When does a university stop being a university?

Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · 4d ago

Texas A&M "University" So campus speech. Much viewpoint diversity. Very marketplace of ideas.

Joseph Roth (with Stefan Zweig) - BOTD

As I predicted, now that he’s been charged federally, suspended ICE agent Christian Castro has turned himself in and should now face justice in Minnesota as well. All no thanks to Texas Governor Abbott, who did his level unconstitutional best to keep Castro from being extradited to Minnesota.

Has Mike Rogers disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ken Paxton disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Mike Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Jon Husted disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Susan Collins disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Moody disavowed Elon Musk yet? Has Ashley Hinson disavowed Elon Musk yet?

Join us Tuesday, Sept 15th at 7pm in the bookstore for a talk with Aleksandr Gorbachev, music journalist and author. He will talk about his book Kogda my poem podnimaetsia veter. Kratkaia istoriia populiarnoi muzyki v Rossii XXI veka, published by @meduzaproject.bsky.social

A few years ago I made it out to Westerplatte. Where, 87 years ago today, Germany attacked Poland, sending the world into a global war. Many in the West ignored the warnings and signs, promised aid to Poland never materialized and the war spread. Lessons forgotten. #westerplatte

Did you know that we are also a map store? It seems some online maps are getting less and less reliable, but they still like to track you. Something a paper map doesn't do! Stop by and browse our #maps #mapstore #ontario #lakeontario bergstrompressbooks.com/en/city-maps...

Police have issued an all-pints bulletin

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 2w ago

A truck carrying an estimated 40,000 pounds of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was stolen in Montclair in what may be the biggest beer heist ever

Whenever we are finally able to unravel all the details of the Venezuelan oil theft to uncover all the bribes, kickbacks and corruption by American and Venezuelan politicians, greedy oligarchs & swindlers it’s going to make Trump’s $2 billion crypto scam look like an appetizer.

Texas! Check your voter registration

Mary@mfbrodie.bsky.social · 2w ago

Texans check your voter registration, especially those in Dallas, Collin, Denton, and Tarrant counties. From the article: Suspended voter registrations span the whole state, but these Blue/Blue leaning counties are targets: Dallas: +129,000 Collin: 56,000 Denton: 56,000 Tarrant: + 73,000

Support your local indie bookstore folks!

Robert P. Jones@robertpjones.bsky.social · 2w ago

Grateful my local indie bookstore @peoplesbooktakoma.com is making personalized signed copies of my new book available. BACKSLIDE: Reclaiming a Faith and a Nation after the Christian Turn Against Democracy If you order now, arrives by pub day 09/08. peoplesbooktakoma.com/product/back...

“What we’re seeing today is that there are really two separate economies: one for people who make their primary income through investment and passive income . . . and then typical workers who clock in day in and day out.” One economy for wealth, and it's doing great. Another economy for you.

Once again, we receive word that another Russian missile has destroyed, not a military target, but Ukrainian books. Our friends Ababahalamaha reported that their warehouse was hit. Other reports mention at least 60,000 books burned and destroyed in the attack. Why?

My man looks like he's about to dance through the credits of TROPIC THUNDER.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w ago

someone is repeatedly yelling “shame!” and “lies!” in the background as Lutnick tries to hold a press conference

The brave new world of AI & tech bros - trying some different ways to reach readers thru ads with the browser giant - sure you know who - did you know they reject book covers because, are you ready?, there is text on the image! They suggest using generic (AI?) images of books without text....

Rest in Power Dolly Parton

"The US Supreme Court sided with President Donald Trump over his plan to " free template; fill in whatever and it'll be true.

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 · 2w ago

And 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.

KBJ has them cold:

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 · 3w ago

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

We’re training 10,000 volunteers in seven states we’ve identified as most vulnerable to GOP election interference before, during, and after Election Day: Alaska, Georgia, Iowa, North Carolina, Michigan, Ohio and Texas. Get trained up with organizers on the ground if you’re in one of these states. 👇

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 · last mo.

"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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