Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
@shaneburley.bsky.social
Journalist, author Safety in Solidarity, #NoPasaran, Fascism Today, and Why We Fight.
Bylines: NBC News, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Yes Magazine, The Baffler, InTheseTimes others.
Tweeting Jewish antifascist memes
Bylines: NBC News, Al Jazeera, Jacobin, The Daily Beast, Yes Magazine, The Baffler, InTheseTimes others.
Tweeting Jewish antifascist memes
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AmericaFest Battleground in the GOP's Civil War
At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 the Republican Civil War over Israel went fully public, and they are now fighting over the future of the party.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
New from my newsletter: I break down what happened at Turning Point's AmericaFest this weekend and the rapidly exploding Republican Civil War over Israel and conspiracy theories. There is no telling who is going to win this.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
I wanted to do a quick "end of year" wrap up thread with some of my favorite articles I published this year. I included basically a stack of links at this post of my newsletter and you can check out this post thread with a few stand-outs. 🧵
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
Writing from Trump's Second Term: A Look Back
A look back at a year of work, discussion, and debates.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I wanted to do a quick "end of year" wrap up thread with some of my favorite articles I published this year. I included basically a stack of links at this post of my newsletter and you can check out this post thread with a few stand-outs. 🧵
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
Time for the yearly newsletter post where I round up my favorite books from 2025! This has some great ones from @bitterkarella.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @peterbeinart.bsky.social and others!
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The Best Books of 2025
Read my list of the top books released in 2025.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Time for the yearly newsletter post where I round up my favorite books from 2025! This has some great ones from @bitterkarella.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @peterbeinart.bsky.social and others!
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Wrote up this thing on the best new horror fiction from this year, both books and short stories. maiseh-review.ghost.io/best-horror-...
Best Horror Fiction of 2025
A list of the best horror novels, anthologies, short fiction, and journals of 2025.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Wrote up this thing on the best new horror fiction from this year, both books and short stories. maiseh-review.ghost.io/best-horror-...
Wrote up this thing on the best new horror fiction from this year, both books and short stories. maiseh-review.ghost.io/best-horror-...
Best Horror Fiction of 2025
A list of the best horror novels, anthologies, short fiction, and journals of 2025.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
Wrote up this thing on the best new horror fiction from this year, both books and short stories. maiseh-review.ghost.io/best-horror-...
Time for the yearly newsletter post where I round up my favorite books from 2025! This has some great ones from @bitterkarella.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @peterbeinart.bsky.social and others!
maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-best-boo...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-best-boo...
The Best Books of 2025
Read my list of the top books released in 2025.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
January 1, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Time for the yearly newsletter post where I round up my favorite books from 2025! This has some great ones from @bitterkarella.bsky.social @reproutopia.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @chuckwendig.bsky.social @peterbeinart.bsky.social and others!
maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-best-boo...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/the-best-boo...
I wanted to do a quick "end of year" wrap up thread with some of my favorite articles I published this year. I included basically a stack of links at this post of my newsletter and you can check out this post thread with a few stand-outs. 🧵
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
Writing from Trump's Second Term: A Look Back
A look back at a year of work, discussion, and debates.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I wanted to do a quick "end of year" wrap up thread with some of my favorite articles I published this year. I included basically a stack of links at this post of my newsletter and you can check out this post thread with a few stand-outs. 🧵
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/writing-from...
So as history shows us, ignoring white supremacists let’s them grow, kill, and even win elections. The only way for them to disappear is for us to confront it head on.
I do understand why people are writing about them, given they are in prominent roles in the president’s administration (including the president himself). Nevertheless, I don’t want to read about white supremacists! I want them to disappear!
Last piece of the year y'all! This one is a must read.
@shaneburley.bsky.social takes a deep deep dive into Richard Spencer's rebrand in order to illuminate the fringe right's movement dynamics, influence on the mainstream, and political impasses.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
@shaneburley.bsky.social takes a deep deep dive into Richard Spencer's rebrand in order to illuminate the fringe right's movement dynamics, influence on the mainstream, and political impasses.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
December 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
So as history shows us, ignoring white supremacists let’s them grow, kill, and even win elections. The only way for them to disappear is for us to confront it head on.
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
ICYMI: @shaneburley.bsky.social 's deep dive on Richard Spencer's attempt to rebrand the alt right is still live on our website.
December 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
ICYMI: @shaneburley.bsky.social 's deep dive on Richard Spencer's attempt to rebrand the alt right is still live on our website.
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
This is my most recent article for @journalspectre.bsky.social, and is one of the most in-depth pieces I've ever written on white nationalism. It looks at how the "post-alt-right" has tried to carve a distinctive identity for itself, particularly Richard Spencer.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
Varieties of White Nationalism – Spectre Journal
Shane Burley looks at Richard Spencer's rebranding effort to illuminate the movement dynamics and political impasses of the "dissident" right.
spectrejournal.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is my most recent article for @journalspectre.bsky.social, and is one of the most in-depth pieces I've ever written on white nationalism. It looks at how the "post-alt-right" has tried to carve a distinctive identity for itself, particularly Richard Spencer.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
Just was recommended this book when I started a Reddit thread looking for Jewish horror books, not a particularly common phenomenon. It’s fabulous, with a mature OTS story that also does honor chassidic communities and our folklore bits also a quick and fun read, so I highly recommend it!
My novella *Dybbuk in the Doorway* is eligible for the Literary Nasty Award for Long Fiction! Takes a second to vote and I would be super appreciative if you would nominate my book! It's on KU and I think it is my most potent and best written work yet.
tinyurl.com/LitNasty
tinyurl.com/LitNasty
December 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Just was recommended this book when I started a Reddit thread looking for Jewish horror books, not a particularly common phenomenon. It’s fabulous, with a mature OTS story that also does honor chassidic communities and our folklore bits also a quick and fun read, so I highly recommend it!
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
I am writing a series of articles about the Republican Civil War, which includes several more to come. This is a thread covering some of these articles, the top of which is the most recent one written for my newsletter about the events that transpired at TPUSA's AmericaFest. 🧵
AmericaFest Battleground in the GOP's Civil War
At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 the Republican Civil War over Israel went fully public, and they are now fighting over the future of the party.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am writing a series of articles about the Republican Civil War, which includes several more to come. This is a thread covering some of these articles, the top of which is the most recent one written for my newsletter about the events that transpired at TPUSA's AmericaFest. 🧵
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
Also just now posting this great conversation I had with Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about the history, and present, of Jewish anarchism and its role in building an alternative vision for American Jewish life.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
Rediscovering the Jewish Anarchist Movement
A conversation about the rich and lasting history of Jewish anarchism in America, and how it built the growth of the Jewish left today.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also just now posting this great conversation I had with Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about the history, and present, of Jewish anarchism and its role in building an alternative vision for American Jewish life.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
Recently, @jwjpdx.bsky.social named Portland State University President Ann Cudd the "Scrooge of the Year" for refusing to offer living wages to adjunct faculty and staff as well as for calling the cops on student protesters. You can watch here: www.instagram.com/p/DSqVjNNEkYU/ 🧵
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December 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Recently, @jwjpdx.bsky.social named Portland State University President Ann Cudd the "Scrooge of the Year" for refusing to offer living wages to adjunct faculty and staff as well as for calling the cops on student protesters. You can watch here: www.instagram.com/p/DSqVjNNEkYU/ 🧵
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
New from my newsletter: I break down what happened at Turning Point's AmericaFest this weekend and the rapidly exploding Republican Civil War over Israel and conspiracy theories. There is no telling who is going to win this.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
AmericaFest Battleground in the GOP's Civil War
At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 the Republican Civil War over Israel went fully public, and they are now fighting over the future of the party.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New from my newsletter: I break down what happened at Turning Point's AmericaFest this weekend and the rapidly exploding Republican Civil War over Israel and conspiracy theories. There is no telling who is going to win this.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
maiseh-review.ghost.io/americafest-...
Also just now posting this great conversation I had with Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about the history, and present, of Jewish anarchism and its role in building an alternative vision for American Jewish life.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
Rediscovering the Jewish Anarchist Movement
A conversation about the rich and lasting history of Jewish anarchism in America, and how it built the growth of the Jewish left today.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also just now posting this great conversation I had with Anna Elena Torres and Kenyon Zimmer about the history, and present, of Jewish anarchism and its role in building an alternative vision for American Jewish life.
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
maiseh-review.ghost.io/re/
I am writing a series of articles about the Republican Civil War, which includes several more to come. This is a thread covering some of these articles, the top of which is the most recent one written for my newsletter about the events that transpired at TPUSA's AmericaFest. 🧵
AmericaFest Battleground in the GOP's Civil War
At Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025 the Republican Civil War over Israel went fully public, and they are now fighting over the future of the party.
maiseh-review.ghost.io
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I am writing a series of articles about the Republican Civil War, which includes several more to come. This is a thread covering some of these articles, the top of which is the most recent one written for my newsletter about the events that transpired at TPUSA's AmericaFest. 🧵
This is my most recent article for @journalspectre.bsky.social, and is one of the most in-depth pieces I've ever written on white nationalism. It looks at how the "post-alt-right" has tried to carve a distinctive identity for itself, particularly Richard Spencer.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
Varieties of White Nationalism – Spectre Journal
Shane Burley looks at Richard Spencer's rebranding effort to illuminate the movement dynamics and political impasses of the "dissident" right.
spectrejournal.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is my most recent article for @journalspectre.bsky.social, and is one of the most in-depth pieces I've ever written on white nationalism. It looks at how the "post-alt-right" has tried to carve a distinctive identity for itself, particularly Richard Spencer.
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
spectrejournal.com/varieties-of...
So I’m going to put together a reading list for my favorite reads on Irish Republicanism and the war of the North, but I’m curious to hear other folks favorite. Drop a recommendation, and that includes books on loyalism. Also curious which one you recommend if someone will only read one.
December 26, 2025 at 7:22 AM
So I’m going to put together a reading list for my favorite reads on Irish Republicanism and the war of the North, but I’m curious to hear other folks favorite. Drop a recommendation, and that includes books on loyalism. Also curious which one you recommend if someone will only read one.
Just a reminder of what the most powerful person in the world thinks of you.
December 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Just a reminder of what the most powerful person in the world thinks of you.
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thread. This is a crucial thing for non-Christian Americans to understand. Most Christian Nationalists think it’s an act of kindness on their part to tell you that you will be going to hell if you don’t convert. It’s incomprehensible to most of them that they’re being bigots.
Just imagine if people who weren’t Christian’s spoke with the blunt, imperialistic certainty of American Christians. You might then be accused of running an anti-Christian pogrom
always after he explained what he believed as a Jew, he was barraged by emails from concerned students asking why he didn't believe Jesus was the son of God. And he said,
"Well there's a very simple answer to why I don't believe Jesus is the son of God."
"Because he's not."
"Well there's a very simple answer to why I don't believe Jesus is the son of God."
"Because he's not."
December 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Just imagine if people who weren’t Christian’s spoke with the blunt, imperialistic certainty of American Christians. You might then be accused of running an anti-Christian pogrom
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
Reposted by Shane Burley (Blue Sky Edition)
I don't know who needs to know this, but Jesus is not everyone's savior in the United States.
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I don't know who needs to know this, but Jesus is not everyone's savior in the United States.