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Sarah Moser

@sarahkmoser.bsky.social

Urban geography professor at McGill University • new cities built from scratch, cultural politics, graphic novels 🇨🇦

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Sarah Moser@sarahkmoser.bsky.social · last mo.

Itamar Ben-Gvir shares his proposal for the forced displacement of all 2 million people in Gaza, an act of ethnic cleansing and a war crime www.cbc.ca/news/world/d...

Defence minister says Israel ready to remove Palestinians from Gaza if U.S. gives go ahead | CBC News

Israel is waiting for U.S. approval to remove Palestinians from the Gaza Strip, Defence Minister Israel Katz said, renewing a plan that has been widely condemned as forced displacement and described a...

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Canadian History Ehx@cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)

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Charlotte Clymer@charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

One thing that's been bugging me today: people who claim Dolly Parton wasn't political. False. She was very political. Her art and life's work were about interrogating power + amplifying the powerless. You only think she wasn't political because she did this by example, not bullshit slogans.

Frederick Deknatel@freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“It just tells you something about the impunity that seems to be hard-wired into the mentality of these people, who were treated as gods for the last 25 years and are now acting as gods,” says Quinn Slobodian, a historian of capitalism at BU. @quinnslobodian.com www.ft.com/content/2472...

America’s new oligarchy

Under Trump an ultra-wealthy clique has infiltrated government, raising concerns about democratic integrity

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Frederick Deknatel@freddydeknatel.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Unlike the robber barons of the past, who were often charitably minded and gave generously to public institutions, the tech billionaires show a “complete indifference” to any kind of “social contract” and any need to “compensate people for the disruption they have brought into their lives.”

Sarah Moser@sarahkmoser.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tech-bro enclave collapses; the sun sets on free-flow protein: Srinivasan’s ideology was a draw for Pranit Garg, a 29-year-old digital nomad who moved here in March, but his favorite part was the gym and all-you-can-eat protein. “Come for the vision,” he said. “Stay because you’re getting jacked.”

Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"Participants complained about moldy rooms, dead nightlife and not enough women—a downside familiar to Silicon Valley." Heh. Gift link. Ballaji Srinivasan Wanted to Start a New Country. An Actual Country Got in the Way. www.wsj.com/tech/a-tech-...