Over 11,000 people, mostly women and children, are missing in Gaza. The vast majority of them are likely dead. That puts the total number of Palestinians killed directly in Gaza at over 80,000.

www.972mag.com/search-gaza-...

Former provost Jonathan Cole calls on CU administration to make restitution for the injustice done to students who demonstrated against the war on Gaza. www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...

NEW: I uncovered new information about individuals, donor networks, and businesses helping Canary Mission, a pro-Israel organization serving the U.S.'s deportation and repression efforts. From a Long Island interior design store to the Baltics /

www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mis...

Let it truly be over, let it never be forgotten

Scenes from an occupied American city

Such joy

Statement in Solidarity with the Intern. Assoc. of Genocide Scholars by the Genocide & Holocaust Studies Crisis Network:

We condemn attacks on the IAGS Gaza genocide resolution & abhor the denialism & bad faith that persist among some in the fields of Holocaust & Genocide Studies.

Kaouthar Ben Hania's "Voice of Hind Rajab" received an unprecedented 22-min ovation at the Venice film festival. The reviews from both Variety and Hollywood Reporter seem to mark a watershed in film biz engagement with Gaza, as both reviewers openly speak of apartheid and genocide.

A scholarly consensus

A reflective break, a sigh, from the wonderfully talented Avin Ahmadi:

[In an effort to diversify the content on my feed] I just discovered that some good person has digitized a 7" record released by a band I was in with @jeffgbk.bsky.social and @kcampisano.bsky.social many years ago. As a diversion for those who may be interested (in '90s experimental indie rock):

At some point there needs to be a broader understanding we will have to pay for such services one way or another - whether by subs or thru data mining of personal info, oligarch ownership, ads etc.

Mood

The dissolution of the Palestinian Stories list on Netflix caused havoc for my students who were using the list for their research projects. While many great Palestinian films are still accessible on other platforms, the Netflix list was a well-curated one-stop collection.

They will never understand how they annihilated us
then annihilated us,
then annihilated us,
and yet could not erase from their mirrors
our shining image
nor could they erase from our faces
that hazy, oblivious light,
that pure, radiant smile.

I was wondering when people would begin to remember how dismally lame Oasis was, other than as ironic karaoke fodder

Walter Johnson: “Our university has punished you for believing in the things that we have taught you.”