And this is my Patreon www.patreon.com/monaeltahawy...

Any money you spend on Harry Potter stuff is directly supporting this www.them.us/story/jk-row...

Google’s acquisition of Israeli software company, Wiz, for $32 billion shows just how much Silicon Valley is invested in Israeli tech. The problem is, almost all of Israeli tech is first developed by a genocidal army. mondoweiss.net/2025/05/what...

AI evangelists are archetypal "Ideas Guys". The ones who are convinced they've come up with the best movie/comic/game concept ever, but just need actual talented people to make it for them. The inevitable lack of interest from creatives is, in their mind, the reason they've never succeeded.

I enjoyed Final Destination, but when Final Destination 2 came out, I was graduating from high school and they killed a bunch of graduating seniors in the movie and i just got so sick and sad and never watched another horror movie again until Get Out. That series has serious energy around it ❌

Antivaxx and libertarianism are the same--they can exist only when the majority of the population buys in to what it takes to live in a society, allowing the minority to think they are outsiders thriving on their own exceptionalism.

Nothing But a Man is definitely worth a watch. And now, as ever, is the time to do it.

GUYS. The comment period for this ends in THREE DAYS. PLEASE if you have even a little bit of time, submit a comment here: www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD... Let them know EVERYONE should be able to get COVID vaccines. They BACK DOWN when WE PUSH BACK. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

5 years after George Floyd's murder, don't forget that abolition was always the right call. Dismantle the infrastructure that arrests, surveils, beats, cages, and kills and build a society that takes care of our human needs and allows everyone to thrive. 1/4 www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-stil...

I am, once again, asking you to share this call for stories widely: The Apocryphal will be an anthology of Palestinian horror and dark fantasy/sci fi published by Roseway. Details below! soniasulaiman.com/the-apocryph...

He says “14 thousand babies are about to die from malnutrition while food sits behind a wall and you acuse me of terrorism” Haven’t heard this band’s music but I will start listening now www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This is very thorough reporting on a very painful reality in journalism. My endless love and support to the women who detailed their experiences for this piece. The sexual abuse in our field must be stopped. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

The anti-Tesla movement is one of the most successful cases of social coordination in American history. In the span of six months the Tesla brand has been made radioactive. This isn’t a subjective view. You can see it in the data.

Any call for aid to enter Gaza without an explicit demand for a ceasefire, withdrawal, an end to bombardment, and accountability is not a courageous or bold moral stance worth celebrating. Aid is meaningless if our children are getting killed, whether they’re full or hungry.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Y’all should read this, and then let’s talk. www.cjr.org/feature-2/we...

Any #Sinners fans in LA want to go to Club Juke? We’re having a Sinners Movie Discussion & Dance Party on Crenshaw on June 1st! RSVP here bit.ly/ClubJukeRSVP

You know what my MPH did teach me? Not to provide cover for rapists. Learn from your fave.

#Sinners Retook The #1 Box Office Spot From Thunderbolts Just 2 Weeks After The MCU Movie's Release screenrant.com/sinners-box-...

We need the entirety of Nemik’s manifesto. youtu.be/-asb8zTiuZ4?...

The revolution was just live-streamed on Disney +! Y’all watching #Andor? I wrote about this show as an anti-fascist resistance guide and why it’s one of the most important shows on TV blackgirlwatching.substack.com/p/andor-seri...

"...white people, who make up about 7 percent of South Africa’s population, own more than 70 percent of the land and occupy most top management positions in the country." fleeing privilege to cosplay oppression is the whitest thing ever

The Israeli army killed my colleague Hassan Eslayeh in his hospital bed. He predicted his death before it happened, because he knew journalists in Gaza are the only people in the world bearing witness to the greatest crime of our times. mondoweiss.net/2025/05/good... #Palestine #Israel

Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went to a consulate in Istanbul to get a document he needed to get married. Instead, he was murdered and dismembered on the orders of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, now a close pal of Donald Trump.

THE EDUCATION OF KIA GREER is officially in bookstores across North America. I hope you love her even 1/1000000000000th as much as I do.

The caprices of the ultra-elite are a fickle foundation for good work, with funds often yanked on short or no notice as the attention of the billionaires bounces elsewhere or cowardice rears its curly head.

Yemen's Houthi rebels held a massive rally in the capital, Sanaa, declaring 'victory' over the US after President Trump announced a halt to US air strikes on Yemen. Houthi-aligned media says upwards of one million people turned out.

One of our students is missing. Two weeks now. ktla.com/news/local-n...

For those failing to get the "copilot" AI off their Microsoft Word -- If you proceed with canceling Microsoft Office, you'll get a "wait wait don't go!" screen where they suddenly offer you "Microsoft 365 Personal Classic" -- which *doesn't include AI* and is actually cheaper! Weird workaround.

The study has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. • jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

GOOD NEWS! Moderna’s combination COVID/influenza vaccine candidate mRNA-1083 has OUTPERFORMED the current standalone vaccines for BOTH viruses in a large (8000+) Phase III trial. A combination vaccine would make it easier for people to get vaccinated against COVID and influenza at the same time. 🧪🧵⬇️

India's May 6 attack on Pakistan shows how the world's inaction on the Gaza genocide has inspired Narendra Modi to escalate in Kashmir. From New Delhi to Tel Aviv, the ideological affinity between Zionism and Hindutva has never been clearer.

The cost of Grok: "I can't breathe at home, it smells like gas outside. How come I can't breathe at home and y'all get to breathe at home?"

For those who dk, ‘Messianic Jewish’ means he’s a Christian in the sense that he believes Jesus to be the Messiah. So this is a Christian calling himself Jewish who pretended to be Muslim to entrap Muslims.

Reposting for the nighttime crowd...

A reminder that “mutually violent” is code for “she resisted when I attacked her.” Perpetrators who use a “mutual abuse” defense are confessing to their violence and trying to convince a jury to believe the victim “deserved it.”

thank you to everybody who’s out there still writing stories and making art, despite everything

I'm just bringing this over here so I'll know I'll have it readily available

I don’t care if you hate porn. Please for the love of god don’t get stuck there cognitively. Anti-porn legislation + how trans and NB people (even cis drag queens/kings) are being consistently described as sexually deviant = the groundwork is being laid for all queer expression to be made illegal.

I interviewed Netflix's "Forever" creator Mara Brock Akil about her decision to adapt a white YA novel from 1975 through a Black lens, what "controversial" teen sexuality means today, the mythology of Black success in white spaces and more. My latest for Refinery29 www.refinery29.com/en-us/2025/0...

Paradise Season 2 on the way.

Neo, this is your time

we must destroy ChatGPT

So what Coogler gives us is this fascinating parasite, this creature that knows Whiteness is a lie yet uses Whiteness to protect itself and hide and feed. Whiteness is the entry wound by which Remmick spreads his infection.

The Smokestack Twins built a living, thriving world out of scraps, stolen goods, and unwanted things. Remmick, in contrast, can only build through death and destruction. In this sense he is the epitome of Whiteness: draining the resources of living places in order to maintain the past, forever.