Andrew Miller was a senior official in the Biden administration, working on Israel-Palestine. Today, FA publishes his call for a dramatic reshaping of U.S.-Israeli relations: ending the "exceptional" relationship and replacing it with a "normal" one. www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/end-i...

Read @danblock.bsky.social on what Western media outlets can learn from The Caravan, an Indian magazine, about what to do when the state comes after the free press. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

I love this Patrick Leger illustration for this year's edition of FA's annual "Best of Books" list.

An update on the “American dream,” from NPR’s Scott Horsley:

Noriega got Rickrolled www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/u...

Surprising that none of these folks picked the song "Harvest," which would be my answer. Some other songs from the record with that title appear, as does "Harvest Moon." But no "Harvest." stereogum.com/2476602/80-a...

Has anyone ever made a strong case, grounded in data and empirical evidence, that Bill de Blasio's *pre-Covid* record as mayor was bad? Curious to know what metrics one would use to make that case.

Presidents have the right to fire general officers and have done so in the past. But there is no precedent for the rapid dismissal of so many senior officers without any real explanation, evidence of failings, or misconduct. This looks like an attempt to install compliant leaders. bit.ly/47aHw7J

I had a good convo about the prospects for peace in Gaza with Khaled Elgindy, Shira Efron, and Dan Shapiro. Each one makes a slightly different case for hope in the short term, and a slightly different case for doubt in the long term. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

My 7-year-old is reading "Charlotte's Web." My 13-year-old is reading "Animal Farm." In conclusion, animal husbandry is a land of contrasts.

Has anyone from OpenAI explained why a tool like Sora 2 should exist? What, in the developers’ view, are the benefits that outweigh the obvious costs?

A sweet appreciation of Rachel's, pegged to Touch and Go Records reissuing the group's albums, including "Music for Egon Schiele," a work I have cherished for 30 years. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/s...

Love this, @davecolon.bsky.social: like an exorcism to expel the spirit of John Rocker. bsky.app/profile/dave...

yarvin did the ISIS dril meme

The Animal Collective Effect

Seems like the anti-Mamdani forces have been focused on trying to push out the wrong candidate. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/n...

It’s the best detailed description of the benefits to the U.S. of the international order the Trump administration is destroying.

Today, @steveinskeep.bsky.social interviewed Ty Cobb, who led the White House response to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. “What did you think when you heard about the FBI search of John Bolton’s house and office?” Inskeep asked. “Well, I went down and locked my door,” Cobb replied.

A truly incredible story. @katiehonan.bsky.social has reported on some crazy things, but this is just beyond. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

American officials "must spend less time worrying about how to weaken their rival and more time figuring out how to make their country the best and most vigorous version of itself." — Dan Wang and Arthur Kroeber www.foreignaffairs.com/china/real-c...

Highly relevant and useful to read today: Stacie Goddard's essay on Trump's vision of a concert of powers, which FA published back in April. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

dear lord flatbush farm is now a sweetgreen

trying to imagine explaining this to 2015 me

"Israel’s campaign in Gaza is the most lethal case of a Western democracy using the punishment of civilians as a tactic of war." — Robert A. Pape, author of "Bombing to Win: Air Power and Coercion in War" www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/unpar...

SAURONHENGE IS COMING nygroove.nyc/eye-of-sauro...

The long, sordid history of the tactics producing mass hunger in Gaza. "Throughout the twentieth century, starvation blockades were integral to Western strategic thinking—and, as many statesmen saw it, to the maintenance of international order itself." www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...

"The coming wave of old and shrinking populations will fundamentally reshape geopolitics. In at least one way, that transformation will be for the better." — Mark Haas www.foreignaffairs.com/world/coming...

"Believing you can outfox a fox is how you become its prey." — David Pressman (ambpressman.bsky.social) with a stark warning about institutional acquiescence. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

I wrote something about dissent and the motive for speaking out. calebcrain.substack.com/p/the-motive...

A good idea, I think. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/n...

PWH Faculty Council member @sarahbush.bsky.social has a new piece in @foreignaffairs.com on the future of NGOs. Read here: www.foreignaffairs.com/world/end-ag...

Me, to every young journalist I ever meet.

New York has a lead problem. Old buildings, old dirt. I live in an affluent area and my kid’s level was too high. We need to protect vulnerable kids. NYCHA has to step in here.

This one really surprises me. (Orange is Mamdani.)

This guy came up to me after the forum and kept telling me he had “The New York Groove.” Not sure who he is, but I loved his energy!

Q for @katiehonan.bsky.social, @errollouis.bsky.social, @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social, @benmax.bsky.social—or anyone else who knows. Back in February, Brad Lander committed to sticking with Jessica Tisch as police commissioner. What has Mamdani said about how he would fill that job?

WOW www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Has Mamdani said anything about whom he would name as police commissioner, or what kind of person he would like in that job? There is a strong case—substantively and politically, for him—for sticking with Jessica Tisch. Back in February, Brad Lander committed to keeping her.

The war with Iran will yield a world of "instinct and emotion, inspired by raw, deeply-rooted yearnings for historical redress and vengeance. This is not a world built by or for Americans. They will be at sea." — Hussein Agha and Rob Malley www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/peril...

When it comes to foreign policy, Trump isn't a restrainer, or a realist, or a hawk: he's a popularist. He likes to associate himself with what he sees as strength, success, and winning—and his genius is understanding how to make people feel they are "with the winners." 1/3

I'd love to read a reported piece about what Democratic Party leaders are thinking and discussing among themselves about American involvement in the Israel-Iran war. Because whatever they are thinking and discussing among themselves, they sure aren't saying much publicly.

David Frum is absolutely right on 1, but I can’t let 2 stand without comment. If my kids ask me if they can do something, and I say no, and they do it anyway, I don’t generally feel they’ve respected familial institutions and the structures of parental law!

Why didn't Kathryn Garcia run for mayor this year? Cc @danarubinsteinbsky.bsky.social @katiehonan.bsky.social

the Army played "FORTUNATE SON", for a military parade, while the troops were walking in front of the reviewing stand full of Senators, millionaires, generals, and the Commander in Chief? 😲🤯🫡

On Trump's reaction to Israeli strike on Iran: he likes to associate himself with "success" and he likes "winners." So if he thinks the strikes went/are going well, he'll back them and take some credit. If he thinks they aren't, he'll distance himself and blame others.

Could the lack of a strike on Fordow suggest the Israelis doubt they could pull it off themselves, and are counting on the idea that they can drag the U.S. into this fight—and into striking Fordow? Cc @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social @shashj.bsky.social @nktpnd.bsky.social

A related point: the aesthetics and theatrics of left-wing protest have barely changed since the 1990s. It all still looks like the Battle of Seattle. Something to consider, in addition to the need for innovation when it comes to attention-grabbing nonviolence. bsky.app/profile/chri...

Excellent points, especially this: "One of the ways King et al in the civil rights movement threaded the needle was to create drama and confrontation *while also* maintaining non violent discipline." bsky.app/profile/chri...

A big story of this moment www.semafor.com/article/06/1...