This is horrible. Attacks on the humanities are another way to destroy our future. Now is when we need the humanities the most.
Sara Silverstein@sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 12mo agoArabic Studies, Holocaust Studies, Russian, Eastern European & Eurasian Studies, Religion, & more—decimating the humanities destroys our ability to understand the world, act in it, and envision a future. Blue states are complicit in this destruction of scholarship and teaching @uoregon.bsky.social
"In den 1980er-Jahren war Israel am Aufbau der militant-islamistischen Hamas beteiligt, um ein Gegengewicht zur säkularen und damals dominanten PLO aufzubauen. Später half Netanjahu bei der finanziellen Unterstützung der Hamas." @srf @annatrechsel.bsky.social www.srf.ch/news/interna...
Israel unterstützt bewaffnete Milizen in Gaza – eine alte Strategie
Premierminister Netanjahu bestätigt, dass Israel in Gaza bewaffnete Milizen unterstützt – als Gegengewicht zur Hamas.
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REPORTER: Is your administration sending migrants to Libya? TRUMP: I don't know. You'll have to ask Homeland Security
I mean, to answer this jackass' question, Japan has more than 200 million fewer people than the US. So they literally can't buy as many cars or whatever from us as we can from them. This is really not that hard.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last yr.an angry, twitching Stephen Miller yells on Fox News that Trump will "make American the manufacturing capital of the world"
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
Trump wants states to handle disasters. States aren't prepared
President Trump says he's thinking of getting rid of the country's disaster response agency, FEMA. States say they can't replicate what FEMA does on their own.
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Gaza ist so viel mehr als wir gemeinhin annehmen. Gaza ist Heimat einer gebildeten, kulturinteressierten Bevölkerung. Der Schriftsteller Atef Abu Saif im Gespräch - zum Nachhören. www.srf.ch/audio/rendez...
Gazas verlorene Kunst und Kultur
Der Krieg im Gazastreifen hat Zehntausenden das Leben gekostet, Gaza liegt in Trümmern. Verloren sind aber nicht nur Menschenleben, Gebäude und Infrastruktur, sondern auch ein vielfältiges Kulturleben...
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Excellent thread.
Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.bsky.social · last yr.I struggle to express just how *weird* Vance’s #MSC2025 speech was. This is a transatlantic security conference, happening while there is a war in Europe, and the US is announcing a partial withdrawal from European security. And the US VP speaks about (alleged) threats to free speech in Europe??
»Black History Month, Indigenous People Month, Jewish Heritage, Holocaust Remembrance Day, and Hispanic Heritage have also been removed«
Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’
Some users are angry that some events have been removed.
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NEW: An Israeli airstrike on a six-story apartment building sheltering hundreds of people in central Gaza on October 31, 2023, is an apparent war crime. The attack is among the deadliest single incidents for civilians in Gaza following the events of October 7.
Gaza: Israeli Strike Killing 106 Civilians an Apparent War Crime
An Israeli airstrike on a six-story apartment building sheltering hundreds of people in central Gaza on October 31, 2023, is an apparent war crime, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack, which kil...
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“Come build your house in Gaza!” The conference in Jerusalem attended by 12 Israeli ministers featured a map of Gaza with the neighborhoods given Hebrew names: Rimal is now King David Zeitoun is now Shivat Zion At-Tuffah is now Hagdud Ha-Ivri Tel al-Hawa is now Givat Ha-Ruhot Photo: Nir Hasson
