2025-05-09 05:53:33
From a 1940 collection of essays called Freedom: Its Meaning, here’s Bertrand Russell on how fascism begins:
The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.
This technique is as old as the hills; it was practiced in almost every Greek city, and the moderns have only enlarged its scale.
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2025-05-09 04:52:55
From Kyla Scanlon, a “brief comprehensive guide” about tariffs. “We call a tariff a protective measure. It does protect; it protects the consumer very well against one thing. It protects the consumer against low prices. —Milton Friedman”
2025-05-09 04:10:56
The Instagram account History Cool Kids has been featuring some funny olde timey headlines recently and I thought these three were worth sharing with you.
2025-05-09 03:29:08
A review of the last 25 years of food & dining in NYC. Cool to see lots of my old faves on here: Ssam Bar, Bourdain, WD-50, Death & Co (which turned me onto cocktails), Xi’an Famous Foods, Daisy Mays, Torrisi, Ivan Ramen, etc.
2025-05-09 02:29:07
The Catholic Church has selected Robert Prevost as their new leader, Pope Leo XIV. “The cardinals clearly wanted someone committed to Pope Francis’ reform agenda and someone with a demonstrated record for effective management.”
2025-05-09 02:00:15
A new Lord of the Rings movie will premiere in theaters on Dec 17, 2027. It’s the first of two films that will focus on Gandalf, Aragorn, and Sauron searching for Gollum.