“The trouble with having an open mind is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it” — Terry Pratchett

My book “Somatic States” is coming out in a few weeks with @dukepress.bsky.social A decade in the making, it’s not just “another book,” it’s the most important I have written. Introduction available here: shorturl.at/8zMy5 #geography #anthropology #politicaltheory

“my eyes are up here” i say, pointing to my jar of eyeballs on the top shelf

Check out our new Spring 2025 catalog, which features work by @gentlemanjane.bsky.social, @jsrhee.bsky.social, @totomcgee.bsky.social, @burrata.bsky.social, @fbille.bsky.social & many more. Download it today! issuu.com/dukeuniver...

Nice to see this pithy insight from Peter Turchin, with a nod to his work on Seshat, in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

What are you doing to resist Trump's corruption? I'm reading about farmworkers who are organizing to protect immigrant laborers. A clip: "We need to recognize that we’re in a position of power, not weakness, because we hold the levers of the food system." Don't surrender in advance! Fight back!

Regional Council for Unrecognised Bedouin Villages in the Negev spokesperson condemned the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm Al-Hiran in the Negev desert, as "another chapter in the ethnic cleansing and expulsion of Arabs in this country." www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241114-isr...

Overwhelming evidence for crimes against humanity. www.hrw.org/report/2024/...

Um jornalista comprado pelo lobby genocida tentou constranger Francesca Albanese c/a mesma ladainha sionista de sempre. E a resposta dela é uma AULA de Direito Internacional.

Arabic written from left to right [facepalm]

Our book REDACTED was published today. It is available in Open Access through the Press’ website. punctumbooks.com/.../redacted... Thank you to all our contributors!

Naomi Klein on why Israelis keep comparing October 7 to the Shoah: "Palestinians have been forced to pay for Europe’s crimes…in the new national identity being forged around that traumatic day… it would be safe to finally finish the job of the Nakba…" www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

For the last couple of weeks we've been bringing some of our stuff to the new house. The very first items were one meaningful book for each one of us.

Kinda obsessed with this handwritten font. But not quite enough to spend €242 on it. www.arabictypography.com/retail-fonts...

this is pretty amazing: @lucinauddin.bsky.social is taking on the giant, hugely profitable publishers of academic journals, on grounds of antitrust If you'd like to join the case as a plaintiff you can sign up at www.lieffcabraser.com/antitrust/ac... summary of the case:

Since wrapping up my book (forthcoming spring 2025) I have gone back to my first passion, language-learning, which pretty much defined my late teenage years and early 20s. But now there’s ChatGPT!!—a game changer for languages like Arabic where there is a lot of data for AI training #العربية

In addition to an intensive, and somewhat obsessive, study of Arabic with the aim of finally achieving fluency, I just started auditing an Amharic class. Beginning an entirely unfamiliar language in your 50s is definitely challenging, but it’s also so much fun! #አማርኛ #العربية