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I dunno. This SCOTUS is increasingly defining "irreparable harm" to mean "Trump doesn't get to do what he wants when he wants" on jurisdictional arguments... and then sides with Trump on the merits, too.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · 9h agoAnd as soon as tomorrow, Judge Talwani may also issue a TRO against the new rule the USPS issued Friday night to implement the EO. In other words, this is a small win for the Trump administration, but *not* a ruling that fully clears the way for Trump to mess with mail-in ballots come November.
Polish sci-fi writer Jacek Dukaj’s massive novel, “Ice,” dives deep into a futuristic past of alternative history and alternative physics. Listen to my conversation with this year’s Found-in-Translation Award winner, Ursula Phillips. youtu.be/7-7VW8IjXpc?...
Jacek Dukaj with Ursula Phillips – Encounters with Polish and Ukrainian Literature
YouTube video by Polish Cultural Institute in New York
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"Nee, nee, det is nu 'n Karussell, det is nu ne Kaffeemihle. Wenn ick nich jemeldet bin, krieg ick keene Arbeet, und wenn ick keene Arbeet habe, da darf ick mir nich melden." Heroes come in all forms! #Germanliterature bergstrompressbooks.com/en/literatur...
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick: Ein deutsches Märchen [The Captain of Köpenick: A German Fairy Tale]
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick: Ein deutsches Märchen [The Captain of Köpenick: A German Fairy Tale] Author: Zuckmayer Carl
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"'It doesn't concern us,' my mother would say, turning off the TV, 'It doesn't concern us,' she said when the neighbors wanted to discuss the news she had switched off the night before, 'It doesn't concern us,' she warned as crowds gathered for a protest rally..." #womenintranslationmonth
How much more spilling of blood and treasure—how much more destruction of the post-war order—will we watch the bloviating buffoon Trump commit before there’s an actual Congress to stop this madness? Asking for everyone who can vote in the midterms.
Steven Beschloss@stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · last wk.Trump has no idea how to end the war with Iran.
Thanks to @newvesselpress.bsky.social for such quick shipping & for the catalog -- it's been a long time since I've seen one & I love them. Looking forward to the read with @paperpills10.bsky.social, @barbaramcveigh.bsky.social, @yelenafurman.bsky.social, @olgaz.bsky.social & others! #WITMonth
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Battlegrounds 2026 Survey
The GOP will use every tool at their disposal to rig the 2026 midterms and intimidate voters. That's why Indivisible is countering Republican shenanigans with an aggressive Battlegrounds program to WI...
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This has been a period of tragedy and deep disappointment as the hateful reality of so many Americans and the cowardice of so many elected officials has been exposed. But it also clarifies the collective work we must pursue to build an inclusive democracy based on equality and justice. LFG.
Arthur Schnitzler's novella Late Fame was lost in his archive until uncovered and published in 2014. Alexander Starritt's translation came out in 2017. Now it's a movie! Earning rave reviews and screening at Lincoln Center and Film Forum in NYC.
Matt Zoller Seitz@mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 3w ago"By day, he sits at his desk and writes reams of notes. By night, he strolls around Manhattan, thinking. He feels so young that he even starts smoking again and is stunned by the price of cigarettes." Willem Dafoe dazzles again in Late Fame. www.rogerebert.com/reviews/late...
It's #moominday! Celebrate Tove Jansson's birthday by celebrating the beloved Moomin series of books. bergstrompressbooks.com/en/children-...
Die Mumins - Mumins lange Reise [The Moomins - Moomin's Long Journey]
Die Mumins - Mumins lange Reise [The Moomins - Moomin's Long Journey] Author: Jansson Tove
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Our next title for #womenintranslationmonth: Sweet Darusya. A Tale of Two Villages by Maria Matios. The setting is a small village in Bukovyna. Intertwined narratives relay the story of Darusya in reverse chronological order from the 1960s to the 1930s. bergstrompressbooks.com/en/fiction/1...
Sweet Darusya: A Tale Of Two Villages
Sweet Darusya: A Tale Of Two Villages Author: Matios Maria
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a Ukrainian currency printed in Yiddish. a Jewish poet who chose a banned Ukrainian. Lesia Ukrainka writing Babylonian captivity as russian occupation. the centuries of Ukrainian-Jewish entanglement that the imperial “Ukrainians are Nazis” trope was designed to erase endrussia.today/p/ukrainians...
the jewishness of being a Ukrainian.
The hundred-year-old russian lie we are still fighting.
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If your only tool is a hammer, all of your problems look like nais.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoTexas school officers are meant to stay out of “routine student discipline” by law but have used force in thousands of cases, including for seemingly minor misbehavior. An incident at Judson High underscores concerns about school policing, The New York Times and The San Antonio Express-News found.
It's almost #womenintranslation month, and on August 13 I'm going to be reading from my (as yet unpublished) translation of a chapter of Riva Evstifeeva's Boarding School Tales at this virtual @penamerica.bsky.social event. Hope to see you there! pen.org/event/women-...
Women in Translation Month 2026: French, Spanish, Russian, Mayan Ch’ol, and German
These events bring together three panels of translators, joined by their authors, working in a diversity of languages.
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A special highlight and one of the most popular anthologies of translations we've had in the bookstore. Amanat is a collection of 24 stories, translated from both Kazakh and Russian surveying women's writing since the independence of #kazakhstan #indiebookstore #womenintranslationmonth
Wonderful surprise in today's mail from @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social , a new, forthcoming title by @ioponomarenko.bsky.social . Can't wait to start! #Ukraine
“Flock has already claimed that they have oversight, that they have guardrails," yet we still see police officers using these camera networks to stalk women, EFF’s @evacide.bsky.social told The @washingtonpost.com. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/...
How rogue officers turned a nationwide camera network into a tool for stalking
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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The theme of war intruding on the games children play is not a new one. In today's highlighted title, the glamour of Ken and Barbie becomes less California and more the collapse of society during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. #womenintranslationmonth bergstrompressbooks.com/en/fiction/1...
Underground Barbie
As the frequency of air-raid sirens sending an apartment building’s residents to the basement increases, the neighbor children block out reality with the toys at hand—some imported from Western Europe...
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Did you know that August is Women in Translation Month? Over the course of the month, we are highlighting powerful stories written by women in different countries and different languages. #womenintranslationmonth
As you read the headlines, contractors destroying parts of the White House. Contractors building unnecessary border walls through archaeological sites or pristine wilderness. For-profit concentration camps. You ask yourself why? Götz Aly also wondered why so many average Germans supported
Microsoft said it had identified a large-scale campaign by Russian hackers targeting the public Wi-Fi infrastructure of hotels, conference centers, and other venues worldwide. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Microsoft warns of major Russian hacking campaign targeting public hotel Wi-Fi networks worldwide — Meduza
Microsoft announced it had identified a large-scale campaign by Russian hackers targeting the public Wi-Fi infrastructure of hotels, conference centers, and other venues worldwide.
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In 2025, Bloomberg reported that at least 16 men connected to Thiel and his companies occupied positions of power in the Trump administration, including David Sacks, who is now a special adviser for AI and crypto. @gilduran.com @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com
‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley
As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to enable them
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Are you a fan of the Netflix series Transatlantic? Anna Seghers was one of those German exiles the US Government especially didn't want to help due to her political views. (She did receive help from Varian Fry in Marseille and made it to Mexico). Her novel Transit is based on her experiences.
I mean, how does he know it wasn't the Visigoths?
Again and again. And yes, we are angry, and not just because we are booksellers, but because we are Americans and know our own corrupt regime has made us complicit. kyivindependent.com/russia-hits-...
Russia hits another Ukrainian publisher warehouse as attacks on book industry mount
The strike sparked a fire at the publishing house’s warehouse, engulfing around 10,000 square meters (108,000 square feet), Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram. One man was report...
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