Diminish a book. Profiles in Mediocrity.

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

Not every media org has its head up its arse www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

Bunch of my commenters are trying to come up w/good Alexander Smirnov limericks (and not just bc I live there). There once was a fellow named Smirnov And for him, the truth was a turn-off He gathered his lies From GRU spies Then spun them to credulous jerk-offs www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/21/d...