Ben Mauk
@benmauk
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I write for @nytmag and @newyorker, sometimes elsewhere. Teaching @cwruenglish. Writing a book @fsgbooks. https://t.co/UkZmMb1mFH
Berlin / Cleveland
Joined July 2009
FYI not posting or checking messages here anymore. See you elsewhere!
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A major shift in Thaliand concerning 43 Uyghur asylum seekers. A Bangkok court has found there is merit to proceed with the hearing to decide if their detention is unlawful. If their detention is ruled unlawful, the detainees may be released.
Breaking ❗️The petition to hear the case of 43 of the Uyghur detainees was granted today at Bangkok South Criminal Court. The court found there is merit to proceed with the hearing to decide if their detention is unlawful. The court will summon the Immigration Bureau to.
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RT @ZeynabDay: Journalist Sam Husseini was removed from Blinken's last press conference. Removing journalists, refusing to answer question….
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RT @David_J_Bier: This is insane. The US government is dumping Asian and African families and children in random countries that they have n….
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RT @ABarnardNYC: I just heard NPR call “DOGE” “Musk’s government efficiency team.” That seems like journo malpractice at this point - repea….
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RT @matthewstoller: So an insane story by @musharbash_b, a private equity roll-up of fire trucks is why more than half the fire trucks in L….
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USAID is the better example here because the organization does a huge amount of lifesaving humanitarian work that doubles as a cheap investment in soft power and then its employees will also get caught red-handed drumming up coups in Cuba.
You gotta wonder how many CIA people are looking at "federal waste" meme grants, tearing out their hair, thinking "That 'research fellowship for the study of Afro-Cuban foodways' was our 3 best fuckin' people in Havana".
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Saddened to hear of the passing of Connie Brothers, the heart of the Iowa Writers' Workshop for nearly half a century. Nurtured hundreds of writers from Raymond Carver to Jorie Graham. Her influence and kindness can't be overstated. R.I.P.
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RT @hahauenstein: A new investigation by @972mag exposes how Israel weaponized toxic gas to asphyxiate Hamas militants and leveled entire r….
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May I instead recommend
We flew from our house in Malibu to our house in Honolulu so I could write one article about the presidential elections. Then we went from our house in Honolulu to my apartment in the Upper West Side, where I was meeting Tony Soprano at the diner. My daughter, Quintana Roo, was.
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RT @wang_maya: Great to see such commitment. @hrw continues to call on the Thai govt not to deport the Uyghurs to China. Instead, Thailand….
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