asad chishti
@asadch.bsky.social
journalist – poet
asad[at]chairsandtables[dot]org
asad[at]chairsandtables[dot]org
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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it's really weird to have developed super specialized knowledge of the art industry and art crime for three years and then just suddenly stop developing it or reporting on it due to a layoff; but this happens to so many reporters and then I see discussions about declining public trust in the media
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
it's really weird to have developed super specialized knowledge of the art industry and art crime for three years and then just suddenly stop developing it or reporting on it due to a layoff; but this happens to so many reporters and then I see discussions about declining public trust in the media
Dispatch from NYC: Mamdani's Election Party in Queens
Some words and mostly photos.
substack.com/@asadchishti...
Some words and mostly photos.
substack.com/@asadchishti...
DISPATCH NYC: Mamdani's Election Party
Okay, first things first, how did I end up here?
substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Dispatch from NYC: Mamdani's Election Party in Queens
Some words and mostly photos.
substack.com/@asadchishti...
Some words and mostly photos.
substack.com/@asadchishti...
reStarting a journalism newsletter called Solastalgia. The word means environmental grief/anxiety.
solastalgic.substack.com/p/salaam-dun...
It is powered by dread and more. Selfie for the algorithm.
solastalgic.substack.com/p/salaam-dun...
It is powered by dread and more. Selfie for the algorithm.
Salaam Dunya / Hello World
To begin (newslettering) again, in earnest.
solastalgic.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
reStarting a journalism newsletter called Solastalgia. The word means environmental grief/anxiety.
solastalgic.substack.com/p/salaam-dun...
It is powered by dread and more. Selfie for the algorithm.
solastalgic.substack.com/p/salaam-dun...
It is powered by dread and more. Selfie for the algorithm.
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At least Tish James is fearless, giving New Yorkers a way to push back on ICE. Which has totally lost the plot going after fake bag vendors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York unveils portal for public to share ICE footage after four US citizens arrested
Attorney general Letitia James urges residents to share video and photos amid outcry over Chinatown raid
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
At least Tish James is fearless, giving New Yorkers a way to push back on ICE. Which has totally lost the plot going after fake bag vendors. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This Day in Labor History: October 19, 1980. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) forced the textile company J.P. Stevens to sign a contract for the first time in North Carolina and Alabama. Let's talk this epic campaign, made famous by the film Norma Rae!
October 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This Day in Labor History: October 19, 1980. The Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) forced the textile company J.P. Stevens to sign a contract for the first time in North Carolina and Alabama. Let's talk this epic campaign, made famous by the film Norma Rae!
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June feels like years ago, not four months
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
June feels like years ago, not four months
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Wiped out! The Sprawl put on two #yyccc candidate forums today on opposite ends of the city. Ward 3 with 6/8 candidates and Ward 12 with 5/5 candidates. Tomorrow is Ward 2 with 4/5 candidates. And Friday is Ward 13 with 1/2 candidates. Watch on The Sprawl's YouTube channel! 📸 @asadch.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Wiped out! The Sprawl put on two #yyccc candidate forums today on opposite ends of the city. Ward 3 with 6/8 candidates and Ward 12 with 5/5 candidates. Tomorrow is Ward 2 with 4/5 candidates. And Friday is Ward 13 with 1/2 candidates. Watch on The Sprawl's YouTube channel! 📸 @asadch.bsky.social
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🎥 Video | The funeral of journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi, laid to rest after being killed last night in Gaza City.
October 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
🎥 Video | The funeral of journalist Saleh Al-Jaafrawi, laid to rest after being killed last night in Gaza City.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
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⚡️New video report from Drop Site News: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis From Israeli Detention
By Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Kouddous, with contributions from Jawa Ahmad
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
By Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Kouddous, with contributions from Jawa Ahmad
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
VIDEO: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis From Israeli Detention
“My message to the people of Gaza: Do not lose hope, do not despair,” a freed Palestinian prisoner said.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:43 AM
⚡️New video report from Drop Site News: Hundreds of Palestinian Captives Released in Khan Younis From Israeli Detention
By Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Kouddous, with contributions from Jawa Ahmad
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
By Abdel Qader Sabbah and Sharif Kouddous, with contributions from Jawa Ahmad
www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinia...
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Thanks to @cpac.ca, here's where you can watch our press conference, where we address PM Carney, Minister Anand, and legacy newsroom leaders across Canada.
Feat. @smohyeddin.bsky.social, @abihayward4.bsky.social, @asadch.bsky.social, @brishti.bsky.social
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Feat. @smohyeddin.bsky.social, @abihayward4.bsky.social, @asadch.bsky.social, @brishti.bsky.social
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Canadians Journalists for Justice in Palestine Hold a News – September 29, 2025
Representatives from Canadians Journalists for Justice in Palestine hold a news conference in Ottawa to discuss the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Speaking with reporters are Asad Chisti, Brishti Basu, Sam...
www.cpac.ca
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Thanks to @cpac.ca, here's where you can watch our press conference, where we address PM Carney, Minister Anand, and legacy newsroom leaders across Canada.
Feat. @smohyeddin.bsky.social, @abihayward4.bsky.social, @asadch.bsky.social, @brishti.bsky.social
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
Feat. @smohyeddin.bsky.social, @abihayward4.bsky.social, @asadch.bsky.social, @brishti.bsky.social
www.cpac.ca/headline-pol...
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Around 250 media outlets from 50 countries, plus journalists and press freedom orgs, are uniting today to demand that Israel abides by international laws to protect journalists as civilians, and that Israel allows foreign journalists into Gaza.
#protectjournalistsingaza #letreportersintogaza
#protectjournalistsingaza #letreportersintogaza
September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Around 250 media outlets from 50 countries, plus journalists and press freedom orgs, are uniting today to demand that Israel abides by international laws to protect journalists as civilians, and that Israel allows foreign journalists into Gaza.
#protectjournalistsingaza #letreportersintogaza
#protectjournalistsingaza #letreportersintogaza
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Important scientific advancements have slowed considerably since 1948.
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Important scientific advancements have slowed considerably since 1948.
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Thank you @asadch.bsky.social @agotoronto.bsky.social @toure.bsky.social for giving stage and space for these stories.
- LBJ #HearThis
- LBJ #HearThis
July 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Thank you @asadch.bsky.social @agotoronto.bsky.social @toure.bsky.social for giving stage and space for these stories.
- LBJ #HearThis
- LBJ #HearThis
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#HearThis Sharing 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week.
1. Summer swim program for BIPOC, low-income families
2. AGO to unveil monumental bronze sculpture by Thomas J Price
3. Not Like Us Explained
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying
1. Summer swim program for BIPOC, low-income families
2. AGO to unveil monumental bronze sculpture by Thomas J Price
3. Not Like Us Explained
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying
July 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
#HearThis Sharing 3 pieces of Black specific content with my kids this week.
1. Summer swim program for BIPOC, low-income families
2. AGO to unveil monumental bronze sculpture by Thomas J Price
3. Not Like Us Explained
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying
1. Summer swim program for BIPOC, low-income families
2. AGO to unveil monumental bronze sculpture by Thomas J Price
3. Not Like Us Explained
medium.com/@lanrickbenn...
I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying
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I had to drive my mom to the airport at 5am and I caught some NPR news (I love NPR, I support NPR, I can't listen to much NPR these days). It just hammered home to me how ill equipped news desks are for the current situation. There was like a 1-2min news read that was like reading a press release -
July 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I had to drive my mom to the airport at 5am and I caught some NPR news (I love NPR, I support NPR, I can't listen to much NPR these days). It just hammered home to me how ill equipped news desks are for the current situation. There was like a 1-2min news read that was like reading a press release -
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... the court document is a good one if anyone wants to peruse it
9 Ontario First Nations ask for injunction against Bill 5, say law represents 'clear and present danger' | CBC News
Nine First Nations in Ontario are asking a court for an injunction that would prevent the federal and provincial governments from moving forward with some of the most contentious aspects of recent law...
www.cbc.ca
July 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... the court document is a good one if anyone wants to peruse it
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@azshutter.bsky.social got your book! thanks for the discount code. #OnlySevenMonthsLater
January 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
@azshutter.bsky.social got your book! thanks for the discount code. #OnlySevenMonthsLater