Suzanne Conklin Akbari
@sakbari.bsky.social
Living on Lunaapahkiing, faculty at IAS, servant of two cats and sometimes one dog.
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For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
For the midnight crew on this #EdmundFitzgwtald50 anniversary, I have added more markups to the Newsweek article that gave Gordon Lightfoot his template for His "Wreck of" song lyrics.
“Europe, in its entirety, has become one of the major arenas in which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays out, especially in the realm of public opinion. It is a substantial part of Europe’s own identity—its interpretation of the past and the shaping of its future—that is now at stake.”
Full program of the canceled conference here. There is absolutely nothing problematic in there.
But as Patrick Wolfe shows, Zionism requires the "elimination of the native" not only in the present, but also in the past 2/
www.college-de-france.fr/sites/defaul...
But as Patrick Wolfe shows, Zionism requires the "elimination of the native" not only in the present, but also in the past 2/
www.college-de-france.fr/sites/defaul...
November 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
“Europe, in its entirety, has become one of the major arenas in which the Israeli-Palestinian conflict plays out, especially in the realm of public opinion. It is a substantial part of Europe’s own identity—its interpretation of the past and the shaping of its future—that is now at stake.”
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i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
If the Dems blink after all of this, for a deal that all but ensures no ACA subsidies in 2026 anyway, then what was the purpose of letting the shutdown go for 40 days in the first place?
November 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
in any case it is wild that voters just sent a huge message and a bunch of senate democrats are all, “it doesn’t look like anything to me”
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Ms Rachel says The New York Times asked her if she’s funded by Hamas
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“Albeit without evidence” yet for some reason they decided they have to ask. #NYTEatsShit
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Albeit without evidence” yet for some reason they decided they have to ask. #NYTEatsShit
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So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
So @schumer.senate.gov really thinks we don’t understand that he orchestrated this by getting senators not up for re-election to vote yes?
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Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now.
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
Call the United States Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and they will connect you with your senator's office.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
No matter how they voted last night, every one of them has a say in maintaining Chuck Schumer and Dick Durbin as their caucus leaders. Every one of them is accountable here.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Also in case its not being mentioned in your feed, there is still a remaining vote for this and Somehow they didn't anticipate the outrage, so there's apparently some hesitation now.
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
If those were your senators, call them and don't stop. I will also be calling even though they arent mine
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This right here.
Chris Murphy: "There will be pretty substantial damage to a Dem brand that has been rehabilitated if on the heels of an election in which the people told us to keep fighting, we immediately stop... if we surrender without having gotten anything, I worry it'll be hard to get them back up off the mat"
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
This right here.
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
November 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Describe your cat’s personality with one photo
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And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 AM
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'How do Ich werke thys?'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
And thou mayest aske thyself, 'Wher ys that large destrier?'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my beautiful castle!'
And thou mayest telle thyself, 'Thys nys not my swift goshawk!'
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Thrilled that Kelly Wisecup and Christopher Pexa will present at the next meeting of the Am Lit & Culture seminar at the Mahindra Center at Harvard, Nov 12, 6pm. This event is co-sponsored with the Native Cultures of the Americas Seminar. Join us if you are in town!
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Thrilled that Kelly Wisecup and Christopher Pexa will present at the next meeting of the Am Lit & Culture seminar at the Mahindra Center at Harvard, Nov 12, 6pm. This event is co-sponsored with the Native Cultures of the Americas Seminar. Join us if you are in town!
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Trump asks Supreme Court to let people starve.
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to block full SNAP payments
The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration's emergency request for a stay of a lower court's order to pay full food stamp benefits during the government shutdown.
www.politico.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Trump asks Supreme Court to let people starve.
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This piece argues that Israel's dependency, rooted in a long history of imperial patronage, underpins its genocidal campaigns. The path to ending Israel's violence lies in targeting the enablers who sustain its brutality.
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
buff.ly/uBWoZvS
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
buff.ly/uBWoZvS
The Myth of Israeli Innovation
Israel has long relied on Western patrons for arms and backing—even as it has cast itself as a security “innovator” the West can’t afford to do without.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This piece argues that Israel's dependency, rooted in a long history of imperial patronage, underpins its genocidal campaigns. The path to ending Israel's violence lies in targeting the enablers who sustain its brutality.
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
buff.ly/uBWoZvS
By Rhys Machold in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social
buff.ly/uBWoZvS
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Yesterday in Chicago ICE abducted a preschool teacher.
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Yesterday in Chicago ICE abducted a preschool teacher.
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From 2018. Still good.
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
From 2018. Still good.
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Aside from absolutely everything else having to do with them, I am ecstatic to see the end of Giuliani, whose name I mistyped every freaking time, and the arrival of Mamdani, whose name is crazy easy to type.
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Aside from absolutely everything else having to do with them, I am ecstatic to see the end of Giuliani, whose name I mistyped every freaking time, and the arrival of Mamdani, whose name is crazy easy to type.
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All day long we edited back and forth. I refused to back down on any of the central points. No byline is worth any negotiation on integrity. She said we were coming to a con consensus. The day dragged on, I asked her to please not waste my time if they weren't going to take it. 6/
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
All day long we edited back and forth. I refused to back down on any of the central points. No byline is worth any negotiation on integrity. She said we were coming to a con consensus. The day dragged on, I asked her to please not waste my time if they weren't going to take it. 6/
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I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
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TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO
NEARLY A MILLION NEW YORKERS TO REPORTEDLY FLEE NYC AS MAMDANI BECOMES MAYOR — POSSIBLY IGNITING MASS EXODUS, PER NYP
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
TRIBECA ALREADY EMPTY. THOUSANDS OF PATAGONIA VESTS ABANDONED. SOHO HOUSE TAKEN OVER BY EXOTIC ZOO ANIMALS. BATTERY PARK SHAKE SHACK NOW A BISEXUALS-ONLY CERAMICS STUDIO
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Melville goes off on a 30-page tangent about whether a hot dog is a sandwich.
November 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Melville goes off on a 30-page tangent about whether a hot dog is a sandwich.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good sandwich, must be in want of mustard and onions.
Austen, Melville, Twain, Parker, Eliot, and Hawthorne couldn't have done it better
“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good sandwich, must be in want of mustard and onions.
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Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.