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Anna Trechsel
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Journalist & foreign editor @srf
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This is horrible. Attacks on the humanities are another way to destroy our future. Now is when we need the humanities the most.
sarasilverstein.bsky.social Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · Aug 22
Arabic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Russian, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies, Religion, & more—decimating the humanities destroys our ability to understand the world, act in it, and envision a future. Blue states are complicit in this destruction of scholarship and teaching
@uoregon.bsky.social
"I've now been allowed and asked to share more details about what's going down at the University of Oregon, which involves imminent announcement of firings, among others, of tenure-track and tenured faculty. Given the units impacted (see below), please share this with your professional networks in related disciplines and start getting ready to put pressure (or begin putting pressure already) on the University of Oregon upper admin to abandon this alleged plan before they finalize it. It appears that, with no prior consultations, the departments of Religion and Classics (two separate units), and the programs in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies, Arabic Studies, and Holocaust Studies (the latter five all parts of a previously- consolidated mega unit called the Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages) are facing imminent announcement of elimination (expected the week of Sept 7), with layoffs of pre-tenure, tenured, and career faculty in these units. The reason given is "financial exigency" -- upper administrations of several universities across the country (and in blue states like Oregon also) appear to be giddy to use the context of Trump attacks on higher ed to dismantle the humanities. Faculty at OU won a faculty union not long ago; this may be, in part, a retaliation for that, l've been told. The union is working with AAUP, etc.; my understanding is that the maximum spotlight is needed at this point."
August 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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"In den 1980er-Jahren war Israel am Aufbau der militant-islamistischen Hamas beteiligt, um ein Gegengewicht zur säkularen und damals dominanten PLO aufzubauen. Später half Netanjahu bei der finanziellen Unterstützung der Hamas."
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Israel unterstützt bewaffnete Milizen in Gaza – eine alte Strategie
Premierminister Netanjahu bestätigt, dass Israel in Gaza bewaffnete Milizen unterstützt – als Gegengewicht zur Hamas.
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June 6, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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REPORTER: Is your administration sending migrants to Libya?

TRUMP: I don't know. You'll have to ask Homeland Security
May 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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mikenjd.bsky.social
I mean, to answer this jackass' question, Japan has more than 200 million fewer people than the US. So they literally can't buy as many cars or whatever from us as we can from them. This is really not that hard.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 8
an angry, twitching Stephen Miller yells on Fox News that Trump will "make American the manufacturing capital of the world"
April 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
annatrechsel.bsky.social
Must-read by @dahliasc.bsky.social:
Why don't Gazans rise up and oust Hamas? Dismantling a deeply dishonest claim
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www.haaretz.com
March 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
annatrechsel.bsky.social
Gaza ist so viel mehr als wir gemeinhin annehmen. Gaza ist Heimat einer gebildeten, kulturinteressierten Bevölkerung.

Der Schriftsteller Atef Abu Saif im Gespräch - zum Nachhören.

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Gazas verlorene Kunst und Kultur
Der Krieg im Gazastreifen hat Zehntausenden das Leben gekostet, Gaza liegt in Trümmern. Verloren sind aber nicht nur Menschenleben, Gebäude und Infrastruktur, sondern auch ein vielfältiges Kulturleben...
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March 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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himself.bsky.social
if this is even half right ... www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants
The school faces a deadline to yield to administration demands in negotiations over federal funding.
www.wsj.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
annatrechsel.bsky.social
Excellent thread.
rikefranke.bsky.social Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · Feb 14
I struggle to express just how *weird* Vance’s #MSC2025 speech was. This is a transatlantic security conference, happening while there is a war in Europe, and the US is announcing a partial withdrawal from European security. And the US VP speaks about (alleged) threats to free speech in Europe??
February 15, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The Opposition Is Already Growing
Trump is getting substantial pushback, both from the courts and from other pockets of civic life.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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»Black History Month, Indigenous People Month, Jewish Heritage, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage have also been removed«
Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’
Some users are angry that some events have been removed.
www.theverge.com
February 12, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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hrw.org
NEW: An Israeli airstrike on a six-story apartment building sheltering hundreds of people in central Gaza on October 31, 2023, is an apparent war crime.

The attack is among the deadliest single incidents for civilians in Gaza following the events of October 7.
Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime
An Israeli airstrike on a six-story apartment building sheltering hundreds of people in central Gaza on October 31, 2023, is an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack, which kil...
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April 4, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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benzi.bsky.social
“Come build your house in Gaza!”

The conference in Jerusalem attended by 12 Israeli ministers featured a map of Gaza with the neighborhoods given Hebrew names:

Rimal is now King David
Zeitoun is now Shivat Zion
At-Tuffah is now Hagdud Ha-Ivri
Tel al-Hawa is now Givat Ha-Ruhot

Photo: Nir Hasson
January 29, 2024 at 8:54 AM