Charles Kriel

Trump and The Far Right Know What We’ve Forgotten Dr Charles Kriel explains why Marco Rubio's Munich speech was all feeling and no policy

"Jouissance ... captures what the far right offers. An endless, exhilarating game of opposition that saves its players from confronting the emptiness behind the curtain."

Great stuff by @charleskriel.bsky.social.

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We are. That’s what Metrotone and Screenburn exist for. Not content. Culture. Stories that deserve to live in someone’s inner life. More on this soon.

The tools have never been more powerful. GenAI, global distribution, accessible production. But almost nobody is using them to tell stories that matter.

Benjamin warned in 1936: industrialised information replaces deep experience with disposable sensation. Byung-Chul Han updates him — the algorithm removes the friction that makes stories transformative.

We build our selves from the stories around us. Ricoeur called it narrative identity. Lacan understood that inherited stories structure our desire before we know we’re desiring. Whoever makes culture makes the raw material of the self.

The creator economy keeps having conversations about tools and reach and engagement. Almost none of them are about storytelling.

Neither are the problem. The problem is a system dependent on, yet built against, the vast majority of the people.

“Stand down and surrender”? Tell me without telling me it’s martial law.

I’m still here. I get more done in the shadows. Thanks for raising awareness of the film.

Thank you for watching

Alligator Auschwitz

New shots game: every time YouTube shows you an ad

This is the most important thing you’ll see today

How Are People Using Google Gemini for Screenplay Coverage? Is it a replacement or just a supplement for actual coverage?

There are a few great ways to use AI for screenplays; this isn’t one. Gemini is being used to provide screenplay coverage. ProdCos will be uploading screenplays en masse, looking for a Gemini pass before they actually read one. Good luck ever getting read again. nofilmschool.com/google-gemin...

This is all one needs to know - the protests are over. Anything that happens from here out will have been instigated from the top.

Opinion | An overreaching Putin refused to take yes for an answer The Russian president has a chance to escape his Ukraine disaster. He’s blowing it.

Ignatius misses the point here. Putin said no to a ceasefire because the moment the “NATO crisis” and “US crisis” ends for Russia, Putin’s head will land at the end of a stick. wapo.st/3ZaCWmG

You can’t ship excuses

Episode 1 Radio Station on Apple Music Listen on Apple Music.

Absolutely out of nowhere, I have fallen in love with Bolis Pupul’s music and production. Spacious. Knowing. Sardonic, in a good way. It started with this mix from my Deewee bros, Soulwax. It’s the first track. Check it music.apple.com/gb/station/e...

Trump's ban on Harvard foreign students may come at a hefty price to the economy — The Hill The Trump administration’s efforts to block international students from Harvard could come at a hefty price — and not just for the university.

Is it absolutely lost on the press that the two schools getting the most crap are Harvard and Columbia, Obama’s alma matres? apple.news/AJWsbdbVHSOi...

The Wagner Group’s dealings are darker than we thought — The Telegraph In Death is our Business, John Lechner offers a rare, vivid portrait of the mercenary group by interviewing ex-members – itself a feat

Do London PR agencies next apple.news/ADpbtNF2-RmS...

Opinion | Liz Truss: Elites killed my pro-growth agenda. Trump can’t let them stop his. The White House’s proposed tax cuts, tariffs and spending reforms are showing the West the way forward.

Hahahahahhahahhaha! wapo.st/4mxCyZy

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Says everything

This is real: Amazon (or someone) has censored Robin Hood (2010). They’ve censored out the statement on standing up to tyranny.

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Analysis | RFK Jr.’s absurd statistic on the spike in chronic diseases in the U.S. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the percentage of Americans with chronic diseases has gone up 20 times in six decades. That makes no sense.

You have to understand: race is the foundation of everything this guy does, and not the way you’d hope for a Kennedy, despite his protestations www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent' The Trump administration cut funding for lawyers aiding unaccompanied minors in court.

It’s only been three months and we’ve sunk to this level of depravity gothamist.com/news/4-year-...

Universal childcare, universal healthcare, mandatory maternity leave and high public education standards would make a good start.

Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatherings The controversial amendment also recognises only two sexes, providing a basis for denying other gender identities

This runs contrary to nearly every human principle of the EU. I understand that Europe without Hungary would put a literal hole in the southern heart of the union, but I fail to see how Hungary continues as a member of the EU or NATO under Orban (and Putin). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Unpacking an old game of mine to give to my daughter this morning, I found this wonderful piece from David Medalla. I’d tucked it away years ago during a house move, and now here it is to delight us again. Old friend, I miss you.