Henry Wismayer
@henrywismayer.bsky.social
Hopeless dilettante. Features and essays all over, inc: NYT, WaPo, FT, WSJ, Atlantic, Nat Geo, Guardian, Noema, Aeon, and Time.
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This, as much as anything, is why this country is ungovernable.
October 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
This, as much as anything, is why this country is ungovernable.
I wouldn't read too much into it. This is just what Russian gatherings are like before they break out the vodka.
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I wouldn't read too much into it. This is just what Russian gatherings are like before they break out the vodka.
Though I am slightly embarrassed to see that my pithy bio rather stands out. I fear that it exposes a certain ambivalence, which I promise is not how I feel about this particular accolade. But my mum said that "it betrays your arrogance", which is perhaps worse.
October 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Though I am slightly embarrassed to see that my pithy bio rather stands out. I fear that it exposes a certain ambivalence, which I promise is not how I feel about this particular accolade. But my mum said that "it betrays your arrogance", which is perhaps worse.
Sorry to report that one balls-out conspiracist I know is adamant that we are already on "the fourth Trump". The original one was executed by the Deep State in 2019.
August 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Sorry to report that one balls-out conspiracist I know is adamant that we are already on "the fourth Trump". The original one was executed by the Deep State in 2019.