Miles P Herbert

Don’t look back and wonder.

I keep telling myself if I run far enough, I can disappear into a void. Nice to remember there is joy in it too:

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‘Some people will do incredibly well in the new AI era. They will become rich and powerful beyond anything we can currently imagine. But other people—a lot of other people—will become useless.’

Incredible piece of audio journalism. A portrait of fear. www.thisamericanlife.org/880/what-is-...

How many people at this farmers market are listening to Tooze on Ezra?

‘The first obligation we all have is an epistemic one: It’s to know what kind of reality we are actually inhabiting..:Because once we discern that we are living in a dual state, it becomes obvious that compliance won’t save us, and that some kind of action is called for.’

‘Bootlicking is one of the few industries seeing any real growth’.

The end point of this is hard to avoid:

Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.

Local Fox9 interviews a witness in Minneapolis at the site of the murder

Have been struggling with what it means to be an American citizen in this current moment. When will we learn from the sins of our fathers?

“The coup is illegal, unprovoked and regionally and globally destabilising. It upends international norms, ignores sovereign territorial rights, and potentially creates an anarchic situation inside Venezuela itself”.

Come for a great show looking back on the year. Stay for @bridie.bsky.social 's last ever day in the hosting chair!

More grateful than ever for @onthemedia.bsky.social @micahloewinger.bsky.social keeping me tethered to reality every single week.

Last day of a short break. Went for a small run. Had a nice time.

This is a real concern… finally someone brave enough to ask the question: “What will Mr. Mamdani do to protect New Yorkers who are increasingly worried about encountering Arsenal fandom whenever they venture outside their homes?”

Train Dreams is the most powerful piece of art I have seen in a long time. A reminder that what you do matters… even when the cruelty you are surrounded by makes you feel powerless.

Part 2 is out today. Why are so many domestic and family violence deaths followed by silence? Brilliantly reported by Ben Smee. His final lines in this episode have been ringing in my ears for months. I hope they stick with all those who spend the time to listen.

If you listen to one thing today, spend some time with this. Not always the easiest listen, but I think this crisis deserves our attention.

Today we launched a multimedia investigation based on two years of reporting by our tenacious Queensland correspondent Ben Smee. www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

Watching from Australia while Donald Trump targets my home of Chicago with armed troops prompts deep questions, by @milespherbert.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

A stain on all of us:

Targeting journalists is a war crime. As colleagues, we remember them. meaa.io/45A4vZ5