Paul Lerner

That’s me in middle school pretending to be my dad

I'm pretty sure they are already saying it, just not as publicly yet

Watching this I can feel the brain cells dying

LOL

German colleague: The one I’m really worried about is JD Vance. He’s so charismatic. Such an effective speaker.
Me: 😐

The moment when you think things couldn’t get worse, they get a whole lot worse

Who could have seen this coming

Oh no. Hope you feel better soon

Blissfully ignorant about daylight savings time

Flight attendant: What do you do in LA?
Me: I’m a history professor.
FA: Oh no. Poor you!

Right but compare Trump today to Bush in 2002. W’s approval was through the roof. Few voiced skepticism about WMD in Iraq. It’s very different today

I’m traveling now and thought I heard Rusty jumping on the bed last night

Fascinating but extremely disturbing talk by the great Dorothee Wierling, “The German Blues,” W coast Germanists workshop at CU Boulder
@ghiwashington.bsky.social

Boulder, Colorado -- the waiter said it was a "must"

Thank you, but, no, I will not be having a pizzookie

No! I spent a little time with him at Georgetown a million years ago and made scores of students read him. Damn

Wow

Has anyone told her that Orwell was a socialist?

So what about ICE agents?

It’s almost as if they don’t know what they’re doing

Hans Fallada, Alone in Berlin
Lion Feuchtwanger, The Oppermanns
Ignaz Silone, Bread and Wine

But none of these will cheer you up

I spent some important time there too, a few very memorable months

The Philadelphia guy? Damn

She is beautiful and so are these words

Close up of orange cat

Rusty is a belly cat

Because we can all use a laugh these days: I had the pleasure of chatting with the always funny
@robkutner.bsky.social
about his new book for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
newbooksnetwork.com/the-jews

Expected better from the good Naomi

Es fehlt nur noch ein Lied

Why does it feel like the world is ending every Purim

One thing I will say having lived through W Bush’s disastrous wars and the phony intelligence and manipulation in the runup- at least people are speaking up now and not being persecuted for it. Trump’s is a much weaker presidency.