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.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
“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.
What do the US Congress, the European Council, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth have in common … ?
August 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
What do the US Congress, the European Council, and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth have in common … ?
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.
“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.
PLUS!
A tribute to the life and satire of Tom Lehrer, who died the other day at 97.
A tribute to the life and satire of Tom Lehrer, who died the other day at 97.
July 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
PLUS!
A tribute to the life and satire of Tom Lehrer, who died the other day at 97.
A tribute to the life and satire of Tom Lehrer, who died the other day at 97.
Fmr. 🇩🇪 Prez Gauck: “an early awoken anti … not antisemite … uh … philosemite.”
We believe him. Deeply.
We believe him. Deeply.
July 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Fmr. 🇩🇪 Prez Gauck: “an early awoken anti … not antisemite … uh … philosemite.”
We believe him. Deeply.
We believe him. Deeply.
Never forget. That German Officialdom was already stupid before Oct. 7. It has only gotten stupider.
Thanks, @lrb.co.uk, for the reminder.
Thanks, @lrb.co.uk, for the reminder.
July 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Never forget. That German Officialdom was already stupid before Oct. 7. It has only gotten stupider.
Thanks, @lrb.co.uk, for the reminder.
Thanks, @lrb.co.uk, for the reminder.
We take back every mean thing we’ve ever said about Emmanuel Macron. In the end, he will have done at least one thing in a decade in power.
That’s way more than we’ve ever done not in power.
That’s way more than we’ve ever done not in power.
July 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
We take back every mean thing we’ve ever said about Emmanuel Macron. In the end, he will have done at least one thing in a decade in power.
That’s way more than we’ve ever done not in power.
That’s way more than we’ve ever done not in power.
While we work on our next episode of “Talk about bupkes!” don’t miss our last one. Talmudist and philosopher Oded Schechter explains why — along the way to colonizing Palestinians — Zionism first had to colonize Jews.
Link to episode: www.thebupkes.com/p/how-israel...
Link to episode: www.thebupkes.com/p/how-israel...
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 AM
While we work on our next episode of “Talk about bupkes!” don’t miss our last one. Talmudist and philosopher Oded Schechter explains why — along the way to colonizing Palestinians — Zionism first had to colonize Jews.
Link to episode: www.thebupkes.com/p/how-israel...
Link to episode: www.thebupkes.com/p/how-israel...
Satire: Neither dead nor illegal.
July 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Satire: Neither dead nor illegal.
We should be so lucky as to one day produce something as worthy of sinking into the Zeitgeist as @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s “Bloodlands” that it can be used elsewhere as a fixed term without reference to its origins.
July 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We should be so lucky as to one day produce something as worthy of sinking into the Zeitgeist as @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s “Bloodlands” that it can be used elsewhere as a fixed term without reference to its origins.
While he starves Gaza, the self-proclaimed King of the Jews gets sick from food.
Yes we are in a medieval hell of our own making.
Yes we are in a medieval hell of our own making.
July 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
While he starves Gaza, the self-proclaimed King of the Jews gets sick from food.
Yes we are in a medieval hell of our own making.
Yes we are in a medieval hell of our own making.
Also, did the CDU announce on Instagram that its government is openly defying Schengen rules against "permanent border controls"?
What says you, @alonsahar.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social?
What says you, @alonsahar.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social?
July 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Also, did the CDU announce on Instagram that its government is openly defying Schengen rules against "permanent border controls"?
What says you, @alonsahar.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social?
What says you, @alonsahar.bsky.social and @isaacstanleybecker.bsky.social?
We at The Bupkes love languages and cultures. We want to preserve and promote them.
But maybe not with a government body with a name that sounds like something out of every dystopian story ever.
But maybe not with a government body with a name that sounds like something out of every dystopian story ever.
July 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
We at The Bupkes love languages and cultures. We want to preserve and promote them.
But maybe not with a government body with a name that sounds like something out of every dystopian story ever.
But maybe not with a government body with a name that sounds like something out of every dystopian story ever.
“Zionism is the negation of the Jew.”
Miss the latest Bupkes podcast? You’re in luck. Link to full episode below.
Miss the latest Bupkes podcast? You’re in luck. Link to full episode below.
July 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
“Zionism is the negation of the Jew.”
Miss the latest Bupkes podcast? You’re in luck. Link to full episode below.
Miss the latest Bupkes podcast? You’re in luck. Link to full episode below.
Oy vey! Even Mamaloshen is being mean to Israel. Where will it end?
July 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Oy vey! Even Mamaloshen is being mean to Israel. Where will it end?
NEW EPISODE: Forget about notions of national liberation; to the contrary, Zionism turns Jews into a colonial subject. (Palestinians, too, of course.)
Clip here and link to full interview below.
Clip here and link to full interview below.
July 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
NEW EPISODE: Forget about notions of national liberation; to the contrary, Zionism turns Jews into a colonial subject. (Palestinians, too, of course.)
Clip here and link to full interview below.
Clip here and link to full interview below.