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REMINDER #4 4. Don’t grade on a curve Do not hold Republicans to a lower standard and do not hold Democrats to a higher one. When a Republican does something normal, recognize it is normal not exceptional. When a Democrat does something normal, recognize it is normal and not terrible.

submitted 16 days ago • 66 comments

First goal for the first day of 2025: switch the duvet cover. I hit a snag.... May all your obstacles in the coming year be small and furry and easily distracted by a wriggling length of string!

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

“Yield not an inch. Fear for the business and the future makes ‘compromise’ an attractive option to media owners and shareholders…what could an autocrat want that a self-respecting independent newsroom could give? Nothing. Don’t yield an inch, for he will want more.”

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"If we do not uphold our core values, then we will not need psychological defence, because there will be nothing to protect." ~ Mikael Tofvesson, Swedish Psychological Defense Agency More info about Swedish "don't be fooled" campaign against disinformation mentioned in Eliot Higgins piece. 🧵

submitted 77 days ago • 3 comments

My new piece for the New York Times, where I make the case that we need a lot more education to deal with disinformation, not more censorship and fact checks www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/s...

submitted 79 days ago • 229 comments

"So long as I remain alive and well I shall continue to feel strongly about prose style, to love the surface of the earth, and to take a pleasure in solid objects and scraps of useless information." ~ George Orwell, "Why I Write" (1946)

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Really Pantone? The color of the year is Cat Vomit? Way to kick people when they're down.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Hiroshige is one of my artistic guiding stars, so I was delighted to discover this charming series about his life. (The service also carries many 5-minute videos about individual ukiyo-e prints!) Next up for me: "In Praise of Shadows," based on Tanizaki's luscious essay.

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments