Good morning everyone. youtu.be/DmKPW9-sP9I?...

Can't wait for this book ... open.substack.com/pub/travelso...

Excellent analysis, as usual. open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...

An accurate summary, as usual. Twelve Steps to National Collapse: A Blueprint for How Democracies Die hartmannreport.com/p/twelve-ste...

Proud to call both of these folks friends. Have a listen. I'm listening to The Frommer's Travel Show | Jeff Greenwald On Circumnavigating the Globe Without Ever Flying on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ea/dir-2jiwe...

Banned Books Week is coming up. www.ala.org/bbooks/frequ...

“We draw inspiration from the original Committee for the First Amendment, when artists like Lauren Bacall, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Humphrey Bogart, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and Henry Fonda stood together against attacks on the First Amendment...” www.committeeforthefirstamendment.com/home

The latest. 👇

"The sport is now an ecosystem where sovereign wealth funds pursue geopolitical leverage, private equity groups chase returns, and billionaires convert status into influence, while fans and regulators fight to protect identity." open.substack.com/pub/original...

Jeff's new epic biography of Bruce Lee publishes TODAY. I wrote about it for Alta. We could have carried on all day. www.altaonline.com/books/nonfic...

“Life on the patriarchal homestead may not turn out as rosy as advertised.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

“Never fight a troll under his bridge.” open.substack.com/pub/statusku...

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The biggest factor many are failing to factor in is state capacity. The Trump regime wants to do all the awful things, and is already causing immense damage, but they’re limited by capacity. They backed off sending federalized National Guard to occupy Chicago when the governor and mayor said no.

Happy reading! fivebooks.com/best-books/b...

"Trump and his ilk want to Make America Great by recreating an American fiction they were sold via movies and television. The actual movie star wanted to add to America’s greatness by finding what was great about it and doing more of that." salon-crashcourse.beehiiv.com/p/robert-red...

A great obituary, if you haven't yet read it. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st...

Correct.

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

It is crazy that I just had to put this PSA on LinkedIn. LINKEDIN!

For the record. My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers. I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."

I would rather be posting about books. So here we go. bookshop.org/lists/every-...

"Conservatives mock compassion ... until they need it." open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

Kepler's Books in Menlo Park celebrates 70 years this year. I wrote about the 50th anniversary. I wrote about the 60th anniversary. From day one, Roy Kepler built the place with a philosophy of non-violence. Ok, now I am logging off for the day.

"People tend to marinate in their own self-mythology. Kim does not." lithub.com/rachel-kushn...

From my old friend Don Lattin, a veteran Bay Area religion reporter back in the day. open.substack.com/pub/donlatti...

Thread. 👇

“If trauma is infernal, the post-traumatic belongs to Purgatory.” lareviewofbooks.org/article/dant...

Another fine piece of work from Sam Dalrymple. Still waiting for the American version of his book, Shattered Lands! The Ottoman Age of Exploration open.substack.com/pub/travelso...

Morning read. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Including quotes from my fellow tea-mystic Phil Cousineau. www.mortreport.org/reports/we-n...

Abuse like Epstein's proceeds w/ the premise that the victims are voiceless or can be shamed, intimidated, threatened, or discredited so iif they do try to speak up. Today they spoke up and were heard on national media. May their power continue, may accountability come for all the perpetrators.

"... the GOP hasn’t stood for anything other than the interests of the morbidly rich for at least 44 years, so its base voters were sitting ducks for a demagogue with a good sales pitch." hartmannreport.com/p/from-silen...

“The collapse wasn’t private. It was televised. The Borat sting became his grotesque prelude. The landscaping lot became his mausoleum. The dye became his scarlet letter. The fart became his epitaph.” open.substack.com/pub/closerto...

As usual, incredible photos from David Bacon. davidbaconrealitycheck.blogspot.com/2025/09/phot...

I remember reading this at the time. Fantastic piece.

Question: Why did US put big tariffs on India despite major national interest in cultivating a strategic counterweight to China and trying to isolate Russia? Answer: Because the US president lied that he fixed India-Pakistan and India wouldn’t go along with the lie. (Seriously, that’s the answer)

Full text of speech. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

About freaking time someone said this ...

Morning read. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

I can relate to much of this. lithub.com/between-myth...

Afternoon read. One Woman’s Path to Jonestown daily.jstor.org/one-womans-p...

Morning read. www.meditationsinanemergency.com/on-not-surre...

There's a long art-history of ridicule being used as a tool to fight fascism. It often works. www.johnheartfield.com/John-Heartfi...

"This whole charade isn’t about faith or freedom; it’s about making cruelty look holy and hoping nobody notices the smell of grift coming from the stage." www.closertotheedge.net/p/exhuming-k...

90 years ago today. Unless I'm doing the math wrong ... www.thenation.com/article/arch...

And the accompanying Substack. open.substack.com/pub/travelso...

Reminder that before I started writing novels I didn't study writing at university, attended no workshops/conferences, knew absolutely no one in science fiction publishing circles, and didn't start going to conventions until after I got a contract for my novel. What I *did* do: Write. A lot.

Still my favorite history podcast. This time, Sam Dalrymple talking about his book Shattered Lands. A somewhat different approach to Partition history. www.podbean.com/ea/dir-mi3ax...

“Inventing a crisis; delegitimizing Democratic authorities; making cities into laboratories of repression.” open.substack.com/pub/lucid/p/...