Brett M
@hesitating.bsky.social
Wave matters at Humboldt in Berlin postdoc
Wavematters.eu
Imprecise knowledge incomplete worlds
Wavematters.eu
Imprecise knowledge incomplete worlds
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Incredible writing in unbearable circumstances by Batool Abu Akleen, published in the UK by @commapress.bsky.social.
I Was Displaced to a Tent in Gaza. I Don’t Want to Remember Any of It
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I Was Displaced to a Tent in Gaza. I Don’t Want to Remember Any of It | The Walrus
I never expected to outlive this genocide
thewalrus.ca
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Incredible writing in unbearable circumstances by Batool Abu Akleen, published in the UK by @commapress.bsky.social.
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Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
September 17, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Built in the 13th century. So that mosque stood for 800 years with every sort of person from every place and every religion in the world passing through Gaza century after century, only for it to be blown up by some shithead loser sitting behind a computer that we probably paid for.
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"My beloved city Gaza stands on the brink of a full military occupation by the Israeli army. Their plan is to force us all to leave our homes and move into tents... We do not know what will happen to those who resist. We may be living our last days in Gaza City"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
In Gaza City, we are saying goodbye
Forced expulsion is looming and we know this time we may never see our homes again.
www.aljazeera.com
August 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"My beloved city Gaza stands on the brink of a full military occupation by the Israeli army. Their plan is to force us all to leave our homes and move into tents... We do not know what will happen to those who resist. We may be living our last days in Gaza City"
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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This is fantastic. Share widely.
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is fantastic. Share widely.
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"At a moment when the language of politics is so dour and so dark, it’s important to understand that the tonic to the darkness is not imitating it, but rather to marshal the same lightness and joy that also characterizes our lives."
--Mamdani, in this interview:
--Mamdani, in this interview:
“The Nation” Interviews Zohran Mamdani
New York's Democratic mayoral nominee shares his views on the city's affordability crisis, the new media landscape—and how Democrats need to stand up for what they believe.
www.thenation.com
August 12, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"At a moment when the language of politics is so dour and so dark, it’s important to understand that the tonic to the darkness is not imitating it, but rather to marshal the same lightness and joy that also characterizes our lives."
--Mamdani, in this interview:
--Mamdani, in this interview:
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NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
July 30, 2025 at 10:29 AM
NEW: 18,500 children have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
The Washington Post has just published every single known name.
A seminal moment.
“We need to be capacious and accept differences, however deep.” (Note: to be capacious —)
Judith Butler: ‘Swimming is the closest thing I have to a religion’
The philosopher, 68, tells Michael Segalov about kayaks capsizing, imitating trees, left-wing schisms and how instead of being stony-faced and serious, they like to clown around
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 2:29 PM
“We need to be capacious and accept differences, however deep.” (Note: to be capacious —)