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by Meredith Broussard — Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson, Simon Roux, Jesse H. Kroll , and 2 more

olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?
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declassifieduk.org
Pro-Israel lobby groups and individuals have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members, Declassified has found.

The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...
Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet
Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.
www.declassifieduk.org
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by Stephen I. Vladeck — Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson, Valerie Mueller, David Rosnick , and 1 more

stevevladeck.bsky.social
#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries *without* giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:
www.supremecourt.gov
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democracynow.org
Following his release from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil spoke to supporters in New York, leading a chant of “Free Palestine.”
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maersk-cuts-ties-companies-operating-israeli-settlements
Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements
Human rights activists say the move sends a strong message to the global shipping industry
www.middleeasteye.net
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid
Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers
<article data-history-node-id="424703" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="449" data-start="231">Israeli forces killed at least 21 Palestinians and wounded dozens more on Monday in a series of air strikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip, including areas where civilians had gathered to receive humanitarian aid, according to Wafa news agency.</p> <p data-end="614" data-start="451">According to local sources, four civilians were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted a house in Jabalia al-Balad, in the north of the enclave.</p> <p data-end="822" data-start="616">In the south, Israeli troops opened fire near an aid distribution centre northwest of Rafah, killing 10 people. Witnesses said large crowds had gathered in the area to collect much-needed food and supplies.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025." data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="95e90558-7ca4-4521-bfb1-b15906b0f9e4" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_63E62G2.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025." typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>
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by Aaron Sojourner — Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson, Andreas Ortmann, Jonathan Parker , and 5 more

thetnholler.bsky.social
“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines”

ktla.com/news/local-n...
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liamhogan.bsky.social
Klan Imperial Wizard H.W. Evans: "to the South of us thousands of Mexicans, many of them Communist, are waiting [for] a chance to cross the Rio Grande and glut the labour marts of the Southwest." (1926)

Klan Grand Dragon David Duke launches the Klan Border Watch (1977):
Klan leader David Duke in a car marked "Klan Border Watch"
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mcneilwillson.bsky.social
A reminder there's no clear or demonstrable category as 'grooming gangs', that white men are far more likely statistically to engage in child abuse and grooming, and that the discussion on grooming gangs is based on debunked research and racist misinformation.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs
PM says new statutory inquiry was ‘right thing to do’ after findings of review submitted by Louise Casey
www.theguardian.com
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza
Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza
<article data-history-node-id="424036" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli shelling has killed at least 35 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported based on local health authorities.</p> <p>A majority of those killed, over 15, were nearby the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF), attempting to recieve humanitarian relief packages.&nbsp;</p> <p>Later on Saturday, at least 12 more people were killed as they gathered to wait for aid trucks along the costal road north of the Gaza Strip.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients
Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives
<article data-history-node-id="423288" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="98" data-start="0">A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli forces are “systematically targeting” Gaza’s already fragile healthcare sector by striking power sources that keep hospitals running.</p> <p data-end="614" data-start="421">“The occupation targets the electric generators that supply hospitals,” he said, adding that the army has destroyed “the three largest power generators supplying hospitals in the Gaza Strip.”</p> <p data-end="761" data-start="616">Without power, hospital departments are shutting down, forcing staff to ration electricity where possible to keep essential services operating.</p> <p data-end="988" data-start="763">“The occupation’s targeting of electricity generators means a death sentence for patients,” the spokesman warned, highlighting that Israeli authorities are also blocking the entry of critical spare parts needed for repairs.</p> <p data-end="1078" data-start="990">“Various hospital departments cannot continue operating without electricity,” he said.</p> <p data-end="1328" data-start="1080">Gaza’s hospitals have faced relentless bombardment since Israel launched its war on the besieged enclave nearly eight months ago. Medical teams now find themselves scrambling to save lives with dwindling resources, no fuel, and no reliable power.</p> <p data-end="1452" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1330">“The international community must intervene to pressure the occupation to protect the health system,” the spokesman urged.</p> </div> </div> </article>
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Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson

rimaanabtawi.bsky.social
"Trump's demand that Harvard turn over five years of footage of protests is one of the more chilling things I’ve seen in my almost-25-year career defending free expression on college campuses.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard
If the government succeeds in bullying the richest university into submission, what institutions will be safe?
www.theatlantic.com
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pscupdates.bsky.social
Next week...🇵🇸

Massive Attack @pscupdates.bsky.social
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amplifypalestine.bsky.social
Gaza is being starved – open the border now!

"thousands of trucks loaded with baby food and nutritional supplies are ready to enter Gaza but remain stalled at the border"

www.middleeasteye.net/news/babies-...
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by Carl T. Bergstrom — Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson, Larry W. Horowitz, Johann N. Neem , and 2 more

carlbergstrom.com
None of the 278 men sent to CECOT have been returned. Meanwhile their lawyer has been arrested and "disappeared" in El Salvador.
Lawyer for Venezuelans deported to El Salvador prison arrested
Ruth López held without access to lawyers at secret location accused of ‘embezzlement’ a decade ago
www.theguardian.com
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coldamage.bsky.social
Will you be counted among those who spoke up or those who stood by?

Your choice.

#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust
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by Julia O’Connell Davidson

juliaocd.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Government hands firms £3bn in bid to ‘stop the boats’
Research reveals the business of Channel security is booming, as companies profit off asylum seekers’ desperation
www.opendemocracy.net

by Julia O’Connell Davidson

juliaocd.bsky.social
ahmadibsais.substack.com/p/israels-ri...
Israel's 'Righteous Conquest': How We Normalized a Live-Streamed Genocide
19 Months of Siege, 61,700 Dead, and Now a New Operation to 'Conquer' What Remains of Gaza
ahmadibsais.substack.com
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democracynow.org
Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says the U.S. government and extreme pro-Israel groups want to “silence” him.

“They don’t want me to grieve. They don’t want me to share the pain.”

www.democracynow.org/2025/5/16/mo...
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by Julia O’Connell Davidson

juliaocd.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Million Palestinians could be relocated to Libya under US plans, report claims
Gaza health officials say more than 250 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since Thursday, in a return to some of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the war
www.independent.co.uk

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danielsohege.bsky.social
By building on the foundations laid by previous governments, Labour has now become an even more anti-immigration government than its predecessor.
My piece of @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Labour's hostility towards migrants 👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/k...
'Keir Starmer's Government Is Now Even More Anti-Migrant Than Its Conservative Predecessors'
Hopes that Labour would abandon the Conservative trend of treating incomers as disposable and lesser beings have been dashed, argues Daniel Sohege
bylinetimes.com
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by Julia O’Connell Davidson

juliaocd.bsky.social
migration.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/12/b...
Bolsonaro’s paradox: a far-right leader’s pro-immigration strategy? – Migration Mobilities Bristol
migration.bristol.ac.uk

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thecanaryuk.bsky.social
David Lammy may have misled parliament over UK arms exports to Israel

A new report, 'Exposing UK arms exports to Israel' uses data from the Israel Tax Authority to reveal the scale of what Labour are doing
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...
David Lammy may have misled parliament over UK arms exports to Israel
A new report, 'Exposing UK arms exports to Israel' uses data from the Israel Tax Authority to reveal the scale of what Labour are doing
www.thecanary.co
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by Nandita Sharma — Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson

mrfahrenheit.bsky.social
Trump border czar Tom Homan gives 'chilling' warning to Gov. Tony Evers over ICE guidance
Trump border czar Tom Homan gives 'chilling' warning to Gov. Tony Evers over ICE guidance
Tom Homan, known as President Donald Trump's border czar suggested Gov. Tony Evers could face felony charges if immigration enforcement is impeded.
www.jsonline.com
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by Julia O’Connell Davidson

juliaocd.bsky.social
www.oregonlive.com/education/20...
Portland Catholic school turns on family who reported racist taunt
The principal at The Madeleine School, a private Portland Catholic school, summoned police when the parents of a Black student demanded a plan of action after their fourth grade son reported being cal...
www.oregonlive.com

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hannahjlewis.bsky.social
2/ Prof Patricia Hynes & I edited a Special Issue on the #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking & #Asylum Interface exploring legal, conceptual & empirical overlaps w/ @juliaocd.bsky.social Angelo Martins Jnr, Chung Pham, @gaucjp.bsky.social, @sandrapertek.bsky.social

www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...
www.mdpi.com
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middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social
Pope Francis dies after final address called for ending war on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pope-francis-dies-after-final-address-called-end-gaza-war
Pope Francis dies after final address called for ending war on Gaza
The Vatican announces that the pontiff, 88, died on Monday morning
www.middleeasteye.net
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loucalvey.bsky.social
Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal

These figures are appalling & without a doubt the real numbers are far higher. These contractors are paid a FORTUNE & they can’t even treat people decently. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal
Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024
www.theguardian.com
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Reposted by Julia O’Connell Davidson, Stefan Kirchner

newyorker.com
ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.
The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests
In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.
nyer.cm
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skwawkbox.org
BBC removes claim BOD president met genocidal Israeli foreign minister in Israel, not London. Broadcaster's attempts to whitewash Sa'ar's secret meeting with David Lammy and Zionist lobby amended after London visit exposed by independent media...
BBC removes claim BOD president met genocidal Israeli foreign minister in Israel, not London
Broadcaster’s attempts to whitewash Sa’ar’s secret meeting with David Lammy and Zionist lobby amended after London visit exposed by independent media The BBC has quietly removed i…
skwawkbox.org
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