The debate on Anora is insane and shows how our societies have been taken over by so many reactionary trends

Logging in to read a young person who’s scared of sex give their opinions on movies https://t.co/VNGzZjN9Df

rachel

The debate on Anora is insane and shows how our societies have been taken over by so many reactionary trends 

https://x.com/rachelmillman/status/1897337692666675404?s=46&t=-NgIC0u9dwJDKDs2u8qQyw

foodnyc

I had the Peter Luger burger today for lunch and it did not disappoint

No matter how horrid someone like Pompeo is, it’s not decent to make fun of his rapid loss of weight or looks

As predicted, neither sides of the Iranian political spectrum have much interest in Russia mediating talks with US

As predicted, neither sides of the Iranian political spectrum have much interest in Russia mediating talks with US 

https://t.co/KbleIRc8PA

Surprise surprise, BDS issued a statement against NO OTHER LAND — and no it’s not because “they don’t appreciate their allies”, it’s because they are clear about what they want and it has no place for pretty much no Israeli Jew… no progressive content there

I didn't expect to like Warpcast as much as I do, but this site is really great. I definitely have some learning to do about blockchain and crypto, but you guys are all so decent, curious and earnest. Really a breath of fresh air for a journalist who has spent many years on Twitter. UX is excellent, too.

Geopolitics

I was recently on a very cool Israeli podcast to talk about Iran and Israel -- check it out !

I was recently on a very cool Israeli podcast to talk about Iran and Israel -- check it out !

 https://is.gd/neOIGs

Base

Musk is clarifying a lot about what he actually stands for

Musk is clarifying a lot about what he actually stands for 

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/05/politics/elon-musk-rogan-interview-empathy-doge/index.html

The most talented pro-regime filmmaker in Iran, Ebrahim Hatamikia has made a biopic about Moses that got some awards at the recent Fajr Film Festival. 

Terrible politics, talented director. Haven't seen this one yet!

That's write. Cleopatra was from 1st century BC. The Great Pyramid is from 26th century BC. Moon landing was obviously 20th century. We often forget the 'depth' of history

Listen to this beautiful song from Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer that was recently LASHED 74 times by the authorities, just because he dared to win 'banned' songs

Listen to this beautiful song from Mehdi Yarrahi, an Iranian singer that was recently LASHED 74 times by the authorities, just because he dared to win 'banned' songs 

https://t.co/e0a5gwyix0

They are obviously not comparable; The people of Northern Cyprus, to which I've extensively travelled, are citizens of their own state which rules over them, even if that state is only recognized by Turkey. They have their own airport, their own ports. If Israel founded a Republic of West Bank and gave citizenship to everybody there and allowed them access to Israel itself and to the world, nobody would protest it!

Why don’t any of the “End the Occupation” anti-Israel lunatics ever speak about Turkey’s occupation of Cyprus? https://t.co/xm0i41bwBE

Eyal Yakoby

They are obviously not comparable; The people of Northern Cyprus, to which I've extensively travelled, are citizens of their own state which rules over them, even if that state is only recognized by Turkey. They have their own airport, their own ports. If Israel founded a Republic of West Bank and gave citizenship to everybody there and allowed them access to Israel itself and to the world, nobody would protest it!

https://x.com/EYakoby/status/1897002483769336283

Thinking about summer travel plans; maybe I finally get to go to Corsica!

Thinking about summer travel plans; maybe I finally get to go to Corsica! 

https://www.travelandleisure.com/corsica-france-island-adventure-travel-8668235

On Jordan Peterson 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/03/jackson-katz-interview-jordan-peterson-feminism/

It is interesting that Trump didn't spend a lot of time on the Middle East last night. Almost no time in fact!

It's sad that this vile misogynistic language has become normalized in American politics to this degree

It's sad that this vile misogynistic language has become normalized in American politics to this degree 

https://radio.foxnews.com/2025/03/05/tampon-tim-2028/

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez seems to have stepped into political quicksand yet again. 

His deals with Catalan and Basque separatists already fueled the rise of a far-right party in Spain, a country whose recent experience with Franco was supposed to render it immune to hardliners. (I reported on this when I visited Barcelona in 2020 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/spain-far-right_n_5e28f82ac5b67d8874ac8893)

Now the center-left Socialist Sánchez is pissing off his leftist allies by making a deal with the right wing of the Catalan separatist movement to give the Catalonia more control over who gets to migrate there. 

https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/puigdemont-and-sanchezs-socialists-formalise-controversial-deal-to-transfer-migration-policy-powers-to-catalonia/

On top of all that, as I reported on my Substack last month, Sánchez's plans to phase out nuclear power are growing more unpopular.

https://kaufman.substack.com/p/europes-last-nuclear-phaseout-shows

Sanchez is the president of the Socialist International and perhaps the most notable left-wing government leader in the world today

Arash Azizi

@arashtehran