Gady Epstein
@gadyepstein.bsky.social
A longform editor at The Economist. Views expressed may be the opposite of my employer’s
I’ve literally seen only the airplane scene from this show but yes this
Just realized that Bari Weiss is doing The Newsroom but from the right
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
I’ve literally seen only the airplane scene from this show but yes this
Very good read, found the comparison points with Noriega helpful
January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Very good read, found the comparison points with Noriega helpful
Well Elliot Abrams IS an expert on human rights under Latin American dictators
January 3, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Well Elliot Abrams IS an expert on human rights under Latin American dictators
“Dumb Nuremberg” is awesome but I feel like best saved for something else down the road
If Maduro is in custody my expectation is the admin will try to hold Dumb Nuremberg. They'll make it a judicial referendum on fentanyl and try to blame Maduro for the deaths from the opiate crisis.
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
“Dumb Nuremberg” is awesome but I feel like best saved for something else down the road
Read this thread. A terrible injustice, willfully perpetrated
THREAD. Every year, I tell the story of Ezell Gilbert. It's the story of one of the most remarkable cases in U.S. history, and you’ve probably never heard of it. The story of what the U.S. government did to him is vital for understanding the current moment we are in.
January 3, 2026 at 3:33 AM
Read this thread. A terrible injustice, willfully perpetrated
Oh he read “On Smarm”
“For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty.”
January 1, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Oh he read “On Smarm”
A sibling to “and yet you participate in society”
The socialist has nice clothes: well, well, well so much for solidarity with poor people!
The socialist wears a barrel and suspenders: hahaha behold the failures of socialism!
The socialist wears a barrel and suspenders: hahaha behold the failures of socialism!
January 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
A sibling to “and yet you participate in society”
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Came across a joint publication by the Anti Defamation League and an Israeli think tank called the Reut Institute from January 2017 which worried that pushing anti BDS measures in the United States and Europe could spark backlash on the basis that it (plainly and obviously) violated free speech.
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Came across a joint publication by the Anti Defamation League and an Israeli think tank called the Reut Institute from January 2017 which worried that pushing anti BDS measures in the United States and Europe could spark backlash on the basis that it (plainly and obviously) violated free speech.
Wait is Hamilton is bad and cringe or is refusing to perform Hamilton bad and cringe? Hard to keep track
“Is Trump destroying social trust by constantly doing illegal things like renaming the Kennedy Center after himself?
No, it’s the libs who oppose Trump’s crimes that are responsible.”
Kat is the perfect type of simpleton to work for Bari Weiss
No, it’s the libs who oppose Trump’s crimes that are responsible.”
Kat is the perfect type of simpleton to work for Bari Weiss
December 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Wait is Hamilton is bad and cringe or is refusing to perform Hamilton bad and cringe? Hard to keep track
This is some peak Doctor Who dialogue
December 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is some peak Doctor Who dialogue
A searing and righteous read
As it happens, I have experience with high-level government demands to stop an explosive, accurate story from running, and I also have experience with 60 Minutes spiking a story I was involved in, so I have thoughts about the travesty at CBS. If you want some journalism anecdotes, here are a lot:
Watching Bari Weiss Murder Investigative Journalism at CBS
Notes from someone who's withstood White House demands to stop an explosive story—and who once even had a 60 Minutes piece spiked
www.forever-wars.com
December 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A searing and righteous read
A (very typical) story in two parts
December 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A (very typical) story in two parts
New theory of journalism for you @bgrueskin.bsky.social
December 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
New theory of journalism for you @bgrueskin.bsky.social
The rest of OP’s argument here is no better: in short, that moral shaming doesn’t work in today’s politics/culture and is thus useless. By that reasoning nothing should ever be boycotted. (Of course there are other reasons to boycott besides shame but even on its own terms this is wrongheaded)
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The rest of OP’s argument here is no better: in short, that moral shaming doesn’t work in today’s politics/culture and is thus useless. By that reasoning nothing should ever be boycotted. (Of course there are other reasons to boycott besides shame but even on its own terms this is wrongheaded)
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
This combined with gutting consumer protections (in US at least) means a lot more scammed, destitute elderly
unstoppable force (US/UK boomer need for care labour) vs immovable object (the global g20 rage against immigrant labour)
The largest generation in U.S. history is in their 70s now. And Stephen Miller’s podcaster wife thinks it’s suspicious that there’s a huge surge in home health aides.
December 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
This combined with gutting consumer protections (in US at least) means a lot more scammed, destitute elderly
Was a delight to edit this wonderful tale by Leo Mirani about an object cynically conceived by Brits in India becoming something meaningful to Jains in America over the course of a century (and somewhere in the middle there Howard Hughes owned it)
The long, strange journey of a temple from profane to sacred
How an object made to sell tea, then used to promote gambling, finally became holy
www.economist.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Was a delight to edit this wonderful tale by Leo Mirani about an object cynically conceived by Brits in India becoming something meaningful to Jains in America over the course of a century (and somewhere in the middle there Howard Hughes owned it)
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doesn't swing his arms like an american
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 11:23 PM
doesn't swing his arms like an american
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
doesn't wiggle his hand like the queen
can't name a single white sock
comically foreign, WHAT DID HE MEAN
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This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
December 29, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is how Christopher Caldwell begins his essay on Zohran Mamdani for the Claremont Review of Books.
Why are these people such freaks?
Why are these people such freaks?
“The Saturday Evening Post barred him from painting people of color in anything other than subservient roles”
December 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“The Saturday Evening Post barred him from painting people of color in anything other than subservient roles”
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This and also Stewart is a lab leak truther. Not great!
Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys mocking people who wear masks while talking about What Is To Be Done is exactly what Jon Stewart and the pod saves guys are, it's the most Jon Stewart and pod saves guys thing possible.
December 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This and also Stewart is a lab leak truther. Not great!
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Don't forget that Ilya cited this as THE
usecase he was most excited about.
usecase he was most excited about.
December 29, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Don't forget that Ilya cited this as THE
usecase he was most excited about.
usecase he was most excited about.
I hope to read the doorstop of a Buckley biography instead of just talk about it, as he’s so essential to understanding the trajectory of modern American conservatism. But in meantime this review essay about it is a great read
Won’t do a big thread of what I wrote this year because there’s not that much of it, but I am quite proud of this one
William F. Buckley's Bill Never Came Due | Defector
Perhaps the highest praise I can offer a book that took 27 years to complete and runs over 1,000 pages is that I can see why, and that it doesn’t feel like it. Sam Tanenhaus’s extremely long and anxio...
defector.com
December 29, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I hope to read the doorstop of a Buckley biography instead of just talk about it, as he’s so essential to understanding the trajectory of modern American conservatism. But in meantime this review essay about it is a great read
Fire departments mostly do two things nowadays: EMS calls and helping Frederick Sykes slip out of his apartment
December 28, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Fire departments mostly do two things nowadays: EMS calls and helping Frederick Sykes slip out of his apartment