Rafaël Newman

word merchant
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[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

@eurowings we have been waiting for three weeks for the compensation promised us when we were bumped from flight EW 8763 out of Zurich on 25 June 2026: CHF 500 for the two of us. No reply to our submission of the requisite refund forms, nor to any of our subsequent inquiries.

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

Thanks @SyncPol for the vote of confidence: high praise, coming from your precincts!

[Syncopated Politics @syncpol.bsky.social @SyncPol]

A reminder from @raf_newman that there are things besides politics...
Ulyssees on the Limmat https://t.co/hFAv8zn2No

[Syncopated Politics @syncpol.bsky.social @SyncPol]

Always learn things from @raf_newman And the man can flat out write

Second Nature https://t.co/heVY2kq2B5

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

#JennyErpenbeck #NadineOlonetzky #YaelvanderWouden

[3 Quarks Daily @3QD]

Bad Housekeeping https://t.co/AyT5K6qgqQ

[Carlyn Zwarenstein—on science and power on Bluesky @CarlynZwaren]

Utter silence as 2.3 mil mostly minor age genocide survivors sporadically bombed, while starved & sickened 2 death. During a "ceasefire". For 15 1/2 mo we impotently watched as our fellow humans were murdered in a variety of ways I didn't think were possible. Now, again? 1/2

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

@simon_schama Born a failed state

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

#kosovo #REPUBLIKA #anarchism #poetry

[3 Quarks Daily @3QD]

Republik of Letters https://t.co/Jw2X7KW92a

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

@DAMendelsohnNYC I recall seeing it with you, 35 years ago, and being similarly enchanted.. .

[Syncopated Politics @syncpol.bsky.social @SyncPol]

For a quieter moment (and who of us can't use one). From @raf_newman

The Poet Is Present https://t.co/udGLeD8zYF

[Syncopated Politics @syncpol.bsky.social @SyncPol]

History does repeat itself, yet it's human nature to never learn. Still I did not expect another Teapot Dome...the government's transfer of public assets (our privacy, perhaps our benefits) for private consumption. This isn't a true "President Musk", but.

https://t.co/iXYXVSJ28p

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

#MargareteSusman #MarinaAbramović

[3 Quarks Daily @3QD]

The Poet Is Present https://t.co/KRKqPLM0tT

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

@tara_taylor Check this out: https://t.co/Tcmp4EY5T2
...from one Canadian to another! And keep warm!

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

"Siri, what 15 second video clip serves as a metaphor for the culmination of the last half-Century of American-led, fossil fuel driven, neoliberal capitalism?"

[Video by @stuartpalley]

[Daniel Mendelsohn @DAMendelsohnNYC]

Or—since they’re “interested in Homer”—they can read Homer.

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

For where’s the majesty in leading men
By proxy into war, and out again?
#leadership #disaster

[3 Quarks Daily @3QD]

One For All — & Solferino! https://t.co/r8t5lBBvxC

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

Please help support this wonderful aggregator-magazine-blog to which I have had the pleasure of contributing a text every four weeks for the past five-and-a-half years!
https://t.co/bHIOQXUAZA

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

@williamcrawley "No thanks."
The Croppy Boy

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

Et in Arcadia @Shteyngart (Paris Gare de l'Est)

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

#Ghana #SaidiyaHartman #TransatlanticSlaveTrade #CriticalFabulation #FranklinUniversitySwitzerland

[3 Quarks Daily @3QD]

Their Eyes Weren’t Watching God https://t.co/l3V1oc7ywq

[Rafaël Newman @raf_newman]

@FedeItaliano76 Feltrinelli's fever dream