Sheriff of Nothing
@sheriffof0.bsky.social
50-something Francophile Londoner and rescuer of treasure from the trash heap of modernity. Avid news junkie and lifelong opponent of fascism and its analogues. Sometimes I get to live in the profile picture in rural France.
Two philosophical duels for understanding modern power:
January 16, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Two philosophical duels for understanding modern power:
Media mis-framing as a system:
January 16, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Media mis-framing as a system:
How modern power shapes what we are allowed to understand.
January 16, 2026 at 10:21 AM
How modern power shapes what we are allowed to understand.
How media obscures public judgment.
January 16, 2026 at 9:43 AM
How media obscures public judgment.
The News Doesn’t Lie to Us — It Keeps Us From Understanding
Modern media rarely persuades through falsehood. Instead, it fragments attention, defers judgment, and exhausts moral clarity—leaving audiences informed, outraged, and unable to draw conclusions.
Modern media rarely persuades through falsehood. Instead, it fragments attention, defers judgment, and exhausts moral clarity—leaving audiences informed, outraged, and unable to draw conclusions.
January 16, 2026 at 9:06 AM
The News Doesn’t Lie to Us — It Keeps Us From Understanding
Modern media rarely persuades through falsehood. Instead, it fragments attention, defers judgment, and exhausts moral clarity—leaving audiences informed, outraged, and unable to draw conclusions.
Modern media rarely persuades through falsehood. Instead, it fragments attention, defers judgment, and exhausts moral clarity—leaving audiences informed, outraged, and unable to draw conclusions.
@annabower.bsky.social Inside the Legal Battles Ahead for Nicolás Maduro was a great read! I particularly enjoyed the parts where one could easily swap out one president’s name for another:
January 9, 2026 at 7:33 AM
@annabower.bsky.social Inside the Legal Battles Ahead for Nicolás Maduro was a great read! I particularly enjoyed the parts where one could easily swap out one president’s name for another:
Any call-out of the Minn. NG will be immediately Federalized to Trump under Title 10. If there is any trouble whatsoever, the Insurrection Act will be invoked. Whilst this would be geographically limited & heavily litigated, it would serve, as Voltaire would have it, “pour encourage les autres”.
January 8, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Any call-out of the Minn. NG will be immediately Federalized to Trump under Title 10. If there is any trouble whatsoever, the Insurrection Act will be invoked. Whilst this would be geographically limited & heavily litigated, it would serve, as Voltaire would have it, “pour encourage les autres”.
Power, not laws, is the primary vehicle of tyranny. The US is now a tyranny: Stephen Miller has articulated it, ICE is demonstrating it; foreign threats & invasion confirm it. Those who are still sleeping are dreaming of mid-terms just like those Germans who thought they could wait out Hitler.
January 8, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Power, not laws, is the primary vehicle of tyranny. The US is now a tyranny: Stephen Miller has articulated it, ICE is demonstrating it; foreign threats & invasion confirm it. Those who are still sleeping are dreaming of mid-terms just like those Germans who thought they could wait out Hitler.
@philippesands.bsky.social Perhaps there’s a client for you in NY. Seems international law is on life support and we are having a Sudetenland moment. Appeasers abound! The US just did to Maduro what the Russians could not to Zelhinsky. Know anyone prepared to be sanctioned for repping their client?
January 6, 2026 at 7:28 AM
@philippesands.bsky.social Perhaps there’s a client for you in NY. Seems international law is on life support and we are having a Sudetenland moment. Appeasers abound! The US just did to Maduro what the Russians could not to Zelhinsky. Know anyone prepared to be sanctioned for repping their client?
World Gone Mad!
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
World Gone Mad!
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NEW: Pentagon strikes 'narco-terrorist' sleigh, reindeer off Venezuela coast www.duffelblog.com/pentagon-str...
Pentagon strikes 'narco-terrorist' sleigh, reindeer off Venezuela coast
Notorious home invader finally neutralized in Christmas Eve strike, officials say.
www.duffelblog.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
NEW: Pentagon strikes 'narco-terrorist' sleigh, reindeer off Venezuela coast www.duffelblog.com/pentagon-str...
There’s never any justification for antisemitism but there always seems to be some excuse for the genocide of Palestinians…
December 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
There’s never any justification for antisemitism but there always seems to be some excuse for the genocide of Palestinians…
@lawfaremedia.org What a fantastic three-way conversation convened by @rparloff.bsky.social. I commend it to anyone who has been waiting to hear from District Court judges about The Situation. Replete with warmth, erudition, anecdotes and even a pretty decent joke! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Lawfare Daily: The Besieged District Judges, with Reynolds Holding and Judge Jed Rakoff
Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 03/12/2025 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@lawfaremedia.org What a fantastic three-way conversation convened by @rparloff.bsky.social. I commend it to anyone who has been waiting to hear from District Court judges about The Situation. Replete with warmth, erudition, anecdotes and even a pretty decent joke! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
When the perfect metaphor colludes with a clichéd meme:
November 7, 2025 at 8:00 AM
When the perfect metaphor colludes with a clichéd meme:
The modern smartphone is not a window onto the world but a mirror with a loudspeaker. For many, it magnifies their worldview rather than enlarging it — amplifying what they already believe, rather than expanding what they can imagine.
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October 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The modern smartphone is not a window onto the world but a mirror with a loudspeaker. For many, it magnifies their worldview rather than enlarging it — amplifying what they already believe, rather than expanding what they can imagine.
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Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
@podsaveamerica.crooked.com @jonlovett.bsky.social WTF is wrong with you guys? These Palestinian hostages had NO TRIAL and NO DUE PROCESS! “about 250 others who were serving prison sentences, including for violent attacks on Israeli citizens.” Many are children!
Trump's Gaza Ceasefire Takes Hold
Podcast Episode · Pod Save America · 14/10/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
@podsaveamerica.crooked.com @jonlovett.bsky.social WTF is wrong with you guys? These Palestinian hostages had NO TRIAL and NO DUE PROCESS! “about 250 others who were serving prison sentences, including for violent attacks on Israeli citizens.” Many are children!
Channeling his inner Travis Bickle
October 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Channeling his inner Travis Bickle
Man who was never even in the running, attempts to position himself as a sore loser for Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’
President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Man who was never even in the running, attempts to position himself as a sore loser for Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:
September 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I did it. I added some Keystone Cops music to this:
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social Love your show but your analysis of Palestinian politics is completely flawed. Hamas is the product of 50 years of Israeli bad faith. Refusing to negotiate with moderate, always having the whip hand have lead Israel here - deliberately. Israel created Hamas.
September 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@johnfugelsang.bsky.social Love your show but your analysis of Palestinian politics is completely flawed. Hamas is the product of 50 years of Israeli bad faith. Refusing to negotiate with moderate, always having the whip hand have lead Israel here - deliberately. Israel created Hamas.
When my friends Adam, Neil and I put together this ditty one afternoon in 2003 we could not have imagined it would become even more relevant ….
www.jonknowles.eu/xfer/memepoo...
www.jonknowles.eu/xfer/memepoo...
August 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
When my friends Adam, Neil and I put together this ditty one afternoon in 2003 we could not have imagined it would become even more relevant ….
www.jonknowles.eu/xfer/memepoo...
www.jonknowles.eu/xfer/memepoo...
@muellershewrote.com May I suggest henceforth that when referring to Emile Bové the Third (as your esteemed colleague did in your latest podcast) you employ the Irish pronunciation. This would render it phonetically: Emile Bové the Turd which is so much more accurate. Thank you.
August 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@muellershewrote.com May I suggest henceforth that when referring to Emile Bové the Third (as your esteemed colleague did in your latest podcast) you employ the Irish pronunciation. This would render it phonetically: Emile Bové the Turd which is so much more accurate. Thank you.