The perfectly timed social media post.

"Big Journalism’s leaders need to think hard — and fast — about whether they are just presenting facts or actually getting the nightmarish reality across." @sulliview.bsky.social MUST READ. ⬇️ margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/four-essen...

snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-... Tim Snyder on the need Stand Up Now.

An argument against murdering your way to better health care.

The new health order.

Damascus appear on the verge of falling to the rebels. Some Assad officials thought to be in discussions with rebel forces about defecting. Iranians and Russians have fled country. Absolutely stunning developments.

Biden library reportedly under threat by Democrats enraged by Hunter pardon

Begging Joe’s pardon. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brilliant George Packer piece on the Trump Reaction and how fragile it is.

“The American people voted for cheaper eggs,” writes David Frum. “They’re going to get only noise, conflict, and chaos”:

Compelling piece by the ever-perceptive Tim Snyder on where we are now - and how to stop it getting worse.

Musk has now threatened the leaders of Canada,Brazil, Germany. X helped create a riot in the UK. Now it seems he doesn't want the UK to make its own legal decisions. Time to act?

It's pretty standard practice in places like Zimbabwe or Venezuela for the regime to send online mobs to harass enemies of the regime www.wsj.com/tech/musk-un...

Still the greatest interview exchange in the history of rock and roll. Bob Dylan. Playboy Magazine. March 1966.

Despite the panic, this checklist does not yet sum up the US. But Iran, one of my former billets, easily ticks every box. A challenge to the argument that Islamism and fascism are mutually exclusive.