03 Feb 25 Monday Briefing
All aboard the Tariff Train
I trust all my readers have had a ssssspectacular start to the Year of the Wood Snake, and it seems like a lifetime has happened in a week! Mine was spent in a flurry of family gatherings, and watching the long-awaited second part of the Creation of the Gods trilogy – the first part, Kingdom of Storms, is now available on Netflix. If Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force is available where you are, I highly recommend watching it in a cinema!
News Roundup
On to less salubrious stuff. The world is catching a tariff-induced cold from Trump’s incessant sneezing, and the latest victim is South Africa due to its land expropriation policies, which makes even less sense than say, Mexico or Canada or China. The US is fucking around, but are its citizens ready for the find-out phase? Nope.
Watch/Scroll
In a lovely spring bonus, Ne Zha 2 rounds up USD430m in a 5-day launch. h/t
Read
What do you do when barbarians (barely legal graduates) are at your (office) gates? Technology Transformation Services workers are finding out.
Ozempic’s unintended but very predictable consequences for Savile Row – did you know alterations of bespoke garments are nowhere near as simple as one might think?
Ponder
We’re pretty cooked if the supposed cream of the crop can’t “read books” – or won’t. O tempora o mores.