@mikeduncan.bsky.social I've been been doing another listen to the History of Rome. Got to the appropriate section so I switched over to The Storm Before The Storm. You're Author's Note is chilling considering what's going on in the world right now.

The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.