David Jekel
@davidjekel.myatproto.social
Mathematics poastdoc from US at University of Copenhagen. Personal account/opinions. Posts often about current events, sometimes math & education. Leftist, anti-war, anti-colonialism, food & housing for all.
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In 1974, the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon became the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA).
February 10, 2026 at 2:16 AM
In 1974, the Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon became the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA).
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Many thanks to @keanuheydari.bsky.social for his indulgent review of Repeating Revolutions!
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
Timothy Scott Johnson's Repeating Revolutions: The French Revolution and the Algerian War - Logos Journal
Repeating Revolutions examines how France’s revolutionary past became a working political language during Algeria’s struggle for decolonization from the 1930s through the 1960s. Johnson’s central clai...
logosjournal.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Many thanks to @keanuheydari.bsky.social for his indulgent review of Repeating Revolutions!
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
logosjournal.com/article/timo...
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Leqaa Kordia is back in an ICE detention center in Texas.
On Monday, 3 days after she suffered a seizure, she was released from a hospital and returned to the facility where attorneys say she has been "wrongfully detained" in "egregious conditions."
www.northjersey.com/story/news/i...
On Monday, 3 days after she suffered a seizure, she was released from a hospital and returned to the facility where attorneys say she has been "wrongfully detained" in "egregious conditions."
www.northjersey.com/story/news/i...
Paterson woman detained again by ICE after hospitalization
ICE detainee Leqaa Kordia of Paterson is hospitalized. Family and attorneys say they have been unable to get info about her condition or whereabouts.
www.northjersey.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Leqaa Kordia is back in an ICE detention center in Texas.
On Monday, 3 days after she suffered a seizure, she was released from a hospital and returned to the facility where attorneys say she has been "wrongfully detained" in "egregious conditions."
www.northjersey.com/story/news/i...
On Monday, 3 days after she suffered a seizure, she was released from a hospital and returned to the facility where attorneys say she has been "wrongfully detained" in "egregious conditions."
www.northjersey.com/story/news/i...
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The government lost in their own immigration court, i.e. a non-judicial court *in the executive branch under President Trump*.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...
February 10, 2026 at 12:21 AM
The government lost in their own immigration court, i.e. a non-judicial court *in the executive branch under President Trump*.
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win.
h/t @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
February 9, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
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Terrifying! This is why countries should accept asylum seekers and not engage in imperialist meddling
four haitian women were deported from puerto rico; they have now been found decapitated
Four Haitian Women Were Deported From Puerto Rico; They Have Now Been Found Decapitated
So far, Dominican authorities have reported the arrest of a Haitian man identified as Chin Laduse, who is allegedly connected to the killings.
www.latintimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Terrifying! This is why countries should accept asylum seekers and not engage in imperialist meddling
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If able, please support this upcoming live cooking workshop fundraiser for Sudan with Rania!🙏🏾 www.raniawrites.com/sudan.html
Sudan
The workshop will take place virtually via zoom on February 12th, 2026 at 7 PM EST Registration requires a direct donation to Sudan Solidarity Collective at the link below, please capture proof of...
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February 9, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If able, please support this upcoming live cooking workshop fundraiser for Sudan with Rania!🙏🏾 www.raniawrites.com/sudan.html
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"No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land
Remember that this is what the European Parliament, including the Fine Gael MEP’s, voted for. Horrible. Just horrible.
Remember that this is what the European Parliament, including the Fine Gael MEP’s, voted for. Horrible. Just horrible.
February 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
"No one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land
Remember that this is what the European Parliament, including the Fine Gael MEP’s, voted for. Horrible. Just horrible.
Remember that this is what the European Parliament, including the Fine Gael MEP’s, voted for. Horrible. Just horrible.
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Song of the Morning Drive
El General ft. Anika - “Rica y Apretadita”
El General ft. Anika - “Rica y Apretadita”
May 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Song of the Morning Drive
El General ft. Anika - “Rica y Apretadita”
El General ft. Anika - “Rica y Apretadita”
This is why I can't watch TV news. The conformity jumps out into your face. Everyone is playing *the same person*. Real people are much more unique.
February 9, 2026 at 11:00 PM
This is why I can't watch TV news. The conformity jumps out into your face. Everyone is playing *the same person*. Real people are much more unique.
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Canadian mining company Aris Mining, which intends to advance a gold mining project on the Páramo de Santurbán, is accused in Colombia of #greenwashing for attempting to clean up its image with a UN "water champion" award that was not awarded to them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bptx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bptx...
FAO retiró premio "campeones del agua" a iniciativa apoyada por Aris Mining | Noticias UNO
YouTube video by NoticiasUnoColombia
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February 9, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Canadian mining company Aris Mining, which intends to advance a gold mining project on the Páramo de Santurbán, is accused in Colombia of #greenwashing for attempting to clean up its image with a UN "water champion" award that was not awarded to them
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bptx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=bptx...
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NEWS: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept his job, got 'no discipline' on his record, UAW says.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:34 PM
NEWS: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept his job, got 'no discipline' on his record, UAW says.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
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NEW: Galvion, a Montreal-based military hardware company, is supplying ballistic helmets to ICE as part of a US$15.5-million deal between the agency and a U.S. reseller.
Story by @patriquin.bsky.social.
thelogic.co/news/galvion...
Story by @patriquin.bsky.social.
thelogic.co/news/galvion...
Montreal's Galvion, through U.S. reseller, supplied US$15.5M of ballistic helmets to ICE - The Logic
The helmets, which are designed in Montreal, have featured prominently in recent immigration crackdowns in Minneapolis and Illinois
thelogic.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
NEW: Galvion, a Montreal-based military hardware company, is supplying ballistic helmets to ICE as part of a US$15.5-million deal between the agency and a U.S. reseller.
Story by @patriquin.bsky.social.
thelogic.co/news/galvion...
Story by @patriquin.bsky.social.
thelogic.co/news/galvion...
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We need to go haul more water tonight, our tap water isn't drinkable. 💕💸
Can anyone help with $20 for gas for the week? Low again, out of funds and still waiting on my next paycheck, still gotta get kids to school and me to work.
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CA & Venmo: doublerainbowomg
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CA & Venmo: doublerainbowomg
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February 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
We need to go haul more water tonight, our tap water isn't drinkable. 💕💸
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atproto accounts are portable.
your post and likes history is too.
deletem.app connects to your custom or BlueSky hosted PDS and lets you delete posts and likes by time range, keywords and other smart filters.
your post and likes history is too.
deletem.app connects to your custom or BlueSky hosted PDS and lets you delete posts and likes by time range, keywords and other smart filters.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
atproto accounts are portable.
your post and likes history is too.
deletem.app connects to your custom or BlueSky hosted PDS and lets you delete posts and likes by time range, keywords and other smart filters.
your post and likes history is too.
deletem.app connects to your custom or BlueSky hosted PDS and lets you delete posts and likes by time range, keywords and other smart filters.
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Little 1-hr Resplendent Quetzal portrait sketch, off @kulindadromeus.bsky.social 's dinosaur prompt list #DrawDinosDaily (link to list in reply)
Phew yay I will finally have time to do some of these!
🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Phew yay I will finally have time to do some of these!
🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Little 1-hr Resplendent Quetzal portrait sketch, off @kulindadromeus.bsky.social 's dinosaur prompt list #DrawDinosDaily (link to list in reply)
Phew yay I will finally have time to do some of these!
🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
Phew yay I will finally have time to do some of these!
🎨🪶 #BirdArt #SciArt
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Sudan:
RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in the central of the country Sudan, says Sudan Doctors Network:
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in the central of the country Sudan, says Sudan Doctors Network:
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in central Sudan, says doctors group
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people, says Sudan Doctors Network
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Sudan:
RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in the central of the country Sudan, says Sudan Doctors Network:
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
RSF drone attack kills 24 people fleeing fighting in the central of the country Sudan, says Sudan Doctors Network:
Eight children including two infants among dead in vehicle carrying displaced people
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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#MicroscopeMonday Cross-section of a Kalanchoe marnieriana leaf, with what appears to be emerging but dormant foliar embryo (a dome) near the top.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
February 9, 2026 at 8:53 PM
#MicroscopeMonday Cross-section of a Kalanchoe marnieriana leaf, with what appears to be emerging but dormant foliar embryo (a dome) near the top.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
Kalanchoe marnieriana is a facultative cloning plant, which normally does not produce plantlets but do produce plantlets when leaves are detached.
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Our friend the Hispaniolan Armored Toad was first described in 2018 and is only known from a single location in the Dominican Republic! Their skin is very rough and bumpy, and they have prominent armored ridges on their head, giving them their name! (photo by Judá Isaí Martínez Uribe)
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Our friend the Hispaniolan Armored Toad was first described in 2018 and is only known from a single location in the Dominican Republic! Their skin is very rough and bumpy, and they have prominent armored ridges on their head, giving them their name! (photo by Judá Isaí Martínez Uribe)
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Israeli Security Cabinet Approves New Rules to Tighten Control Over Occupied West Bank
Israeli Security Cabinet Approves New Rules to Tighten Control Over Occupied West Bank
Israel’s security cabinet has approved new rules to tighten Israeli control over the occupied West Bank. The rules will make it easier for Israeli settlers to buy land in the occupied West Bank, and g...
www.democracynow.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Israeli Security Cabinet Approves New Rules to Tighten Control Over Occupied West Bank
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Israel has partially reopened the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, but it has allowed only dozens of people to enter Egypt for medical care. Some 20,000 Palestinians require urgent medical evacuation from the destroyed enclave.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/gaza_update
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/gaza_update
February 9, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Israel has partially reopened the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, but it has allowed only dozens of people to enter Egypt for medical care. Some 20,000 Palestinians require urgent medical evacuation from the destroyed enclave.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/gaza_update
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/2/9/gaza_update
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Notice the framing of sex trafficking victims as “consensual sex workers” and the simultaneous framing of consensual sex workers as “sex trafficking victims”
February 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Notice the framing of sex trafficking victims as “consensual sex workers” and the simultaneous framing of consensual sex workers as “sex trafficking victims”
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As the negotiations over DHS budget continue, please remember: the ICE detention budget alone was exploded in 2025 so it is now 62% greater than the entire Bureau of Prisons. People are not clocking what this infusion of cash to build concentration camps will do to our society.
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 PM
As the negotiations over DHS budget continue, please remember: the ICE detention budget alone was exploded in 2025 so it is now 62% greater than the entire Bureau of Prisons. People are not clocking what this infusion of cash to build concentration camps will do to our society.
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Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.
February 9, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Fearing that educated judges might rule on climate cases, Republican Attorneys General successfully bullied the The Federal Judicial Center (the education & research arm of the federal court system) into removing a chapter summarizing climate science from their scientific judicial reference manual.