I suspect it’s mathematically not far off. That’s why picking on countries like Vietnam and Cambodia, and indeed the entirety of the lower income world, is the craziest part of this policy. A targete… (View Post)

Evening (afternoon) from leafy Coyoacan. The Frida Kahlo museum is closed. There appear to be no litter bins for me to deposit my empty bottle of coke. Nor any public loos. Which would be fine if the… (View Post)

We are just used to the US and most of Europe having relatively normal democracy so I think the mental jump to imagine even the Trump admin doing something we’re more used to seeing in developing cou… (View Post)

Refilling the Aral Sea is one of those raising the Titanic dreams that some billionaire oligarch must surely be poised to try. There’s been a little success raising levels but nothing dramatic. Sadly… (View Post)

The tat offensive. Thank you. (View Post)