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Far better title for an excellent piece than the original “moral vacuum” snippet! https://t.co/ZW1c61GhZN

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Europe Angst displaces China worries. But with capacity to grasp only one narrative at once, can you cope with… https://t.co/gizsUBI1bL

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Cautious endorsement of Gülenist interpretation of coup @rodrikdani. Understates civ-mil tensions 2015-6 @metin4020nhttps://t.co/18VsNZiMOh

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Don’t normally think of Under the Tuscan Sun as referring to a bloodsoaked battlefield … https://t.co/j3rXa2J3VF

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All 9 men on my mother’s side were shot. Our guides account of Arezzo Massacres on the Gothic Line 1944nhttps://t.co/TdTdrQy9nX

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"All 9 men on my mother’s side were shot". Guide's account of Arezzo Massacres on the Gothic Line 1944. https://t.co/S8MfXNJU34

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Hannover 1945: Continental Rubber operated KZAussenlager for war prod. Like many othersnhttps://t.co/MtqxaVdZzN https://t.co/cq0ePhWPDs

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"Lehman’s last week is a textbook example of a liquidity crisis driven by self-fulfillingnexpectations" https://t.co/KiG2xqc84F

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Fascinating stats on structure of Italian cheese production: Parmesan rules the roost https://t.co/SSsUs7upxp

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From Slump to Trump | Jacobin https://t.co/IFiV3Pueny

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Retweeted Christophe Bormans (@chbormans):nnThe streets were dark with something more than night.nn— Raymond… https://t.co/XjhtYsX1gL

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The streets were dark with something more than night.nn— Raymond Chandler https://t.co/RiFIyADc33

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Interesting analysis of how botched Gülenist purge of army in 2010-13 prepared way for coup. https://t.co/Qr3SVockEF

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dozens of people followed me and 15 people unfollowed me // automatically checked by https://t.co/6OcA0TR5tH

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Retweeted Stefan Eich (@stefeich):nnThis is the best account I've seen of the failed Turkish coup. Lots of inside… https://t.co/wkUdfACEbs

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This is the best account I've seen of the failed Turkish coup. Lots of inside info on the timing. h/t @adam_tooze https://t.co/sYdSKP4NeR

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Back in May AKP took over the $20bn house bank of the Turkish military: Turkey's latest 'civilian coup' https://t.co/Fryd7CmGjT

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In retrospect the series of articles on mil-civilian relations by @Metin4020 is prescient. starting with nhttps://t.co/Zwf83HNADl

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Does this become cumulative over the coming weeks? Turkish lira falls to new record low on S&P downgrade… https://t.co/WhPMjpxjTE

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Does this become cumulative over the coming weeks? Turkish lira falls to new record low on S&P downgrade https://t.co/Oyd7LpkkMg via @FT

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Retweeted Nate Silver (@NateSilver538):nnDon't think people are really grasping how plausible it is that Trump… https://t.co/azVaTLvGYn

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Don't think people are really grasping how plausible it is that Trump could become president. It's a close election right now.

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Retweeted Open Culture (@openculture):nnHand-Colored 1860s Photographs Reveal the Last Days of Samurai Japan… https://t.co/KIVEYNrV2E

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Hand-Colored 1860s Photographs Reveal the Last Days of Samurai Japan https://t.co/LwZXWMtyZP https://t.co/cxhOTnWBwc

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Arendt on her arrest by Nazis in 1933: “There was a certain satisfaction in knowing that I was not innocent!"nhttps://t.co/L58FQhqn3w

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Arendt: From 1931, I thought the situation hopeless. The rise to power of the Nazis was unstoppable. nhttps://t.co/L58FQhqn3w

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Hannah Arendt in German TV interview 1964 – brilliant. "To see politics with eyes unclouded by philosophy."nhttps://t.co/L58FQhqn3w

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It’s time, it’s truly time for DADA … if not now, when?nhttps://t.co/MEZUW9C7H2 https://t.co/dhI137Zgey

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The ethnonationalist/nation-state populist core of Trump's ideology attributed to Stephen Miller… https://t.co/46Hl4nfakj

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Retweeted Erik Hinton (@erikhinton):nnWhen you live in a purely-symbolic funhouse, fact-checking speeches seems… https://t.co/1KibRPNg3y

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When you live in a purely-symbolic funhouse, fact-checking speeches seems like an ancient ritual, some folk magic for a long-silent deity.

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More cleaning of the mess left behind by Sarkozy! https://t.co/AA7nk6kFFe

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Retweeted Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz):nnToday in 1946: Bretton Woods Agreement pegs foreign currencies to US… https://t.co/TUv2wfA0zU

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Today in 1946: Bretton Woods Agreement pegs foreign currencies to US dollar, fixes gold at $35/oz, lays groundwork for IMF + World Bank

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Retweeted Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner):nnThis chart shows why bail-ins in #Italy are politically not… https://t.co/wl5ibw74gW

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This chart shows why bail-ins in #Italy are politically not feasible. For Italian retail investors €427bn at risk. https://t.co/2htMhA2TLB

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