The Bupkes
@thebupkes.bsky.social
It rhymes with justice: A zine of side-eye journalism, cathartic satire, and literary relief with the curmudgeonly conviction in basic decency and a good sandwich.
Here, our half-baked ideas. More baked, thebupkes.com.
Here, our half-baked ideas. More baked, thebupkes.com.
We got a new episode and new music ... let us know what you think!
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The Jews who fought with Nazis: “Talk about bupkes!” with Oula Silvennoinen
Listen now | A Finnish Holocaust researcher shares the lesser-known story of how his country's Jews ended up fighting for Hitler — and the impact that legacy has today.
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September 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
We got a new episode and new music ... let us know what you think!
www.thebupkes.com/p/the-jews-w...
www.thebupkes.com/p/the-jews-w...
New for The Bupkes! Our contributor @megrey.bsky.social is everywhere. Including basement bathrooms of Brussels bars.
September 17, 2025 at 12:49 PM
New for The Bupkes! Our contributor @megrey.bsky.social is everywhere. Including basement bathrooms of Brussels bars.
Finland is finally getting rid of the last of its swastikas. While we sit shiva for the ancient symbol, its demise is an opportunity to consider what other artifacts of pluralistic significance and cultural continuity may nonetheless need to be done away with thanks to genocidal nudniks.
September 9, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Finland is finally getting rid of the last of its swastikas. While we sit shiva for the ancient symbol, its demise is an opportunity to consider what other artifacts of pluralistic significance and cultural continuity may nonetheless need to be done away with thanks to genocidal nudniks.
New episode! We go to Gaza for a moving conversation about loss, trauma, and hope.
Get it here or most any podcast platform:
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Get it here or most any podcast platform:
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A voice from Gaza: “Talk about bupkes!” with Shahd Alnaami
The Palestinian writer, translator, and student gives us a glimpse of loss, hope, and survival – that is, everyday life amid Israel's destructive campaign of impunity in Gaza.
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September 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New episode! We go to Gaza for a moving conversation about loss, trauma, and hope.
Get it here or most any podcast platform:
www.thebupkes.com/p/a-voice-fr...
Get it here or most any podcast platform:
www.thebupkes.com/p/a-voice-fr...
The logic of the "market" ...
Trump announces tariffs: stocks tank.
Court announces tariffs were illegal: stocks tank.
Trump announces tariffs: stocks tank.
Court announces tariffs were illegal: stocks tank.
September 2, 2025 at 2:25 PM
The logic of the "market" ...
Trump announces tariffs: stocks tank.
Court announces tariffs were illegal: stocks tank.
Trump announces tariffs: stocks tank.
Court announces tariffs were illegal: stocks tank.
New for The Bupkes:
Sometimes the double tap is so nice, you do it thrice.
www.thebupkes.com/p/double-tap...
Sometimes the double tap is so nice, you do it thrice.
www.thebupkes.com/p/double-tap...
Monsters (and other lies)
When a double's not enough, make it a triple.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New for The Bupkes:
Sometimes the double tap is so nice, you do it thrice.
www.thebupkes.com/p/double-tap...
Sometimes the double tap is so nice, you do it thrice.
www.thebupkes.com/p/double-tap...
It doesn't take a Freud to see the denial, narcissism, projection, and transference. We're so pleased to see Germany get the help it needs.
Get the rest at The Bupkes!
Get the rest at The Bupkes!
August 19, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It doesn't take a Freud to see the denial, narcissism, projection, and transference. We're so pleased to see Germany get the help it needs.
Get the rest at The Bupkes!
Get the rest at The Bupkes!
New for The Bupkes: It’s August, and much of Europe has made its traditional summer holiday escape to overcrowded beaches. Our Brussels-based contributor @megrey.bsky.social reflects on the inescapable.
Get more at thebupkes[dot]com.
Get more at thebupkes[dot]com.
August 16, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New for The Bupkes: It’s August, and much of Europe has made its traditional summer holiday escape to overcrowded beaches. Our Brussels-based contributor @megrey.bsky.social reflects on the inescapable.
Get more at thebupkes[dot]com.
Get more at thebupkes[dot]com.
We know it’s tough keeping up with bupkes. So here’s some of our latest …
Our interview with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu. Full episode on The Bupkes.
Our interview with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu. Full episode on The Bupkes.
August 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM
We know it’s tough keeping up with bupkes. So here’s some of our latest …
Our interview with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu. Full episode on The Bupkes.
Our interview with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu. Full episode on The Bupkes.
“German officialdom defends its Staatsräson as a recognition of its ‘historical responsibility.’ Yet employing one state of exception in response to the crimes that emerged from another is more likely to replicate those authoritarian effects than compensate for them.”
Germany's 'Staatsräson' - undermining Schengen, elevating Israel
Germany's 'Staatsräson' - undermining Schengen, elevating Israel
German officialdom has shown itself not only unbothered by, but openly celebrating its drip-drip dismantling of rule of law. Of late, it can’t even muster the decency to pretend it’s not.
euobserver.com
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“German officialdom defends its Staatsräson as a recognition of its ‘historical responsibility.’ Yet employing one state of exception in response to the crimes that emerged from another is more likely to replicate those authoritarian effects than compensate for them.”
In light of Germany’s decision this week to stop weapons exports to Israel that “could be used in Gaza” (whatever that might mean), we ask:
When is what has been enough enough?
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When is what has been enough enough?
www.thebupkes.com/p/conwatch-g...
ConWatch: Week 1,819
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany says no to weapons for Israel now — kinda sorta maybe whatever.
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August 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
In light of Germany’s decision this week to stop weapons exports to Israel that “could be used in Gaza” (whatever that might mean), we ask:
When is what has been enough enough?
www.thebupkes.com/p/conwatch-g...
When is what has been enough enough?
www.thebupkes.com/p/conwatch-g...
What is community and where is it? @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu has some ideas …
August 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
What is community and where is it? @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu has some ideas …
New episode of “Talk about bupkes!” with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social on leftist politics in the EU.
Listen here and subscribe:
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Listen here and subscribe:
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The EU Left wants to rebuild community: "Talk about bupkes!" with Manus Carlisle
Listen now | The press guy for The Left group in European Parliament talks about the European Union's "grave" moment and why the internet is not really real.
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August 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
New episode of “Talk about bupkes!” with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social on leftist politics in the EU.
Listen here and subscribe:
www.thebupkes.com/p/eu-left-pa...
Listen here and subscribe:
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“But don’t you condemn Oct. 7.”
Well, 9/11 was pretty shitty, too. And then post-9/11 happened.
Well, 9/11 was pretty shitty, too. And then post-9/11 happened.
August 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“But don’t you condemn Oct. 7.”
Well, 9/11 was pretty shitty, too. And then post-9/11 happened.
Well, 9/11 was pretty shitty, too. And then post-9/11 happened.
If it took @mehdirhasan.bsky.social on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com to get @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social’s @jeremybenami.bsky.social to stop fighting the G-word, you know the denial goes very very deep.
Israel is murdering Palestine. And it’s destroying the Jews.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel is murdering Palestine. And it’s destroying the Jews.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Head of U.S. pro-Israel group J Street 'won't argue' with those calling Gaza war genocide
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www.haaretz.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
If it took @mehdirhasan.bsky.social on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com to get @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social’s @jeremybenami.bsky.social to stop fighting the G-word, you know the denial goes very very deep.
Israel is murdering Palestine. And it’s destroying the Jews.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israel is murdering Palestine. And it’s destroying the Jews.
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
It’s August, when northern Europeans are obligated to leave their cities the only time of year they aren’t dark and gray, to pack sweltering beaches elsewhere.
And The Bupkes has gone traveling too! To places other than Germany with not-constitution constitutions.
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And The Bupkes has gone traveling too! To places other than Germany with not-constitution constitutions.
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
ConWatch: Week 1,818
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Choose your favorite pseudo-constitutional adventure!
open.substack.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
It’s August, when northern Europeans are obligated to leave their cities the only time of year they aren’t dark and gray, to pack sweltering beaches elsewhere.
And The Bupkes has gone traveling too! To places other than Germany with not-constitution constitutions.
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
And The Bupkes has gone traveling too! To places other than Germany with not-constitution constitutions.
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
Reposted by The Bupkes
Deadpan copy like this, by @tomstevenson.bsky.social, is why we read @lrb.co.uk. And aspire to it.
August 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Deadpan copy like this, by @tomstevenson.bsky.social, is why we read @lrb.co.uk. And aspire to it.
Our exclusive trailer has dropped!
Because who needs a “Zohan” when you can have a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?
youtu.be/PA9U0B3IR_Y?...
Because who needs a “Zohan” when you can have a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?
youtu.be/PA9U0B3IR_Y?...
The Bupkes reboots a liberal Zionist classic for better use
YouTube video by The Bupkes
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August 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Our exclusive trailer has dropped!
Because who needs a “Zohan” when you can have a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?
youtu.be/PA9U0B3IR_Y?...
Because who needs a “Zohan” when you can have a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social?
youtu.be/PA9U0B3IR_Y?...
“Do you support more Israel or more Hamas.”
Bupkes poll: Do you think pollsters are dumb or disingenuous?
Bupkes poll: Do you think pollsters are dumb or disingenuous?
July 31, 2025 at 8:13 AM
“Do you support more Israel or more Hamas.”
Bupkes poll: Do you think pollsters are dumb or disingenuous?
Bupkes poll: Do you think pollsters are dumb or disingenuous?
Thank goodness JPost issued this trigger warning to its readers, otherwise they might know that Gaza is being starved.
July 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thank goodness JPost issued this trigger warning to its readers, otherwise they might know that Gaza is being starved.
Germany: The worst thing Israel is doing is disappointing us.
Also Germany: We just can’t quite say why they’re disappointing us.
Read the latest ConWatch here!
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Also Germany: We just can’t quite say why they’re disappointing us.
Read the latest ConWatch here!
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
ConWatch: Week 1,817
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany demands a Wiederwiedergutmachungsabkommen with Israel. Plus: Death of a satirist.
open.substack.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Germany: The worst thing Israel is doing is disappointing us.
Also Germany: We just can’t quite say why they’re disappointing us.
Read the latest ConWatch here!
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
Also Germany: We just can’t quite say why they’re disappointing us.
Read the latest ConWatch here!
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
The Bupkes just traveled four days on trains across Europe and everything was right on time — including @bahn.de.
If that’s possible in Europe, who knows what else is. Maybe even stopping what every respectable and informed thinking person is increasingly calling a genocide.
If that’s possible in Europe, who knows what else is. Maybe even stopping what every respectable and informed thinking person is increasingly calling a genocide.
July 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The Bupkes just traveled four days on trains across Europe and everything was right on time — including @bahn.de.
If that’s possible in Europe, who knows what else is. Maybe even stopping what every respectable and informed thinking person is increasingly calling a genocide.
If that’s possible in Europe, who knows what else is. Maybe even stopping what every respectable and informed thinking person is increasingly calling a genocide.
We’ve got lots more for you about Germany’s psychotic breakdown — as its antisemitism, philosemitism, and Islamophobia fuse together to form a clusterfuck of resurgent ethno-nationalism.
This week’s ConWatch:
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
This week’s ConWatch:
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
ConWatch: Week 1,817
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany demands a Wiederwiedergutmachungsabkommen with Israel. Plus: Death of a satirist.
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
We’ve got lots more for you about Germany’s psychotic breakdown — as its antisemitism, philosemitism, and Islamophobia fuse together to form a clusterfuck of resurgent ethno-nationalism.
This week’s ConWatch:
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
This week’s ConWatch:
open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
Just when you thought “drecksarbeit”/dirty work could not be topped …
Fmr. 🇩🇪 Prez Gauck: “an early awoken anti … not antisemite … uh … philosemite.”
We believe him. Deeply.
We believe him. Deeply.
July 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Just when you thought “drecksarbeit”/dirty work could not be topped …