Paris Insider
@paulwinerbenitzak.bsky.social
Paris-based dispatches from longtime contributor to NY Times, Reuters, co-founder of int'l arts journal Dance Insider & Arts Voyager, https://danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/ and director of the Maison de Traduction, https://danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/.
Avis à tous•tes les journalistes de mon réseau : la frénésie médiatique autour des risques de l'IA est un cadrage posé par l'industrie, à son avantage. Trop de relais sans recul sur ces "alertes" leur beneficient directement. Il en va aussi de votre responsabilité.
September 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Aucun soutein ici, ces sont les hypocrites. La semaine dernier le matinal d'Erner fait traiter les gens qui veut boycotter Barbara Butch comme les antiSemites contre la liberte d'expression (en opposant qulqu'une qui a soutenu un loi contre le liberte d'expression), et maintainant il veut boycotter
Soutien à la grève des personnels de radio france qui se battent contre la nomination comme éditorialiste, du directeur adjoint d'une publication d'extrême droite.
Grève à Radio France : «Nous ne serons pas la seringue qui injecte le poison dans la pensée des auditeurs»
September 14, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Aucun soutein ici, ces sont les hypocrites. La semaine dernier le matinal d'Erner fait traiter les gens qui veut boycotter Barbara Butch comme les antiSemites contre la liberte d'expression (en opposant qulqu'une qui a soutenu un loi contre le liberte d'expression), et maintainant il veut boycotter
Exactement. Sur un autre sujet mais relatif je crois a vos réflexions de @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social sur le journalisme, ce paradigme de "On the one hand on the other hand" qui equaliser tout point de vu sans que le journaliste peser sur le vérité m'a tjrs sembler malhonnête et irresponsable.
Un mème génial qui illustre à la perfection la démonstration de @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social dans son ouvrage « Ils ne sont pas d’extrême droite, ils font l’extrême droite ».
Littéralement ce même.
September 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Exactement. Sur un autre sujet mais relatif je crois a vos réflexions de @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social sur le journalisme, ce paradigme de "On the one hand on the other hand" qui equaliser tout point de vu sans que le journaliste peser sur le vérité m'a tjrs sembler malhonnête et irresponsable.
@chrislhayes.bsky.social is right and to this I'd add: This is the one thing the Left-wing Insoumis party, the best hope for stopping the Extreme Right from being elected to control France next year, hasn't understood in comparing itself to Mamdani.
Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani shaking hands at the Sept. 11 ceremony via ABC7NY
September 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social is right and to this I'd add: This is the one thing the Left-wing Insoumis party, the best hope for stopping the Extreme Right from being elected to control France next year, hasn't understood in comparing itself to Mamdani.
Just published on the Dance Insider and, perhaps, of particular interest to @joycecaroloates.bsky.social , @johnghoakes.bsky.social , @dougwendt.bsky.social , @mlejnas.bsky.social , @laviepolitique.bsky.social and @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social :
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Flash Flashback, 9-11: “CREATE, as if your life depends on it; ACT, as if the lives of others depend on it”
September 11, 2001: The view from Brooklyn. Photo by and copyright Julie Lemberger. Bessie at the Barricades An Open Letter from David White By David WhiteExecutive Director and ProducerDance Theat…
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September 11, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Just published on the Dance Insider and, perhaps, of particular interest to @joycecaroloates.bsky.social , @johnghoakes.bsky.social , @dougwendt.bsky.social , @mlejnas.bsky.social , @laviepolitique.bsky.social and @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social :
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Major piece juste published. / On vient de publier mon tout dernier billet. @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social @laviepolitique.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @mlejnas.bsky.social @dougwendt.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social
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The week Radio France lost its credibility and the day it made the music die
By Paul Ben-ItzakCopyright 2026 Paul Ben-Itzak Last week, a week that will live in infamy in the history of French public radio, Guillaume Erner returned to his job as host of the anti-intell…
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September 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Major piece juste published. / On vient de publier mon tout dernier billet. @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social @laviepolitique.bsky.social @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @mlejnas.bsky.social @dougwendt.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social
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As more evidence of why Fr. public radio's France Culture is anti-intellectual all the more so since pulling @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social ’s program): As 1 of Steinem’s feminist achievements, it's international press review 2day cited the founding of “Mrs” mag. De Beauvoir's spinning in her grave
September 4, 2026 at 6:52 PM
As more evidence of why Fr. public radio's France Culture is anti-intellectual all the more so since pulling @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social ’s program): As 1 of Steinem’s feminist achievements, it's international press review 2day cited the founding of “Mrs” mag. De Beauvoir's spinning in her grave
More on Wendell Berry & his implications in my life, with references to & consequences of my teaching by @joycecaroloates.bsky.social as well. danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/a.... Of potential interest to @dougwendt.bsky.social , @johnghoakes.bsky.social and @mlejnas.bsky.social perhaps.
AVID, the Arts Voyager Illustrated Diary: Thresholds, with art from Balthus, Ruth Asawa, and Ben Shahn and PBI’s Memoir ‘Two-and-a-half with a Bullet’
From the exhibition Balthus, running through January 1 at the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen, Switzerland: “Le Chat au miroir III,” 1989–1994. Oil on canvas, 220 x 195 cm. Private collection. Copyrigh…
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September 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
More on Wendell Berry & his implications in my life, with references to & consequences of my teaching by @joycecaroloates.bsky.social as well. danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/2018/10/26/a.... Of potential interest to @dougwendt.bsky.social , @johnghoakes.bsky.social and @mlejnas.bsky.social perhaps.
The 1st thing I thought of on news of Wendell Berry's death was the book he & Ben Shahn made after JFK's assassination part of my life for 63 yrs danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/n.... @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @dougwendt.bsky.social @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social
November 26 Nineteen Hundred Sixty Three: ‘We know ourselves, the bearers of the light of the earth he is given to, and of the light of all his lost days’
From the exhibition Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again, on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through January 26: Andy Warhol, “Nine Jackies,” 1964. Whitney Museum of Amer…
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September 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
The 1st thing I thought of on news of Wendell Berry's death was the book he & Ben Shahn made after JFK's assassination part of my life for 63 yrs danceinsiderblog.wordpress.com/2019/11/22/n.... @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @dougwendt.bsky.social @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social
What kind of a man would do this? All because he didn't have his way.
The iconic weeping willow trees outside the Kennedy Center have been cut down by Trump.
September 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM
What kind of a man would do this? All because he didn't have his way.
Salsa? Didn't realize that California had annexed Puerto Rico and/or Cuba. @dougwendt.bsky.social
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August 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Salsa? Didn't realize that California had annexed Puerto Rico and/or Cuba. @dougwendt.bsky.social
IT'S NOT HIS TO SELL. This is our heritage.
This man looks at our national treasures and — like everything else — all he sees are dollar signs. It’s a sickness.
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Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer
The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.
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August 30, 2026 at 8:56 AM
IT'S NOT HIS TO SELL. This is our heritage.
And unlike Honest Abe, he probably tried to lie about it.
Trump cut down cherry trees for which Washington DC is famous for one of his tacky golf courses.
He’s planning to sell some of Yosemite Park to a private developer.
He’s destroyed the East Wing.
He’s threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center.
That vulgar slob has no respect for beauty.
He’s planning to sell some of Yosemite Park to a private developer.
He’s destroyed the East Wing.
He’s threatened to demolish the Kennedy Center.
That vulgar slob has no respect for beauty.
August 30, 2026 at 8:55 AM
And unlike Honest Abe, he probably tried to lie about it.
She may have been more than a little bit country, but Dolly was all rock 'n' roll -- & even World Beat! (N'est pas, @dougwendt.bsky.social , @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social - @johnghoakes.bsky.social, @laviepolitique.bsky.social et @joycecaroloates.bsky.social ?
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Dolly Parton - Peace Train (Holy Roller Mix Extended)
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August 26, 2026 at 10:29 AM
She may have been more than a little bit country, but Dolly was all rock 'n' roll -- & even World Beat! (N'est pas, @dougwendt.bsky.social , @sylvainbourmeau.bsky.social - @johnghoakes.bsky.social, @laviepolitique.bsky.social et @joycecaroloates.bsky.social ?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMIH...
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So much for traditional values.
You think Trump can’t possibly become any worse of a monster, and then you find out his administration is sending America’s wild horses to slaughterhouses. What the Trump administration is doing to our wild horses is absolutely disgusting. 🤮 There has to be a line.
August 24, 2026 at 10:44 AM
So much for traditional values.
Nope, two: Unwavering support for Israel. The difference is that Jeffreys gets paid for his by the Zionist lobby.
Hakeem Jeffries and Jared Kushner met today to see what they have in common.
It turns out to be only one thing: A stupefying fear of progressive Democrats accomplishing lots of things that will help people.
It turns out to be only one thing: A stupefying fear of progressive Democrats accomplishing lots of things that will help people.
August 24, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Nope, two: Unwavering support for Israel. The difference is that Jeffreys gets paid for his by the Zionist lobby.
Here's some good news to round out the week: progressive Aisha Wahab just won a special Congressional election in California, defeating a centrist backed by millions in AIPAC spending.
More proof that organized people can beat organized money.
More proof that organized people can beat organized money.
'Organized People Won': Aisha Wahab Defeats Millions in AIPAC Spending to Win US House Race | Common Dreams
"This victory belongs to the voters who made clear that our district cannot be bought," said Wahab, who will serve out t
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August 22, 2026 at 10:47 AM
TRUMP & HEGSETH: “Conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln are fine. It is ‘fake news’ that the ship needs to return home to get food and clean out the poop!!!”
NEXT: Orders the ship home after families of crew members reveal Trump and Hegseth are lying to cover their incompetence.
NEXT: Orders the ship home after families of crew members reveal Trump and Hegseth are lying to cover their incompetence.
August 22, 2026 at 10:46 AM
The Navy may change the name of a warship to honor a brave black man who served honorably in the Pearl Harbor attack to the name of a cowardly draft dodger who is so ignorant he didn’t even know what happened at Pearl Harbor, according to his then Chief of Staff accompanying him on the visit
August 21, 2026 at 10:48 AM
I had the honor of writing for Reuters 4 12 years. Why is it now taking a page from Vichy, which kept files on Jews so that they could be deported by the Nazis? www.commondreams.org/news/thomson.... @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @dougwendt.bsky.social @mlejnas.bsky.social
August 15, 2026 at 10:18 AM
I had the honor of writing for Reuters 4 12 years. Why is it now taking a page from Vichy, which kept files on Jews so that they could be deported by the Nazis? www.commondreams.org/news/thomson.... @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @johnghoakes.bsky.social @dougwendt.bsky.social @mlejnas.bsky.social
but like a gigantic yacht refusing to help a small boat in trouble at sea --same tribe.
A president who refuses to send aid to states that didn’t vote for him, is a literally enemy of the state and the nation.
August 11, 2026 at 10:51 AM
And that too!
One America, where sociopathic couples opportunistically use each other to get money/power with icy distance.
Another America, where affectionate couples actually love each other and enjoy each other's company.
Another America, where affectionate couples actually love each other and enjoy each other's company.
August 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
And that too!
What @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social says plus: One America for people rich enough to dress up in tuxes and who think clothes makes the man and the woman, and another for real people who prefer hanging out in a diner, with no pretense; just real folks.
One America, where people are smart enough to know you don't form plurals with apostrophes.
Another America, where people are stupid enough to use apostrophes to form plurals.
Another America, where people are stupid enough to use apostrophes to form plurals.
August 10, 2026 at 11:48 AM
What @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social says plus: One America for people rich enough to dress up in tuxes and who think clothes makes the man and the woman, and another for real people who prefer hanging out in a diner, with no pretense; just real folks.
Bigotry like this should not just be tacitly accepted as business as usual from the Repugnicants; it needs to be called out. This person clearly does not understand one of the prime reasons the U.S. was founded.
Muslims aren't the United States' biggest threat. Christian nationalists like mean, crazy, and fake-Christian Nancy Mace are.
(And Trojan is capitalized, you semi-literate troll.)
(And Trojan is capitalized, you semi-literate troll.)
August 10, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Bigotry like this should not just be tacitly accepted as business as usual from the Repugnicants; it needs to be called out. This person clearly does not understand one of the prime reasons the U.S. was founded.
Richard Nixon was never arrested for his crimes, but his Attorney General John Mitchell was—for helping Nixon cover them up.
Have fun with the next administration, Todd Blanche!
Have fun with the next administration, Todd Blanche!
August 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM