Welcome to Cambridge Quote of the Day ”The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.” Bertrand Russell Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Bob Dylan & the Grateful Dead | Pledging My Time | (May/June 1987 Rehearsals) Link Long Read of the Day The “Learned Helplessness” Of 2026 What happens when a mad king rules and liberal democracy disappears into thin air. Prescient (and utterly depressing) essay by Andrew Sullivan. Here’s a sample: If I were to describe my own state of mind observing the world and America right now, “learned helplessness” is pretty close. You may well be feeling it too. Each day, you read the news and see something completely beyond belief and yet feel utterly disempowered to do or even say anything about it. And then another story hits you again. And another. Again. And again. Trump shocks and shocks and shocks you some more. Even after all these years, you take it in the gut each time. And he…
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