Just heard this #Newyorker Radio Hour episode interviewing #AdamGopnik who shares a deep dive into the rise of Hitler and parallels with the US politics today. Good to hear some informed analysis and plain talk on that topic.
Glissons-nous enfin dans ce week-end, en commençant par mettre en sourdine le groupe WhatsApp des parents d'élèves, qui vire à l'antichambre de l'enfer en ce moment 😅
Saul Steinberg, illustration pour le New Yorker, 1er juin 1957
This is great stuff. It kind of requires a bit of pop-culture triangulation to ‘get it’, but just go for it and enjoy the art.
[In an alternate universe in which the New Yorker was a Tokyo-based magazine called the Tokyoiter, this is what the magazine's covers would look like.]
This is really important:
"Trump exposes true allegiance, worrying U.S. NATO allies
Rachel #Maddow looks at why close observers of Vladimir #Putin's answers in his interview with Tucker Carlson see a disturbing threat to #Poland in Putin's re-writing of World War II history. Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia joins to discuss how Donald Trump's open disdain for NATO is raising fears abroad about America's commitment to its allies.Feb. 13, 2024"
Amjad #Iraqi explains why Palestinians identify with Khader #Adnan, a prisoner who died on hunger strike, for his struggle against #israel#prisons.
"Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against."