Zia Haider Rahman
@ziahaiderrahman.bsky.social
I expect you're right.
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Gwendoline Riley is one of my big personal discoveries this past year, her two most recent reviewed empathetically (they make complex demands on one’s empathy) here by James Wood. Looking forward to Riley’s new one out next year www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Daughters Outgrow Their Parents in Two Unsparing Novels
The fiction of Gwendoline Riley ruthlessly depicts the fragile tedium of broken people who are desperate to be normal.
www.newyorker.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Gwendoline Riley is one of my big personal discoveries this past year, her two most recent reviewed empathetically (they make complex demands on one’s empathy) here by James Wood. Looking forward to Riley’s new one out next year www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Such is the power of an apostrophe.
August 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Such is the power of an apostrophe.
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A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
A lawyer for Nigel Farage (27th Oct 2025) promised "proceedings would be issued forthwith" if the Guardian were to publish "any allegation suggesting that Mr Farage engaged in, condoned, or led racist or antisemitic behaviour"
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A bluff?
The paper has done so
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I had the pleasure and privilege of reviewing @svenbeckert.bsky.social's landmark "Capitalism: A Global History" for @bostonglobe.com. Out tomorrow from @penguinpress.bsky.social. Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Is everything you ever learned about capitalism wrong? - The Boston Globe
While scholars have illuminated bits and pieces of this immense narrative, Beckert’s massive volume brings it together with impeccable authority and perspicacity.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I had the pleasure and privilege of reviewing @svenbeckert.bsky.social's landmark "Capitalism: A Global History" for @bostonglobe.com. Out tomorrow from @penguinpress.bsky.social. Thanks to @katekilla.bsky.social for the opportunity. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/24/a...
Mamdani has an asset that isn't much discussed.
Having been born outside the US, the office of President is out of bounds, which means he doesn't present a threat to the personal ambitions of a certain layer of prominent politicians in both parties.
1/3
Having been born outside the US, the office of President is out of bounds, which means he doesn't present a threat to the personal ambitions of a certain layer of prominent politicians in both parties.
1/3
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Mamdani has an asset that isn't much discussed.
Having been born outside the US, the office of President is out of bounds, which means he doesn't present a threat to the personal ambitions of a certain layer of prominent politicians in both parties.
1/3
Having been born outside the US, the office of President is out of bounds, which means he doesn't present a threat to the personal ambitions of a certain layer of prominent politicians in both parties.
1/3
"...in the city they call home."
"...every New Yorker who calls the city home."
So many of Mamdani's paragraph long responses end with these phrases. Don't underestimate the psychic and emotional charge of ending on the word "home," arguably the most powerful word in the English language.
"...every New Yorker who calls the city home."
So many of Mamdani's paragraph long responses end with these phrases. Don't underestimate the psychic and emotional charge of ending on the word "home," arguably the most powerful word in the English language.
November 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
"...in the city they call home."
"...every New Yorker who calls the city home."
So many of Mamdani's paragraph long responses end with these phrases. Don't underestimate the psychic and emotional charge of ending on the word "home," arguably the most powerful word in the English language.
"...every New Yorker who calls the city home."
So many of Mamdani's paragraph long responses end with these phrases. Don't underestimate the psychic and emotional charge of ending on the word "home," arguably the most powerful word in the English language.
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On 8 Sept, at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, do come to the Jaipur Literature Festival event where Suketu Mehta and I will speak about Gujaratis. Do register!
jlflitfest.org/new-york/sch...
jlflitfest.org/new-york/sch...
JLF
jlflitfest.org
August 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
On 8 Sept, at the Center for Fiction in Brooklyn, do come to the Jaipur Literature Festival event where Suketu Mehta and I will speak about Gujaratis. Do register!
jlflitfest.org/new-york/sch...
jlflitfest.org/new-york/sch...
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'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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About sixth of the public hold extreme/toxic views on mass deportations even beyond asylum.
This is not larger than a decade ago. Elites are shifting *much* more than the public (which is liberalising longterm & frustrated about asylum/boats in the short-term).
This is not larger than a decade ago. Elites are shifting *much* more than the public (which is liberalising longterm & frustrated about asylum/boats in the short-term).
About a sixth of the public endorse very extreme views on making legal/settled migrants leave & then follow up on the specifics. (This overlaps with the 8% who say they support violence in protests & liked the riots, so it should be challenged, not indulged)
August 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
About sixth of the public hold extreme/toxic views on mass deportations even beyond asylum.
This is not larger than a decade ago. Elites are shifting *much* more than the public (which is liberalising longterm & frustrated about asylum/boats in the short-term).
This is not larger than a decade ago. Elites are shifting *much* more than the public (which is liberalising longterm & frustrated about asylum/boats in the short-term).
Such is the power of an apostrophe.
August 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Such is the power of an apostrophe.
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Actual freedom of movement, especially for the elderly, people with disabilities and families with children, depends on state-enforced rules like this
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death.
“A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.” #VisionZero
“A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.” #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
August 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Actual freedom of movement, especially for the elderly, people with disabilities and families with children, depends on state-enforced rules like this
I learned too late in life what it is that could have made my life complete every day: devoting myself entirely to researching Corvidae. Really quite breathtaking creatures.
August 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I learned too late in life what it is that could have made my life complete every day: devoting myself entirely to researching Corvidae. Really quite breathtaking creatures.
I was in Gujarat earlier this year and was struck by how much Gujarati sounds like Bangla or Bengali, surprising giving that so much India lies between Gujarat and Bengal.
August 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I was in Gujarat earlier this year and was struck by how much Gujarati sounds like Bangla or Bengali, surprising giving that so much India lies between Gujarat and Bengal.
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Nice work led by two UMass physics undergrads who are apparently the first to ask whether viral-type particles actually are stopped by social distancing. The short answer: it depends a LOT on the room temperature.
One takeaway: more physicists need to get involved in public health work.
One takeaway: more physicists need to get involved in public health work.
Fluid dynamical pathways of airborne transmission while waiting in a line
Waiting and walking in lines (queues) can create unexpected air currents that can either heighten or suppress infection risks.
www.science.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Nice work led by two UMass physics undergrads who are apparently the first to ask whether viral-type particles actually are stopped by social distancing. The short answer: it depends a LOT on the room temperature.
One takeaway: more physicists need to get involved in public health work.
One takeaway: more physicists need to get involved in public health work.
Tree limbs merging!!
June 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Tree limbs merging!!
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Which English-language publishers are doing the best historical fiction these days?
May 30, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Which English-language publishers are doing the best historical fiction these days?
never really grasped the appeal of potholing
May 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
never really grasped the appeal of potholing
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if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.
May 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
if dems want messaging help, stop telling people you're "fighting back." it sounds like you're being mugged. call off the podcaster search, take your ridiculous money pile and try opening some food banks and free clinics. hurricanes are coming and the feds have no plan. looks like an opening to me.
I wonder if British journalists have a custom keyboard shortcut for "whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon"
May 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I wonder if British journalists have a custom keyboard shortcut for "whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon"
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If the Immigration White Paper does indeed reduce immigration by 100K/year, this is likely to push up the deficit by about £7 billion a year.
[by end of OBR forecast period - *after* taking account of reduced demand on public services.]
New @ukandeu.bsky.social blog
ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
[by end of OBR forecast period - *after* taking account of reduced demand on public services.]
New @ukandeu.bsky.social blog
ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
Immigration is down, should the government be happy? - UK in a changing Europe
Jonathan Portes analyses the latest ONS immigration statistics. He argues that net migration has dropped significantly, but that this will expose the...
ukandeu.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If the Immigration White Paper does indeed reduce immigration by 100K/year, this is likely to push up the deficit by about £7 billion a year.
[by end of OBR forecast period - *after* taking account of reduced demand on public services.]
New @ukandeu.bsky.social blog
ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
[by end of OBR forecast period - *after* taking account of reduced demand on public services.]
New @ukandeu.bsky.social blog
ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
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Net migration has halved. Should the Government be celebrating? @jdportes.bsky.social discusses ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
Immigration is down, should the government be happy? - UK in a changing Europe
Jonathan Portes analyses the latest ONS immigration statistics. He argues that net migration has dropped significantly, but that this will expose the...
ukandeu.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Net migration has halved. Should the Government be celebrating? @jdportes.bsky.social discusses ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration_...
Fox says farmer is not responsible for securing chicken coop
They’re not hiding the authoritarianism
Vance says Roberts is ‘profoundly wrong’ about judiciary’s role to check executive branch | CNN Politics
Vice President JD Vance called Chief Justice John Roberts’ comments earlier this month that the judiciary’s role is to check the executive branch a “profoundly wrong sentiment” and said the courts sho...
www.cnn.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Fox says farmer is not responsible for securing chicken coop
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Came home to find a copy of this in the post. That feeling of joy when first holding a physical book I’ve worked on never gets stale. Lucy Rose is an amazing artist and the designers at DK have done an awesome job.
May 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Came home to find a copy of this in the post. That feeling of joy when first holding a physical book I’ve worked on never gets stale. Lucy Rose is an amazing artist and the designers at DK have done an awesome job.
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🚨 HUNGARY: A new proposed law would give the government sweeping and authoritarian powers to punish critical civil society organisations and media. It also sets a dangerous precedent for the EU and the wider corporate sector.
Our statement here ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/press/tra...
Our statement here ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/press/tra...
Transparency International: Hungary’s new bill threatens to end civil…
Hungary’s new “transparency” bill threatens civil society, free speech & EU values. Transparency International urges urgent EU action.
www.transparency.org
May 19, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🚨 HUNGARY: A new proposed law would give the government sweeping and authoritarian powers to punish critical civil society organisations and media. It also sets a dangerous precedent for the EU and the wider corporate sector.
Our statement here ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/press/tra...
Our statement here ⬇️ www.transparency.org/en/press/tra...