s.m hamza
@shamsah.bsky.social
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artist, scholar, afro-indigenous Muslimah chopping it up about the earth, romance novels + non-fiction, knowledge systems and the scope of the erotics. i talk public healthcare, anarchism, critical social sciences & the dīn. all typos are mine
artist, scholar, afro-indigenous Muslimah chopping it up about the earth, romance novels + non-fiction, knowledge systems and the scope of the erotics. i talk public healthcare, anarchism, critical social sciences & the dīn. all typos are mine
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s.m hamza
@shamsah.bsky.social
· Jan 20
oh, hi. this is a little space for me to be freely and connect with other folks. Alongside my bio, I talk a lot about my personal journey as a scholar learning and teaching using critical pedagogy and tackling epistemic injustice. I write romance novels + fanfic, and essays as well.
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I think about all the work and advocacy Tinu did…. Just to whew. Time to log off
Do people realize how many Black women ended up broke after sacrificing so much for the civil rights movement?
We don't make a coin from any of it. We go broke. We die broke. Y'all write about it and make millions.
We can no longer be bullied into sacrifice we cannot afford.
We don't make a coin from any of it. We go broke. We die broke. Y'all write about it and make millions.
We can no longer be bullied into sacrifice we cannot afford.
March 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I think about all the work and advocacy Tinu did…. Just to whew. Time to log off
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Also got these messages through right before they locked it down
January 31, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Also got these messages through right before they locked it down
The sense of schadenfreude that Americans observe from their non-American counterparts is actually apt because we are watching everything your democracy does to us in our own countries and watching you panic like ants.
January 31, 2025 at 5:19 AM
The sense of schadenfreude that Americans observe from their non-American counterparts is actually apt because we are watching everything your democracy does to us in our own countries and watching you panic like ants.
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Yeah this is exactly why liberals irritate the hell out of me. Across the spectrum btw. This much motivation to organise didn't happen with G a z a. Heck, half the effort even. Talking about Amerikkka like "this isn't us", lmao could have fooled me. The Imperial boomerang is alive and real.
Not so friendly reminder that the Germans used America's laws and treatment of Indigenous and Black folks as their playbook.
This isnt some invasive species thats taking over. It's always been *HERE*
This isnt some invasive species thats taking over. It's always been *HERE*
And that is another thing.
I get so fucking tired of people needing to liken all of this to 1930s Germany when my LIVING BREATHING MOTHER was alive when white people were hanging Black folks off the oak trees on Ole Miss’s campus.
I get so fucking tired of people needing to liken all of this to 1930s Germany when my LIVING BREATHING MOTHER was alive when white people were hanging Black folks off the oak trees on Ole Miss’s campus.
January 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Yeah this is exactly why liberals irritate the hell out of me. Across the spectrum btw. This much motivation to organise didn't happen with G a z a. Heck, half the effort even. Talking about Amerikkka like "this isn't us", lmao could have fooled me. The Imperial boomerang is alive and real.
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Birds that yell, but bluejays in particular.
January 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Birds that yell, but bluejays in particular.
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outliving bigots
January 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
outliving bigots
Timaya will always be famous in this house
January 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Timaya will always be famous in this house
@404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social I read your newsletter on OpenAI/Microsoft vs DeepSeek, and excellent, hilarious work but I just want you to know that there's a song that describes this exact situation
open.spotify.com/track/56lY57...
open.spotify.com/track/56lY57...
SWEET US
Timaya · GLADIATOR · Song · 2024
open.spotify.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:16 AM
@404media.co @jasonkoebler.bsky.social I read your newsletter on OpenAI/Microsoft vs DeepSeek, and excellent, hilarious work but I just want you to know that there's a song that describes this exact situation
open.spotify.com/track/56lY57...
open.spotify.com/track/56lY57...
Nah, nothing makes me as happy as hearing these goats bleat by 5 am. I love them so much.
January 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Nah, nothing makes me as happy as hearing these goats bleat by 5 am. I love them so much.
The thing that terrifies me the most is how the tradition of apathy from the older generation - the admired stiff upper lip, which is a direct result of propaganda post WW2 on a Blitzed generation to get back to the agenda after being shell shocked by German planes has produced our current landscape
The entire internet is a panopticon. I've realised the only way to cut through it is to practice having an opinion about a few things. Every other thing should flow over you. As a frequent warm & hot take haver, this is quite the turn but the days of pontificating are over. We're in the end game now
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The thing that terrifies me the most is how the tradition of apathy from the older generation - the admired stiff upper lip, which is a direct result of propaganda post WW2 on a Blitzed generation to get back to the agenda after being shell shocked by German planes has produced our current landscape
The entire internet is a panopticon. I've realised the only way to cut through it is to practice having an opinion about a few things. Every other thing should flow over you. As a frequent warm & hot take haver, this is quite the turn but the days of pontificating are over. We're in the end game now
January 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The entire internet is a panopticon. I've realised the only way to cut through it is to practice having an opinion about a few things. Every other thing should flow over you. As a frequent warm & hot take haver, this is quite the turn but the days of pontificating are over. We're in the end game now
To make art that is consistent and joyful, I know I need to know some stability. Food in my stomach consistently, a roof over my head, amenities paid. I don't have any of that yet. I don't want to push myself to do something that isn't humanly possible at scale I can't sustain.
January 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
To make art that is consistent and joyful, I know I need to know some stability. Food in my stomach consistently, a roof over my head, amenities paid. I don't have any of that yet. I don't want to push myself to do something that isn't humanly possible at scale I can't sustain.
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Reading "This Entangled Life" by Merlin Sheldrake taught me that plants, animals, and mycelium all exist best in a shared, decentralized living much like anarchism.
January 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Reading "This Entangled Life" by Merlin Sheldrake taught me that plants, animals, and mycelium all exist best in a shared, decentralized living much like anarchism.
Directionless company INDEED
it's so funny seeing Apple divert resources from the Vision Pro - a deeply flawed and way-too-expensive but at least *interesting* and *almost useful* product - to generative ai, a product that has predominantly pissed off their customer base. Directionless company
Apple makes a change to its AI team and plans Siri upgrades
January 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Directionless company INDEED
Just found this through a repost on here and it's actually amazing for me. I just made a big move away from my country to somewhere entirely different and I did it to have a life where I could grow my own food and prepare for what is coming.
When we began using the million-year Jurassic Trust Fund instead of a sunlight budget, a few brilliant Victorian scientists warned it could mean the end of our long favorable climate. Isn't that how every disaster movie begins? Ignoring science? is.gd/ujhCfp
Climate Solutions: Answers Are Everywhere
Only the resolve is hard to locate
is.gd
January 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Just found this through a repost on here and it's actually amazing for me. I just made a big move away from my country to somewhere entirely different and I did it to have a life where I could grow my own food and prepare for what is coming.
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I do a little resistance every day. As a treat.
January 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I do a little resistance every day. As a treat.
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I bake my own sourdough bread, and preserve food, and grow a food forest not in a tradwife way but in an I'm preparing to care for my family and community in the coming apocalypse / revolution kind of way.
January 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I bake my own sourdough bread, and preserve food, and grow a food forest not in a tradwife way but in an I'm preparing to care for my family and community in the coming apocalypse / revolution kind of way.
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Permaculturist David Holmgren calculated years ago that if only 10% of the middle class, cut their spending in the extractive economy by 50% and applied it instead to local resilience projects, it would crash the entire global economy
A 50% cut wont stop, the momentum will take it all
A 50% cut wont stop, the momentum will take it all
January 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Permaculturist David Holmgren calculated years ago that if only 10% of the middle class, cut their spending in the extractive economy by 50% and applied it instead to local resilience projects, it would crash the entire global economy
A 50% cut wont stop, the momentum will take it all
A 50% cut wont stop, the momentum will take it all
5 days since i moved and I was able to have my first meal I cooked. Alhamdulillah 🥹
January 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
5 days since i moved and I was able to have my first meal I cooked. Alhamdulillah 🥹
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Our permaculture film from 2012. Still holds up. Great project. Inspiring people and communities. 13k views. Hope it helps. www.filmsforaction.org/watch/sustai...
Sustainability in Exile: Tibetan Farmers Cultivating Compassion
29 minutes | Produced by Dr. Jonathan Scherch, Mr. Lobsang Tsering and a team of university students and professional advisors, the film builds on Scherch's and Tsering's sustainable agriculture and.....
www.filmsforaction.org
January 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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It was great researching the forest by being in the forest. It’s a whole new way to research, but the idea is to be open.
I feel this is like school - because the system strives to make everyone the same - same facts, behave in the same way .
I feel this is like school - because the system strives to make everyone the same - same facts, behave in the same way .
January 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
It was great researching the forest by being in the forest. It’s a whole new way to research, but the idea is to be open.
I feel this is like school - because the system strives to make everyone the same - same facts, behave in the same way .
I feel this is like school - because the system strives to make everyone the same - same facts, behave in the same way .