Zalman Newfield is an excellent reader and generous interviewer; it was great to be interviewed by him, alongside Harriet Murav, about “In the Shadow of the Holocaust” @stanfordpress.bsky.social for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Listen here or on your podcast app newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-shado...

Oh dear god. On the other hand, it’s going to be awesome demolishing this monstrosity eventually.

Bari Weiss be Bari-Weissing.

Aria Fani support letter -- UWJA -- April 14 University of Washington Jewish Alliance Letter of support for Professor Aria Fani https://bit.ly/AriaFaniSupportUWJA2026 April 14, 2026 Dear President Robert Jones, Members of the Board of Regents...

Today, we put out this letter in support of our colleague Aria Fani, who was removed from his position as Director of the Middle East Center at the University of Washington last month. We = UW Jewish Alliance, a member of the National Campus Jewish Alliance. Please share. bit.ly/AriaFaniSupp...

Removed Jackson School Middle East Center director speaks out Removed Jackson School Middle East Center director speaks out

ICYMI: my friend and colleague Aria Fani was removed from his position directing the Middle East Center at UW a couple of weeks ago. Aria has been speaking and commenting a lot, so I’ll share some of the coverage that centers his voice. www.dailyuw.com/article/remo... @thedailyuw.bsky.social

Fascism is not inevitable.

holy shit he actually conceded

folks, they tell you they’re invincible

they tell you they’re inevitable

they tell you that you should give up and stop fighting

and absolutely none of that is true

Fuck yes! Orban out. One fascist down. Bibi, Putin, Trump next, please. www.bbc.com/news/live/c2...

Fuck that fucking fascist. Netanyahu, Putin, Trump next.

Fingers crossed that Orban, a key fascist ally of other fascists—Putin, Netanyahu, Trump—goes down in Hungary after today’s elections. 🤞

🤞 🇭🇺

#LiteraryTranslator Tiffany Tsao's UW Translation Residency is happening this week! Not to be missed:
1️⃣ 4/14 public lecture at UW
2️⃣ 4/15 literary translation masterclass at Seattle Central
3️⃣ 4/15 talk at Elliott Bay
4️⃣ 4/16 reception + Q&A at Folio
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Well, that’s quite something!

Genocide Joe, Genocide Don. I know they are not the same, these two, but there’s a continuum.

So what the fuck did we live through yesterday? (By we I mean “U.S. Americans”; I can’t even possibly begin to think about Iranians in Iran or, for that matter, anybody else living in Genocide Don’s world but not ruled directly by him.)

No fucking way.

Disinvite Trump from the White House Correspondents Dinner. Or cancel it. The alternative is the news media partying with a war criminal whose goal is to crush the free press.

Israeli Military Says It Regrets Damage to Iran Synagogue From Airstrike (Wall Street Journal headline)

I mean, not the biggest issue of the day today given our raving lunatic in chief’s genocidal threat but: what the fuck. Israel destroyed a synagogue in Tehran in a strike.

Announcing some war crimes in advance, with sick intent.

So long, Pam “Epstein Files” Bondi! May justice catch up with you for obstruction of justice when there’s more justice under the law in better times.

… At 9 p.m. at the start of #Passover, which is a chag, and those very people will be offline and not using technology. Could those supporters of his realize finally now that he is a fucking antisemite, in addition to everything else? 2/2

So let’s get me straight: the largest concentration of Jewish supporters of Trump’s war on Iran is among the Orthodox Jews (according to polling a lot of people shared a few days ago). And he chooses to address the country on live TV when? …1/2

Well, that’s just great. What could possibly go wrong with asking for lists of Jews.

Trump admin subpoenas Univ. of Pennsylvania to get list of Jews on campus | CNN CNN’s Danny Freeman reports on concerns over the Trump admin’s demand for lists and personal details of members of the Jewish community at the Univ. of Pennsylvania

Nothing says "I care so much about fighting antisemitism" like going to court to get lists of Jews: www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/u...

Oh no not this ghoul again

Ah, our very own American concentration camps!

No shit!

Screenshot from the Atlantic covering yesterday’s protest, showing a woman dressed as lady liberty being arrested. The caption reads Etienne Laurent / AFP / Getty LAPD officers arrest a protester dressed as Lady Liberty in chains, following clashes near the Metropolitan Detention Center during the "No Kings" national day of protest in Los Angeles on March 28, 2026.

Her grin knowing how this arrest looks

(Published in The Atlantic today)

I totally read “crown prince” as “clown prince” when scanning a headline about Pahlavi giving a talk at CPAC.

And “No War for Oil” was the first-ever political sign that R. was able to read on his own. He had questions. #NoKings