RIP to a fascinating man. I wrote about Eric in “Corruptible.” He spoke to me at length, was extremely candid about morally complex topics, and was one of the most memorable people I’ve interviewed.

Yeah, so Mike Masnick has offered to help the new owner of Twitter run The Content Moderation Learning Curve in record time. techdirt.com/2022/11/02/hey… The result is entertaining and educational and I recommend it.

I love this.

“Democracy is on life-support in the United States.” – Brian Klaas

As America faces a second Trump presidency, Arthur Snell discusses the future of US democracy with experts and eyewitnesses.

Listen: kite.link/DoomS3E2America

After Elon Musk bought Twitter, I decided to post only about him and to self-promote...just as he intended.

So here is my new article explaining the 5 cybersecurity dangers he now brings to you and the nation
defenseone.com/ideas/2022/11/…
Defense One

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A new episode of Doomsday Watch with Arthur Snell drops today with brilliant contributions from Brian Klaas Sarah Posner Idrees Kahloon Sarah Churchwell Jamal Greene Gary Gerstle. As ever, I'm so grateful to these experts for sharing their valuable time with me.

How to get better leaders – with Brian Klaas

With the Conservatives on to their fifth prime minister in just six years, Rachel Cunliffe talks to Brian Klaas about the leadership problem in politics and why the top jobs attract the worst people.

Listen here: pod.fo/e/14b720

The number of people on the political right who made memes and cracked jokes about an attempted murder is absolutely grotesque.

If one in five current blue ticks paid $20 a month that would raise just under $15 million a year for Twitter…Twitter’s current revenues (mostly from ads) are $5 billion a year. Musk’s apparent plan would generate about 30 hours’ worth of annual revenue. newstatesman.com/quickfire/2022…

How to get better leaders – with Brian Klaas

With the Conservatives on to their fifth prime minister in just six years, Rachel Cunliffe talks to Brian Klaas about the leadership problem in politics and why the top jobs attract the worst people.

Listen here: pod.fo/e/14b720

The rising stars in the Republican Party find it hilarious that an 82 year old’s skull was fractured when he was beaten on the head with a hammer in an attempted assassination of the Speaker of the House. He was inspired to hunt her down based on lies they continue to spread.

Amazing clip from an Arizona election denier interviewed on national radio here in the UK by BBC Radio 4 Today:

“What’s your proof the election was stolen, as you claim?”

“I have intuition.”

“Don’t you need more than a hunch?”

“Not in America.”

If facts eliminated conspiracy theories we’d be fine. They don’t. MAGA people are going to be spreading lies and calling this attempted assassination a hoax for years. It’s an entire political movement that simply doesn’t care about verifiable truth, as evidenced by the Big Lie.

The man who nearly killed Paul Pelosi was acting on conspiracy theory lies pushed by prominent Republicans, from Trump downward. He fractured Pelosi’s skull but was planning to attack the Speaker of the House with a hammer. Republicans continue to joke about the attempted murder.

How to get better leaders – with Brian Klaas

With the Conservatives on to their fifth prime minister in just six years, Rachel Cunliffe talks to Brian Klaas about the leadership problem in politics and why the top jobs attract the worst people.

Listen here: pod.fo/e/14b720

this was such a good listen

How to get better leaders – with Brian Klaas

With the Conservatives on to their fifth prime minister in just six years, Rachel Cunliffe talks to Brian Klaas about the leadership problem in politics and why the top jobs attract the worst people.

Listen here: pod.fo/e/14b720