Majd Al-Shihabi 🏴مجد الشهابي
@majdal.cc
What are *you* doing to stop the genocide? To build a better future for all of us?
I'm a PhD student, in geography, at uToronto. I think about just futures in the context of climate change.
More active on Mastodon: @majdal@social.coop
#FreePalestine
I'm a PhD student, in geography, at uToronto. I think about just futures in the context of climate change.
More active on Mastodon: @majdal@social.coop
#FreePalestine
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Majd Al-Shihabi 🏴مجد الشهابي
@majdal.cc
· Nov 21
Palestine: Spaces and Politics
Introductory Curriculum
palestine.araburbanism.com
Launched this a couple of weeks ago, re-sharing here: «Palestine: Spaces and Politics». An introductory curriculum to #Palestine in context, using a spatial lens.
Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.
palestine.araburbanism.com
#geography #urbanplanning #Gaza #urbanism
Most resources are open access, prioritizing Palestinian authors.
palestine.araburbanism.com
#geography #urbanplanning #Gaza #urbanism
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please join us next week for an online event with colleagues in other disciplines who have worked to bring BDS resolutions to votes within their academic associations!
September 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
please join us next week for an online event with colleagues in other disciplines who have worked to bring BDS resolutions to votes within their academic associations!
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I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
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I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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1/n Dear friends, in light of the current events in Palestine and to help spread awareness, a large number of filmmakers have made their FILMS about PALESTINE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE FOR FREE
Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:
Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:
August 5, 2025 at 10:37 PM
1/n Dear friends, in light of the current events in Palestine and to help spread awareness, a large number of filmmakers have made their FILMS about PALESTINE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE FOR FREE
Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:
Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:
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Part of the reason I reject using AI is because I resent the idea that I have to optimize my life to an even further extent. Enough already
August 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Part of the reason I reject using AI is because I resent the idea that I have to optimize my life to an even further extent. Enough already
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"We are witnessing a horrific return to a eugenicist 'commonsense' even though history shows us that the way test scores register intelligence is far from objective science." Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education. lareviewofbooks.org/article/trum...
Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the eighth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education.
lareviewofbooks.org
May 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"We are witnessing a horrific return to a eugenicist 'commonsense' even though history shows us that the way test scores register intelligence is far from objective science." Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education. lareviewofbooks.org/article/trum...
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There is something about seeing the word Sudan circulating by non-Sudanese in the context of a campaign like this that is idk…I’m so grateful to my Black colleagues for this!
May 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
There is something about seeing the word Sudan circulating by non-Sudanese in the context of a campaign like this that is idk…I’m so grateful to my Black colleagues for this!
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Our friends at 18 Million Rising do incredible work, and they were punished by one of their funders for the simple act of speaking out against genocide and defending Palestinian rights.
We need to talk about this. Authoritarians and bigots are using funding as a chokepoint to censor and suppress.
We need to talk about this. Authoritarians and bigots are using funding as a chokepoint to censor and suppress.
From the federal government to philanthropy, repression against movement groups fighting for a free Palestine remains on the rise. 18 Million Rising lost $250K in funding for standing with Palestine. But we refuse to be silent in the face of genocide.
Read our story at bit.ly/18MR_PHILANTHROPY
Read our story at bit.ly/18MR_PHILANTHROPY
How a Single Instagram Post Cost One Nonprofit a Quarter of Its Budget
When a progressive group posted in support of Palestinians in Gaza, it saw funding evaporate. Similar fissures are reverberating across the nonprofit world.
www.philanthropy.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our friends at 18 Million Rising do incredible work, and they were punished by one of their funders for the simple act of speaking out against genocide and defending Palestinian rights.
We need to talk about this. Authoritarians and bigots are using funding as a chokepoint to censor and suppress.
We need to talk about this. Authoritarians and bigots are using funding as a chokepoint to censor and suppress.
@nolore.bsky.social can I DM you about today’s episode please?
March 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
@nolore.bsky.social can I DM you about today’s episode please?
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Listen to this interview with Maya Wind, author of "Towers of Ivory and Steel," discuss the complicity of Israeli universities in Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Maya herself is Israeli.
youtu.be/1p3uyX3jmPI
youtu.be/1p3uyX3jmPI
"Towers of Ivory and Steel": Jewish Scholar Says Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Listen to this interview with Maya Wind, author of "Towers of Ivory and Steel," discuss the complicity of Israeli universities in Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Maya herself is Israeli.
youtu.be/1p3uyX3jmPI
youtu.be/1p3uyX3jmPI
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Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
January 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
يلّي عم بقولو أن لازم نقاطع فيلم لا أرض أخرى بسبب التطبيع هن نفسهن يلّي كانو عن بقولو أن ما في فرق بين بايدن وطرمب
هذلون الأشخاص بحاجة لمراجعة مفهومهم لكيف التغيير بصير بالعالم، عن طريق السبل السياسيّة وغيرها، لأن النموذج يلّي ماشين عليه توضّح أنّه ما عاد متماشي مع الواقع (وما بعرف إذا بعمره كان)
#فلسطين
هذلون الأشخاص بحاجة لمراجعة مفهومهم لكيف التغيير بصير بالعالم، عن طريق السبل السياسيّة وغيرها، لأن النموذج يلّي ماشين عليه توضّح أنّه ما عاد متماشي مع الواقع (وما بعرف إذا بعمره كان)
#فلسطين
March 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
يلّي عم بقولو أن لازم نقاطع فيلم لا أرض أخرى بسبب التطبيع هن نفسهن يلّي كانو عن بقولو أن ما في فرق بين بايدن وطرمب
هذلون الأشخاص بحاجة لمراجعة مفهومهم لكيف التغيير بصير بالعالم، عن طريق السبل السياسيّة وغيرها، لأن النموذج يلّي ماشين عليه توضّح أنّه ما عاد متماشي مع الواقع (وما بعرف إذا بعمره كان)
#فلسطين
هذلون الأشخاص بحاجة لمراجعة مفهومهم لكيف التغيير بصير بالعالم، عن طريق السبل السياسيّة وغيرها، لأن النموذج يلّي ماشين عليه توضّح أنّه ما عاد متماشي مع الواقع (وما بعرف إذا بعمره كان)
#فلسطين
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"Surface parking generally costs $5,000 to $10,000 per spot, with underground/structured parking costing five to 10 times more than that. By comparison, installing good bike parking costs about $100 per bike depending on the type of rack used."
streets.mn/2023/05/23/b...
streets.mn/2023/05/23/b...
People Who Bike Are Subsidizing, Not Shirking, Street Costs
The recently promoted misconception that cyclists don’t pay their fair share for street infrastructure is both false and misleading.
streets.mn
February 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Surface parking generally costs $5,000 to $10,000 per spot, with underground/structured parking costing five to 10 times more than that. By comparison, installing good bike parking costs about $100 per bike depending on the type of rack used."
streets.mn/2023/05/23/b...
streets.mn/2023/05/23/b...
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It is truly amazing how no one seems to give a shit in media about how young women around the world are becoming ever more left wing.
Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
February 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
It is truly amazing how no one seems to give a shit in media about how young women around the world are becoming ever more left wing.
Still looking for #Arabic monospace fonts! Recommendations welcome
Looking for Arabic monospace fonts to use on a web project. I know of Hasubi-mono by Eli Heuer (but it's not production-ready), and Kawkab-mono by Makkuk.com
Any others that I should know of?
#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي
Any others that I should know of?
#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي
Makkuk Digital Industries
Makkuk.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Still looking for #Arabic monospace fonts! Recommendations welcome
يلّي حكى أن ما في فرق بين طرمب وبايدن مشان غزّة، اليوم بشوف الفرق.
الثنين مجرمين حرب ورح نحاكمهن ونبعثهن عالمقصلة عاجلاً أم آجلاً، ولكن عدد الفلسطينيّين يلّي رح يموتو بسبب طرمب أكبر بكثير. هو مستعد يعمل يلّي عجز عنّه نتنياهو، والشعب الأمريكي الفاشي عم يزقّفله.
الثنين مجرمين حرب ورح نحاكمهن ونبعثهن عالمقصلة عاجلاً أم آجلاً، ولكن عدد الفلسطينيّين يلّي رح يموتو بسبب طرمب أكبر بكثير. هو مستعد يعمل يلّي عجز عنّه نتنياهو، والشعب الأمريكي الفاشي عم يزقّفله.
February 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
يلّي حكى أن ما في فرق بين طرمب وبايدن مشان غزّة، اليوم بشوف الفرق.
الثنين مجرمين حرب ورح نحاكمهن ونبعثهن عالمقصلة عاجلاً أم آجلاً، ولكن عدد الفلسطينيّين يلّي رح يموتو بسبب طرمب أكبر بكثير. هو مستعد يعمل يلّي عجز عنّه نتنياهو، والشعب الأمريكي الفاشي عم يزقّفله.
الثنين مجرمين حرب ورح نحاكمهن ونبعثهن عالمقصلة عاجلاً أم آجلاً، ولكن عدد الفلسطينيّين يلّي رح يموتو بسبب طرمب أكبر بكثير. هو مستعد يعمل يلّي عجز عنّه نتنياهو، والشعب الأمريكي الفاشي عم يزقّفله.
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Counterpoint: Canada is in decline and no amount of what is happening right now in the face of Trump is going to change that. It'll just mask it for a few more months.
What we need are market confrontations that build back our sovereignty.
Learn more here! www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
What we need are market confrontations that build back our sovereignty.
Learn more here! www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Counterpoint: Canada is in decline and no amount of what is happening right now in the face of Trump is going to change that. It'll just mask it for a few more months.
What we need are market confrontations that build back our sovereignty.
Learn more here! www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
What we need are market confrontations that build back our sovereignty.
Learn more here! www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...
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Maybe it's time to share our cheapest recipes?
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
February 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Maybe it's time to share our cheapest recipes?
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
I'm sure you've all got some good ones.
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Maps are contingent and a real political tension. This reminded me –in a different and odd way– the beautiful Palestine Open Maps project by @majdal.cc www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/t...
How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’
Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.
www.nytimes.com
January 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Maps are contingent and a real political tension. This reminded me –in a different and odd way– the beautiful Palestine Open Maps project by @majdal.cc www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/t...
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For people who need villains to wear shirts saying “I’m the villain,” here you go.
Top AI Investor Says Goal Is to Crash Human Wages
AI totally "crashing" everyone's wages is a necessary stepping stone towards a better future, argues billionaire Marcus Andreessen.
futurism.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
For people who need villains to wear shirts saying “I’m the villain,” here you go.
Looking for Arabic monospace fonts to use on a web project. I know of Hasubi-mono by Eli Heuer (but it's not production-ready), and Kawkab-mono by Makkuk.com
Any others that I should know of?
#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي
Any others that I should know of?
#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي
Makkuk Digital Industries
Makkuk.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Looking for Arabic monospace fonts to use on a web project. I know of Hasubi-mono by Eli Heuer (but it's not production-ready), and Kawkab-mono by Makkuk.com
Any others that I should know of?
#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي
Any others that I should know of?
#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي
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Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
January 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Use Signal to talk about protests
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
Use Signal to talk about your wordle score
Use Signal to talk about abortion
Use Signal to talk about your mom's knitting club
Use Signal to talk about parties
Use Signal to talk about gender affirming care
Use Signal to talk about the weather
Use Signal
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"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
Harvard just fired me and all of my colleagues. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard Outsources Program to Identify Descendants of Those Enslaved by University Affiliates, Lays Off Internal Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University has laid off staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying direct descendants of ...
www.thecrimson.com
January 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."
Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
January 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.
There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.