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Library/archives. Slow writer. Slow publisher. Book maker. Ex-curator.
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Mahmoud Khalil, in oped dictated from detention, asks “progressive” Columbia faculty:
“What will it take for you to resist the destruction of your University? Are your positions worth more than the lives of your students and the integrity of your work?”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
“What will it take for you to resist the destruction of your University? Are your positions worth more than the lives of your students and the integrity of your work?”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
April 5, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Mahmoud Khalil, in oped dictated from detention, asks “progressive” Columbia faculty:
“What will it take for you to resist the destruction of your University? Are your positions worth more than the lives of your students and the integrity of your work?”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
“What will it take for you to resist the destruction of your University? Are your positions worth more than the lives of your students and the integrity of your work?”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
Absolutely shameful. "Canada has approved a contract for the export of artillery propellants to the #Israeli military via the United States, despite an explicit commitment from Foreign Affairs Minister #Joly that she would stop such transfers." www.cjpme.org/pr_2025_03_2...
Canada breaks promise on arms to Israel by allowing $78.8M contract for artillery propellants
Montreal, March 28, 2025 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is outraged to learn that Canada has approved a contract for the export of artillery propellants to the Israeli mi...
www.cjpme.org
March 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Israeli police raided a pair of renowned Palestinian-owned bookstores in illegally occupied East Jerusalem over the weekend, confiscating books they claimed were “inciteful,” and arresting the owners.
Israel Shuts Down Two Palestinian Bookstores in Occupied East Jerusalem
Human rights advocates and diplomats have condemned the raids and the arrests of the shops’ owners.
truthout.org
February 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Israeli police raided a pair of renowned Palestinian-owned bookstores in illegally occupied East Jerusalem over the weekend, confiscating books they claimed were “inciteful,” and arresting the owners.
“…in 2021, formal challenges to books in libraries began a sharp climb upward. By 2023, book challenges in Canada increased nearly four times the pre-pandemic average…Nearly half the book challenges in 2023 were related to 2SLGBTQ+ materials, up from 9.8 per cent in 2019.”
A shadow war on libraries
Some Canadian politicians and influencers, inspired by an American-born movement, are trying to roll back 2SLGBTQ+ rights in Canada — one book at a time.
www.cbc.ca
February 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“…in 2021, formal challenges to books in libraries began a sharp climb upward. By 2023, book challenges in Canada increased nearly four times the pre-pandemic average…Nearly half the book challenges in 2023 were related to 2SLGBTQ+ materials, up from 9.8 per cent in 2019.”
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Huge news! 🎉
Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer.
BDS works! We have power wherever we are.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer.
BDS works! We have power wherever we are.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Giller Foundation, lead sponsor Scotiabank end partnership
The foundation that administers the Giller Prize didn’t say why the partnership ended, but the sponsorship has recently come under fire over a Scotiabank subsidiary’s investment in an Israeli arms com...
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Huge news! 🎉
Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer.
BDS works! We have power wherever we are.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Giller Prize, one of Canada's largest literary prizes, has cut ties with lead sponsor Scotiabank after one year of literary community protesting the bank’s ties to Elbit, Israeli arms manufacturer.
BDS works! We have power wherever we are.
www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...
Anyone else on Pixelfed? Add me!
February 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Anyone else on Pixelfed? Add me!
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The genocide in Gaza hasn’t stopped—it’s just slowed. Internet access remains life-saving, but funding for eSIMs has taken a hit. With costs rising and donations dropping, Crips for eSIMs for Gaza needs to raise at least $42K CAD to keep folks connected. Help if you can!
January 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The genocide in Gaza hasn’t stopped—it’s just slowed. Internet access remains life-saving, but funding for eSIMs has taken a hit. With costs rising and donations dropping, Crips for eSIMs for Gaza needs to raise at least $42K CAD to keep folks connected. Help if you can!
Straight up stealing this from @jacobwren.bsky.social so I can look at it more
January 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Straight up stealing this from @jacobwren.bsky.social so I can look at it more
Would that I could
JAN 29: Interference Archive’s Library Cataloging Party, 314 7th St in #Brooklyn. 6:30-8:30PM. Help catalog the book collection at this radical archive and community space in Park Slope. No experience needed. To RSVP, see the post at the link: www.instagram.com/interference... #critcat #critlib #NYC
January 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Would that I could
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I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
Readings - Civil Resistance How It Works Fall 2022.pdf
drive.google.com
January 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I'm not teaching my grad course 'Civil Resistance: How It Works' this semester. But here is an abridged version of the course schedule, readings, and films I used the last time I taught it (in 2022). Just in case it's useful. drive.google.com/file/d/14RRJ...
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the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
The plan is to crash the economy to suppress wages.
January 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
the world they want is one where you're either unemployed or work an almost no wage job, you have almost no political input or self determination and you’re happy about it because you can get a t-shirt off temu for a $1
“Derek still seems to me the best as well as the most radical nature writer, because he refuses to exclude the body from his sphere of interest, documenting the rising tides of sickness and desire with as much care as he does the discovery of a sea buckthorn or a wild fig” (from O. Laing’s intro)
January 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“Derek still seems to me the best as well as the most radical nature writer, because he refuses to exclude the body from his sphere of interest, documenting the rising tides of sickness and desire with as much care as he does the discovery of a sea buckthorn or a wild fig” (from O. Laing’s intro)
Are you on pixelfed? If so - you wanna DM with me and let me know what your experience has been? Merci 🙏
January 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Are you on pixelfed? If so - you wanna DM with me and let me know what your experience has been? Merci 🙏
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"Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task?" A virtual book talk with Mohammed El-Kurd and Robin D.G. Kelley on Feb 11 @ 7:30pm ET www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
January 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Why must Palestinians prove their humanity? And what are the implications of such an infuriatingly impossible task?" A virtual book talk with Mohammed El-Kurd and Robin D.G. Kelley on Feb 11 @ 7:30pm ET www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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January 23, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Wish there was some kind of private account option so I didn’t have to spend 1/3 of my time on here blocking bots.
January 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Wish there was some kind of private account option so I didn’t have to spend 1/3 of my time on here blocking bots.
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fuck yourselves you nazi morons
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January 21, 2025 at 2:07 AM
fuck yourselves you nazi morons
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
I will make a post I just need to read all the other posts ever made ever first.
January 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I will make a post I just need to read all the other posts ever made ever first.