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🎙️📚"It was important for me to not just talk about Lahore as a city that is inhabited by political control and segregation, but also that there is a long history of critique of power, of the will to truth, of equality." A conversation with Manan Ahmed Asif (@sepoy.bsky.social) youtu.be/dpVVqqXME9A

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For First time, US is at 42% Zero Carbon Electricity, as Solar Surges by 49 GW

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A Palestinian-Israeli Film is an Oscars Favorite – So why is it so Hard to See?

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Guantánamo Needs to Be Shut Down, Not Expanded

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moving to the left means the Scandinavian left?

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I'll be at UC Davis on Thursday 27th February to talk about classicists' historical denial of the blackness of the ancient poet, Terence, out of a belief that “humanistic” or linguistic excellence could not be reconciled with blackness and African identity. classics.ucdavis.edu/events/upcom...

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Tell your reps: Protect the right to vote, and vote NO on the SAVE Act! One study projects that the bill would make it “virtually impossible” for 24 million eligible Americans to vote. This is voter suppression — plain and simple.

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Commander of Andrews Air Force Base tells military personnel not to respond to Musk's "what did you do last week" email. "Your chain of command is the only source that can direct you to take specific actions -- OPM is not in your chain of command." muskwatch.com/subscribe

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Basic data literacy fail Everyone should read Seeing Like a State, because, buddy, if you think that data reflects reality in anything like a straightforward way or gives you an uncomplicated tool to manipulate it, are you ever in for a rude awakening

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This is some of the craziest shit an American politician has ever said.

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"It is not an exaggeration to say that aid and assistance to Yemen through USAID have been integral to the survival of the Yemeni people throughout this conflict." Yemeni journalist Mohammed Ali Kalfood writes on the impact of Trump's aid freeze in Yemen, for DAWN's Democracy in Exile:

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BREAKING: DAWN has filed a historic ICC referral urging an investigation into Biden, Blinken, and Austin for their complicity in Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. #ICC #Gaza #Accountability Read more: dawnmena.org/internationa...

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"One has to ask why JAG leadership was singled out for replacement. This is part of a much larger pattern of disrespect, even disdain, for the rule of law. We do not need JAG leaders who fit this pattern."-Frank Kendall, former secretary of the Air Force. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/o...

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Several Palestinian homes caught fire in the Gaza Strip today after the Israeli occupation army launched attacks on some neighbourhoods, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250224-hou...

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The IDF is, for the first time in 20 years, sending a few tanks into the West Bank. The bigger strategy? Weaken militant movements so when the ceasefire in Gaza evolves back into open-ended conflict, annexation can proceed without massive escalation.

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Reuters: US JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF PERSONNEL AND MANAGEMENT FROM SHARING DATA WITH ELON MUSK'S DOGE

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I'll be watching Al jazeera at 7

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Saudi FM visit to Beirut marks a shift in Saudi-Lebanon ties after years of strain. With Iran’s influence waning, Riyadh seizes the moment to re-engage. Could this signal a new era for Lebanon? My piece for Informed Comment (@jricole.bsky.social) juancole.com/2025/02/leba...

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D is for Decline, Dystopia and . . . Donald

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The West’s Ethnic Cleansing under Humanitarian Pretexts

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With Troops and Tanks, Israel gives the Gaza Treatment to West Bank Camps, Expelling 40,000 Palestinians

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With Troops and Tanks, Israel gives the Gaza Treatment to West Bank Camps, Expelling 40,000 Palestinians

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The West’s Ethnic Cleansing under Humanitarian Pretexts

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D is for Decline, Dystopia and . . . Donald

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When I was middle aged I discovered the lovely early ballads of the newcomer Shakira, albums like Pies Descalzos. She's 48 now.

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DC Folks! Tomorrow evening at 7:00 pm, I will be in conversation with @peterbeinart.bsky.social about his excellent new book, "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza" at Politics and Prose on Connecticut Ave. (The conversation will also be livestreamed.) politics-prose.com/peter-beinar...

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Coming this August from @brepols.bsky.social Discipline, Authority, and Text in Late Ancient Religion Nineteen essays to honor David Brakke written by his former students, his grad school friends, and various other co-conspirators www.brepols.net/products/IS-...

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Kristi Noem told attendees at a CPAC dinner Friday that Trump directed her to launch a taxpayer-funded ad campaign and demanded she thank him in the ads. No other outlet bothered to write about this, despite the admin blowing up to $200M on these ads www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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New — USAID dire hire staff worldwide have just been told they will all be placed on administrative leave at midnight tonight (few exceptions). Trump-Musk-Vance administration is also slashing 2,000 US-based jobs

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If you want to understand how we got here, you have to understand Christian Nationalism. It's the permission structure that justifies all of this harm and hate in the minds of so many Americans. Here's a reading list to get you started: bookshop.org/lists/unders...

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9th straight 100% Wind-Water-Solar day for part of the day on California's main grid (and 25th of 53 days in 2025) 2nd straight 100% solar day No demand change v. '24 despite more EVs, AI & crypto Partly due to more rooftop PV (which is off-grid) Gas down 28%, WWS up 17% v same dates in '24

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Wrong question, Elon! What did Trump and Musk get done last week? Displayed zero efficiency as they weakened our government, created unnecessary chaos for so many, and engaged in the appeasement of war criminal Vladimir Putin. (1/2)

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Turns out the electricity transition isn't so hard; building heating, transportation, construction and agriculture are much steeper

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It is very hard to accept, but it is no longer safe to move EU governments & societies to US clouds. Not only is it dangerous to do so, it is also likely flat out illegal in the near feature. We're trading convenience for utter dependence on a mad king. It should stop. berthub.eu/articles/pos...

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Nowhere is this truer than mainstream Judaism. They read Jewish fascists like Betar saying "We want more blood in Gaza" and their main worry is that there's a blood libel against random Jews.

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Solution to all our woes is an Eisenhower style progressive marginal tax rate that goes to 90% for those making $10 million or more a year www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

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Ta-Nehisi Coates: If Democrats can’t draw the Line at Genocide, they can’t Draw the Line at Democracy www.juancole.com/2025/02/demo...

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—Filing a complaint— I complained to the days about how they treat us, but why cry to the one who makes you weep? So the days only made me complain all the more: they just give us complaints and take none away.

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