306: ‘A Total Landscaping’, With Mike Monteiro

The Talk Show With John Gruber

Mike Monteiro returns to the show to talk about the Capitol insurrection and riot, Twitter and Facebook permanently banning Donald Trump, the shutdown of Parler, the fate of liberal democracy, and Mike’s new book, The Collected Angers.

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Links:

• Jack Dorsey’s strange, rambling thread on Twitter’s decision to permanently ban Donald Trump.
• Sheryl Sandberg says Capitol riot planning didn’t happen on Facebook.
• Washington Post story on the travails of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s Secret Service trying to find a toilet.
• Sarah Kendzior’s “Hiding in Plain Sight: The Invention of Donald Trump and the Erosion of America”.
• “The Collected Angers” — Mike’s new book of essays.
• Bayard — the wonderful pitch-perfect typeface on the cover of “The Collected Angers”, from Vocal Type.

This episode of The Talk Show was edited by Caleb Sexton.