The slow death of the massest of mass media.
Can the traditional British tabloid survive the digital age?
https://www.ft.com/content/ac2e5ac3-5d19-49f4-b958-578a5e265e3c?syn-25a6b1a6=1Slovaks protest to protect voting by mail. We should be doing the same.
Tausende Slowaken protestieren für Recht auf Briefwahl
https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2026-04/slowkei-briefwahl-proteste-auslandswaehler
Slowakei: Tausende Slowaken protestieren für Recht auf Briefwahl
Ministerpräsident Robert Fico will die Briefwahl aus dem Ausland abschaffen. In der slowakischen Hauptstadt wurde demonstriert. Auch in Prag und Brüssel gab es Protest.
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Screens aren’t destroying young minds. I should know.
https://wapo.st/47Wi2vW
Screens aren’t destroying young minds. I should know.
Laws restricting phone use won’t solve root causes of adolescent anxiety.
Tucker Carlson to launch publishing imprint with books by Russell Brand and Milo Yiannopoulos
Former Fox News host says publishing house Skyhorse ‘looking for books that nobody else will publish’
"Beacon to the right"? Jeezus,
#BrokenTimes, Orbán is a far-right authoritarian. Good riddance. Congratulations, Hungary.
Hungary’s Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Election Defeat
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/world/europe/hungary-election-orban-magyar.html?smid=tw-share
Hungary Election Results: Viktor Orban Concedes Defeat and Congratulates Peter Magyar
Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has inspired populist movements globally, could not overcome the growing dissatisfaction of his own citizens.
Peak Epstein class
#BrokenTimes: deciding to assign this glamour shot and puff piece. "Unabashed rich-person exuberance is back[!]" "The moment American money stopped apologizing."
Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/business/lauren-sanchez-bezos-jeff-bezos.html?smid=tw-share
Someone Has to Be Happy. Why Not Lauren Sánchez Bezos?
As half of an unfathomably powerful couple, Mrs. Sánchez Bezos seems to have influenced the uber-rich to stop apologizing, and start enjoying themselves.
In an odd exercise in rhetorical dentistry, Ezra Klein tries to defang Joe Rogan, Hasan Piker, et al, wanting to book Democrats on their shows.
Hasan Piker Is Not the Enemy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/opinion/hasan-piker-democrats.html?smid=tw-share
Opinion | Hasan Piker Is Not the Enemy
Conversation is not a reward to be bestowed on those with whom we agree; it’s a base line practice.
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#BrokenPost couldn't afford diner coffee, so they went to an Iowa mahjong game. cc: Pitchbot
At a mahjong table in Iowa, a struggle over which party to trust
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/04/12/iowa-midterm-voters-women/
At a mahjong table in Iowa, a struggle over which party to trust
Women courted in key races weigh their choices — and whether the president’s policies have delivered for a working-class town hit by tariffs, war and rising costs.
Blocking the Strait of Hormuz to unblock the Strait of Hormuz is peak Trump foreign policy.
Eliot Higgins