Brian Taylor

bdtaylor-su.bsky.social

19 October 2026 08:51

Re: Putin's proposal for a "Big 3" summit. This vision is not new. I argued in "The Code of Putinism" (2018) that he has been interested in this for a while. Here is a passage on his 2015 UN General Assembly speech:

Catherine Rampell

crampell.bsky.social

16 October 2026 15:50

Immigrants have been awarded 40% of the Nobel Prizes won by Americans in chemistry, medicine and physics since 2000 nfap.com/research/new...

Brian Taylor

bdtaylor-su.bsky.social

16 October 2026 15:50

Since I'm no longer traveling to Russia, it's always a jolt to see images from a neighborhood you know very well. I used to live steps from here (Sennaya Ploshchad').

Brian Taylor

bdtaylor-su.bsky.social

15 October 2026 18:09

Reports that Starshield/Starlink already back on for Ukraine. But I'm going to float the hypothesis that DOD/Colby was behind this temporary cutoff, since both WH and Musk deny it and Colby is no friend of Ukraine and had cut off weapons/long-range strike approval to Ukraine back in 2025.

Michael Clemens

mclem.org

15 October 2026 18:07

The US government is in the midst of enacting sweeping, historic restrictions on lawful high-skill immigration. Last week I spoke at @piie.com on the economic impacts Americans can expect. 11 minute video—> www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KYY...