is an alluring one so alluring that this book has often utilised it - but sometimes a misleading one. A chain is, after all, made up of links which can be broken. Modern economies are more robust and breaking one link, or even many links, rarely causes them to fall apart. Other goods will be substituted where possible, stockpiles run down or processes adapted entirely. The impact of destroying access to even a perceived vital component of a war effort has rarely caused that war effort to collapse entirely.
Orange text on a blue background in the style of the Zohran Mamdami poster, saying 'Champagne for my real friends'
A marker on a map that reads "Old Slain's Castle" and then, in parentheses, "Not Dracula Castle"
A tweet from Laura Loomer that reads, in all caps, "WOKE MARXIST POPE"
Screenshot: Elias Haddad says "This was the first bullet thrown in this trade war..."
Five people in fancy dress. Three male-presenting, one in a school uniform with shorts to the knee, one dressed as a professor, and one in a long robe of the kind popularised by Harry Potter. Two female-presenting figures. One in a cheerleader outfit, the other in a school uniform with a thigh-length skirt.
"I liked how the story about acting was used throughout to illustrate the point. Also feeling called out about having hands :(“
Me, wearing a grey hoodie, presenting to a room full of people
The introduction from the Bovril page on Wikipedia. A line is highlighted: Bovril can be made into a drink by diluting with hot water or, less commonly, with milk
A black cat with its ears pricked up and its eyes very wide
A screengrab from ticketmaster. The selected seat has the additional information "NO STAGE VIEW SEAT"