michaelzuck.bsky.social

Lise Meitner was the 2nd woman to earn a physics PhD at the Univ of Vienna and Germany’s first female physics professor. She fled Nazi Germany, helped explain nuclear fission, and has an element named for her. 49 Nobel nominations, she never won. Her male colleague did. #SheShed #VivaHerAlliance

The UN does important work. It deserves representatives who strengthen its credibility, not undermine it. 2/2

The FAA rolled out a new AI tool for air traffic control in DC without publishing a safety evaluation or sufficiently consulting labor. @repaprildelaney.bsky.social and I are urging the FAA to stop the rollout until we have answers. Air traffic control leaves zero margin for error.

@diedrichbader.bsky.social Heard you're in a staged reading tonight at my favorite museum. Hope it goes great.

@ralstonreports.bsky.social Was there a hidden Nevada angle in this Maine debate - kinda looks like NV map on the podiums.

@amosposner.bsky.social Thanks for mentioning "Priceless" recently. My wife and I just saw it - really nice RomCom. And coincidentally the same year Audrey Tatou was in DaVinci Code.

aka The Yes and Collection

There’s a growing movement of Americans and American Jews who want a different approach – one that puts human life, peace and an end to this cycle of destruction first. J Street will keep making that case in Washington. 2/2 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...

Jewish students should not have to check their politics at the door to belong. Our students will keep building the kind of Jewish community, and the kind of world, they want to see. www.haaretz.com/us-news/2026... 3/3

Responding to fears of antisemitism by vilifying Muslims does not protect Jews. It feeds bigotry. And when that rhetoric is spewed at Jewish conferences in the name of Jewish safety, it’s all the more painful. Jewish and Muslim safety go hand in hand. We should never have to choose between them.

Buddy Holly will "Not Fade Away"

“Socialism is a scareword they have hurled at every advance the people have made… socialism is their name for most anything that helps the people. 1952. Truman. This is how stale their desperate fearmongering is. cc: @MarshaBlackburn

“We don’t know enough about ourselves. I think it’s better to know that you don’t know, that way you can grow with the mystery as the mystery grows in you. But, these days, of course, everybody knows everything, that’s why so many people are so lost.” James Baldwin Born #OTD 1924 📷Leslie Schenk 1949

On Wisconsin!

Thousands of Wisconsinites volunteered their hearts out in 2024, re-elected Tammy Baldwin, but were crushed to fall short in the presidential contest. They got back up and helped Susan Crawford beat the world's richest man in 2025. And they never stopped. Tonight is Chris Taylor's win—and theirs.

When anyone from SCTV dies it’s like 30 people have died. Every character they created was as alive as anyone else you’ve ever met.

via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon

Wise words from the great @mikeokuda.bsky.social via @roddenberryfdn.bsky.social

Dems won big… now if only they knew who they were and what is to be done! My advice… study up on FDR, the New Deal, and social democracy.

Lately I've been telling people who pay me for talks to donate my fee to the St Louis Food Bank. These are hard times. In 2025, St Louis had a horrific tornado, a loss of federal aid, and now new SNAP cuts. Help St Louis folks eat and donate here: stlfoodbank.org/give-funds/

If I could get my pod to open, I'd give @scotttobias.bsky.social a standing ovation.

I think we know where this is going:

It’s deeply encouraging to see footage of hostages reuniting with their families and to see Israeli forces withdrawing from Gaza. There are obviously many more steps to achieving a lasting peace but today’s developments should give us all a profound sense of hope.

Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism but saying this in response to a post about a Yom Kippur attack on a synagogue outside of Israel absolutely is antisemitism. Hope that clears this up.

Good for Watson. Words that should have come from Trump since he was there the first day. But this is the kind of behavior he encourages.

Had the great pleasure of hearing Melissa and Badiucao in conversation at the @wendemuseum.bsky.social in Los Angeles. Educational, inspirational and thought provoking. Important voices in these moments.

Back in the 1960s, the Smothers Brothers made fun of President Johnson and his policies many times on their television show. The president wrote them a letter in response.

The Lost Continent

Parents, be vigilant against PragerU instructional materials in your kids classrooms! It’s an extremist outfit masquerading as an educational nonprofit. It’s a far right wing response to PBS kid’s programming, it is propaganda designed to appeal to children and careless or bigoted educators. Beware!

She was unforgettable as Dee and I knew nothing about the rest of the story. What an extraordinary fighter she was. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/d...

It's somehow comforting that the purveyor of so much unvarnished, bleak truth in these troubled times is also a passionate timeline cleanser

UCLA, you're stronger than you think. You have more cards. You'll outlive this. We all will. Hold the line. The Big Ten Rises Up Against Trump newrepublic.com/article/1983... via @newrepublic.com

Just Released! This 60th anniversary set showcases lost recordings, archival photos & memory- unlocking ephemera with liner notes from the set’s producer, Alec Palao and me on the history of the old 5-4 and the revue’s whirlwind showcase here in LA just days before Watts lit up.

"Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses. Because somewhere down the track of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened." – Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered…Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.” - 1984, George Orwell

I am quoted here so let me be totally clear on my take: Jonathan Greenblatt has made a calculated choice to aid the consolidation of authoritarian power by the MAGA movement in exchange for the suppression of criticism of Israel. And the consequences for American Jews will be devastating.

NYC: Join us Monday, August 4 at 6:30pm by Trump Hotel in Columbus Circle. We need to keep up the pressure and get more food and aid into Gaza NOW before more Palestinians die of starvation. (1/2)

Enough is Enough: Israel's Brutality Must End Leaders from J-Street, a liberal Zionist organization, & MPAC, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, come together to demand that American elected officials do more to stop Israel's war crimes in Gaza. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Answering Ezra Klein’s Challenge: Can Zionism and Liberalism Be Reconciled?.... critically important open.substack.com/pub/jeremybe...

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Oh, no. Three generations of nerds bow their heads and weep.

The situation in Gaza is unacceptable and antithetical to our Jewish values, and it’s incumbent on the Israeli government, the United States, and all parties to ensure that Gazans have access to food. Our full statement: