"--today we see that there are many western states and also some Arab states who are actively sustaining what Israel is doing. If Palestine was a crime scene today, it would show the fingerprints of all of us." Middle East Eye on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXIT...
Pencil drawing of Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur, speaking into a microphone in a YouTube interview
Francesca Albanese, pencil drawing: "Many Israelis I've engaged with keep on asking why--why there are no sanctions. Because of political alliances--but also because I do think many people have not understood how deeply entrenched we all are with Israeli crimes. And not only Israeli crimes-
“Israeli soldiers serving in Gaza told Haaretz that commanders have ordered troops to shoot at unarmed crowds near humanitarian aid distribution sites to drive them away or disperse them, even when it was clear they posed no threat.” www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
"and they make us sound as if we know what we’re doing. We know grammar, we know prose, but actually we’re all just struggling in the dark, really."
"Nicholson Baker Navigates the Buffet," by Jared Levy, September 16, 2013.
I talked to Jared Levy for Interview Magazine in 2013: "There’s something paralyzing about being a writer that you have to escape. I don’t want to think of myself as a guy who’s written a bunch of books. The 26 letters distance us from our own hesitations--" www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/nich...
"Askold Melnyczuk tongues the tooth of that which can’t be said" ninamaclaughlin.substack.com/p/harvard-bo...
Thanks for reading - whatever it was!
drawing of antiwar activist Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin, antiwar activist, voice of reason, co-founder of Code Pink. #portraitart #art
Medea Benjamin: "This is not about nuclear weapons. It’s about regime change. U.S. efforts to overthrow governments—from Iraq to Afghanistan to Libya—have brought nothing but devastation. Regime change fantasies ignore the sovereignty of nations and substitute military might for political solutions. Iran is a complex, populous country with a proud history of resisting foreign domination. Trying to overthrow its government would almost certainly plunge the region into deeper turmoil, with massive civilian suffering and global consequences."
Medea Benjamin on Substack medeabenjamin.substack.com/p/trumps-war...
What charming drawings, bringing Redditors to life. And if this catches your attention, please read one of Mr. Baker’s books. He’s an absolutely brilliant writer.
Gosh thank you very much mercurywoodrose! Lucky to have you as a reader!
"--to flatten, uproot, kill, starve, seize control and even establish Jewish settlements there. And thus, long before March 18, the entire Gaza Strip – cities and towns, residential neighborhoods, refugee camps, tilled fields, orchards – had become a wasteland over which death hovered constantly."
"This war had goals other than military victory," writes Israeli scholar Ilana Hammerman in Haaretz. "Increasingly, it was waged in the spirit of the calls from senior politicians, ministers and Knesset members, as well as generals, to destroy Gaza – www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025... (paywall)
"Live. Laugh. Lock Him Up!!" East Haddam, Connecticut, #NoKings yesterday
pencil drawing of a braided woman with her hand draped across her face
Drawing of a woman on Reddit. #redditgetsdrawn #portraitart #art
Thank you for reading The F! Collier was just a name that sounded right. I haven’t seen the movie or read the book but I will. Best regards Nick B
A close up of Jupiter and its swirling storms and atmosphere in many colors - white, blue, orange, brown.
the details and beauty of jupiter ☁️
man in a knit hat, ballpoint pen
#redditgetsdrawn #art
Keiran Brennan Hinton, Office (oil on linen) (2022)
happy couple on Reddit.
#redditgetsdrawn #art
woman with cat on #redditgetsdrawn.
#art
“From 1964-1973, more than two million tons of ordnance were dropped on Laos. The intensity and scale of this bombing was equal to one planeload of bombs every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years.” www.halotrust.org/where-we-wor...
#gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
“The US has delivered 90,000 tons of bombs, guns, and other military equipment to Israel since October 7, 2023, to support the genocidal war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to numbers from the Israeli Defense Ministry.” news.antiwar.com/2025/05/27/u...
Honored to have a place on your shelf—thank you, Christian!
A big thank you to you and Katherine Denison!
Thank you Ted—I’m really glad the book caught you!
