MT
@madiha.bsky.social
Antifascist. Asst Prof @ Yale. Personal acct. Writing book on digital war, drones, & empire w/ view from the Global South. Former journo & filmmaker. Interests: tech, militarism, anticolonial, anti-imperial praxis, transnatl solidarities.Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
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I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
Celebrating Recent Work by Mahmood Mamdani | Event
Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State by Mahmood Mamdani In 1972, when Mahmood Mamdani came home to Uganda, he found a…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
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I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gu...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gu...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
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Just a reminder to grad students out there that are beginning to fill out their committees, or faculty friends who know any students who may need an outside member!
Even though I'm teaching at a community college, I am interested in serving on graduate committees.
If you need (or know of a student who needs) an outside member, I've added a little blurb on my website outlining topics I'm interested in supervising.
www.taylorgenovese.com#teaching
If you need (or know of a student who needs) an outside member, I've added a little blurb on my website outlining topics I'm interested in supervising.
www.taylorgenovese.com#teaching
Taylor R. Genovese
Official website of Taylor R. Genovese.
www.taylorgenovese.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just a reminder to grad students out there that are beginning to fill out their committees, or faculty friends who know any students who may need an outside member!
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All through Chicago, I’ve seen kids and young people marching through the streets, getting attacked with chemical weapons, and putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE and protect our neighbors.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All through Chicago, I’ve seen kids and young people marching through the streets, getting attacked with chemical weapons, and putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE and protect our neighbors.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
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When I did this Gmail eliminated all my different categories for spam; etc, so my unread messages jumped from 4 to 9700.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When I did this Gmail eliminated all my different categories for spam; etc, so my unread messages jumped from 4 to 9700.
From the reporting, it sounds like someone was an informant on the Signal chat.
A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From the reporting, it sounds like someone was an informant on the Signal chat.
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The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
504 whistle kit zines - Google Drive
pdfs of NOLA whistle kit zines
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
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every business in new orleans needs to have this or something similar prominently displayed to push back against the impending ICE/CBP onslaught and be ready to get their undocumented workers/patrons into that area if they hear the whistles or see ICE/CBP nearby. #nolasky
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
every business in new orleans needs to have this or something similar prominently displayed to push back against the impending ICE/CBP onslaught and be ready to get their undocumented workers/patrons into that area if they hear the whistles or see ICE/CBP nearby. #nolasky
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"This is why I cant have a conversation with younger Jews about Gaza. I want to have a conversation about data and facts and all they are seeing is this wall of carnage. And I sound obscene"
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"This is why I cant have a conversation with younger Jews about Gaza. I want to have a conversation about data and facts and all they are seeing is this wall of carnage. And I sound obscene"
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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We need your help! But let me explain why:
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We need your help! But let me explain why:
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I mean I know this is how it works but still - Olivia Nuzzi's "relationship with Keith Olbermann... He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger... and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry... he covered her rent and furnished her apartment... in the West Village."
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I mean I know this is how it works but still - Olivia Nuzzi's "relationship with Keith Olbermann... He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger... and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry... he covered her rent and furnished her apartment... in the West Village."
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Universities across the world from the US to the UK to Australia and Canada, are now "led" by an interchangeable Global Admin class who swap places every couple of years. Their blandness, lack of local roots and commitments, and general third-tier-CEO vibes are their main feature, not a bug. 2/4
November 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Universities across the world from the US to the UK to Australia and Canada, are now "led" by an interchangeable Global Admin class who swap places every couple of years. Their blandness, lack of local roots and commitments, and general third-tier-CEO vibes are their main feature, not a bug. 2/4
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Immigration Agents Arrest Man in L.A. Raid and Drive Off With His Toddler www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
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Is there a term for absconding with a kid?
So immigration agents drove off in a citizen’s car with a toddler in the back.
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
**Then DHS refused to answer questions about it.**
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Is there a term for absconding with a kid?
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So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
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No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
So the terms we had Bukele agree to were basically “no lawyers, no abortions.”
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
No mention about keeping them safe or not torturing them.
democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...
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Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians
Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol