Brad Smith
@demand-integrity.org
Retired federal IT senior manager. Hay farmer. Open source maintainer.
The exposition by Ian McKellen is well worth watching as is Brad DeLong's accompanying post on his excellent substack.
"everything old is new again"
"everything old is new again"
February 6, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The exposition by Ian McKellen is well worth watching as is Brad DeLong's accompanying post on his excellent substack.
"everything old is new again"
"everything old is new again"
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...CROSSPOST: IAN McKELLEN: William Shakespeare (& Other Playwrights) on Thomas More on Immigrants
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...CROSSPOST: IAN McKELLEN: William Shakespeare (& Other Playwrights) on Thomas More on Immigrants
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Related is a recent post from Garbage Day: www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how.... Worth a read.
Here's how Epstein broke the internet
His meeting with the founder of 4chan and his quest to profit off the end of democracy
www.garbageday.email
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Related is a recent post from Garbage Day: www.garbageday.email/p/here-s-how.... Worth a read.
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Advocacy/tolerance for political violence is a very bright line that divides democracies from democracies that are backsliding into authoritarianism. Democracies in which one of two major parties openly endorses political violence, or at least is winkingly tolerant of it; are democracies in trouble.
January 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Advocacy/tolerance for political violence is a very bright line that divides democracies from democracies that are backsliding into authoritarianism. Democracies in which one of two major parties openly endorses political violence, or at least is winkingly tolerant of it; are democracies in trouble.
I stopped watching CBS evening news after the content of an upcoming Survivor episode was treated as a news item.
January 28, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I stopped watching CBS evening news after the content of an upcoming Survivor episode was treated as a news item.