William Bain

Wishing you a speedy recovery Mark

Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems – Cranky Flier Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems

Now on Cranky: Nat Pieper Tackles the Tall Task of Fixing American’s Revenue Problems crankyflier.com/2026/02/09/n...

Keep the writing flowing, I’ve got SIN-EWR three times in the next three months

One of the pleasures in life is reading Cranky at 36,000 feet over the South China Sea on SQ34: SIN-SFO (with a glass of champagne in hand)

The 787-10 is having a moment Podcast Episode · The Air Show · 01/22/2026 · 24m

This was a super fun episode of @theairshowpodcast.com. @briansumers.com and I went deep into aircraft design to explain the 787-10 and its recent surge in popularity with U.S. Alaska, United and Delta. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

How have ideas of relational equality developed in the past 100 years? ⚖️

Don't miss this forthcoming #London #Lecture by TRIP President @jowolff.bsky.social, Social Equality: Then and Now.

🎟️ Get tickets here: buff.ly/WQ4gFXS

#politicalphilosophy #socialequality #philosophy

What is the play with City midfielders? Is Semanyo a hold or sell in a team with Foden? If he is a sell who are the best replacements?

Declan Rice has been an excellent FPL asset, I’ve had him since GW1. Is he a hold or sell now that he’s flagged?

How on God’s green earth has Wood managed to survive in your team so long??!!

Best captain for the no S/H league? Saka? Semanyo?

Consecutive catastrophic weeks. Are you running a no Salah/no Haaland support group? I’m looking to acquire an emotional support animal…

Is this the GW to bring Palmer back in or is it better to wait a week to see how his fitness/minutes play out? Simon Johnson, on the Straight Out of Cobham podcast, observed Palmer holding his groin after the Bayern fixture. When asked in the post match interview, Maresca said Palmer is ‘okay’

The UN80 Initiative: What to Know About the United Nations’ Reform Plan As the UN General Assembly convenes for its eightieth session, one major topic of debate is the secretary-general’s internal reform plan, which proposes significant budget cuts and agency consolidati…

The UN80 Initiative, a plan to restructure the United Nations, aims to make it more agile in responding to global challenges—but its proposed budget cuts and agency consolidations have drawn scrutiny.

Here’s a rundown ⬇️

I’m a no Salah/no Haaland manager. Isak or Palmer? Who are the best forward/midfield enablers to make that move possible?

The ‘Fortress Russia’ economy has adapted well to pressure. But stagflation presents an opportunity for the West Now could be the time to ratchet up sanctions pressure on Putin and change Moscow’s risk analysis of prolonging the war.

Seizing the $300 billion in Russian assets immobilized in Western jurisdictions and allocating them to Ukraine would send a strong signal that there is little light at the end of the tunnel for Russia's economy.

The Myth of Great Power Manipulation The idea that Trump is swaying Russia’s and India’s foreign policies misses a key point about great power politics.

The Tianjin summit shows that the Russia-China alliance is as strong as ever. Truly no-limits. If Trump thought he could "pull" Russia away from China, he was mistaken. As I explain in my latest for @wpr.bsky.social, you can't manipulate major powers.

www.worldpoliticsreview.com/us-trump-rus...

What does I and a certain FPL content creator do about Martinez? Hold or bite the bullet and use a transfer?

This is what I settled on in the end. Good pod yesterday. Listened twice to sort this out

This, I suspect, is THE question for the no Salah no Haaland managers: what to do about the Palmer and Saka fitness situation? Sell one, hold one? Replacements? Worth taking a hit to move both?

A contemporary (1334) depiction of knights battling at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322

1/9 Reminder, we do medieval history! "Violence and Order: Past and Present", a SI edited by Warren C. Brown (Caltech‬), @rorycox.bsky.social (St Andrews‬), & Jennifer Jahner (Caltech), explores medieval "meanings of and relationships between violence and order" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The last pod from @fplgeneral.bsky.social before the launch of FPL!

Latest pod from @fplgeneral.bsky.social

Who are the top 7 midfielders to consider in a 3-5-2 formation?

Eighty years on from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world should not forget the devastation wrought by nuclear weapons The breakdown of nuclear diplomacy, misleading talk of ‘limited’ nuclear war and a lack of public awareness have produced a dangerously heightened risk.

Countries like Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Poland are openly reconsidering their nuclear postures in light of eroding US security guarantees.

FPL is back!

What took so long to restart the 59th Minute Pod? It’s been an FPL desert without you! The question I suspect many have: Salah or Haaland? And how risky/foolish is it to go with neither?

Heaven Has a Wall An urgent exploration of borders as sacred objects in American culture.   Our national conversation about the border has taken a religious turn. When televangelists declare, “Heaven has a wall,” activ...

New from Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, one of the most perceptive scholars of religion and politics. A timely book on a crucially important issue

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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Brilliant Mark: congratulations! Curious to know what happened in 2018/19

Congratulations Rita! I am delighted for you!