Just to be clear: by 'end' I mean him losing all his power and money and hopefully spending a long time in jail, followed by a bitter wasting away in as a powerless, irrelevant nobody.

The fall of Putin's regime will be satisfying to watch, but Dmitri Medvedev's end will be particularly enjoyable.

Who is even saying this? I haven't heard anyone describing Bluesky as 'empty' or that 'no one is here'. And nothing about Bluesky suggests anything other than that it's growing. This sounds like an artificially created non-issue.

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

In places like Baltimore, for example, the gap between inner-city and suburban residents can add up to a staggering 20 years. Read more ⬇️

The latest episode of 'Alien: Earth' addressed Elon Musk directly: 'You're not Peter Pan. He was a boy who never grew up, but you were never a boy. You've always been a man. A mean, angry little man who decided to hate everybody. Just like your daddy.'

Llevamos casi siete años hablando de cuánto urge una reforma fiscal y ahora resulta que 'no México no la necesita'. 😑 www.elfinanciero.com.mx/economia/202...

Press freedom is under siege in Latin America. With the perennial exception of Uruguay, which has long been an oasis of civility compared to other Lat. Am. nations, I can't think of a single country in the region where the situation hasn't gotten worse for journalists over the past decade.

The more I look at human rights violations, democratic backsliding and the rising tide of aggressive populism, the more I'm convinced that we're not talking enough about the role of corruption in all of this. Corruption is the glue that sticks those three phenomena together.

This morning I had a conversation with Dutch reporter and podcaster Bert Brussen about Mexico, Latin America, press freedom, artificial intelligence and the future of news media. It lasted longer than we planned, because there was so much to talk about. The interview will be online tomorrow.

You can't end cocaine use, which kills tens of thousands of people in Latin America each year, by shaming cocaine consumers - only policy can. That doesn't mean, however, that you shouldn't shame recreational cocaine consumers. By now they know exactly how much harm their pointless habit causes.

We seriously have to talk more about the toxicity of online subcultures and how they push vulnerable, lonely youths into downward spirals, sometimes ending in extreme violence.

In Mexico City, a student killed a fellow student at a junior college of the National Autonomous University. The attacker sent a message steeped in the toxic slang online incel subculture ('foids', 'brocels', 'chads'). The writing was on the (Facebook) wall. www.elgrafico.mx/al-dia/2025/...

When a government apprehends people and the location of those people then becomes unknown, the act of apprehending them defaults to forced disappearance. A very serious human rights violation. Maybe that's stating the obvious, but it should be stated ad nauseam.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

The 'huachicol fiscal' scandal in Mexico, which involves dozens of high-profile politicians, businesspeople and military officials and boils down to the graft of billions of dollars through oil theft, is what so many warned about when the army was given expansive control of civilian tasks.

I want to give a shoutout to @emmavigeland.bsky.social, who's been killing it at the @majorityreport.bsky.social podcast. Essential listening to make sense of all the chaos.

Gotta hand it to @wired.com: they're on a roll. They're doing such good work that whenever I have a question or a concern about tech, my first instinct is now to see if Wired wrote about it. This cover is awesome.

Always good to see the numbers backing the notion that whenever Nigel Farage opens his mouth, he lies.

The number of tweets and posts I have written for Bluesky and Twitter and never actually posted outnumbers those I actually did post at a ratio of ten to one. Finding the language to describe how worried I am about how things are in the world without disintegrating into snark or rage is difficult.

😂😂😂😂 redaccion.nexos.com.mx/contracorrie...

New: 404 Media is suing ICE. We have filed a lawsuit demanding ICE release its $2 million contract with Paragon, a company that makes powerful spyware to break into phones and read encrypted messages. This is expensive for a small outlet but this info is important www.404media.co/were-suing-i...

If you want to see something truly bizarre, turn off your ad blocker and visit TruthSocial. It's... something.

Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years - vía @pressfreedom.bsky.social cpj.org/2025/09/isra...

Pessimism about the direction of the country is growing among Republicans - vía @apnews.com apnorc.org/projects/pes...

Charlie Kirk, Jimmy Kimmel and the Future of Free Speech in America - David French in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Tegen desinformatie bestaat helaas geen vaccin - @www.sjamadriaan.nl in @trouw.nl www.trouw.nl/opinie/tegen...

By threatening to revoke the licenses of broadcasters who air shows critical of his government, Trump is threatening to follow the example of Nicolás Maduro. He has more in common with his nemesis in Caracas than he is likely willing to admit.

Sobre Tamaulipas (igual importante saber si @jahootsen.bsky.social tiene chance/ganas de ahondar más en las implicaciones de esta maraña de acosos judiciales para la libertad de prensa/expresión):

I genuinely believe that there would be far less pushback on AI if developers focused on a few *real* use cases that can complement and simplify people's jobs, instead of threatening all of us with mass unemployment because they're creating a vague concept of some sort of 'benign' omnipotent Skynet.

A true democracy is not defined by how it imposes majority rules, but by how it protects vulnerable minorities in its society.

I don't know if this is an 'unpopular opinion' or not, but you cannot be blasting social media for poisoning public debate while also being a heavy user of TikTok, a Chinese cyberweapon which exists with the sole purpose of poisoning public debate.

The single best piece advice anyone ever gave to me comes from my father, a man wiser than he gives himself credit for: "Whenever you're overwhelmed, strip the noise away and look for the essence of the problem." Whenever current events overwhelms me, it's this phrase that gets me back on track.

This is so disheartening, and frightening too. @karenattiah.bsky.social is a phenomenal reporter who has done amazing work at the @washingtonpost.com.

Today will mark the first time in history that the traditional yearly 'Grito de Independencia' ('Independence Shout') in Mexico City will be performed by a woman: president @claudiasheinbaum.bsky.social. Politics aside, that's a historic moment.

Dezelfde mensen die zich eerder deze week, na de moord op Charlie Kirk, nog profileerden als vurige verdedigers van de vrijheid van meningsuiting, eisen nu dat een punker het zwijgen wordt opgelegd.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Met alle respect, maar die lui van Bob Vylan zijn op zijn zachtst gezegd niet de meest snuggere artiesten op deze aardkloot, is het niet? nos.nl/l/2582452

Charlie Kirk’s Killing and Our Poisonous Internet - vía @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

I know guns are not the reason human beings are violent, but a violent person with a knife will hurt fewer people than a violent person with a gun. A violent person without a gun can't kill someone from 100 yards and it's much easier to overpower them. Guns are só destructive.

God, I hate guns. I really do. I hate what they do to people. I hate how they're romanticized. I hate that people who shouldn't be near them have easy access to them. I hate how they tear communities apart. I HATE guns.

I think I'm just going to say 'This is not a productive area of discussion' from now on to everyone who is getting on my nerves.

One big difference between political violence in Mexico, where two high-level aides of Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada were murdered just months ago, and that in the US: in Mexico, politicians are often killed as part of the brutal 'business' of organized crime, not ideology.

There are two laws of society that I believe are always true: 1. Violence begets more violence, and 2. Apology of violence is equal to violence We would do well to always remember those two laws.

Yes, these are dark times, but have you seen Teddy, the puppy who will join our family in two weeks?

The number of fatalities in yesterday's catastrophic explosion of a fuel truck in Mexico City has risen to five. - vía @eluniversalmx.bsky.social www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/su...

Thinking of all my friends and colleagues in the United States and everyone who participates in U.S. public debate. I know these are dark and disheartening times for all of you, regardless of ideology and party affiliation. Political violence is a scourge. Sending you all my best.

Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds

No one anywhere on Earth should be able to easily get their hands on the kind of firearm that can be used to murder someone at a distance of hundreds of yards.