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.
The Presumption of Regularity - for Renee Good & Alex Jeffrey Pretti #fuckice #minnesota #antifa #fucktrump #minneapolis
January 25, 2026 at 6:32 AM
The Presumption of Regularity - for Renee Good & Alex Jeffrey Pretti #fuckice #minnesota #antifa #fucktrump #minneapolis
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Very keen to know about the print on the wall behind you in the latest Lawfare Live. Looks like Charles Grignon. Is it?
January 24, 2026 at 6:14 AM
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org Very keen to know about the print on the wall behind you in the latest Lawfare Live. Looks like Charles Grignon. Is it?
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:
World Gone Mad!
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
World Gone Mad!
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…
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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Channeling his inner Travis Bickle
October 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Channeling his inner Travis Bickle
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 ….
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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...