Scott Smith

The war can't be over — I still have think pieces to publish!

Iran could face possible Fifa tournament ban if they withdraw from World Cup Fifa can take action against any nation who pull out of the World Cup, with regulations stating: ‘Sanctions may include exclusion from future competition’

A country pulling out of the World Cup was also an incidental detail in WF. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Trump Family’s Defense Investments Grow With a New Drone Deal President Donald Trump’s eldest sons are investing in a new drone company, expanding their defense portfolio at a moment when the Pentagon is ramping up its own spending on unmanned aircraft systems.

Crazy timing amiright www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Went through it in the later 90s as well during a big El Niño. Cross country trips were 🤢

Nice Easter egg

DARK WINDS was back and nobody told me

Switzerland’s Voters Are About to Put Cash in the Constitution The Swiss may be about to reaffirm their fondness for cash with a vote that would give the francs in their wallets a place in the constitution.

Switzerland is voting on whether to constitutionally protect physical cash.

When tangibility becomes a feature, not a limitation — that’s an F09 signal.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Europe’s impotence extends to energy The political momentum behind decarbonising the continent’s energy system has dissipated

Europe’s move to decarbonize is fragmenting.
www.ft.com/content/a6be...

F05: From Collective Climate Ambition to Fragmented Adaptation

www.10fconsortium.org/forecast-ind...

The World: There goes the energy infrastructure

America: OMG the burger CEOs are fighting

Is there a Worse Bunny?

Gonna be an awkward summer for FIFA.

If Polymarket and Kalshi had any guts, they’d take bets on which WORD will be randomly capitalized in the next Truth Social post.

The End of Special Relationships Strategic situationships, and what they mean for your work

Next issue of From → To dropped a day early. The End of Special Relationships. Dig in. open.substack.com/pub/10fteam/...

And, ironically, higher education

a man in a white suit and red vest with the words most exquisite above him ALT: a man in a white suit and red vest with the words most exquisite above him

Are Exquisite Class weapons like Prime Aged Beef or Fine Corinthian Leather?

a birthday cake with candles and balloons with the words happy birthday ALT: a birthday cake with candles and balloons with the words happy birthday

Just sent a reminder of payment due for an invoice that turns *1 year old* this weekend. #takingthepiss #fupayus

and your nuts fall off

He's a particularly awful Hanna-Barbera drawing come to life.

It's almost like, and hear me out, this is a systems problem.

Chip makers have ample stocks of key inputs, they always do.

But if the war in the middle east drags on, the bigger threat to the global economy is the shutdown of all the producers of critical inputs in that part of the world -- including key / obscure stuff like helium

Nothing to see here.

laughs in gulfstream

back to snailpuppy

I'll give CoWork access to the Western Society folder and see what it can map.

More situationship-ness. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

I used to babysit dolphins?

Show Pitch: CALL MY AGENTS — The harried team of a French talent agency juggles soothing oversized egos of their clientele, and trying to chase down, block and otherwise unwind the digital mischief and chaos caused by their IT team's cadre of poorly vibe-coded AI agents.

Ron listens to the radio YouTube video by chebikoff

youtu.be/H8CcJ3pLSTY?...