More or less every liberal argument in favor of American hegemony either pretends MENA is an area of exemption from international norms or, more perversely, Israel is actually an embodiment of international norms. Either way the only conclusion to take is that Arabs are not included in liberalism.

9/ I had launch with Paulina Borsook last month in Oakland. Her life is hard, but she still has a lot to say! She's trying to raise funds to get a new version of the book reissued on the Internet Archive. Some of her friends have a running GoFundMe to support her: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...

2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint. She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:

Research: low productivity gains from AI may stem from employees using AI to produce "workslop", or low-effort, passable work that creates more work for others (Harvard Business Review) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff... Do you support or oppose "defund the police"? Support - 21% Oppose - 74% Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services? Support - 54% Oppose - 41%

ummm summer technically lasts for another 11 months

Mark Zuckerberg’s company faces backlash after rowing back promises to create between 300 and 500 new jobs to man its subsidiary’s new data center. www.wired.com/story/louisi...

SCOOP: I FOIA'd economic development agreements & the ground lease for Meta's massive data center in Louisiana and found the state secured no explicit mandates for Meta to create locally-hired full time jobs to receive property tax breaks www.wired.com/story/louisi...

"Four of the killed, the three children as well as their father, held U.S. citizenship." Israel continues to kill US citizens with impunity, this time in southern Lebanon and in violation of a standing ceasefire agreement. What will the US Department of State do about it? apnews.com/article/leba...

in response to a genocide the nations of the world have joined together to symbolically endorse the imaginary solution of a non-contiguous client state with no standing army surrounded on all sides by the genociding army. renews my faith in humanity

Ezra Klein wants to choose the Omelas kid himself I see

Yes, this is clearly about Indian immigrant workers. Solidarity with other immigrants has always been our only option, but the Indian diaspora is rife with reactionary conservatism, anti-Blackness, classism, technocultism, and model minority myths that hinder real solidarities.

Ezra Klein is prob good at talking about some things but hes bad at talking about things related to human society or how to improve human society or what human society is or what a human is or how should a person be human. Assuming his podcast is about wallpaper

Israeli forces kill at least 43 people across Gaza since dawn as death toll from man-made famine rises to 441.

This has been baffling to watch as a reporter outside the WH. Standing up for your counterparts from other orgs is just something to do as a good person and also important to stand up for our profession generally. We’ve learned that being a quisling will not save you or your org!

This was jarringly historical. Five American families came to Washington DC, to collectively demand politicians find justice for each of their young loved ones killed & brutalized by Israeli violence — and to prevent this from happening to other families. I spoke with them:

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“The FCC under Brendan Carr uses mergers and business interests of media companies as leverage to extract concessions, extract bribes, and extract censorship.”

a canceled streaming subscription is easily converted to several spec fic magazine subs on patreon and similar services, some are as low as 1-2 bucks. the more you know.

Torrrenting is becoming a lost art

The playbook is Palestine. Always been. If the fascists can convince you to look away, to stay quiet, to weigh the odds, to hesitate on speaking up -- about literal genocide -- the fascists can get away with anything. All they have to do is lie loudly, retract quietly, and do crimes relentlessly.

HAPPENING NOW: 11 lawmakers have been arrested by DHS on the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza after trying to gain access for over an hour.

Just now, 11 state and city lawmakers were arrested by DHS police on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza after a hour of demanding access to the ICE lock up on the same floor. @thecity.nyc

Press warned to back up as DHS police take lawmakers were taken away in zip ties, among them Comptroller Brad Lander and 10 other state reps including Bobby Carol, Marcela Mitayanes, Julia Salazar, Emily Gallagher, Jabari Brisport, Jessica Gonzalez Rojas,... story TK

There is also no organization called Antifa

we need young earth creationists in every biology department, antivax cranks in every medical school program, and climate deniers in every chemistry department

we're like a week away from fascist being listed as a protected class in the civil rights act

is blue sky still legal

Israeli authorities continue ethnically cleansing unrecognized Bedouin communities in the Negev, with 40 home demolitions in the village of al-Sir, today.

Its giving Reichstag fire

After leveling Gaza City's eastern neighborhoods, the Israeli onslaught has entered a new phase as the army flattens high-rise towers in the city's western areas, where most civilians are sheltering. The goal is to cause a mass exodus, local officials say. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/the-...

If Andrew Cuomo – who started a pro-Israel group as part of his political comeback, volunteered to defend Netanyahu against ICC charges and accused Mamdani of antisemitism for criticizing Israel – now feels the need to distance himself from Israel, that's the death knell for AIPAC politics.

Yet again Hakeem Jeffries comes thru with the political instincts of a wet noodle

❗️So important! ❗️ Friends, the situation is extremely difficult in Gaza. Some families have reached out to me they need money for transportation from the north to the south. The prices are catastrophic, and the situation is insane, with the bombing right over their heads. Can any one help?

*staring at my own blank face in the bathroom mirror for 7 hours straight* this guy gets it

Democrats and self-identified liberals have a great opportunity to reflect on what decades of an unflinchingly pro Israel policy suite has produced and adjust accordingly in order to better reflect the rhetoric and aspirations that they cynically deploy. Will they do it before 2028? I don't know.

So a labubu hanging from an old lady's walker and now I want one

Definition of terrorist is "civilian marked for death by genocidal entity" and also "racial slur" unsure if any other definition makes sense at this point

I know it’s all bad faith bs BUT I keep thinking about how the whole “reason” we apparently can’t pass any effective gun control legislation to prevent mass shootings is the idea that we need an armed populace in case the federal government decides to invade our cities and towns. Like??????????

Current NY state law blocks pharmacies from dispensing vaccines (including the COVID vaccine) without a prescription, unless RFJ Jr.'s handpicked vaccine advisory council signs off. But state Sen. @bradhoylmansigal.bsky.social has proposed a bill to fix that: www.nysenate.gov/legislation/...

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

Democrats dont care about gun violence against children which is why they rejected a resolution to stop arming Israel, whose snipers have been executing children. They have no credibility and no moral compass on the issue

Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who freelanced for The Associated Press and other news organizations and produced harrowing images of the war in Gaza, was killed Monday by an Israeli strike on a hospital. She was 33.

If not morally shocked, are you not at least insulted? Israel bombs a hospital. Kills several people, including a journalist. Rescuers & journalists rush to the scene. And then Israel bombs them. On live TV. And then Israel tells you they never target civilians, and were just trying to hit a camera.