So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist. Cool. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Today is a dark day for American journalism. Some of the best reporters and editors around the globe have been laid off by the Washington Post. The news-consuming public will pay the price. My job wasn't spared. It's been the honor of a lifetime to be Berlin bureau chief, if only for 6 months.

Naples 1925 by Martin Mittelmeier (trans. Shelley Frisch) is “highly recommended” by Sun News Austin.

Today I learned Noem's full name is Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem Her initials are KLAN Fitting

This @aaronwiener.bsky.social piece captures a lot of conversations I've had with Germans lately, friends and near-strangers – they've spent their lives looking at the US as an ally and model, and now feel bereft and confused. And I don't have anything comforting to say at the moment.

First victim shot dead by ICE in Minneapolis was named GOOD; today's fatal victim is named PRETTI. Who will ICE aim at next: WISE? The symbolism in these horrific acts seems inescapable.

“Unacceptable.” “Intolerable.” A “hostile act.” A “mistake.” Trump's Greenland stance has alienated even his strongest supporters in Europe: the leaders of right-wing nationalist parties. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...

My translation of Thomas Meyer's Hannah Arendt biography has entered the hallowed halls of Amazon, and will be published by Penguin in August: www.amazon.com/Hannah-Arend...

A member of parliament from the right-wing Alternative for Germany party (AfD) was sure his presentation to the State Department would be canceled after news broke of a Nazi-linked serenade. Then he got a phone call from a senior State Dept. staffer... www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

Remember the part in the old Peter Pan play where Peter tells the boys and girls in the audience that if they all just clap harder they can save Tinkerbell? That's what Trump's Cabinet Meeting reminded me of. A bunch of children wildly applauding him, all in an effort to bring him back to life.

A statement about David Bellos just issued by his department: www.princeton.edu/news/2025/11...

I attended this terrific panel on the nature of truth, lies, and bullshit-- and how AI accelerates the proliferation of bullshit.

A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.

RIP to a dear friend and eminent scholar, David Bellos.

Posting for no reason news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

Happy birthday, Hannah Arendt!

Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie

Two German regions each claimed to have the oldest bratwurst. They decided to settle it in the boxing ring. I attended the historic fight at the German Bratwurst Museum in Thuringia. (Did I mention that I love my job?) www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

First glimpse of the cover image for my forthcoming translation of Thomas Meyer's biography of Hannah Arendt, to be pub by Penguin next year.

Have Germans become the slackers of Europe -- and of the entire developed world? The data certainly says so. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Germany canning ravioli in preparation for war: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

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@martinmitt.bsky.social celebrates the 100th anniversary of critical theory in Naples. Martin Mittelmeier is the author of NAPLES 1925 (in my translation, pub. Yale UP).

Congratulations to translator Paul Reitter!! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...

This year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize shortlist! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...

My son Aaron has a new post at the Washington Post! www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2025/04/2...

Some federal workers have been informed in the past two days that under Trump's return-to-office mandate, they have until *Monday* to report to offices that in some cases are hundreds of miles away. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Here's the set of submissions for this year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize-- an exciting group of German-to-English translations published in 2024! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...

I'm watching Jeopardy, and the clue was just about whose biography REINER STACH wrote!!! I'm in (happy) shock.

NAPLES 1925, by @martinmitt.bsky.social (in my translation) has just been named one of New Yorker's best books of the year!! www.newyorker.com/best-books-2...

Fantastic book by Mittelmeier on critical theory and the Naples conversations — and the volcano in the background. From @yalebooks.bsky.social.

I'm delighted by this New Yorker review, by Thomas Meaney, of Martin Mittelmeier's NAPLES 1925 (in my translation, published by @yalepress.bsky.social) in the latest (Dec. 2) issue:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/02/naples-1925-martin-mittelmeier-book-review

Congratulations to @jpolizei.bsky.social , the winner of this year's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize!! www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/ku...