She’s magnificent

‘Debate’ is another one of those very commonly used words everybody thinks they have the same definition for, and clearly, they do not.

a thing i simply cannot get over, as The Media collapses for i think the 5th time in my adult life, is what the fuck business the people who own these publications think they are in. shouldn’t the point be to just make enough money making the articles to make more articles

Would you? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

"The task of imams in the US is markedly different: to guide their congregants through civic life in a country whose dominant culture is secularizing, pluralistic, and systematically Islamophobic." Excellent piece by @aidaalami.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Man. What do we do against this.

A (rare) thread on arts funding: Friends know that I’m proud to serve on the board of @hiartsnyc.bsky.social, a NYC nonprofit, led by Aaron L. McKinney, that empowers artists of the global majority to develop new work while creating a lasting impact on their communities. (1/10)

“The U.S. is no longer a reliable country.” Sounds about right. French economist Thomas Piketty in his column for @lemonde-en.bsky.social

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

If this story didn't have today's date, I would've thought it was a Depression-era headline.

The world we've built is not adapted to the world we've created

Chuck Schumer right now:

Depressing reminder. Related: 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and cannot read above a fifth-grade level literacyproj.org

It's worth noting that at present, 17 European countries, as well as Canada and Israel, regard Holocaust denial as a crime.

Vox published this reported essay I wrote on my first immigration visa a little over six years ago. I still meet people who refer to it and share it because there are so few resources (not written by law firms) which explain how hard the system is to navigate: www.vox.com/the-goods/20...

I’ve been trying to capture what I feel looking back with sadness, despondency, frustration, and fury at the country I left (and which left me), and this is what came out. Thanks @lindseytramuta.bsky.social for publishing it :) open.substack.com/pub/lindseyt...

@tripfiction.bsky.social A heads up to a new book coming out from @lindseytramuta.bsky.social 😋

“By self-deporting, I ended my American life to save what remained of my actual life.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/o...

excuse me while I let the fame go to my head 👩‍🍳 bonjour.lindseytramuta.com/p/five-paris... via @lindseytramuta.bsky.social

Aux États-Unis, @berniesanders.bsky.social en tournée pour organiser la résistance. Face aux milliardaires qui se sont emparés du pouvoir outre-Atlantique, l’icône de la gauche a pour ambition de monter une armée de gens ordinaires. @mediapart.fr www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Straight out of @theonion.com. Unbelievable.

Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

Where are the Democrats? Geolocationally and morally? the.ink/p/where-are-...

I’m happy to see Macron making statements urging for European strength and unity in the face of Trump but will the other EU countries have the courage this moment requires ?

trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting

Keep a journal - a pen and paper one. Just one or two lines a day. Reality is warping. You need to remember.

one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity.

“Democracy does not die in darkness. It degrades through deal-making — a procession of pragmatic transactions between those who have power and those who want it or fear it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...

remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity

“You can’t busy yourself out of boredom or amuse yourself out of it. Neither work nor constant entertainment provides a solution… The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational. We cannot escape our own mind; it follows us wherever we go.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...

“If I do any more mindful, radical self-care, I am going to exfoliate myself into not existing.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...

She’s magnificent. #NotreDame

after years of hearing conservatives describe basic political equality as "mob rule," i am darkly amused that this country is being subjected to literal mob rule by deranged reactionaries

People often ask about moving to Paris, so I invited @lindseytramuta.bsky.social to stop by for a chat about the ins and outs of moving abroad! #podcast

It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.

Writers! 🚨🇫🇷🍫🍷✍️🚨 @glynnismacnicol.bsky.social & Susanna Schrobsdorff are running a weeklong workshop in Paris. Early bird special! Get in there: www.thebluehourparis.com?utm_source=s...

Trump at the Notre Dame reopening ceremony is bad enough but Musk showing up as if he’s a legitimate world leader is too much to bear. What a nauseating spectacle for an otherwise momentous, historic milestone.

With great nausea! TV media that broadcast the ceremony has remained diplomatic but I hope that will change once he takes office.

Good explainer 👇

hey remember that very small window where the U.S. government briefly cared about antitrust reform before immediately shifting right back to letting consolidated corporate power dictate the entirety of government policy? good times

I could listen to @ayanaeliza.bsky.social speak for hours, even when the topic doesn’t instill heaps of optimism. Can’t wait to read her book podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/t...

Yep, either we change or climate forces us to. I do think we need to make decarbonisation seem less punitive though. “Eat less meat and fly less” isn’t as inspiring as “work less for higher pay and spend more time with your children.”

Climate capitalism will only get worse so long as decisions are being made by leaders and corporations without a conscience. Never stops being depressing.

Paris ring road reduces speed limit to 50kph, research proves it's a success. Of course, the unhinged rightwingers who predicted chaos and disaster were wrong again and the environmentalists were right. Less traffic, less noise, less pollution. www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-i...

The content I live for (merci @elledeejo.bsky.social )

Finally!

“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.” @roxanegay.bsky.social [This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]

Off to a great start, I hope you’ll join in on the conversation! substack.com/@lindseytram...

A crucial read.