Jan Breslau
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Everyone wants Ukraine to be a nation of heroes – but no one wants to talk about the violence required to sustain armed resistance to Russia’s invasion
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
The Demand for Silence • EQUATOR
Everyone wants Ukraine to be a nation of heroes – but no one wants to talk about the violence required to sustain armed resistance to Russia’s invasion
www.equator.org
December 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Everyone wants Ukraine to be a nation of heroes – but no one wants to talk about the violence required to sustain armed resistance to Russia’s invasion
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
www.equator.org/articles/the... Bad Peace...
Dora Marsden (1882-1960)
December 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Dora Marsden (1882-1960)
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Well well well. Try to defend AI in the context of this phenomenal "invention"
The rise of deepfake pornography in schools: ‘One girl was so horrified she vomited’
The use of ‘nudify’ apps is becoming more and more prevalent, with hundreds of teachers having seen images created by pupils, often of their peers. The fallout is huge – and growing fast
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i... Well well well. Try to defend AI in the context of this phenomenal "invention"
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L’Union européenne trouve un accord pour interdire toute importation de gaz russe d’ici à l’automne 2027
L’Union européenne trouve un accord pour interdire toute importation de gaz russe d’ici à l’automne 2027
« C’est l’aube d’une nouvelle ère, celle de l’indépendance énergétique totale de l’Europe vis-à-vis de la Russie », a réagi la présidente de la Commision européenne Ursula von der Leyen.
www.lemonde.fr
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
L’Union européenne trouve un accord pour interdire toute importation de gaz russe d’ici à l’automne 2027
Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
I Left My Sorrows in the Laundry Basin • EQUATOR
Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada
www.equator.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Translated from Arabic by Omar Berrada www.equator.org/articles/i-l...
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@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.equator.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
@naomiaklein.bsky.social: ”Where the Surrealists made irreverent and untameable art, the fascists sought a world of perfect symmetry. While the Surrealists embraced the frailties and mysteries of the human body, the fascists waged war on deviance.’’ www.equator.org/articles/sur...
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12... A pressing issue - domestic violence
I'm Going to Kill You - Watch the full documentary | ARTE in English
Domestic violence often goes hand in hand with psychological and emotional abuse. Filmmaker Karine Dusfour was given rare permission to film domestic violence trials in French courts and sheds light o...
www.arte.tv
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
www.arte.tv/en/videos/12... A pressing issue - domestic violence
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A new documentary goes inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic... in the absence of meaningful gun reform.
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
Inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic
Filmmakers Jessica Dimmock and Zackary Canepari examine the booming market a troubling new market.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
A new documentary goes inside the $4 billion industry built on America's school shooting epidemic... in the absence of meaningful gun reform.
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
I spoke with the filmmakers for @motherjones.com:
On the limits of what should and could be said in public regardless of the unlimited freedom of speech, based on the example of Oriana Fallaci:https://www.commentary.org/articles/christopher-caldwell/the-fallaci-affair/
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
On the limits of what should and could be said in public regardless of the unlimited freedom of speech, based on the example of Oriana Fallaci:https://www.commentary.org/articles/christopher-caldwell/the-fallaci-affair/
Orwell's Whale and McEwan's Frogs ianmcewan.com/resources/do...
ianmcewan.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Orwell's Whale and McEwan's Frogs ianmcewan.com/resources/do...
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell www.commentary.org/articles/chr...
On the lurid imagination...
On the lurid imagination...
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
…And Less Than Kind The Kindly Ones By Jonathan Littell Harper, 992 pages, $29.99 Why, as the decades pass, do novelists—not to mention film-makers, biographers, and moral philosophers—grow more, not
www.commentary.org
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell www.commentary.org/articles/chr...
On the lurid imagination...
On the lurid imagination...
Looking For Something Relevant
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Looking For Something Relevant
On The Rocky Road To Nowhere
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
On The Rocky Road To Nowhere
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No, HHS, menopause does not in fact cause divorce and death, but tell us more about how great you are at women's health. @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and I wrote about how they somehow managed to mess up what should have been good news on HRT with weird claims. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No, HHS, menopause does not in fact cause divorce and death, but tell us more about how great you are at women's health. @juliannemcshane.bsky.social and I wrote about how they somehow managed to mess up what should have been good news on HRT with weird claims. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Today is the day!
Every One Still Here is now available to purchase in all good bookshops and on our website.
stingingfly.org/product/ever...
Every One Still Here is now available to purchase in all good bookshops and on our website.
stingingfly.org/product/ever...
March 6, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Today is the day!
Every One Still Here is now available to purchase in all good bookshops and on our website.
stingingfly.org/product/ever...
Every One Still Here is now available to purchase in all good bookshops and on our website.
stingingfly.org/product/ever...
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“What has happened in the past is still playing out now.”
New online — Tolka editor Catherine Hearn spoke to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their debut short story collection Every One Still Here, published by @grantabooks.bsky.social and @stingingfly.bsky.social. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
New online — Tolka editor Catherine Hearn spoke to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their debut short story collection Every One Still Here, published by @grantabooks.bsky.social and @stingingfly.bsky.social. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
An Interview with Liadan Ní Chuinn — TOLKA
by Catherine Hearn
www.tolkajournal.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“What has happened in the past is still playing out now.”
New online — Tolka editor Catherine Hearn spoke to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their debut short story collection Every One Still Here, published by @grantabooks.bsky.social and @stingingfly.bsky.social. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
New online — Tolka editor Catherine Hearn spoke to Liadan Ní Chuinn about their debut short story collection Every One Still Here, published by @grantabooks.bsky.social and @stingingfly.bsky.social. www.tolkajournal.org/read-online/...
Reposted by Jan Breslau
November 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reposted by Jan Breslau
“The Russian can see us just from the other side of the river, and a minute later they hit you - and they are specifically targeting residential areas, kindergartens, hospitals.”
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
Talking to Ukrainians under the rain of Russian bombs
Far away from the futile Trump-Putin noise (will he? won’t he? why didn't he?), Ukrainians are being targeted and killed every day. I talked to friends and acquaintances in Kherson, a frontline city.
open.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
“The Russian can see us just from the other side of the river, and a minute later they hit you - and they are specifically targeting residential areas, kindergartens, hospitals.”
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
read this horrific report from Kherson:
open.substack.com/pub/twogrump...
Reposted by Jan Breslau
NEW: With the great Nina Martin, I wrote about bombshell allegations about a Planned Parenthood chapter in the South that has been taken over by new leaders with conservative connections. One new leader has even described herself as "pro-life." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Scoop: Staffers fear a southern Planned Parenthood faces a “dangerous threat from within”
One new leader called herself “pro-life” and another asked about partnering with anti-abortion groups.
www.motherjones.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
NEW: With the great Nina Martin, I wrote about bombshell allegations about a Planned Parenthood chapter in the South that has been taken over by new leaders with conservative connections. One new leader has even described herself as "pro-life." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...