By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/07/2026Today's threads (a thread) Inside: Gerontocracy's failure mode; and more! Archived at: pluralistic.net/2026/07/14/d... #Pluralistic 1/ 42911
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 14/07/2026Gerontocracy's failure mode: Where are the designated survivors? bsky.app/profile/doct... 2/By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.netThe "designated survivor" is one of the weirder aspects of America's (very, very weird) political system. 1/ 130
LX @lx4.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Cool to know that Molly White is a descendant of EB White. I had an English teacher who thought I might become the next EB White. At 62 I am fast falling off that actuarial table, but cool to hear nonetheless. 000
escoboomvanilla.bsky.social @escoboomvanilla.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I will take Jon Stewart more seriously when he actually recants and uses the word fascism. Not sure what he's waiting for but he's dug in his heels. 000
All Our Yesterdays @allouryesterdays.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Gerontocracy is the word, isn't it? I am old enough to remember the Kremlin in the 1980s- a series of decrepit senile assholes. And being told that Western Democracy was always going to be vigorous, innovative etc etc. Those were the days. 5315
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