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Marianne Dhenin

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · Jun 13

When @yesmedia.bsky.social announced that it would be shutting down, I stopped waffling about launching a newsletter and started setting it up. Read about that decision and subscribe with an early supporter discount here: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/thanks-for-b...

Thanks for being here.

I'm launching a newsletter. Here's why and what's next.

newsletter.mariannedhenin.com

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 59m

My "certainly not ideal" was meant to refer to negligent injuries. I didn't think you meant to be ableist, and I do appreciate your posts!

Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 2h

Certainly not ideal, yea! Thanks for sharing your expertise.

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 2h

I appreciate that you're helping protestors not get injured! I also want to point out that many courageous disabled people are part of this fight, so the particular phrasing that one can't contribute if they're "crippled" isn't great. Cripples (for those who claim the term) are part of this republic

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 8h

Gaza has been without operable water and sanitation infrastructure for two years. I spoke with Mariam Zaqout about the water crisis and why any efforts to rebuild must be Palestinian-led. Read it here: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/mariam-zaqou....

Mariam Zaqout on Palestine’s Water Crisis

Gaza has been without operable water and sanitation infrastructure for almost two years. Efforts to rebuild must be Palestinian-led.

newsletter.mariannedhenin.com

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 8h

Congrats!

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GloPhi – Philosophizing in a Globalized World @glophi.bsky.social · 8h

New Vacancy at Leiden University:
Assistant Professor in African and Comparative Philosophy

Deadline: December 1, 2025
Start date: August 1, 2026

careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Assistan...

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 8h

Oh nooo do I even want to know

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems...
SIMON: What?
SHAPIRO: ...Or saying...
SIMON: You imagine that?
SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over.
SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level.
SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this.
SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.

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pumpkin spice amb 🎃 @amb.fyi · 19h

in the second cnn portland city councilor hit of the day, the anchor couldn’t keep a straight face

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 18h

Look at you go! New mediums!

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

adding my endorsement! I enjoyed this book (at least as much as one can, given the subject matter)

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

I am not the intended audience*

*people with probably bad taste

Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

alright I had to look these up and I sure hope doing so does not lead to ads on my feed 😬

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

Please donate or share

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you for your work!

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october krausch @octoberk.bsky.social · 1d

a little bit of sunshine for your day

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 1d

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t usually write about my law firm, but I’m going to make an exception. With fewer than 60 lawyers, we are currently litigating 63 voting and election cases in 30 states — a number that will almost certainly rise in the weeks to come. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/why-...

Why My Law Firm is Litigating 63 Voting Rights Cases

Read here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

Trump and co.'s plan to flatten and remake Gaza is out today. But it won't work because it doesn't "address the big issue, which is Israel’s violations of human rights," researcher Mariam Zaqout told me. "We have to build by looking back decades at how [we got here]." Read the whole interview here 👇

Mariam Zaqout on Palestine’s Water Crisis

Gaza has been without operable water and sanitation infrastructure for almost two years. Efforts to rebuild must be Palestinian-led.

newsletter.mariannedhenin.com

Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are offering truth-based curricula. Read my reporting: newsletter.mariannedhenin.com/educators-fi....

Educators Fight Suppression to Teach America’s Real History

To fill the growing vacuum of history education in the U.S., racial justice organizers are offering truth-based curricula.

newsletter.mariannedhenin.com

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Jerna Van Vooren @jernacious.itch.io · 1d

Please share and donate if you can

Aya Mother 3 dauhters 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @beautyworld2020.bsky.social · 13d

💔This is my daughter Mona,8 😥
She was pulled from under the rubble when our home was bombed
The trauma silenced her —she hasn’t spoken since.
Her shoulder shattered,3 surgeries failed.
We fled last week before she could heal
She urgently needs costly care.
Please,don’t forget us🙏

gofund.me/2f942387

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 1d

Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.

A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.

Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks

Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists

freedom.press

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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 1d

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Jack Tripper @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 2d

I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that all these data centers are going into communities that have been historically targeted for exploitation and have the least amount of civic power wielded by the people living there.

wordinblack.com/2025/09/alab...

Why Are Plans for This Alabama Data Center So Hush-Hush?

Officials in Bessemer, Alabama, are mum on Project Marvel, a proposed data center the size of 18 Walmart Supercenters.

wordinblack.com

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing my writing on "The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought" once again because you can now listen to it read by a voice actor! Big thanks to the @noemamag.com team, who respected my ask to have a person narrate my writing rather than an automated voice. Check it out! 👂

The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought | NOEMA

From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool.

www.noemamag.com

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