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Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
www.newyorker.com
I dove to the wreck of Brazil’s last slave ship—and wrote about the global network of maritime archaeologists excavating the Middle Passage www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Now more than ever.
On this day in 1901, CLR James is born in Trinidad. James was an important anti-colonial activist, socialist historian, theorist, journalist and cricket aficionado.
anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
anticolonialhistory.com/event/148/
January 4, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Now more than ever.
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
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A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
Is there any modern precedent for abducting a head of state?
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
Plenty of examples of coups, assassinations and domestic trials, including show trials, but this is like a Crusader Kings plot.
January 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
A lot of people forget how in 2004 the Bush regime kidnapped the democratically elected President of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and dumped him in Africa.
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Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Among the many reasons you don’t kidnap a foreign head of state at gunpoint even if you have the capability, is that it sparks consequences you can neither control nor anticipate.
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Zohran has been mayor for twelve minutes and it's still cold in NYC. What the fuck. Mr mayor can you please turn on the sun.
January 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Zohran has been mayor for twelve minutes and it's still cold in NYC. What the fuck. Mr mayor can you please turn on the sun.
Here’s some of the writing I was proudest of this year. I dove to the wreck of Brazil’s last slave ship and reported on the fraught desire, throughout the diaspora, for traces of the Middle Passage www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Dredging Up the Ghostly Secrets of Slave Ships
A global network of maritime archeologists is excavating slave shipwrecks—and reconnecting Black communities to the deep.
www.newyorker.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Here’s some of the writing I was proudest of this year. I dove to the wreck of Brazil’s last slave ship and reported on the fraught desire, throughout the diaspora, for traces of the Middle Passage www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
A favorite essay on snow, by Charlie Fox, in @cabinetmagazine.bsky.social
www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/59/fo...
www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/59/fo...
A Mind of Winter | Charlie Fox
The feeling of snow
www.cabinetmagazine.org
December 27, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A favorite essay on snow, by Charlie Fox, in @cabinetmagazine.bsky.social
www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/59/fo...
www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/59/fo...
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(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
December 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
(daft punk One More Time voice) Auld Lang Syne
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Fascinating interview about cultural restitution. Things I learned: The stolen jewels were purchased off the private market by the museum in the 1980s, and Hitler blocked the return of the Nefertiti bust from Berlin to Egypt in 1933. I need to read her books now.
The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert
Bénédicte Savoy is Europe’s leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, she’s bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
www.newyorker.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Fascinating interview about cultural restitution. Things I learned: The stolen jewels were purchased off the private market by the museum in the 1980s, and Hitler blocked the return of the Nefertiti bust from Berlin to Egypt in 1933. I need to read her books now.
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Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For @reuters.com:
In first Christmas sermon, Pope Leo decries conditions for Palestinians in Gaza
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across...
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus. For @reuters.com:
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‘tis the season for giving (back plundered heritage), so I interviewed a champion of restitution, the art historian Bénédicte Savoy.
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert
Bénédicte Savoy is Europe’s leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, she’s bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
www.newyorker.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
‘tis the season for giving (back plundered heritage), so I interviewed a champion of restitution, the art historian Bénédicte Savoy.
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
Criticism Is Literature. Why Is It Vanishing?, by Adam Morgan
What do the best book reviews do? What is the current state of the critical ecosystem? Chicago Review of Books founder Adam Morgan takes stock of book reviewing in the US.
worldliteraturetoday.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
“there are only 7 full-time book critics left in the US: three at NYT ( Jacobs, Garner, Szalai), 2 at WaPo(Rothfeld, Charles), 1 each at WSJ (Sacks), NY mag (Chu), Slate (Miller)
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
more people have walked on the moon than write book reviews for a living”
worldliteraturetoday.org/2025/septemb...
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Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Imagine interviewing a victim of torture and independently confirming the details of his torture and then being told you can’t broadcast it because the people who ordered the torture wouldn’t give their side of the story.
Got to tell Samuel Delany’s daughter that her baby teeth were in her father’s “papers” at the Beinecke
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
December 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Got to tell Samuel Delany’s daughter that her baby teeth were in her father’s “papers” at the Beinecke
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
‘tis the season for giving (back plundered heritage), so I interviewed a champion of restitution, the art historian Bénédicte Savoy.
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert
Bénédicte Savoy is Europe’s leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, she’s bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
www.newyorker.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
‘tis the season for giving (back plundered heritage), so I interviewed a champion of restitution, the art historian Bénédicte Savoy.
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
We discussed the Napoleonic origins of the “encyclopedic” museum, Hitler’s love for Nefertiti, and the recent heist at the Louvre…
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Bénédicte Savoy has emerged as one of the art world’s leading thinkers. In a new interview, she talks about Donald Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian, and the prospects for restitution amid the breakdown of the liberal international order. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Iymz65
The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert
Bénédicte Savoy is Europe’s leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, she’s bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Bénédicte Savoy has emerged as one of the art world’s leading thinkers. In a new interview, she talks about Donald Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian, and the prospects for restitution amid the breakdown of the liberal international order. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Iymz65
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An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
December 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
An immigrant works a dangerous job to protect Americans. It puts him in medical debt. Now he also has to worry about being deported by ICE when he goes to work or takes his kid to a soccer tournament.
Feel safer?
Feel safer?
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I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato