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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)

@themodsisyphus.bsky.social

Settler. Religion, media, & culture scholar. Writing on digital hate & extremism, ritual, & Hindu/tva publics. Animal lover, anti-caste, anti-racist, anti-hate, anti-fascist. No response to trolls. RP ⍯ Endorsement; BLM, FREE PALESTINE all posts personal

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Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)@themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 21h ago

This is big. Typical modi/bjp fearmongering abt protesters as “anti nationals” is not working against largely Hindu, student-led protests. “Protesters are demanding sweeping reforms and a rollback of a controversial voter revision exercise which has struck 130 million names from the voter list.”

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · yesterday

‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital on lockdown before protests https://aje.news/64e3dk

‘How can you stop these kids?’ Indian capital on lockdown before protests
Ipsita 🎃Mad Social Scientist🎃 Chatterjea(she/her)@ichatterjea.bsky.social · 23h ago

TW Protesters were heard slamming on bus windows following their detention during an anti-government demonstration called by CJP in Delhi The CJP shared a video...showing its founder Abhijeet Dipke being detained with other leaders shortly after landing in the capital www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

India: Why have 'cockroach' protesters been detained in Delhi

Thousands of security personnel were deployed in Delhi ahead of the Gen-Z led Cockroach Janta Party protest on Saturday calling for electoral reforms.

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NPR@npr.org · yesterday

Indian authorities have launched a major security crackdown in New Delhi, detaining thousands of protesters who intended to hold a mass demonstration against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. n.pr/4rY8Yzv

India cracks down on youth protests as anger grows against Modi and election chief

Indian authorities have launched a major security crackdown in New Delhi, detaining thousands of protesters who intended to hold a mass demonstration against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.

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Michael Karlik@michaelkarlik.bsky.social · 2w ago

ICE arrested a man in Colorado, then showed him an arrest warrant. His notice to appear had the immigration prison listed as his address. Judge Philip Brimmer noted that a notice to appear must come *before* the warrant--so ICE obviously arrested first, then generated the NTA. Brimmer released him.

Turning to the substance of petitioner’s claim, he alleges that “ICE gave [him] the form I-200” six hours after his arrest on June 9, 2026. Docket No. 1 at 6. Petitioner also attaches a copy of the Notice to Appear, which is not dated, but reflects that petitioner currently resides at 3130 Oakland St. Aurora, Colorado 80010, which is the Denver Contract Detention Facility. Docket No. 1-2 at 2. Respondents do not dispute petitioner’s assertions. Therefore, the Court finds that petitioner was not served the Form I-200 until after his arrest and detention. Juan J.M.E. v. Easterwood, 2026 WL 1746672, at *3 (D. Minn. Jun 8, 2026), report andFederal regulations state that a Form I-200 arrest warrant cannot be issued until the time that a Notice to Appear is issued or any time thereafter. Ramirez Ovando, 810 F. Supp. 3d at 1216 (citing 8 C.F.R. §§ 236.1, 1236.1). Thus, given petitioner’s unrefuted claim that the Form I-200 and Notice to Appear were not issued until after his arrest, the Court finds that the Form I-200 warrant was invalid. Therefore, petitioner was not arrested pursuant to a valid warrant, in contravention of 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a).
Dheepa Sundaram, PhD (she/her)@themodsisyphus.bsky.social · 2w ago

Important read “Twitter served as an indispensable tool as the BLM movement swelled in the 2020s—but the chatter on Threads was uniquely charged for Wells…the latest bit of evidence showing that the platform has emerged as a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem…” shorturl.at/8IZxC

Black Twitter Is Thriving—on Threads

From outrage over Nolan Wells’ death to analysis of HBO Max’s “Lanterns,” Threads has transformed into a vital artery of the Black social media ecosystem.

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 2w ago

“In a mediascape of neural activation and invisible images, however, indexicality becomes nothing more than an aesthetic to be borrowed from.” @versobooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/the-treacher...

The Treachery of Machine Realism - Public Books

“The bombed elementary school in Iran appears to have become a target thanks to satellite imaging. In this case, what the image represented — and to who — was a matter of life and death.”

publicbooks.org

BlackskyNews 🗞️@blackskynews.blacksky.app · 2w ago

“While the administration is unlawfully eroding protections for trans students under the guise of ‘protecting women and girls,’ they are systematically weakening the very laws that keep students safe and schools accountable.” newrepublic.com/post/215920/... #BlackskyNews

Trump Weakens Title IX Rules Amid Cornell Gang Rape Investigation

The Education Department has just weakened protections for sexual assault victims in schools.

newrepublic.com

Sarah T Roberts, PhD@ubiquity75.xyz · 2w ago

It bears mentioning that Microsoft just shut down its Microsoft Research Social Media Collective…because why should they care about the social consequences of their products, right? Including worker harms.

Humans Are Reading Copilot Prompts — And They're Horrified

Human contractors are reviewing Copilot users’ prompts and uploaded images, according to internal documents obtained by 404 Media. The contractors are also bombarded with users’ requests for sexual AI...

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