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asad chishti
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journalist – poet
asad[at]chairsandtables[dot]org
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jcsalterego.bsky.social
welcome to bluesky. if the word "mapquest" means anything to you and/or you used it as a verb, you're in the right place
November 11, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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norightturnnz.bsky.social
Meridian's newest solar farm is being built on stolen Māori land www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
‘This is not restoration’: Māori leader challenges Ruakākā solar project
Dr Mere Kepa says the $227m project stands on ancestral Te Parawhau land.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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junlper.beer
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
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
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karenho.bsky.social
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
asadch.bsky.social
Dispatch from NYC: Mamdani's Election Party in Queens

Some words and mostly photos.

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DISPATCH NYC: Mamdani's Election Party
Okay, first things first, how did I end up here?
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November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
asadch.bsky.social
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.
Salaam Dunya / Hello World
To begin (newslettering) again, in earnest.
solastalgic.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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gastropoda.bsky.social
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
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erikloomis.bsky.social
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
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karenho.bsky.social
June feels like years ago, not four months
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 5
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
October 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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klaszus.bsky.social
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
Six Ward 3 election candidates sitting at tables for a debate
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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dropsitenews.com
🎥 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
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bleary.off-the-records.com
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing? 2? Questions I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up. Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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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...
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
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meerbuschknitter.bsky.social
🐖 #knitting 🧶
Never attempt to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and it annoys the pig.
October 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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cjjpmedia.bsky.social
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

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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
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cjjpmedia.bsky.social
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
A poster with the logo “CJJP” on the top right, and text that says “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed.”
September 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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uncleduke1969.bsky.social
Important scientific advancements have slowed considerably since 1948.
Vintage black & white photo of a man in a suit holding a chart and a pointer. The chart shows the "SIZE OF THE DONUT HOLE DOWN THROUGH THE YEARS" with illustrations of donuts from 1927, 1937, and 1948
August 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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liamflannery.bsky.social
working on a windows 95 themed automation game about making powerpoint decks #gamedev
August 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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lanrickbennett.bsky.social
Thank you @asadch.bsky.social ‪ @agotoronto.bsky.social @toure.bsky.social for giving stage and space for these stories.

- LBJ #HearThis
July 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
asadch.bsky.social
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Mosquito Forecast
Discover the mosquito situation anywhere
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July 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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lanrickbennett.bsky.social
#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

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I think these stories are all worth #Amplifying
The Week of July 13th #HearThis Sharing 3 Pieces of Black Specific Content With My Kids This Week 2025 Edition Kitchener-Waterloo There's 'overwhelming' demand for this Kitchener summer swim program for BIPOC, low-income families “Swimming is a recreational skill but it's also a life skill.” Asad Chishti · CBC News · Posted: Jul 08, 2025 9:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: July 8 Group of swimming students playing with their lifeguards in the pool. Afropolitan Canada's partnership with the city of Kitchener continues with the return of a free swimming program. The program focuses on low-income, newcomer, and BIPOC families continues to see growing demand. (Asad Chishti/CBC) Image of Thomas J Price Person on a stage at a concert wearing a red hoodie "Not Like Us Explained"
July 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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cagraber.bsky.social
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
asadch.bsky.social
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