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"According to Bosnian documents, he is a traitor. According to Turkish documents, he is a spy. According to American documents, he is an alien. According to them all, he is to be put in no position to help others or himself." Ena Selimović: Airborne Illustration: gray and black embroidery of B-2 bomber patent drawings on a blue background

We're immensely proud to share with you "Airborne," a new story by @enaselimo.bsky.social:
www.womenwritethebalkans.com/essays/airbo...

the perfect candidate? 🤔

Which genocidal racist is set to win the Nobel Prize in Literature this year?

German Redemption Theology Jerusalem, 18 March 2008.

That's the narrative they tell themselves but it falls apart pretty quickly

Merkel: "Germany’s special historical responsibility for Israel’s security [...] is part of my country’s Staatsräson"

Scholz: "Israel’s security is part of Germany’s raison d’état"

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

Pynchon's Balkans

Pynchon's Balkans

His work, his marveling at the world, really stems from being a village boy and growing up without telephones and movies.

The whole film is worth a watch!

Wait for the sudden change at the end, his roots vs. his wings:

despite his image as a globetrotter, he always goes back to his village

Werner Herzog at Oktoberfest

you vs the guy she told you not to worry about

you vs the guy she told you not to worry about

Germany is fully committed to the genocide.

The Bomb on Time: To Gaza, by Way of Cologne – the Diasporist In early August, Germany announced a freeze on weapons exports to Israel that could be used in the campaign in Gaza. But in the weeks since, hundreds of shipments bound to the Israeli F-35 fighter jet...

Exclusive: In early August, Germany announced a freeze on weapons exports to Israel that could be used in Gaza. But in the weeks since, hundreds of shipments bound to the Israeli F-35 fighter jet airbase have been shipped through Cologne. By @yossibartal.bsky.social

thediasporist.de/the-bomb-on-...

Die "German Redemption Theology" (@a-d-n.bsky.social) muss unter allen Umständen erhalten bleiben, sonst funktioniert die Schuldabwehr nicht mehr. Ich schätze, sie werden es auf "ein paar extrem rechte Akteure" schieben und den Rest weiterhin als alles prima ansehen.

www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Performatively reading Schattenfroh in German

Love this.

Adorno & Horkheimer on the stupidity of cleverness

"Scholars for Truth about Genocide" sounds exactly like crackpot denialism of the Bosnian genocide sounded like.

I did write that exact line on Tw*tt*r and considered including it here. One year ago, it felt a bit too much. Today, I would include it.
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Adorno is aging like fine wine!

I have polemicized that Habermas' life project was to cannibalize and aryanize the legacy of radical German Jewish thought. It's time to reclaim Adorno!

blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...

An essay I’ve written that reflects on Adorno‘s famous „Education after Auschwitz“ today, esp for Germans. blnreview.de/en/ausgaben/...

On Habeck ...

"Much- lauded as ‘the speech of the year’ in the German public, he threatened ‘Muslims living here’ that ‘they must clearly distance themselves from antisemitism so as not to undermine their own right to tolerance’."

"In a new study of Habermas, he is quoted as saying that, at present, everything to which he dedicated his life is being lost ‘step by step’. He himself is leading the way for this loss.The story of Habermas is the story of ...

Yup. I don't do hot takes. The essay is meant to be read for years to come.