"The fundamental questions here are not about which body of law to apply—human rights law or the law of war. Instead, as the US opens another front of possible war [on Venezuela], we must ask: what interests does it advance, and whose?" lpeproject.org/blog/beginni...

Bluesky deleted his account (and keeps doing it). I verified that his account is him & that this Chuffed fundraiser is his: chuffed.org/project/1580...

As former humanities dean, I learned "ROI"/"data" matter if they serve the larger narrative, which is set by not just admin and trustees, but by the public. The narrative is that (a) humanities is irrelevant and (b) costs are too high. So, sacrifice hum to serve costs, even if data show otherwise.

My humanities dept was relevant. Majors were up. Courses were 100% enrolled. Revenue positive, GE serving, etc etc. We were still eliminated. The problem is ideological administrative destruction. Couldn’t write a report, a self study, or a spreadsheet against that.

So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified

It looks like there have been no successful Wayback Machine crawls of ICE's detention management page since October; is this something that's already been covered, or am I misunderstanding? One December attempt just captured an Access Denied message. web.archive.org/web/*/https:...

Now imagine sharing your private fantasies with what you believe is a bot that cannot judge or remember. Just that, on the other side, is a man in a one-room home in Nairobi, pretending to be an AI companion. That man is Michael, and this is his story: data-workers.org/michael/

Feels like an eternity ago now, but we caught an agent doing this (seemingly recording people, at least momentarily) outside Broadview in September. He was adjusting/ turning the glasses on and off as he heckled protesters:

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.

On having been here before with GWOT: 1) the 2nd bombing seems like an evolution of the double-tap tht's already used. 2) There were drone strike cases against the CIA charging them with murder. 3) It may be different this time, but law-talk did nothing except give Americans something 2 debate.

every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades

the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them

NYC barricading ICE in a parking garage using trash cans & skids is perfect. DC had sandwiches. Portland had silliness. NYC has slime.

Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.

This is astonishingly stupid.

I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...

I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.

I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.

Just a reminder to grad students out there that are beginning to fill out their committees, or faculty friends who know any students who may need an outside member!

All through Chicago, I’ve seen kids and young people marching through the streets, getting attacked with chemical weapons, and putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE and protect our neighbors. But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.

When I did this Gmail eliminated all my different categories for spam; etc, so my unread messages jumped from 4 to 9700.

From the reporting, it sounds like someone was an informant on the Signal chat.

The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...

every business in new orleans needs to have this or something similar prominently displayed to push back against the impending ICE/CBP onslaught and be ready to get their undocumented workers/patrons into that area if they hear the whistles or see ICE/CBP nearby. #nolasky

"This is why I cant have a conversation with younger Jews about Gaza. I want to have a conversation about data and facts and all they are seeing is this wall of carnage. And I sound obscene" Well. Yeah, Sarah.

Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!

We need your help! But let me explain why:

I mean I know this is how it works but still - Olivia Nuzzi's "relationship with Keith Olbermann... He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger... and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry... he covered her rent and furnished her apartment... in the West Village."

Universities across the world from the US to the UK to Australia and Canada, are now "led" by an interchangeable Global Admin class who swap places every couple of years. Their blandness, lack of local roots and commitments, and general third-tier-CEO vibes are their main feature, not a bug. 2/4

So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?

WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.

Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

Is there a term for absconding with a kid?

So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.” No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them. democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

lol

someone got indicted on the basis of “transporting antifa materials” for allegedly transporting a box of ZINES THEY’RE PROSECUTING PEOPLE FOR DOMESTIC TERRORISM OVER ZINES

The level of disinterest in the ongoing genocide and violent extractivism in Sudan is disheartening. I don’t know if one can attribute this to anti-Black racism per se, but the overwhelming silence and indifference of Arabs is appalling.

This from @nesrinemalik.bsky.social is a clear and horrifying explanation of the atrocities underway in El Fasher. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

He's also African, guys. Muslim, South Asian, *and African.* A lot of firsts.

He's also African, guys. Muslim, South Asian, *and African.* A lot of firsts.

Thanks for your service @nickpinto.bsky.social 😁

DecisionDeskHQ has already heard enough and projects Mamdani as the winner! (I'm going to keep holding my breath and watch the returns come in.)