RN Mahli
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“I don’t decide to represent anything except myself. But that self is full of collective memory.” — Mahmoud Darwish 🧿🧿🧿 Read me at: www.rafiamahli.com
Om jameel:My heart, which suffers from a heart valve prolapse, is almost stopping from beating because of the severe pain in my shoulder, which is affected by a tear&joint inflammation.I cannot buy the injections that cost 200$ I left my 5 kids hungry Don't let us die🙏😭🥹 chuffed.org/project/1839...
When you have no master to serve but the people, you have nothing to fear.
Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 5h agoI don't think I can remember a US politician with better messaging than this man. Ever. And that includes Mamdani. Run him for President.
@hodgman.bsky.social @jessethorn.bsky.social @doctorow.pluralistic.net Don't suppose you lovely folks would give this a signal boost, would ya? My first ever book event in Canada! 😬
Mat Ricardo@matricardo.bsky.social · yesterdayOTTAWA! I'M COMING TO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! I'll be doing tricks, silly things, and signing my book at INDIGO BOOKS at the RIDEAU CENTRE, Tuesday 11th at 3pm I am, of course, scared nobody is going to come, so please share with all your Ottawan pals! youtube.com/shorts/cZ79g...
Someone who follows the news from Gaza gets tired. Can you imagine what it's like for someone living in that reality?
I am Saeed, but my family and I continue to endure the bitterness of deprivation and loss every day here amidst the rubble. It is an unbearable nightmare. My family suffers from a lack of food and basic necessities. Your support is our only lifeline. 🙏 To support us:⬇️🫂 chuffed.org/project/1876...
Abdul El Sayed's open-mindedness on the question of how to actually resolve the question of Palestine is one of the best indicators of his overall intelligence and sincerity. Policymakers in DC should adopt a rights-based approach which prioritizes ending the occupation and apartheid systems.
Ron Skolnik@ronskolnik.bsky.social · yesterdayEl-Sayed: "I believe in equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination, for Palestinians and Jewish Israelis alike... If that’s 2 states, I’m for it. If it’s 1 state, I’m for that. If it’s this 'land for all' model, ... or whatever they decide." www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Fellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.
25 years after the tired American cliche of “why do they hate us,” helped instigate two forever wars (Afghanistan + Iraq), this is how @nytimes.com chooses to explain Iran’s political system:
For more than a week, I have been asking for help to ease my unbearable pain😭 I have severe infection and unbearable pain💔 I’m pregnant, still suffering badly, and my daughter shouldn’t have to go to sleep hungry😩 Don’t stop helping us🙏🏻 I'm begging you to share and donate🙏🏻 gofund.me/5b6ce7b1f
I’m Motaz from G💔Z💔 My family & I suffer every day Displacement😭homelessness & illness I struggle everyday to provide food & medical care for my family…especially my pregnant wife, who needs urgent care🙏🏻 I’m relying on Ur support to save my family😔 Please🙏🏻Share Donate 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/Yjngk
When we say that the Israeli gov is cruel at its core, and that it in fact finds joy in its cruelty, we are talking about things like wishing to surround Palestinian prisoners with literal crocodiles. There is no end to this if Israel itself never faces political and economic consequences.
Megaphone News@megaphone.news · 2d agoItamar Ben Gvir attacked an Israeli court and accused it of “siding with terrorists” after it ruled on Sunday to freeze a plan to dig moats around prisons and fill them with crocodiles to terrorize Palestinian prisoners.
Lebanon signed away its right to pursue legal action against Israel for its war crimes in southern Lebanon. Lebanon's deputy prime minister now says individual Lebanese citizens still have the right to bring cases against Israel before European courts. What a pathetic and weak government.
Lebanon outlines legal path to prosecute Israeli war crimes
As Israeli strikes and home demolitions continue in southern Lebanon, a government official outlined the country’s options for legally pursuing Israel.
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Sometimes I think I may always love you, because it comes so easy to me. It’s like a bird that suddenly appears, alighting on my palm. Delighting me in that way. I forget it once pecked me to bleeding. I forget the wound, the scar.
open.substack.com/pub/ursulapf... Here is the 4th excerpt from "50 Years Later: The Way I Saw It" by Regine Faust, my Berlin grandmother. These excerpts work as standalones, but it’s best to scroll back and begin at the beginning, "A Small Circle of Art School Friends." Thanks for reading!
Kitzbühel, 1943
Today It's You, Tomorrow It Will Be Me
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Libraries pay millions to rent ebooks they never own. So maybe it's no surprise Penguin Random House is sponsoring arguments against stronger library ebook rights. www.libraryjournal.com/story/news/m...
Moving Beyond the Publisher Playbook: Why State-Level Contract Law is Essential to the Future of Digital Library Rights
The era of mere “firefighting” and polite, incremental negotiation is over. The library sector is asking for relief from ebook pricing schemes that consume tremendous amounts of public dollars while p...
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My kingdom for a solid week of sunshine: neither spring nor summer in this godforsaken country have provided that singular joy this year. We have had so much rain—not showers, DELUGES—I’m pretty sure I saw an ark float by.
Friends: Motaz and his family (baby #2) on the way, are fighting to survive in Gaza. Services are barely functional, no one can leave, and access to food, water, and medical care is limited. Any help you can provide is keeping Motaz and his family alive. 🙏🏼❤️
Like apartheid Israel, apartheid South Africa used propaganda tours to influence public opinion in Canada. Print ad in the @theglobeandmail.com, September 4, 1986.
Well, it’s invoicing day, and since they’re really apparently not going to pay me for something I wrote for them two months ago, I guess today is the day to post about how @vulture.com fucks over its film freelancers. Long (sorry) thread, with receipts:
Vulture@vulture.com · 2mo agoThere are 118 feature films, plus galas, talks, podcast recordings, and more at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Our guide to the movies and events worth lining up for.
CNN: Yeah, I think a lot of people watching this to hear you, a Parkland survivor, talk about AIPAC in the same breath as NRA, will be surprising. HOGG: It shouldn’t be. Both are getting kids killed. I don't draw a line between whether it's kids in Parkland, kids on any street in America, or if...
Donie O’Sullivan@donie.bsky.social · 5d ago. @davidhogg.bsky.social, progressive organizer and Parkland shooting survivor, compares AIPAC's political influence to that of the NRA. It's a comparison AIPAC forcefully rejects.
You should watch this trailer if you enjoy watching Olivia Colman get absolutely railed by a wooden sex bot
kottke.org@kottke.org · 6d agoThe trailer for Wicker (starring Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Peter Dinklage, Elizabeth Debicki). “An outcast in a fishing village commissions a husband for herself made out of wicker.” Looks unhinged (complimentary). (via @skullsandsheets.bsky.social) [youtube.com]
Exhibit A of what Norman Finklestein said on Hasan Piker’s stream: the problem isn’t the Israeli government, the problem is that Israel has always been a Jewish supremacist state. 80-90% of Jews in Israel believe this racist drivel, whether secular or hyper religious. “Truth.” No, brainwashing.
Patrick "Inverted Vibe Curve" Blanchfield@patblanchfield.bsky.social · 4d ago"No," he said, "millions. One Jewish life, it's 10 million [Palestinians]." Challenged on the racism of his statement, he did not deny it. "Yes, I know," he replied. "But this is the truth, because God chose us [and] because of this you are jealous." This man is a lawyer. www.bbc.com/news/article...
I have a joke about Morpheus, but it’s kind of a snooze.
Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 5d agoI have a joke about Hermes but you’d have to be pretty quick to get it.
