Nice university system you spent a hundred years building . . . be a shame if the dumbest assholes in history set about tearing it apart and nobody stopped them

A swarm of cops dragging away a rabbi protesting the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil says everything you need to know about the Trump agenda. Trump doesn't care about Jewish safety - he's focused on taking away our right to protest. Not in our name.

I’m told this is a real letter. It basically says, “We’ll destroy Columbia unless you destroy it first.”

The Biden administration is withholding federal funding from climate justice group @cjaourpower.bsky.social because it has been outspoken in its support for a ceasefire in Gaza. Unacceptable. True climate justice work means connecting the dots to racism, colonialism, and genocide.

Don’t stop talking about Palestine. Don’t stop organizing. Don’t stop fighting.

from @aljazeera.com on twitter: Israeli forces allowed aid into northern Gaza for the first time in over a month – and then set fire to the shelters where the aid was delivered.

Keep saying it loud and often: generative "AI" is not intelligent, it is riddled with inescapable errors, it is structurally incapable of ever doing half the things its hypers claim it will do, most of it is snake oil in search of a mark to scam, and it's environmentally destructive to boot.

Great event yesterday featuring Rashid Khalidi, author of "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine," in conversation with Sim Kern. Hosted by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9z6...

@MiddleEastEye: 🔴 UPDATE #Israel #Palestine Over 15,900 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed by Israel since the start of the war. Around 250 health workers are among those killed. More here ⤵️ https://t.co/ELRxeWy2QE

Thinking about these discussions on the disaggregation and deprofessionalization of faculty teaching and how it also applies to librarians when vendors try to sell us #infolit tutorials & other disembodied, disconnected products that attempt to break up and commodify our complex expertise

Columbia Suspended Pro-Palestine Student Groups. The Faculty Revolted www.newyorker.com/news/our-loc...

A “humanitarian pause” is a contradiction. There’s nothing humanitarian about mass killing with a temporary break. We need a permanent ceasefire.

Reminder! Proposals due soon for your writing on "Libraries and/as Extraction" for a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship Get them in by December 18! Details: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

EVENT! "Preserving Palestine: Cultural Heritage Under Settler Colonialism" This online roundtable will feature librarians, archivists, and scholars, and is hosted by Librarians & Archivists With Palestine and the Middle East Librarians Association. Registration: rb.gy/b379h3 *pls share widely!*

they did the meme

South Africa recalls ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel and accuses it of genocide in Gaza

Jewish activists are staging a sit-in at the Statue of Liberty, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza

I mean this minister's statement shows both the Israeli government's viciousness and their deep and profound stupidity.

Canadian companies holding assets in Luxembourg, according to the report: Thomson Reuters, Restaurant Brands Int.(Burger King & Tim Hortons), Brookfield Corp, Enbridge, TD Bank, Magna Int, Sun Life, Cenovus Energy, Kinross Gold Corp, Great West Life Co/Power Corp, CAE Inc, CIBC, Bombardier

A reminder! Proposals are due by December 18 😎

"AI image tools have a tendency to spin up disturbing clichés: Asian women are hypersexual. Africans are primitive. Europeans are worldly. Leaders are men. Prisoners are Black." https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-generated-images-bias-racism-sexism-stereotypes/

Israeli settler violence has surged across the West Bank since October 7 Israeli settlers and military have been terrorizing Palestinian communities across the West Bank. At least 10 villages in the South Hebron Hills have been displaced through violence, and over 120 Palestinians have been killed.

Our public statement as Philosophers for Palestine! Please circulate widely. Philosophers, please do not remain silent while a genocide is going on before our eyes. Add your signature. www.philosophyforpalestine.com

Librarians and Archivists with Palestine "2023 Statement on Gaza" librarianswithpalestine.org/2023-stateme...

[share widely!] CFP on Libraries and/as Extraction for a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship Proposals due Dec 18, 2023 More details here: cjal.ca/index.php/ca...

also from September 📚 "Dominant COVID Narratives and Implications for Information Literacy Education in the “Post-Pandemic” United States" by Andrea Baer

I want to be clear, what they’ve “learned” is that they are embarassed about being called “woke” and hysterical under Trump and want to make sure they ignore criticisms from the left as much as possible and showing the right they are “fair” by being easily manipulated bsky.app/profile/dani...

This time, around Orange Shirt Day, is difficult for many Survivors as they share truths about their residential school experiences. It is also a time where we unfortunately see a rise in IRS denialism. Here's a thread for settlers on how to combat it and hold space for truth 🧵

An erasure poem for Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe 😘

Record profits are unpaid wages.