Zareena Grewal
@zareenagrewal.bsky.social
Yale Prof, Anthropologist, Historian, Author of ISLAM IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AUTHORITY, Director and Producer of BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
Bylines: NYT WashPo Atlantic NPR
Bylines: NYT WashPo Atlantic NPR
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The US says this provokes the Arab world and makes it less likely that anyone will help Israel, and this also happens on the same say that the Belgian government announces its support for the genocide charge at the ICJ.
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The US says this provokes the Arab world and makes it less likely that anyone will help Israel, and this also happens on the same say that the Belgian government announces its support for the genocide charge at the ICJ.
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Project Esther, the right-wing plan created by the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, to crush the Palestinian freedom movement, is happening as we speak. And we’re tracking every move, so we can fight back better.
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Project Esther, the right-wing plan created by the Heritage Foundation, the group behind Project 2025, to crush the Palestinian freedom movement, is happening as we speak. And we’re tracking every move, so we can fight back better.
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It would be great if more politicians meaningfully considered whether transit fares are worth their costs.
December 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It would be great if more politicians meaningfully considered whether transit fares are worth their costs.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Santa School students, mostly older men with snowy white beards, say portraying Santa has helped them become kinder and find joy after their own tough times.
After retirement or loss, these men found purpose learning to be Santa
Men who began portraying Santa, and joined an online Santa school, say it has helped them become kinder and find joy after their own tough times.
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Santa School students, mostly older men with snowy white beards, say portraying Santa has helped them become kinder and find joy after their own tough times.
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it must have felt so good to be the digital media manager when the word came down to unschedule the piece from the 60 minutes feed but no one said anything about unscheduling it from the international website
December 23, 2025 at 1:30 AM
it must have felt so good to be the digital media manager when the word came down to unschedule the piece from the 60 minutes feed but no one said anything about unscheduling it from the international website
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Bari Weiss got her start in public life as a pro-censorship activist, and that is how she’s conducting herself in her newfound position of power.
That she ever acquired a reputation as a champion of free speech is simply a testament to the power of the grift.
That she ever acquired a reputation as a champion of free speech is simply a testament to the power of the grift.
December 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Bari Weiss got her start in public life as a pro-censorship activist, and that is how she’s conducting herself in her newfound position of power.
That she ever acquired a reputation as a champion of free speech is simply a testament to the power of the grift.
That she ever acquired a reputation as a champion of free speech is simply a testament to the power of the grift.
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and people began to fight back, successfully, against the construction of unwanted datacenters in their communities
A Small Town Is Fighting a $1.2 Billion AI Datacenter for America's Nuclear Weapon Scientists
Ypsilanti, Michigan has officially decided to fight against the construction of a 'high-performance computing facility' that would service a nuclear weapons laboratory 1,500 miles away.
www.404media.co
December 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
and people began to fight back, successfully, against the construction of unwanted datacenters in their communities
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Breaking news: Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has agreed to personally backstop the $40bn equity financing of Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, in an attempt to resolve doubts about the financing of the offer. ft.trib.al/AtHoz3T
December 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Breaking news: Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison has agreed to personally backstop the $40bn equity financing of Paramount’s $108bn hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery, in an attempt to resolve doubts about the financing of the offer. ft.trib.al/AtHoz3T
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Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Current issue of @theonion.com nails it again.
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These people really don't seem to get that a post Ali Khamenei Iranian state that's brought about by internal change will almost certainly be five more secular and also ten times more anti Israel and anti US, and also a nuclear power.
December 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
These people really don't seem to get that a post Ali Khamenei Iranian state that's brought about by internal change will almost certainly be five more secular and also ten times more anti Israel and anti US, and also a nuclear power.
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Zohran Mamdani has tapped Julie Su as NYC's Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, a newly created role that, Mamdani said, will focus on tackling inequality, confronting unfair labor practices & corporate abuse & prioritizing workers and consumers over profit.
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
December 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Zohran Mamdani has tapped Julie Su as NYC's Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, a newly created role that, Mamdani said, will focus on tackling inequality, confronting unfair labor practices & corporate abuse & prioritizing workers and consumers over profit.
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
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Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy
The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.
www.exxonknews.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.
Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!
www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...
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The #ICJ will hear the case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya from January 12-29, the first time the ICJ considers a genocide in a decade & one that will set precedents for South Africa’s case against Israel over the war in Gaza: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
World Court to hear Myanmar genocide case in January
The International Court of Justice will hear a landmark case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against its minority Muslim group, the Rohingya, on January 12-29, the United Nations' top court sa...
www.reuters.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The #ICJ will hear the case accusing Myanmar of committing genocide against the Rohingya from January 12-29, the first time the ICJ considers a genocide in a decade & one that will set precedents for South Africa’s case against Israel over the war in Gaza: www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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The Block The Bombs Act, which would legally suspend a large portion of American offensive military assistance to Israel, now has 60 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Block The Bombs Act, which would legally suspend a large portion of American offensive military assistance to Israel, now has 60 cosponsors in the House of Representatives.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
It is also endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the first ever Israel-Palestine related bill to acquire it.
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Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Here's a quilt of Volume 4 of the Epstein document dump. Gives you a 10,000 foot view of the redactions. that's 2,704 docs.
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Funny article about declassified British documents which purport to say that Jordan's King Abdullah wanted to expand his family's influence in Iraq after the fall of Saddam, he proposed to Tony Blair to install his uncle, Prince Hassan as king of Iraq, but the US made it clear that they didn't care.
British documents reveal King Abdullah’s “puzzling initiative” dreaming for Hashemite revival in Iraq ahead of invasion
The idea of offering Saddam Hussein exile to potentially avoid the 2003 invasion of Iraq originated with King Abdullah of Jordan, newly released British government documents reveal. The King also e…
www.middleeastmonitor.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Funny article about declassified British documents which purport to say that Jordan's King Abdullah wanted to expand his family's influence in Iraq after the fall of Saddam, he proposed to Tony Blair to install his uncle, Prince Hassan as king of Iraq, but the US made it clear that they didn't care.
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The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
When Everyone Can See Your Syllabus
More states are requiring public colleges to make class syllabi available to the masses. Proponents say these measures boost higher ed’s credibility, while faculty fear being targeted.
www.chronicle.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
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From the newest Epstein Files dump — an Israeli military sweatshirt in Epstein’s closet
December 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
From the newest Epstein Files dump — an Israeli military sweatshirt in Epstein’s closet
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🚨New ep of Unruly Subjects w/ @chenjerai.bsky.social!
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 PM
🚨New ep of Unruly Subjects w/ @chenjerai.bsky.social!
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
Featuring an interview about the report, “Discriminating Against Dissent: the Weaponization of Civil Rights Law to Repress Campus Speech on Palestine”, published by @aaup.org & Middle East Studies Association.
Listen: pod.link/1849696769/e...
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“This morning, WaPo confirmed what many of us have been warning about since Trump’s reelection, namely that behind closed doors the admin has begun a sweeping, ideologically driven campaign to treat left-leaning Americans as a domestic terrorist threat.” www.defiance.news/p/have-you-c...
Have you called Trump a "fascist?" If so, he might officially designate you a "terrorist."
Trump administration dramatically ramps up investigations of liberals and left-leaning groups under the guise of countering "domestic terrorism."
www.defiance.news
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“This morning, WaPo confirmed what many of us have been warning about since Trump’s reelection, namely that behind closed doors the admin has begun a sweeping, ideologically driven campaign to treat left-leaning Americans as a domestic terrorist threat.” www.defiance.news/p/have-you-c...
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Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
December 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Eight Palestine Action activists are being left to die in prison – all without even facing trial.
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
We must force the government to act, before it’s too late ⬇️
https://goodlaw.social/3e3320
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I'm honored that *Black Religion in the Madhouse* is among the @nyupress.bsky.social books on the 2025 @choicereviews.bsky.social CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles.
Awards - NYU Press
2025 Winner, 2026 Adele E. Clarke Book Award, given by the ReproNetworkRisa Cromer, Conceiving Christian America: Embryo Adoption and Reproductive Politics Longlist, 20th Annual Sheikh Zayed Book Awar...
nyupress.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I'm honored that *Black Religion in the Madhouse* is among the @nyupress.bsky.social books on the 2025 @choicereviews.bsky.social CHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles.
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In a series of remarkably candid public speeches, President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has said that the country is facing insurmountable problems and that he is out of ideas to fix them.
Iran’s President Says He Can’t Make ‘Miracles’ to Solve the Country’s Woes
Despite sky-high inflation, water and energy cuts and prospects for a deal with the U. S. dimming, President Masoud Pezeshkian has apparently thrown up his hands.
nyti.ms
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
In a series of remarkably candid public speeches, President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has said that the country is facing insurmountable problems and that he is out of ideas to fix them.
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By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?
I'll say it again: if any other ethnic or religious minority said "please don't use this particular term or chant, you might not have bad intentions but it is deeply racist and threatening to us", the reaction would be mortified apology.
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
And that's without a mass terror event four days ago
December 18, 2025 at 2:39 PM
By this standard which nobody actually adheres to Jews would be precluded from identifying as Zionist because of what Zionism means to every Palestinian on the planet. Is this standard reciprocal or do are there competing claims on the basis of standpoint which need to be independently interrogated?