Tim Richardson @ThatcatTim

Diplomacy. Nerdom. Once a journalist. I know the difference between cloaks and capes. Views, such as they are, my own. Brussels Joined June 2009

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Tim Richardson @ThatcatTim

2 weeks ago

@LiveRavenNation Frankfurt, Germany

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@LiveRavenNation Frankfurt, Germany checking in

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a month ago

@LiveRavenNation Frankfurt, Germany

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@PoliSciChick84 This is the sole purpose of the Kremlin putting Kirill Dmitriev, the Stanford and Harvard-educated head of Russia’s national investment fund, in front of Witkoff and Kushner. And of course all they see is dollar signs.

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a month ago

@AlanEyre1 The Iranians could say the same.

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a month ago

@markgurman That’s enough to suck the joy out of opening the new MacBook I just bought.

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a month ago

@johnternus Hello, John! Looking forward to the Apple glasses!

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Alan Eyre @AlanEyre1

2 months ago

Some people talk about who is 'winning' this #IranWar, but I'm unclear what 'winning' means. Few wars are worth fighting, and this certainly wasn't one of them. Certainly, one cannot posit the US is 'winning' when its highest achievable goal is to keep partially open a Strait that was fully open before it attacked Iran, i.e. partial restoration of the pre-war status quo. As for Iran, one could posit it is 'winning' in that it has thus far denied the US and Israel in achieving their strategic objectives in launching this war. That could change going forward, but I think it unlikely, and I think it more likely a post-war Iran will be more of a regional threat than was the pre-war one. The only statement I feel confident making is most touched by this war - except for US defense contractors, energy companies, China & Russia - have lost: - the US has squandered money, material, time and its own prestige in a pointless war, as it faces (more accurately, ignores) far more substantial problems; - And Iran has lost because it has chosen a fallow path selected by a militarized gerontocracy bent on preserving its privileges while denying ordinary Iranians a good life so easily within reach.

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2 months ago

@steadystate2025 Literally, seizing the means of production.

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2 months ago

@Acyn The wig is particularly noticeable.

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2 months ago

Are we likely to get iOS 27 public beta 3 this week?

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Tim Richardson @ThatcatTim

2 months ago

That was the Russian reasoning behind presenting Kirill Dmitriev as their counterpart. To make it look like a business negotiation.

Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate

2 months ago

APPLEBAUM: Kushner and Witkoff didn’t understand Putin. They don’t really know the geography of Ukraine. They were seen by Russians, and really by everybody, as incompetents who were bumbling along. Russians thought, "Well, we can rip these people off, and win the war that way."

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2 months ago

@BrettErickson28 Any reference to “mad mullahs” is a tell.

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3 months ago

Apple’s new Upgrade leasing program has its benefits, but buying refurb direct from Apple is still the best value.

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3 months ago

The Siri we have waited for is finally here, mostly. medium.com/@timrichardson…

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3 months ago

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3 months ago

open.substack.com/pub/consciousa… The life lessons for a wannabe influencer in watching Pulp’s Jarvis Cocker jump off a speaker, David Byrne’s choreography and Keanu Reeves playing the bass.

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iOSuptodate @iosuptodate

3 months ago

Who’s waiting for iOS 27 Public Beta 1?

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Tim Richardson @ThatcatTim

3 months ago

@gtconway3d Ultimately, it’s not even about USMNT winning. It’s about him taking credit for it.

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Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko

4 months ago

Call me nuts, but I'm starting to suspect that if a "think tank" or someone with a blue check on social media spends five years parroting the same "Ukraine will fall within 30 days" narrative (and is still doing so while Moscow is burning, occupied Crimea is under blockade, the front line has been deadlocked since 2022, and there's a massive fuel crisis reaching fucking Siberia), they might not be the most reliable source of information on the Russian-Ukrainian war. Or, God forbid, they might even be acting in bad faith.