MirandaWMeyer
@mirandawmeyer.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Geography at CUNY Grad Center. Political geography of memory through territory & infrastructure (water, waste, heritage). Syria and Lebanon, mostly. Sometimes history/philosophy of science.
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Today, Israel put French member of the EU parliament Rima Hassan in solitary confinement and bombed the Gaza office of the French NGO Médecins du Monde
France maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel
France maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel
June 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Today, Israel put French member of the EU parliament Rima Hassan in solitary confinement and bombed the Gaza office of the French NGO Médecins du Monde
France maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel
France maintains normal diplomatic relations with Israel
I'm spending all my time reading (pre-Asad) back issues of Al Baath lately, and going from spending all day immersed in a loudly socialist party newspaper to contemporary current events is giving me crazy whiplash
May 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I'm spending all my time reading (pre-Asad) back issues of Al Baath lately, and going from spending all day immersed in a loudly socialist party newspaper to contemporary current events is giving me crazy whiplash
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74 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the northern, central, and southern parts of the Gaza Strip since pre- dawn on Sunday , in a matter of hours
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...
Israel kills 74 in pre-dawn attacks on Gaza, resumes truce talks with Hamas
Israel mobilises for a new ground assault on Gaza, even as it resumes ceasefire talks with Hamas in Qatar.
www.aljazeera.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
74 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the northern, central, and southern parts of the Gaza Strip since pre- dawn on Sunday , in a matter of hours
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...
www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/liv...
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Believing that America can or must be good does not require one to believe that America is or was good or that Americans are more important than anyone else in the world. I don't know who it serves to insist otherwise.
The problem I'm seeing with leftists is they want others to hate America as much as they do but I'm sorry that's not going to happen and also that's no way to improve politics. We need people to love this country and want to make it better. This era has actually made me more patriotic.
Speaker talking about how
Trump is the natural conclusion of America’s founding and, like, the crowd full of moms with “Follow the Constitution!” signs is obviously ready for him to go
Trump is the natural conclusion of America’s founding and, like, the crowd full of moms with “Follow the Constitution!” signs is obviously ready for him to go
April 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Believing that America can or must be good does not require one to believe that America is or was good or that Americans are more important than anyone else in the world. I don't know who it serves to insist otherwise.
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Ahli Baptist Hospital which had been providing critical care to civilians in Gaza City has been attacked, it has been completely knocked out of service.
The only operational hospital left in Northern Gaza.
The only operational hospital left in Northern Gaza.
April 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Ahli Baptist Hospital which had been providing critical care to civilians in Gaza City has been attacked, it has been completely knocked out of service.
The only operational hospital left in Northern Gaza.
The only operational hospital left in Northern Gaza.
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Thanks to your reports, we have created a tracker of college campus Visa revocations. Please continue to let us know if you hear of these (names of colleges and number of revocations).
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Campus Abductions — We Are Higher Ed
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April 12, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The lesson for universities is you may as well fight back. You'll lose the money either way. The only question is whether you keep your dignity.
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My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.
April 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
My @nehgov.bsky.social grant “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union” was canceled by “DOGE.” The project doesn’t support "the furtherance of the President's agenda.” Jews surviving genocide: out of step w/ the agenda of using Jews to destroy higher ed.
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this is about my friend Anna, who is in it for the long haul. you can support Anna's legal fight here: www.gofundme.com/f/join-annas...
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
this is about my friend Anna, who is in it for the long haul. you can support Anna's legal fight here: www.gofundme.com/f/join-annas...
The limitations of this poll are obvious, but interesting numbers nonetheless. Even in Tartus, 49% said they were optimistic about the direction of the country. The massacres were only a couple of weeks ago.
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Syrians are still surprisingly upbeat
Our pioneering poll reveals much optimism, but also big sectarian divisions
www.economist.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The limitations of this poll are obvious, but interesting numbers nonetheless. Even in Tartus, 49% said they were optimistic about the direction of the country. The massacres were only a couple of weeks ago.
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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Chicago is the greatest city in the world
March 30, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Chicago is the greatest city in the world
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Rafah, an hour ago. Photo: Abdallah alAttar (X).
The city's population ordered by the IDF once more to leave.
Unending ethnic cleansing
The city's population ordered by the IDF once more to leave.
Unending ethnic cleansing
March 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Rafah, an hour ago. Photo: Abdallah alAttar (X).
The city's population ordered by the IDF once more to leave.
Unending ethnic cleansing
The city's population ordered by the IDF once more to leave.
Unending ethnic cleansing
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Over 1000 Palestinians killed and many more injured since Israel violated ceasefire and resumed major airstrikes in Gaza on March 18
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
Israel kills over 1,000 Palestinians in resumption of Gaza war
The Israeli army said it would ’resume intense combat operations’ in Rafah following the largets displacement order since its breaking of the ceasefire.
www.newarab.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Over 1000 Palestinians killed and many more injured since Israel violated ceasefire and resumed major airstrikes in Gaza on March 18
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
www.newarab.com/news/israel-...
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SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:30 AM
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
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‘Maybe we need to kill more civilians,’ speaker told gathering hosted by pro-Israel nonprofit in NY
At an Israel Heritage Foundation event in May 2024, Martin Oliner called for Israel to “take the lessons” from the atrocity of the U.S. atomic bombings in Japan.
prismreports.org/2025/03/27/i...
At an Israel Heritage Foundation event in May 2024, Martin Oliner called for Israel to “take the lessons” from the atrocity of the U.S. atomic bombings in Japan.
prismreports.org/2025/03/27/i...
‘Maybe we need to kill more civilians’: speaker at pro-Israel event
At an Israel Heritage Foundation event in May 2024, Martin Oliner called for Israel to “take the lessons” from the atomic bombing of Japan
prismreports.org
March 30, 2025 at 3:30 AM
‘Maybe we need to kill more civilians,’ speaker told gathering hosted by pro-Israel nonprofit in NY
At an Israel Heritage Foundation event in May 2024, Martin Oliner called for Israel to “take the lessons” from the atrocity of the U.S. atomic bombings in Japan.
prismreports.org/2025/03/27/i...
At an Israel Heritage Foundation event in May 2024, Martin Oliner called for Israel to “take the lessons” from the atrocity of the U.S. atomic bombings in Japan.
prismreports.org/2025/03/27/i...
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this feels like a very big deal even though the day-to-day probably won't change much for a good while. Syria has always been the one to refuse Lebanon's demands; it's been an implicit continuation of the Greater Syria idea and the paternalistic attitude toward Lebanon that that entails
After some unexpected Saudi involvement, Lebanon and Syria agree to agree on border demarcation. It all seems very tentative—still positive, of course.
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March 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
this feels like a very big deal even though the day-to-day probably won't change much for a good while. Syria has always been the one to refuse Lebanon's demands; it's been an implicit continuation of the Greater Syria idea and the paternalistic attitude toward Lebanon that that entails
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🧵 on the damage being visited on children’s healthcare in this country.
(h/t @gregggonsalves.bsky.social)
(h/t @gregggonsalves.bsky.social)
Headed home from the meeting of medical school pediatric chairs - many of them also Chief Medical Officers for children’s hospitals.
so much at stake for the health of children- all children
so much at stake for the health of children- all children
March 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🧵 on the damage being visited on children’s healthcare in this country.
(h/t @gregggonsalves.bsky.social)
(h/t @gregggonsalves.bsky.social)
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Extra wild because Druze in Syria are busy protesting Israel’s invasion and occupation of southern Syria, with signs saying they “will not be your poisoned dagger in Syria’s back”, so Israel is justifying its invasion with claims to be protecting a group who don’t want their protection.
March 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Extra wild because Druze in Syria are busy protesting Israel’s invasion and occupation of southern Syria, with signs saying they “will not be your poisoned dagger in Syria’s back”, so Israel is justifying its invasion with claims to be protecting a group who don’t want their protection.
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"The fate of Assad and associates who fled to Moscow is a delicate matter. Russia remains resistant to surrendering Assad, insisting on continuity in its alliances, the Russian and diplomatic sources said." @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/russia...
www.reuters.com/world/russia...
Insight: Russia gambles to keep military bases in post-Assad Syria
For years, soldiers from Russia's Hmeimim Air Base in Syria roamed freely through coastal cities. War planes flew from the complex to bombard Islamist rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's repressive regime.
www.reuters.com
March 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"The fate of Assad and associates who fled to Moscow is a delicate matter. Russia remains resistant to surrendering Assad, insisting on continuity in its alliances, the Russian and diplomatic sources said." @reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/russia...
www.reuters.com/world/russia...
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As someone mentioned it looks more like a Sudan/Palestine combo flag upon closer inspection
February 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
As someone mentioned it looks more like a Sudan/Palestine combo flag upon closer inspection