At BGU, the word “Palestine” in an email from the VP of Diversity and Inclusion was enough to trigger backlash from students. That is the scandal: naming Palestine is treated as provocation. This is how normalized erasure and genocide have become. @nickriemer.bsky.social @pacbi.bsky.social

@rimaanabtawi.bsky.social did you already see this?

I wonder what the real strategy is here. I doubt that Rula and Alon-Lee think they can actually pass the electoral threshold. Maybe this is a play for a spot on the Joint List?

@jessdkant.bsky.social what's the oil market going to do this time?

@damlakeskekci.bsky.social do you have any opinions on knowledge graphs?

@lucyham.bsky.social any chance that you are analyzing the role of Zionism with regards to the infiltration of the Transnational right into Australian politics?

I’m thinking about using knowledge graphs to study reactionary/anti-gender politics as evolving relational ecosystems: actors, orgs, events, cultural artifacts, platforms, tactics, narratives, and time. Are there academics working near this who are open to mentoring/supervising this project?

@ryanscoatsphd.bsky.social I read your book a few years back when I was first getting interested in gender studies. You are freaking awesome!

@coralineada.bsky.social you... are a genius!! Thank you!!!! This paper gave me so much to think about!!! dl.designresearchsociety.org/drs-conferen...

I had been thinking about knowledge graphs as the main way to represent complex political networks, but poetic computation helped me realize that the graph does not have to be the final form. The graph can be the underlying structure, while the public-facing work can become

@rebeccajennings.bsky.social what kind of transnational networks are you interested in?

Does anyone know a good tool for comparing two PDF files in Hebrew? I tried Acrobat Pro, but it got confused by the Hebrew and showed it as if the whole file had changed. I’d appreciate any recommendations.

מישהו מכיר כלי טוב להשוואה בין שני קבצי PDF בעברית? ניסיתי את Acrobat Pro, אבל הוא התבלבל עם העברית והראה כאילו כל הקובץ השתנה. אשמח להמלצות.

Jewish terrorist arrested for plotting to assassinate founder of WOL abc30.com/amp/post/disrupted-assassination-plot-targeted-pro-palestinian-activist-lifetime-founder-nerdeen-kiswani-hoboken-nj/18789627/

Overheard in the shelter: "I hope it hits our arab (Bedouin) neighbors". Someone else: "Amen".

What are people's thoughts about Italy and Spain deploying navy ships to protect the Gaza flotilla?

Podcast recommendations?

They cancelled Jimmy Kimmel over what he said about Charlie Kirk. Holy crap.

A Israeli soldier who was attached to the GHF "relief" operation, and was ordered to shoot at the crowd: "The officers would shout at me: take them down, take them down. I shot 50-60 bullets per day, I stopped counting the kills. I have no idea how many people I killed, lots. Children". Haaretz.

Looked at my data collections for state-backed activity. If the report were a picture:

Earlier today at the entrance to Hatzerim Air Force Base, dozens of activists held a silent protest calling on pilots to refuse to participate in what they described as war crimes and acts of genocide.

Charlie Kirk is Ernst vom Rath. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_v...

This is only an escalation of political violence if you dismiss the imprisonment, force deportation, overseas internment, brutalisation, erasure and other politically violent acts towards immigrant and minority communities and that whole genocide that's being supported as somehow not important.

One of the things we’re seeing play out right now is that it’s very difficult to overturn a system of legal repression using *legal methods* simply bc those in power design, operate, & maintain the system & the parameters of legality.

The sides... 🙄

Does anyone else here watch The Orville? It seems kinda like The Krill are Israelis.

Today marks two years since I went no-contact and cut ties with my abusive family. It hasn’t been easy, but I’m proud of how far I’ve come.

Today we stood in silence at the gates of Hatzorim base, showing pilots the faces of their victims. We call on them: refuse illegal orders, stop the bombings, stop the genocide of men, women, and children. #StopTheGenocide

We are currently in a constitutional crisis. They switched the locks on the AG's office. Despite an injunction from the supreme court saying that she wasn't fired. And now the Israeli Bar Association is calling for the Justice Minister to be arrested.

I think Grok might be a nazi.

This day has me feeling: open.spotify.com/track/3DelzI...

Israeli society in a nutshell

@sebchauvin.bsky.social do you work with quant methods?

@antongrau.bsky.social relational descriptive quantitative data... isn't that another way of saying 'knowledge graph'?

@asdelval.bsky.social why is the only limited to elites?

@msafri.bsky.social counter-mapping is a form of geospatial mapping is that correct? as opposed to the concept of "power mapping" used by groups like @mapthepower.bsky.social which use the term to mean the construction of a sociogram. Am I understanding you correctly?

@msafri.bsky.social Hi :) is there any chance you can help me access Chapter 1 on counter-mapping from your book on Solidarity Cities?

#procrasti-pencilshaprening Patrick is sharpening his pencils. He does this to warm up for writing. Patrick has lots of pencils. He doesn't use pencils to write. Patrick is procrastinating. #PhDchat #PhDforum #ECRchat #postdoc #acwri

Killing

If you have a federal grant, I *highly* recommend going to this Friday's webinar on responding to grant terminations. Lisa Brown, former general counsel at Dept of Ed, will present along with other lawyers. Friday, March 21, 2-3 pm. More info & register here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/regist...

My god, this infant killed in Gaza was wearing the winter clothes that Suf and others at Standing Together collected and distributed into Gaza despite all efforts to stop them Suf is one of the co-founders of the joint Israeli-Palestinian initiative Omdim Beyachad 💔💔💔😢🟣 www.standing-together.org

📢 Must-read on the politicization of state institutions. Great data viz shows which have already fallen, followed by a deep dive into each one—what it is, why it matters, and when/how it was politicized. Essential reading.

@lotemperryhazan.bsky.social I quoted you in my bachelors seminarion paper!! Seeing how made it made the head of my department was simply a pure joy! Thanks for your important work.

@colborne.bsky.social have you ever considered using knowledge graphs to visualize the transnational far right? It could make their networks more accessible and easier to understand for the general public.

Highly recommend this powerful conversation from the Foundation for Middle East Peace's 'Occupied Thoughts' podcast featuring Lara Friedman, Dr. Assal Rad, and Professor Mark Owen Jones. They delve into the critical role of Western media in manufacturing consent for the genocide in Gaza,... 1/

9. Politics is downstream of culture. The fight for the hearts and minds as well as the future of our society is in the information landscape. Fascism is theater. And right now, Trump has quite a stage.

@miriamposner.com thank you so much for this wonderful resource on your website!!!! This is great!!! You even have an item for intro to linked open data!!! wohoo!!!

It seems to me that 7amleh’s figure of 23.6 posts per minute (of hateful and violent content against Palestinians) may be a conservative estimate, as the dataset does not include platforms like Telegram and WhatsApp, where such discourse is also prevalent.

I've been exploring Knowledge Graphs for data visualization to make data-driven stories more engaging and accessible. Most discussions focus on their use in improving LLMs. Does applying them for data visualization make sense, or am I missing something? #kg #semanticweb #knowledgegraph #ontologies

The most appropriate poem for our time, I think. By @nikitagill.bsky.social