Marianne Dhenin
@mariannedhe.bsky.social
crip journalist, historian, editor, organizer
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I'll be covering this for @truthout.org around conference time. If you're involved in organizing around the resolutions or other actions and want to talk, my contact info's in my bio.
Last week the @historians.org Council decided to deny its members the opportunity to vote on two resolutions—one in solidarity with Gaza and one condemning the sustained assault on “core principles of education” in the US and abroad—at the organization’s conference next month. 1/ 🗃️
December 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I'll be covering this for @truthout.org around conference time. If you're involved in organizing around the resolutions or other actions and want to talk, my contact info's in my bio.
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“The Gulf’s delicate social contract, which has kept royal families in power since the end of the colonial era, is under threat as the globe teeters on the brink of climate disaster.”
— @mariannedhe.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/the-gulf-wor...
— @mariannedhe.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/the-gulf-wor...
The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought | NOEMA
From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool.
www.noemamag.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“The Gulf’s delicate social contract, which has kept royal families in power since the end of the colonial era, is under threat as the globe teeters on the brink of climate disaster.”
— @mariannedhe.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/the-gulf-wor...
— @mariannedhe.bsky.social
www.noemamag.com/the-gulf-wor...
Benjamin Y. Fong, who runs an excellent newsletter focused on labor and logistics, is crowdsourcing data to map Amazon package arcs. Read more and submit yours here:
Send Me Photos of Your Amazon Package Labels!
An attempt to crowdsource an understanding of the company's outbound network
ontheseams.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Benjamin Y. Fong, who runs an excellent newsletter focused on labor and logistics, is crowdsourcing data to map Amazon package arcs. Read more and submit yours here:
Three-ish years ago, I started an online writing group for fellow misfits in academia to work on their Ph.D.s each week. We had about 12 members to start. The last one to file their diss has just done it, and I'm so proud of us. Academia will never love you back, but there are folks in it who will ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Three-ish years ago, I started an online writing group for fellow misfits in academia to work on their Ph.D.s each week. We had about 12 members to start. The last one to file their diss has just done it, and I'm so proud of us. Academia will never love you back, but there are folks in it who will ❤️
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Staff at Alice Deal Middle School made the decision this year to remove all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum.
It's a mistake, current parent @aaronweso.bsky.social writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits for middle school-age children and in life."
It's a mistake, current parent @aaronweso.bsky.social writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits for middle school-age children and in life."
Opinion: DCPS middle-schoolers should be reading novels
Many parents like myself were shocked by a recent change to the English curriculum at Alice Deal Middle School.
51st.news
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Staff at Alice Deal Middle School made the decision this year to remove all full-length novels from the 8th grade curriculum.
It's a mistake, current parent @aaronweso.bsky.social writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits for middle school-age children and in life."
It's a mistake, current parent @aaronweso.bsky.social writes, arguing that "reading full novels has real and important benefits for middle school-age children and in life."
ICYMI: Check out my reporting on how Trump's grant terminations and new ideological conditions on federal funding are hurting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence in @newrepublic.com.
Trump’s DOJ Cuts Are a Disaster for Sexual Violence Survivors
The administration has slashed funding and wants to implement ideological conditions on grants for programs that both support survivors and prevent these crimes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICYMI: Check out my reporting on how Trump's grant terminations and new ideological conditions on federal funding are hurting survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence in @newrepublic.com.
Disability justice activists were an important part of grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City. I covered their work in this piece — worth revisiting as we think about who is most vulnerable to the growing police violence in our cities and how we can come together against it.
Why Disability Justice Activists Have Joined the Movement to Stop Cop City
Disability justice activists are joining grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City, the largest police training campus in the U.S.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Disability justice activists were an important part of grassroots efforts to shut down Atlanta’s Cop City. I covered their work in this piece — worth revisiting as we think about who is most vulnerable to the growing police violence in our cities and how we can come together against it.
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I am a lino printer!
I passionate about slow art, and my handmade prints are usually food, and sea related 🥐🌊
You can check out what I sell here - sundownerstudio.co.uk
Thank you John!
I passionate about slow art, and my handmade prints are usually food, and sea related 🥐🌊
You can check out what I sell here - sundownerstudio.co.uk
Thank you John!
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I am a lino printer!
I passionate about slow art, and my handmade prints are usually food, and sea related 🥐🌊
You can check out what I sell here - sundownerstudio.co.uk
Thank you John!
I passionate about slow art, and my handmade prints are usually food, and sea related 🥐🌊
You can check out what I sell here - sundownerstudio.co.uk
Thank you John!
"The children born in Gaza now don’t know what an apple looks like; they’ve never tasted a banana," Dr. Diana Nazzal said on the stand. You can now read my coverage of last month's people's tribunal on Palestine in @mondoweiss.net.
International tribunal finds Israel guilty of genocide, ecocide, and the forced starvation of the Palestinians in Gaza
The International People’s Tribunal on Palestine held in Barcelona presented striking evidence of Israel’s forced starvation of the Palestinian people and the deliberate destruction of food security in Gaza.
mondoweiss.net
December 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"The children born in Gaza now don’t know what an apple looks like; they’ve never tasted a banana," Dr. Diana Nazzal said on the stand. You can now read my coverage of last month's people's tribunal on Palestine in @mondoweiss.net.
A pro-Israel group of lawmakers in California's legislature has been trying to pass a bill censoring Palestine-related instruction in public schools for years. This year, the bill passed. But rights groups, educators, and unions remain committed to rolling back the harm.
A Growing Coalition is Fighting Censorship in California’s Public Schools
Critics warn that Assembly Bill 715 only emboldens right-wing groups and their attacks on students and teachers.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
A pro-Israel group of lawmakers in California's legislature has been trying to pass a bill censoring Palestine-related instruction in public schools for years. This year, the bill passed. But rights groups, educators, and unions remain committed to rolling back the harm.
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the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
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Marianne Dhenin
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December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The latest post to my newsletter is live! Check it out 👀
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A beautiful short story of exile by our own Yasmeen Hanoosh, tr. Ali Issa.
"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."
arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."
arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
Short Fiction in Translation: ‘Child’s Tears’ by Yasmeen Hanoosh
“Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough.”
arablit.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A beautiful short story of exile by our own Yasmeen Hanoosh, tr. Ali Issa.
"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."
arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
"Even language began to fade. The family forgot the words for their old routines and couldn’t replace them with new ones fast enough."
arablit.org/2025/12/03/s...
🎶 wake up in the morning feeling like why is everything so hard, what the actual fuck, could someone look into this, please*
*to the tune of Keha's TiK ToK, uh, roughly
*to the tune of Keha's TiK ToK, uh, roughly
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
🎶 wake up in the morning feeling like why is everything so hard, what the actual fuck, could someone look into this, please*
*to the tune of Keha's TiK ToK, uh, roughly
*to the tune of Keha's TiK ToK, uh, roughly
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Odd request, but do I know anyone who knows anyone who works for the Nepal Department of Archaeology and I can email a question to?
December 3, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Odd request, but do I know anyone who knows anyone who works for the Nepal Department of Archaeology and I can email a question to?
Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the people they repressed, and tells a more complete story. This is one of the more uplifting pieces tucked away in my archive.
Walking Tours Get a Radical Makeover, Focusing on People’s Histories
Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the people they repressed, and tells a more complete story.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Instead of kings, plutocrats, and generals, a new kind of historical walking tour focuses on the people they repressed, and tells a more complete story. This is one of the more uplifting pieces tucked away in my archive.
I'm not going to RT the fucking Atlantic but I do want to remind everyone that one in four U.S. adults is disabled, so one in five students accessing accommodations at their uni is among the most non-story stories ever penned.
December 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I'm not going to RT the fucking Atlantic but I do want to remind everyone that one in four U.S. adults is disabled, so one in five students accessing accommodations at their uni is among the most non-story stories ever penned.
brb popping over to @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social's feed to see if there's a gift link and analysis of the NYT e-bike slander I keep getting fed ads for. 👀
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
brb popping over to @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social's feed to see if there's a gift link and analysis of the NYT e-bike slander I keep getting fed ads for. 👀
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As a union of creative workers, NWU has been watching the development of AI with interest and concern. In 2023, we released our Platform & Principles for Policy on Gen AI to inform what should be done to protect the lives, livelihoods, & labor of creators. #NewsNotSlop nwu.org/generative-ai
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 PM
As a union of creative workers, NWU has been watching the development of AI with interest and concern. In 2023, we released our Platform & Principles for Policy on Gen AI to inform what should be done to protect the lives, livelihoods, & labor of creators. #NewsNotSlop nwu.org/generative-ai
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"$679 billion."
"[W]eapons makers in 2024 generated more revenue than at any time since the group behind the research began tracking the data over 35 years ago."
#USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Russia #Ukraine #Weapons #Nuclear #Genocide #Military
"[W]eapons makers in 2024 generated more revenue than at any time since the group behind the research began tracking the data over 35 years ago."
#USA #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Russia #Ukraine #Weapons #Nuclear #Genocide #Military
Led by US, Revenue of Major Weapons Makers Hit All-Time High in 2024
"Last year global arms revenues reached the highest level ever recorded by SIPRI as producers capitalized on high demand," said researcher behind annual report.
www.commondreams.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Dr. Asfia Qaadir tells listeners on KPFK's Middle East in Focus that, for health care workers, solidarity is a matter of maintaining their oath to protect life. I interviewed Dr. Qaadir when I was reporting on backlash against healthcare workers who spoke out for Palestine.
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Dr. Asfia Qaadir tells listeners on KPFK's Middle East in Focus that, for health care workers, solidarity is a matter of maintaining their oath to protect life. I interviewed Dr. Qaadir when I was reporting on backlash against healthcare workers who spoke out for Palestine.
Sometimes I get kind emails from readers, and then sometimes I get angry screeds telling me I am "beyond disgusting," and don't I know there's already not enough "pro-Israel history" being taught in our nation's schools 🤡
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sometimes I get kind emails from readers, and then sometimes I get angry screeds telling me I am "beyond disgusting," and don't I know there's already not enough "pro-Israel history" being taught in our nation's schools 🤡
Here's one from the archives: Labor organizers can take steps to preserve their documents and strategies, so future workers will have a practical guide. Read my reporting on how museum workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art did just that. ✊
Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Here's one from the archives: Labor organizers can take steps to preserve their documents and strategies, so future workers will have a practical guide. Read my reporting on how museum workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art did just that. ✊