Louis Menand, for @newyorker.com , on the sorely missed Catherine Leroy... it's such a pleasure to see her work in the wild, and to see her slowly re-emerge in the public consciousness. www.newyorker.com/culture/phot...

Tony Clifton, who then worked for @newsweek.com, Beirut, 1983.

We have even been seen as a little bit paranoid talking about Russia’s threats [in the past]. But right now, everything we in the Baltics or Poland or the Nordics have been talking about has come to life." Source: thetimes.com/world/europe/a…

Estonian PM Kristen Michal: Russia is an acute threat to every sane country and Europe is only at the beginning­ of rebuilding its defences. Key points from the interview with The Times: ▪️ "Russia is an acute threat to Europe, to Nato, to every sane country in the world.

While we're at it, Marianna Patrona's From Victim to Avenger: Trump’s Performance of Strategic Victimhood, is also worth a read www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/... .

Though I personally remain to be convinced that the message is this shallow, both this video and the article linked below (cybelecanterel.substack.com/p/lost-in-th... ) are worth your time. On the same topic, oilab.eu/frozen-antag... is as well.

"The situation is now serious. It is possible that the IMF will not be given the financing assurances to continue the current program, creating a swift financing crisis for Ukraine, and raising doubts about its ability to continue its defense against Russian attacks."

There's one more subset of the pro-Palestine, pro-Russia group that deserves mention: the left-of-the-left fringe who simultaneously believe that Russia has a legitimate claim to Crimea, NATO manipulated Ukraine into defending itself, and are pro-Palestine (and were often pro-Assad despite Yarmouk).

Western societies are like Steve Jobs, only they'll kill you with them: they've got a perfectly treatable cancer, and chose to treat it with fruit juice because screw the professionals they know better. 1/2

We’re already at 25% of his goal! 🥳 If we can get just ten $100 donations, we’ll be nearly halfway there. Help a refugee student, feel good all day!

I respectfully beg to differ: I can't think of a historical precedent of a diplomatic humiliation of the United States as thorough as what has just been inflicted by Trump's fault. This, in itself, is a momentous win for Putin.

Today in know your shitcoins: WASHTA, international currency of NGO bullshit.

The most frustrating aspect being that no one seems to be clearly stating that anyone who purports to speaks from authority on when or where this all ends is absolutely, resolutely, and completely full of shit.

La grosse différence, c'est que Netanyahu bénéficie d'une impunité dont Assad n'aurait même pas pu rêver.

Et aussi, et surtout, ça.

"Que serait la cause Palestinienne sans les tribunes d'Almodovar et Sarandon dans @liberation.fr ? Nous, qui travaillons chez @liberation.fr, on se le demande." (h/t @mariepeltier2024.bsky.social) www.liberation.fr/idees-et-deb...

The same conclusion applies to Gaza.

Those curious about this extraordinary photograph can read about it, and its author, here: sfi.usc.edu/news/2018/06...

Ca me touche parce que HIER des amis me demandaient par écrit une compil des pb avec Brauman, je leur disais d'aller voir déjà sa campagne minable sur les "bobards" de Benghazi. Je ne dis pas que toutes les femmes sont formidables, je dis qu'il y a trop d'hommes qui parlent.

When it comes to Russia, can we please stop using the word "justification", and use the more accurate "rationalization" instead ?

Très inquiet pour la situation actuelle en Syrie, et si le gouvernement de transition continue d’ignorer les fortes tensions qui traversent les différentes composantes de la société, nous fonçons droit vers la catastrophe. 1/17

Pour ceux qui se posaient la question de la profondeur de l'entrisme Russe en Suisse et au @edadfae.bsky.social, Paul-Henri Arni vous apporte des éléments de réponse dans Le Matin. www.lematin.ch/story/vu-par...

As I was saying abuaardvark.substack.com/p/dont-ruin-...

Our safety is fighting against tyranny, not appeasing it. It's as simple as that. For that, western Europe needed strong leadership 3 years ago. We didn't have that then. So the 2nd best time is now.

If you live in Europe, especially Western Europe, and only read one thing today, it should be this.

Un petit com perso féministe là-dessus : si Garance était un homme, aucun journaliste n’oublierait de le nommer aux côtés de César qui révèle son identité. L’homme journaliste serait même présenté comme le « deuxième héros » de l’histoire. *Bizarrement* quand le taf vient d’une femme, on la zappe ?

"Let's remind everyone that journalist who recorded Cesar's confessions is a French journalist, Garance Le Caisne. It's an admirable piece of work that should be recognised for its true worth and not rendered invisible. Work like it requires you to take a lot on yourself, away from the spotlight."

The Russian we should fear the most is not Putin, it's Ayn Rand. Though being very worried about Putin is still good policy.

This is very much worth your time, moreso if you're the type to write about booze and hijabs. www.levantine.press/p/deep-state

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

Senator Kelly's rather masterful discombobulation of Tulsi Gabbard was much more revealing of who and what she is than a few non-answers on Snowden. (h/t @juliehaviland2.bsky.social) m.youtube.com/watch?v=1AIo...

Great to speak to @bylinepodcast.bsky.social about latest Democracy for Sale story, the frankly incredible tale of how a London law firm broke no rules when it worked for Wagner Group's founder Yevgeny Prigozhin to Slapp investigative journalist @eliothiggins.bsky.social

My latest in @timep.bsky.social “Truth in Transition: Disinformation in Post-Assad Syria” “Disinformation fuels fear and division in Syria’s new political landscape, eroding trust and blocking the path to a peaceful political transition.”

An oldie but goodie on the silence of #GazaGenocide‌ activists during the Assad regime's destruction of Yarmouk. This was written in 2015. www.thetower.org/article/yarm...

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

@cnn.com, the channel that brought you "whoops, the prisoner was an air force intelligence officer in the Assad regime" would like to inform you that "remarkable proposal" is the Trump-era euphemism for ethnic cleansing. edition.cnn.com/2025/01/25/p...

It takes until a Palestinian politician quoted in the 20th paragraph of this story before this "remarkable proposal" is accurately described as ethnic cleansing

This man deserves your support.

You don’t get it, he’s just neurodivergent, AfD is his emotional support group

Pour les Francophones, traduction du thread de @abdalhadealani.bsky.social (threadreaderapp.com/thread/18829...) par @cedricmas.bsky.social

(1/20) Dr. Yasser Abdulmajid from Douma says Syrian & Russian officials forced him to deny a 2018 chemical attack. This thread reveals how fear and coercion shaped his false testimony—and how he’s now speaking out.

Ça remonte à l'année dernière, et elles ont été décrochées(www.bz-berlin.de/brandenburg/...), mais il n'en demeure...

A fascinating tale of what happens when fear, stupidity and dictatorial mouthpiece standards of fact-checking intersect with reality, by @abdalhadealani.bsky.social threadreaderapp.com/thread/18829...

The state of the world is pretty grim lately but check out this graph showing that throughout human history until recently, half of the people die before reaching the age of 15. Not even the convicted felon Donald Trump can take us back there. ourworldindata.org/child-mortal...

Et si on commençait quelque chose de bien ? Demandons la levée des sanctions économiques quia frappaient la Syrie d'Assad et qui continuent à s'appliquer au peuple syrien malgré sa libération. (Cela peut tout changer et au pire, on sera toujours à temps de les rétablir si cela tourne mal)

On a wall of one of Assad's torture dungeons, a prisoner wrote: "The Syrian Red Crescent brought me here!" The Red Crescent was an extention of Assad's terror apparatus. #Syria

Many people cited Musk's visit to Auschwitz a year ago as proof he's opposed to antisemitism. Here's an account of someone who was there with him: "Elon did not care.... He was utterly detached. He cared about how he looked."

Here, have an interesting read... www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....