I have a piece here about eclipses and the end times which I originally wrote in 2017. The University asked if I was ok rerunning it and I said sure. Later I saw a poem by the great Etel Adnan and wanted to add it, but they refused. So I include it here.

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Incarcerated people successfully sued the state of New York for the opportunity to behold the solar eclipse, asserting their right to commune with the cosmos. Attica Is. youtube.com/watch?v=hEDtqL…

anything, now, to halt the slaughter (nothing has yet) or break through the walls of the west's stultifying imperial culture, but it is not lost on me—after losing so many—whose deaths precipitate reaction and which censorship is considered repellent.

Interesting to see what counts as going too far in weaponized antisemitism discourse. Shalala is on the board of Academic Engagement Network, the “academic advisory” Zionist advocacy org that’s fueling Title VI lawsuits - including one against her own school.

Two essays by Waleed Daqqa (1961-2024) 🧵
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It is pretty crazy that we’re all collectively trying to bribe the Egyptian border guards

The perpetrators of today’s banditry are not mafiosi, but international corporations bent on extracting Bosnia’s mineral wealth without regard to the accompanying environmental devastation. Domestic political officials eagerly facilitate their operations.
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people are going to have a field day with the amazon reviews for his self-published book

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axios scoop: biden was so mad at bibi he couldn't even finish his ice cream cone this time

this to me is the core of the issue and the problem w/ 972s coverage. if you’re familiar with the corp marketing term AI you know there’s no accuracy to speak of, stats washing occupation and genocide is a sales pitch to other states who wish to buy genocide efficiency

all those interviews with that new yorker guy are just the system laughing in our faces

We should not engage this conversation on their terms. If you want to starve people to death, you cannot let food be distributed. What’s the best way to ensure that happens? Kill anyone who tries to distribute food. That is what happened. Full stop.

It's striking that imperialism – maybe the central keyword of debates about fascism on the left in the interwar and postwar eras – is basically nowhere to be found in today's 'fascism debate' on either side

Seeing the images out of Shifa Hospital, I tried to find the tweets from Serious Middle East Analysts who denied that Israel bombed Al-Ahli Hospital in Oct.

Shashank Joshi is talking about Havana Syndrome. Monica Marks is talking about Turkey. Yair Wallach deleted his account.

A beautiful essay on anti-Palestinian racism. This little editorial intrusion is chilling, however. No discourse is safe from the ever-present Israeli state.