In the Blind Spot: Memecoin philanthropy and the Mar-a-Lago Accord
Dear Subscribers, Izzy here. Writing from “burnout leave”. Dario is holding the fort for now, but I am acutely conscious that subscribers have only had one properly drafted newsletter from me this year. I just wanted to reassure you all that I will be back in normal operating mode the first weekend of March. Until […]
In the Blind Spot: Middle East peace (or war?)
SNEAK PEEK — Why Trump’s Gaza plan may not be what you think it is. — How might Trump’s destruction of USAID reshape Europe? — What does DOGE’s identification of an old-fashioned file-storage system responsible for bottlenecks in the federal government say about neo-medievalism? Dear subscribers: Dario here. I finally have a good view from the […]
Blind Spot subscriber note
Dear subscribers, Firstly, please accept our apologies for our missing newsletter last week, which unfortunately will be the case again this weekend. Due to external circumstances beyond our control, we had to put The Blind Spot newsletters on hold for a short while, but we can assure you we’re still here, focused on all […]
In the Blind Spot: America’s global cassus belli
SNEAK PEEK — Why Trump’s designation of cartels as terrorist organizations is a covert, flexible and global casus belli. — Why Middle Eastern optimism over MBS could backfire. — Egg-gate: How the online backlash over Ross Coulthart’s supposed UFO egg footage reiterates that we should stop worshipping video evidence. Dear subscribers. It’s been a week since […]
In the Blind Spot: Why the doom loop is no longer theoretical
SNEAK PEEK — The doom loop is coming for the West and coordinated financial repression will be needed to deal with it. — Why incoming Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is eyeing the formation of a new liberal trading bloc and exotic securities to counter the worst of it. — What the TikTok and RedNote […]
In the Blind Spot: The New Middle East
SNEAK PEEK — How Israel’s 15-month war and Assad’s toppling are reshaping the Middle East. — Historic parallels underscore the latest UFO whistleblower claims. Dear subscribers, As the world’s geopolitical tectonic plates shift beneath our feet before the impending inauguration of President Donald Trump, I (Dario) have gathered sufficient leverage over The Blind Spot’s […]
In the Blind Spot: The rise of Oceania
SNEAK PEEK — How the tariff debate masked Trump’s real agenda: building an Oceania Technate within the context of a new great game. — Britain’s mishandling of the grooming gang scandal foreshadows the reckoning society will have to have about the Covid Lab Leak, argues Izzy. — There’s an innovation puzzle at the heart […]
In The Blind Spot: Killing democracy to save democracy, Romanian edition
SNEAK PEEK — Dario reassesses America’s drone sighting panic. — Izzy argues that the new PISCES regulatory framework in the U.K. for trading private shares may well be economically challenged. — The panic over foreign interference in European elections, specifically Romania’s, is full of contradictions. Dear subscribers, Apologies for the delayed send-out this week. […]
In The Blind Spot: Close encounters of the drone kind
SNEAK PEEK — Dario assesses America’s drone sighting panic. — What’s going on in South Korea? The rumours going around are wild. Dear subscribers, Izzy here, sadly demobilized by a sudden attack of carpal tunnel syndrome, which means typing is currently very difficult. Hence the delay. Hopefully, one week off will put me back in […]
In the Blind Spot: Just what on earth were the Germans thinking?
SNEAK PEEK — The EU-MERCOSUR deal: Von der Leyen’s push to finalize the agreement may shield Europe from U.S. trade shocks — unless it ignites a farmers’ revolt at home. — Syria’s fragmenting future: With jihadists advancing and old power centers stirring, the country could revert to its historic city-state roots. — Germany’s EV reckoning: […]