That Alabama elected official is putting “big” back in bigotry.

i think it would be a brilliant move if the next general election is turned — as apparently Wes Streeting envisions — into a referendum on rejoining the EU. This might be Labor’s best shot to halt Farage’s ascendancy. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

How dreadful that cynical man has claimed the word reform for his latest foray into political partying. Now all us must say “reform” whenever we refer to the outfit of an authoritarian, allegedly corrupt political hack.

A smart and necessary piece linking the scholarship on rights claiming to AI. For one thing, it reminds us anew that individuals, communities and governments do have power over AI development— and not just OpenAI and co.

“International Relations” egghead talk goes mainstream. The “Thucydides Trap” is one of the more evocative phrases since “mutually assured destruction.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/w...

Part of the genius of the United States is her capacity for renewal, rebirth and, eventually, course correction. In between those episodes of renewal, however, you get leaders like this guy below. He disparages the advocates of renewal b/c they topple his ilk.

This is a very sad story. Its causes are plain to nearly all in academia: little or no recognition for yrs of work, constant competition for jobs, grants and awards, near constant rejection in publishing endeavors, and how academic celebrity can catapult you ahead of all of those woes.

I'm happy to announce my book "Counterrevolution in Egypt: Sisi's New Republic" is now available for pre-order!

If you haven’t read it, definitely get it. 🤩 Love the way threads of different disciplines are woven together. I’m only part of the way in and have teared up, laughed out loud, and made a sizeable list of next reads based on references. 👏Amazing! Thank you @chanda.blacksky.app! 🪐 ⚛️ 🤯 #booksky

Support and love to my former colleague. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/w...

#TheHormuzTax. When they go high, them prices, we go low.

Democrats should call it the Hormuz Tax, the blanket increase in prices. And compare the situation now to 2012 when Iran threatened to close the “straits” but a competent White House averted that. Leon Panetta, then Def Sec, documents this in detail on his book Worthy Fights.

Point # 2 is indeed crucial and is perhaps the more difficult task going forward. For decades the Court and its Nine have been mythologized, even by their detractors. ” Literally,” as Tucker Carlson might put it.

For embattled Patel, this won’t end well. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Excellent, and overdue. Now the turn of other presidential hopefuls to serve fresh and necessary laws. ”Dynamic pricing“ is among capitalism’s most insidious inventions.

petrodollar hubris + presuming permanence in what is changeable + disrespecting geography = >> www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...

Orban's system was rigged to give plurality winners with widespread support in the countryside super-majorities in the parliament - so Peter Magyar generated widespread support in the countryside and has been rewarded with 69% of the parliamentary seats. Now he can undo Orban's constitution!

Viva pastorala!

Droned out!

The Vanity Fair article in July 2008 reporting, among other things, that Bill Clinton continued to associate with Epstein’s despite the latter’s known criminal record. archive.vanityfair.com/article/2008...

Western Washington is currently experiencing record flooding from a series of strong atmospheric rivers. 12 rivers are at major flood stage. 100,000 people await evacuation orders. Will some places see less severe climate impacts than others? Yes. Does anywhere promise safe haven? Absolutely not.

Rep. Jacob Rosecrants is in touch with State Rep. Jared Deck (Norman) and Rep. Tom Cole (Repub). The office of U.S. Sen. James Lankford (Repub) has been made aware. They can't find Dr. Abedini's location. Important for several reasons including filing habeas corpus docs. URL: x.com/jacobrosecra...

The click-bait scourge is more and more rampant among NYT headline editors — a cheapening of a great legacy.

Having contrarian views as part of the marketplace of ideas is good and healthy for society. Brandishing contrarianism as your brand or shtick as a writer is childish, or dangerous. Looking at you two NYT conservative columnists.

Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.

Maryland court orders temporary suspension of (illegal) annual asylum fees, enacted in July 2025 legislation. www.uscis.gov/newsroom/ale...

يلحُّ علَيّ منذ أسابيع العنوان الآسر -- التراجيدي -- لرواية يوسف السباعي التي عرفنا كمسلسل إذاعي وفيلم ثم كمسلسل تليفزيوني: نحن لا نزرع الشوك. صحيح أن الرواية تصطبغ بطابع ميلودرامي، ولكنها تلقي أيضا أسئلة سرمدية تذكرني بتلك التي طرحها سٍفر أيوب في الإنجيل.

In this article Cheney comes across as a tragic, paranoid figure. He did the decidedly non-Conservative thing (think Edmund Burke) of believing in and enacting a history-correcting vision, one in which the enlargement of presidential authority necessary, good and urgent. by @maxboot.bsky.social

💚 to books and book authors. 💚

مزاح سيفهمه المصريون هنا: هل يعرف ممداني سعر ذكر البط؟

The 2024 presidential election and NYC mayoral election yesterday are perhaps the first contests in U.S. history when stances on Palestine have electoral consequences. K Harris didn’t get that. Mamdani proves it.

Meanwhile, Tsurkov speaks. She recounts tales of captivity and horror, but also of resilience and the irrepressible will to life. May you heal fast in your حرية. Much love to you, Elizabeth! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...

Must say that ever since Roger Cohen moved from his position as foreign affairs columnist to head NYT's Paris bureau, his voice of thoughtful commentary (and lyrical prose) on int'l affairs has been very much missed. #MakeCohenColumnistAgain!

Call it Pax Femina! theconversationglobal.cmail20.com/t/r-e-tktish...

Senseless violence, then this father rushes in, with selfless courage! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Dubai’s malls really flatten hierarchies. In them, lay schmucks like me and you can run into celebrity gangsters. 🤌 www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

An estimated 1,500-2,000 killed in El-Fasher in 3 days. “Among those killed, according to the World Health Organization, are more than 460 people systematically slaughtered at el-Fasher’s Saudi Maternity Hospital.” www.commondreams.org/news/sudan-a...

i have nothing but respect for Mr Landler’s work, but the framing of the piece here seems off. If it’s accountability, it’s almost too late to count. The move seems motivated more by damage control to the institution of monarchy, as several Guardian columnists have noted.

On Congress’s self-inflicted ”cease and dissolve.” Remarkable!

#Sudan: RSF drone strikes kill seven . . . "At least five people have died due to drone strikes in the northern Sudanese city of Al-Dabbah on October 14th" @martinrjay.bsky.social READ: maghrebi.org?sdm_process_...

The book is here! This morning the UPS delivered fresh off the press my second monograph, People Without History Are Dust: Queer Desire in the Holocaust, published by @uoftpress.bsky.social translated by @williamrossjones.bsky.social and with a foreword by @jennifervevans.bsky.social

Inspiring words from my dear friend Hesham Sallam @wazirelkif.bsky.social youtu.be/mDC7O2TO7s4

The moral arc is long but it bends, sometimes, toward whiteness. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/u...

Let me paraphrase a sentiment A O Scott, the former NYT movie critic, once expressed about inspector Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther movies. Bret Stephens is always wrong, and when he is right, he is right f or the wrong reasons. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...

Fascinating article from 1941, by the great Dorothy Thompson. harpers.org/archive/1941...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbpG... "اتجمعوا العشاق في سجن القلعة. اتجمعوا العشاق في باب الخلق. ... مين اللي يقدر ساعة يحبس مصر."

Turned out, improbably, there is more room for further escalation: Netanyahu suggests regime change in Iran is the purpose of ongoing hostilities. This might alienate even those Iranians in the regime-critics camp.

Reminder for our upcoming workshop "War and the Anthropocene" with @dirkmoses.bsky.social Friday, May 30th, @ Central European University 9.00-17.00: Room D-002 Pre-Register here: events.ceu.edu/2025-05-30/o...