Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 29/10/2025"That campaign has been driven internally by Margi Conklin, a New York Post veteran who was most recently managing editor at The Free Press, and who assigned the de Blasio piece, per two people with knowledge of the situation." Bari's wake is sloppy lies www.semafor.com/article/10/2...semafor.comHow a London newspaper botched a New York political storyWelcome to New York. 0345
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 04/10/2025“Lynch structures the book as a narrative autopsy of each presidential administration’s respective failures to shield the American worker from globalization’s most backbreaking consequences.” @sidhubaba.bsky.social analyzes a new book by journalist David J. Lynch. trib.al/iGnZwmgtrib.alAmerica’s Greatest MistakeGlobalization left millions behind as a policy and transformed the world politically, a new book argues. 0102
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaRozina Ali @rozinaali.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Hello: I'm collecting examples of anti-Muslim remarks people in the United States have received over their lives. Please fill out this survey fill out this survey if it applies to you (and please share!): docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comShare your Islamophobia storyMy name is Rozina Ali, and I'm a journalist and writer. For a research project, I'm collecting examples of Islamophobic (anti-Muslim) comments people in the United States have received over the last 2... 43734
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Should you find yourself in need of a developmental editorial for a book project — fiction, non-, something in-between or somehow neither — I’m looking to take on a few more clients between now and the fall 120
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaNikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 19/05/2025The Bukele regime has arrested Ruth Lopez, an internationally renowned human rights and anti-corruption attorney who has been publicly critical of the Salvadoran government's abuses. I had the honor of interviewing Ruth earlier this year, she must be freed. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol... 3377150
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaJoe Weisenthal @weisenthal.bsky.social · 09/04/2025*GOLDMAN SACHS RESCINDS RECESSION CALL AFTER TRUMP TARIFF PAUSE 2810612
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The final question was “what is it like inside the mind of a billionaire” and the answer was “my mind is a storm. It’s a storm.” 1726614
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaJewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 20/02/2025On the new episode of our podcast, On the Nose, @aptly-engineerd.bsky.social speaks with @maricohen.bsky.social, Noah Kulwin, and @sidhubaba.bsky.social about the Oscar-nominated film The Brutalist.jewishcurrents.orgAn Unproductive AmbiguityRebecca Pierce speaks with Mari Cohen, Noah Kulwin, and Siddhartha Mahanta about the Oscar-nominated film The Brutalist . 02210
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 16/02/2025www.dropsitenews.com/p/modi-hindu...dropsitenews.comModi’s Hindu-nationalist project in Jammu and Kashmir has become a nightmare for HindusThe end of the state’s “special status” was supposed to bring it inside the BJP’s big tent. Instead, it has imperiled civilians. 042
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 14/02/2025www.dropsitenews.com/p/as-modi-vi...dropsitenews.comAs Modi Visits D.C., Sikh Americans Say Surveillance and Threats ContinueAn alleged transnational campaign of killings and intimidation targeting Sikh dissidents has not abated 001
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaPreston @prestonrhea.bsky.social · 14/02/2025This piece on SNL’s 50th anniversary by @sidhubaba.bsky.social clarifies for me why I haven’t cared about the show for a couple of decades. It revved its countercultural claims way past their expiration date. Its defanged satire points us away from doing real politics. prospect.org/culture/2024...prospect.orgRequiem for a Comedy DreamJason Reitman’s new film about the origins of ‘Saturday Night Live’ forces a consideration of how the show turned into comfort food for its scared, self-satisfied liberal audiences. 011
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaPreston @prestonrhea.bsky.social · 04/02/2025To skeet is to display that one has no power 021
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaEoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 04/02/2025OWNED is out today. The result of years of research into tech, media, the right, it traces how billionaires like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Marc Andreessen have used their wealth to influence the media to their ends. I hope you check it outboldtypebooks.comOwnedA “devastating” (Nation) examination of how a cabal of tech-billionaires is colluding with once-idealistic journalists to create an entirely new media ... 231157295
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Our @hassankanu.bsky.social is at USAID right now as Democrats attempt to enter the building. More as we have it. 221441
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 31/01/2025www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-pal...dropsitenews.com“Operation Wrath of Zion" Aims to Dox and Deport Pro-Palestinian Protestors in New York CitySteered by a "right-wing Zionist" organization, the campaign is using facial-recognition technology to intimidate and out activists demonstrating against Israel 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 24/01/2025Last July, MAGA world's favorite rabbi posted proudly about his IDF-serving son's activities in Gaza. In October, those posts wound up in a war crimes complaint brought before the ICC www.dropsitenews.com/p/maga-rabbi...dropsitenews.comMAGA Rabbi Shmuley Boteach’s Sons Allegedly Committed War Crimes in Gaza. Trump May Be Able to Protect Them.They are two of the U.S. citizens included in a landmark criminal complaint filed against Israeli soldiers, a Belgian legal group says 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 22/01/2025A report from Jenin: www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-inv...dropsitenews.comIsrael Invades Jenin Days After Signing Gaza “Ceasefire”Israeli leaders suggest the operation was plotted during a backroom deal made during Gaza ceasefire vote 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 22/01/2025www.switchyardmag.com/issue-4/powe...switchyardmag.comPower Failure: On Landscape and Abandonment — SwitchyardBy Mya Frazier 011
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 15/01/2025www.dropsitenews.com/p/kamala-har...dropsitenews.comKamala Harris Paid the Price for Not Breaking With Biden on Gaza, New Poll ShowsTwenty-nine percent of non-voters who supported Biden in 2020 said U.S. support for the genocide was the top reason they sat the 2024 election, according to a survey by YouGov. 021
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 15/01/2025www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...theguardian.comThe man making a business out of China’s burnout generationLi Jianxiong was a highflying marketing executive in Beijing until a breakdown sent him to the west on a wellness voyage of discovery – just as his peers were losing faith in the Chinese Dream 001
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 10/01/2025"For four seasons, Saverio Costanza, alongside a staff of writers including Elena Ferrante herself, has been transforming the Italian novelist’s beloved tetralogy into one of the most stunning pieces of television I’ve ever seen." newrepublic.com/article/1882...newrepublic.comTV’s Year of Big DisappointmentsSome of this year’s TV felt distinctly deflated. But the very best shows took on the subject of disappointment itself. 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 08/01/2025www.dropsitenews.com/p/here-are-t...dropsitenews.comHere are the propaganda leaflets Israel is currently dropping over GazaThe messages consist of crude warnings, threats and appeals to turn against Hamas and collaborate with Israel. 100
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 06/01/2025www.dropsitenews.com/p/south-kore...dropsitenews.comWashington's (not so) strong man in Seoul is defying arrestAhead of Donald Trump's return to the White House, Yoon Suk Yeol's thwarted martial-law decree has thrown South Korea and the surrounding region into chaos 001
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 19/12/2024www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-...dropsitenews.comThe BBC's Civil War Over GazaThe BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates. 011
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 19/12/2024www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...theguardian.comHumphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chainSince the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder? 001
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaWRBL 3143 : : : DOCTOR PATEL @wrbl.bsky.social · 17/12/2024 content moderation is my passion.-) 001
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 17/12/2024www.dropsitenews.com/p/new-york-t...dropsitenews.comThe New York Times Ignored Source’s Doubts About Hamas Docs Provided by IsraelA key figure in verifying an incendiary story that sought to link Iran to the October 7 attacks reveals what he actually told the paper. 000
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaTekendra Parmar @tekendra-parmar.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Good news everyone! @garrisonlovely.bsky.social, @carolinehaskins.bsky.social and I are all gonna be Omidyar Reporters in Residence over the next few months. Excited to be fellows with my friends! omidyar.com/omidyar-netw...omidyar.comOmidyar Network announces fifth class of Reporters in Residence – Omidyar Network 141
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 17/12/2024www.dropsitenews.com/p/complaint-...dropsitenews.comComplaint Filed Against French-Israeli Soldier by Human Rights Groups Over Alleged Torture“Look, they tortured him to make him talk," a French-Israeli soldier is heard saying of a Palestinian detainee in a video posted online in March. 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 16/12/2024www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-pales...dropsitenews.comThe Last Two Weeks Have Been the Most Dire in Gaza War: Hospital DirectorKamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza "will turn into a graveyard for everyone inside" amid ongoing Israeli attacks 000
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 14/12/2024i wrote about comedy prospect.org/culture/2024...prospect.orgRequiem for a Comedy DreamJason Reitman’s new film about the origins of ‘Saturday Night Live’ forces a consideration of how the show turned into comfort food for its scared, self-satisfied liberal audiences. 011
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 13/12/2024i still think about this incredible Simon Han essay www.theatlantic.com/internationa...theatlantic.comThe Impossible Task of Remembering the Nanking MassacreHow Iris Chang tried to bridge the gap between a fading memory and a horrific lived reality 011
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 13/12/2024It's okay to take the joke to the audience -- they can handle it, and they will love you for it.... ! 081
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 11/12/2024www.dropsitenews.com/p/us-nonprof...dropsitenews.comU.S. Nonprofit Raised $300,000 for Israeli Sniper Unit Associated With Killings of Unarmed Palestinians“Your support allowed us to get my son and his elite sniper unit the most advanced scopes needed in order to have an advantage over Hamas when they go into Gaza.” 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 04/12/2024oh no not that anythjing btuajhnaddvadlkbvnadl 030
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 04/12/2024via @timshorrock.bsky.social: www.dropsitenews.com/p/south-kore...dropsitenews.comSouth Koreans Defy Biden's Man in Seoul"The D.C. establishment backed Yoon because he was what they have wanted for decades" 010
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 03/12/2024people's memories are short, but not as short as Rahm thinks, IMO. 021
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Holding the right + its institutions to account means interrogating the structures of power that produce them, which can lead much of the Great Punditocracy to uncomfortable places, stones they would rather not kick over lest they self-indict/show own ass 000
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 02/12/2024www.dropsitenews.com/p/occrp-budg...dropsitenews.comA Giant of Journalism Gets Half its Budget From the U.S. GovernmentDrew Sullivan is unknown to the broad public, but the head of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project is one of the most influential journalists in the world. 100
Reposted by Siddhartha MahantaDavid Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Earlier today the NY Times made a reference to a 4-page memo written by Seth London to build "a party within the [Democratic] party," a new moderate faction to spread influence. I have the memo. It's a blueprint for a new Democratic Leadership Council. Explicitly so: 92596122
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 27/11/2024really interesting findings prospect.org/politics/202...prospect.orgFrontline Democrats Won With Progressive Populist MessagesLongtime Democratic moderates who attacked big business and monopolies outpaced Harris in swing districts. 000
Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba.bsky.social · 26/11/2024need a new track from the 'rich guy of northern richmond' dude 100
