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"I stand with you, I am your brother": Legendary actor Richard Gere supports Ukrainians and recites a poem by Ukrainian poet Yuriy Izdryk.
August 20, 2026 at 4:08 AM
"I stand with you, I am your brother": Legendary actor Richard Gere supports Ukrainians and recites a poem by Ukrainian poet Yuriy Izdryk.
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Academics with comfortable jobs, tenured, a billionaire, the people who hunted Arday across Twitter made my skin crawl.
The gleeful, violent, vicious joy they displayed.
The "jokes"
The dismissal of the suggestion that there could be consequences.
The gleeful, violent, vicious joy they displayed.
The "jokes"
The dismissal of the suggestion that there could be consequences.
August 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Academics with comfortable jobs, tenured, a billionaire, the people who hunted Arday across Twitter made my skin crawl.
The gleeful, violent, vicious joy they displayed.
The "jokes"
The dismissal of the suggestion that there could be consequences.
The gleeful, violent, vicious joy they displayed.
The "jokes"
The dismissal of the suggestion that there could be consequences.
Horrific. So many gleeful ghouls, ranging from far right to liberal, who jumped on this issue to vent their spleen over everything they think they’re entitled to if only they didn’t have to share with people they, deep down or shallowly, deem unworthy. A murder by social media witch hunt.
B*njamin Ryan spent whole days posting about Arday endlessly on Twitter.
He seems to have deleted/be deleting his posts now.
But plenty of academics were very happy to continue in his comments and elsewhere.
Hounding someone to death is unlikely to weigh much on the minds or hearts of these people.
He seems to have deleted/be deleting his posts now.
But plenty of academics were very happy to continue in his comments and elsewhere.
Hounding someone to death is unlikely to weigh much on the minds or hearts of these people.
August 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Horrific. So many gleeful ghouls, ranging from far right to liberal, who jumped on this issue to vent their spleen over everything they think they’re entitled to if only they didn’t have to share with people they, deep down or shallowly, deem unworthy. A murder by social media witch hunt.
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its worth asking whether this ending would have happened without the endless, gleeful, hunting and dismantling of Arday's choices on Twitter, where he represented all the sins of DEI made flesh for a range of assorted disgruntled academics who once had to go to a training and hated it
August 14, 2026 at 7:30 PM
its worth asking whether this ending would have happened without the endless, gleeful, hunting and dismantling of Arday's choices on Twitter, where he represented all the sins of DEI made flesh for a range of assorted disgruntled academics who once had to go to a training and hated it
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A quick G&T after the gig of a lifetime with my historian pal @mcomer.bsky.social 😍... we don't just do history stuff together 💪🏼
#SystemofaDown
#SystemofaDown
July 18, 2026 at 9:59 PM
A quick G&T after the gig of a lifetime with my historian pal @mcomer.bsky.social 😍... we don't just do history stuff together 💪🏼
#SystemofaDown
#SystemofaDown
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Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study
Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
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“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
June 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
Have to keep busy within Polish borders until my karta pobytu comes 🥰🏍️
I spent the day out and about around the Beskidy mountains with one of my closest mates @mcomer.bsky.social & of course my dad who led the ride. Had to borrow his GS because the CBR is back in Warsaw. TBH is handles so well on the twisties!
LWG 👊🏼
#BikerGirl #Biker #Poland #Mountains
LWG 👊🏼
#BikerGirl #Biker #Poland #Mountains
May 31, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Have to keep busy within Polish borders until my karta pobytu comes 🥰🏍️
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One BIG problem though.
Kazakhstan pavilion in Venice was supposed to have this work of Asel Kadyrkhanova on Stalinist repressions as one of the central pieces at the exhibit.
The vice minister of culture of Kazakhstan came to “inspect” it the day before pre-opening & ordered to remove it
Kazakhstan pavilion in Venice was supposed to have this work of Asel Kadyrkhanova on Stalinist repressions as one of the central pieces at the exhibit.
The vice minister of culture of Kazakhstan came to “inspect” it the day before pre-opening & ordered to remove it
May 7, 2026 at 9:30 AM
One BIG problem though.
Kazakhstan pavilion in Venice was supposed to have this work of Asel Kadyrkhanova on Stalinist repressions as one of the central pieces at the exhibit.
The vice minister of culture of Kazakhstan came to “inspect” it the day before pre-opening & ordered to remove it
Kazakhstan pavilion in Venice was supposed to have this work of Asel Kadyrkhanova on Stalinist repressions as one of the central pieces at the exhibit.
The vice minister of culture of Kazakhstan came to “inspect” it the day before pre-opening & ordered to remove it
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What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
February 15, 2026 at 7:33 PM
What’s so weird about men in power is how when they face scandal and should step down the world acts like no one else can do their jobs. Bottstein, Wasserman, these aren’t irreplaceable men! Stop with this delusion.
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People who are making tectonic shifts in postsoviet decolonial thought:
Dr Nodira Kholmatova
Dr Olga Burlyuk
Dr Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Prof Madina Tlostanova
Dr Tereza Hendl
Dr yours truly
Dr Assel Tutumlu
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dr Nodira Kholmatova
Dr Olga Burlyuk
Dr Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Prof Madina Tlostanova
Dr Tereza Hendl
Dr yours truly
Dr Assel Tutumlu
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
January 23, 2026 at 8:11 PM
People who are making tectonic shifts in postsoviet decolonial thought:
Dr Nodira Kholmatova
Dr Olga Burlyuk
Dr Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Prof Madina Tlostanova
Dr Tereza Hendl
Dr yours truly
Dr Assel Tutumlu
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Dr Nodira Kholmatova
Dr Olga Burlyuk
Dr Gulnaz Sibgatullina
Prof Madina Tlostanova
Dr Tereza Hendl
Dr yours truly
Dr Assel Tutumlu
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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These are apparently facial reconstructions of a 2,300-year-old Pazyryk Scythian male and female from the same kurgan in Berel, Kazakhstan and not - as I first thought - that couple I met at a Spiral Tribe soundsystem in 1992 who sold me E that turned out to be paracetamol.
January 8, 2026 at 8:28 AM
These are apparently facial reconstructions of a 2,300-year-old Pazyryk Scythian male and female from the same kurgan in Berel, Kazakhstan and not - as I first thought - that couple I met at a Spiral Tribe soundsystem in 1992 who sold me E that turned out to be paracetamol.
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Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Im in my late 40s, and im just flashing back to every ‘justified’ regime change and invasion for decades, every ‘weapons of mass destruction’ lie, every ‘evil communists’ trope bought and sold by politicians, journalists and people, and all the incredible suffering that followed
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We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
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one cynically funny thing about Hegseth thinking he can retcon the genocide atop which America was built is that the rest of the world is not fooled & will never be fooled. World history will always teach that the Army committed organized murder of civilians at Wounded Knee. It’s generally known
September 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
one cynically funny thing about Hegseth thinking he can retcon the genocide atop which America was built is that the rest of the world is not fooled & will never be fooled. World history will always teach that the Army committed organized murder of civilians at Wounded Knee. It’s generally known
Ew.
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Ew.
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"getting snatched off the street by armed agents of the state, sent to the gulag, and then deported is the same thing as a multi-millionaire having his show cancelled.
I am very smart and get paid to share my ideas."
I am very smart and get paid to share my ideas."
Ben Smith: "What you saw with Mahmoud Khalil is that in some ways he is *less* vulnerable than Jimmy Kimmel. The people who are most vulnerable are the employees of big consolidated megacorporations—"
Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported."
Chris Hayes: "Yeah, although he's about to get deported."
September 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"getting snatched off the street by armed agents of the state, sent to the gulag, and then deported is the same thing as a multi-millionaire having his show cancelled.
I am very smart and get paid to share my ideas."
I am very smart and get paid to share my ideas."
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Every woman I know with advanced degrees has dated this guy/met this guy at a party and he has implied how ignorant/stupid she actually was because she didn't recite the History of the Peloponnesian War from memory.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
August 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Every woman I know with advanced degrees has dated this guy/met this guy at a party and he has implied how ignorant/stupid she actually was because she didn't recite the History of the Peloponnesian War from memory.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
And then he's been blocked/avoided by every one of those women.
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I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
August 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I’m kind of speechless with this one. I can’t imagine the kind of person who continues to make the argument that it doesn’t count as real starvation if the kids were already sick.
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Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators
June 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Elon saying he’s going to reprogram his chatbot’s view of history is a perfect example of why these kinds of AI products aren’t the neutral “tools” people always defend them as. They’re little political projects reflecting the ideologies of their creators
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The Alarm. Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1902, unsent.
May 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Alarm. Postcard from my collection. Copyright 1902, unsent.
Recently, via a series of strange events, I moved to Warsaw’s Muranów neighborhood - since today is the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, here are some photos of the memorial I took on a walk. Today, this neighborhood’s tragic history feels hauntingly present.
April 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Recently, via a series of strange events, I moved to Warsaw’s Muranów neighborhood - since today is the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, here are some photos of the memorial I took on a walk. Today, this neighborhood’s tragic history feels hauntingly present.
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Human beings suffer,
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.
Seamus Heaney #botd 1939
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.
Seamus Heaney #botd 1939
April 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Human beings suffer,
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.
Seamus Heaney #botd 1939
They torture one another,
They get hurt and get hard.
No poem or play or song
Can fully right a wrong
Inflicted and endured.
Seamus Heaney #botd 1939
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given its applicability to the present moment I feel like the word revanchist is severely overdue for a comeback. normalize calling your enemy a revanchist piece of shit
March 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
given its applicability to the present moment I feel like the word revanchist is severely overdue for a comeback. normalize calling your enemy a revanchist piece of shit