LiteralMayhem

Looking behind the myths and headlines to bring you the fact and evidence based reality.

I wrote memos for senior government officials to make better policy decisions. Now I write them to help people like you understand our world.

Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy

Philosophical musings on where we've gone wrong, with an emphasis on tech.

The CEO Retort is a thought-provoking podcast that inspires critical thinking, challenges conventional narratives, and explores the complexities of our world –examining how science, business, health, politics, tech, and AI shape our lives and societies.

Key developments in generative AI and the impacts these are having on human-made media, as well as the ethics and behaviour of the AIs and calls for regulatory intervention to protect the rights of artists, performers, and creators.

Wonkette is filthy, hilarious, liberal news. YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Thoughts on digital tech, design and societal impacts

There's a crack in everything. It's how we know a human being is writing. Thoughts on technology and education, writing and related issues, from a critical perspective. Not always fully formed but never auto-completed.

Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!

"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future

Opening the future by understanding the past.

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

Independent accountability journalism.