“After 48 hours of torture, Dr. Christie wrote a forced confession — ‘the best thing I ever wrote,’ he later told the BBC, noting that he had made sure the confession included ‘all my recommendations to the African National Congress’ about the best way to sabotage Koeberg and other facilities”

Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program

nytimes.com

Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 9mo ago

rare thing to read an obituary with a smile on your face, doubly rare for the smile to be because the person was so fuckin cool and not because [signal drops]

Very illuminating thread.

J. C. Cantwell 🌻@segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · last yr.

last night as i was trying to wind down for bed i had a unified theory of what the fuck just happened, and i wrote it down, and filed it under "well, i can't talk about this on main without sounding insane until and unless the perp gets caught and is provably a groyper" anyways, great news! (1/X)

the internet did deliver on its promise to connect people and spread ideas around the world and unfortunately the ideas that it is best at spreading are conspiratorial and fascist

Will Stancil@whstancil.bsky.social · last yr.

“The internet gives ideologies that rely on mass indoctrination an extraordinary boost by giving propagandists unregulated access to the entire population” is a bad theory in a lot of ways: boring, simple, doesn’t show the folly of US imperialism or neoliberalism. It just also happens to be right

These people are not on the left. The left starts at anti-capitalist.

Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis@jeffjarvis.bsky.social · last yr.

The left gets a new publication www.semafor.com/article/08/1...

One of the top-ranked South Asian studies programs in the US… really abysmal times for South Asian grad students hoping for careers in academia.

Dana Stevens@thehighsign.bsky.social · last yr.

Wow. The University of Chicago, a world-class institution whose humanities faculty in the past has included Homi Bhabha & Lauren Berlant & Ralph Ellison & Hannah freaking Arendt, is getting rid of basically every graduate department involving the acknowledgment that other cultures & languages exist.

We are in some truly dark times where we’re going to have to be grateful just to have any sh!t job.

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · last yr.

BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

I am dying

Anthrodiva@anthrodiva.bsky.social · 2y ago

Classic Reddit Post www.reddit.com/r/AmItheAssh...

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

ET runs to print fudged financial stats for modi year after year but does real reporting on Musk, the model of the future appears to be that you follow domestic politics through international sources because they all suckle at the teat of their own domestic regimes

Patrick Reinsborough ❌👑@giantwhispers.bsky.social · 2y ago

One might think it's newsworthy that Phyllis Fong the USDA's inspector general who was fired and then forcibly removed from her office was actively investigating one of Elon Musk's companies. This Indian newspaper did (below) but as far as I can tell the US media does not. #Coup

R1 research universities should be ashamed. Most have simply caved to “following state laws” or whatever crap excuses they come up with, while people in institutions with so much to lose are publicly taking on this regime.

Crystal Fleming is on sabbatical@alwaystheself.bsky.social · 2y ago

An inspiring article on courageous community college leaders who are *publicly* organizing and standing up against DEI attacks.. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

Buon compleanno, il migliore. You have never been more correct, more important to us.

“The continued discriminatory practices by Meta against Palestinian content constitute a clear violation of international standards for freedom of expression." ifex.org/erased-and-s...

"Erased and Suppressed: Palestinian Testimonies of Meta's Censorship" - IFEX

7amleh releases a new report exposing Meta's approach to silencing Palestinian content during the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

ifex.org

Ladies and gentlemen, Marc Maron.

Gutted. Absolute king.

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

JUST IN: Hussain's career spanned over five decades, during which he was revered as both a national treasure in India and admired worldwide.

Launch events for THE BLAFT BOOK OF ANTI-CASTE SF: Dec 21: Champaca Bookstore, Bangalore Jan 5: Community Library Project, Delhi Jan 29: The Common Press, London Link to buy if you're in a different city or can't make it: www.blaft.com/collections/...

Amen.

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 2y ago

"The idea that the US university is a place of critical thinking, social justice, liberal arts, and making the world a better place is as false as the day is long." — #AJOpinion by @donaldearlcollins.bsky.social ⤵️

i've been thinking lately about the loss of the future--not in the historical sense, because the future just keeps on coming--but the loss of the future in the ideological sense, the loss of the future as an organizing principle of politics this is as true of liberals as it is of the left

Always gets me . Good morning.

LMAO

UAE Exotic Falconry & Finance𓅃@falconryfinance.bsky.social · 2y ago

United Health just deleted this page from their website lol

Posts about the UnitedHealthcare CEO murder are literally why I was on X all day today because the hilarious responses are leaving me in SPLITS… Bluesky’s too goddamn serious, come on already.

Hello all, my former editor, Zubair ( @zoo-bear.bsky.social ) is here. Please add him to India sky feed and other misinformation/disinformation reporting starter packs. Thanks.

How are people saving posts here for future reading? Why does this app not have a Save or Bookmark option?? 💆🏾‍♀️

UnitedHealthcare CEO shot dead in New York City, and over on X, not one post expresses horror, sympathy or condolences... except for politicians. Otherwise, it's all-out celebrations. The people are righteously mad.

Hi, we are a Community based Ambedkarite Media Organisation. We works on Caste, Dalit Issues, Race, Gender, Discrimination, Inequality, Human Rights & Minorities issues in India. Please follow us here and stay tuned for News & analysis around caste issue in India.

"If I were asked whether a student would learn more about US foreign policy by reading [Chomsky's] book or by reading a collection of the essays that…U.S. officials write in journals such as Foreign Affairs or the Atlantic, Chomsky & Robinson would win hands down.” foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/15/c...

Noam Chomsky Has Been Proved Right

The writer’s new argument for left-wing foreign policy has earned a mainstream hearing.

foreignpolicy.com

#Germany is a parody of Germany, part 7. “From the river to the sea” is illegal in Germany, unless you mean Greater Israel and the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinians - and also the Golan Heights coz why not Via @queirdo.bsky.social

I just had the honor of writing the blurb for this stupendous new @blaft.bsky.social publication: Gujarati Pulp Fiction, translated by @vishwambhari.bsky.social ! Strongly recommend a pre-order on this one if you want to be thrilled and chilled and amazed! www.blaft.com/collections/...

The Blaft Anthology of Gujarati Pulp Fiction (eBook)

AnComing December 2024! Pre-Order Your Copy Now! Click here to pre-order the print edition  Selected and translated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar Edited by Rakesh Khanna Cover design by Nabi H. Ali A roll...

blaft.com

On 24th Nov 2024, I co-led All We Imagine As Bombay with Payal Kapadia, a karwaan heritage walk inspired by her film ‘All We Imagine As Light’. Set in Lower Parel, once Bombay’s mill hub, we traced stories of labor, migration, chawls, and gentrification. Don’t miss her film—it’s in cinemas now!