Three Words for May Day

Reflections on a few concepts that stuck with me since visiting most of the hometowns of the Haymarket Eight.

May 1 • Harry Brisson

April 2026

Don't Visit All The Countries

There are better ways to operationalize "worldliness". To start, we need to rethink why we even want to see the world in the first place.

Apr 30 • Harry Brisson

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Those Deaths Weren’t Taylor’s Fault, Maybe

A defense against the Harvard Medical School claims about Taylor Swift, Drake, et al. Plus: a movie to avoid, mixed assessments of AI on wellbeing, and…

Apr 12 • Harry Brisson

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March 2026

On Radio, Fitspo, BBC Igbo & Bombardilo

a guide to the latest research on how media helps and hurts you

Mar 1 • Harry Brisson

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February 2026

We're Doing Birthdays Wrong.

A Call for the Formation of a Republic of February 27th, 1989.

Feb 28 • Harry Brisson

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Globalism Is Too Hard. Can We Make It Easier?

Six Trips Around The World. My Screen Door Problem. The Many Humanisms of Yesteryear. A Dashboard Guiding My 2026.

Feb 4 • Harry Brisson

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January 2026

X-Axis, Take The Wheel

A case for a dashboard-driven media diet.

Jan 27 • Harry Brisson

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Law & Quoter: Trial by Geometry

A plea for quotation mark regulation; a journey through wordspace; and ¿Cómo se dice “run”?

Jan 16 • Harry Brisson

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The Great Calendar Heist

plus: birthday magic, suffocation prevention, a “media winter” guide, free fergie

Jan 13 • Harry Brisson

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Hobgoblinology

weighing the foolishness of 19 haircuts, 15 whenvelopes and a 2117-day streak

Jan 1 • Harry Brisson

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November 2025

Getting on the Bus

free elevators are socialism for the rich

Nov 4, 2025 • Harry Brisson

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A Pocket Canon to Shrink the World

How to Get Along via "Middling Content"

Nov 3, 2025 • Harry Brisson