I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maersk-cuts-ties-companies-operating-israeli-settlements

Following his release from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil spoke to supporters in New York, leading a chant of “Free Palestine.”

Pro-Israel lobby groups and individuals have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members, Declassified has found. The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group. www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

A reminder there's no clear or demonstrable category as 'grooming gangs', that white men are far more likely statistically to engage in child abuse and grooming, and that the discussion on grooming gangs is based on debunked research and racist misinformation. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza

Klan Imperial Wizard H.W. Evans: "to the South of us thousands of Mexicans, many of them Communist, are waiting [for] a chance to cross the Rio Grande and glut the labour marts of the Southwest." (1926) Klan Grand Dragon David Duke launches the Klan Border Watch (1977):

"Trump's demand that Harvard turn over five years of footage of protests is one of the more chilling things I’ve seen in my almost-25-year career defending free expression on college campuses. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Next week...🇵🇸 Massive Attack @pscupdates.bsky.social

Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients

Gaza is being starved – open the border now! "thousands of trucks loaded with baby food and nutritional supplies are ready to enter Gaza but remain stalled at the border" www.middleeasteye.net/news/babies-...

their *lawyer* has also been disappeared now? uh holy shit

Will you be counted among those who spoke up or those who stood by? Your choice. #FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says the U.S. government and extreme pro-Israel groups want to “silence” him. “They don’t want me to grieve. They don’t want me to share the pain.” www.democracynow.org/2025/5/16/mo...

By building on the foundations laid by previous governments, Labour has now become an even more anti-immigration government than its predecessor. My piece of @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Labour's hostility towards migrants 👇 bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/k...

David Lammy may have misled parliament over UK arms exports to Israel A new report, 'Exposing UK arms exports to Israel' uses data from the Israel Tax Authority to reveal the scale of what Labour are doing www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

"We now have a federal government that will threaten or arrest an elected official, or even everyday American citizens who have broken no laws, committed no crimes and done nothing wrong," Evers said. "And as disgusted as I am about the continued actions of the Trump administration, I'm not afraid."

2/ Prof Patricia Hynes & I edited a Special Issue on the #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking & #Asylum Interface exploring legal, conceptual & empirical overlaps w/ @juliaocd.bsky.social Angelo Martins Jnr, Chung Pham, @gaucjp.bsky.social, @sandrapertek.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...

Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal These figures are appalling & without a doubt the real numbers are far higher. These contractors are paid a FORTUNE & they can’t even treat people decently. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Pope Francis dies after final address called for ending war on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pope-francis-dies-after-final-address-called-end-gaza-war

BBC removes claim BOD president met genocidal Israeli foreign minister in Israel, not London. Broadcaster's attempts to whitewash Sa'ar's secret meeting with David Lammy and Zionist lobby amended after London visit exposed by independent media...

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.

So when is France paying Haiti its money back? www.nbcnews.com/news/world/f...

Effective immediately, the government says it will begin screening immigrant social media for activity that officials think indicates support for antisemitism.

Gaza medic killings: How a voice from beyond the grave destroyed Israel's lie - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-medic-killings-how-voice-beyond-grave-destroyed-israels-lie

Tell that to the families in Gaza — who spent another Eid under a genocide you still refuse to acknowledge. Bombed with weapons your government still sells to Israel. Starved under siege by a regime that you still won’t sanction.

Israel's forcible displacement orders cover 15 percent of Gaza, UN says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-forcible-displacement-orders-cover-15-percent-gaza-un-says

Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital kills at least five, leaves many wounded - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strike-nasser-hospital-kills-least-five-leaves-many-wounded

“‘…everybody is sick, God knows what they have…no medical attention, much less give them privileges to a bathroom.’” What you do out here is amplified in there—illnesses that could be prevented by those with the ability, the choice spread exponentially to&within places people cannot leave. Mask up.

Hey, it's almost like these abortion restrictions aren't actually pro-life after all!

Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.

every person involved in this needs to be in prison

'Stateless overnight': Authoritarian crackdown strips 42,000 Kuwaitis of nationality Source: France 24 search.app/jq7uE

In this month's newsletter, find out more about the work we've been doing against the #BorderSecurityBill, as well as how to visit our new #Raids website to log an #immigration raid in your area. Read our newsletter in full: buff.ly/E3kc0pS

Following news of the proposed demolition of Grenfell tower, we're reminded of the testimonies shared with us by those impacted by the fire. Together, we modelled former homes within the tower, specifically the features that exacerbated this tragedy. Watch: forensic-architecture.org/investigatio...

Our ongoing research into the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian villages understands the Nakba not only as a historical event, but also an ongoing strategy of colonial erasure that Israel continues to implement today.

The majority of attacks on civilians that we identified were concentrated in Rafah, and along or in proximity to Salah al-Din and al-Rashid Roads, the two major arteries by which civilians were permitted to return to the north.

My university is on the list. MAGA wants to kill universities. We - faculty, students, staff, and administrators - must do everything we can to fight back.

Donald Trump threatens Palestinians in Gaza with death in stunning social media post - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-president-donald-trump-threatens-palestinians-gaza-death-stunning-social-media-post