Hamid Akbari حمید اکبری
@hamidakbari.bsky.social
Humanist, Professor Emeritus: I will be writing in both English and Persian so " that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thank you for the memories, for giving us the hopeful image of America we grew up with, and for your enduring legacy of social and environmental activism.
Picture Courtesy: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Picture Courtesy: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
September 16, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thank you for the memories, for giving us the hopeful image of America we grew up with, and for your enduring legacy of social and environmental activism.
Picture Courtesy: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Picture Courtesy: Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Political violence must always be condemned. It must be condemned for the killing of Charlie Kirk as well as for the killings of Melissa and Mark Hortman. Alas, we do not have a President who will calm the nation and show care for all victims and for all Americans, regardless of political views.
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Political violence must always be condemned. It must be condemned for the killing of Charlie Kirk as well as for the killings of Melissa and Mark Hortman. Alas, we do not have a President who will calm the nation and show care for all victims and for all Americans, regardless of political views.
Thank you, @booker.senate.gov, for the marathon speech bringing attention to the political and social disaster befalling our nation under the presidency of Donald Trump.
"These are not normal times in America, and they should not be treated as such."
#SenatorBooker
"These are not normal times in America, and they should not be treated as such."
#SenatorBooker
April 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Thank you, @booker.senate.gov, for the marathon speech bringing attention to the political and social disaster befalling our nation under the presidency of Donald Trump.
"These are not normal times in America, and they should not be treated as such."
#SenatorBooker
"These are not normal times in America, and they should not be treated as such."
#SenatorBooker
I am still in awe of #AlGreen standing up to a convicted felon/twice impeached president who has violated every standard and norm of decorum many times over. #WeShallOvercome
March 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I am still in awe of #AlGreen standing up to a convicted felon/twice impeached president who has violated every standard and norm of decorum many times over. #WeShallOvercome
February 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Small or big: Let’s have freedom ring. (Today in Evanston, Illinois)
February 18, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Small or big: Let’s have freedom ring. (Today in Evanston, Illinois)
A clubhouse program about Iran’s National Front stance in the 1979 Revolution in Iran.
February 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A clubhouse program about Iran’s National Front stance in the 1979 Revolution in Iran.
It is 9/11 for the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law, and democracy. The government of the people, by the people, and for the people is facing a grave threat from Trump and his MAGA oligarchs and cronies. Lincoln is turning in his grave.
February 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It is 9/11 for the U.S. Constitution, the rule of law, and democracy. The government of the people, by the people, and for the people is facing a grave threat from Trump and his MAGA oligarchs and cronies. Lincoln is turning in his grave.
We shall overcome as demonstrated by the determination of 40,000 plus who participated in the #PeopleMarch in DC last Saturday.
January 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
We shall overcome as demonstrated by the determination of 40,000 plus who participated in the #PeopleMarch in DC last Saturday.
I wish we had a leader like that being inaugurated as President today.
(image courtesy: wist.info)
#martinlutherkingjr
(image courtesy: wist.info)
#martinlutherkingjr
January 20, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I wish we had a leader like that being inaugurated as President today.
(image courtesy: wist.info)
#martinlutherkingjr
(image courtesy: wist.info)
#martinlutherkingjr
تبیین و ترسیم امروز #خامنه_ای از سقوط #بشار_اسد، اعتراف به شکست و عذر و بهانه آوردن به منظور توجیه دخالت های پرهزینه نظام آخوندی در #سوریه بود. او برای ترساندن مخالفان و منتقدان در باره شکست #جمهوری_اسلامی در سوریه، آنها را تهدید به برخورد کرد. زهی پندار باطل! آب رفته به جوی بر نمی گردد
December 11, 2024 at 5:35 PM
تبیین و ترسیم امروز #خامنه_ای از سقوط #بشار_اسد، اعتراف به شکست و عذر و بهانه آوردن به منظور توجیه دخالت های پرهزینه نظام آخوندی در #سوریه بود. او برای ترساندن مخالفان و منتقدان در باره شکست #جمهوری_اسلامی در سوریه، آنها را تهدید به برخورد کرد. زهی پندار باطل! آب رفته به جوی بر نمی گردد
A few common observations about the fall of the #Assad regime in #Syria:
1) #BasharAssad and his father were brutal dictators, and their downfall was inevitable. They reaped what they sowed.
(picture courtesy: arabcenterdc.org)
1) #BasharAssad and his father were brutal dictators, and their downfall was inevitable. They reaped what they sowed.
(picture courtesy: arabcenterdc.org)
December 11, 2024 at 4:33 AM
A few common observations about the fall of the #Assad regime in #Syria:
1) #BasharAssad and his father were brutal dictators, and their downfall was inevitable. They reaped what they sowed.
(picture courtesy: arabcenterdc.org)
1) #BasharAssad and his father were brutal dictators, and their downfall was inevitable. They reaped what they sowed.
(picture courtesy: arabcenterdc.org)
So it feels that #Bluesky is inclusive of animals, notably cats and dogs. And of course, we all adore them, and nobody wants to eat them!
(Picture courtesy of Creative Common)
(Picture courtesy of Creative Common)
November 22, 2024 at 11:03 PM
So it feels that #Bluesky is inclusive of animals, notably cats and dogs. And of course, we all adore them, and nobody wants to eat them!
(Picture courtesy of Creative Common)
(Picture courtesy of Creative Common)
با یاد #کیانوش_سنجری که امروز در تهران در اعتراض به ستم جمهوری اسلامی و با خواسته آزادی زندانیان سیاسی، خودکشی کرد. یاد نازنیش گرامی باد
Remembering #KianoushSanjari, Iranian journalist and political activist, who committed suicide in Tehran to protest the tyrannical clerical rule in Iran.
Remembering #KianoushSanjari, Iranian journalist and political activist, who committed suicide in Tehran to protest the tyrannical clerical rule in Iran.
November 14, 2024 at 2:42 AM
با یاد #کیانوش_سنجری که امروز در تهران در اعتراض به ستم جمهوری اسلامی و با خواسته آزادی زندانیان سیاسی، خودکشی کرد. یاد نازنیش گرامی باد
Remembering #KianoushSanjari, Iranian journalist and political activist, who committed suicide in Tehran to protest the tyrannical clerical rule in Iran.
Remembering #KianoushSanjari, Iranian journalist and political activist, who committed suicide in Tehran to protest the tyrannical clerical rule in Iran.