Brian Dickert
@briandickert.com
Cyclist/Runner//Photographer/Chiropractor in New Mexico. Formerly in Charlottesville, hailing from Pittsburgh.
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Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
January 11, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Cartoon by Mike Luckovich
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Reupping this: The UK intelligence assessment is that the tech bros are close to their aspiration of running the entire world, and there is little we can do about it. Indeed, the situation does resemble an Ian Fleming novel. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
MI6 chief: Tech giants are closer to running the world than politicians
In first public speech on threats to UK, top spy warns of dangerous power shift amid surge in disinformation
inews.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reupping this: The UK intelligence assessment is that the tech bros are close to their aspiration of running the entire world, and there is little we can do about it. Indeed, the situation does resemble an Ian Fleming novel. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
When I was 15 I thought Dear Prudence was an original song by the Pittsburgh band The Clarks #xpncountdown
I was born after The Beatles disbanded.
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I was born after The Beatles disbanded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP27...
Dear Prudence
YouTube video by The Clarks - Topic
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December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
When I was 15 I thought Dear Prudence was an original song by the Pittsburgh band The Clarks #xpncountdown
I was born after The Beatles disbanded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP27...
I was born after The Beatles disbanded.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YP27...
The Aurora came to New Mexico again last night.
September 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The Aurora came to New Mexico again last night.
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I can’t tell you what happened with the murder of Charlie Kirk, but there’s a larger issue not being discussed.
In moments of authoritarian crisis, the environment is ripe for accelerationists to inflame tensions for their own purposes.
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In moments of authoritarian crisis, the environment is ripe for accelerationists to inflame tensions for their own purposes.
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The Opportunity in Crisis: Charlie Kirk's Assassination and Accelerationism
We're standing at a crossroads and we must recognize that means the moment is rife for anything
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September 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I can’t tell you what happened with the murder of Charlie Kirk, but there’s a larger issue not being discussed.
In moments of authoritarian crisis, the environment is ripe for accelerationists to inflame tensions for their own purposes.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-opport...
In moments of authoritarian crisis, the environment is ripe for accelerationists to inflame tensions for their own purposes.
jaredyatessexton.substack.com/p/the-opport...
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
Must watch.
Must watch.
This is what a digital coup looks like
“We are watching the collapse of the international order in real time, and this is just the start,” says investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr. In a searing talk, she decries the rise of the “bro...
www.ted.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
www.ted.com/talks/carole...
Must watch.
Must watch.
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Terrific, timely explainer from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social via @wired.com
History Professor Answers Dictator Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
YouTube video by WIRED
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March 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Terrific, timely explainer from @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social via @wired.com
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The UN’s World Meteorological Organization announced today that 2024 was the hottest on record and that over the year we faced 151 unprecedented extreme weather events across the globe. We recently shared a guide into visualizing climate data to help clarify the impact of future climate hazards.
Climate change is creating the perfect storm, with conflict and displacement issues increasingly intersecting with natural disasters. In this guide, Cornelia Scholz explains how to transform raw data into visualisations, revealing the impact of climate hazards. www.bellingcat.com/resources/ho...
The Story of a Storm - Part 1: Visualising Climate Data with NASA’s Giovanni Tool - bellingcat
In this guide on visualising climate, conflict, and displacement data, we’ll show you how to turn raw climate data into visualisations using NASA’s Giovanni tool.
www.bellingcat.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization announced today that 2024 was the hottest on record and that over the year we faced 151 unprecedented extreme weather events across the globe. We recently shared a guide into visualizing climate data to help clarify the impact of future climate hazards.
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While we wait, there is a very enjoyable documentary about last year’s #BM100. It includes that moment between Jared, Gary and Jasmine. Still brings a tear to my eye. youtu.be/uyX4GRm7NeY?...
The Edge of Possible: A Barkley Marathons Tale (Full Documentary)
YouTube video by Epic Tales
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March 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
While we wait, there is a very enjoyable documentary about last year’s #BM100. It includes that moment between Jared, Gary and Jasmine. Still brings a tear to my eye. youtu.be/uyX4GRm7NeY?...
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All roads lead to Russia.
March 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
All roads lead to Russia.
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Perhaps the best way to describe Trump is Patrimonialism. Posted by @petersagal.bsky.social
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www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Perhaps the best way to describe Trump is Patrimonialism. Posted by @petersagal.bsky.social
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Watch the President address Congress.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjw...
Watch Zelenskyy's Full Address To Congress
YouTube video by NBC News
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March 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Watch the President address Congress.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjw...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gjw...
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📄 NEW: "How to Understand America's Failure"
As the world is left reeling trying to make sense of Friday's disastrous Oval Office ambush, we offer thirteen different lenses that answer the question, "How did we get here?" My latest.
america2.news/how-to-under...
As the world is left reeling trying to make sense of Friday's disastrous Oval Office ambush, we offer thirteen different lenses that answer the question, "How did we get here?" My latest.
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How to Understand America's Failure
To understand how we got here, a holistic view of world history is required.
america2.news
March 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📄 NEW: "How to Understand America's Failure"
As the world is left reeling trying to make sense of Friday's disastrous Oval Office ambush, we offer thirteen different lenses that answer the question, "How did we get here?" My latest.
america2.news/how-to-under...
As the world is left reeling trying to make sense of Friday's disastrous Oval Office ambush, we offer thirteen different lenses that answer the question, "How did we get here?" My latest.
america2.news/how-to-under...
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Wow, the daily ski report for Sugarbush VT, where a certain member of the WH planned to take their family.
March 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Wow, the daily ski report for Sugarbush VT, where a certain member of the WH planned to take their family.
The War Trump Chooses
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The War Trump Chooses
That wasn't Trump against Zelens'kyi. It was Americans against reason
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March 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
The War Trump Chooses
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📄 NEW: Yesterday's Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy shocked the world, but it was predictable if you understand Trump as an agent of long-term KGB influence in the name of "peace." A quick summary of how we got here. More to follow.
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America's Darkest Turn
The humiliation of Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office is the logical conclusion of the KGB's strategy to capture and converge with the United States.
america2.news
March 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📄 NEW: Yesterday's Oval Office ambush of Volodymyr Zelenskyy shocked the world, but it was predictable if you understand Trump as an agent of long-term KGB influence in the name of "peace." A quick summary of how we got here. More to follow.
america2.news/americas-dar...
america2.news/americas-dar...
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Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
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Craig Unger is an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Donald Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia stretching all the way back to the 1980s.
US author explains Donald Trump’s Russia, KGB connections
YouTube video by Kyiv Independent
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February 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Craig Unger is an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Donald Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia stretching all the way back to the 1980s.
The Logic of Destruction
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The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
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February 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The Logic of Destruction
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open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Some good words from Ken Dryden, Canadian hero
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Canada Is Taking Trump Seriously and Personally
Sometimes sporting events really are bigger than the game itself.
www.theatlantic.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Some good words from Ken Dryden, Canadian hero
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
Humans Losing Humanitarianism. open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
Humans Losing Humanitarianism.
What is at stake when we lose soft power in our relationships with the world? Our own Humanity.
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February 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Humans Losing Humanitarianism. open.substack.com/pub/kimfoste...
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Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
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"Recoup the costs"
The sadism of American policy to war-torn Ukraine
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February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Americans proposed that Ukraine concede half of the profits from its mineral rights in perpetuity... in exchange for essentially nothing. This is not a monetary proposition, let alone a "deal," but rather the demand that Ukraine become a permanent American colony.
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
snyder.substack.com/p/recoup-the...
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"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
Appeasement at Munich
World Wars, Past and Possible
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February 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"Appeasement at Munich: World Wars, Past and Possible"
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...
The symmetry between Germany-Czechoslovakia in 1938 and Russia-Ukraine in 2022 is uncanny, and pausing for a moment on the resemblances might help us to take a broader view of today.
snyder.substack.com/p/appeasemen...