David Beriss
@davidberiss.bsky.social
anthropology, food, France, New Orleans, bicycling, this list is silly
How do food memories, storytelling, and migration all come together around a plate of pasta with yogurt? Read Elif Birbiri's thoughts on the Food Anthropology blog to find out. foodanthro.com/2025/09/09/w...
Wait, Pasta with Yogurt? On Food, Storytelling, and Migration
Pasta with yogurt, photo by Elif Birbiri Elif BirbiriYork University Do we still tell food stories to each other? About what we cook, what we miss, and what we discover in new places? This may soun…
foodanthro.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
How do food memories, storytelling, and migration all come together around a plate of pasta with yogurt? Read Elif Birbiri's thoughts on the Food Anthropology blog to find out. foodanthro.com/2025/09/09/w...
How are American concentration camps different from the Nazis'? Cute names! Nebraska now has the "Cornhusker Clink" (formerly the more sinister "Work Ethic Camp"). Seriously. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
What we know about the new ICE detention center in McCook
State officials announced plans for a new “Alligator Alcatraz” style immigration detention facility in McCook.
nebraskapublicmedia.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How are American concentration camps different from the Nazis'? Cute names! Nebraska now has the "Cornhusker Clink" (formerly the more sinister "Work Ethic Camp"). Seriously. nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news...
This doesn't look like a cover-up at all. Nope, nothing to hide. Go about your business, people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
Johnson Cuts Short House Session to Avoid Vote on Releasing Epstein Files
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
This doesn't look like a cover-up at all. Nope, nothing to hide. Go about your business, people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
What can you do with an anthropology degree? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Blaise Metreweli named as first woman to lead UK intelligence service MI6
Metreweli, 47, has held series of director-level roles in foreign intelligence service and in domestic agency MI5
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
What can you do with an anthropology degree? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If every accusation Trump makes is really a confession, what should we make of this? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...
Trump Amplifies Another Outlandish Conspiracy Theory: Biden Is a Robotic Clone
www.nytimes.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If every accusation Trump makes is really a confession, what should we make of this? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/01/u...
"Rapid unscheduled disassembly," is apparently the term Musk's SpaceX uses for their failed rocket launches. Seems appropriate for Musk and Trump's failed approach to governance as well.
May 28, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"Rapid unscheduled disassembly," is apparently the term Musk's SpaceX uses for their failed rocket launches. Seems appropriate for Musk and Trump's failed approach to governance as well.
Congratulations to Shivani Kaul, from the University of Amsterdam, for second place in this year's SAFN Anthro Day photo contest. Check out her photo essay entitled “Feeding tensions during the First 1000 Days in Bhutan" on the blog! foodanthro.com/2025/05/15/s...
SAFN Anthro Day Photo Contest, Part 3!
David Beriss Having posted the tied winners of this year’s SAFN Anthro Day Photo contest (which you can see here and here), it is time to post the photos submitted by Shivani Kaul, who took second …
foodanthro.com
May 15, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Congratulations to Shivani Kaul, from the University of Amsterdam, for second place in this year's SAFN Anthro Day photo contest. Check out her photo essay entitled “Feeding tensions during the First 1000 Days in Bhutan" on the blog! foodanthro.com/2025/05/15/s...
Reposted by David Beriss
The US State Department warns people not to travel to countries like the United States:
May 13, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The US State Department warns people not to travel to countries like the United States:
You can also see Natasha Bernstein Bunzl's winning photos from the annual SAFN Anthro Day photo contest on the blog. Food photos are great, but a cute dog helps too! Click through to see all of Natasha's photos and a few explanatory comments. foodanthro.com/2025/05/12/s...
SAFN Anthro Day Photo Contest, Part 2!
David Beriss Last week we announced the winners of this year’s SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest. You can read that post here. We had a tie for first place this year, between Bula Wayessa (see th…
foodanthro.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
You can also see Natasha Bernstein Bunzl's winning photos from the annual SAFN Anthro Day photo contest on the blog. Food photos are great, but a cute dog helps too! Click through to see all of Natasha's photos and a few explanatory comments. foodanthro.com/2025/05/12/s...
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is happy to announce the winners of our annual Anthro Day photo contest. First place was a tie, between Bula Wayessa and Natasha Bernstein Bunzl. You can see Bula Wayessa's remarkable photos on our blog: foodanthro.com/2025/05/08/w...
Winners of SAFN’s Annual Anthropology Day Photo Contest!
David Beriss The time has come to reveal the winners of this year’s glorious SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest! Our decision this year was reached by a panel made up of SAFN’s elected officers, i…
foodanthro.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition is happy to announce the winners of our annual Anthro Day photo contest. First place was a tie, between Bula Wayessa and Natasha Bernstein Bunzl. You can see Bula Wayessa's remarkable photos on our blog: foodanthro.com/2025/05/08/w...
Defending Anthropology panel at the AAA! #anthrosky
May 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Defending Anthropology panel at the AAA! #anthrosky
Louisiana elected officials seem to get up every day and ask themselves: what can I do to make life here worse? Today's example: Louisiana has some of the worst nursing homes in the US. Instead of fixing that, state legislators want to protect operators from lawsuits. www.nola.com/news/politic...
Louisiana lawmakers revive bill panned as 'Bob Dean protection act' affecting nursing homes
"Bob Dean would have been completely protected," said one advocate about how the law change would affect nursing home companies.
www.nola.com
April 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Louisiana elected officials seem to get up every day and ask themselves: what can I do to make life here worse? Today's example: Louisiana has some of the worst nursing homes in the US. Instead of fixing that, state legislators want to protect operators from lawsuits. www.nola.com/news/politic...
Is Senator Kennedy spreading anti-Semitism? I wrote to ask him to support funding for NPR and PBS, he wrote back with bizarre references to Soros buying (non-public) radio stations in Louisiana...in other words, anti-Semitic dog whistles about the media.
April 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Is Senator Kennedy spreading anti-Semitism? I wrote to ask him to support funding for NPR and PBS, he wrote back with bizarre references to Soros buying (non-public) radio stations in Louisiana...in other words, anti-Semitic dog whistles about the media.
Some dark thoughts from Timothy Snyder, well worth a read. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Next Terrorist Attack
And What Comes After
open.substack.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Some dark thoughts from Timothy Snyder, well worth a read. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Reposted by David Beriss
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
3/4. If we accept the idea that moving a person from one place to another undoes rights and disempowers the judiciary, we are endorsing the basic Nazism practice that enabled the killing of millions.
Reposted by David Beriss
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
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1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
April 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
1/4. On the White House’s theory, if they abduct you, get you on a helicopter, get to international waters, shoot you in the head, and drop your corpse into the ocean, that is legal, because it is the conduct of foreign affairs.
The Trump Administration is fomenting antisemitism even when pretending to oppose it. Watch this brief video for an explanation. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Fomenting Antisemitism
Not Combating It
open.substack.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The Trump Administration is fomenting antisemitism even when pretending to oppose it. Watch this brief video for an explanation. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Trump's anti-antisemitism is a lie. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Crusade Against Antisemitism Is Extremely Bad for the Jews (Gift Article)
Antisemitism is real. But the enemy of our enemy is not necessarily our friend.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump's anti-antisemitism is a lie. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Israel hosts an "anti-Semitism" conference in which the featured guests are far right Europeans from anti-Semitic parties. This is beyond disgusting. Also, why am I reading about this in the European and Israeli press, but the American media is apparently silent.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
'A fiasco and an embarrassment': How Israel's antisemitism conference went sideways
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www.haaretz.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Israel hosts an "anti-Semitism" conference in which the featured guests are far right Europeans from anti-Semitic parties. This is beyond disgusting. Also, why am I reading about this in the European and Israeli press, but the American media is apparently silent.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Another day, another leap back to the 1890s. Musk and Trump destroying social security: wapo.st/4hM5MAn
Long waits, waves of calls, website crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
wapo.st
March 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Another day, another leap back to the 1890s. Musk and Trump destroying social security: wapo.st/4hM5MAn
Reposted by David Beriss
Not sure I've ever seen a more obvious picture to remind us that police exist to protect the property of the ruling class, not the rights of the people.
March 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Not sure I've ever seen a more obvious picture to remind us that police exist to protect the property of the ruling class, not the rights of the people.
The Republicans have introduced legislation to roll back regulations limiting fees banks can charge. Nice to know they are looking out for those poor bankers! This happened a few weeks ago, but I think it got less coverage because of all the other crap happening. jacobin.com/2025/02/tim-...
Tim Scott Is Fighting for His Donors’ Junk Fees
Joe Biden’s CFPB passed rules limiting overdraft and credit card late fees. As the chair of the Senate committee that oversees the agency, Tim Scott wants to reinstate these junk fees — a key priority...
jacobin.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
The Republicans have introduced legislation to roll back regulations limiting fees banks can charge. Nice to know they are looking out for those poor bankers! This happened a few weeks ago, but I think it got less coverage because of all the other crap happening. jacobin.com/2025/02/tim-...
Reminder! The deadline for the annual SAFN Food Anthropology photo contest is Friday, March 7. Follow the link for details. Send in your photos for possible fame! #anthropology #anthrosky
Annual SAFN Anthropology Day Photo Contest!
Aquaculture, Nova Scotia. photo by David Beriss SAFN is once again organizing a food/nutrition photo contest in celebration of Anthropology Day. If you have food anthropology related phot…
foodanthro.com
March 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reminder! The deadline for the annual SAFN Food Anthropology photo contest is Friday, March 7. Follow the link for details. Send in your photos for possible fame! #anthropology #anthrosky