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Gideon Lichfield
@glichfield.bsky.social
Climber, biker, cocktailer, polyglot, vagabond. Ex EIC WIRED & MIT Technology Review, now writing about the future of democracy at https://futurepolis.substack.com. NYC/SF. He/him/Sir.
“Out of touch” — this from the party whose only contender for mayor has been wearing the same red beret for 45 years
June 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Perhaps I’ve missed it, but in all the talk about whether the attack on Iran has stopped its nuke program, I haven’t seen anyone point out that Trump played a huge role in creating the threat in the first place when he pulled out of the JCPOA
June 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is in small font at the very bottom of the #NoKings website. It needs to be in large type at the very top.
June 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You had me for a second @garymarcus.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today I learned that (a) “greenhushing” is now a thing (b) we’re all getting measurably stupider and (c) the whole universe might be inside a black hole. Not sure how much weirder things can get
March 15, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Found on the sidewalk. I can’t help thinking that putting this issue on the top was deliberate
February 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Meanwhile, the media takes him literally and thus wastes considerable resources reporting out the fact this is obviously batshit crazy. Just look at all these bylines:
February 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
That thing about how Trump's supporters take him "seriously but not literally"? That's clearer than ever when it comes to his nutso plan for taking over Gaza:
February 5, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Anyone know if incoming presidential administrations normally delete the archives on whitehouse.gov from the previous one?

I ask because this EOP budget request from 2022 is no longer available. It was last saved by archive.org on January 16.

web.archive.org/web/20250116...
January 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
January 22, 2025 at 10:45 PM
If I’m reading this right, the headline everyone should be writing but nobody has is: “Trump Decrees That There Are No Transgender People Any More”

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
January 21, 2025 at 5:36 AM
I’m moderating a panel today on the Ukraine war’s lessons for digital resilience at the Tallinn Digital Summit—in one of the coolest conference venues I’ve ever seen, the city’s former central power station www.digitalsummit.ee/programme/pa...
September 5, 2023 at 5:31 AM