Régine Debatty
@wmmna.bsky.social
Art critic, curator and forever blogger https://we-make-money-not-art.com/
Realising they don't murder enough people already, the "only democracy in the ME" approves death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners in first reading www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel bill proposing death penalty for those it deems terrorists passes first reading
The requirement means the penalty would likely be used only against Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Realising they don't murder enough people already, the "only democracy in the ME" approves death penalty bill for Palestinian prisoners in first reading www.bbc.com/news/article...
YouTube erased 700+ videos documenting Israeli human rights violations in response to a U.S. government campaign to stifle accountability for war crimes against Palestinians. Meanwhile Google (owner of YT) signed $45m contract to amplify Israel's talking points www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Everybody panic – the workplace has become too ‘feminized’! | Arwa Mahdawi
This week, Mexico’s president was groped in public. But a New York Times podcast is fretting about excessive wokeness
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
YouTube erased 700+ videos documenting Israeli human rights violations in response to a U.S. government campaign to stifle accountability for war crimes against Palestinians. Meanwhile Google (owner of YT) signed $45m contract to amplify Israel's talking points www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
100 years ago, biophysicist Alexander Chizhevsky argued that the main historical events followed the 11-year solar cycle. According to him, periods of high sunspot activity lead to increased mass “excitation” and brought about war and riots we-make-money-not-art.com/comrade-sun-... @hmkv_de
Comrade Sun: To what extent does the cosmos play a part in historical processes?
Is there, as Chizhevsky and the Soviet cosmists claimed, a connection between solar storms and socio-political upheavals?
we-make-money-not-art.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
100 years ago, biophysicist Alexander Chizhevsky argued that the main historical events followed the 11-year solar cycle. According to him, periods of high sunspot activity lead to increased mass “excitation” and brought about war and riots we-make-money-not-art.com/comrade-sun-... @hmkv_de
Reposted by Régine Debatty
APPLICATION PLATFORM NOW OPEN!
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
October 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
APPLICATION PLATFORM NOW OPEN!
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
Call for Applications // Solitude Fellowship Program 2026–2028
Visit: https://www.akademie-solitude.de/en/fellowship/solitude-fellowship/ or
Application platform: https://application.akademie-solitude.de
Deadline for the first stage: November 14, 2025 – 6 pm CET.
Artists Call to Boycott @Museo_MAXXI in Rome over alleged Israel ties & denounce the museum’s role in legitimising zionist propaganda and narratives that enable the systematic erasure of Palestinian culture, history and life hyperallergic.com/1053965/arti...
Artists Call to Boycott Maxxi Museum Over Alleged Israel Ties
Tania Bruguera, Phil Collins, and others said they withdrew their work, citing the institution’s “stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza.”
hyperallergic.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Artists Call to Boycott @Museo_MAXXI in Rome over alleged Israel ties & denounce the museum’s role in legitimising zionist propaganda and narratives that enable the systematic erasure of Palestinian culture, history and life hyperallergic.com/1053965/arti...
AI companies are building massive data centers near major gas-production sites, often tapping directly into fossil fuels. The trend is overshadowed by headlines about the intersection of AI and solving climate change), but it’s one that could reshape the communities that host these facilities.
"The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology."
Your AI tools run on fracked gas and bulldozed Texas land | TechCrunch
If you're wondering why AI companies are pursuing this path, they'll tell you it's not just about electricity – it's about beating China.
techcrunch.com
October 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
AI companies are building massive data centers near major gas-production sites, often tapping directly into fossil fuels. The trend is overshadowed by headlines about the intersection of AI and solving climate change), but it’s one that could reshape the communities that host these facilities.
Open call for KUBU exhibition in Finland. The theme for the year 2026 is water. Write a short free-form application in which you describe your proposal for the interior and/or exterior spaces of KUBU. Deadline: 19 October kubu.fi/call/ #kulturhuskubu
October 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Open call for KUBU exhibition in Finland. The theme for the year 2026 is water. Write a short free-form application in which you describe your proposal for the interior and/or exterior spaces of KUBU. Deadline: 19 October kubu.fi/call/ #kulturhuskubu
Like many health workers before him, Dr. Abu Safiya was detained while caring for his patients and carrying out his medical duties #FreeDrHussam #FreeThemAll www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
Release Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!
Act now to free Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya!
www.amnesty.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Like many health workers before him, Dr. Abu Safiya was detained while caring for his patients and carrying out his medical duties #FreeDrHussam #FreeThemAll www.amnesty.org/en/petition/...
CommunicatingPalestine.org, a new and incredibly useful guide offering tools to write or talk about Palestine ethically and responsibly. From best practices for countering disinformation to fostering ethical reporting and centring Palestinian agency www.communicatingpalestine.org
Communicating Palestine | Narrate for Liberation, Engage with Dignity
Explore Communicating Palestine, a go-to guide offering tools to unlearn and relearn narratives, visuals, and practices rooted in Palestinian agency.
CommunicatingPalestine.org
October 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
CommunicatingPalestine.org, a new and incredibly useful guide offering tools to write or talk about Palestine ethically and responsibly. From best practices for countering disinformation to fostering ethical reporting and centring Palestinian agency www.communicatingpalestine.org
The book argues that design and conspiracy theory mirror each other. They intersect in their practices and in their artifacts because they share a common ground at their fundaments. This common ground is Conspiratorial Design. we-make-money-not-art.com/conspiratori... @freeklomme.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The book argues that design and conspiracy theory mirror each other. They intersect in their practices and in their artifacts because they share a common ground at their fundaments. This common ground is Conspiratorial Design. we-make-money-not-art.com/conspiratori... @freeklomme.bsky.social
Support for Palestinian Students to Study Abroad (SPSSA). This fundraiser provides direct support to Palestinian students in Gaza, helping evacuate eligible photographers and filmmakers to study at colleges and universities across Europe chuffed.org/project/1520...
Support for Palestinian Students to Study Abroad (SPSSA)
Support for Palestinian Students to Study Abroad (SPSSA) has been organised by collaborators in the UK, Germany and France, working directly with colleges, universities and the relevant bodies grantin...
chuffed.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Support for Palestinian Students to Study Abroad (SPSSA). This fundraiser provides direct support to Palestinian students in Gaza, helping evacuate eligible photographers and filmmakers to study at colleges and universities across Europe chuffed.org/project/1520...
A member of the Flotilla: If they have been able to treat us like this, many of whom are Westerners, what will they do to Palestinian prisoners? The feeling of total impunity has been one of the great frustrations of all of us elpais.com/internaciona...
El periodista de EL PAÍS en la flotilla de Gaza: “No hay médicos para animales como vosotros’, nos dijeron los guardias israelíes”
Carlos de Barrón narra las humillaciones, el maltrato psicológico, las agresiones y las intimidaciones que él y el resto de la tripulación sufrieron durante su cautiverio de tres noches en la cárcel d...
elpais.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A member of the Flotilla: If they have been able to treat us like this, many of whom are Westerners, what will they do to Palestinian prisoners? The feeling of total impunity has been one of the great frustrations of all of us elpais.com/internaciona...
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #VisitIsrael
Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags
Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
“They dragged little Greta [Thunberg] by her hair before our eyes, beat her and forced her to kiss the Israeli flag. They did everything imaginable to her, as a warning to others,” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #VisitIsrael
“At a time when Israel continues to escalate its genocide with the destruction and ground invasion of Gaza City, following months of enforced famine, the Biennale should be ashamed to be in dialogue with the cultural representatives of the Israeli occupation” hyperallergic.com/1044678/arti...
Artists Threaten to Boycott Venice Biennale Over Israeli Pavilion
Plans to set up an “alternative pavilion” for Israel inside the historic Arsenale sidestep the issue of its continued inclusion in the storied art festival, activists said.
hyperallergic.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 AM
“At a time when Israel continues to escalate its genocide with the destruction and ground invasion of Gaza City, following months of enforced famine, the Biennale should be ashamed to be in dialogue with the cultural representatives of the Israeli occupation” hyperallergic.com/1044678/arti...
"We're looking for projects that fit 4 themes: Network Commons (reimagining how we connect), Public Personas (navigating fame & identity in algorithmic environments), Narrative Systems (breaking free from traditional interaction mechanics) & Synthetic Agents (collaborating with other intelligences)"
this #Rhizome open call could catch a lot of you 👀 .. if you’re into that kind of thing. apply by 10 october !
> rhizome.org/editorial/2025/sep/15/open-call-microgrants-2025/
> rhizome.org/editorial/2025/sep/15/open-call-microgrants-2025/
Open Call: Microgrants 2025
Rhizome champions born-digital art and culture through commissions, exhibitions, scholarship, and digital preservation.
rhizome.org
October 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"We're looking for projects that fit 4 themes: Network Commons (reimagining how we connect), Public Personas (navigating fame & identity in algorithmic environments), Narrative Systems (breaking free from traditional interaction mechanics) & Synthetic Agents (collaborating with other intelligences)"
In Milan, policemen are joining citizens protesting against the genocide in Gaza & the arrest of the members of the Gaza aid flotilla www.tiktok.com/@ggianni7/vi...
Grande, anche loro non possono negare l’evidenza. Il governo Meloni una vergogna a livello mondiale.
TikTok video by ggianni7
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October 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
In Milan, policemen are joining citizens protesting against the genocide in Gaza & the arrest of the members of the Gaza aid flotilla www.tiktok.com/@ggianni7/vi...
Reposted by Régine Debatty
I am a lady, 2009, by Mary Sibande, South African artist who uses painting and sculptures depicting figures to explore the construction of identity in postcolonial South Africa #womensart
October 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I am a lady, 2009, by Mary Sibande, South African artist who uses painting and sculptures depicting figures to explore the construction of identity in postcolonial South Africa #womensart
Its products ship from the Israeli port of Haifa but the journey is protracted. The vehicles must make detours to go through checkpoints, and the pallets need to be stacked far lower than capacity to allow sniffer dogs to jump over them. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Palestinian food brand says UK sales up 50% as shoppers show solidarity
Zaytoun’s olive oil and dates provide a tangible way to help Palestinians, says the business’s managing director
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Its products ship from the Israeli port of Haifa but the journey is protracted. The vehicles must make detours to go through checkpoints, and the pallets need to be stacked far lower than capacity to allow sniffer dogs to jump over them. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
The artists selected for the #MarioMerzPrize explore various forms of slow violence: rampant mechanisation, oppression of trans bodies, legacy of colonisation, racial discrimination and rising social inequalities we-make-money-not-art.com/mario-merz-p...
Mario Merz Prize. Forms of slow violence
The five artists selected for the prize explore different forms of slow violence: rampant mechanisation, oppression of trans bodies, legacy of colonisation, racial discrimination and rising social …
we-make-money-not-art.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The artists selected for the #MarioMerzPrize explore various forms of slow violence: rampant mechanisation, oppression of trans bodies, legacy of colonisation, racial discrimination and rising social inequalities we-make-money-not-art.com/mario-merz-p...
Call 4 entries! The 2026 European Media Art Festival welcomes works in the categories Film, Installation (installative, interactive, spatial or sculptural media artworks) and Expanded (performances, live events, workshops)
Deadline: 22/12/2025.
www.emaf.de
Deadline: 22/12/2025.
www.emaf.de
September 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Call 4 entries! The 2026 European Media Art Festival welcomes works in the categories Film, Installation (installative, interactive, spatial or sculptural media artworks) and Expanded (performances, live events, workshops)
Deadline: 22/12/2025.
www.emaf.de
Deadline: 22/12/2025.
www.emaf.de
Plants_Intelligence. Learning Like a Plant. This year, the @rixcriga.bsky.social festival invites us to consider what vegetal life can teach us about sensing, adapting and coexisting on a changing planet festival2025.rixc.org #plantintelligence
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Plants_Intelligence. Learning Like a Plant. This year, the @rixcriga.bsky.social festival invites us to consider what vegetal life can teach us about sensing, adapting and coexisting on a changing planet festival2025.rixc.org #plantintelligence
Terms such as “climate change” or “global warming” do not express the urgency of the problem and the action needed. I generally use “climate breakdown” or “climate disruption”, but I love it when, in the process of collaborating with Matthew Hyland, new terms such as “global heat death” emerge.
New article from Marjolijn Dijkman and Oliver Ressler.
‘We need to understand that the main appeal of CCS
for the fossil industries lies in the huge new subsidies
it promises the industry.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
‘We need to understand that the main appeal of CCS
for the fossil industries lies in the huge new subsidies
it promises the industry.'
Read the article on journal.commodityfrontiers.com/journal-issu... #CFI
September 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Terms such as “climate change” or “global warming” do not express the urgency of the problem and the action needed. I generally use “climate breakdown” or “climate disruption”, but I love it when, in the process of collaborating with Matthew Hyland, new terms such as “global heat death” emerge.
In "The Hour of the Predator", Giuliano da Empoli explains that we have more information, yet are less able to predict the future. It is a situation that the “predators” help foment. Our abandoned future is the free open space they make their playground. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
How autocrats and tech billionaires are disintegrating history
A striking new political analysis by Giuliano da Empoli explores a threat so thoroughly novel that it has paralysed the old guard.
www.lowyinstitute.org
September 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In "The Hour of the Predator", Giuliano da Empoli explains that we have more information, yet are less able to predict the future. It is a situation that the “predators” help foment. Our abandoned future is the free open space they make their playground. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
"The results show a clear decline in expressive freedoms over the past decade, a trend echoed by Freemuse, which recently flagged artistic freedom as “at its lowest point.”" hyperallergic.com/1043369/new-... #censorship
New Reports Expose the Global Toll of Censorship
Two dossiers paint an urgent quantitative picture of the rapidly growing suppression of free expression and artistic freedom.
hyperallergic.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"The results show a clear decline in expressive freedoms over the past decade, a trend echoed by Freemuse, which recently flagged artistic freedom as “at its lowest point.”" hyperallergic.com/1043369/new-... #censorship