The expansion of the ‘public charge’ rule is just the latest in a barrage of efforts by the Trump administration to impede immigrants' participation in public life.

"What event is so small that it sits outside of time, irrelevant to the currents of its age? For much of Ginzburg’s work, the sheer weirdness and singularity of his subjects is fundamental. It's their unease with their historic moments, not their value as a holotype, that illuminates their context."

The purpose of a system is what it does.

"Because in my culture, to love someone is to allow yourself to be changed by them."

As a US-born Romanian who's spent most of my life between those countries, yea water is wet. Much of Anglo-American culture is full of flaky, transactional, therapy-speaking hyper-individualists. That said, this essay is sooo "diaspora adult conjures up wildly romanticized fantasy of the homeland."

“In addition to monitoring activists in the vicinity of Anthropic executives and keeping tabs on protests near physical Anthropic assets, the firm is also implementing a ‘pre-crime’ approach… In some cases, that also means reporting suspects to police before a crime occurs.” @drboguslaw.bsky.social:

Unfortunately, I doubt Romania will pursue extradition given how hard Nicușor Dan has been kissing the ring of the Trump admin lately, but one can hope...