Think Tanks And Miyazaki

Think Tanks Have Defeated Democracy

Samuel Hammond | Palladium | 2nd April 2026

As the social base for membership-driven political parties has eroded in the US, think tanks have filled the vacuum. “The nonprofit advocacy world helps grease the wheel of party cohesion by mobilising activists, lobbyists, pollsters and grassroots outreach whenever a big vote is afoot.” Nonprofit workers and funders are insulated from electoral realities. The result is political alienation for the bulk of voters (2,600 words)

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The Image Boards Of Hayao Miyazaki

Animation Obsessive | 6th April 2026

Miyazaki has reinvented himself again and again over the course of his storied career. What has stayed the same is his habit of making “image boards”. The Japanese term imēji bōdo, made up of loan words from English, denotes “a mental image, an impression, an idea”. Since the 1960s, he has stuck to pencil-and-watercolour with the occasional inks to make his image boards (3,400 words)