I love soccer and I remember each World Cup with great intensity and always so much look forward to the next. But FIFA that was disgusting, even more disgusting than usual, and now I just can’t. And won’t.

700 Years of Persian Manuscripts Now Digitized & Free Online

RIP Jimmy

Around 1 million species now face extinction, many within the next few decades. We are facing multiple crises at the same time. No time to waste. Protect nature and ourselves. #ActOnClimate #climate #biodiversity #nature #rewilding #animals #cop16 #cop16cali

December 11 @ 1 pm ET: Join us online as D&S's @tamigraph.bsky.social discusses her forthcoming report on how climate conscious tech workers are attempting to reform the tech industry from within, with Eliza Pan of @amzn4climate.bsky.social and @khari.bsky.social. datasociety.net/events/clima...

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The party exists to fundraise off sustained mediocrity. Nothing else.

Important—and sobering—findings about the state of the discipline and the academy.

It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.

"Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans" by @vhtroyansky.bsky.social. [4/5]

Here's where Tucsonans can get food aid as SNAP benefits lapse Includes places to donate or get food from

Cat Performance Review www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cat...

Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Devo already did this (they were at Kent State and saw their fellow students get shot by the Nat'l Guard) - a model very relevant for today when the Natl'l Guard is doing similar stuff around the Great Lakes region

“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.” www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...

I once had a student cite a slew of AI-generated titles of articles that I had supposedly written. Should I have felt more flattered than I did?

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Much of this is very relatable

Let me congratulate the resident physicians at Howard University Hospital for winning a new union contract that includes a 16% pay raise. When workers stand together and fight for their rights there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to stand in solidarity with them.

Career Advice | Toward a Trauma-Informed Writing Process What if writer’s block is not something to “push through”—but instead a bodily response worth listening to and attending to with care, Aurora Chang asks. https://bit.ly/42WhYtq #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl... = Please take a moment today to read the letter that Assata Shakur wrote to Pope John Paul II in 1998 during his trip to Cuba I am so thankful that she did not die in jail Rest in power forever and ever

I cannot stress this enough. We are protesting Broadview because of the human rights violations happening within the ICE facility. If they are willing to assault me on camera, imagine what they are doing to detainees behind boarded-up windows.

I KNEW it!

Interesting article on the complexities of apologies for past wrongs.

The Real Gaza Death Toll is Impossible to Know Today, But the Minimum Isn’t - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/19/t...

RIP Terrence Stamp youtu.be/JsdQYWs3nM4?...

New episode drops tomorrow ⌛️⌛️ Christopher Dole on “Living On: Psychiatry and the Future of Disaster in Turkey” (‪@stanfordpress.bsky.social‬) Stay tuned 📌📌 turkeybooktalk.com turkeybooktalk.substack.com

Only it’s not the “echo” it’s the shout

"From here it’s just a hop, skip, and a jump to saying the entire prosecution was a stitch up by Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Merrick Garland. *Pardon for notorious child sex trafficker incoming in 3 … 2 …*"

I very naively thought that people in politics would learn literally anything when Trump won a second time. Guess not. We gotta save ourselves folks. Ain’t no one coming to save the day but us.

'Like leaving your soul behind:' Tucson humanitarian heals through service tucson.com/news/local/s...

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Why think for yourself?

Our Grim future world

Today marks the second anniversary of the passing of legendary whistleblower, anti-war hero, and FPF co-founder Daniel Ellsberg. His courageous decision to leak the Pentagon Papers to the press in 1971 led to the most important Supreme Court case for press freedom in the century.

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Lots of ambulance companies are being taken over by private equity firms, in additional bad news.

The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow

If you are impacted by the White House's travel ban, ensure that you: STAY IN THE U.S. If you aren't currently in the U.S., try to return before Monday, June 9th. DON'T LEAVE THE U.S. If you're currently in the U.S., do not leave the country until the completion of your degree.

Happening now, according to the UN special rapporteur. 👇🏼#freedomflotilla #madleen

Unfortunately, I think this is true. Understanding takes work

It is not normal the way some men behave towards Greta Thunberg, it’s so violent.

When left-wing American Jews comment on a rise in antisemitism in the US - without ever mentioning Israel or attempting to scapegoat Palestinian solidarity activism - here are some trends over the course of the decade since Trump first ran for President that they are likely referring to:

For those interested but unable to attend last week here is the video of our presentation for @andottoman.bsky.social about the book @onurinal.bsky.social @serpilatamaz.bsky.social and I edited in tribute to our mentor Linda Darling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9G_...

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