(Sorry to anyone waiting for more here but I am on deadline & this is all the energy I have to spare, pls do keep talking about Palestine though, ideally every time someone brings up Hugo shit, because they genuinely are inseparable in my mind & also it’s, you know, genocide) - ThreadSky

amalelmohtar.com • 377 days ago

(Sorry to anyone waiting for more here but I am on deadline & this is all the energy I have to spare, pls do keep talking about Palestine though, ideally every time someone brings up Hugo shit, because they genuinely are inseparable in my mind & also it’s, you know, genocide)

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amalelmohtar.com•377 days ago

(Also I hope I don’t need to clarify this but I will anyway: this should absolutely not be read as excusing the people whose suppleness of spine allowed them to bend over backwards to lick boots. But it is an invitation to consider & resist the ways in which we’re liable to be contorted ourselves.)

stephenhsegal.bsky.social•377 days ago

@amalelmohtar.com "Hey, I wonder if the late Hugo Award-winning science fiction author, Jewish American immigrant, and student of broad sweeping historical trends Isaac Asimov ever expressed any thoughts about what the establishment of Israel would inexorably lead to in the future?"

amalelmohtar.com•377 days ago

I super didn’t know this about Asimov!

janetlunde.bsky.social•377 days ago

Today, I learned something about Isaac Asimov. https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/304343-i-am-frequently-asked-if-i-have-visited-israel-whereas

weredawgz.bsky.social•377 days ago

After looking up apophenia (im very excited to have a new word):

I absolutely agree about how these things are connected. Even if it was “simply” that evidence of other censorship working encourages folks to get away with it

amalelmohtar.com•377 days ago

One of my absolute favourite phrases in Time War is “apophenic as a haruspex,” which some reviewer singled out as proof of how insufferable Max & I are, & frankly I can’t disagree

adigoesswimming.bsky.social•377 days ago

They say insufferable, I say relentlessly charming. I love looking up new words and when it's as easy as it is these days (as in, I don't have to wait until I'm home with my dictionary) why NOT have fun with language?

weredawgz.bsky.social•377 days ago

I feel like i probably looked it up and so learned it multiple times

But Lmao i accepted i was reading poetry via prose and I’d need to look up context lol

weredawgz.bsky.social•377 days ago

I also posted a bit about how it feels reflective of Western folks finding an avenue to enact racism that allows them to blame someone else for their actions— it’s “supporting” Israel, it’s “following the rules” of the Chinese government

In ways that are very active not passive

weredawgz.bsky.social•377 days ago

These aren’t just going “you can do what you want” it’s actively using and providing tools to enact racism while still insisting they aren’t at fault. And i think the “it’s not my fault” bit is core

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