When I see a Joycean scholar quoted in a Faulkner article.

Today was the last day of the planting trees campaign in the West Bank, with human rights NGO, Rabbis for Human Rights. During the campaign, we helped Palestinian farmers access their land, access often denied by settlers and IDF, and plant trees to support their livelihood.

Planting trees in Bethlehem, the Occupied West Bank, in solidarity with the Palestinian communities.

Butthole Surfers topped my year. Here’s how I listened in my #SpotifyWrapped. www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...

Rabbis for Human Right, NGO NPO, are at the forefront of opposing settler violence in the Occupied West Bank. If you wish to support our struggle against Jewish terrorism, see the link below. Even the smallest donation would be greatly appreciated. causematch.com/timetoact/ta...

I've become an ambassador for Rabbis for Human Rights, NGO NPO, working relentlessly in the Occupied West Bank to protect Palestinian communities. We're trying to raise money to continue our work. DM if you wish to receive a donation link. Below: leaving Bethlehem after settlers chased us out.

Join us this upcoming Friday!

#Palestine Today I was meant to join Rabbis for Human Rights for their end-of-harvest event in the occupied West Bank. We were supposed to support Palestinian farmers in selling their goods and securing a bit of their livelihood that is constantly under threat. 🧵🧵

Now at a check point in the Occupied West Bank: Protesting against State sanctioned settlers' violence, and against Israeli apartheid.

So nice waking up to a handwritten letter from Japan, with a stamp and all. #Correspondances

"This passport holder acts and believes in peace between an independent Palestinian state and the State of Israel" and is currently listening to the Supremes.

Worst casting decisions ever. I'll start: Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell

Just got here. The settlers stole the olives. It's devastating.

Arriving in Nablus to help our Palestinian friends harvest their olive trees. The harvest season is a busy one. #FreePalestine

Yesterday I ushered at a film festival in Tel Aviv dedicated to Palestinian cinema. At the post-screening panel, Gramsci the dog climbed on the stage to ask the filmmakers for a bellyrub. 💕

Today we harvested many olive trees in Ramallah. Wothout Israeli and international volunteers, the Palestinian farmers are prohibited from harvesting their own orchards. This is their livelihood, and we stand in solidarity with them. #IsraeliOccupation

On the way to Harvest olives in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, to hepp farmers with the olive harvest. Hopefully the IDF and the settlers won't come to arrest us. Meanwhile, I hate to brag but im the bus captain. 🙂

In bed with an ear infection, worrying I won't be able to hear my students tomorrow, and looked after by "ears visible-from-space" Bono.

Yesterday, I joined a human rights group in Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, to help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees. Then settlers arrived with guns, backed by the IDF, threatened us, and forced us out of the orchard. Violence is surging in the West Bank.

I'm looking for a pseudonym, for a purpose I can't reveal. I'm thinking: Atila Bau. Much cooler than my regular name.

Planted olive trees today in Betlehem, the Occupied West Bank, to support the Palestinian farmers and in solidarity with the communities who suffer constant attacks by settlers and the IDF. #FreePalestine #StopArmingIsrael

Planting olive trees in Bethlehem in solidarity with our friends in Palestine.💜💜

Huge thanks to the JJ Society of NY, Sam Slote @samslote.bsky.social and Jonathan Goldman @jonnysemicolon.bsky.social , and for everyone who joined. It was a blast! For those who missed it, at least you were spared my squeaky voice, made even more unbearable by technology.

Can't wait to hear Dr. Abu @drtaliaabu.bsky.social and Sam Slote @samslote.bsky.social in conversation tomorrow! joycesociety.com/events/sqkrf...

Ramadan Mubarak to all who observe💜

This morning in Nablus, the Occupied West Bank, we stood in solidarity with Palestinian farmers, planting olive trees—a symbol of resilience and deep-rooted connection to the land. Suffering violence by criminal settlers, their endurance is a reminder of the urgent need for justice and solidarity.

My book, Guilt and Finnegans Wake, is officially out today with Florida Press. We're having an online launch with @joycesociety.bsky.social on March 4, at 12 pm EST. I wrote a poem to entice you to attend. Maybe you already read it on Facebook. Here it is now:

A question to my Joycean/Modernist colleagues: when H.G. Wells say that "Like Swift and another living Irish writer, Mr. Joyce has a cloacal obsession", who is the other "living Irish writer"? Apologies if the answer is obvious and I am exposing my ignorance. #JamesJoyce

In Hebron, the Occupied West Bank, joining the Palestinian farmers in planting trees. Solidarity with the Palestinian communities who suffer brutal attacks by criminal Jewish settlers. #FreePalestine

Guilt, Glory, and Guinness: A Poem Guilt lingers, thick as foam. Glory flares, too bright to hold. Guinness swirls, velvet-smooth, a liquid hug, the soul to soothe. Three Gs - two in the book, one in the glass I took.

In Ramallah, the Occupied West Bank, planting trees in solidarity with the Palestinian communities. ##FreePalestine

Criminal settlers uprooted all the trees we planted. How sad, how evil. Now on my way to Ramallah to plant more trees in solidarity with the Palestinian farmers. #stopisraelappartheid

It's here! ready to be read, debated, or strategically placed on your shelf to impress guests. Huge thanks to @floridapress.bsky.social and to @samslote.bsky.social for his support and for his awesome Foreword. Join us for the online launch with the James Joyce Society, New York, on March 4.

Planting trees is hard. But we planted about 50 trees today, out of the 1000 that we plan to plant in this campaign. I planted 4. And I met a nice donkey that wouldn't take a selfie with me.

I joined Rabbis for Human Rights in the Occupied West Bank to help the Palestinian communities plant olive trees. Criminal Jewish settlers often uproot trees to hurt the Palestinian fatmers' livelihood. So we come to show solidarity and help with whatever we can. #FreePalestine

Our Spring 2025 season! Mark your calendars! Feb 3 JJ birthday talk by Glenn Johnston at NYIT. Feb 11 & 18 Exiles reading group (online) Mar 4 book launch, Talia Abu (online) May 1 Amadi Ozier at Jefferson Market Library. Details joycesociety.com PLUS Save the date Mar 18 for a special NYC thing

Everything is terrible, but Bono is so silly.

David Lynch, 1946–2025

My angel hurt her leg.

Bono is holding Nela's hand as they wake up. You're welcome.

Yes, I'm a Butt-head. ☺️ #ButtholeSurfers

🥳🥳🥳My forthcoming book is available for pre-order! For a special friends and family discount (valid through December 31, 2024) click the link. Why pay full price when you can save AND brag about knowing the author. conta.cc/4gg5Zew

Since the government sanctions the Palestinian flag in public, we started holding up pictures of watermelon. But because Israel is a vibrant democracy, the police now also bans images of watermelons. #FreePalestine #StopGenocideInGazaNow

My dear Wakean friends! Do you think Thornton Wilder is right to assume that "This is the three lipoleum boyne grouching down in the living detch" is an allusion to the Marx Brothers? Or, even better, is there any evidence to support this?

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains.

Current mood: Chuckling to myself, "Pom Tetty".

The olive tree symbolizes the Palestinian farmers' connection to this land that nothing and no one can change. I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to spend the morning in Palestine. And a shout out to Rabbis for Human Rights for making many days like this happen.

On my way to a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem area, to join the local farmers in concluding the olive harvest season, to show solidarity with them who suffer constant attacks by Jewish settlets and increasing restrictions by the IDF.

A question for my scholarly friends: how do you pronounce Huebsch? Is it "Hoobsh"?