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With sorrow, we announce the passing of FOBAZI M. ETTARH 1989 - 2026. Fobazi changed so many lives with her friendship, love, and brilliance. She was so loved, and leaves behind a powerful legacy. We thank Fobazi's community for their support over the last several months of her illness. A private burial will be held for family. We will be in touch with further information about a future Celebration of Life event, as well as ways to support Fobazi's family and legacy.

I did not understand I grew up in a concentration camp until I left Gaza Growing up in Gaza, I didn’t realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn’t face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a…

Growing up in Gaza, I didn't realize that the siege I was living under was unique or that others didn't face a constant threat of death. It was only after I left that I understood I had grown up in a concentration camp, and that it shaped my life mondoweiss.net/2025/12/i-di...

This is also what made machine politics in places like Chicago and NYC work so well.

Feed kids. Help folks get jobs. Keep lights and water on.

This was bread and butter for Dems and we’ve lost that.

The Trump regime will arrest you in the middle of the night because you spoke your mind.

And federal agents in plain clothes who refuse to identify themselves will be the ones to do it.

If you think I'm being hyperbolic, watch this clip.

BREAKING: Senate just UNANIMOUSLY restored $1.1 billion for DC local govt that was eliminated

Why?

Because Senators of BOTH parties work in DC - and most have homes there - and none of them want to be in a hellhole

Now - try applying that same logic to THE REST OF THE COUNTRY

After that, they'll look into that time a whole group of Americans busted into the Capitol building, trying to hang the sitting vice president and House Speaker, assaulting a bunch of police officers in the process. Right?

Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My statement on Yale Law School’s embrace of AI-generated smears Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and...

Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.

Repeatedly pressed to explain what *Khalil* did to merit deportation, the Department of Homeland Security just has no response other than to say he's a scapegoat.

"Have you watched it on TV? It's pretty clear."

everyone should listen to this in its entirety but journalists should listen to it multiple times. this is how you ask questions. you just keep asking simple, easily answerable stuff and the evasiveness becomes that much more glaring

Suspended for Pro-Palestine Speech: My statement on Yale Law School’s embrace of AI-generated smears Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and...

Helyeh Doutaghi was placed on leave by Yale Law School after being falsely accused of “terrorism” over her support for Palestine. She says her case reflects the new era of Zionist McCarthyism and that this repression reveals an empire in decline.

mondoweiss.net/2025/03/susp...

#Palestine #Israel

Trump attacks DEI; faculty pick between silence, resistance While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?”

As the DEI Crackdown Escalates, Faculty Choose Between Silence and Resistance

While one professor says faculty are “pre-emptively censoring themselves” in response, others are defiant—while another is asking himself, “What would I be willing to lose my job for?” #HigherEd #EDUSky bit.ly/413XhLP

FINALLY somebody managed to block the systems. even my laptop at home can detect non-human typing, why can't gov't systems automatically lock down as soon as bad agents attempt to get in?

"Satyricon," in an art-house theater in Philly. probably about 1971. i was 10.

Please read this if you consider yourself pro-choice and are ever inclined to say out loud that nobody wants an abortion or that nobody is pro-abortion

Medieval Nubian Fashion Brought to Life - Medievalists.net Recreating history through fashion, researchers have revived the majestic attire of medieval Nubian royalty and clergy, showcased for the first time at the Louvre in Paris.

ICYMI: Medieval fashion from Faras brought to life!

Researchers have recreated the height of 12th c. North-East African Christian fashion — & divine authority — based on the famous wall paintings of Faras Cathedral, Makuria (one of the medieval Nubian kingdoms)

www.medievalists.net/2024/11/medi...

How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. You just need one URL parameter.

How I fixed Google so it doesn’t shove AI into my face anymore.

tedium.co/2024/05/17/g...

new @tedium.co

Opinion | Is This the End of Academic Freedom? Silencing pro-Palestinian speech and action sets a dangerous precedent.

“We have both taught at NYU for over a decade + believe we are in a moment of unparalleled repression. Over the past six months, since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, we have seen the university administration fail to adequately protect dissent on campus, actively squelching it instead.“

she has taken far too long to come around.

Women end up doing the academic housework

A study on what many of us already know: over 75% of internal service work in academia is done by women. The bit that gets me:”The male associate professors in particular made it clear that they actively engaged in evasiveness and did not want to participate if it was not positive for their careers”

Louisiana HB 777 Would Criminalize Librarians and Libraries Who Join the American Library Association Louisiana Library workers or libraries who seek membership in the largest professional organization would be criminalized for doing so.

Bloody hell.
bookriot.com/louisiana-hb...

Old timey star chart illustration of a shorthaired ginger and white cat floating amongst overlapping grids and little black stars. The word "Felis" is written underneath.

Did you know there was once a domestic cat constellation? 'Felis' was created by French astronomer Joseph ‍Jérôme ‍de ‍Lalande in 1799, but the International Astronomical Union dumped poor Felis when they created their official set of constellation boundaries in 1930. www.ianridpath.com/startales/fe...

The map you've been waiting for: your guide to Waffle House and Monday's solar eclipse.

Pet rescue in Gaza: one man’s mission to care for abandoned animals Horrified by an official campaign to kill strays, Saeed al-Err has made it his life’s work to care for cats and dogs in the city

Sulala Animal Rescue is an established shelter in Gaza that is trying to help dogs and cats displaced and/or injured by the current attacks. Please help if you can but do NOT start arguing in the comments. It doesn't accomplish anything.
Article about Sulala: www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis. Meta acknowledged that Instagram was burying some Palestinian flag emoji comments in “offensive” contexts.

Instagram Hid a Comment. It Was Just Three Palestinian Flag Emojis.

Delighted to learn that Recording History has been recognized with a 2023 certificate of merit for “best historical research in world music” from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. www.arsc-audio.org/awards/award...

i too wish to try it.

100% Don’t do this

if all else fails @abuaardvark.bsky.social can you add me?