Alex Schweig
@aschweig17.bsky.social
Historian of the Middle East, PhD @uarizona
Ottomaniac
he/him
property is theft
Hoping this all works out. Also @aschweig17 at "X" until it does.
Ottomaniac
he/him
property is theft
Hoping this all works out. Also @aschweig17 at "X" until it does.
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TİP MP says a total of 4836 workers have died at work, in Turkey, during the current labour minister's tenure.
That's almost 5000 since May 2023 elections. That's a massacre
That's almost 5000 since May 2023 elections. That's a massacre
◼️ Sera Kadıgil’den Bakan Vedat Işıkhan’a: "Bu ülkede sadece 9 ayda 1.300 kişi öldü. Her gün 6 işçi ölüyor. Ölümlerin haber değeri bile kalmadı. 3 yılda 4 bin 836 insan siz Bakanken öldü. Bunun tamamından siz ve sizi atayan Cumhurbaşkanı Erdoğan sorumlusunuz."
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November 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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The party exists to fundraise off sustained mediocrity. Nothing else.
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The party exists to fundraise off sustained mediocrity. Nothing else.
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Important—and sobering—findings about the state of the discipline and the academy.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Important—and sobering—findings about the state of the discipline and the academy.
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It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
It is very clear the gutting of Teen Vogue is about silencing their excellent political coverage. Corporations want you uninformed and shut off from meaningful journalism. And they’re staggeringly successful at it so far.
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"Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans" by @vhtroyansky.bsky.social. [4/5]
Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans*
Abstract. This article examines what happened to the ‘abandoned land’ of Muslim refugees in Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania after the end of Ottoman rule in
academic.oup.com
November 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"Abandoned Land: Muslim Refugees’ Property in the Post-Ottoman Balkans" by @vhtroyansky.bsky.social. [4/5]
Here's where Tucsonans can get food aid as SNAP benefits lapse
Includes places to donate or get food from
Includes places to donate or get food from
Here's where Tucsonans can get food aid as SNAP benefits lapse
The Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona is preparing for an influx of users this week after many Tucsonans lost Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits over the weekend.
tucson.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Here's where Tucsonans can get food aid as SNAP benefits lapse
Includes places to donate or get food from
Includes places to donate or get food from
Cat Performance Review www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cat...
Cat Performance Review
1. Skill and proficiency in carrying out assignments
Inconsistent. When asked to come sit on the couch or get down off the kitchen table, Stereo’s ...
www.mcsweeneys.net
October 29, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Cat Performance Review www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cat...
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Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Join OTSA this Friday for W'OTSAp Friday “Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World” with Aslı Zengin, Rutgers University, at 12:30pm CST via Zoom! To register, please visit: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Devo already did this (they were at Kent State and saw their fellow students get shot by the Nat'l Guard) - a model very relevant for today when the Natl'l Guard is doing similar stuff around the Great Lakes region
i think we should bring dadaism back as a response to The Horrors. it made sense during world war one
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Devo already did this (they were at Kent State and saw their fellow students get shot by the Nat'l Guard) - a model very relevant for today when the Natl'l Guard is doing similar stuff around the Great Lakes region
“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...
“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
Five Gaza journalists reflect on the toll of the genocide as the ceasefire takes effect.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
“We may have survived physically, but we haven't survived mentally.”
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-journ...
I once had a student cite a slew of AI-generated titles of articles that I had supposedly written. Should I have felt more flattered than I did?
And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...
And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.
#AIisnotresearch
October 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I once had a student cite a slew of AI-generated titles of articles that I had supposedly written. Should I have felt more flattered than I did?
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Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
October 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)
Much of this is very relatable
The End of an Academic Dream (opinion)
Fidan Cheikosman reflects on leaving academe and finding meaning outside it.
www.insidehighered.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Much of this is very relatable
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Let me congratulate the resident physicians at Howard University Hospital for winning a new union contract that includes a 16% pay raise.
When workers stand together and fight for their rights there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to stand in solidarity with them.
When workers stand together and fight for their rights there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to stand in solidarity with them.
October 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Let me congratulate the resident physicians at Howard University Hospital for winning a new union contract that includes a 16% pay raise.
When workers stand together and fight for their rights there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to stand in solidarity with them.
When workers stand together and fight for their rights there is nothing they cannot accomplish. I was proud to stand in solidarity with them.
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Career Advice | Toward a Trauma-Informed Writing Process
What if writer’s block is not something to “push through”—but instead a bodily response worth listening to and attending to with care, Aurora Chang asks. https://bit.ly/42WhYtq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
What if writer’s block is not something to “push through”—but instead a bodily response worth listening to and attending to with care, Aurora Chang asks. https://bit.ly/42WhYtq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
October 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Career Advice | Toward a Trauma-Informed Writing Process
What if writer’s block is not something to “push through”—but instead a bodily response worth listening to and attending to with care, Aurora Chang asks. https://bit.ly/42WhYtq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
What if writer’s block is not something to “push through”—but instead a bodily response worth listening to and attending to with care, Aurora Chang asks. https://bit.ly/42WhYtq
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl... = Please take a moment today to read the letter that Assata Shakur wrote to Pope John Paul II in 1998 during his trip to Cuba
I am so thankful that she did not die in jail
Rest in power forever and ever
I am so thankful that she did not die in jail
Rest in power forever and ever
Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur, 78, Dies in Cuba After Decades in Exile
The Cuban government has announced Assata Shakur died in Havana on Thursday at the age of 78. Shakur was a legendary figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army.
www.democracynow.org
September 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
www.democracynow.org/2025/9/26/bl... = Please take a moment today to read the letter that Assata Shakur wrote to Pope John Paul II in 1998 during his trip to Cuba
I am so thankful that she did not die in jail
Rest in power forever and ever
I am so thankful that she did not die in jail
Rest in power forever and ever
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I cannot stress this enough.
We are protesting Broadview because of the human rights violations happening within the ICE facility.
If they are willing to assault me on camera, imagine what they are doing to detainees behind boarded-up windows.
We are protesting Broadview because of the human rights violations happening within the ICE facility.
If they are willing to assault me on camera, imagine what they are doing to detainees behind boarded-up windows.
Congressional candidate @katmabu.bsky.social was thrown to the ground by ICE agents during a Chicago protest.
“That is what these officers are willing to do when there is press and cameras around," she says, adding that they are "committing human rights abuses" inside.
“That is what these officers are willing to do when there is press and cameras around," she says, adding that they are "committing human rights abuses" inside.
September 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I cannot stress this enough.
We are protesting Broadview because of the human rights violations happening within the ICE facility.
If they are willing to assault me on camera, imagine what they are doing to detainees behind boarded-up windows.
We are protesting Broadview because of the human rights violations happening within the ICE facility.
If they are willing to assault me on camera, imagine what they are doing to detainees behind boarded-up windows.
I KNEW it!
God Realizes He Forgot To Put Souls In Humans https://theonion.com/god-realizes-he-forgot-to-put-souls-in-humans-1819577785/
September 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I KNEW it!
Interesting article on the complexities of apologies for past wrongs.
More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, some cities in the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But apologies can’t heal the wound, Beth Lew-Williams writes.
The Ritual of Civic Apology
More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, cities across the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But it’s seldom clear who they’re talking to—or what the...
www.newyorker.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Interesting article on the complexities of apologies for past wrongs.
The Real Gaza Death Toll is Impossible to Know Today, But the Minimum Isn’t - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/19/t...
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CounterPunch.org
August 21, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Real Gaza Death Toll is Impossible to Know Today, But the Minimum Isn’t - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/19/t...
RIP Terrence Stamp
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The Limey - Soderbergh - Terry Stamp monologue
YouTube video by Henrique Noronha
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August 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
RIP Terrence Stamp
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