#Ozzy.

#Sturm.

Vorgestern.

Gestern.

Heute.

When presented with the simplest moral test, Vance failed. “We have far more important work to do than canceling each other,” he said, as if anti-Semitism were just one more woke fixation.

“Harvard is not the only university to have grappled this year over the terminology and payment mechanisms that shadow negotiations with the Trump administration.” 🤯

"The swift degradation of CBS's reputation under Weiss’ leadership is just one more proof point that the American media is being commandeered by an aggressive and coordinated conservative movement that is moving as quickly as possible to usurp control and rewrite history in deference to Trump."

Ms. Ballon and Ms. von Hodenberg said in a statement, “We will not be intimidated by a government that uses accusations of censorship to silence those who stand up for human rights and freedom of expression.”

Sonja Eichwede, SPD, erklärte: »HateAid gehört auf keine Sanktionsliste. Das Verhalten der USA ist inakzeptabel. Unter dem Deckmantel einer vermeintlichen Meinungsfreiheit versuchen die USA gegen Menschen und Organisationen vorzugehen, die sich für soziale Plattformen ohne Hass und Hetze einsetzen.«

And it’s true that, while reading “Next to Heaven,” I sometimes thought I could feel individual cells in my body trying to die. –Katy Waldman on James Frey’s Next to Heaven (The New Yorker)

Oops, Jan Wiele did it again. @lauer.bsky.social Aber gut der Hinweis auf die Verriss-Sammlung beim Literary Hub!

Ms. Gamer said that after checking its archives, the union “can say definitively that such a mass recall has never happened since the founding of the Foreign Service as we know it.”

“Laut dem Berufsverband schade dies der Glaubwürdigkeit der USA im Ausland. Das Ganze sende auch ein Signal an Staatsbedienstete, dass Loyalität gegenüber dem Land nicht mehr reiche und Erfahrung sowie der Eid auf die Verfassung hinter politischer Loyalität zurückstehen müssten.”

Erinnerungsfoto vom 12. Dezember 2025: Live-Konzert unserer Department-Band des Instituts für Sprache und Literatur an der Technisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Universität Norwegens, #Trondheim. #NTNU

Warmer in Svalbard than in Sevilla 😓

Mehr Jazz.

Relektüre.

So beautiful! The Most Magical, Moving Four Minutes in Music www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/a...

Dilettiere tapfer weiter mit Jazz-Musik. Stay tuned. 😆

This, too, is outrageous -- firing an immigration judge because he granted asylum to six people. Trump's folks have made clear they want "deportation judges." Just rejecting any semblance of due process. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Get rid of Donald Trump and reward this brave army lawyer with a position at the Supreme Court. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nicht einmal hier gibt es mehr eine weiße Weihnacht.

«Globaliser intifadaen» betyr ikke rettferdighet for Palestina. Det betyr døde jøder på en strand i Australia. Utenfor en synagoge i Manchester. Ved inngangen til et jødisk museum i Washington. www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...

“Så det interessante spørsmålet blir hvorfor så mange likevel så ivrig hoppet på muligheten til å anklage Israel for akkurat folkemord, ikke mindre enn den verste av alle forbrytelser som finnes?” www.nettavisen.no/norsk-debatt...

“Og ja. Det er på tide å snakke om Holocaust igjen. Om nedarvet frykt gjennom generasjoner av jødiske familier. En helt berettiget frykt. Det har historien vist.” www.vg.no/nyheter/i/gk...

Noem is using the Brown University shooter to end an entire visa program, but it should be noted that Pete Hegseth, just today, murdered more than twice as many people

Über die Geschichte des Terrors gegen Juden haben wir im vergangenen Jahr mit einer Kampagne aufgeklärt. Auf der dazugehörigen Website finden sich einige Beispiele, die in Vergessenheit geraten sind. terrorgegenjuden.de

“Albanese said that ‘the evil that was unleashed is beyond comprehension.’ In fact, it’s entirely comprehensible. For fanatics who have been led to believe that the Jewish state is the apotheosis of evil, killing Jews represents a twisted notion of justice.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/o...

Wo man so landet, wenn die deutschen Unis einen nicht haben wollen. Takk for det!

Heute Mittag.

Ramirez to Noem: "You lied on the record and you lied to members of this committee. You violated court orders by not turning around deportation flights bound for El Salvador where we know that hundreds of people under your leadership reported they were raped, beaten, and nearly died."

"Torkel Brekke gleder seg over boikotten av norske studiesteder. I fjor skrev han kronikken «Please Boycott My Country», i Wall Street Journal, der han oppfordrer til boikott av alle norske virksomheter som Brekke mener driver med antisionisme." www.khrono.no/delstaten-fl...

– Jeg trodde at antisemittismen kom til å være mer skjult. Men her fremkommer det helt åpenbart i fullt dagslys, forteller forsker Elise Barring Berggren. www.nrk.no/trondelag/xl...

Writing Angst: Die fünfte Korrekturfahne vor Weihnachten, der Band erscheint bei [transcript], Bielefeld. In meinem Aufsatz geht es diesmal nicht nur um den “Sandmann”, sondern u.a. auch noch um die “Elixiere des Teufels” und den “Artushof”.

„Wir bitten Sie höflichst, das Hotel bis Dienstag, 9. Dezember 2025 zu verlassen.“

“President Trump said in an interview published on Tuesday that Europe was weak and its nations were ‘decaying,’ days after the Trump administration issued a strategy paper that indicated that the United States should no longer guarantee the continent’s security.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

"Auch könnte ich den benötigten Schuss Optimismus nicht aufbringen, möchte aber auch sehr ungern noch einmal in Deutschland als Cassandra auftreten – unser Hausarzt pflegte zu sagen ‚Ich stamme zwar aus dem Volk der Propheten, trete aber nicht als solcher auf.‘" literaturkritik.de/public/rezen...

"...the president of Spanish broadcaster RTVE, Jose Pablo Lopez, muttering about 'the genocide currently taking place'. There has been a ceasefire in Gaza for two months. Hamas, however, still refuses to give up its weapons and has been busy killing Palestinians." www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz...

"Antisemitismus ist zu einem Instrument des politischen Protests geworden", sagte der Vorsitzende der jüdischen Gemeinde Roms, Victor Fadlun. "Eine Synagoge anzugreifen bedeutet, das Recht der Juden auf ein normales Leben zu missachten und zu verletzen". www.juedische-allgemeine.de/juedische-we...

Carlo Calenda, a pro-European senator in Italy, said that the document showed that Mr. Trump was an “enemy of Europe,” and “an enemy of democracy.” He said that efforts by European politicians to try to flatter Mr. Trump had not worked to promote their own interests. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/w...

Angesichts des gegenwartsliterarischen Labels der “postmigrantischen” Literatur und wie man diese nach Shermin Langhoff definiert: Wieso bezeichnet man dann nicht deutsche Generationen- oder Familienromane äquivalent als “postnationalsozialistische” Literatur?

Vollmond: Aus dem Fenster gezoomt, gerade eben.

Playing John Scofield’s “Meant to Be” after dark.

Biking home.

"Norske redaksjoner har de siste to årene trykket titusenvis av ord om «israelsk folkemord» – samtidig som de knapt har nevnt Hamas sitt offisielle mål om å utslette den jødiske staten." www.dagbladet.no/meninger/de-...

Soon ready for delivery! The volume features one of the four different articles I wrote about Fritz Lang's and Thea von Harbou's film "Metropolis". @bniven.bsky.social brill.com/display/titl...

“On Saturday, after she spent a night detained in Texas, she was put on a bus with shackles on her wrists, waist and ankles before being put on a flight to Honduras, Mr. Pomerleau said.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...

Rosarot, der deutsche Mittelstand. www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...