al-Mutaghatris
@al-mutaghatris.bsky.social
PhD in Arabic and Turkish literature (linguistic narratology, bioregionalism) / alt-ac career in SWANA education / eco-socialist / singing about left-wing Texas history with Texastextbooks.Bandcamp.com
so grateful for this work! The terrible unending carnage of Sudan has had far too little reporting and analysis done on it
Equator@equatormag.bsky.social · 3h agoOne of the most brilliant essays we’ve published. Magdi El-Gizouli’s singular and utterly unique analysis of the war in Sudan, blending revolutionary theory, sociology and frontline reporting. This is the first part of two: www.equator.org/articles/kha...
look to history to learn how to appeal to the working class! They were able to avoid inessential weirdness and you can too!!
UAW Archivist@uawarchivist.bsky.social · 3h agoExcited to announce the opening of an addition to the @uaw.org Education Department Records here at the @reutherlibrary.bsky.social. These archival materials document the department from the 1940s-1970s, covering member classes, education conferences, and more. archives.wayne.edu/repositories...
📢 Today at @timep.bsky.social, we're releasing a new policy paper that I'm proud to have co-authored with Doug Christensen. The December repeal of the Caesar Act was historic. But when it happened, very few people had reflected on the question of what comes next for U.S.-Syria policy. (1)
Year after year, under the combined weight of war, sanctions and economic collapse, the people of Syria became steadily poorer. Today, two-thirds live in extreme poverty. And this is in a country of great talent and evident importance to its neighbours. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
Syrian people must not be failed again
Stabilising Syria means stabilising its economy. It urgently needs international support and a safer investment climate.
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what a terrible unending tragedy that's taking place in Sudan www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
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🚨GLOVES OFF🚨 Tim and his ex duke it out on air. InfoWarriors, it's time to weigh in: who deserves that horse?
Wrote about the pleasures of being saved from burning planes for @nplusonemag.com, co-published here with @chicagoreader.com: chicagoreader.com/city-life/di....
n+1@nplusonemag.com · 3w ago“At 7 AM on a Saturday, I participated in a mass-casualty simulation drill held in the firefighter training area of O’Hare International Airport.” New: Morley Musick participates in a fake plane crash. www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Charles Schultz never depicted adults in his comics because he was trying to protect us from the fact that they he drew them to look like AI slop
Men fighting and women ignoring them Mughal, 18th C
your weekly reminder that we don't treat Spanish colonialism with the horror and revulsion it deserves
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · 4w ago‘This history hasn’t stopped being contested. New Mexico has the third highest proportion of Native people of any US state, at 12.5 per cent, as well as many descendants of the Spanish settlers, who have their own folk traditions and history.’ Rebecca Solnit: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
if you want to be proud of America, incorporate this atlas into your next road trip livingnewdeal.org
Vic Thorstenson@vthorstenson.bsky.social · 4w agoMan, nobody could build a shithouse like the WPA.
yes, I enjoy this new Criterion Closet version of Verso Books very much and I would like to participate please
Verso Books@versobooks.bsky.social · 4w agoThe hosts of @thiswreckage.bsky.social recently visited our offices in New York City to make their way through the Verso Archive - watch the full video in the link below.
SIFR paper on how Syrian government policies pricing wheat, bread and energy are impoverishing Syrian society, appealing instead for approach prioritizing social protection: thesifr.org/en/papers/de...
Deprivation of Bread and Energy: Policies Deepening Poverty in Syria — The Syrian Initiative for Fundamental Rights
This paper argues that current policies to liberalize bread and energy prices in Syria do not constitute economic reform in any developmental sense, but rather deepen poverty, undermine food security,...
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i don't think people understand how vulnerable intensive livestock farming is to climate breakdown www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/c...
The Chickens Were Doing Just Fine. Then the Heat Wave Killed Millions.
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BTW the version of this in Iowa (where they have since mandated students take courses) was hiring an executive director making close to half a million a year. These things are basically welfare for right wing pundits.
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 4w agoOnly one student enrolled in West Virginia University’s new Washington Center after GOP lawmakers mandated the creation of the program Lawmakers allocated around $3 million to the program in the last two years
Look! you can learn about other historical analogies beyond the Nazis! It's all right here, you can deepen your political analysis for free, you don't have to use WWII as your only case anymore, please, I'm begging you
American Historical Association@historians.org · 4w agoThe AHR’s new #AHRSyllabus project, Authoritarianism 101: A Global History, features 30 teaching modules on authoritarianism across global history, with primary sources, historical context, and teaching resources. Start exploring today.
this website rules, this is the case study from Turkey, and there is so much much more www.historians.org/module/autho...
Authoritarian Capitalism – AHA
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I had just ignorantly lamented the lack of momentum on clean energy deployment in India in conversation this weekend so I'm very happy to eat crow on this today
Jan Rosenow@janrosenow.bsky.social · 4w agoIndia just generated 50% of its electricity from clean sources. For 15 minutes. Sounds trivial? That's how every record starts: first minutes, then a day, then a month, then a whole year. Some states are already there: Karnataka crossed 60% clean power last year.
I'm so bummed our celebration was such a wash because I have always thought that the bicentennial looked so fun! www.gettyimages.com/photos/bicen...
1,787 Bicentennial 1976 Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Images - Getty Images
Explore Authentic Bicentennial 1976 Stock Photos & Images For Your Project Or Campaign. Less Searching, More Finding With Getty Images.
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New paper out suggests there are a LOT more species of insects in the world. Their estimate: 20.3 million species, of which we have described 5% 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
Scientists have only discovered a tiny fraction of living insect species
About 1 million insect species have been described, but a new analysis suggests tens of millions more may be out there
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at long last I have achieved my dream of creating a Tetris-like video game for learning the Arabic letters
this was such a wonderful episode of @afikra.bsky.social who was it that said that the more time goes on, the more the ads in magazines become more interesting than their articles? www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEF_...
Tobacco, Soap, Beer & Cars: 100 Years of Egyptian Print Advertising | Professor Bahia Shehab
YouTube video by afikra - عفكرة
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