cc @joelhs.bsky.social and @yairwallach.bsky.social

So, what do folks recommend as a book that discusses the history of Zionism, with a particular interest in understanding different strands within the movement and change over time?

Really looking for a one volume primer for the uninitiated.

So, what do folks recommend as a book that discusses the history of Zionism, with a particular interest in understanding different strands within the movement and change over time?

Really looking for a one volume primer for the uninitiated.

George Washington was a cuck, I guess.

historyofvaccines.org/blog/washing...

everyone with real American manliness and a basic knowledge of military history knows that serious war efforts have never been derailed by such trifling matters as "communicable diseases"

Illustrating once again the extent to which the Venezuela raid emboldened Trump to engage in further military adventurism.

Spain, Slovenia, Ireland ask EU to suspend Association Agreement with Israel * * *

Spain, Slovenia and Ireland have asked the EU to discuss the suspension of its association treaty with Israel, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said on Tuesday ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg

www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Why America is falling out of love with Israel Public opinion and elite sentiment has turned decisively against Netanyahu

"There should be no mystery why younger Americans are as pro-Palestinian today as their forebears were once pro-Israeli. Rabin staked his life on peace. What will posterity say of Netanyahu?" My column on why America is falling out of love with Israel. www.ft.com/content/353e...

Opinion | ‘I am a Democrat’: Will Pennsylvania turn on John Fetterman? Pennsylvania senator bets his career on an independent streak and working with Republicans.

The difference between Fetterman and Manchin is that the Dems really needed Manchin. There was no one else who was going to hold a blue seat in West Virginia. He was worth the heartache.

Fetterman? He's more trouble than he's worth.

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Erdogan promises tighter gun controls after deadly Turkey school attacks Turkey will tighten gun-ownership rules ​and increase penalties for ‌owners whose children find the firearms, President Tayyip ​Erdogan said on ​Monday after last week's ⁠rare, deadly school ​shooting...

This is long overdue. Legal gun ownership is high in Turkey. Illegal gun ownership is very high. Getting it under control would make everyone safer.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Personally, my regular use of the block function ensures that I am under the illusion that no one on this website is out to get me.

I repeat:

Take away his phone

The fact that every major police union endorsed Donald Trump is under appreciated in our political discourse.

This is me on a whole series of questions regarding Israel/Palestine.

The more we talk about actual costs and the less we talk about discursive frames or whatnot, the better.

It's funny how many completely normal people (including myself), get so excited about this particular aircraft.

He spreads hate online — and fans pay him hundreds of thousands of dollars The far-right influencer Nick Fuentes has pocketed roughly $900,000 from “fanatical” donors since the start of 2025. Some superfans see him as part of their families.

It pays to be an online Nazi, I guess.

Gift link

wapo.st/4mERkhv

two things can be true and I'm tired of having to remind y'all of that

Congress thinks my college is failing on antisemitism. My Jewish students disagree A new House report on campus antisemitism seems to have involved minimal engagement with actual Jews at actual universities

I wrote about what it means that the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce released a report on campus antisemitism focused on my college, and yet they never bothered to speak to me, the one full-time Jewish Studies professor at that college. forward.com/opinion/8197...

A little strange that torturing a statue of Jesus generates more outrage than killing men, women, and children, but what do I know?

This specific war is illegal and immoral, but "seizing enemy commerce" is actually a pretty standard part of how wars have worked since approximately forever, and is well-covered by international law.

The number of folks willing to drop in on a respected scholar of genocide to shout "Genocide!," while clearly not listening to the posted interview is wild.

A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza.

A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

My occasional reminder that academia is as much chance as it is meritocracy.

I think most of my tenured colleagues are smart, hardworking, and creative.

But we should all remember that lots of others, equally smart, equally hardworking, equally creative, never got a chance at the brass ring.

Swashbuckler - Etymology, Origin & Meaning "blustering, swaggering fighting man;" earlier simply swash, 1540s, from swash (n.) in… See origin and meaning of swashbuckler.

The etymology is fantastic, but the actual usage doesn't start until the late nineteenth century, which is strange.

www.etymonline.com/word/swashbu...

And my wife thought I was wasting time with those Aubrey-Maturin novels!

Bailout. Of the UAE. WTF.

From The Google:

"As of early 2026, the UAE's state-owned investors manage approximately $2.93 trillion in assets, ranking as the world's fourth-largest holder of state wealth."

Everything Is Changing Fast: A Brisk Tour Through Shifting Views In this chaotic, transformative period, a lot of realities are changing in a lot of ways, and public opinion is often either changing with it or leading the change. We are not who we were even a few y...

A magnificent essay by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social, which every progressive mind should read RIGHT NOW.

I mean it: NOW!

This is me on a whole series of questions regarding Israel/Palestine.

The more we talk about actual costs and the less we talk about discursive frames or whatnot, the better.

Elise Stefanik Goes Woke The crusading politician’s book about higher ed embodies everything she says she’s against.

On Elise Stefanik:

"This is what makes Poisoned Ivies particularly fascinating: It isn’t a book argued, for the most part, in the paranoid style. It is, instead, an exemplary instance of the woke style’s spread to the American right."

www.chronicle.com/article/elis...

Well, the next target was the CHP mayor of the small Eşme municipality in Uşak.

Meanwhile, there's an investigation against the popular Ankara mayor
medyascope.tv/2026/04/20/e...