Sarah A. Fox
@sarahalisabethfox.bsky.social
Historian, folklorist, author of Downwind: A People’s History of the Nuclear West. Working on a new project about waste plumes. Settler on Duwamish land, antizionist descendant of the Jewish diaspora. #FreePalestine
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Every day is a new day, THE day, to support Palestinian survival. AND we're matching £887 / $1,162 ‼️
One link, six families & a displacement camp of fifteen more, facing bitter conditions of winter while malnourished, displaced, severely ill. Help with essentials: chuffed.org/project/hope...
One link, six families & a displacement camp of fifteen more, facing bitter conditions of winter while malnourished, displaced, severely ill. Help with essentials: chuffed.org/project/hope...
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Every day is a new day, THE day, to support Palestinian survival. AND we're matching £887 / $1,162 ‼️
One link, six families & a displacement camp of fifteen more, facing bitter conditions of winter while malnourished, displaced, severely ill. Help with essentials: chuffed.org/project/hope...
One link, six families & a displacement camp of fifteen more, facing bitter conditions of winter while malnourished, displaced, severely ill. Help with essentials: chuffed.org/project/hope...
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BREAKING: Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 10 Palestinians since dawn, according to local sources on the ground.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BREAKING: Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 10 Palestinians since dawn, according to local sources on the ground.
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Israel's "Crime of Apartheid": New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
Israel’s “Crime of Apartheid”: New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
A major new report by U.S. academics analyzes Israel’s occupation of Palestine under the legal framework of the crime of apartheid. The report was intentionally released on Nakba Day — the day that...
www.democracynow.org
May 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Israel's "Crime of Apartheid": New Report by U.S. Professors as Palestinians Mark Nakba Day
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On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the world’s longest unresolved refugee crisis.
May 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
On May 15, Palestinians mark the Nakba. What began in 1948 remains the world’s longest unresolved refugee crisis.
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Federal court says First Amendment bars government from arresting, deporting foreign students on basis of pro-Palestine advocacy. Important ruling from Judge Young just now in case brought by @aaup.bsky.social @mesa1966.bsky.social @knightcolumbia.org. knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
April 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Federal court says First Amendment bars government from arresting, deporting foreign students on basis of pro-Palestine advocacy. Important ruling from Judge Young just now in case brought by @aaup.bsky.social @mesa1966.bsky.social @knightcolumbia.org. knightcolumbia.org/content/fede...
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When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
April 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
When I left the Washington Post in 2023, my colleagues and I were worried AI would hoover up our work and enable "zombies" to churn out stories based on our reporting and writing styles.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
Today WaPo announced a partnership with OpenAI. And here it is: Zombie Gillian Brockell. I DID NOT WRITE THIS.
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I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions.
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"What emerges is a more intimate picture of Öztürk and how a child development researcher charged with no crime ended up in a crowded cell in Louisiana." www.propublica.org/article/rume...
American Rendition: Rümeysa Öztürk’s Journey From Ph.D. Scholar to Trump Target Languishing in Louisiana Cell
“So horrifying and so heartbreaking”: Öztürk’s close friend provides an intimate look into one of the hundreds of foreign students who have had their visas revoked — and in dozens of instances have be...
www.propublica.org
April 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"What emerges is a more intimate picture of Öztürk and how a child development researcher charged with no crime ended up in a crowded cell in Louisiana." www.propublica.org/article/rume...
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I'm going one by one, BUT if you know anything let me know!
We're gonna open up to volunteers for research and curation soon, promise. I'm just working on the data model right now with @moacir.com and @lindsaythomas.net and there's no better way to do a model than fighting data points 1 by 1.
We're gonna open up to volunteers for research and curation soon, promise. I'm just working on the data model right now with @moacir.com and @lindsaythomas.net and there's no better way to do a model than fighting data points 1 by 1.
Universities where we know visas have been revoked, but where don’t know the exact numbers:
Babson College
Boston University
Brown University
California State University, Sacramento
Campbellsville University
George Washington University
Illinois State University
Indiana University Bloomington
Babson College
Boston University
Brown University
California State University, Sacramento
Campbellsville University
George Washington University
Illinois State University
Indiana University Bloomington
April 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I'm going one by one, BUT if you know anything let me know!
We're gonna open up to volunteers for research and curation soon, promise. I'm just working on the data model right now with @moacir.com and @lindsaythomas.net and there's no better way to do a model than fighting data points 1 by 1.
We're gonna open up to volunteers for research and curation soon, promise. I'm just working on the data model right now with @moacir.com and @lindsaythomas.net and there's no better way to do a model than fighting data points 1 by 1.
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Very hard to read about Dakota pipeline oil spill this morning (!) after reading @nicke.bsky.social book Our History is the Future from @haymarketbooks.org. These protestors were always correct.
Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
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April 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Very hard to read about Dakota pipeline oil spill this morning (!) after reading @nicke.bsky.social book Our History is the Future from @haymarketbooks.org. These protestors were always correct.
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LE MONDE asked me to write an article about American literature in the age of Trump, but then decided it didn't like what I wrote. Oh well. Here it is in LitHub: "Most American literature is the literature of empire."
Viet Thanh Nguyen: Most American Literature is the Literature of Empire
One way to understand the dilemma of contemporary American literature in the age of Donald Trump is to see it as an imperial literature. The United States is a different kind of empire, exerting gl…
lithub.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
LE MONDE asked me to write an article about American literature in the age of Trump, but then decided it didn't like what I wrote. Oh well. Here it is in LitHub: "Most American literature is the literature of empire."
It would be great if academic bsky chipped in to help our colleague and her kids facing apocalyptic conditions!!!
tinyurl.com/HelpZiadJulia cc #AcademicChatter 🧪
tinyurl.com/HelpZiadJulia cc #AcademicChatter 🧪
April 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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maybe we start clicker-training dems. give them a little treat any time someone says the word impeach and just see how long it takes
April 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
maybe we start clicker-training dems. give them a little treat any time someone says the word impeach and just see how long it takes
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RIP my mentions but it’s so fascinating how the “you Palestine movement people cost Harris the election” crowd never ever talks about how undecided voters don’t seem to have been especially impressed by a leadership that spent billions on genocide while the cost of housing went through the roof
April 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
RIP my mentions but it’s so fascinating how the “you Palestine movement people cost Harris the election” crowd never ever talks about how undecided voters don’t seem to have been especially impressed by a leadership that spent billions on genocide while the cost of housing went through the roof
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April 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
No, the dire wolf has not been brought back from extinction
Colossal Biosciences claims three pups born recently are dire wolves, but they are actually grey wolves with genetic edits intended to make them resemble the lost species
www.newscientist.com
April 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
www.newscientist.com/article/2475...
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Update from the Mahmoud Khalil case; at his first immigration court hearing, it appears that the government didn’t even have any evidence ready and the judge is giving them until Friday to submit it or she will terminate the case.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation
Jamee Comans said if evidence does not support deportation, she may rule for Columbia graduate’s release
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Update from the Mahmoud Khalil case; at his first immigration court hearing, it appears that the government didn’t even have any evidence ready and the judge is giving them until Friday to submit it or she will terminate the case.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is incredibly bad. What the IRS would be saying to millions of people, if they cave to Trump’s extraordinary demands, is “don’t file your taxes, because if you do, we’ll use it against you.”
It would undermine and blow up generations of trust-building. It’s madness.
It would undermine and blow up generations of trust-building. It’s madness.
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DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS is asking IRS to locate **7 MILLION** suspected undocumented immigrants using confidential tax records.
It’s a massive escalation by DHS to use the tax system for mass deportation.
IRS officials are aghast, say it’s likely illegal.
DHS officials ask IRS to use tax data to locate up to 7 million immigrants
The agencies have still not reached an agreement on sharing information. But immigration officials now say they’re seeking records on millions of people suspected of being in the United States without...
www.washingtonpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is incredibly bad. What the IRS would be saying to millions of people, if they cave to Trump’s extraordinary demands, is “don’t file your taxes, because if you do, we’ll use it against you.”
It would undermine and blow up generations of trust-building. It’s madness.
It would undermine and blow up generations of trust-building. It’s madness.
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It doesn't take much to fund a humanities scholar's research, yet even that has ended.
If the rumored gutting of the NEH is indeed happening (and I wouldn’t be surprised- it felt inevitable in the last few weeks) it will mean that an already deeply inadequate funding situation for the humanities will become reduced to almost nothing
March 31, 2025 at 11:48 PM
It doesn't take much to fund a humanities scholar's research, yet even that has ended.
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This has been a discussion among many of us for years now. Funding for Humanities was already grossly inadequate; we never had anything to compare to the NSF and NIH. We had a little from NEH, a little from ACLS, but most of us were producing our scholarship with next to no resources. 1/2
If the rumored gutting of the NEH is indeed happening (and I wouldn’t be surprised- it felt inevitable in the last few weeks) it will mean that an already deeply inadequate funding situation for the humanities will become reduced to almost nothing
March 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This has been a discussion among many of us for years now. Funding for Humanities was already grossly inadequate; we never had anything to compare to the NSF and NIH. We had a little from NEH, a little from ACLS, but most of us were producing our scholarship with next to no resources. 1/2
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One by one
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
One by one
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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We have reached the crowd-sourcing deportation lists phase.
March 30, 2025 at 11:30 AM
We have reached the crowd-sourcing deportation lists phase.
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The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has now recovered the bodies of 14 Gaza health workers. Five Civil Defense personnel and one UN employee were among the 14 bodies, PRCS said.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fe7ehn
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March 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has now recovered the bodies of 14 Gaza health workers. Five Civil Defense personnel and one UN employee were among the 14 bodies, PRCS said.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fe7ehn
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/fe7ehn