Under the Trump administration, America is retreating from hard power, surrendering soft power, and yielding economic power, David A. Graham writes in The Atlantic Daily. Is this what greatness looks like?

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My take on Soft Power: "What the heck is “soft power” anyway? Namby-pamby power? Woke power? Mickey Mouse power? And should we even care, if it’s just “soft?” You bet!" gregdelawie.substack.com/p/hard-truth...

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Republicans' destruction of USAID led to hundreds of thousands of deaths, 2/3 of them children. USAID was the developing world's biggest funder of maternal and child health. GOP claims that they oppose abortion due to babies. In fact, they gleefully killed all these babies.

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🇬🇧 Harry and Meghan make first joint public appearance since UK return Britain's Prince Harry and his wife have carried out their first joint engagement since their surprise move back to the UK in August, with Meghan telling wellwishers: "It's great to be back."

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Interesting preprint! I talk a lot about the economics of community governance: it's a labor of love (or frustration). Most labelers, feed creators, and community notewriters are PAYING TO CORRECT what, on many platforms, creators are paid to produce. $$ experiment here: arxiv.org/abs/2610.18668

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