Jess Bier 🌈
@bierjess.bsky.social
Associate prof. of urban sociology
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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PI: DIGIPORTS project, digitalization + racialization in maritime logistics
Author: Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine: How Occupied Landscapes Shape Scientific Knowledge
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Pro 🍉 ⚧️ 🏴☠️
PI: DIGIPORTS project, digitalization + racialization in maritime logistics
Author: Mapping Israel, Mapping Palestine: How Occupied Landscapes Shape Scientific Knowledge
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· May 5
Radio Watermelon (@RadioWatermelon) / X
Radio Watermelon (@RadioWatermelon) / X
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An updated list of groups who verify people to donate to in Gaza:
Radio watermelon verifies gofundmes, see their twitter:
x.com/RadioWaterme...
Iris collective verifies gofundmes in their Instagram stories, also see calls for volunteers to help set up funds: www.instagram.com/theiris.coll...
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Radio watermelon verifies gofundmes, see their twitter:
x.com/RadioWaterme...
Iris collective verifies gofundmes in their Instagram stories, also see calls for volunteers to help set up funds: www.instagram.com/theiris.coll...
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“After weighing all perspectives, Avrotros concludes that, under the current circumstances, participation cannot be reconciled with the public values that are fundamental to our organisation.” clearer ethical principles than @w-u-r.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Four countries to boycott Eurovision 2026 as Israel cleared to compete
Ireland, Spain, Slovenia and the Netherlands pull out after decision not to hold vote on Israel’s participation
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:52 PM
“After weighing all perspectives, Avrotros concludes that, under the current circumstances, participation cannot be reconciled with the public values that are fundamental to our organisation.” clearer ethical principles than @w-u-r.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have pulled out of Eurovision, Iceland and Belgium still deciding
nltimes.nl/2025/12/04/n...
nltimes.nl/2025/12/04/n...
Netherlands pulls out of Eurovision as organizer votes to keep Israel in 2026 contest
The Netherlands will not take part in next year's Eurovision Song Contest, with Dutch broadcast rights holder AvroTros deciding to boycott the event. The decision was made after the members of the eve...
nltimes.nl
December 4, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have pulled out of Eurovision, Iceland and Belgium still deciding
nltimes.nl/2025/12/04/n...
nltimes.nl/2025/12/04/n...
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On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
“A extrema-direita violenta na Europa não é a maioria, mas a maioria que a tolera é cúmplice”
Historiadora Olivette Otele fala sobre racismo e do risco de a maioria silenciosa se tornar cúmplice da extrema-direita. Esteve no ICS a falar sobre africanos europeus.
www.publico.pt
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On the news in Portugal ...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
"The violent far-right in Europe is not the majority, but the majority that tolerates it is complicit."
Historian Olivette Otele speaks about racism and the risk of the silent majority becoming complicit with the far-right.
www.publico.pt/2025/11/28/c...
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Chauffeurs sturen brandbrief over urenlange wachttijd in de haven: 'De situatie is onhoudbaar'
#rijnmond #algemeen
#rijnmond #algemeen
Chauffeurs sturen brandbrief over urenlange wachttijd in de haven: 'De situatie is onhoudbaar'
“De Rotterdamse haven gaat kapot. Het systeem loopt vast. Planningstechnisch is het een chaos.” De onvrede onder vrachtwagenchauffeurs groeit. In een brandbrief aan het Rotterdams college en het kabinet vragen ze om in te grijpen en structurele verbeteringen af te dwingen.
www.rijnmond.nl
November 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Rotterdam: the loempia cart on the Coolsingel across from Donner books was destroyed in an accident last week. Cong and Tam Trinh have run it for 30 years and they need 10k to start again. Give what you can! www.doneeractie.nl/help-mijn-ou...
Help mijn ouders hun loempiakraam weer opbouwen
Doneeractie - Mijn ouders verkopen al meer dan 20 jaar met liefde en trots loempia’s in Rotterdam. Hun kraam is voor velen een vertrouwd gezicht op de Coolsingel, een plek vol herinneringen, gezelligh...
www.doneeractie.nl
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Rotterdam: the loempia cart on the Coolsingel across from Donner books was destroyed in an accident last week. Cong and Tam Trinh have run it for 30 years and they need 10k to start again. Give what you can! www.doneeractie.nl/help-mijn-ou...
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The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
Out this morning supporting British Library workers demanding decent pay. I have been using the library regularly for 20+ years
October 27, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!
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Apologies if you're waiting for a reply to an email, I'm probably estimating the time from Leiden to Narva circa 1610
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Apologies if you're waiting for a reply to an email, I'm probably estimating the time from Leiden to Narva circa 1610
Gods this is bleak. And the headline? Here's what these centers don't offer: contraceptives, abortion, accurate information or adequate care. Here's what they look to offer: ignorance and patriarchy apnews.com/article/abor...
Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers
More anti-abortion pregnancy centers have been offering medical services such as testing for sexually transmitted infections.
apnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Gods this is bleak. And the headline? Here's what these centers don't offer: contraceptives, abortion, accurate information or adequate care. Here's what they look to offer: ignorance and patriarchy apnews.com/article/abor...
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Don’t miss this event if you are in NYC
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Don’t miss this event if you are in NYC
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here is my favorite sign from today
October 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
here is my favorite sign from today
Markus Rediker's helpful and discerning review of Siddhartha Kara's new book on the Zong / Zorg, the stuff of nightmares that are all too real www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
A Horrific Tale of the Slave Trade, Destined to Become a Classic
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Markus Rediker's helpful and discerning review of Siddhartha Kara's new book on the Zong / Zorg, the stuff of nightmares that are all too real www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
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Mother, Daughter and Maid, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1977 www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUni...
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Mother, Daughter and Maid, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1977 www.reddit.com/r/UtterlyUni...
Dutch politics in a nutshell
Fascist: I'm going to murder you
Progressive: Hey let's get out of here
Liberal: Don't be so negative. Come and debate your murderer. He doesn't mean it
Fascist: Oh I totally mean it (shows knife)
Liberal: Isn't it nice we can all sit together like this?
Fascist: I'm going to murder you
Progressive: Hey let's get out of here
Liberal: Don't be so negative. Come and debate your murderer. He doesn't mean it
Fascist: Oh I totally mean it (shows knife)
Liberal: Isn't it nice we can all sit together like this?
Als je erkent dat de woorden v Wilders c.s. leiden tot politiek geweld, waarom verlang je dat slachtoffers met hun beulen aan tafel gaan? Hoe beschermt dat de slachtoffers v racisme? En hoe versterk je de rechtsstaat door juist de bedreigers ervan als gelijkwaardige gesprekspartner te behandelen?
In mijn Nederland kunnen Sylvana Simons, Fleur Agema en ik samen aan tafel zitten. Fel in het debat, maar met respect voor elkaar.
De Nederlandse vlag is niet van één partij, maar van iedereen die vooruit wil. Het kan wél!
De Nederlandse vlag is niet van één partij, maar van iedereen die vooruit wil. Het kan wél!
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Dutch politics in a nutshell
Fascist: I'm going to murder you
Progressive: Hey let's get out of here
Liberal: Don't be so negative. Come and debate your murderer. He doesn't mean it
Fascist: Oh I totally mean it (shows knife)
Liberal: Isn't it nice we can all sit together like this?
Fascist: I'm going to murder you
Progressive: Hey let's get out of here
Liberal: Don't be so negative. Come and debate your murderer. He doesn't mean it
Fascist: Oh I totally mean it (shows knife)
Liberal: Isn't it nice we can all sit together like this?
Today's news, but every day: the worst troll you ever imagined is now the emperor of the universe. The best people you've ever met are suffering uncontrollably. Good luck pretending to have a normal day!
October 7, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Today's news, but every day: the worst troll you ever imagined is now the emperor of the universe. The best people you've ever met are suffering uncontrollably. Good luck pretending to have a normal day!
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Yesterday: imagine managing to get the last seat on a packed train even in 1st class, just to be confronted by a frail 75+ White man who decided that the only Black person in the carriage (and NOT the only person who got on that carriage) couldn't possibly have a 1st class ticket.
October 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yesterday: imagine managing to get the last seat on a packed train even in 1st class, just to be confronted by a frail 75+ White man who decided that the only Black person in the carriage (and NOT the only person who got on that carriage) couldn't possibly have a 1st class ticket.
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This is so real. There's an academia version of this as well ...
September 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is so real. There's an academia version of this as well ...
About fucking time.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dozens of delegates from multiple nations walk out of UN hall as Israeli prime minister prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
About fucking time.
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dozens of delegates from multiple nations walk out of UN hall as Israeli prime minister prepares to speak.
September 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Dozens of delegates from multiple nations walk out of UN hall as Israeli prime minister prepares to speak.
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Het fascistische geweld in Den Haag afgelopen weekend maakt de lezing van de Amerikaanse onderzoeksjournalist Nikole Hannah-Jones volgende week in De Dépendance nóg urgenter. Daar spreekt zij over de erosie van de democratie. Vers Betonleden krijgen korting.
Pulitzerprijswinnaar Nikole Hannah-Jones: “Excuses aanbieden voor het slavernijverleden zonder de schade aan te pakken is nutteloos” [€]
Interview met Pulitzerprijswinnaar Nikole Hannah-Jones over de rol van het Nederlandse slavernijverleden op de samenleving en haar visie op journalistiek.
www.versbeton.nl
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Het fascistische geweld in Den Haag afgelopen weekend maakt de lezing van de Amerikaanse onderzoeksjournalist Nikole Hannah-Jones volgende week in De Dépendance nóg urgenter. Daar spreekt zij over de erosie van de democratie. Vers Betonleden krijgen korting.
His lawyer "noted that Ayyash is a well-known Palestinian journalist and that Israeli authorities frequently accuse journalists of Hamas links to silence them."
nltimes.nl/2025/09/23/p...
nltimes.nl/2025/09/23/p...
Palestinian journalist arrested at Schiphol still in custody
Palestinian journalist and activist Mustafa Ayyash, arrested Friday at Schiphol Airport at the request of Austrian authorities, will remain in pretrial detention for at least 20 more days, RTL reports...
nltimes.nl
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
His lawyer "noted that Ayyash is a well-known Palestinian journalist and that Israeli authorities frequently accuse journalists of Hamas links to silence them."
nltimes.nl/2025/09/23/p...
nltimes.nl/2025/09/23/p...
This is so genuinely, wonderfully beautiful. #AlaaIsFree
September 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is so genuinely, wonderfully beautiful. #AlaaIsFree
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Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️
archive.org/details/walt...
archive.org/details/walt...
Walt Disney Testifies at HUAC (1947) : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Walt Disney Testifies at HUAC
archive.org
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, here's Walt Disney's testimony to HUAC in 1947, where he named employees he believed were communists, condemned labor unions, and accused "commie" groups, including the League of Women Voters, of smearing him. 🗃️
archive.org/details/walt...
archive.org/details/walt...
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While we're on the subject of free speech, note that Israel bombed a newspaper complex in Yemen, killing 31 journalists. The pundits who've spent the last few days commenting on political violence will have nothing to say about the wholesale murder of thirty-one of their colleagues.
September 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
While we're on the subject of free speech, note that Israel bombed a newspaper complex in Yemen, killing 31 journalists. The pundits who've spent the last few days commenting on political violence will have nothing to say about the wholesale murder of thirty-one of their colleagues.
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The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
Kamermeerderheid vindt Antifa terroristische organisatie
Een meerderheid in de Tweede Kamer wil dat Nederland, in navolging van de Verenigde Staten, de extreemlinkse beweging Antifa aanmerkt als terroristische organisatie. Een motie daartoe van Lidewij de V...
www.rd.nl
September 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The far-right majority in the Dutch parliament (BBB-FvD-JA21-PVV-SGP-VVD) has just designated “Antifa” a terrorist organization.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.
This is a dark day for Dutch democracy and the final nail in the coffin of the VVD as a serious liberal democratic party.