Unfortunately, the same can't be said for Midsomer county where per capita murder rate is 10,000 per million in just November

On the one hand our storied media institutions are under immense threat from the rise of populist authoritarians, closed social media ecosystems and misinformation. On the other there is this. Seriously 😐

And they say bluesky is not worth the time

Right now John Lewis, Burberry, Waitrose and Tesco are in an intense battle for the best Christmas ad of the year and I am here for it.

“Every single person in the Epstein emails should be removed and excluded from positions of any power forever” would be a good op-ed, but probably won’t appear in the NYT. Even more importantly, it would be a good political party platform, but that probably won’t happen either

WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED

Put the concerted effort by a particular newspaper over the years to platform anti-woke in context of the same paper sitting on Epstein correspondence. Staying silent is one thing, but running a info campaign to malign the social foundations of the me too movement or BLM is quite another.

Maybe it’s just the Humanities professor in me, but let it be noted that events of today (ahem) have demonstrated the value of being able to assess a large volume of qualitative data and do careful textual analysis with deep attention to context.

The BBC let got of a DG and a news editor for an editorial decision. What’s the NYT planning to do for sitting on emails for two election cycles that directly link the President to Epstein? But her Emails!!!!

FYI

Kind of wild that while food assistance was withheld from millions of families, one Trump-supporting billionaire (Ellison) saw his net worth grow more this year than the entire SNAP budget. And the YTD gains of the other four richest men would’ve fully covered salaries for all 2M federal employees.

This was a good read but this caught my eye and I had a hearty laugh: “Begala continued, Let me get to the heart of your question: Zohran Mamdani had the weakest win of a successful New York Democrat in 35 years.“ How are you a “political consultant” and coming up with gems like this?!!!!

Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer. He is a computer safety researcher. And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine. In under 1600 words. aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

There is the angry Dem voters/base, then there is the Republican Party and its voters, and then there is the Dem Party- that continues to toil in the belief that it is the only responsible party so it just negotiates with itself. Completely unsustainable

It is fantastically BBC to have the DG resign over mis-quoting Trump mere days after Trump experienced an absolute tidal wave of terrible election results.

Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.

About £110-120 a week.

The Nuffield PPRF is an amazing postdoc - a brilliant community, lovely college, and yes, great food. And, usually, also with a family of ducks.

In light of recent events, it seems like a good time to reup this. “The way out isn't about left versus right; it's about clean versus corrupt, reform versus a rigged system, the people versus oligarchs.”

I am grateful for the strong commitment to lawful free speech here, but in the spirit of free speech and open disagreement, I don’t think that the position of institutional neutrality outlined by President Kramer in this interview is the right one: blogs.lse.ac.uk/highereducat... (1)

Dominant parties in electoral authoritarian contexts have advantages in candidate recruitment. Candidates go to the party with deep pockets to improve chances of winning & gain rents. Gender/race/edu polarization however means Dems continue to have a deep talent bench despite rising authoritarianism

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

lost in the catastrophe that is American politics right now is how terrible corporate governance has become. democratic backsliding touches private institutions too, and the people who run some of the biggest orgs in the world have quietly devolved them into regressive fiefdoms.

I was not prepared for my 9 year old to report back from history club that they discussed the theory of Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot being an inside job.

The best part about the backlash to the backlash is going to be relegating these people to the outer fringes of respectable politics. I cannot imagine reading these passages even five years ago.

I’ll keep pushing this line of analysis because I’m increasingly convinced the clearest path out of this mess is for Dems to adopt a relentless anti-corruption, anti-inequality, anti-oligarchy, pro-democracy platform. The Dem leadership hasn’t realized it yet, but they’re now a reform party.

Is this good?

Seeing Like a Nate.

Ah the Nates- the most chosen of data pundits. Only thy can truly tell us what the numbers mean.

Supreme Court weighing whether to keep tariffs to avoid institutional battles with Trump, or to overthrow tariffs to avoid future court expansion under Dems after digesting new info simmering voter rage from last night’s electoral result. All to say, it’s all politics at this point

Make Putnam Great Again.

More people voted in New York City’s election this year than they have in 50 years. That’s a win for democracy, and a testament to @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's inspiring campaign. Congratulations to the next mayor of the greatest city in the world. 🗽

i wouldn't be a total glenn youngkin hater if i didn't mention that the results tonight mean that his total tenure amounted to presiding over the destruction — at least for the next few years — of the virginia republican party. lmao.

This was DELIGHTFUL to watch. I dearly miss NYC today.

Asking American journalism to move from opinionating to just straight reporting because the opinions are getting tragically vacuous.

An excellent but somber read. A completely self inflicted disaster.

If you have not yet listened to Sen Slotkin on Trump’s plans please take the 15 minutes. Clear eyed, concise, and a call to action. youtu.be/fnUO0Plcpbo

The obvious & unresolved problem with following the advice of the Just Do An Abundance of Popularism from the White Male Gen X/Elder Millennial Pundits at the New York Times is that the actual Republican Party has done the exact opposite of that since 1995 & has repeatedly won a bunch of elections.

For the first time since I left Twitter I get the sense that I am in a huge pop culture ecosystem where I have no clue what’s happening. Some sports ball happened. People are delirious, people are ecstatic, and maybe this place has the juice after all.

Get your submissions in. No extensions likely. Nov 7th. Hope to see you in Belfast.🚨

Adding this chart from N.C. for a sense of the scale we are facing

Quite why is unclear at this point. Clearly this place is a bit of an echo chamber. It’s just an echo chamber full of people previously inclined to support Labour and half the journalists and think tankers in the country.

I would add to it "PARTYISM:" organizational constraints on how you do politics. Replace Dems selected on fund raising, backroom dealing, large legislative bargaining & stump speech campaigning with more regular constituent service might actually show that these other 3 things can bear fruit.

Are you furious with the NYT for its unserious, frightening and mischievous coverage of the rise of far right? Well this should help you there...

Survey over indexes on homeowners and draws fewer young voters than we expect will turnout, and it’s still this. So what do we think is going to happen?

These guys just cannot take being disagreed with by academics. Dude that’s the whole peer review process, except it’s meaner

It's 2025, and Obama is still the best excuse these guys have for the moral degradation, power grab, and open theft that is underway. Grotesque: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/o...

I periodically watch this video to remind myself what it was like when I first arrived in the U.S. in 2006: youtu.be/kAO4EVMlpwM?...