We checked another bucket list item off. Machu Picchu lives up to the hype – it’s a breathtaking expanse, combining Inca architecture with the grandeur of the Andes. 12 days encompassing Machu Picchu, Lima/Cusco, and 5 days by boat in the upper Amazon basin. This travel thing is pretty special.
November 20, 2025 at 12:13 AM
We checked another bucket list item off. Machu Picchu lives up to the hype – it’s a breathtaking expanse, combining Inca architecture with the grandeur of the Andes. 12 days encompassing Machu Picchu, Lima/Cusco, and 5 days by boat in the upper Amazon basin. This travel thing is pretty special.
Does anyone else feel like we need to get @hcrichardson.bsky.social someone to write catchy Schoolhouse Rock-esqe music for her newsletters? Maybe we could break through to some folks who could use a refresh...
May 16, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Does anyone else feel like we need to get @hcrichardson.bsky.social someone to write catchy Schoolhouse Rock-esqe music for her newsletters? Maybe we could break through to some folks who could use a refresh...
Posting a few extra "birds of Borneo" pics left over from a recent trip so my Bluesky account doesn't get too stale.
May 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Posting a few extra "birds of Borneo" pics left over from a recent trip so my Bluesky account doesn't get too stale.
Reposted by Carl Tostevin
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
Sometimes you need a good friend to tell you the truth.
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"Washington Has Become the Court of Nero"
A French senator's blistering indictment
open.substack.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Sometimes you need a good friend to tell you the truth.
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
"Washington has become the court of Nero, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester high on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service."
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Pretty confident I'm not much amplification, but this is a fascinating piece.
I'd love people's help getting this out into major subreddits. Especially ones frequented by technology workers. The more people in Silicon Valley who know the truth, the better. www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-plot-a...
The Plot Against America
How a Dangerous Ideology Born From the Libertarian Movement Stands Ready to Seize America
www.notesfromthecircus.com
February 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Pretty confident I'm not much amplification, but this is a fascinating piece.
Even if you believe that this is a sound policy decision (it isn't), just the way it's been implemented is killing people and weakening the country. Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
How the World Is Reeling From Trump’s Aid Freeze
President Trump’s order to halt most foreign aid has intensified humanitarian crises and raised questions about the United States’ reliability as a global leader.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Even if you believe that this is a sound policy decision (it isn't), just the way it's been implemented is killing people and weakening the country. Madness.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/31/w...
I never even learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre until in my 50s. Amongst all the crazy, today came this DOJ report confirming the details. 1/3
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Justice Department Announces Results of Review and Evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre
The Justice Department issued a report today on the Tulsa Race Massacre. The report documents the department’s findings, made during its review and evaluation of the Tulsa Race Massacre, undertaken pu...
www.justice.gov
January 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
I never even learned about the Tulsa Race Massacre until in my 50s. Amongst all the crazy, today came this DOJ report confirming the details. 1/3
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
Reposted by Carl Tostevin
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
Another sad happenstance out of sight of the bright shiny culture wars. The Loper Bright decision is a gift that keeps on taking.
NGL this sucks. And it's DOA at SCOTUS because the 6th Circuit applied last term's Loper decision, which overturned Chevron, to say that the FCC exceeded its authority.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/t...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/t...
FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court (Gift Article)
After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers as utilities came to an end on Thursday.
www.nytimes.com
January 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Another sad happenstance out of sight of the bright shiny culture wars. The Loper Bright decision is a gift that keeps on taking.
This one has stuck with me. It's easy to watch the shiny issues in politics, while boring policy over time can have tremendous impacts.
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:45 AM
This one has stuck with me. It's easy to watch the shiny issues in politics, while boring policy over time can have tremendous impacts.