David Huyssen
@davidhuyssen.bsky.social
Historian (political economy, class, culture), writer, editor, teacher.
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674281400
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674281400
Consider the context for "The UK thinks you're treating people in boats too harshly":
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Consider the context for "The UK thinks you're treating people in boats too harshly":
Come for the cowardice, stay for the corruption.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Come for the cowardice, stay for the corruption.
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“For all the rhetoric, this is not Trotsky here...This is stuff New York has done, not just talked about, but actually executed on.”
h/t Eliza Shapiro, among the best reporters at the NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
h/t Eliza Shapiro, among the best reporters at the NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
November 9, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“For all the rhetoric, this is not Trotsky here...This is stuff New York has done, not just talked about, but actually executed on.”
h/t Eliza Shapiro, among the best reporters at the NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
h/t Eliza Shapiro, among the best reporters at the NYT.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/n...
Sauron spotted at 50th & Broadway.
October 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Sauron spotted at 50th & Broadway.
The corkboard in the waiting area at my physical therapy facility is always a, well, revelation.
October 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The corkboard in the waiting area at my physical therapy facility is always a, well, revelation.
Raising the question: can a mixed metaphor be a cry for help?
September 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Raising the question: can a mixed metaphor be a cry for help?
The NYT giving GOP Gov. Spencer Cox a platform to pronounce the Kirk killer "leftist" w/o providing concrete evidence—in a story that includes mention of an ostensibly anti-fascist bullet engraving but not the widely reported homophobic one—is irresponsibly skewed, & dangerously inflammatory.
September 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The NYT giving GOP Gov. Spencer Cox a platform to pronounce the Kirk killer "leftist" w/o providing concrete evidence—in a story that includes mention of an ostensibly anti-fascist bullet engraving but not the widely reported homophobic one—is irresponsibly skewed, & dangerously inflammatory.
IND line for Zohran
June 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
IND line for Zohran
NYT news division now compounding the shamelessness of the editorial board. The board explicitly advised voters to leave only one of the two main front-runners off their ballots.
This is effectively misinformation, aka bad journalism.
This is effectively misinformation, aka bad journalism.
June 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
NYT news division now compounding the shamelessness of the editorial board. The board explicitly advised voters to leave only one of the two main front-runners off their ballots.
This is effectively misinformation, aka bad journalism.
This is effectively misinformation, aka bad journalism.
Democratic mayoral candidate and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander arrested by Trump & Noem’s Secret Police for requesting that they produce a judicial warrant for the detention of a migrant he was escorting.
June 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Democratic mayoral candidate and NYC Comptroller Brad Lander arrested by Trump & Noem’s Secret Police for requesting that they produce a judicial warrant for the detention of a migrant he was escorting.
Did landlords write this ad?
Yes, yes they did.
Yes, yes they did.
June 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Did landlords write this ad?
Yes, yes they did.
Yes, yes they did.
“Stop the Overreach,” “Climate Emergency,” and “The Only Good Fascist is a DEADONE,” together at last on Fifth Ave.
June 14, 2025 at 11:16 PM
“Stop the Overreach,” “Climate Emergency,” and “The Only Good Fascist is a DEADONE,” together at last on Fifth Ave.
NYTimes Politics reporters and editors reprised Tucker Carlson's disgusting pre-2024 election description of DJT as a punitive father-figure returning home & applied it to Andrew Cuomo, who, like DJT, is a credibly accused sexual harasser of young women.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...
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June 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NYTimes Politics reporters and editors reprised Tucker Carlson's disgusting pre-2024 election description of DJT as a punitive father-figure returning home & applied it to Andrew Cuomo, who, like DJT, is a credibly accused sexual harasser of young women.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/n...
Extraordinary detail in Kathleen Kingsbury's piece accompanying the NYT's "panel of experts" on the mayoral Primary:
multiple potential panelists declined to participate "because they were concerned about being publicly critical of Andrew Cuomo."
multiple potential panelists declined to participate "because they were concerned about being publicly critical of Andrew Cuomo."
June 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Extraordinary detail in Kathleen Kingsbury's piece accompanying the NYT's "panel of experts" on the mayoral Primary:
multiple potential panelists declined to participate "because they were concerned about being publicly critical of Andrew Cuomo."
multiple potential panelists declined to participate "because they were concerned about being publicly critical of Andrew Cuomo."
Defending ICE while red-baiting the guy who just the other week encouraged his massive small-donor network to help fund your candidacy: are these the political instincts and values we look for from today's Democratic candidates?
June 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Defending ICE while red-baiting the guy who just the other week encouraged his massive small-donor network to help fund your candidacy: are these the political instincts and values we look for from today's Democratic candidates?
hope and change, 2025: bureaucratic fascism, not libidinal
June 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
hope and change, 2025: bureaucratic fascism, not libidinal
Reactionary unions will always tell you "Labor is united" while disabling replies.
June 7, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reactionary unions will always tell you "Labor is united" while disabling replies.
The "vice president of A.I." insists on "authentic, human-centric feedback."
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May 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The "vice president of A.I." insists on "authentic, human-centric feedback."
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...
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Interesting how his racist & eliminationist EOs get framed as king-like declarations but when it comes to reining in drug prices suddenly "His Power Is Unclear," a real puzzler.
May 12, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Interesting how his racist & eliminationist EOs get framed as king-like declarations but when it comes to reining in drug prices suddenly "His Power Is Unclear," a real puzzler.
NYT v AP: Profiles in informing the public
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 AM
NYT v AP: Profiles in informing the public
The New York Times editorial board offers advice to protesters on May Day
May 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The New York Times editorial board offers advice to protesters on May Day
Something about this premise seems off.
April 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Something about this premise seems off.
Is the verb “to limit” synonymous with “deny” or “eliminate”?
If not, this story misinforms NYT readers about the plain-text content of an executive order.
If not, this story misinforms NYT readers about the plain-text content of an executive order.
April 21, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Is the verb “to limit” synonymous with “deny” or “eliminate”?
If not, this story misinforms NYT readers about the plain-text content of an executive order.
If not, this story misinforms NYT readers about the plain-text content of an executive order.
Well, a lot of it is indirectly, just not in the way they assume.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Well, a lot of it is indirectly, just not in the way they assume.
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