Jack
@jacquesandawe.bsky.social
Librarian and wastrel, peruser of social media hellscapes.
Here for queers, film, show tunes, books, lefties, urbanity, and sundries.
He/him/ho
Here for queers, film, show tunes, books, lefties, urbanity, and sundries.
He/him/ho
How it started | how it’s going
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
How it started | how it’s going
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The U.S. has sought deals with 64 nations to participate in its growing global gulag. 58 of them — 91 percent — were rebuked for human rights violations in the State Department’s most recent human rights reports
My latest Global Gulag reporting @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t...
My latest Global Gulag reporting @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t...
State Dept: Trump’s “Third Countries” for Immigrants Have Awful Human Rights Records
The White House search for partners in its global gulag has grown to 64 nations. Most of them are notorious violators of human rights.
theintercept.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The U.S. has sought deals with 64 nations to participate in its growing global gulag. 58 of them — 91 percent — were rebuked for human rights violations in the State Department’s most recent human rights reports
My latest Global Gulag reporting @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t...
My latest Global Gulag reporting @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/07/29/t...
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July 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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One of the most prominent scholars of historical memory in the field of Jewish Studies, who teaches at Columbia, fears she will no longer be able to teach Hannah Arendt with the new federal government control over the university: apnews.com/article/colu...
A Columbia genocide scholar says she may leave over university's new definition of antisemitism
Academics around the country are raising alarm about growing efforts to define antisemitism on terms pushed by the Trump administration.
apnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
One of the most prominent scholars of historical memory in the field of Jewish Studies, who teaches at Columbia, fears she will no longer be able to teach Hannah Arendt with the new federal government control over the university: apnews.com/article/colu...
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There's a word for this: pogrom
Settlers torch Palestinian homes in West Bank, residents flee village
Israeli settlers set fire to buildings in the Palestinian village of Deir Alla in the southern West Bank overnight
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Settlers torch Palestinian homes in West Bank, residents flee village
Israeli settlers set fire to buildings in the Palestinian village of Deir Alla in the southern West Bank overnight
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Settlers torch Palestinian homes in West Bank, residents flee village
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www.haaretz.com
July 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
There's a word for this: pogrom
Settlers torch Palestinian homes in West Bank, residents flee village
Israeli settlers set fire to buildings in the Palestinian village of Deir Alla in the southern West Bank overnight
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Settlers torch Palestinian homes in West Bank, residents flee village
Israeli settlers set fire to buildings in the Palestinian village of Deir Alla in the southern West Bank overnight
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
My foster fur child is judging your social media posts.
July 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
My foster fur child is judging your social media posts.
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We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months, stockpiled just outside Gaza.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.
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I believe protests should only be done in a way that the powers that be aren’t disturbed enough to enact the change being sought by said protests
June 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I believe protests should only be done in a way that the powers that be aren’t disturbed enough to enact the change being sought by said protests
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There's a real attentional trap that all protest movements face and have faced for a long time. If you pull off protests that are polite and civil, even if large, they will struggle to get coverage. Reporters will dismiss them as not newsworthy.
June 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
There's a real attentional trap that all protest movements face and have faced for a long time. If you pull off protests that are polite and civil, even if large, they will struggle to get coverage. Reporters will dismiss them as not newsworthy.
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This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
June 11, 2025 at 5:32 AM
This is how.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.
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Excuse me while I scream.
This decision says it's okay to remove books from a public library due to their content because patrons can always just buy them or "borrow from a friend". www.upi.com/amp/Top_News...
No right to information at public libraries, 5th Circuit rules
A Texas public library did not violate patrons' right to free speech by removing books due to their content, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled on Friday.
www.upi.com
May 26, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Excuse me while I scream.
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rogue state
Incredible — After shooting at a group of diplomats from nearly *two dozen* countries, the Israeli military says it "regrets the inconvenience caused."
The diplomats were from China, Brazil, India, Russia, Japan, Canada, Mexico, France, Türkiye, Spain, Portugal, Jordan, the UK, Egypt, and more.
The diplomats were from China, Brazil, India, Russia, Japan, Canada, Mexico, France, Türkiye, Spain, Portugal, Jordan, the UK, Egypt, and more.
May 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
rogue state
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NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
![The American Library Association praises servic of Dr. Carla Hayden, decries 'unjust dismissal' of Librarian of Congress. [Image of Dr. Carla Hayden standing in the stacks in a library]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:q5qyswhppr7tiskw43xhcv7f/bafkreicwqv4vszkknu4dvsdfhmrzzmtscjx5eg64gykfmrgynrnhup6sai@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
NEW: ALA salutes Dr Carla Hayden for her exceptional service to the nation as the Librarian of Congress. We are deeply disappointed in Dr Hayden's abrupt & unjust dismissal last night, an insult to the scope & breadth of her work.
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
Read ALA Pres. Cindy Hohl's statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/05...
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World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
World Central Kitchen | WCK Forced to Halt Cooking in Gaza as Supplies Run Out
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza.
wck.org
May 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
World Central Kitchen has run out of food to serve in Gaza. Its bakery ("recently the last working bakery in Gaza") is out of flour. There are 100,000+ tons of food in staging areas within driving distance of Gaza, and Israel refuses to let them in wck.org/news/gaza-up...
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It bears repeating-
There is never enough with these folks. There is no such thing as too much. They will try to censor every single thing, and we need to pushback at every turn. Harmful to minors is a political concept designed to push censorship. It has nothing to do with protecting minors.
There is never enough with these folks. There is no such thing as too much. They will try to censor every single thing, and we need to pushback at every turn. Harmful to minors is a political concept designed to push censorship. It has nothing to do with protecting minors.
Texas bookstores erupt over a new censorship bill that would allow a parent to sue them if their child reads a book with a sex scene or LGBTQ+ characters
So-called "harmful to minors" laws are being introduced across the country to force censorship of libraries, schools, bookstores and websites.
So-called "harmful to minors" laws are being introduced across the country to force censorship of libraries, schools, bookstores and websites.
Censorship concerns rise over Texas bill; Abilene bookstore pushes back
ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) – A bill set to be heard by the Judiciary and Jurisprudence Committee at the Texas House is sparking criticism from small business owners across the state. Arlene K…
www.bigcountryhomepage.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
It bears repeating-
There is never enough with these folks. There is no such thing as too much. They will try to censor every single thing, and we need to pushback at every turn. Harmful to minors is a political concept designed to push censorship. It has nothing to do with protecting minors.
There is never enough with these folks. There is no such thing as too much. They will try to censor every single thing, and we need to pushback at every turn. Harmful to minors is a political concept designed to push censorship. It has nothing to do with protecting minors.
I saw Audra McDonald and Nina Hoss on the same day and I’ve been levitating about 2 inches above the earth ever siince.
March 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I saw Audra McDonald and Nina Hoss on the same day and I’ve been levitating about 2 inches above the earth ever siince.
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Area Man Thinks Movie He Saw Should Have Been Nominated
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January 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Area Man Thinks Movie He Saw Should Have Been Nominated
theonion.com/area-man-thi...
theonion.com/area-man-thi...
San Francisco sunrises, or views from my morning walk to work
January 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
San Francisco sunrises, or views from my morning walk to work
Always sweet when a bestie spots little replicas of me in antique shops (I assume as kindling to stoke my nightmares). PS Pretty sure I own this outfit.
January 13, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Always sweet when a bestie spots little replicas of me in antique shops (I assume as kindling to stoke my nightmares). PS Pretty sure I own this outfit.
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"Just how bad is it in Gaza?"
- 1% of population killed in 3 months
- 85% displacement
- 1 shower per 4,500 people
- 1 toilet per 220
- 2/3 hospitals closed
706,000 people are starving to death worldwide -- 577,000 of them (82%) are in Gaza.
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
- 1% of population killed in 3 months
- 85% displacement
- 1 shower per 4,500 people
- 1 toilet per 220
- 2/3 hospitals closed
706,000 people are starving to death worldwide -- 577,000 of them (82%) are in Gaza.
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Just how bad is it in Gaza?
As Israel is accused of genocide, we look at the humanitarian crisis
www.economist.com
January 12, 2024 at 8:27 PM
"Just how bad is it in Gaza?"
- 1% of population killed in 3 months
- 85% displacement
- 1 shower per 4,500 people
- 1 toilet per 220
- 2/3 hospitals closed
706,000 people are starving to death worldwide -- 577,000 of them (82%) are in Gaza.
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
- 1% of population killed in 3 months
- 85% displacement
- 1 shower per 4,500 people
- 1 toilet per 220
- 2/3 hospitals closed
706,000 people are starving to death worldwide -- 577,000 of them (82%) are in Gaza.
www.economist.com/middle-east-...
In NYC renewing my f*ggot license
November 13, 2023 at 8:25 PM
In NYC renewing my f*ggot license
I’m not going to deal with how oddly obsessed since childhood I’ve been with the Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin score to “Lady in the Dark” and you can’t make me.
November 5, 2023 at 8:16 PM
I’m not going to deal with how oddly obsessed since childhood I’ve been with the Kurt Weill / Ira Gershwin score to “Lady in the Dark” and you can’t make me.
“This issue is complicated!”: The refuge of people who don’t want to face difficult conversations with friends or family.
November 5, 2023 at 4:54 AM
“This issue is complicated!”: The refuge of people who don’t want to face difficult conversations with friends or family.