There’s a running joke/theme here on the mastodon edition of @robmanuel’s @fesshole about lack of spousal communication.

In absolute seriousness, the ending of this recent #CautionaryTales episode is an unexpectedly strong reminder of how devastating and tragic the effects of just using the British stiff upper lip and not having someone you can be actually honest with is:
https://timharford.com/2026/02/cautionary-tales-round-the-world-yacht-race-part-2/

It’s a great story, well told… and it hit me quite hard at the end.

Rob, I wonder if the masto Fesshole account might perhaps boost this? It may actually do someone some good.

(p.s. I have nothing whatsoever to do with that show or Pushkin or anything, except as a listener.)

Cautionary Tales – The Flight of the Fantasist: The Race Around the World – Part 2 

Donald Crowhurst is a brilliant inventor with a failing business. When he hears about the Golden Globe Race offering publicity and cash to the fastest to sail around the world, it feels like the pe…

Tim Harford