Peter Zusi
@peterzusi
Director, NYU Prague. Honorary professor, UCL-SSEES. Czech, German and Comparative Literature. Verbal and visual modernisms. Kafka. Mushrooms. Cats (or, at least, one particular cat). Opinions here are my own (re-post ≠ necessarily endorsement).
Elon Musk Confirms Ancient Concerns About the Superrich 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/21/o...
Float like a butterfly, sting like a Ragdoll who needs his toenails clipped
Imagine being rich as Croesus’s Sugar Daddy and deciding to make this be your legacy: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
“It’s tempting to mention bread and circuses here, except there’s no bread.” A Garish Spectacle of American Decline www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/o...
The deal to pave the way for further talks to ultimately end the war that is not a war and achieve the ceasefire that was achieved weeks ago is now complete! Well, I suppose that’s good news, at least till lunchtime.
I’m just a guest in a German budget hotel, standing in front of my water cup, being told to draw my path
All I’m saying is that this is real and it lives in my house Everyday is #Caturday
Pressing for an answer where these responses come from, I discover that Google AI is really hard-pressed when it comes to wittiness:
Now my AI is like: “Yo, I’m not DUMB!” “How could a day contain a piece of dining room furniture?!”
I just don’t understand how a journalist can describe two of the most bald-faced acts of open corruption in the history of the United States simply as “deeply unpopular spending items.” This is part of what allows this to continue.
Spewing hatred, suffering and violence on people who happen not to be GOP senators had no psychological impact; but going after Cornyn—after all those events he’s been doing for members!—well, how rude! 🎁 link In a Rarity, Republicans Stand Up to Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/u...
Sheesh, we are going to have to change the acronym yet again and start calling them UEOs: Un-Epstein-related Objects