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Historian at a US university. Posts about history, India, technology, extremism. Do not feel safe, due to past Hindutva harassment, sharing identity publicly.
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I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm struck by this clip of former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz saying Holocaust education has backfired in part because people Palestinians as victims: "They think the lesson of the Holocaust is…you fight the big powerful people hurting the weak people."
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
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November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
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"orgs listed on Summers’ résumé disputed his involvement ... Brookings Institution, a left-leaning think tank, said Tuesday that Summers 'is not & has not been a member' of the org’s Board of Trustees, which Summers’ résumé listed him as serving on since '02."
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
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The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
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Nearly 21,000 Charlotte-Mecklenburg students absent from school on Monday, officials say
Officials did not make it clear if the absences were connected to the on-going immigration operation in the city.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Over 20,000 students stayed home from school Monday in Charlotte amid ICE raids, representing 15% of enrollment
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
www.wbtv.com/2025/11/18/n...
The district is nearly one-third Hispanic, per WBTV
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Silicon Valley area journalists: is anyone working on the scandal of the spate of daycare closures because Cupertino Unified School district is hiking rent and selling the properties to developers? A LOT of seriously pissed off parents and teachers, fired just before the holidays, would love a story
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Silicon Valley area journalists: is anyone working on the scandal of the spate of daycare closures because Cupertino Unified School district is hiking rent and selling the properties to developers? A LOT of seriously pissed off parents and teachers, fired just before the holidays, would love a story
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
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TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
TurboTax is about to be integrated into ChatGPT, where customers will be guided through tasks tied to their tax filings or financial profile by the AI chatbot.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
TurboTax owner Intuit is also paying OpenAI more than $100 million a year to power AI agents.
Reminder: the entire wave of authoritarian leaders- from Trump to Modi to Bolsonaro- came to power on anti-corruption platforms. The idea of entrenched cabals draining the people worked well for the right to come to power. I am not sure it would work as well for corporate centrists to return to it.
"Corruption is the Achilles' heel of authoritarians," says @adambonica.bsky.social, explaining why opposing corruption (including the legal kind) should be the center of anti-Trump/Democratic politics. So many insights here. newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Transcript: Anti-Corruption Politics Are The Way to Crush Trumpism
Stanford political scientist Adam Bonica says trying to be more moderate is a dead end for Democrats and the solution is for the party to be seen as fighting against corruption, oligarchy and other il...
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November 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Reminder: the entire wave of authoritarian leaders- from Trump to Modi to Bolsonaro- came to power on anti-corruption platforms. The idea of entrenched cabals draining the people worked well for the right to come to power. I am not sure it would work as well for corporate centrists to return to it.
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Unexpected twist: Maryland sheriffs are fueling Trump’s deportation agenda, rapidly transferring people to ICE through 287(g).This is happening despite statewide “sanctuary” policies and pushback from the AG.A legislative fight to ban 287(g) is looming.
Read: www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/l...
Read: www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/l...
How blue state Maryland plays surprising role in implementing Trump's immigration agenda
Officials in Allegany, Carroll, Garrett, St. Mary’s and Washington counties signed 287(g) agreements. Wicomico County has tabled that drive for now.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Unexpected twist: Maryland sheriffs are fueling Trump’s deportation agenda, rapidly transferring people to ICE through 287(g).This is happening despite statewide “sanctuary” policies and pushback from the AG.A legislative fight to ban 287(g) is looming.
Read: www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/l...
Read: www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/l...
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Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right
Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right
Mark Bray has become one of the highest-profile people caught up in Donald Trump’s efforts to target Antifa
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November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Death threats and accusations: the professor targeted by the US far right
Pathetic.
The LMU announces the cancellation of a seminar on the topic "the targeting of Palestinian academia". The cancellation announcement is titled "LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse". Couldn't make this up.
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LMU as a place of pluralistic discourse
Statement on the Planned Event “The Targeting of the Palestinian Academia” at LMU Munich
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November 18, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Pathetic.
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Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Good to see the problems facing our colleagues @britishlibrary.bsky.social being raised here by @hetanshah.bsky.social (of @britishacademy.bsky.social). If this had happened in France it would be considered a national problem to be urgently addressed! www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
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This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
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This would be the outcome of every IDEAA investigation in every university I know. This isn’t an anomaly. The whole system has long worked to produce exactly this outcome.
So Harvard is keeping this guy, but Claudine Gay had to step down over ginned up plagiarism accusations and bad-faith accusations of anti-Semitism.
Got it.
Got it.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
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he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This would be the outcome of every IDEAA investigation in every university I know. This isn’t an anomaly. The whole system has long worked to produce exactly this outcome.
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"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
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This is tonight at 7pm (UK time). More than 60 people signed up already...
Next Tuesday 18th Nov, I'll be giving a free, online talk on imagination, models, and the making of economic knowledge for @economicresearch.bsky.social
Reserve a spot & find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-econom...
Reserve a spot & find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-econom...
The Economics of Imagination: What Happens When Models Replace Reality
Join Nat Dyer to explore imagination, models, and the making of economic knowledge.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
This is tonight at 7pm (UK time). More than 60 people signed up already...
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Don't count your philanthropic chickens...
Pandemic preparedness is reportedly out (after all, who needs that....) while AI, robotics, DNA sequencing, generative biology and plant sciences are in. Africa Clinical Research Network apparently to be outsourced.
"a bait and switch" (former employee)
Pandemic preparedness is reportedly out (after all, who needs that....) while AI, robotics, DNA sequencing, generative biology and plant sciences are in. Africa Clinical Research Network apparently to be outsourced.
"a bait and switch" (former employee)
Larry Ellison scales back £10bn Oxford science institute in leadership rift
Trump-supporting billionaire narrows EIT’s ambitions by cutting initiatives and tightening control
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November 18, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Don't count your philanthropic chickens...
Pandemic preparedness is reportedly out (after all, who needs that....) while AI, robotics, DNA sequencing, generative biology and plant sciences are in. Africa Clinical Research Network apparently to be outsourced.
"a bait and switch" (former employee)
Pandemic preparedness is reportedly out (after all, who needs that....) while AI, robotics, DNA sequencing, generative biology and plant sciences are in. Africa Clinical Research Network apparently to be outsourced.
"a bait and switch" (former employee)
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Fund managers alarmed by corporate investment boom as AI bubble fears grow on.ft.com/4r5CFgZ
Fund managers alarmed by corporate investment boom as AI bubble fears grow
Bank of America survey shows a majority of money managers think companies are overinvesting
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November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Fund managers alarmed by corporate investment boom as AI bubble fears grow on.ft.com/4r5CFgZ
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Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story on.ft.com/47WDgKJ
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Good morning, New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story on.ft.com/47WDgKJ
The complete collapse of India’s diplomatic clout under Modi is truly quite extraordinary
Geopolitics in #Southasia is changing, with SAARC dead, a #China-backed bloc taking shape and #SaudiArabia in a defence pact with #Pakistan that might tilt the regional balance against #India. Read Salman Rafi Sheikh's analysis
China and Saudi Arabia are walking the tightrope over Southasia’s schisms
RELATIONS BETWEEN the countries of Southasia are being quietly redrawn. The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) is dead, a China-backed blo
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November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The complete collapse of India’s diplomatic clout under Modi is truly quite extraordinary
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
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It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
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Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
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November 18, 2025 at 9:17 AM
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs
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Lord Dubs
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Labour Peer Who Fled The Nazis Condemns His Party's Immigration Crackdown
Lord Dubs said he was "lost for words".
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November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
“to use children as a weapon, as the home secretary is doing, is I think a shabby thing. I’m lost for words, frankly”
Lord Dubs
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Lord Dubs
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