Constance Gordon
@cogophd.bsky.social
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Israel’s destruction of the Hebron seed bank echoes centuries of settler-colonial tactics worldwide: erasing Indigenous food systems to dominate land, knowledge, and collective memory.
Israel destroys Palestine’s last surviving seed bank, echoing a colonial legacy of erasure
Israel’s destruction of the Hebron seed bank echoes centuries of settler-colonial tactics worldwide: erasing Indigenous food systems to dominate land, knowledge, and collective memory.
globalvoices.org
August 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Israel’s destruction of the Hebron seed bank echoes centuries of settler-colonial tactics worldwide: erasing Indigenous food systems to dominate land, knowledge, and collective memory.
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For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
www.technologyreview.com
August 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
For all of the educators trying to deal with AI, I did a deep dive in early June and these are the four articles I decided to assign to my students.
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
1. This is the longest of the bunch, but so wonderfully comprehensive.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...
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This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI
The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.
gizmodo.com
August 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
This should get WIDE circulation:
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.”
gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...
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teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
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My department is hiring! We seek to hire an Assistant Professor in Global Black Geographies whose work engages "with the spatial dimensions of life in African and/or Black diasporic communities in the Global South". Job ad with more details: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05026
Assistant Professor - Global Black Geographies - Department of Geography
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
aprecruit.berkeley.edu
August 14, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My department is hiring! We seek to hire an Assistant Professor in Global Black Geographies whose work engages "with the spatial dimensions of life in African and/or Black diasporic communities in the Global South". Job ad with more details: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05026
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
June 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days.
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼
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SCOOP — ICE employees received an email yesterday telling them the agency's warrantless arrest policy had been rescinded. It's likely part of the Trump administration's efforts to further loosen enforcement restrictions to meet the new quota of 3,000 immigration arrests per day.
My report:
My report:
ICE agents get green light to make unjustified warrantless arrests
The agency announced an accountability policy has been rescinded.
www.thehandbasket.co
June 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
SCOOP — ICE employees received an email yesterday telling them the agency's warrantless arrest policy had been rescinded. It's likely part of the Trump administration's efforts to further loosen enforcement restrictions to meet the new quota of 3,000 immigration arrests per day.
My report:
My report:
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Props to @jasonaw.bsky.social and Ali Winston for connecting the dots between a cheesy ass crypto fascist hell resort in Wyoming and the network state movement in the Bay, including Oakland of all fucking places
Remote Wyoming vacation lodge emerges as haven for US ‘dissident’ right
Wagon Box Inn, founded by Paul McNiel, attracts figures with ambitions to push politics and culture rightwards
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Props to @jasonaw.bsky.social and Ali Winston for connecting the dots between a cheesy ass crypto fascist hell resort in Wyoming and the network state movement in the Bay, including Oakland of all fucking places
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May 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
May 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The comment period for this ends in 3 DAYS. Please leave a comment telling them EVERYONE should be able to get covid boosters.
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
www.regulations.gov/commenton/FD...
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May 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
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Rafah no longer exists.
Israel has flattened an entire city to build a buffer zone and carve Gaza into military corridors.
This about permanent occupation and ethnic cleansing.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafa...
Israel has flattened an entire city to build a buffer zone and carve Gaza into military corridors.
This about permanent occupation and ethnic cleansing.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafa...
Rafah no longer exists. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently occupy Gaza.
Israel has completely wiped out Rafah, turning a fifth of Gaza’s territory into a giant buffer zone. This is part of Israel’s plan to permanently remain in Gaza and ethnically cleanse its people.
mondoweiss.net
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Rafah no longer exists.
Israel has flattened an entire city to build a buffer zone and carve Gaza into military corridors.
This about permanent occupation and ethnic cleansing.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafa...
Israel has flattened an entire city to build a buffer zone and carve Gaza into military corridors.
This about permanent occupation and ethnic cleansing.
mondoweiss.net/2025/04/rafa...
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“Environmental reviews that typically take a year to complete would be finished in 14 days, administration officials said. More complicated environmental impact statements that usually take two years would be completed in 28 days, they said.”
“Environmental reviews that typically take a year to complete would be finished in 14 days, administration officials said. More complicated environmental impact statements that usually take two years would be completed in 28 days, they said.”
Interior Department to Fast-Track Oil, Gas and Mining Projects
The Trump administration plans to dramatically reduce environmental reviews before permitting drilling and mining projects on public lands and in federal waters.
www.nytimes.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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“Environmental reviews that typically take a year to complete would be finished in 14 days, administration officials said. More complicated environmental impact statements that usually take two years would be completed in 28 days, they said.”
“Environmental reviews that typically take a year to complete would be finished in 14 days, administration officials said. More complicated environmental impact statements that usually take two years would be completed in 28 days, they said.”
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SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
A Bomb Threat Targeted Student Protesters. So Why Did They Get Blamed for It?
A bomb threat at Barnard College targeted the “terrorists/communists that are protesting.” But you wouldn’t know that from the school’s statements.
theintercept.com
April 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
SCOOP: Barnard students are being interrogated about a bomb threat last month on the day students held a pro-Palestine sit-in at the library. But the school never revealed to the public -- or the students -- that the threat was against student protesters. theintercept.com/2025/04/24/b...
This article is from a few days ago, but as we anticipate EOs on Earth Day, some pre-reading: insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202...
Trump May Target Environmental Nonprofits in Executive Orders - Inside Climate News
Environmental groups say they are preparing for the worst—and preparing to fight back.
insideclimatenews.org
April 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This article is from a few days ago, but as we anticipate EOs on Earth Day, some pre-reading: insideclimatenews.org/news/1804202...
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My sincere condolences to the faithful, and to the Palestinians who lost in him a rare world leader ally.
Breaking news: Pope Francis, leader of the world’s 1.4bn Catholics, has died at the age of 88, the Vatican said on Easter Monday www.ft.com/content/0621...
April 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My sincere condolences to the faithful, and to the Palestinians who lost in him a rare world leader ally.
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NEW: When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
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Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
www.bloomberg.com
April 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects.
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
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We've updated Drilled's guide to global climate disinformation: drilled.media/news/disinfo...
Let me know what we're missing!
Let me know what we're missing!
The Drilled Guide to Global Climate Disinformation
The terms and narratives the fossil fuel industry is using to obstruct climate action.
drilled.media
April 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We've updated Drilled's guide to global climate disinformation: drilled.media/news/disinfo...
Let me know what we're missing!
Let me know what we're missing!
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Next week, some environmental orgs will likely be charged w/ bogus accusations by POTUS. Here’s the deal: we stand together. An attack on one is an attack on all. Those not named aren’t off the hook; they have to lean in to support those falsely accused. #unity
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Officials Weigh Earth Day Move Against Green Groups
White House officials are preparing executive orders that would strip some environmental nonprofits of their tax-exempt status, setting up a possible Earth Day strike against organizations seen as sta...
www.bloomberg.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Next week, some environmental orgs will likely be charged w/ bogus accusations by POTUS. Here’s the deal: we stand together. An attack on one is an attack on all. Those not named aren’t off the hook; they have to lean in to support those falsely accused. #unity
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Bringing back McCarthyism.
Indiana University Professor Ben Robinson--who was also arrested and sanctioned re: last spring's protests--is now being investigated under the state's "intellectual diversity" law. It started with an anonymous internal complaint, which the university escalated. Now, his tenure is in jeopardy.
April 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Bringing back McCarthyism.