Nick Posegay
@nposegay.bsky.social
Itinerant scholar, currently @philolotsen.bsky.social | PhD Middle Eastern Studies | he/him | Publications: linktr.ee/NPosegay
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Nick Posegay
@nposegay.bsky.social
· Jul 22
Good news if you like history, manuscripts, or nice books! 'The Illustrated Cairo Genizah' is now available at *greatly* reduced shipping costs via @theul.bsky.social (UK) and Amazon (worldwide) from this link: linktr.ee/nposegay. There's also a free sample file there with the entire first chapter.
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Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
December 7, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
"a second explosion finished the men off...Footage of the two men's desperate final moments made some viewers nauseated"
Did the Atlantic ever run this story for Palestinians? There are videos of children killed just like this singed in my brain. How does a politics writer not draw the connection?
Did the Atlantic ever run this story for Palestinians? There are videos of children killed just like this singed in my brain. How does a politics writer not draw the connection?
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"a second explosion finished the men off...Footage of the two men's desperate final moments made some viewers nauseated"
Did the Atlantic ever run this story for Palestinians? There are videos of children killed just like this singed in my brain. How does a politics writer not draw the connection?
Did the Atlantic ever run this story for Palestinians? There are videos of children killed just like this singed in my brain. How does a politics writer not draw the connection?
MMOs and message board profanity filters taught us how to beat this 25 years ago. My new course on Dec0lonizing Just1ce Orient3d Activi5m will begin in January.
“School officials have created a Microsoft Copilot prompt to review course descriptions with an eye toward avoiding ‘advocacy-oriented or prescriptive terms.’”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
Terms: “dismantling, decolonizing, interrogating, challenging, centering, combating, liberation, resistance, activism, justice oriented”
To Root Out Wokeness in the Course Catalog, This Texas University Is Turning to AI
“The AI was upset with my use of the phrase ‘women's rights movement.’”
www.texasmonthly.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
MMOs and message board profanity filters taught us how to beat this 25 years ago. My new course on Dec0lonizing Just1ce Orient3d Activi5m will begin in January.
Found a new lizard(?) friend in the space between Genesis and Exodus in this 16th-century Hebrew polyglot Bible.
December 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Found a new lizard(?) friend in the space between Genesis and Exodus in this 16th-century Hebrew polyglot Bible.
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We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
We are not at war with Venezuela, yet. The boats are civilian craft. The U.S. criminal code does not maintain a death penalty for drug smuggling. Due process is required before conviction or sentence.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
All of the 80 people killed thus far are wanton murders slain under illegal orders. All of them.
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Love how @itsmeio.bsky.social got her account booted after a Nazi targeted her yesterday
December 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Love how @itsmeio.bsky.social got her account booted after a Nazi targeted her yesterday
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Can we all at least stick it to @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team by flooding the sky with support for our dear friend Ruaa?!
Ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social has been part of our community for ages. Flooding, ashes, rubble. Donate what you can, share regardless.
chuffed.org/project/help...
Ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social has been part of our community for ages. Flooding, ashes, rubble. Donate what you can, share regardless.
chuffed.org/project/help...
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Can we all at least stick it to @jay.bsky.team and @aaron.bsky.team by flooding the sky with support for our dear friend Ruaa?!
Ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social has been part of our community for ages. Flooding, ashes, rubble. Donate what you can, share regardless.
chuffed.org/project/help...
Ruaa @itsmeio.bsky.social has been part of our community for ages. Flooding, ashes, rubble. Donate what you can, share regardless.
chuffed.org/project/help...
Bunch of Syria posts today but this bears repeating:
"Netanyahu said...he expects Syrian authorities to establish a demilitarised buffer zone from Damascus to Mt. Hermon" www.usnews.com/news/world/a...
They *HAD* a demilitarised buffer zone. Israel occupied it last year www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Netanyahu said...he expects Syrian authorities to establish a demilitarised buffer zone from Damascus to Mt. Hermon" www.usnews.com/news/world/a...
They *HAD* a demilitarised buffer zone. Israel occupied it last year www.bbc.com/news/article...
Israel seizes Golan buffer zone after Syrian troops leave posts
PM Netanyahu said the 1974 disengagement agreement had "collapsed" with the rebel takeover of Syria.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Bunch of Syria posts today but this bears repeating:
"Netanyahu said...he expects Syrian authorities to establish a demilitarised buffer zone from Damascus to Mt. Hermon" www.usnews.com/news/world/a...
They *HAD* a demilitarised buffer zone. Israel occupied it last year www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Netanyahu said...he expects Syrian authorities to establish a demilitarised buffer zone from Damascus to Mt. Hermon" www.usnews.com/news/world/a...
They *HAD* a demilitarised buffer zone. Israel occupied it last year www.bbc.com/news/article...
This is 7km past the UNDOF zone
"A local official in the village, Walid Okasha, told The Associated Press that those killed were civilians. Among the dead were a man, his wife, his two children and his brother as well as another man who had gotten married the day before."
apnews.com/article/isra...
"A local official in the village, Walid Okasha, told The Associated Press that those killed were civilians. Among the dead were a man, his wife, his two children and his brother as well as another man who had gotten married the day before."
apnews.com/article/isra...
Israeli forces kill at least 13 people in southern Syria raid, officials and residents say
Israeli forces have raided a village in southern Syria, killing at least 13 people, according to Syrian officials.
apnews.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is 7km past the UNDOF zone
"A local official in the village, Walid Okasha, told The Associated Press that those killed were civilians. Among the dead were a man, his wife, his two children and his brother as well as another man who had gotten married the day before."
apnews.com/article/isra...
"A local official in the village, Walid Okasha, told The Associated Press that those killed were civilians. Among the dead were a man, his wife, his two children and his brother as well as another man who had gotten married the day before."
apnews.com/article/isra...
It's fairly clear that Israel had long ago prepped a plan to bomb Assad's military and scientific infrastructure. They never used it because Assad rarely bothered them. The new Syria is not a threat to Israel, but rather than scrap the plan they decided to do this:
themedialine.org/headlines/la...
themedialine.org/headlines/la...
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
It's fairly clear that Israel had long ago prepped a plan to bomb Assad's military and scientific infrastructure. They never used it because Assad rarely bothered them. The new Syria is not a threat to Israel, but rather than scrap the plan they decided to do this:
themedialine.org/headlines/la...
themedialine.org/headlines/la...
Pleased to announce that I am officially coming out of retirement! Today is my first day as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Ruhr Universität Bochum's Institute for Arabic & Islamic Studies. I'm working on a new book project titled "Constantinople 1546: A Crossroads of Hebrew and Arabic Culture."
December 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Pleased to announce that I am officially coming out of retirement! Today is my first day as an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Ruhr Universität Bochum's Institute for Arabic & Islamic Studies. I'm working on a new book project titled "Constantinople 1546: A Crossroads of Hebrew and Arabic Culture."
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1 Dec: Lk 2:1:
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
1 Dec: Lk 2:1:
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
وكان فى تلك الايام خرج امر من قبل قيصر اغسطس ان يعدل الدنيا كلها
wa-kāna fī tilka l-ʔayyām ḫaraǧa min qibali Qayṣar ʔAġusṭus ʔamr ʔan yuʕaddala d-dunyā kulluhā
'In these days, a decree was issued by Emperor Augustus that [the number of people of]* the entire world should be measured'
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new existential threat to the university just dropped
Oklahoma University has placed a grad student instructor on admin leave for failing a psychology paper on gender for citing *the Bible* as a source of empirical evidence.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
In response, OU has placed on instructor on admin leave citing, get this, the FIRST AMENDMENT.
Universities are cooked.
December 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
new existential threat to the university just dropped
Really, it will be democratic? Since the official policy of the Israeli government is "it's all one state", I assume this protest is about finally giving the 360,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem, 3M Palestinians in the West bank, and 2M Palestinians in Gaza the right to vote for their rulers.
Protesters chant in front of Israeli President House:
"ISRAEL WILL BE DEMOCRATIC!"
"ISRAEL WILL BE DEMOCRATIC!"
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Really, it will be democratic? Since the official policy of the Israeli government is "it's all one state", I assume this protest is about finally giving the 360,000 Palestinians in East Jerusalem, 3M Palestinians in the West bank, and 2M Palestinians in Gaza the right to vote for their rulers.
Possibly a record for fastest to block me
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You haven't proven me wrong at all, either. Harris participated in genocide and said she'd continue to do so. All your whining won't change that
Alice King 117 @aliceking.bsky.social
Joined Sep '23
Quote her saying exactly that or STFU with your nonsense
Your entire account is about bashing Kamala yet not a single thing about the atrocities being committed by the current regime
Nov 19, 2025, 9:53 PM
Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social • 2m
Joined Sep '23
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kamala-harris-gaza-war-biden-arms-policy_n_66d12f4ee4b0099ccb749660
Huffpost Headline: Harris Says She Will Not Impose Stricter Conditions On Weapons For Israel
Subheading: "I'm unequivocal and unwavering in my commitment to Israel's defense and its ability to defend itself, and that's not going to change," the Democratic presidential...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7cwsc7dche5qeukldqi352t7/bafkreieiw26dtwzmh5jhqcg3xhbuz6567bgdkoobcwobgqdouucytqp3be@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Possibly a record for fastest to block me
Attention UK friends: I will be attending the "Narratives of Resistance" film festival in London and speaking on their Ancient History & Archaeology panel on 7 December. Come hang out!
Event details and ticket info here:
events.humanitix.com/nor-london-f.... All proceeds donated to Gaza relief aid.
Event details and ticket info here:
events.humanitix.com/nor-london-f.... All proceeds donated to Gaza relief aid.
NOR:London Film Festival
Narratives of Resistance is an international group that organises film fundraisers to uplift and amplify Palestinian stories, while educating about its history.
events.humanitix.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Attention UK friends: I will be attending the "Narratives of Resistance" film festival in London and speaking on their Ancient History & Archaeology panel on 7 December. Come hang out!
Event details and ticket info here:
events.humanitix.com/nor-london-f.... All proceeds donated to Gaza relief aid.
Event details and ticket info here:
events.humanitix.com/nor-london-f.... All proceeds donated to Gaza relief aid.
Literally all of these "new realities" are just Israel attacking the people they made the "existing ceasefire agreements" with and also civilians
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israel is violating all its ceasefire agreements and escalating on all fronts
Israel is using existing ceasefire agreements to establish new realities on the ground, projecting itself as the regional hegemon by launching attacks on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
mondoweiss.net
November 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Literally all of these "new realities" are just Israel attacking the people they made the "existing ceasefire agreements" with and also civilians
A number of people insist that the West Bank is not 'occupied' because the Palestinian Authority has de jure authority over about 30% of it. Those people are wrong, but many of them publicly support a '2-state solution', so I have to ask: how does this not constitute invasion of one of the states?
The Israeli occupation military confirmed it had carried out more than 200 raids, arrests and searches across the northern occupied West Bank during its ongoing offensive, now in its third day.
November 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
A number of people insist that the West Bank is not 'occupied' because the Palestinian Authority has de jure authority over about 30% of it. Those people are wrong, but many of them publicly support a '2-state solution', so I have to ask: how does this not constitute invasion of one of the states?
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Amnesty International: "The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal... the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Amnesty International: "The ceasefire risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal... the world must not be fooled. Israel’s genocide is not over.”
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Jesus christ this question. For shame.
Malley and Daniel Levy (who I think is a British Israeli?) are the only Westerners who seem to have actually learned anything from having been involved in the peace process themselves as negotiators.
![In a discussion at Harvard, host Tarek Masoud asked former U.S. diplomat and longtime Middle East peace negotiator Rob Malley [
@Rob_Malley
] why Americans should “invest in the Palestinian cause” when Palestinians reject what Masoud called the only “realistic” outcomes available under Israel’s overwhelming power.
Malley responded that weakness does not create an obligation to “surrender,” saying “dignity, pride [and] national self-determination matter. You don’t simply say we’re weaker, therefore we’re going to give everything up.”
Under the logic Masoud proposed, Malley pointed out, “the Israelis could say: we’re going to give you 10% of the West Bank, you’re going to live in Bantustans… and why shouldn’t the Palestinians accept it?”
Malley, who took part in negotiations in the 1990s and early 2000s, said the U.S. peace team “was not that diverse in terms of understanding why a Palestinian may not react as enthusiastically to what some people call a ‘generous’ offer.”
He said decades of talks were shaped by a “major discrepancy of narratives”: “The Israelis believe that the original sin was Palestinian rejection of ’48. The Palestinians think it was the partition plan which took away the majority of their land.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vlpy6zuqqum5tumv7b6dw5fp/bafkreibgsay7mhsuv2miolitb5ez7vghp6lek74kvqjmb6oof527oouvrq@jpeg)
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Jesus christ this question. For shame.
I knew about this story before, but this video has a lot of details and context of the Israeli prison system I was unaware of www.youtube.com/watch?v=DujF...
The Six Men that Humiliated Israel
YouTube video by uncivilized
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I knew about this story before, but this video has a lot of details and context of the Israeli prison system I was unaware of www.youtube.com/watch?v=DujF...
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"Israel and other governments committed ecocide in Gaza."
"[A]t least 97% of Gaza's trees, 95% of its shrubland, and 82% of its annual crops have been destroyed."
"Ecocide is committed to guarantee the objective of genocide."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Climate #Food #Water #Genocide #Courts
"[A]t least 97% of Gaza's trees, 95% of its shrubland, and 82% of its annual crops have been destroyed."
"Ecocide is committed to guarantee the objective of genocide."
#Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Climate #Food #Water #Genocide #Courts
Prosecutors at International Tribunal on Palestine Accuse Israel of Ecocide
Prosecutors at the International People's Tribunal on Palestine decried Israel's destruction of farms and water sources.
truthout.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...
UBC hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp
Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison
sparrows4palestine.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.
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I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
America's Atlantis: The "Lost" Colony of Roanoke
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I adore miniminuteman and his efforts as a science/history communicator, fighting the tide of bullshit out there. But he left one important note out of his vid on the "mystery" out the Roanoke colony.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDl5...
I am too young to remember this - did politicians publicly declare that CAIR was a FTO in the aftermath of 9/11?
"Gov. Greg Abbott said that Muslims are a 'threat to our freedom' on Tuesday as he targeted the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the U.S. with a foreign terrorist organization label."
"[S]tates do not have the authority to make such a designation."
#Texas #USA #Israel #Palestine #Courts
"[S]tates do not have the authority to make such a designation."
#Texas #USA #Israel #Palestine #Courts
Abbott Says Muslims Are "Threat to Our Freedom" as He Targets Civil Rights Group With Terrorist Designation
Governors do not have the authority to designate groups as a foreign terrorist organization.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I am too young to remember this - did politicians publicly declare that CAIR was a FTO in the aftermath of 9/11?