A story about the great Rob Reiner. I grew up adjacent to but a world away from Hollywood. But for a brief period of time in the early 1970s Rob Reiner and Penny Marshall lived in a rather modest home just a few blocks away from where I grew up in North Hollywood. Years later, I met him, and…

If you have a bank account in your country or use U.S. technology, as most of us do, this will 100% affect you and your loved ones now and well into the foreseeable future. And this is why #Digitalsovereignty should be a goal for every democratic government if they are serious about freedom.

Two immediate takeaways: 1) yes, the level of repression at Columbia is extraordinary, and these stories are only the tip of the iceberg; and 2) we are blessed to have students such as the journalists who are covering this and those who continue to organize www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/12...

Very excited and honored to be returning to the Göteborg Film Festival next month; it's a very special gathering. goteborgfilmfestival.se/en/james-sch...

AP reports that nearly 100 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since the war began, amid widespread torture and medical neglect documented across multiple facilities. A former guard at Sde Teiman says prisoners were routinely chained, beaten, and left to die in the yard.🧵

Former president of UVA talks about the process of his forced resignation. The DOJ, governor youngkin, and everyone who colluded with them sound like thugs. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Seriously, what is wrong with these people?

NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway

People fucking hate this guy. They fucking hate ICE. They fucking hate how much power he has. He is at 63% overall disapproval to 37% approval. That's lower than their poll after January 6th. And this poll was done before he started intentionally starving people. I wish our media would reflect this.

TRUMP ADMIN: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PROVIDE ANY DISCOUNT WHATSOEVER TO SNAP RECIPIENTS TO WHOM WE HAVE DENIED FOOD

This puts the current (known) total at more than 7,500 people, which is FAR more than I had thought

Pure, if banal, evil. www.cnet.com/news/politic...

Reality. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Slavery has always been the goal.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

THIS is how you reject a faulty premise. Don’t rush past the facts to argue with a straw man. Remind everyone of the facts first!

It’s real playbill.com/article/ang-...

Why Genocide Enablers Like Bret Stephens Frighten Jews Like Me

Why Genocide Enablers Like Bret Stephens Frighten Jews Like Me

So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

Israeli Soldiers Torched Food, Homes, and a Critical Sewage Treatment Plant in the Wake of Ceasefire Announcement open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

If you're in NYC Sunday afternoon join for the 35th anniversary screening of Raul Ruiz's wonderful The Golden Boat, the first film I ever helped produce. Kathy Acker, Annie Sprinkle, Jim Jarmusch, Kate Valk, Vito Acconci, John Zorn score, and more! www.roxycinemanewyork.com/screenings/t...

This Reuters headline. Oof. Fascism isn't 'coming.' It's HERE. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Read this just for the incredible statement from the NY Times about why having staff writers help wage a pro-Israel "information war" is not a problem for them: Legacy Journalists from NYT, CNN Are Mentors in a Fellowship Founded for Pro-Israel “Information War” open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

Bari Weiss, CBS News, 1965 - New art in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social jewishcurrents.org/bari-weiss-c...

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Two Years of Genocide, Captured on Social Media by Israeli Soldiers Themselves zeteo.com/p/ever-see-o...

The apartments acted alone, pulling the adults and children out of them without anyone’s else’s participation

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

This is what #Trump is calling #Israel stopping their attacks.

Hamas Responds to Trump open.substack.com/pub/mouinrab...

Union says more than two million took to the streets Friday, with massive turnout expected tomorrow for Rome protests.

Zohran Mamdani calling it a genocide on The View and getting applause.

I had no idea of just how insane Tony Blair's alliance with MAGA billionaire Larry Ellison is. Like $350 million insane. www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Newsletter: This is The Case Against Generative AI, a comprehensive analysis of a financial collapse built on myths I’ll dispel, the markets’ unhealthy obsession with NVIDIA's growth, and the fact that there is not enough money in the world to fund OpenAI. www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...

Today.

Is the world going to let them get away with this?

🔗 Read: t.co/TJYRlZYDuW

I've been reading a lot of St. Paul this past month for some reason (a real genius, btw) and for some other reason was prompted today to recall Nietzsche's rather intense appreciation of him.

Read this powerful piece by my mentee Nadera Mushtha who is in Gaza City wearenotnumbers.org/we-counted-t...

RIP the great filmmaker and teacher Jill Godmilow, one of the all-time originals. vimeo.com/jillgodmilow

As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchwork approach that leaves many areas uncovered. (Published May)

Advocacy for mass murder is a now staple mainstream American political position, uttered with impunity and with the knowledge there will be no real accountability for the monstrous depravity it is knowingly encouraging and unleashing.

Past 2 days: —Kirk killed; media falsely says suspect motivated by "trans ideology" —Antisemitic white supremacist shoots up Colorado school —13-year-old found w/ 23 guns & notes idolizing mass shooters —HBCUs, NYU get racist campus threats —Navy cadet shot after hitting cop he thought was a shooter