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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 10h

Have you seen a Palestinian today on mainstream media to talk about two years of genocide. Permanent erasure

Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 12h

See you in the streets on the 18th

Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 13h

I wanted to share my reasons why I think it is of paramount importance to attend a No King’s protest on October 18, and to make the case to everyone you know to do the same.
a thread...
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 12h

Free Palestine

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 17h

The enemies of freedom

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 1d

And now @acls1919.bsky.social speaks out. Just. Say. No. To Trump's compact on higher ed. It's extortion plain and simple. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

www.acls.org

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

The table of contents for Read This When Things Fall Apart is a crisis directory—“read this if…” [insert heartbreak, setback, disaster, or breaking point]. I wish I could gift a copy to every activist in Chicago. You can donate a copy to an activist in need here: www.akpress.org/read-this-wh...

The cover for the book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis. The cover art features a person wading into a body of water in the woods at night.

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 18h

Really interesting post. Predicting just is hard if you don’t do physics.

Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 19h

Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

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The Real News Network @therealnews.com · 18h

The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech.”

Lawmakers demand information about potential use of Paragon spyware by ICE

The lawmakers warned that allowing ICE to use spyware “threatens Americans’ freedom of movement and freedom of speech."

therealnews.com

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 19h

Great paper. I highly recommend it. Totally unbiased ofc.

Philosophical Psychology @journalphp.bsky.social · 3d

This 2010 paper, Philosophical temperament, by
Jonathan Livengood, Justin Sytsma, Adam Feltz, Richard Scheines & Edouard Machery
is trending right now! Check it out, it is open access: doi.org/10.1080/0951... #philsky #philpsy

Philosophical temperament

Many philosophers have worried about what philosophy is. Often they have looked for answers by considering what it is that philosophers do. Given the diversity of topics and methods...

doi.org

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Nancy Kricorian @nancykric.bsky.social · 23h

"I am exhausted. We are exhausted. If fatigue can be worn, we are all wearing threadbare shirts. We long for the Gaza we once knew, for the lives we once lived, and for the selves we once were."
~ Taqwa Ahmed Al-Wawi

www.thenation.com/article/worl...

I’ve Endured Two Years of Genocide. But I’m Still Here.

The world before October 7, 2023, is a distant memory. But we carry on, fueled by the determination that this land will become a place of life once more.

www.thenation.com

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andrew haun @andrewhaun.bsky.social · 20h

The unfathomable richness of seeing: Trends in Cognitive Sciences www.cell.com/trends/cogni...

The unfathomable richness of seeing

Many hold that visual experience is sparse and its richness illusory, relying on high-level summaries rather than detailed content. However, we argue here that seeing is more than this – it is unfatho...

www.cell.com

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 21h

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 21h

Please Sign And share

Support Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya for the Nobel Peace Prize - The Rights Forum

rightsforum.org

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 22h

Two years of genocide.

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 1d

For people who are afraid to give to Gaza fundraisers directly (no judgement, I know civil servants in the U.S. for example can get into trouble for it) you can always hire/support the many people who donate all the time theintercept.com/2025/10/02/g...

She Sent Money to Family in Gaza. ICE Claimed It’s Evidence She Supports Hamas.

To keep her in ICE detention in Texas, the Trump administration pointed to Leqaa Kordia’s remittances to family in Palestine.

theintercept.com

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Andy @andyoregon.bsky.social · 1d

Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 23h

ICE's contempt for the law has no bounds. newrepublic.com/post/201394/...

ICE’s Growing Feud With Chicago Police Now Includes Fake 911 Calls

Surprise, surprise: Federal immigration agents aren’t keeping the community safer.

newrepublic.com

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 22h

Reposting! Event today at noon on zoom.

Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday October 7th at 12PM EDT for a talk with former fellow Michael Tomasello!

"Agency and the Organization of Human Experience."

More info and abstract here: ow.ly/usIc50X4wS7

Zoom Link: pitt.zoom.us/j/96906545761

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/i-re...

I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You?

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

We must push back as strongly as we can, every time. We will not vote for politicians who do less
Than that.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”

“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.

thetriibe.com/2025/10/mayo...

Mayor Brandon Johnson signs executive order establishing ‘ICE-free zones’ • The TRiiBE

Johnson is calling for a full investigation into “all of the brutality” that federal agents have conducted this past week.

thetriibe.com

Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

Join us tomorrow, Tuesday October 7th at 12PM EDT for a talk with former fellow Michael Tomasello!

"Agency and the Organization of Human Experience."

More info and abstract here: ow.ly/usIc50X4wS7

Zoom Link: pitt.zoom.us/j/96906545761

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

Like everywhere censure is well and alive in the USA - it’s just about Palestine

AAUP @aaup.org · 1d

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorkers deserve change they can measure in their own lives.

Our new Affordability Calculator shows exactly how much our plans would save your family on childcare, rent, and bus fare.

Check your savings → zohranfornyc.com/calculator

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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently Germany will not take part to the Eurovision if Israel is excluded. Bye Felicia. Will anyone will miss German singers?

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

This afternoon, I sat with Palestinian New Yorkers in Astoria and listened to what they and their families have endured as the genocide in Gaza continues, funded by our government.

In the face of immeasurable grief, they have showed unbreakable resilience.

Zohran posing for a group photo with ten people, including Palestinian New Yorkers.

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