The Rundown January 28, 2021

• Anything can be an instrument: Broken air con unit plays a jazz drum solo.

• The great graphics card shortage of 2020 (and 2021).

• An alphabet made from architectural designs.

• Is Everything securities fraud? Interesting paper on a phenomenon in the US where securities fraud litigation is being used as a proxy for regulation and corporate governance.

• 5. The American Abyss - What the January 6 coup attempt could mean for the future of American politics.

Trump’s coup attempt of 2020-21, like other failed coup attempts, is a warning for those who care about the rule of law and a lesson for those who do not. His pre-fascism revealed a possibility for American politics. For a coup to work in 2024, the breakers will require something that Trump never quite had: an angry minority, organized for nationwide violence, ready to add intimidation to an election. Four years of amplifying a big lie just might get them this. To claim that the other side stole an election is to promise to steal one yourself. It is also to claim that the other side deserves to be punished.