Priya Jha
@dragondiva.bsky.social
Professor; feminist of the feral kind; tiara owner; animal lover; food gobbler; plant grower; art admirer and doer; moving image obsessor; culture and politics junkie; photoshopper
A reminder that out of the 9 countries that possess nuclear weapons, only 1 has ever deployed them, and is now undertaking task of bombing Iran's nuclear sites, turning to tired old tropes rooted in imperialism and orientalism to cast Iran as a threat to global security. Who's the real threat here?
June 22, 2025 at 11:33 PM
A reminder that out of the 9 countries that possess nuclear weapons, only 1 has ever deployed them, and is now undertaking task of bombing Iran's nuclear sites, turning to tired old tropes rooted in imperialism and orientalism to cast Iran as a threat to global security. Who's the real threat here?
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Trump gets front row seat to humiliation as attacked in Pope's homily
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Trump gets front row seat to humiliation as attacked in Pope's homily
Donald Trump got a front row seat to his own humiliation Saturday as he was verbally attacked in a homily at Pope Francis’ funeral.Trump, who traveled to Rome Friday, sat with world leaders at the ser...
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April 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trump gets front row seat to humiliation as attacked in Pope's homily
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ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation.
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
April 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
ICYMI: Georgetown Law students made a 853-row spreadsheet of Trump-caving firms. It drew national headlines. Recruiters noticed some talent looked elsewhere. Firms lobbied to change their designation.
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
An organizer tells @www.AllRiseNews.com the background www.allrisenews.com/p/skadden-st...
A great start to working with working with student bodies who come to college with different experiences in life and education: www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
Texas State Helps Students Bounce Back From 2.0 GPA
Texas State University provides personalized support to help students bounce back from academic probation.
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April 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A great start to working with working with student bodies who come to college with different experiences in life and education: www.insidehighered.com/news/student...
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April 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Here's the entirety of today's #HandsOff march down Broadway in San Diego — 98 minutes compressed to a little over 2 minutes. Stop video at any time to view signs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltut... Story to come on Times of San Diego. @maddow.msnbc.com Marchers per minute = about 20,000.
San Diego "Hands Off" march in timelapse
YouTube video by Times of San Diego
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April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Here's the entirety of today's #HandsOff march down Broadway in San Diego — 98 minutes compressed to a little over 2 minutes. Stop video at any time to view signs. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltut... Story to come on Times of San Diego. @maddow.msnbc.com Marchers per minute = about 20,000.
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This is the profile of Rumeysa Ozturk that her Department at Tufts University has written. as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...
#devpsyc #academicsky #psycscisky #edusky
#devpsyc #academicsky #psycscisky #edusky
March 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is the profile of Rumeysa Ozturk that her Department at Tufts University has written. as.tufts.edu/epcshd/news-...
#devpsyc #academicsky #psycscisky #edusky
#devpsyc #academicsky #psycscisky #edusky
Girls to the Front: Punk Pioneers Are Coming to Lincoln Center www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/a...
Girls to the Front: Punk Pioneers Are Coming to Lincoln Center
The institution’s annual American Songbook series honors “singer outsiders” including Fanny and Poly Styrene in events curated by Kathleen Hanna and Tamar-kali.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Girls to the Front: Punk Pioneers Are Coming to Lincoln Center www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/a...
Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm
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Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm
The government is staking its entire case to deport Khalil on whether Rubio “personally” thinks the Columbia student protest negotiator would “compromise” US foreign policy.
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March 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Marco Rubio Personally Signed Off to Detain Mahmoud Khalil on 'Foreign Policy Grounds,' Sources Confirm
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it is truly wild that, as the authors here note, every argument against the plain text reading of the citizenship clause requires twists, turns, contortions and leaps that would make simone biles look like an amateur
The Birthright Citizenship Clause Means Exactly What It Says: The Textual and Historical Implausibility of Alternative Interpretations Offered by the Trump Administration and Conservative Commentators...
UC Davis Law professor Vikram David Amar and Illinois Law professor Jason Mazzone discuss the scope and original intent of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, particularly in response to a....
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March 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
it is truly wild that, as the authors here note, every argument against the plain text reading of the citizenship clause requires twists, turns, contortions and leaps that would make simone biles look like an amateur
Going through institutional abuse in almost complete isolation can be maddening and so, posts like this are a reminder that we are not alone
Hey! A friendly reminder… you are not alone. Academic abuse persists by convincing us that our experience is isolated. The literature and the news says otherwise.
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February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Going through institutional abuse in almost complete isolation can be maddening and so, posts like this are a reminder that we are not alone
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Israeli forces carry out mass arrests of dozens of Palestinians as part of an expansion of its attacks across the occupied West Bank.
Read here: aje.io/sbal7p
Read here: aje.io/sbal7p
February 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Israeli forces carry out mass arrests of dozens of Palestinians as part of an expansion of its attacks across the occupied West Bank.
Read here: aje.io/sbal7p
Read here: aje.io/sbal7p
"Newspaper" layout seems to have gone rogue these days. 😂
February 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Newspaper" layout seems to have gone rogue these days. 😂
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
In theory class, Rob Nixon's incredible book, "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" has spurred students' justifiable anger. Bhopal (1984), Chernobyl (1986). Tomorrow, we discuss "Parasite" tomorrow as a companion piece. They also want to talk about capitalism as "slow violence."
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor: Nixon, Rob: 9780674049307: Amazon.com: Books
Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor [Nixon, Rob] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor
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November 19, 2024 at 3:52 PM
In theory class, Rob Nixon's incredible book, "Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor" has spurred students' justifiable anger. Bhopal (1984), Chernobyl (1986). Tomorrow, we discuss "Parasite" tomorrow as a companion piece. They also want to talk about capitalism as "slow violence."
Wow. Everything's a conspiracy including Helene, which, according to these folks, was "an act of war perpetuated by the US military" I mean, who doesn't like a creative conspiracy theory? But, his is bordering on insane 🤦🏽♀️
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'Recipe for disaster': 'Dangerous' far-right militia believes US government 'deliberately' caused Helene
Climate change activists and scientists were horrified when Florida and other southeastern states — not long after being ravaged by Hurricane Helene — suffered an even more destructive threat when Hur...
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November 19, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Wow. Everything's a conspiracy including Helene, which, according to these folks, was "an act of war perpetuated by the US military" I mean, who doesn't like a creative conspiracy theory? But, his is bordering on insane 🤦🏽♀️
www.alternet.org/vop-hurrican...
www.alternet.org/vop-hurrican...
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Precisely.
NEW: Private schools across the South that were established for white children during desegregation are now benefiting from tens of millions in taxpayer dollars flowing from rapidly expanding voucher-style programs, a @propublica analysis found.
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Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
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November 18, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Precisely.
My friend, Adam Greenfield's recently published book, "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire" (Verso) is worth a read, especially now:
Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire: Greenfield, Adam: 9781788738354: Amazon.com: Books
Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire [Greenfield, Adam] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire
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November 18, 2024 at 4:51 PM
My friend, Adam Greenfield's recently published book, "Lifehouse: Taking Care of Ourselves in a World on Fire" (Verso) is worth a read, especially now:
Steven Salita does it again! Our choices when we vote should be driven by our ethics and not a self-preservation at the cost of the marginalized.
"All capitalist parties, domestic and international, are enemies of the downtrodden. There is no such thing as a more compassionate ruling class. "
"All capitalist parties, domestic and international, are enemies of the downtrodden. There is no such thing as a more compassionate ruling class. "
Arab Americans, Ignore the Haters: Rejecting Kamala Harris was the Right Thing to Do - Steve Salaita
Arab Americans are facing vicious pushback for refusing to abandon Palestine, but people interested in a better world should follow our lead instead of mourning the neoliberal order.
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November 17, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Steven Salita does it again! Our choices when we vote should be driven by our ethics and not a self-preservation at the cost of the marginalized.
"All capitalist parties, domestic and international, are enemies of the downtrodden. There is no such thing as a more compassionate ruling class. "
"All capitalist parties, domestic and international, are enemies of the downtrodden. There is no such thing as a more compassionate ruling class. "
A huge victory for justice. The strength and resiliency of these prisoners in the face of hatred and violence deserves to be rewarded. While the money may help, the exposure of the violence foisted upon their bodies, minds and psyche has equal worth
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/b...
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/b...
Iraqis Tortured at Abu Ghraib Win $42 Million Judgment Against CACI
A federal jury in Virginia has ordered the U.S. military contractor CACI Premier Technology to pay a total of $42 million to three Iraqi men who were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison. The l...
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November 17, 2024 at 2:54 PM
A huge victory for justice. The strength and resiliency of these prisoners in the face of hatred and violence deserves to be rewarded. While the money may help, the exposure of the violence foisted upon their bodies, minds and psyche has equal worth
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/b...
www.democracynow.org/2024/11/14/b...