In Gaza, I studied at two universities and worked at a third. Professors who taught me have been killed, colleagues have been murdered, and the campuses where I studied and worked lay mostly in ruins. The entire academic system has been obliterated by Israel's bombs. Yet, here,

Two of my favourite queer activist-scholars in conversation about their books <3

I'm halfway through this book and it's exceptional. Check out this talk with Karrmen if you're in Vancouver.

Here’s some good news—big funding increases for grad students & postdocs in Canada! If I’m reading this right, MAs will go from $17.5k to $27k, SSHRC doctoral fellowships from $20k to $40k, and SSHRC postdocs from $45k to $70k. This will make an enormous impact on people’s lives.

Giving cybertruck

'Protest gets pathologized when justice movements produce impermissible disruptions: to traffic, business as usual, or—most vehemently—to thought. We must protect Aaron Bushnell from this playbook so that the meaning of his death is not taken from him—or from us.'

Join CMU Bridges and Borders Graduate Student Conference for Cait McKinney’s keynote 'A Queer History of Blackouts' at 4:30 PM ET today via Zoom! All are welcome!

Zoom link, talk description, and full conference schedule available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1h-…

Coach Staley ❤️ thenation.com/article/societ…

I'm looking forward to this conversation and this whole conference--check it out if you're into archives and based in Vancouver (or online, if not).

“Palestinian return is not an act of reversal as such—the relapse to a time prior to exile and dispossession—but a redeeming principle that pursues the abolition of the conditions that render exile the only remaining possibility.” - Adam Hajyahia parapraxismagazine.com/articles/the-p…

Important new work on Internet history in Canada

Access Is Capture: How Edtech Reproduces Racial Inequality. Launching September 2024. Pre-order now available. ucpress.edu/book/978052039…

Horrid new report from +972 Magazine on an 'AI' system called Lavender and 'Where's Daddy?' used by the IDF. Has a 10% error rate, and acceptable 'collateral' from 15 to 100 civilians per target.

This is sick and the future of AI warfare for US Empire.

972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…

'Drag is inherently sexual' and then it's just two 🚬s pretending to be envelopes in the foyer of their apartment building for 5 years.

Want to know more? Pre-order 'Disability Works' on Amazon now!

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5pm at Harbour Centre!

CRAB PARK UPDATE: City of Vancouver Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation Vancouver Police have put up fences around the CRAB Park Tent City.

Legal Observers and advocates not allowed in (under threat of arrest). Media not allowed in. Residents still in their tents. City has begun destroying homes.

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A little thread on Joan Gibbs, who was an incredible writer and activist and a pioneering Black lesbian feminist. I’ve had the unique pleasure of sitting with and writing about her work recently.

One week away!