Whistleblowers might be protected, if only they would submit themselves to “proper channels,” which is code for standing on a very particular part of the floor suspended above a tank labeled: DANGER! PIRANHAS. https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/assange01

The Lord of the Rings: a story where the social elite coerce a trust-fund kid's hard-working gardener into shouldering global risks. Before it's over, he has to physically carry his useless employer (and their jewelry collection) up an active volcano. Ahead of its time, really.

This mutant strain has become its own pandemic—one that leaves us in denial about our ability to create change. https://edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/the-new-denialism

Emmanuel Le Pen! https://t.co/gcjsmuzdbo

I use Signal every day. #notesforFBI (Spoiler: they already know) https://t.co/KNy0xppsN0