vijay iyer
@vijayiyer.bsky.social
music maker // free all political prisoners // fight all supremacies // latest albums: Defiant Life (2025), Thereupon (2025), Compassion (2024), Trouble (2024), Love in Exile (2023) // prof @ h*rv*rd // linktr.ee/vijayiyer
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vijay iyer
@vijayiyer.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Fieldwork - Thereupon
Listen to Thereupon by Fieldwork.
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recent albums, a thread
Fieldwork (Steve Lehman / V.I. / Tyshawn Sorey): THEREUPON (2025)
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Fieldwork (Steve Lehman / V.I. / Tyshawn Sorey): THEREUPON (2025)
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January 6, 2026 at 1:08 PM
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This is just such an apt summary of the political moment — the death of once esteemed institutions, the embrace of fascism, the reality show world we’ve all been plunged in.
Hannity: Did you at any point offered to give him the Nobel peace prize?
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
Machado: It hasn’t happened yet. We want to give it to him. Share it with him.
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
This is just such an apt summary of the political moment — the death of once esteemed institutions, the embrace of fascism, the reality show world we’ve all been plunged in.
this is the way
we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 PM
this is the way
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Fascists have no moral consistency but rather are driven by a lust for power and subjugation of others they view as beneath them. Everything else is pretense.
January 5, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Fascists have no moral consistency but rather are driven by a lust for power and subjugation of others they view as beneath them. Everything else is pretense.
we live in the griftocene
Breaking news: Shares in some major US-listed oil companies have risen sharply in pre-market trading.
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January 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
we live in the griftocene
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the usual starter pack
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January 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
the usual starter pack
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The year 2025 ended both with a broad expression of solidarity of people across the world with #Palestine Refugees, and with further steps taken by the Israeli Authorities setting a dangerous precedent.
International human rights law and international humanitarian law must be protected.
International human rights law and international humanitarian law must be protected.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM
The year 2025 ended both with a broad expression of solidarity of people across the world with #Palestine Refugees, and with further steps taken by the Israeli Authorities setting a dangerous precedent.
International human rights law and international humanitarian law must be protected.
International human rights law and international humanitarian law must be protected.
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THREAD: How to verify online images
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
March 11, 2024 at 11:58 AM
THREAD: How to verify online images
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
Social media is awash with false or misleading images, some of which get millions of engagements.
So here's a simple guide on ways you can quickly check the veracity of images you see on your social media feeds with major elections coming up this year.
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Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Congress is about to make a huge push into online ID verification, entrenching the power of big tech and mandating that they collect even MORE data on users. Mass surveillance/censorship laws are being framed as “child safety” but they’re really abt at removing LGBTQ ppl, repro justice info, etc.
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I cannot stress this enough but the internet was a mistake. It could have been many things but we made it this. We are not the people for this kind of power.
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
Minnesota GOP worked with YouTuber on child care fraud viral video
www.fox9.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I cannot stress this enough but the internet was a mistake. It could have been many things but we made it this. We are not the people for this kind of power.
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
www.fox9.com/news/minneso...
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The latest update is even worse...
It's beyond me how they could keep calling this an "arrest" or however they are trying to pass it off as not needing to inform Congress. 80 dead is like you weren't even trying to avoid killing people.
It's beyond me how they could keep calling this an "arrest" or however they are trying to pass it off as not needing to inform Congress. 80 dead is like you weren't even trying to avoid killing people.
January 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The latest update is even worse...
It's beyond me how they could keep calling this an "arrest" or however they are trying to pass it off as not needing to inform Congress. 80 dead is like you weren't even trying to avoid killing people.
It's beyond me how they could keep calling this an "arrest" or however they are trying to pass it off as not needing to inform Congress. 80 dead is like you weren't even trying to avoid killing people.
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"[M]ore than 39,000 children orphaned."
"[F]orced to beg to meet their families' basic needs after losing their breadwinner."
"Many of these children don't know what it means to play or study. Their lives are focused solely on survival."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Food #Genocide #Education
"[F]orced to beg to meet their families' basic needs after losing their breadwinner."
"Many of these children don't know what it means to play or study. Their lives are focused solely on survival."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Food #Genocide #Education
With Their Breadwinners Killed, Gaza's Children Turn to Begging to Survive
More than 64,000 children in Gaza have reportedly been killed or maimed since 2023. Many who survived are now orphans.
truthout.org
January 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
"[M]ore than 39,000 children orphaned."
"[F]orced to beg to meet their families' basic needs after losing their breadwinner."
"Many of these children don't know what it means to play or study. Their lives are focused solely on survival."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Food #Genocide #Education
"[F]orced to beg to meet their families' basic needs after losing their breadwinner."
"Many of these children don't know what it means to play or study. Their lives are focused solely on survival."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Aid #Food #Genocide #Education
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The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
January 4, 2026 at 12:27 AM
The “Venezuela distracts from Epstein” line is ridiculous because 1) many awful things happen at once 2) Same Iran-Contra crowd pushing Venezuela invasion are or were involved with Epstein/Maxwell 3) Epstein associates (for ex, Dershowitz) want Iran invasion and see Venezuela as a test run for Iran
Literal blood for oil
NYT:
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
At least 40 people were killed in the US attack on Venezuela, including military personnel and civilians.
January 4, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Literal blood for oil
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.
Fracking Industry Executives Are Salivating Over the AI Data Center Boom
Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.
buff.ly
January 4, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Data centers are driving a surge in the construction of power generation facilities involving fracked gas.
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starting to question the efficacy of posting. just a hunch
January 3, 2026 at 6:21 PM
starting to question the efficacy of posting. just a hunch
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hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
hey remember when a bunch of middle-aged drunk korean lawmakers climbed the locked gates to the national assembly to hold an emergency session after the president gave illegal orders to the military, all of which ended with said president being sentenced to prison
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The rate of global mean sea level rise has increased from ~2.1 mm/year in 1993 to ~4.5 mm/year in 2023. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
The rate of global sea level rise doubled during the past three decades - Communications Earth & Environment
Global mean sea level rise amounted to 4.5 mm per year as a result of warming oceans and melting land ice, more than twice the rate of 2.1 mm/year observed at the start of satellite data in 1993, base...
www.nature.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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just breathlessly cheering it on like a new Marvel movie
January 4, 2026 at 5:02 AM
just breathlessly cheering it on like a new Marvel movie
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he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
January 4, 2026 at 12:08 AM
he's just gonna keep doing illegal shit as long as everyone keeps letting him
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🚨Trump claims the US is now in control of Venezuela, declaring, “we’re going to run the country” & repeating that the US would govern “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.”
He said US forces are “there now until a proper transition can take place,” and announced,,,
He said US forces are “there now until a proper transition can take place,” and announced,,,
January 4, 2026 at 2:26 AM
🚨Trump claims the US is now in control of Venezuela, declaring, “we’re going to run the country” & repeating that the US would govern “until such time as we can do a safe, proper and judicious transition.”
He said US forces are “there now until a proper transition can take place,” and announced,,,
He said US forces are “there now until a proper transition can take place,” and announced,,,