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@madiha.bsky.social
Antifascist. Asst Prof @ Yale. Personal acct. Writing book on digital war, drones, & empire w/ view from the Global South. Former journo & filmmaker. Interests: tech, militarism, anticolonial, anti-imperial praxis, transnatl solidarities.Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Feels like "missing" is inaccurate. This child was kidnapped by the secret police and is now either a political prisoner or a trafficking victim.
On having been here before with GWOT: 1) the 2nd bombing seems like an evolution of the double-tap tht's already used. 2) There were drone strike cases against the CIA charging them with murder. 3) It may be different this time, but law-talk did nothing except give Americans something 2 debate.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
On having been here before with GWOT: 1) the 2nd bombing seems like an evolution of the double-tap tht's already used. 2) There were drone strike cases against the CIA charging them with murder. 3) It may be different this time, but law-talk did nothing except give Americans something 2 debate.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
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the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 8:51 PM
the primary thing that TPUSA provides to young conservatives is a blueprint for weaponizing the abject cowardice of university administrators against individual teachers and instructors, and university admins should take a long look in the mirror and think about what that says about them
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NYC barricading ICE in a parking garage using trash cans & skids is perfect.
DC had sandwiches.
Portland had silliness.
NYC has slime.
DC had sandwiches.
Portland had silliness.
NYC has slime.
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NYC barricading ICE in a parking garage using trash cans & skids is perfect.
DC had sandwiches.
Portland had silliness.
NYC has slime.
DC had sandwiches.
Portland had silliness.
NYC has slime.
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Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Protesters in NYC literally blocked an ICE convoy from leaving their staging garage. People are learning from other cities. They’re finding ICE staging areas. They’re patrolling neighborhoods. They’re building rapid response networks. ICE is on the defense now.
This is astonishingly stupid.
What's more logical?
That the CIA directed one of its assets to perform the perfect false flag?
Or
That a jihadist played the long game by working with the CIA in Afghanistan to gain legal access to the country and then travel 3,000 miles to enact his plan of attacking National Guard soldiers?
That the CIA directed one of its assets to perform the perfect false flag?
Or
That a jihadist played the long game by working with the CIA in Afghanistan to gain legal access to the country and then travel 3,000 miles to enact his plan of attacking National Guard soldiers?
November 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is astonishingly stupid.
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I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
Celebrating Recent Work by Mahmood Mamdani | Event
Slow Poison: Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State by Mahmood Mamdani In 1972, when Mahmood Mamdani came home to Uganda, he found a…
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November 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I'll be in conversation with Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, Slow Poison, on December 3. Open to the public. Info here sofheyman.org/events/celeb...
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I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gu...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump - www.reuters.com/world/us/off...
Officials criticize Biden vetting, but Afghan shooting suspect was granted asylum under Trump
The Trump administration on Thursday blamed Biden-era vetting failures for the admission of an Afghan immigrant suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., but the alleged gu...
www.reuters.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I dunno - the US destroyed the *entire* country, stole its wealth, and massacred people. Yet somehow, the only thing Americans seem to care abt is the Trump v Biden football. It's crass and grotesque but somehow on brand for the US.
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Just a reminder to grad students out there that are beginning to fill out their committees, or faculty friends who know any students who may need an outside member!
Even though I'm teaching at a community college, I am interested in serving on graduate committees.
If you need (or know of a student who needs) an outside member, I've added a little blurb on my website outlining topics I'm interested in supervising.
www.taylorgenovese.com#teaching
If you need (or know of a student who needs) an outside member, I've added a little blurb on my website outlining topics I'm interested in supervising.
www.taylorgenovese.com#teaching
Taylor R. Genovese
Official website of Taylor R. Genovese.
www.taylorgenovese.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just a reminder to grad students out there that are beginning to fill out their committees, or faculty friends who know any students who may need an outside member!
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All through Chicago, I’ve seen kids and young people marching through the streets, getting attacked with chemical weapons, and putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE and protect our neighbors.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All through Chicago, I’ve seen kids and young people marching through the streets, getting attacked with chemical weapons, and putting their bodies on the line to fight ICE and protect our neighbors.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
But apparently not enough of them go to No Kings Protest, so they don’t exist 🙄.
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When I did this Gmail eliminated all my different categories for spam; etc, so my unread messages jumped from 4 to 9700.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
When I did this Gmail eliminated all my different categories for spam; etc, so my unread messages jumped from 4 to 9700.
From the reporting, it sounds like someone was an informant on the Signal chat.
A “joint situational information report” from the FBI and the New York police department (NYPD), dated 28 August 2025, quoted from a chat on Signal, the encrypted messaging app, and also characterized the court watchers as “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From the reporting, it sounds like someone was an informant on the Signal chat.
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The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
504 whistle kit zines - Google Drive
pdfs of NOLA whistle kit zines
drive.google.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The New Orleans Rapid Response hotline # for ICE/CBP/HSI/DHS sightings is: 504-221-1499. Please RIGHT NOW put it into your phone's contacts so you have it if/when you need it. Link to the whistle kit zines here: drive.google.com/drive/u/2/fo...
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every business in new orleans needs to have this or something similar prominently displayed to push back against the impending ICE/CBP onslaught and be ready to get their undocumented workers/patrons into that area if they hear the whistles or see ICE/CBP nearby. #nolasky
November 17, 2025 at 8:34 PM
every business in new orleans needs to have this or something similar prominently displayed to push back against the impending ICE/CBP onslaught and be ready to get their undocumented workers/patrons into that area if they hear the whistles or see ICE/CBP nearby. #nolasky
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"This is why I cant have a conversation with younger Jews about Gaza. I want to have a conversation about data and facts and all they are seeing is this wall of carnage. And I sound obscene"
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
Sharing the video of this because it’s such a ghoulish thing to say that I’m honestly in disbelief that I even heard her properly
November 19, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"This is why I cant have a conversation with younger Jews about Gaza. I want to have a conversation about data and facts and all they are seeing is this wall of carnage. And I sound obscene"
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
Well. Yeah, Sarah.
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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
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!
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We need your help! But let me explain why:
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
We need your help! But let me explain why:
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I mean I know this is how it works but still - Olivia Nuzzi's "relationship with Keith Olbermann... He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger... and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry... he covered her rent and furnished her apartment... in the West Village."
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I mean I know this is how it works but still - Olivia Nuzzi's "relationship with Keith Olbermann... He paid for her to attend college, outfitted her in Tom Ford and Hervé Léger... and some $15,000 worth of Cartier jewelry... he covered her rent and furnished her apartment... in the West Village."