Stephen Shapiro

This.

Unhappily, I'm reading Dipesh Chakrabarty's The Climate of History in a Planetary Age. The judo moves he makes to let capital off the hook for global heating are something to behold.

Just an average #edinburgh night

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In Boston, a klezmer musician is plotting a Jewish musical revolution The Klezmer is coming: A revolution in new Jewish music has arrived in Boston and everybody is invited.

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#edinburgh's so-called "pubic triangle" where one street splays into three and has several pole dancing clubs.

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Flip the phone: Columbia’s new Luddite chapter calls on students to turn off smartphones and dial up human connection “Halt! 5 hours of screen time is too much…” reads a mysterious pamphlet spread across Columbia’s campus.

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Texas school district yanks YA Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ after using AI to detect ‘DEI content’ - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The 1988 novel by Jewish author Jane Yolen is about a young Jewish American girl who travels back in time to World War II-era Poland and is sent to a Nazi death camp.

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‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

As the behavior of America's president becomes increasingly unhinged, the world is questioning whether Trump is insane: From reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences, Trump seems to be losing touch with reality. shorturl.at/q6hUe

If Starmer was actually concerned about antisemitism, he would immediately remove all UK govt communication from Twitter, now a chief nazi speech site.

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rhetorical questions

nothing says Ivy League more than squeezing the disempowered
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Americans! look in the mirror
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Austrian and comedy aren't words normally paired, but Peacock (2024) is a deft satire of the wealthy, influencer culture, and the emptiness of aspiration.

Albrecht Schuch, who had a great turn in Berlin Alexanderplatz, turns in a stunner.

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Resisted the plague duckie purchase

After 20 years here finally got round to this, despite working on plague fictions

Austrian and comedy aren't words normally paired, but Peacock (2024) is a deft satire of the wealthy, influencer culture, and the emptiness of aspiration.

Albrecht Schuch, who had a great turn in Berlin Alexanderplatz, turns in a stunner.

www.faz.net/aktuell/poli...

In Boston, a klezmer musician is plotting a Jewish musical revolution The Klezmer is coming: A revolution in new Jewish music has arrived in Boston and everybody is invited.

forward.com/culture/7732...

Americans! look in the mirror
www.lemonde.fr/livres/artic...

Flip the phone: Columbia’s new Luddite chapter calls on students to turn off smartphones and dial up human connection “Halt! 5 hours of screen time is too much…” reads a mysterious pamphlet spread across Columbia’s campus.

www.columbiaspectator.com/arts-and-cul...

Texas school district yanks YA Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ after using AI to detect ‘DEI content’ - Jewish Telegraphic Agency The 1988 novel by Jewish author Jane Yolen is about a young Jewish American girl who travels back in time to World War II-era Poland and is sent to a Nazi death camp.

www.jta.org/2025/10/03/u...

Hungary: Banned Pride march draws thousands – DW – 10/05/2025 The rally in the city of Pecs defied a police ban under a law passed this year by Viktor Orban's right-wing government that prohibits LGBTQ+ demonstrations.

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If you're not publicly supporting LGBT+ and trans dignity, then fix your heart.

Resisted the plague duckie purchase