"The NEWS-PAPERS!—Sir, they are the most villainous—licentious—abominable—infernal—Not that I ever read them—No—I make it a rule never to look into a news-paper." --"The Critic" by Richard Brinsley Sheridan https://bit.ly/3I6VsEx ht
I went to Paul Manafort's apartment.
Ate my first ham sandwich.
Got him to admit for the first time that he passed Trump campaign data to a suspected Russian asset.
Here are 8,000 words about it, no paywall...
Who can forget "Battle Beneath the Earth" (1967), in which the Chicoms dig a tunnel under the Pacific to major American cities where they intend to detonate A-bombs?
Journos: You thought Otter was good? James Somers has identified something better. "Whisper is basically as proficient as I am at transcription." And he explains what comes next. "...things move very fast."
Beware of anyone who tells you there are hard and fast writing rules. There are conventions- you can learn to work within or against them. But rules? Nah.
As Flannery once said- As a writer you can get away w whatever you can get away w— but nobody’s ever gotten away w much.
#Geosophy book reco: Sea People by Christina Thompson.
Just finished this brilliant narrative of how we pieced together what we know of the prehistoric Polynesian migrations.
It artfully blends history, geography, archaeology, anthropology & the science of natural navigation.
: eminent economist and historian Deirdre McCloskey has joined us on a full-time basis as the Distinguished Scholar, Isaiah Berlin Chair in Liberal Thought, Cato president and CEO Peter Goettler announced today. Hurrah!
A SANTOS SCOOP: The 2022 Santos campaign reported that a Santos family member donated $5800. We spoke to this person. They say they never gave any money. Yet another questionable donation for Santos. From
’s publication of the audio: “This is yet another frivolous lawsuit by Donald Trump intended to punish and chill freedom of the press that once again displays his complete misunderstanding of journalism.”
News outlets are still struggling to cover trump. The latest example: Coverage of the Bob Woodward lawsuit. More in @ReliableSources: http://cnn.it/3JNmLF9
OpenAI sells you the model to generate content and the model to detect whether the content was generated.
It makes you sick, then sells you the medicine.
How can I invest in them?
My book on QAnon and the future of conspiracy theories comes out in three weeks! Available for preorder everywhere now, "Trust the Plan" is filled with new stories about our increasingly unhinged politics.
"The present-day green movement is best viewed as a puritanical moral crusade like Prohibition, with Demon Oil and Demon Gas substituted for Demon Rum and Demon Whiskey."