Peter Zusi
@peterzusi.bsky.social
Director, NYU Prague. Czech, German and Comparative Literature. Verbal and visual modernisms. Kafka. Mushrooms. Cats (or, at least, one particular cat). All opinions here are my own (re-post ≠ necessarily endorsement).
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 AM
@nytimes.com putting the Jack Smith testimony in small print, well below the Oscar nominations gossip, and even below the tzatziki chicken salad.
What the hell, it’s only devastating testimony that the U. S. president attempted to subvert our democracy
What the hell, it’s only devastating testimony that the U. S. president attempted to subvert our democracy
January 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
@nytimes.com putting the Jack Smith testimony in small print, well below the Oscar nominations gossip, and even below the tzatziki chicken salad.
What the hell, it’s only devastating testimony that the U. S. president attempted to subvert our democracy
What the hell, it’s only devastating testimony that the U. S. president attempted to subvert our democracy
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I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 21, 2026 at 12:08 PM
I'm moved to see Mark Carney take his inspiration from Václav Havel in his superb speech at Davos. Well worth reading the entire speech:
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Gift link:
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Opinion | One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can.
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Gift link:
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
One Year of Trump. The Time to Act Is Now, While We Still Can. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
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Less than 10 days to go! 🎓
Join us for our Graduate Open Evening 2026!
Meet our academics, explore funding options, and discover our postgraduate degrees. Open to all.
📅 28 January 2026, 17:30 - 19:30
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Join us for our Graduate Open Evening 2026!
Meet our academics, explore funding options, and discover our postgraduate degrees. Open to all.
📅 28 January 2026, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
January 19, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Less than 10 days to go! 🎓
Join us for our Graduate Open Evening 2026!
Meet our academics, explore funding options, and discover our postgraduate degrees. Open to all.
📅 28 January 2026, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Join us for our Graduate Open Evening 2026!
Meet our academics, explore funding options, and discover our postgraduate degrees. Open to all.
📅 28 January 2026, 17:30 - 19:30
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Reposted by Peter Zusi
President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor.
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu
January 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
President Trump is keeping proceeds from the first sale of Venezuelan oil in an offshore bank account based in Qatar, according to reporting from Semafor.
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu
The sale was worth $500 million. trib.al/ylz4Msu
“I’m the most peaceful person EVER! So give me a peace prize or I’ll punch you in the nose!”
(Overheard in a playground.)
(Overheard in a playground.)
January 19, 2026 at 1:25 PM
“I’m the most peaceful person EVER! So give me a peace prize or I’ll punch you in the nose!”
(Overheard in a playground.)
(Overheard in a playground.)
Reposted by Peter Zusi
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
January 16, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).
Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Excellent thread:
the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks?
Trump says a lot of deranged shit, but, per this Reuters article — and the threats of invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota this morning — he is very clearly exploring how to cancel the midterms.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
www.reuters.com/world/us/fiv...
January 15, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Excellent thread:
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💥It’s official: Hungary’s parliamentary election will be held on April 12, just three months from now. Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz is trailing the opposition by 10–18 points, yet few believe he wouldn’t do whatever it takes to cling to power.
Now he has backing from both Putin and Trump. A dangerous mix.
Now he has backing from both Putin and Trump. A dangerous mix.
January 13, 2026 at 7:51 PM
💥It’s official: Hungary’s parliamentary election will be held on April 12, just three months from now. Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz is trailing the opposition by 10–18 points, yet few believe he wouldn’t do whatever it takes to cling to power.
Now he has backing from both Putin and Trump. A dangerous mix.
Now he has backing from both Putin and Trump. A dangerous mix.
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Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
January 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.
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The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
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January 5, 2026 at 8:04 PM
The destruction doesn't make for a photo-op like tearing down the East Wing of the White House or bulldozing the Rose Garden, but it's every bit as bad. Generations of American children learned to spell and count, learned the Preamble to the Constitution, from watching shows produced by the CPB.
People don’t mince words round where I live
January 3, 2026 at 9:55 PM
People don’t mince words round where I live
Just broke the tip on my 36th pencil—THANK GOD I still have one more
December 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Just broke the tip on my 36th pencil—THANK GOD I still have one more
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
December 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
American morality has always been simple, and often mocked as simplistic. Simplicity was often a strength though. But how have we flipped so quickly from casting ourselves as the noble resisters against Darth Vaders and Pres. Snows to holding them up as role models?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
Trump’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy
www.nytimes.com
December 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
American morality has always been simple, and often mocked as simplistic. Simplicity was often a strength though. But how have we flipped so quickly from casting ourselves as the noble resisters against Darth Vaders and Pres. Snows to holding them up as role models?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/u...
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Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Bongino saying the quiet--and cynical--part out loud.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
In other words: I was making money shoveling conspiracy bullshit without having any facts and conning my audience to make a buck. After I leave the FBI, I will get back to that.
What a confession.
Didn’t realize till just now how much my life has been missing early-Modern citrus fruits
What looks like an alien starship visiting a small country estate in eighteenth-century Germany is in fact, *checks notes* a giant pomelo. So nothing to see here, #skystorians
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Didn’t realize till just now how much my life has been missing early-Modern citrus fruits
Overheard in pub in central Prague: two Americans explaining to a very patient waiter that “We’ve never been to Czechoslovakia before”
December 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Overheard in pub in central Prague: two Americans explaining to a very patient waiter that “We’ve never been to Czechoslovakia before”
“Given that we are all, every day, imbibing madness, how do we guard our souls?”
Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“Given that we are all, every day, imbibing madness, how do we guard our souls?”
Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Trump’s Boat Strikes Corrode America’s Soul www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/o...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Tom Stoppard, Award-Winning Playwright of Witty Drama, Dies at 88 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/t...