Unless you read Haaretz, it was not that well covered (why, with so many other wars going on) so if one chose not to pay attention it was easy to not pay attention. So yes, people knew but could also pretend to not know. Now this is becoming much harder

Israeli mainstream media starts waking up—unforgivably slowly and way too late—to the horrors of Israeli state-backed vigilante violence and terror in the West Bank. Main page of Israel's largest online paper: "It looks like blue-white ethnic cleansing"

Thanks!

Extraordinary indeed. Where is this from?

Yes, of course. Walt knows how to write well, thought not necessarily how to write things which are correct.

Mr. President, I asked for one that is bad, not one that is wrong. There is a difference, you know

One, just one! That's the only thing I am asking for (for now)

Social sciences/history hive mind, I need help. I am teaching a graduate research methods class and need examples of a really *bad* book/article/chapter in terms of writing, clarity, style, jargon etc. Ideally relatively recent. If you would rather not name and shame here, please DM me. Thanks!

Sure, but the baggage of empire goes way beyond nostalgia/repression

Which is also why the task was so much harder for Russian democrats. Whereas everywhere else (including, quite explicitly, in Ukraine), democrats could make a case against autocracy because they want to be/are Europeans and not Russians, Russian democrats could not make this argument by definition.

Looks like the whole world needs him, though some more desperately than others

Thanks!

Let's be realistic.

Yes, I remember

Will look it up

I am sure he can multitask

Thanks! Just one or two would suffice

With that and the Iran talks JD Vance builds himself quite an inspired reputation. Can someone send him to meet Bibi ASAP, please please please

Social sciences/history hive mind, I need help. I am teaching a graduate research methods class and need examples of a really *bad* book/article/chapter in terms of writing, clarity, style, jargon etc. Ideally relatively recent. If you would rather not name and shame here, please DM me. Thanks!

It's 2026 so nothing is beyond parody

It's a day that ends in "y" so we are once again doing something dramatic and grandiose but what exactly it is that we are doing and why are we doing it no one has a clue.

Well, maybe the developers will pleasantly surprise us, who knows. Crazier things have happened, though I am at pains to think of any

I meant “don’t need”, sorry

But you need to be a professor for that, just to be competent at what you do.

Of course. Though we still don’t know what exactly they’re negotiating over.

Apologies for the contrarian take, but having survived my fair share of faculty meetings, at tough negotiations I would rather have my side represented by real estate developers than PhDs. Lack of diplomats is a huge issue, though

Were they open to begin with?

Also super legitimate and very misunderstanding

It's not a war, don't call it a war. It is just a legitimate Epic Misunderstanding

Oh, OK, that makes total sense and explains everything. A legitimate misunderstanding. And now what?