Cambria Zeitgeist (June 2025)

What's Happening? What's New? What's Evil?

Check out the latest articles and curated lists below.

Not going to pretend to keep up, comment on or understand what's happening. Best to keep reading the writers linked to below, keep your head down and follow the cricket.

Francis Fukuyama on War in the Middle East

Yascha Mounk and Francis Fukuyama also discuss whether the U.S. strikes will give Trump a popularity boost.

Yascha MounkYascha Mounk

Trump is angry with a world that won’t give him easy deals | Rafael Behr

In the Middle East as in Ukraine, the president is discovering that simple bullying tricks don’t resolve complex international crises, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

The GuardianRafael Behr

Speak The Truth

Ben Wildsmith If you need any confirmation of the UK’s place in the world, consider David Lammy’s remarks last week about Donald Trump’s intentions regarding the Israeli war on Iran. ‘A window now exists to achieve a diplomatic solution, something the UK has called for since the start of this conflict.’ That was on Friday, […]

Nation.CymruMark Mansfield

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Read below our lists of articles by Medium writers we follow on topics of interest to our audience such as writing advice, politics, evil things happening in the world and more.

List: Artificial Intelligence AI | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Artificial Intelligence AI · 96 stories on Medium

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List: Evil | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Evil · 99 stories on Medium

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List: Politics | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Politics · 63 stories on Medium

MediumCambria Stories

List: Writing Advice | Curated by Cambria Stories | Medium

Writing Advice · 70 stories on Medium

MediumCambria Stories

Editors note. The topics, content and opinions in these linked articles are those of their authors. Read at your own discretion.

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