Mohamad Bazzi @mbazzi.bsky.social

1 day ago

“It isn’t students who shy away from serious discussion – it is powerful elites enraged by the protests against Israel's war on Gaza and determined to restore by force a narrative and political consensus that has collapsed under the weight of genocide” — excellent piece by @abuaardvark.bsky.social

What it's like to be a Middle East Studies professor in 2025

Basically, it sucks. Last week, Tuft's Dan Drezner and my GW colleague Dave Karpf published really good pieces on what it's like to be, respectively, a dean of international affairs and a professor o...

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.bsky.social

1 day ago

The only prayer that matters when it comes to the regular and repeated murder of American children while they are at school is the kind of prayer that is taking action, the kind of prayer that materially fights for the living, the kind of prayer that says "never again" and means it, from MN to Gaza.

Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social

1 day ago

The Antons, mother and daughter Nadha and Samar. Shot dead in turn by an Israeli sniper outside their Church. Their execution is described by the late Pope Francis in his book Hope.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social

2 days ago

This is precisely why I asked this...I knew there were stories I forgot because no brain can retain this amount of countless horrors. It is good to have written accounts everywhere. And I'm glad you all remember this didn't start 22 months ago...but you don't have to remind Palestinians of that

Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social

2 days ago

So many pictures of murdered and maimed children. So many. But also there was a beloved music teacher, Elham Farah, shot in the leg by a sniper to use as bait, then run over by a tank, in November 2023. A beloved old woman. A teacher.

Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social

2 days ago

THE most important thing, bar none, you need to understand about Israel bombing hospitals, killing journalists and double-tapping rescue workers is that it's been happening for almost 2 years straight with not a single Western media outlet giving a single fuck.

Claudia Webbe @claudiawebbe.bsky.social

2 days ago

Here are the 270 journalists and media workers killed by Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza

They bravely reported from the frontline.

Heroes each and every one.

الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social

2 days ago

What is the one atrocity Zionists have committed in the past 22 months that you think about the most?

Talk With Saul @talkwithsaul.bsky.social

8 months ago

There's not a soul in the streets, just a little 4-year-old boy playing in the sand in his yard. The commander suddenly starts running, grabs the boy, and breaks his arm at the elbow and his leg here. Stepped on his stomach three times and left. We all stood there with our mouths open.