Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah. Praying for his full & speedy recovery. And so deeply inspired by his example.

Australian news reporting that the hero bystander here is named Ahmed al Ahmed. Muslim, father of two.

The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.

Any students at Brown who would like to talk to someone who understands what you're going through is more than welcome to reach out to me. You're not alone.

The D.C. Metro is selling these nonsense dreidels as part of the holiday merchandise collection — kind of love it?

News: After 5 months, UVA has finally produced billing records from its outside counsel (McGuireWoods LLP) related to DOJ investigations. UVA spent over $1.7 million through end of August! Link to the heavily redacted invoices here: www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/ev8ke...

i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.

It appears there is a group of Santas doing civil disobedience in downtown Chicago while demanding "a city budget for the money not the few." The Santas want billionaires to get taxed. So say we all. Source: www.facebook.com/reel/1415480...

I'm looking to speak with teachers, principals and other school administrators across the country about the impact of ICE on their students for an @theintercept story. My email is [email protected]

One of the reasons I think it’s also essential to not call the boat strikes “war crimes” but “crimes against humanity,” is that it emphasizes that Trump and Hegseth are acting extra-constitutionally and are not entitled to any shield from the courts. This systematic murder of civilians is illegal.

The cops are afraid of people protesting and/ or mutual assistance because it undermines their control. They want to be a clearinghouse for all information and concerns; they do not want people forming community groups.

Here’s the Washington Post reporting on smoke at that station in 2019. No mention of the White House, since it isn’t the White House. www.washingtonpost.com/local/public...

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

There are more people organizing and pushing back against the regime today than there were in the first term. There are more people in more places (rural towns and big cities across the country). I think it's really strange how resistant some people are to these facts. I wonder what's going on.

When you sacrifice your trans students to the government, they're gonna keep coming back for more

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength"

Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months. He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten. America needs to secure his release NOW.

August 11, 2017 - white nationalists march the lawn with tiki torches, no police intervention May 4, 2024 - students protest israel's ongoing genocide of palestine, riot police beat and arrest protesters it's not about the protesting, it's what we're protesting

Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.

They line up perfectly.

you'd think the forced displacement of 10 million people from one of the oldest centres of civilisation in human history would get a little more news attention than beltway journalists writing essays on how Olivia Nuzzi is a genius because they want to bone her and you'd be wrong

speaking as a virginia beach native if these kind of dudes are plotting against ICE then there is wide runway in public opinion for straight up abolishing the agency under a dem presidency

They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.

hard launch. on truth social. mamdani broke his brain.

But also, the _reason_ Mamdani could do this is because of the skill set someone like him has to learn being part of our communities. He is able to *perform* the "model minority" role, but is not interested in, and not aspiring to, whiteness. This combination is a hack that breaks media & power.

this insistence that she is some preternatural journalistic talent is going to drive me insane

Is it just me or is no one discussing Noam Chomsky's emails with Jeffrey Epstein? This shit is fucking weird.

But no resolutions condemning fascism, huh?

omg they made Jeffrey Epstein Inbox Simulator '25 jmail.world

You know what media is NOT bending the knee in the Trump era? College journalists! The Harvard Crimson's brutal takedown of the lecherous ex-prez Larry Summers is just the latest example of students showing a failing 'grown-up' media how it's done My new column www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

Study after study shows that using LLMs is bad for cognition, bad for learning, bad for understanding, bad for mental health. So why are our schools and universities still relentlessly pushing them?

Excellent reporting from the Cavalier Daily about the right’s bad faith and paranoid obsession with syllabi at UVA. It’s worth keeping in mind that this contingent is led by people like Bert Ellis, who even Glenn Youngkin decided is too crazy to be trusted. www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...

“Tell your children who the cowards were.”

To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.” www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...

America 2025.

The Taiwanese government is supposed to be mailing printed versions of its disaster/war preparedness handbook out this week. The book is already available online and includes warnings like this one to help ward against Chinese misinformation in the event of an attack. Translation in Alt Text

Virginia lawmakers and University of Virginia faculty are raising alarm bells about ongoing patterns of secrecy and lack of transparency surrounding former UVA President Jim Ryan's resignation in June. www.vpm.org/news/2025-11...

Student journalism once again dramatically outperforming “mainstream” journalism

Charlotte, NC: After Trump's ICE fascists raided and arrested 130 people last weekend, this week students responded. An estimated 30,000 students skipped class and walked out to protest these ICE fascists. Young people leading the way to build a future committed to meaningful justice. Let's go.

People are facing down masked men with GUNS in their cul de sacs while wearing sweats and flip flops. USians are in the streets.

it's weird to live in a world where a new 'worst thing you've ever imagined' happens at least a few times a month and it's easy to let it all run together and just sort of wash over you and go totally numb to all of it so you don't freak out because you still have to do laundry and go to work.

I'm on the last train of the night and my destination is the terminating stop. Such fun.

listen to this king. a team with low morale is ineffective. relatedly, a team with high morale is effective. also relatedly: we are going to win

Pretty good turnout out for a relatively cool evening. Around 40 people are here so far, I expect people to come and go as the evening goes on. Sorry for the typo on the first post

I'll be shooting photography for tonight's Trand Day of Rememberence in Taipei at Liberty Square

The Cavalier Daily, UVA's student newspaper, hasn't had a single FOIA request fulfilled since *July 1*. This is flatly illegal. Senator Deeds shared UVA's FOIA response with the newspaper, which allowed them to do this reporting.