ammouna
@ammouna.bsky.social
history / anthropology of science, linguistic anthropology. nuclear science, space/planetary/climate science, public history, middle east history. 🇵🇸publicsemiotics.substack.com
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The University of California, Berkeley has provided the federal government with the private information of more than 150 students, staff, and faculty. The university is being slammed for caving to the Trump and his war on Palestine activism.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/uc-b...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/uc-b...
#Palestine #Israel
UC Berkeley hands over private staff and student information for Trump’s ‘antisemitism’ probe
The University of California, Berkeley has provided the federal government with the private information of more than 150 students, staff, and faculty. The university is being slammed for caving to the...
mondoweiss.net
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The University of California, Berkeley has provided the federal government with the private information of more than 150 students, staff, and faculty. The university is being slammed for caving to the Trump and his war on Palestine activism.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/uc-b...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/uc-b...
#Palestine #Israel
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This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
September 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is an actual exchange from a VP who took an oath to defend the constitution and, as a citizen, is expected to abide by the law.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
May we one day have accountability for the grotesque lawlessness of this regime.
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I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
September 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I think it's good to keep getting mad about evil and unjust things, if only to remind yourself and everyone else that these things are in fact evil and unjust. I don't think it's naive. Nor is it wise and sophisticated to adopt a "You fool, nothing matters and nothing good can ever happen" posture
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The idea that there is a "Left" in American politics is an absurd right wing fantasy, which of course is politically useful to them, but unfortunately it's also useful to centrist media figures who need it to be true for their somber above-it-all commentary to make sense
September 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The idea that there is a "Left" in American politics is an absurd right wing fantasy, which of course is politically useful to them, but unfortunately it's also useful to centrist media figures who need it to be true for their somber above-it-all commentary to make sense
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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
May 16, 2023 at 10:51 PM
Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus
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We're the only ones into free speech so unfortunately Bluesky is the intellectual dark web now
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
We're the only ones into free speech so unfortunately Bluesky is the intellectual dark web now
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"...every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active
opposition to cruel bigotry, convulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism...nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us."
opposition to cruel bigotry, convulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism...nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us."
September 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"...every ounce of my energy has been devoted to an active
opposition to cruel bigotry, convulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism...nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us."
opposition to cruel bigotry, convulsive violence, and the sadistic persecution which has characterised the philosophy and practice of fascism...nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us."
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Today I used this image to talk about the pitfalls of AI with my intro class, and they all seemed to Get It. Fingers crossed that this understanding manifests in their upcoming essays.
September 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Today I used this image to talk about the pitfalls of AI with my intro class, and they all seemed to Get It. Fingers crossed that this understanding manifests in their upcoming essays.
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Gen Z is obsessed with not getting eaten by beasts. Here's why that's a problem for my many beasts and creatures.
September 15, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Gen Z is obsessed with not getting eaten by beasts. Here's why that's a problem for my many beasts and creatures.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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This text is buried in a larger bill. Don’t want Marco Rubio to be personally responsible for revoking people’s passports based on thought crimes? Call your reps about it!
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This text is buried in a larger bill. Don’t want Marco Rubio to be personally responsible for revoking people’s passports based on thought crimes? Call your reps about it!
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Remember what I repeated over and over and over again for years like it was a goddamn assignment, the biggest lesson my life so far has taught me: borders also keep you in.
If this gets through, we're all on that list. And then there's no fleeing anything.
September 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Remember what I repeated over and over and over again for years like it was a goddamn assignment, the biggest lesson my life so far has taught me: borders also keep you in.
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It feels like the Times shifted hard into “actually we will determine reality” mode after 10/7 and never came back. Luigi shit, mayor’s race, now this. Reporting from a world that doesn’t exist, for no one.
Top *eight* articles on NYT devoted to Charlie Kirk, top one asks if he will be remembered like MLK. This is a man who only a tiny percent of Americans had even heard of before his death, whose views are too nasty for NYT to detail. But they are trying so hard to turn into martyr.
September 14, 2025 at 10:58 AM
It feels like the Times shifted hard into “actually we will determine reality” mode after 10/7 and never came back. Luigi shit, mayor’s race, now this. Reporting from a world that doesn’t exist, for no one.
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The corner of the chattering class that's obsessed with "debating great ideas" is totally opposed to the idea that any of those ideas might win
September 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The corner of the chattering class that's obsessed with "debating great ideas" is totally opposed to the idea that any of those ideas might win
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Epistemic (& context) collapse has also been on my mind today re: this whole situation. When reality is inscrutable, Power can supply ready-made meanings to any/all subgroups it needs to keep aligned.
Or, to borrow from @olu.online "we should bring back strong social censure for lying in public."
Or, to borrow from @olu.online "we should bring back strong social censure for lying in public."
An assassin writes Bella Ciao in the same breath as a Notices Your Bulge meme on his bullets. One of the government responses is a practicing Hindu asserting that the fundamentalist Christian victim will join him in a Norse pagan afterlife. Welcome to the epistemic collapse.
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Epistemic (& context) collapse has also been on my mind today re: this whole situation. When reality is inscrutable, Power can supply ready-made meanings to any/all subgroups it needs to keep aligned.
Or, to borrow from @olu.online "we should bring back strong social censure for lying in public."
Or, to borrow from @olu.online "we should bring back strong social censure for lying in public."
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“Palantir: Software that kidnaps.”
Spotted in Oakland
Spotted in Oakland
September 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Palantir: Software that kidnaps.”
Spotted in Oakland
Spotted in Oakland