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Monica Iyer
@monicavisalam.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof. at Georgia State University College of Law. Scholar working at the intersection of human rights and the environment. Alex Trebek called me a barracuda. She/her.
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Hey NYT, I think you misspelled “a blatant violation of the UN Charter and continued desecration of international law”
A news alert from the New York Times that reads: “Breaking News: President Trump, undecided on how to deal with Venezuela, is weighing military options, including ousting Nicolás Maduro.”
November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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It’s a beautiful day to vote!
A woman with dark curly hair and glasses (me!) wearing a black leather jacket and a teal shirt with a Georgia voter sticker
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Well from this side he looks like he has eyes/a little face already!
The same orange and black space heater turned around to give a clear view of the two eye-like knobs and mouth/chin-shaped handle on top
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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New little dude living in my office. What should his name be?
A small orange and black space heater sitting on an office floor.
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing, and it's a luckdragon
A still image from the movie "The Neverending Story." A young man with shoulder-length brown hair wearing tan suede clothing (Atreyu) stands next to a creature with a long white furry body and a dog-like face (Falkor the luckdragon). There is a starry night sky in the background.
October 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Happy Pride ATL!!
My Apple Music home page where the “Top Picks for You” section includes a new single by Melissa Etheridge called “Don’t You Want a Woman”
October 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Y’all it finally happened, my invitation arrived!
An email with the subject “MEMBERSHIP” and the content “DO YOU WANT TO BE RICH AND FAMOUS? JOIN THE GREAT ILLUMINATI ORDER OF RICHES, POWER/FAME NOW AND ACHIEVE ALL YOUR DREAMS? IF YES EMAIL US: illuminatiinitiationcenter56@gmail.com FILL AND GET BACK YOUR FULL NAME: PHONE NUMBER: COUNTRY: GENDER:”
September 11, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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NDTX rules us all Anthony
A row of brightly-graffitied Cadillacs planted hood-down in the West Texas desert
September 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Ahem. Some of us have *different* bad jokes
A post from Seth Cotlar that says “We were all worried that he’d cotto charge for his actions, but blessed be all that is aioli, justice was served,” with a reply from some loser who really should be focused on teaching prep that says “Yeah, the prosciuttors really didn’t have the (au) jus here”
August 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Really shocked to see a friend of mine posting smut like this on instagram
A warning on an instagram story. The test reads “Sensitive Content” and below in smaller letters “this photo may contain graphic or violent content.” And below that it says “see why.” At the bottom is an option to click to see the photo The explanation one gets if one clicks “see why.” It reads: “Why this post is covered. We use technology or a review team to identify content that should be covered. This post doesn’t go against our community standards, but may contain images that some people might find upsetting. We cover graphic content so people can choose whether to see it.” Small print below says “Learn more about what kinds of content we cover in community standards.” The image that was covered: The words “immigrants make the country great” in a cute font on a light green background, with vines bearing white flowers and red berries on either side of the text
August 23, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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C’mon y’all
The cover of Matchbox 20’s album “Yourself or Someone Like You.” A black and white image of an unhappy looking white man in his 40s wearing an aviator cap and plastic-rimmed glasses, looking in a window
August 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Babe what’s wrong, you’ve barely touched your Jimi Hendrix-flavored tortilla chips
Two blue bags of Doritos in a flavor called “Cool American.”
August 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Believe it or not I did not take the free copy of the 1970 edition of Samuelson’s Economics textbook (international student edition)
A selection of books under a sign that reads “free books.” Most of the books are Icelandic, but one is the tenth edition of a popular English-language economics textbook.
July 31, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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Can only assume that this has a much more neutral flavor than normal Pepsi
Three cans of Pepsi Max that are labeled “Switzerland” in order to promote the women’s Euro football tournament. The black cans have a red, white, and blue Pepsi logo below an image of mountains and a Swiss flag
July 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Reykjavik’s rainbow road
A street curving up a hill with a rainbow on the pavement. Before the rainbow begins, chalk lettering reads “Israel is starving Gaza act now”
July 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Important vacation prep
A tv showing the Netflix start page for the modern cinematic classic “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”
July 26, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Communities across the Pacific and beyond are being uprooted, not just physically, but culturally. The #ClimateICJAO, coming out on Wednesday, could finally link the loss of land and identity to international legal responsibility.

#ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
a purple fist surrounded by purple and red flowers and purple, yellow, and teal leaves on an orange background. Text in front of the fist reads "Human Rights and Climate Justice go Hand in Hand." Text in the top right corner of the image reads "The ICJ Advisory Opinion can be a tool to demand legal recognition and real protection for vulnerable communities." In the top left corner there is a hashtag: #ClimateJusticeAtTheICJ
July 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Full English (minus the black pudding) and strawberries and cream for the ladies final
A white plate with bacon, scrambled eggs, baked beans, toast, roasted tomatoes, and roasted mushrooms A black bowl with strawberries blanketed in cream and a spoon. In the background a tv shows a woman in a white tennis dress on a grass court
July 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Woke up early enough to run over the Brooklyn Bridge before the throngs arrived.
Three images taken from the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the bridge itself, one of the bridge with the skyscrapers of lower Manhattan in the background, and one of the midtown skyline
July 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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I’m very happy that even after moving to London this water has retained its pride in its Scots identity 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
A bottle of water with a label that reads “Still Scottish Mountain Water.” Smaller text below says “naturally filtered through ancient volcanic rock.”
June 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Can anyone explain this strange pride tarantula (????) at JFK to me?
A rainbow balloon sculpture in a corner of an airport gate. It consists of a central mass with one pile of balloons extending to the ceiling and a spider leg-like extension jutting off to either side
June 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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A black and white drawing of a giant wooden horse being pulled by soldiers into an ancient city
June 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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And there were very good doggos and cattos
A sculpture of a small dog on the lid of a tomb, with the human’s feet resting on the dog and the dog looking resigned but put upon One of those medieval lions that look nothing like real lions
June 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Visited the Met Cloisters for the first time today and it was extremely lovely.
A beautiful tree framed by a cloister arch Another beautiful tree framed by a cloister arch, this time the arch is pink marble A view of trees and the Hudson River through arched windows at the Cloisters
June 21, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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This is who runs this account:
A child with curly dark brown hair wearing a teal sweatshirt and black and white polka dot pants is reading a book while doing a handstand against a white tiled wall
June 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM