Memorial Day

Irony is dead

That's the difference between imperial ventures with local collaborators (e.g. a lot of the war on terror) vs an actual adversary. I hope this will slow down the academic and journalistic fetishism of these drones.

"The move came after a transgender student who was part of Boise High School’s Sexuality and Gender Alliance died by suicide, and another stopped attending the school, the group’s lawyers wrote in a legal agreement reached Wednesday requesting the case be dismissed."

““My mother did not give her life. Her life was taken and it shocked the nation enough that they passed the Voting Rights Act in 1965,” he said, adding that the Supreme Court and Trump administration were “working tirelessly to go back to the ‘60s.” “It’s disgusting,” he said.”

Been waiting for this book! So looking forward to reading it. Congrats @tejnagaraja.bsky.social !

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Hours after Ben-Gvir posted a video humiliating detained flotilla activists at Ashdod Port, Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev followed his lead. In a visit to the port, where activists were held handcuffed and forced to kneel, Regev called them "terrorism supporters" whose place was in prison:

"‪It would emit more CO2 than the entire nation of Jamaica."

If this was African and African Diaspora Studies being mandated we’d see entire issues of prestige magazines pondering the disastrous implications.

Yes! Proud of this Rutgers student!

Israeli fascist and minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video of himself on Twitter abusing the illegally kidnaped and detained members of the Global Sumud Flotilla while yelling “Welcome to Israel, we are the owners of the house".

The three men killed in Monday’s shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego were a shopkeeper, his friend and a security guard who had warned teachers inside the mosque’s school to lock the classroom doors before his death, an action that probably saved many lives, the center’s director said.

Please consider donating to his family, he was a father of 8. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

The security guard outside the Islamic Center of San Diego was reportedly shot twice by the two teenaged attackers and was knocked down, he got up and ran back into the mosque and he is being credited with preventing a worse massacre before he was killed. 😫

This Israeli soldier is telling you about the horrific crimes the IDF is committing. The translation here is 100% accurate. Watch this. All Israelis know what is happening in Gaza and the West Bank. Shaeil Ben-Ephraim

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was booed throughout this commencement speech at the University of Arizona for his praise of AI. This comes just a week after another commencement speaker who mentioned AI was booed at a school in Florida. Read more: www.404media.co/ucf-ai-comme...

In January, Greene County [VA] supervisors appropriated $137,515 which the sheriff’s office received as a federal grant to partner with ICE. "The ICE partnership is going great," wrote Maj. Josh White of the sheriff’s office." “We currently have 12 officers sworn in with the 287g program.”

Pakistan, China discuss Iran-US mediation and Strait of Hormuz stability - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/pakistan-china-discuss-iran-us-mediation-and-strait-hormuz-stability

"In an unprecedented move in a criminal damage case, the judge, Mr Justice Johnson, ruled before the first trial that there appeared to be a “terrorist connection” to the offences – even though the protest took place before Palestine Action was proscribed – but this could not be told to the jury."

New from 404 Media: spoke to four people who attended a trade show where senior ICE officials spoke about how much Palantir is supercharging their arrests. List of 20 million people on ICE agents phones now; increased chance of successful arrest from 28 to 80% www.404media.co/ice-agents-h...

Israel passes law to publicly try and execute Palestinians linked to 7 October attacks - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/knesset-approves-special-court-try-palestinians-accused-7-october-attack

SECOND of all, genuinely what was the idea with this line??? How is cramming more religious text into the dataset in ANY way analogous to a syncretic pluralistic pilgrimage??? As @profgabriele.com meme'd, That's not how any of this works!

She had a green card. She was not "undocumented." We are murdering people in concentration camps. Here. Now.

the context makes it almost impossible to believe that she could be this clueless but here she is

They’re saying Boo-ezos

So glad I don't use #Canvas lol.

"At least six students were killed instantly in the explosion, with a seventh body recovered later. Dozens more, including several teachers, were wounded by pieces of shrapnel and shattered glass." www.dropsitenews.com/p/pakistant-...

I recommned Firefox

NYPD cop Hubert Mohamed of the 83rd Pct ID’d after excessive force. Been on the job 3 years and already has 8 misconduct allegations, mostly physical force: www.50-a.org/officer/ACB9

the biggest tech companies in the world are endorsing a new bill that would shove AI onto kids in school www.404media.co/literacy-in-...

The text they’re proudly standing in-front of reads “Death to Arabs”

It's a real Experience being a farmer trying to shout as loud as I can about what's happening out here. While journalists ignore the obvious so they can write their tear-jerker bullshit. Farmers chose Trump, as a strategy to take advantage of their own workers & the entire US taxpayer population.

3. Last but not least, Trump has already made it easier to. well. low-key hold farm workers in slavery. (He ended a lot of DOL regs meant to stop human trafficking orgs & farmers from collabing to hold people captive on farms. e.g., antislavery provisions.) Did a video on that too.

1. Most farmers assumed he'd send enough free gov't money to farmers to make up for the trade war. In other words, a plan to parasitize the American people. 2. Less taxes, regulations, etc. The usual reasons people vote GOP.

Hi! I'm a farmer! This NYT article is sweet, saccharine bullshit. Farmers knew Trump was going to hurt our business. Because he already did a trade war in his 1st term. I even did a video on why so many farmers support Trump, WHILE knowing he'd hurt our farms.

Farmers vote against workers' interest bc most of us aren't working class. Farmers are business owners. With inherited wealth & property. It's not that hard to figure out! It's not folksy, & it's not "economic anxiety." Most *small family farmers* in the US are millionaires w 6-figure incomes.

#OtD 2 May 1967 armed Black Panthers marched into the California Capitol protesting a gun control bill which was targeting them. Supported by the NRA, Reagan signed the bill to stop Panther police self defence patrols. Learn more about the group: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

Nice work, @insidehighered.com This is a perfect headline & lede.

London police refuse to investigate British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/london-police-refuse-investigate-british-nationals-accused-war-crimes-gaza

London police refuse to investigate British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/london-police-refuse-investigate-british-nationals-accused-war-crimes

Award winning poet, Mosab Abu Toha’s aunt was shot in the chest in Jabalia camp, while sitting with her young children, holding her one month old baby, and it fighting for her life. This, under a “ceasefire” #Gaza

34 members of flotilla crews are in Greek hospitals after Israeli soldiers beat them while seizing their boats in international waters. Evidently, the Greek government is cooperating with Israel to detain the rest of them, despite them not breaking any Greek laws. novaramedia.com/2026/05/01/f...

In 2004, I obtained mifepristone for a medical abortion at age 16 without parental consent. It required I stand shaking, unrepresented before a judge and argue for my own worth, intelligence, and future. If anyone thinks this is going down without a fight, they are sadly fucking mistaken.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom.bsky.social) condemned the Kuwaiti government’s decision to revoke the citizenship of U.S.-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin and his 2 sisters, just days after his release from 2 months of wrongful detention. Read more: cpj.org/2026/04/ahme...

It is worth noting that Junger is a war journalist who embedded w/ US troops, hyped them, and won awards for it. I think that - and this ridiculous article - are not disconnected.

It is worth noting that Junger is a war journalist who embedded w/ US troops, hyped them, and won awards for it. I think that - and this ridiculous article - are not disconnected.

I moderated this roundtable with Lara Deeb, Darryl Li, Andrew Ross, and Meera Shah. It's part of the new issue of Middle East Report on Campus Politics -- Palestine and the New University. www.merip.org/2026/04/the-...

Yes, so generally sick of seeing Italian and western designers thieving S Asian styles - from Peshawari and Kollapuri chappals to kurtas to truck art. I saw a Dolce & Gabbana coffeemaker with truck art!

LA weirdos! It appears that @uchicagopress.bsky.social is giving away my book OIL BEACH for FREE this month (as an e-book) Link is here: press.uchicago.edu/books/freeEb...