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.
We got a new episode and new music ... let us know what you think! www.thebupkes.com/p/the-jews-w...
The Jews who fought with Nazis: “Talk about bupkes!” with Oula Silvennoinen
Listen now | A Finnish Holocaust researcher shares the lesser-known story of how his country's Jews ended up fighting for Hitler — and the impact that legacy has today.
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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.
New episode! We go to Gaza for a moving conversation about loss, trauma, and hope. Get it here or most any podcast platform: www.thebupkes.com/p/a-voice-fr...
A voice from Gaza: “Talk about bupkes!” with Shahd Alnaami
The Palestinian writer, translator, and student gives us a glimpse of loss, hope, and survival – that is, everyday life amid Israel's destructive campaign of impunity in Gaza.
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The logic of the "market" ... Trump announces tariffs: stocks tank. Court announces tariffs were illegal: stocks tank.
New for The Bupkes: Sometimes the double tap is so nice, you do it thrice. www.thebupkes.com/p/double-tap...
Monsters (and other lies)
When a double's not enough, make it a triple.
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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!
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.
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.
“German officialdom defends its Staatsräson as a recognition of its ‘historical responsibility.’ Yet employing one state of exception in response to the crimes that emerged from another is more likely to replicate those authoritarian effects than compensate for them.”
euobserver — EU news that matters@euobserver.com · last yr.Germany's 'Staatsräson' - undermining Schengen, elevating Israel
In light of Germany’s decision this week to stop weapons exports to Israel that “could be used in Gaza” (whatever that might mean), we ask: When is what has been enough enough? www.thebupkes.com/p/conwatch-g...
ConWatch: Week 1,819
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany says no to weapons for Israel now — kinda sorta maybe whatever.
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What is community and where is it? @manuscarlisle.bsky.social from @left.eu has some ideas …
New episode of “Talk about bupkes!” with @manuscarlisle.bsky.social on leftist politics in the EU. Listen here and subscribe: www.thebupkes.com/p/eu-left-pa...
The EU Left wants to rebuild community: "Talk about bupkes!" with Manus Carlisle
Listen now | The press guy for The Left group in European Parliament talks about the European Union's "grave" moment and why the internet is not really real.
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“But don’t you condemn Oct. 7.” Well, 9/11 was pretty shitty, too. And then post-9/11 happened.
If it took @mehdirhasan.bsky.social on @podsaveamerica.crooked.com to get @jstreetdotorg.bsky.social’s @jeremybenami.bsky.social to stop fighting the G-word, you know the denial goes very very deep. Israel is murdering Palestine. And it’s destroying the Jews. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Head of U.S. pro-Israel group J Street 'won't argue' with those calling Gaza war genocide
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It’s August, when northern Europeans are obligated to leave their cities the only time of year they aren’t dark and gray, to pack sweltering beaches elsewhere. And The Bupkes has gone traveling too! To places other than Germany with not-constitution constitutions. open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
ConWatch: Week 1,818
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Choose your favorite pseudo-constitutional adventure!
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Our exclusive trailer has dropped! Because who needs a “Zohan” when you can have a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? youtu.be/PA9U0B3IR_Y?...
The Bupkes reboots a liberal Zionist classic for better use
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“Do you support more Israel or more Hamas.” 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.
Germany: The worst thing Israel is doing is disappointing us. Also Germany: We just can’t quite say why they’re disappointing us. Read the latest ConWatch here! open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
ConWatch: Week 1,817
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany demands a Wiederwiedergutmachungsabkommen with Israel. Plus: Death of a satirist.
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The Bupkes just traveled four days on trains across Europe and everything was right on time — including @bahn.de. If that’s possible in Europe, who knows what else is. Maybe even stopping what every respectable and informed thinking person is increasingly calling a genocide.
We’ve got lots more for you about Germany’s psychotic breakdown — as its antisemitism, philosemitism, and Islamophobia fuse together to form a clusterfuck of resurgent ethno-nationalism. This week’s ConWatch: open.substack.com/pub/thebupke...
ConWatch: Week 1,817
Does Germany have a constitution yet? This week: Germany demands a Wiederwiedergutmachungsabkommen with Israel. Plus: Death of a satirist.
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Just when you thought “drecksarbeit”/dirty work could not be topped …
The Bupkes@thebupkes.bsky.social · last yr.Fmr. 🇩🇪 Prez Gauck: “an early awoken anti … not antisemite … uh … philosemite.” We believe him. Deeply.
Fmr. 🇩🇪 Prez Gauck: “an early awoken anti … not antisemite … uh … philosemite.” 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.
Fresh Bupkes! When you don't get to where you want to go, when you want to get there, you get lots of time to think. www.thebupkes.com/publish/post...
Up, up, and back where we started
A supposedly fast thing we'll never do again. Never again.
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What's that? Intel is abandoning its billion-euro plan to save the east from the AfD and Make Germany tech-Great Again? Not sayin' told you so. But, we did write this two years ago ... schland.substack.com/p/germany-wa...
Germany wants to drink your milkshake
When the chips are down, buy them.
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