Tswill
@tylerswilliams.bsky.social
I'm here now, better late than never
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here is an essay about A Knight’s Tale
this is the most important thing i’ve ever written goodmovie.substack.com/p/a-knights-...
this is the most important thing i’ve ever written goodmovie.substack.com/p/a-knights-...
A Knight's Tale
Heath Ledger changes his stars
goodmovie.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:13 PM
here is an essay about A Knight’s Tale
this is the most important thing i’ve ever written goodmovie.substack.com/p/a-knights-...
this is the most important thing i’ve ever written goodmovie.substack.com/p/a-knights-...
May this be the energy we all carry into 2026
January 2, 2026 at 9:35 PM
May this be the energy we all carry into 2026
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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A theory about vibes:
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A theory about vibes:
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
Human beings are deeply social creatures. Our need for a legible social order is rooted almost as deeply in our brainstem as our need for basic physical security. We need -- not want, need -- to understand who's in charge, who are allies, who are enemies, *how things work*.
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Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
The Problem is Epistemic. The Solution is Not. | Blog of the APA
Doubts about the wisdom of the masses are as old as philosophy itself. Yet interest in democracy’s “epistemic” merits has surged in the last decade—and it is no mystery why. Democracy is collapsing ar...
blog.apaonline.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Misinformation *is* central to democratic problems today, but the solution is *not* to correct such epistemic failures directly. Instead, we must address them at their roots, in social identity.
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
Or so I argue in a new post for @apaphilosophy.bsky.social.
blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/12/t...
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Michael Hauser Tov's new Reuters Institute report offers practical techniques that could transform Trump coverage. But media organizations seem more interested in maintaining broken norms than fixing them. www.readtpa.com/p/we-already...
We Already Know How to Cover Trump's Lies. So Why Aren't Newsrooms Doing It?
A new playbook from the Reuters Institute lays out concrete techniques for covering authoritarian politicians. The problem isn't figuring out what to do — it's getting anyone to actually do it.
www.readtpa.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Michael Hauser Tov's new Reuters Institute report offers practical techniques that could transform Trump coverage. But media organizations seem more interested in maintaining broken norms than fixing them. www.readtpa.com/p/we-already...
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This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030.
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Nearly 500,000 children could die from AIDS-related causes by 2030
Experts including Prof Lucie Cluver, Professor of Child and Family Social Work, Department of Social Policy and Intervention, and Dr Seth Flaxman, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science
www.ox.ac.uk
May 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This study in The Lancet found that cuts to US spending on PEPFAR, the program to deliver H.I.V. and AIDS relief abroad, could cost the lives of 500,000 children by 2030.
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
Half a million kids.
Kids.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-04...
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I wrote an essay about our bottomless thirst for diversion and how avoiding boredom is the engine of modern life. It’s based on the research I did for my book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
Opinion | Chris Hayes: I Want Your Attention. I Need Your Attention. Here is How I Mastered My Own.
The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I wrote an essay about our bottomless thirst for diversion and how avoiding boredom is the engine of modern life. It’s based on the research I did for my book.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...
Going to have a healthier relationship with this platform than I did with twitter... Right? RIGHT?
December 4, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Going to have a healthier relationship with this platform than I did with twitter... Right? RIGHT?