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Antifascist. Asst Prof @ Yale. Personal acct. Writing book on digital war, drones, & empire w/ view from the Global South. Former journo & filmmaker. Interests: tech, militarism, anticolonial, anti-imperial praxis, transnatl solidarities.Free Palestine! 🇵🇸

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Drop Site@dropsitenews.com · last wk.

💢🇵🇰 Pakistan accused of killing at least 30 unarmed protesters in 2 days in Pakistan-administered Kashmir Pakistani security forces opened fire on demonstrators near Rawalakot in Pakistan-administered Kashmir this week, w/ organizers reporting dozens killed as tens of thousands attempted a long…

💢🇵🇰 Pakistan accused of killing at least 30 unarmed protesters in two days in Pakistan-administered Kashmir Pakistani security forces opened fire on demonstrators near Rawalakot in Pakistan-administered Kashmir this week, with organizers reporting dozens killed as tens of thousands attempted a long march toward the regional capital, Muzaffarabad. At least 30 people were killed over two days, 25 on Monday and five on Tuesday, according to the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), the civil society group leading more than 50 days of protests over electoral reform and detained activists. The Guardian said it could not independently verify the toll, as media were barred from the area and an internet blackout remained in place. Organizers say forces fired on unarmed marchers without warning; police say armed protesters fired first, killing a paramilitary Ranger. JAAC says security forces later removed bodies from streets and hospitals in Mirpur to conceal the killings. A resident who reached Islamabad told Drop Site that Rangers had raided homes and forced women at gunpoint to cook for them. Amnesty International has called on Pakistan to lift the communications blackout.
MT@madiha.bsky.social · last wk.

So, as someone steeped in "war on terror" stuff, it's difficult not to read this and think of Obama's repeated claim that no civilians were dying in drone bombardments bc everyone is a strike zone deserved to die. US Dems/liberalism prepped Americans for Musk and co.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · last wk.

Agreed. On Monday @polphilpod.bsky.social and I explicitly tied Musk USAID cuts to his "belief" that white civilization is embattled and white nations must be saved from invasion to preserve the "West." We argued Musk's "zero died" claim is code to global far right: newrepublic.com/article/2135...

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · last wk.

People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

Parker Molloy@parkermolloy.com · last wk.

The Stevens campaign's whole insistence that she's more of a Michigander than AES is clearly just racism, especially since the two of them were literally born in the same city.

Born Abdulrahman Mohamed EI- Sayed October 31, 1984 (age 41) Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.Born Haley Maria Stevens June 24, 1983 (age 43) Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2w ago

After ‘testing ground’ in Kashmir, pellet guns used on student protesters in India's capital - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/kashmir-testing-ground-indian-police-accused-attacking-students-pellets

After ‘testing ground’ in Kashmir, pellet guns used on student protesters in India's capital

Activists say repression is part of India’s Kashmir playbook, as authorities deny using the guns despite hospital records

middleeasteye.net

talia jane@taliajane.bsky.social · 2w ago

The man who stabbed an Asian man and a Jewish man on the UES has been charged with a hate crime—but only for the Jewish victim. Pro-Israel politicians have entirely erased the Asian victim in their messaging about the attacks. www.nydailynews.com/2026/07/24/a...

Man accused in 2 UWS stabbings gets hate crime charges, but only for Jewish victim

Charges against Raul Morales, 51, were still pending on Friday as detectives try to unravel the motive behind the back-to-back attacks. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch admitted Thursday that the NYP...

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Rainesford Stauffer@rainesford.bsky.social · 2w ago

"With no savings, she had to decide between paying her rent to keep her baby and her 5-year-old housed, or paying the application fee — $555 — plus nearly $800 in attorneys fees she usually pays to ensure the application is done correctly. She chose rent."

Chabeli Carrazana@chabeli.bsky.social · 2w ago

The world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...

Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2w ago

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

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Julie Carpenter, PhD@jgcarpenter.com · 3w ago

As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵

Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher

Plans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools.

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Matt Gabriele@profgabriele.com · 3w ago

yo, it's really important to leave reviews of books/ podcasts/ art that you love. this stuff drives search and sales. and it also means a lot to the person who created that stuff! it can be short! Just write a sentence or 2 about what it meant to you. you can do it!

David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 3w ago

An AI troll just reminded me: If you've read The Public Scholar, or been to one of my talks, listened to a podcast, or just think sometimes I post good fishing pictures, please leave a review here - www.amazon.com/Public-Schol...

Democracy Now!@democracynow.org · 3w ago

"This is our land. Israel has no right to lease it to the United States." The U.S. is planning a new embassy in Jerusalem, at a site that was appropriated from Palestinian families, including Columbia University scholar Rashid Khalidi's, during the Nakba.

Clive Gabay@clivesg.bsky.social · 4w ago

The Egyptian Relief Committee in Gaza has been arranging public screenings of World Cup matches across the strip. 1 hour before Egypt-Argentina yesterday the IOF murdered the committee's PR director Muhammad Fawaz al-Wahidi in his car, as well as a child travelling with him. Depravity upon depravity

Jeff Liszt@liszt.bsky.social · 4w ago

Discomfiting detail: Yale is "represented" by McGuire Woods, the same firm that railroaded UVa into a terrible deal by playing both sides.

Jennie Coughlin@jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 4w ago

The dean of Yale Law School and some members of its faculty are trying to stop a settlement between the university and the Trump administration, warning that an agreement could jeopardize Yale’s independence, according to two people familiar with the deliberations.