Reposted by Lindsey TramutaMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 02/10/2025She’s magnificent 2159214
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaAshley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 13/09/2025‘Debate’ is another one of those very commonly used words everybody thinks they have the same definition for, and clearly, they do not. 8966164
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutamattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · 07/08/2025a thing i simply cannot get over, as The Media collapses for i think the 5th time in my adult life, is what the fuck business the people who own these publications think they are in. shouldn’t the point be to just make enough money making the articles to make more articles 112963342
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Would you? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comParis reopens River Seine to public swimming after century-long banAbout 1,000 swimmers a day will be allowed to use three bathing sites after €1.4bn clean-up programme 250
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaMira Kamdar @mirakamdar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025"The task of imams in the US is markedly different: to guide their congregants through civic life in a country whose dominant culture is secularizing, pluralistic, and systematically Islamophobic." Excellent piece by @aidaalami.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...nybooks.comThe New Imams | Aida AlamiFor years I have been working on a documentary film about young Muslims in France, centered on the 2017 trial that convicted a police officer of killing a 043
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Man. What do we do against this. 2433346
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutalauren @elledeejo.bsky.social · 06/05/2025A (rare) thread on arts funding: Friends know that I’m proud to serve on the board of @hiartsnyc.bsky.social, a NYC nonprofit, led by Aaron L. McKinney, that empowers artists of the global majority to develop new work while creating a lasting impact on their communities. (1/10) 163
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 14/04/2025“The U.S. is no longer a reliable country.” Sounds about right. French economist Thomas Piketty in his column for @lemonde-en.bsky.social 070
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/04/2025Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years as a result of a deliberate strategy. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade. 4242961285
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaMatt Ortega @mattortega.com · 03/04/2025If this story didn't have today's date, I would've thought it was a Depression-era headline. 742806627
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaDr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 19/03/2025The world we've built is not adapted to the world we've createdtheguardian.comMore than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UNFloods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced 35123
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaMaris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Chuck Schumer right now: 358230983452
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Depressing reminder. Related: 45 million Americans are functionally illiterate and cannot read above a fifth-grade level literacyproj.orgliteracyproj.orgLiteracy Project Foundation – Believe – Dream – Soar 030
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 14/03/2025It's worth noting that at present, 17 European countries, as well as Canada and Israel, regard Holocaust denial as a crime. 1224699
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Vox published this reported essay I wrote on my first immigration visa a little over six years ago. I still meet people who refer to it and share it because there are so few resources (not written by law firms) which explain how hard the system is to navigate: www.vox.com/the-goods/20...vox.com“The best $6,160 I ever spent: a US work visa”I needed to prove that I was an “alien of extraordinary ability” — a relatively daunting task, to say the least. 4446131
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaAlexander Hurst @iamhurst.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I’ve been trying to capture what I feel looking back with sadness, despondency, frustration, and fury at the country I left (and which left me), and this is what came out. Thanks @lindseytramuta.bsky.social for publishing it :) open.substack.com/pub/lindseyt...open.substack.comSaudade for AmericaLeaving America guest essay by Alexander Hurst 044
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaJames Kendall @jimkendall50.bsky.social · 12/03/2025@tripfiction.bsky.social A heads up to a new book coming out from @lindseytramuta.bsky.social 😋 243
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 11/03/2025“By self-deporting, I ended my American life to save what remained of my actual life.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/08/o...nytimes.comOpinion | After I Self-Deported From the U.S., My Life Improved (Gift Article)My decision to leave the U.S. seemed crazy. I believed then that America was exceptional, the only nation capable of caring for its people. 050
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutalauren @elledeejo.bsky.social · 09/03/2025excuse me while I let the fame go to my head 👩🍳 bonjour.lindseytramuta.com/p/five-paris... via @lindseytramuta.bsky.social 131
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaEdwy Plenel @edwyplenel.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Aux États-Unis, @berniesanders.bsky.social en tournée pour organiser la résistance. Face aux milliardaires qui se sont emparés du pouvoir outre-Atlantique, l’icône de la gauche a pour ambition de monter une armée de gens ordinaires. @mediapart.fr www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...mediapart.frAux États-Unis, Bernie Sanders en tournée pour organiser la résistanceLe sénateur arpente les États-Unis pour lutter contre « l’oligarchie » et présenter une alternative crédible à Donald Trump. Face aux milliardaires qui se sont emparés du pouvoir outre-Atlantique, l’… 724186
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Straight out of @theonion.com. Unbelievable. 000
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaRebecca Traister @rtraister.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Wrote about the morally vacuous, strategically unsound (and also wrong!) anti-“woke”diagnosis everyone’s still sticking with, even in the midst of civil rights apocalypse.nymag.comWokeness Is Not to Blame for TrumpHow a misdiagnosis of the 2024 election has calcified into self-defeating conventional wisdom. 10840101079
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.clarksvillenow.comBooks mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.comAt an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement... 20162782812951
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaAnand Giridharadas @anandwrites.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Where are the Democrats? Geolocationally and morally? the.ink/p/where-are-...the.inkWhere are the Democrats?A feckless minority party can write all the letters it wants, but an opposition has to make meaning for people 1219644
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I’m happy to see Macron making statements urging for European strength and unity in the face of Trump but will the other EU countries have the courage this moment requires ? 030
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/01/2025trump revoking desegregation in federal contracting 22871812298
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaKarie Ghoulish 👻 @kariebookish.bsky.social · 21/01/2025Keep a journal - a pen and paper one. Just one or two lines a day. Reality is warping. You need to remember. 09214
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/01/2025one thing i’m stuck on is this idea that “masculine” energy means license to act like a chud in public, as opposed to more traditional notions of public masculinity, such as those that put a premium on the performance of integrity, honesty, honor and generosity. 1591533298581
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 12/01/2025“Democracy does not die in darkness. It degrades through deal-making — a procession of pragmatic transactions between those who have power and those who want it or fear it.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Old World Is Breaking Down. A New One Is Breaking Through.Four trends are converging to make life much scarier. 000
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11/01/2025remarkable to me that far from seeming cool or masculine zuck seems like an even bigger loser — the kind of nerd who preemptively gives his lunch money to the bully and thanks him for the opportunity 1344497586092
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 05/01/2025“You can’t busy yourself out of boredom or amuse yourself out of it. Neither work nor constant entertainment provides a solution… The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational. We cannot escape our own mind; it follows us wherever we go.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Chris Hayes: I Want Your Attention. I Need Your Attention. Here Is How I Mastered My Own.The problem we face is existential and spiritual, not situational. 020
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 27/12/2024“If I do any more mindful, radical self-care, I am going to exfoliate myself into not existing.” www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/o...nytimes.comOpinion | The Best Sentences of 2024An ugly year in politics was a gorgeous one for words. 110
Reposted by Lindsey Tramutajamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19/12/2024after years of hearing conservatives describe basic political equality as "mob rule," i am darkly amused that this country is being subjected to literal mob rule by deranged reactionaries 423922472
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaDavid Lebovitz @davidlebovitz.bsky.social · 11/12/2024People often ask about moving to Paris, so I invited @lindseytramuta.bsky.social to stop by for a chat about the ins and outs of moving abroad! #podcastdavidlebovitz.substack.comMoving to, and Living in Paris with author Lindsey TramutaWhat's it like to move to Paris, and live here? In this podcast, I discuss the ups and downs of living abroad with the author of The New Paris and The New Parisienne, about calling Paris home. 3162
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaBrooke T. Sample @brookesample.bsky.social · 09/12/2024It's a good day to be a New Jerseyan. PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law. 641442116603
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaKimberly Burns @kimberlyburns.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Writers! 🚨🇫🇷🍫🍷✍️🚨 @glynnismacnicol.bsky.social & Susanna Schrobsdorff are running a weeklong workshop in Paris. Early bird special! Get in there: www.thebluehourparis.com?utm_source=s...thebluehourparis.comThe Blue Hour ParisJoin award-winning writers Glynnis MacNicol and Susanna Schrobsdorff for six transformative days in Paris. 062
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 07/12/2024Trump at the Notre Dame reopening ceremony is bad enough but Musk showing up as if he’s a legitimate world leader is too much to bear. What a nauseating spectacle for an otherwise momentous, historic milestone. 391
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 07/12/2024With great nausea! TV media that broadcast the ceremony has remained diplomatic but I hope that will change once he takes office. 120
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaKarl Bode @karlbode.com · 27/11/2024hey remember that very small window where the U.S. government briefly cared about antitrust reform before immediately shifting right back to letting consolidated corporate power dictate the entirety of government policy? good timescnn.comA dealmaking frenzy is on the horizon as Biden’s top trustbuster faces the end of her tenure | CNN BusinessLina Khan’s days at the helm of the Federal Trade Commission, where she has overseen billions of dollars worth of scuttled corporate tie-ups — and become a political lightning rod — are numbered. And ... 929868
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 25/11/2024I could listen to @ayanaeliza.bsky.social speak for hours, even when the topic doesn’t instill heaps of optimism. Can’t wait to read her book podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe antidote to climate anxietyÉpisode de l’émission · The Gray Area with Sean Illing · 25/11/2024 · 55 min 020
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaJack McGovan @jackmcgovan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Yep, either we change or climate forces us to. I do think we need to make decarbonisation seem less punitive though. “Eat less meat and fly less” isn’t as inspiring as “work less for higher pay and spend more time with your children.” 373
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Climate capitalism will only get worse so long as decisions are being made by leaders and corporations without a conscience. Never stops being depressing. 010
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaChrisInParis @chrisinparis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Paris ring road reduces speed limit to 50kph, research proves it's a success. Of course, the unhinged rightwingers who predicted chaos and disaster were wrong again and the environmentalists were right. Less traffic, less noise, less pollution. www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-i...leparisien.frPériphérique à 50 km/h : le pôle écologiste raille les « prévisions désastreuses » de Valérie PécresseLes conseillers régionaux EELV soulignent les résultats positifs de l’abaissement de la vitesse depuis le 1er octobre, contredisant les mise 3346
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The content I live for (merci @elledeejo.bsky.social ) 120
Reposted by Lindsey TramutaSaeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 17/11/2024“Absolutely anything is possible, and we must acknowledge this, not out of surrender, but as a means of readying ourselves for the impossible fights ahead.” @roxanegay.bsky.social [This is a gift link; please just read Roxane’s piece or don’t. I don’t care about subscription politics.]nytimes.comOpinion | EnoughTo suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough. 31225359
Lindsey Tramuta @lindseytramuta.bsky.social · 17/11/2024Off to a great start, I hope you’ll join in on the conversation! substack.com/@lindseytram...substack.comLindsey Tramuta on SubstackSomething new for The New Paris Dispatch that I hope will lead to even deeper and more thoughtful conversations on Paris as a home, leaving the United States, and being a citizen of the world. 020