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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1h

Many Israeli Arabs think so. And why is that relevant? The apartheid apply to Palestinians. The apartheid in SA did not apply to everyone.

Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 6h

Boycott Israel until justice is done and apartheid is over!

World Cup Qualifiers Become a Venue for European Protests of Israel

www.nytimes.com

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 8h

🚨 HEY NYC — This clip alone is completely disqualifying. Absolutely humiliating stuff from @andrewcuomo, refusing to condemn Trump for going after NY AG Tish James.

A vote for him is very clearly a vote for Trump.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 8h

Looking forward to read this

Ann-Sophie Barwich @smellosopher.bsky.social · 11h

Done!
Finally "just did it": below word limit, fixed references, improved figures, cleaned glossary... and refined argument turning Mary the neuroscientist into Mary the dancer.

Only thing missing b4 submitting is to hear back about *the* final image's license (@keithfrankish.com). Ooof.

Teaser:

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8h

Gazan children are walking the long walk to homes that have mostly been destroyed, some of them barefoot

This video of a 5 year old is one example. He was 3 when the genocide began:
www.instagram.com/reel/DPtxJ6y...

aljazeeraenglish on Instagram

www.instagram.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

Caitlin Flanagan is what, lol?

Girl, post whatever you want defending Weiss, people who have different opinions didn't have a home visit from the thought police--they just see Weiss for the hypocritical, grifting amoral emptiness she is. Oh, and she's a terribly mediocre writer.

Sally Jenkins @sallyjenx.bsky.social · 9h

Ratio me. Please. It's a badge of honor. If you don't like a link, go follow some chicken-heart who needs the approval of the thought-police. Caitlin Flanagan of @theatlantic.com is a tremendous writer and this piece is an excellent read. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Don’t Bet Against Bari Weiss

The new editor in chief of CBS News triumphs over her critics.

www.theatlantic.com

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 10h

We have armed secret police kidnapping people off the street based on the color of their skin.

When we win: we will haul them before a Senate committee. The masks will come off. There will be consequences.

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 11h

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 1d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 12h

The @nytimes.com never stops being the main propaganda outlet for Israel.

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Aidan Wright @aidangcw.bsky.social · 16h

A new take on the limitations of "psychometric networks" now out in Nature Human Behavior. You don't want to put too much confidence in individual edges. Something we cautioned against in 2017.

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www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Statistical evidence in psychological networks - Nature Human Behaviour

Psychometric network models have become increasingly popular in psychology and the social sciences. Huth et al. show that a large proportion of reported network findings are based on weak or inconclusive evidence inviting caution when interpreting results.

www.nature.com

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 15h

This senile liar who currently occupies the White House does not remember that he was President on January 6th.

If you voted for this senile liar, and if you enable him today, you clearly are ok with breaking America. The ruins of our once great nation are because of you.

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Grant Sanderson @3blue1brown.com · 14h

Ever since I made a video about Fourier Transforms, one of the most requested topics on the channel has been its close cousin, the Laplace Transform.

I've been having a lot of fun animating a mini-series about this topic, and the main part is now out.

youtu.be/j0wJBEZdwLs

But what is a Laplace Transform?

YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown

youtu.be

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 14h

“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre

Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.

www.msnbc.com

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 22h

Free Barghoti free Palestine

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 22h

Blinken belongs to The Hague. He has behaved as for all intents and purposes an Israeli agent.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 1d

Incredible that this man thinks he can gaslight us into thinking he couldn’t have stopped the genocide, that he wasn’t a collaborator par excellence.

Blinken:

(2/12) First, what changed to make this breakthrough possible? Hamas is finally and fully isolated. Arab states and Turkey have said “enough.” The misery Hamas provoked and would allow to persist has delegitimized it among most Gazans. And Hamas realized that the cavalry (Iran, Hezbollah, the Houthis) are not coming to the rescue.

(3/12) Israel has long since achieved its war aims -- destroying Hamas as an organized military force so October 7 can never be repeated and eliminating those responsible for its horrors – but at terrible cost to Palestinian civilians caught in a crossfire they did not start and were powerless to stop. Only the hostages remained. Israelis want them home and the war to end, putting pressure on the Israeli government to take the deal, not move the goalposts.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 1d

Has lived in the US since he was NINE MONTHS OLD.

Lynn Becker @cmgiulini.bsky.social · 1d

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him

Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

www.miamiherald.com

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Sara Partridge, Ph.D. @sarapartridge.bsky.social · 1d

There are reports that the *entire* office of special education at the US Dept of Education has been cut. These hardworking folks ensure kids with disabilities get equal access to a quality education.

America’s children deserve better than this.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

We will need Nuremberg-like trials

LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 @longtimehistory.bsky.social · 1d

ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.

Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.

He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.

Houston, Texas

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

Sadly I concur.

Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 1d

I cannot in good conscience recommend that my undergraduate or masters students go to graduate school in the USA. I will support them if they apply but I cannot recommend it to them. This is a change from 30 years of practice in which that was my strongest recommendation.

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · May 30

No words

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

This is … words are missing.

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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The Typist @thetypist.bsky.social · 3d

Enjoying this classic Anti Fascist (Antifa) goosebumps moment.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

See you in Pittsburgh next week

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 2d

Cair calls on Nobel Prize winner to renounce support for Zionism and fascism - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/cair-calls-nobel-prize-winner-renounce-support-zionism-and-fascism

Cair calls on Nobel Prize winner to renounce support for Zionism and fascism

Muslim civil rights organisation said if Machado does not renounce far-right beliefs, she should be stripped of the prize

www.middleeasteye.net

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

The genocide in Gaza has stopped for now but the place is in ruins and the monsters who committed this crime against humanity are still free. Justice means reparations and trial.

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