Trump nudges Spain…
There’s something fascinating about watching power throw a tantrum. Apparently the latest diplomatic strategy coming out of Washington is this: Do what we want militarily… or we’ll stop trading with…
ICE OUT
The Story America Is Barely Watching There’s something quietly unsettling about watching a story of this magnitude get nudged off the front page. The current Iran situation has swallowed the…
The Flood
When the Cost of Expression Falls to Zero There was a time when publishing required friction. Ink.Paper.Distribution.Editors who said no more often than they said yes. Even early blogging demanded…
The World Is On Fire And Nobody Has A Bucket
A pessimist’s guide to what happens next… and why you should probably be worried Let me start with a confession. I’ve spent years being the person at the dinner table…
When the Lights Go Out…
Who Are You Without Wi-Fi? There is a peculiar arrogance baked into the modern internet. It assumes it will always be there. Not in a dramatic, apocalyptic way… but in…
The Kids Are Wolves Now
(And Apparently That’s Our Problem) Now there’s a sentence I never expected to type in my lifetime, and yet here we are: Spanish teenagers are dressing up as wolves and…
The Country Is The People
Not the Government… I saw a post on social media the other day that stopped me mid-scroll. Someone had written, with what I can only assume was the confidence of…
Retirement…Change of Pace?
Nah… Bollocks to That! Let me start with a small piece of admin. I have just hit a fairly significant milestone. Technically retired, six decades-plus of life under my belt,…
What Happens When Everything Becomes Content?
Do you recall a time when a thought could simply be a thought. It could arrive quietly. Sit with you for a few days. Irritate you slightly. Refuse to clarify…
WW3 – We’re Already In It
And most of us are too comfortable to notice Let me say the thing out loud that most people are dancing around. We are already in a world war. Not…