A Christmas story: "Late adolescent happiness is almost always tied to regular sexual fulfilment ... but frozen sex?!?" frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/a-cold-com...

You do know how to stop this coup, right? It takes more than posting in social media

What @globalnewswire.bsky.social is talking about frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/dayton-agr...

This week's FRDH, First Rough Draft of History: "As Ukraine is maneuvered towards peace negotiations does Zelensky have anything to learn — or be on guard about — from the Dayton process." Listen to interview here for answer - and a lot else: frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/dayton-agr...

The intersection where it’s about Jew-hatred not Israel. Where is the intersection where anti-Zionism edges into antisemitism? The best example is today’s massacre at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach. frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/the-inters... By @mgemancipation.bsky.social

Since I was a kid (60 yrs ago), when it comes to arts reporting the NYT has always been at least a decade behind the news. But this current piece is about 30 years behind the reality

shit, we have to go through one more whole Louis before we can be rid of the lot of them

In Emancipation, I wrote that anti-Semitism is a subset of stupidity. Today’s attack in Bondi is the proof of that assertion. frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/the-inters...

Your struggle to summarize the shit-uation is appreciated @jowolff.bsky.social

A reminder from a friend in Odesa: while Trump openly sides with Putin and European leaders avoid the issue and discuss what to do about frozen Russian assets and fail to make a decision, the war is still going on

I thought this was the @nytimespitchbot. Everybody knows FIFA has no ethics.

posting especially for the Macron, Merz & Downing St staffers. Please share with your bosses

I hope that Starmer, Macron & Merz are screwing their courage to the sticking place in their meeting with Zelenskyy today and not following Trump's advice and just screwing him full stop.

A rock and roll infused FRDH, First Rough Draft of History this week, With a little added S & M: "Our goal should be to help Europe correct its current trajectory." National Security Strategy 2025 frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/time-is-on...

The latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History, anticipated this development and is all about Europe's "learned helplessness" before America and what it can do to "unlearn" it. With the FT's Martin Wolf and Martin Sandbu frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...

In latest FRDH, First Rough Draft of History: The FT's martin wolf_& Martin Sandbuget to grips with the question: Why have Europe's leaders continued to act as if the US of today is the same US of the Marshall Plan and NATO. It’s not. frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/europe-202...

I keep telling you: Don't watch the Sunday news shows. They are bad for your mental health. Better to listen to the latest FRDH podcast with Robin Lustig on Britain's Malaise and coming winter of unfocused Discontent. soundcloud.com/michael-gold...

Tom Stoppard: my one chance at immortality will be this mention, in his acknowledgements for Leopoldstadt.

"Violence is as American as cherry pie" H Rap Brown

I don't get this framing. We've been told by people in the know on this platform that Trump has been a Kremlin asset for decades. Presumably Russia already knows how to manipulate him and get into his good graces.

NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history." BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2036...

The decline of American journalism continues @washingtonpost.com

"I make my music for people. I looked up the meaning of politics — poli means people, and tics is a bloodsucking parasite.” RIP Jimmy Cliff www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dB...

You might wanna read this - 👇

"England so hated the thought of war that she could not believe it was going to happen, and the appeasement policy gave her confidence that this hope has some basis.” John F. Kennedy, Why England Slept, 1940 Who is Europe appeasing? frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...

Who is Europe appeasing: Putin or Trump? frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/why-europe...

Jesus Bsky, could you just viralize this? Or do you all think Ukraine should do what Trump tells it to do?

"Luca Brasi held a gun to his head, and my father assured him that either his brains or his signature would be on the contract."

Ashes to a-shit, dust to dust

In addition to being a cunt this man is a Scotch Egg Eating Surrender Monkey, although TBF the deathly silence of @hooverinstitution.bsky.social titans since Trump regime's 2nd legit bite of the cherry is of a piece with this. Vile overprivileged has-beens. 1/

Top item: Surprise Bottom item: No Surprise

5-fer That is all, now go about your business

A travel diary, and a business proposition for anyone interested in a surefire concept. frdhfirstroughdraftofhistory.substack.com/p/chasing-au...

This is especially for Sulzberger the Vth, Joseph Kahn & Kathleen Kingsbury (oh, there's a firewall between news & opinion at the Times? Yeah, and there IS such a thing as Santa Claus)

The average high school student who gets a C on his US history test already knows this. The cult of Burns is a mystery to me

niche post for @miketanier.bsky.social @mattlombardo.bsky.social @micarlson.bsky.social and others. Spotted today in DSW Port St. Lucie FLA, with comment

It's Sunday. Do you need more "analysis" abt Tuesday's MAGA whupping? He's nuts, end of story. Maybe U r addicted to the crisis. Unhealthy!! As the US slides deeper into cold civil war, take a break & listen to a briefing from Northern Ireland on its' post-conflict progress. 1/

Analysis | Tonight‘s wins in New Jersey and Virginia may help Democrats finally close the MILF gap

The area where I took this pic chilled me out. Didn't stop me writing this week's FRDH, First Rough Draft of History substack though. On Scoundrel Time 1.

Sunset. James River, Yogaville VA

In America right now, wish I could say the country is up in arms over this ... it is not.

It is now likely that SCOTUS will overturn LBJ's greatest legislation, the Voting Rights Act, before Robert Caro actually finishes his LBJ biography which with 4 volumes published has yet to reach the Voting Rights Act.

Edward Luce just now in the FT. Spot on. Urge all at Blue Sky to change their focus from his swollen ankles & demented word-salad comments & social media posts to more substantive things

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Announcing the creation of the Mme. DeFarge society. Learn to knit and remember the names via @HC_Richardson a 🧵 of those donating to Trump’s ballroom: Altria Group Inc., Amazon, Apple, Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Coinbase, Comcast Corporation, J. Pepe 1/

The quality of Trump's mercy is strained. It strains credulity

I went down to the demonstration and did not get my fair share of abuse, instead all I picked up was good, good, good vibrations which gave me expectations and made me ask a question