Archive - Drift Notes

Amusing Ourselves Stupid

Is AI making us dumb? What would Neil Postman think?

Jun 21 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

May 2025

How the Right Swallowed Identity Politics Whole

Adolescence, Snow White and Assassin's Creed

May 2 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

April 2025

America Doesn't Own Free Speech

The UK is not the US in miniature

Apr 25 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

February 2025

How Debate Bros Led Us to the Edge

And why the counter-cultural right is winning

Feb 3 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

November 2024

Bhagwan, the Orange People and My Dad

Notes on Rajneeshpuram

Nov 12, 2024 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

March 2024

Taxonomy of Madness

'The Best Minds' by Jonathan Rosen and the anti-psychiatry movement

Mar 30, 2024 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

February 2024

"We Are Not A Party"

NONPOL and the politics of anti-politics

Feb 25, 2024 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

December 2023

The Hagiography of Taylor Swift

That's enough now I think

Dec 16, 2023 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

November 2023

Are We Being Entertained?

Sometimes I wish the internet had never been invented

Nov 16, 2023 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

October 2023

Queerness, Irony and Its Discontents

What does anyone mean anymore?

Oct 28, 2023 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

The Welsh Window of Alabama

Preserving the legacy of John Petts

Oct 5, 2023 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

September 2023

Is Drag Problematic?

I love drag but it's not above criticism

Sep 8, 2023 •

Stefan Rhys-Williams

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts