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Tim Gill @timgill924.bsky.social · Nov 17

RFK Jr. was a literature and history major. In other words, he was spoon-fed Foucault, Derrida, and other humanities folks who made their name by contesting objectivity and science.

YOU created the monster, Humanities Professors.

Own it.

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · Nov 17

RFK Jr.: “Thank you [to the NIH] for public service. We’re going to give infectious disease a break for about eight years.”

Kennedy wants to take a “break” from studying infectious diseases like COVID-19 and measles.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

RFK Jr. comes ‘home’ to his anti-vaccine group, commits to ‘a break’ for U.S. infectious disease research

www.nbcnews.com

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Nov 29

A list on #EpistemicInjustice has just been started: it's quite focused on philosophy & psy-disciplines but political theorists, post/de-colonial scholars & scholars of non-western standpoints in politics, history, pedagogy etc. could be interested. And dare I say scholars of/working with #Foucault.

Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti.com · Nov 29

Dear #philsky I think we need a starter pack for people who work on epistemic injustice. Can be philosophers, psychologists, lived experience researchers, the sky is the limit! Suggest yourselves or others for inclusion in the replies. Thanks 🤩 go.bsky.app/RMAoxiW

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 25

Another European fig-leaf: this time, France's recognition of Palestine as a state. About time, but we're beyond the point where this makes any difference unless Western & Arab states *act* in compliance w/ their obligations under int'l law. Anything less leaves them accomplices.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 22

They have had nearly two years to *act* & have pointedly declined to do so, just as they have refused to act with any significance on Palestine for decades. They have a simple choice: DO something, or do nothing. Save lives or endorse their slaughter. Either way they're responsible for Gazans' fate.

Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 22

Von Der Leyen & Kallas perform outrage at the killing of civilians at food distribution points. Not at the human-made starvation of Gaza, nor at the mass slaughter on daily display for nearly two years. The 'outrage' expressed by EU leaders is distasteful & disrespectful to Palestinians' suffering.

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عمو حسام @3arabawy.substack.com · Jul 16

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Egypt Security Sector Report

14/7/2025: This week’s dispatch dissects the machinery of Egypt’s authoritarianism as it staggers between breakdown and consolidation.

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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · Jul 16

Ten children a day losing a limb in Gaza, warns UN-backed body - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ten-children-day-losing-limb-gaza-warns-un

Ten children a day losing a limb in Gaza, warns UN-backed body

A generation of Palestinian children left disabled by Israeli attacks, with over 40,500 suffering from new war-related injuries since October 2023

www.middleeasteye.net

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NBC News @nbcnews.com · Jul 15

A transgender girl housed in a male unit of a Washington, D.C., juvenile detention center has been hospitalized after sustaining multiple injuries, including a broken jaw, officials say.

Trans girl housed in male unit has jaw broken at D.C. juvenile detention center

Officials said they've launched a "full review" after the Youth Services Center resident was transported to the hospital following the incident.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today yet again dozens of starving Gazans were being slaughtered and Israel bombed Syria & Lebanon. EU Foreign Ministers' response was to wave the crowd on: "Nothing to see here."
Utterly grotesque.

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · Jul 15

NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.

“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"

Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’

Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation

www.theguardian.com

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

The #EU today has chosen to ignore international law, its own rules, basic morality & overwhelming evidence. Today's Foreign Affairs Council decision to do nothing about its Association Agreement with Israel seals both the EU's end as a "normative actor" and its complicity in genocide.

#Gaza

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Al Jazeera:
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Jacobin:
jacobin.com/2025/06/gaza...

Mediapart:
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

Orient XXI:
orientxxi.info/magazine/art...
orientxxi.info/magazine/art...

UntoldMag:
untoldmag.org/author/andre...

www.mediapart.fr

Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

In the process, it'll continue to erode int'l law, the shattered shards of the EU's 'normative power', and its strategic own objectives (e.g. security & stability) while undermining universal human rights and the rule of law at home. Let alone safeguarding the human rights of Palestinians.

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

**Spoilers**: the EU will play for time (pesky procedures...) & distraction, like Kallas' palliative theatrical 'agreement' with Israel on aid to Gaza.

Jacobin
jacobin.com/2025/06/gaza...
OrientXXI
orientxxi.info/.../accord-d....
UntoldMag
untoldmag.org/author/andre...

Europe Is Still Enabling Israel’s Crimes in Gaza

Some European states have recently started using more critical language about Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza, rhetorically distancing themselves from the US line. But their ongoing record o...

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 15

As the EU Foreign Affairs Council discussions of Gaza & the EU-Israel Association Agreement begin it's worth keeping a few things in mind – I've collected my recent media articles and interviews on the issue.

Mediapart
www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...
AlJazeera www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Fabien Escalona @fabienescalona.bsky.social · Jul 14

Le chercheur @andrea-teti.bsky.social analyse les ressorts de l’inaction dommageable des responsables européens. www.mediapart.fr/journal/inte...

« L’Union européenne repousse le moment de prendre ses responsabilités »

Mardi 15 juillet, un sommet des Vingt-Sept doit déterminer la réponse aux violations par Israël de son accord d’association avec l’Union européenne. Le chercheur Andrea Teti analyse les ressorts de l…

www.mediapart.fr

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Fabien Escalona @fabienescalona.bsky.social · Jul 14

La manchette de @mediapart.fr, à la veille d’un sommet européen attendu sur le réexamen de l’accord d’association UE-Israël.

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · Jul 14

Mardi 15 juillet, un sommet des Vingt-Sept doit déterminer la réponse aux violations par Israël de son accord d’association avec l’Union européenne. Le chercheur Andrea Teti analyse les ressorts de l’inaction dommageable des responsables européens.

Par @fabienescalona.bsky.social

« L’Union européenne repousse le moment de prendre ses responsabilités »

Mardi 15 juillet, un sommet des Vingt-Sept doit déterminer la réponse aux violations par Israël de son accord d’association avec l’Union européenne. Le chercheur Andrea Teti analyse les ressorts de l’inaction dommageable des responsables européens.

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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · Jul 14

Israel destroyed Gaza’s printing presses, publishing houses, and bookstores. These were homes to memory, knowledge, and cultural continuity. Ink and manuscripts turned to ash. Presses were silenced mid-sentence.

Report by Fatma Al Zahraa Sehwail:
www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1657...

Targeting Printing and Publishing Houses in Gaza: A Cultural Violation and a Memoricide

Palestine Square, فلسطين الميدان

www.palestine-studies.org

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 12

#AJOPINION: "No amount of “interpreting” law or hiding behind procedure can mask the fact that the #EU is in flagrant violation of its legal obligations and the spirit of its own rules"

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

By sacrificing Palestine, Europe betrays itself

By refusing to take action on Israel, EU states are violating European and international law.

www.aljazeera.com

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 11

jacobin.com/2025/06/gaza...

Europe Is Still Enabling Israel’s Crimes in Gaza

Some European states have recently started using more critical language about Israel’s genocidal onslaught against Gaza, rhetorically distancing themselves from the US line. But their ongoing record o...

jacobin.com

The International Spectator @intlspectator.bsky.social · Jul 10

⭐️ The International Spectator welcomes #SpecialIssue proposals for 2027-2028!

💡 If you like the idea, please have a look at our website for more info and the form for #submitting a proposal

🔎 shorturl.at/fJa1p

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 10

This is exactly right & precisely the reason why the talk about the EU having to assess whether Art. 2 has been violated is a distraction: EU & Member States have a duty to apply int'l law regardless of Agreements, procedures, voting systems etc.

Anything but applying that law is shirking it.

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt on X: "The EU-Israel Association Agreement was signed when Israel's track record of human rights violations was already well known. Hence it has been a disgrace ab initio. EU regulations do not supersede/override intl law obligations especially when intl crimes are apparent. The only" / X

The EU-Israel Association Agreement was signed when Israel's track record of human rights violations was already well known. Hence it has been a disgrace ab initio. EU regulations do not supersede/override intl law obligations especially when intl crimes are apparent. The only

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 10

Over the coming week we'll hear a fair bit about the EU and its Association Agreement with Israel, what is or isn't 'legally' possible within the AA, procedures, Articles and voting majorities. This is a distraction. To see why, everyone please frame this comment by Acsecnarf Albanese:

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Jul 9

Today EU Council President Antonio Costa said "the rules-based order needs ... Credible defenders, that uphold it consistently, without double standards" & "Europe has shown it can act."
So the EU *could* act on Palestine – it just doesn't want to?

www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...

Report by President António Costa to the European Parliament plenary session

European Council President António Costa debriefed the European Parliament plenary in Strasbourg on the discussions held during the European Council meeting of 26 June 2025.

www.consilium.europa.eu

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egyptianhrforum.bsky.social @egyptianhrforum.bsky.social · Jun 2

Speakers:
• MEP Chloé Ridel (S&D)
• MEP Jan Oetjen (Renew Europe)
• Samar Elhussieny – (EHRF)
• Amna Guellali – (CIHRS)
• Abdulrahman Ayyash – (MEDC)
• Zakaria Hannache – Algerian human rights defender
• Claudio Francavilla – (HRW)

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · May 11

Before anything else politicians, media & 'experts' must clearly state if they believe in the universality of #HumanRights & rule of law. ALL human rights –life, protest, resistance– are FOR all. They cannot be recognized for some but not others. This, at best, is hypocrisy. And stinks of racism.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · May 11

My Palestine: An Impossible Exile

Review of Mohammad Tarbush, My Palestine: An Impossible Exile (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2024) Munich, Germany (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) –– –– It is probably impossible for a single autobiography to capture the lengths of modern Palestinian history. But if one book can get close to this, it is Mohammad Tarbush’s “My Palestine: […]

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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · Jan 24

@MiddleEastEye: “Rome has betrayed the Rome Statute, again - and with that the victims of horrendous abuses in Libya, Palestine and elsewhere”

- Claudio Francavilla, Human Rights Watch

Main link in OG tweet

https://pulse.ly/p5ww4pxybx

pulse.ly

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Andrea Teti @andrea-teti.bsky.social · Dec 14

...and has driven locals away making the city enormously unaffordable.

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