back to this life. I’m not complaining.

250. The long fall of America is no bad thing per se, except that this ireful giant is bent on flattening everything underneath it as it hits the ground.

Israel is seizing church and Palestinian land in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood under the pretext of creating "green spaces." A Muslim caretaker of the church property has made it his daily mission to guard what's left. mondoweiss.net/2026/07/isra...

Still listening to Kneecap's album Fenian. Reading and trying to understand the gaeilge lyrics to "Irish Goodbye," Móglaí Bap's love letter to his dead mother. A ghostly rap, it gives me goosebumps and a lump in my throat. Bhí mé ag iarraidh slán a fhágáil, not an Irish goodbye

her wedding is apparently the event of the century but I still don't know a single one of her songs

@\marder_illu on IG

THE HORROR 🤣🤣🤣

First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵

Oooh thanks for reading! 💗

Raw, Cooked, Drunk: The Visionary Reach of Everyday Words in Rumi’s Poetry, by Haleh Liza Gafori [took a break from writing, logged in, found this gem...but now, another goodbye until another catch(-up) becomes necessary] worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/july/ra...

On the Tube I sat across from a well-coiffed lad, a devoted lass cooing beside him. Out of the blue a wavy-haired lad asked the first about his haircare. I spoke. I had to spread the gospel: “You look nice, but you don’t know how good life can be till you’ve gone hairfree.”

One of the most difficult parts of my job is sticking to what I am supposed to be doing because rn there is some part of my brain screaming out that it wants to learn the Irish language thoroughly, understand its history, and regional pronunciations.

my bagel jewish my mayor was voted in by 15% of the population of the ville de montréal abba la caq tabarnak

“Universities are incentivized by the promise of better credit scores to not only suppress labor wages but also labor power. From the vantage of credit rating agencies, tenure systems, strong labor protections, and legislative control of tuition are not democratic treasures but red-flag liabilities”

yas bookes (Narcissus Marsh’s Library, Dublin)

alhamdulillah I have made ziyarat to tomb of Shaikh Jonathan Swift in Dublin. any du‘as to request me?

Rasgulla is spearheading the campaign to make Montréal an anti-apartheid city again. 30 years ago, Mandela made a speech to thank Mtl for standing against apartheid. This time Lord RGB will do the same. 🇿🇦🇵🇸

Massachusett word of the day: anogqs */anākʷs/ "star" animate plural: anogqsog */anākʷs-ak/ mish(e )anogqs */məš(ī )anākʷs/ "the morning star" (lit. great star)

Ta‘āruf ajal, in se mil, kih yeh sāda-dil na ahl-i salāt aur na ahl-i sharāb, na ahl-i adab aur na ahl-i hisāb, nā ahl-i kitāb na ahl-i kitāb aur na ahl-i mashīn na ahl-i ḳhalā aur na ahl-i zamīn faqat be-yaqīn In McGill's NM Rashed Archive. nmrashedarchive.com/item/NMRArch...

Montréal anti-apartheid rally this Monday! Bring your t-shirt or tote bag to get the logo heat pressed onto it.

Azerbaijani Word of the Day Part 3: duyğulanmaq - to become emotional, to be moved emotionally Cyrillic: дујғуланмаг Perso-Arabic: دوُیغوُلانماق

I believe in a 95% tax on every $10 million, and an additional 5% on every $10mil beyond that. So for $1tril they would owe $2,500,000,000,000,000, and that’s how it should be.

Academia dot edu has a class action suit against them ☺️ What better time than now to switch to Knowledge Commons @kcommons.bsky.social? hcommons.org was made by academics, for academics, relies on grants including one that was pulled by Trump (donate!) and works beautifully.

Again: The campaign is on to make Montreal an anti-apartheid city again. City council will vote Monday. It has the support of Projèt Montréal. Call your representative!

What a stupid world we’ve made.

I wrote to my local MP about how the legal uncertainty created by the UK Supreme Court is leading to the segregation of trans people in public life. My MP has added her name to this motion to disapprove the new EHRC guidance. It’s time for parliament to act and prevent further transphobic exclusion.

Campaign is on to declare Montreal an anti-apartheid city. In City Hall, the Mayor cut off a supportive councillor. Focus on the local, she said. The citizen scheduled next ceded his turn: “I’m here to ask about a parking ticket, but Palestine is more important.” Free Palestine.

Chester Beatty Library in Dublin sent me a frantic email asking that I send them a list of the Persian manuscripts I want to see posthaste bc they’ll be shutting down soon for the EU Presidency, which I assume is a football match of some kind.

HAHAHAHAHA…Afrikaners crying persecution in South Africa to come as refugees now being discriminated against by racist laws meant to make life hard…for refugees. The American dream. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Massachusett word of the day: mohkissonash */mahkəsən-aʃ/ shoe-INAN.PL "shoes"

I am currently unable to reply to your email as my body has been occupied by a creature who may never dismount until my life has ended.

"My mayor Muslim / my bagels Jewish / my Christian Dior / Knicks in Four" is basically Keats to me

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many of the faculty that have been fired were critics of the administration - a chilling and shameful episode we should be following, especially those of us in higher ed

A turbaned Canadian Sikh man got flack on FB for posting a photo of himself kissing a Muslim man. He was interviewed on CTV by a white man who asked, “Is homophobia a problem in your community?” I showed the clip to my class & asked, why does he look annoyed at this question?

🧵2026 marks 10 years since the passing of Ibrahim Dakkak, engineer, intellectual, and political organizer who dedicated his life to defending Palestinian rights, strengthening civil society institutions, and preserving the Arab character of Jerusalem: palquest.org/en/biography...

Harf: A Journal of South Asian Studies; the Bengali-heavy 6th edition is looking so so sundar, thanks to Mikal Nazarani and our amazing McGill undergrads 🌟

Fixed it: NJ governor Lies in Press Conference and Quashes First Amendment Rights After Mounted Police Attack Medical Supplies Tent

Abdul El-Sayed is a frontrunner in Michigan's Senate primary and part of the pro-Palestine wave reshaping Democratic Party politics. But the success of his campaign is rooted in the long history of Palestinian solidarity in Detroit politics. mondoweiss.net/2026/05/abdu...

american empire is falling calamitously but new yorkers are getting new yorkier and the hungarian pastry shop will never stop pastrying

I worked at the New York Public Library Morningside Heights for the FIRST TIME in my life despite having lived right next to it for 7 years as a Columbia MA+Phd. CU has closed its gates to the community, including (probably illegally) a public street. May neighborhood libraries & cafés prosper 🌈

The point is not the stupidity of a Lauda Loomber or a guy who thinks Pulp Fiction is the Bible, but that stupidity pays, even if, especially if, it leads to death, whether in Gaza or in San Diego.

Michael Jackson was so prescient about academic trajectories after phd defence when he sang keep on with the postdocs don’t stop till you get enough

director of fbi

Oh literally …

I'm going to have to start blogging on Substack, I guess, but not if they make me promote my posts with those generic-ass white text teasers over 50% opacity black over some image I optimistically upload.

Papa never referred to Bābe as his step-mother. Because my biological dadi, Bābe's younger co-wife, passed away before I was born, Bābe was the only dadi I knew. jannat'ch vi aidde shauq naal Bābe huqqe peendi honi. 🔥