Yeah the former TikTokers are having a moment! Addison Rae's album is good
25.06.2025 01:51
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Yeah the former TikTokers are having a moment! Addison Rae's album is good
Wrote about Alex Warren, Benson Boone, and how "tradpop" fits into this cultural/political moment, one year after brat summer www.semafor.com/article/06/2...
how it feels to check out a book from the library
get me to God's country
Spahn also floated buying more US arms and LNG to address a massive trade surplus -- more clues into how the next German government could approach transatlantic ties: www.semafor.com/article/02/1...
Scoop: Jens Spahn, a high-ranking member of Germany's CDU party who will likely be part of the next government, thinks 0% tariffs on US goods should be on the table in future trade negotiations with Trump.
"If you start negotiating, you always can find a deal." @semafor.com
I promise we also write about very serious things, sign up for free: www.semafor.com/newsletters/...
some of my favorite puns we've crafted recently
memes are transcending language on Xiaohongshu, which is apparently not super thrilled about an influx of US users:
Season 2 had some non-competition reality stars that were great at the game, you need to watch next
But if you DO watch every reality show, it's magical
Germany's liberals are divided over the proposed Milei- and Musk-ification of the party (via @table.media)
in last night's @semafor.com Media newsletter: The world's first martial law declaration motivated by YouTube algorithm??
Overwhelmed with "best of 2024" lists? boy do I have a list for you www.semafor.com/article/12/2...
let's check in on the r/drones subreddit shall we
The leader of every main BRICS country is a septuagenarian
A screenshot of the linked FT article reads: Employees quoted government handbooks from the 1930s and 1960s, and were unable to answer direct questions about their duties, nor explain why decisions had been made. βThe problems piled up, and they let them be,β he said. βThey do not see themselves as responsible.β One man introduced himself as the head of the public relations department, which he said included βinternational co-operationβ as well as a division for βfestival and events managementβ. Asked what this division did exactly, the civil servant answered, βflagsβ. βThereβs a department for flags?β Ghazal asked incredulously. βYes, when foreign dignitaries come, we put up a lot of flags,β he said. βWe hang them from the poles. Itβs a big job.β
Another victorious rebel group discovers the horrors of bureaucracy as they prepare to govern:
www.ft.com/content/7efc...
"Will the weeks, months, or years ahead bring utopia? No. Will tyranny return? Perhaps. Could it be more brutal than what weβve endured? Unimaginable."
www.semafor.com/article/12/0...
happy birthday frank
Bitcoin is legal tender in El Salvador, where the government's holdings apparently total $603M www.semafor.com/article/12/0...
A pro-Yoon lawmaker in South Korea: The president "was lonely" and needs "a friend to talk to": www.news1.kr/politics/ass...
Thinking about the time South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol serenaded Joe Biden with a cover of βAmerican Pieβ at the White House last year
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Last year Tina Turner lowered taxes for everyone in the small town of StΓ€fa, Switzerland by buying a 70M-Franc estate.
The government had a windfall in property gains tax revenue and was able to lower the tax rate <3 https://www.derbund.ch/tina-turner-beschert-staefa-tiefere-steuern-906384285433
The Philippines Swifties deserve the world (and an Eras Tour show) https://www.semafor.com/article/05/22/2023/taylor-swift-fans-in-the-philippines-put-on-their-own-eras-tour
"Bitch, I've never seen a donor list in my life. Is the party supposed to help you fundraise?" https://www.semafor.com/article/05/19/2023/megan-hunt-doesnt-want-to-be-your-democratic-hero
π‘NEW: Megan Hunt doesnβt want to be your Democratic hero. She just wants to protect her trans son.
@meganhunt.bsky.social talks to @daveweigel.bsky.social in the latest edition of Semafor Americana
completely forgot that Trump canceled a trip to Denmark in 2019 because the Danish PM apparently refused to discuss selling Greenland https://www.semafor.com/article/05/17/2023/biden-cancels-papua-new-guinea-australia-trip
