Tylor Brand
@khayyat.bsky.social
Historian of awful things at Trinity College Dublin
Author of Famine Worlds
WWI, Lebanon, Famine and Disaster History
Author of Famine Worlds
WWI, Lebanon, Famine and Disaster History
Well, there's one to boycott
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Well, there's one to boycott
Unbelievable. What an incredible loss.
My life's work lies in ruins
The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close.
The Center for European Studies, the African Studies Center, the Carolina Asia Center, the Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies, the Institute for the Study of the Americas and the Center for Slavic, Eurasian and East European Studies are all slated to close.
America First, at America’s first public university.
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Unbelievable. What an incredible loss.
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At least a dozen Palestinians have been killed by the flooding in Gaza due to the lack of proper structures. I believe it is more like 2 or 3 dozen since the first reporting I saw.
This gets hardly any attention. Children sleeping in tents on sand and waking up shivering with water pooled around.
This gets hardly any attention. Children sleeping in tents on sand and waking up shivering with water pooled around.
December 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
At least a dozen Palestinians have been killed by the flooding in Gaza due to the lack of proper structures. I believe it is more like 2 or 3 dozen since the first reporting I saw.
This gets hardly any attention. Children sleeping in tents on sand and waking up shivering with water pooled around.
This gets hardly any attention. Children sleeping in tents on sand and waking up shivering with water pooled around.
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As storms intensify, displaced families in Gaza face growing hardship as inadequate shelters fail to withstand harsh weather, highlighting the severe lack of safe and proper refuge amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
December 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
As storms intensify, displaced families in Gaza face growing hardship as inadequate shelters fail to withstand harsh weather, highlighting the severe lack of safe and proper refuge amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology
Please tune in to the livestream today to hear my brilliant colleagues Somaia Abu Nada, who will speak on her sister Heba's life and poetry (before she was murdered by the IOF), and Alaa al-Qaysi, who will talk about writing under famine and siege in Gaza.
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Writing the Ongoing Nakba / Literaturhaus Berlin
Das Literaturhaus Berlin zieht 18 Monate lang um die Häuser der Stadt. Während unser Haus in der Fasanenstraße 23 einen Fahrstuhl und neue Toiletten bekommt, touren wir unter dem Motto »Li-Be für die ...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Please tune in to the livestream today to hear my brilliant colleagues Somaia Abu Nada, who will speak on her sister Heba's life and poetry (before she was murdered by the IOF), and Alaa al-Qaysi, who will talk about writing under famine and siege in Gaza.
li-be.de/programm/wri...
li-be.de/programm/wri...
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Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
I only regret that I was already boycotting McDonald's for its pro-genocide actions and technically can't do so again
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I only regret that I was already boycotting McDonald's for its pro-genocide actions and technically can't do so again
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Along Israel’s expanding Yellow Line, the war in Gaza never ended
Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.
By Ruwaida Amer
www.972mag.com/gaza-yellow-...
Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.
By Ruwaida Amer
www.972mag.com/gaza-yellow-...
Along Israel’s expanding Yellow Line, the war in Gaza never ended
Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.
www.972mag.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Along Israel’s expanding Yellow Line, the war in Gaza never ended
Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.
By Ruwaida Amer
www.972mag.com/gaza-yellow-...
Israeli forces are advancing beyond stipulated boundaries, where Palestinians say supposedly safe neighborhoods are coming under fire without warning.
By Ruwaida Amer
www.972mag.com/gaza-yellow-...
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They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
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Ibrahim al Khalili reports on children in Gaza having to become the main bread winner in the family after their fathers have been killed.
December 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ibrahim al Khalili reports on children in Gaza having to become the main bread winner in the family after their fathers have been killed.
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Utterly chilling reporting from the Prospect and NY times on trumps war in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
October 25, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Utterly chilling reporting from the Prospect and NY times on trumps war in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
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lol
November 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
lol
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Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
As with the Gaza atrocities, 1 in every 5 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in 2025 across the West Bank is a child
dlvr.it
November 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Why Jewish Squatter Violence in the West Bank is Skyrocketing
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NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
NEW: Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while also removing apps designed to warn communities about ICE officials.
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
“Google wanted to ‘not be evil’ back in the day. Well, they're evil now."
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After Israel’s Arabic language spokesman threatened two villages in south Lebanon to evacuate before strikes, the drone is hovering loudly over Beirut.
We live in dystopia.
We live in dystopia.
November 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
After Israel’s Arabic language spokesman threatened two villages in south Lebanon to evacuate before strikes, the drone is hovering loudly over Beirut.
We live in dystopia.
We live in dystopia.
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Israel is using a 'no war, no peace' Lebanonisation model in Gaza, analysts say.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
How Israel is using ‘no war, no peace’ Lebanonisation model in Gaza
Since a 2024 ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israel has attacked Lebanon almost daily. Now, the pattern is repeating in Gaza.
www.aljazeera.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Israel is using a 'no war, no peace' Lebanonisation model in Gaza, analysts say.
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
All of those Biden officials should live in prison until it's time for them to burn in hell
They knew. They knew it was genocide. And they helped Israel do it anyway.
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
All of those Biden officials should live in prison until it's time for them to burn in hell
This moral outrage should only have been considered if it included a clause where Musk would be slowly devoured by ants if he failed to meet unreasonably high performance targets.
And even then it should have been rejected in favor of a "just the ants" motion.
And even then it should have been rejected in favor of a "just the ants" motion.
It is both ethically wrong & fundamentally anti-democratic for one man to command this much wealth and power.
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
States spent centuries trying to tame the power of over-mighty subjects. The rise of the global barons is not compatible with democracy as we've understood it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
This moral outrage should only have been considered if it included a clause where Musk would be slowly devoured by ants if he failed to meet unreasonably high performance targets.
And even then it should have been rejected in favor of a "just the ants" motion.
And even then it should have been rejected in favor of a "just the ants" motion.
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Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.