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Neelofer Qadir
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Writing #AfrasianImaginaries🌊 racial capitalism in Indian Ocean worlds

📷 @afrasianimaginaries

www.neeloferqadir.com
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Arab Lit Quarterly is making all of their pdfs of works with Palestinian authors free for #ReadPalestine week. arablit.gumroad.com
Subscribe to ArabLit Store on Gumroad
Scroll down for buyable items related to ArabLit (Arabic Literature and Translation) and the Bulaq podcast.
arablit.gumroad.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 AM
On Wed, Dec 3, I’m honored to moderate a conversation with @esmat.bsky.social on his brilliant new book, Parting Gifts of Empire: Palestine and India at the Dawn of Decolonization.

Workshops 4 Sudan fundraise for @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social. My goal: raise $1000; donor match doubles it.
November 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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In Solidarity with Sudan: A Bonfire Discussion

Join us!

10 December 2025
15:30 GMT/16:30 CET/17:30 Cairo/10:30 EST

via zoom

Co-organized with Sawiyan, Salam Sudan + Locally Led

Register via www.southsouthmovement.org/in-solidarit...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect a year ago today.

Since then, Israel has violated the ceasefire nearly 10,000 times: 7,500 violations of Lebanese airspace and almost 2,500 ground violations, according to the UN.
Lebanon: Israel’s attacks continue one year into "ceasefire"
www.nrc.no
November 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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🚨 COMMUNITY ALERT🚨

At LaGuardia Airport, there are several rumored and one confirmed ICE arrest of domestic travelers.

If you are at risk of detention or not sure, exercise caution while traveling. Make a safety plan in case of detention and consult an immigration attorney.
November 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Same for literary studies. Non-tenure-track lit studies scholars I know you're out there and publishing articles and books. And if you're tenure-track and know NTT authors, let me know about their work! I can reach out and confirm that they're cool with being listed.
Haven't received as many contributions as usual for this year's lists--could be many things, but one aspect is surely that our ability to get this in front of people is much diminished. If you know folks whose stuff should be on here, please suggest it! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
contingentmagazine.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Want to support baristas on ULP strike? Head to nocontractnocoffee.org and:
🖊️sign our pledge to stop buying Starbucks while baristas are on strike
☕️ make a customized graphic to show your solidarity
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No Contract, No Coffee | Starbucks Workers United
Starbucks baristas brewing change. Join the movement for fair contracts, better wages, and worker protections.
nocontractnocoffee.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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I know people are closely following what's going on the US and the horrors of ICE, but do you know how Canada is quickly and quietly is growing its deportation machinery?

Canada plans to increase deportations by 25 percent over the next two years. 25 PERCENT!!!

Here are 5 other things to know:
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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I called for a Canadian arms embargo and trade restrictions on the UAE until it stops funding the RSF and for Canadian weapons manufacturers to be held accountable for their complicity in the Senate today, I also called for Canada to adopt bill c-233 (1/4)
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.

prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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AAUP TV — WEDS, NOV 19 @ 7 PM ET!

Veena Dubal, AAUP General Counsel, and Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, will discuss the historic victory in AAUP v. Trump and what it means for the UC system & higher ed!

@proftwolf.bsky.social
@veenadubal.bsky.social

Tune in on IG or YouTube (link in thread)!
November 19, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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NEW: Trump's DOJ sent a subpoena to a gender-affirming care clinic seeking information on patients, including minors, and its insurance billing practices. The clinic—which doesn't even take insurance—fought the demand in court and won.
Read @garnethenderson.com in @autonomynews.co
The DOJ Subpoenaed Patient Info From a Gender-Affirming Care Clinic. It Fought Back.
A Washington judge quashed the Trump administration's attempt to subpoena patient information from the telehealth practice QueerDoc—but the fight may not be over.
www.autonomynews.co
November 19, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Several Chicago newsrooms have been quietly collaborating to bring big ICE stories to the forefront.

In this story today, we found that feds used chemical weapons on Chicagoans at least 49 times during immigration raids — even after a judge said to stop.
Feds Used Chemical Weapons On Chicagoans At Least 49 Times — Even After Judge Said To Stop
Contrary to federal claims about attacks on agents, most of these incidents appear to involve nonviolent protesters or bystanders.
blockclubchicago.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Cooked 🍳
I stumbled upon a panic thread on reddit last night about doing homework after Cloudflare took out ChatGPT. One person asked how they could “read a book for class” without it and the thread actually went downhill from there.
November 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The attack marks the latest of nearly 400 Israeli violations of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
Deadly Israeli attack on Gaza brings death toll since ceasefire to 280
The attack marks the latest of nearly 400 Israeli violations of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
As if we need more reasons to hate FIFA
November 19, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Terminal drop off to Gate at Hartfield-Jackson Intl in under 15 mins = a highly favored and blessed person (me) 🧿

See you soon #ASA2025 looking forward to writing by the sea 🌊
November 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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To say this is to ignore how the UNSC has done the same with Haiti over the past 2 decades
📽️ Jeremy Scahill On The Gaza Vote: “Extraordinarily Dark Moment In The History Of The United Nations.”

Scahill says the new UN resolution gives an “international stamp of legitimacy” to the U.S.–Israeli plan to privatize and occupy Gaza. The UN now “endorses Israel’s war of subjugation and...
November 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Anyone in San Juan this week or next connecting around increased military aggression in the Caribbean?

Please connect me to any orgs or actions if you know of them.
November 16, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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What, exactly, does this string of words mean? Why does everyone who stands to profit from selling "AI" love to repeat it? And what's the value of slogans that masquerade as history?

sonjadrimmer.com/blog-1/2025/...
"The Printing Press Democratized Knowledge": When Slogans Masquerade as History — Sonja Drimmer
The phrase is said so frequently it seems, like the mechanism it celebrates, to mechanically replicate itself.  It's become a favorite catchphrase among tech boosters of any sort (see my post on...
sonjadrimmer.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM