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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 4d

Pretty incredible own goal by liberal institutions and many Democratic electeds to crush the exact type of protests in 2024 that would’ve been the most effective way to slow or stop ICE incursions into American cities in 2025

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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 4d

Brett Kavanaugh and his clerks need to read this --->

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 18d

I work at McGill. I don't think that most people with power at McGill give two thoughts to the genocide in Gaza. If they do, it is to deny that it is a genocide. They do not have respect for the entire campus, or for most students at all.

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 21d

I rarely share organizations in Gaza because it’s too hard to verify that they are doing the work they say they are but I know multiple people who were able to evacuate through the people working on this fund who are funding trips out of Gaza City (it’s $2100 a trip for 16 people).

Vulnerable Families Urgent Evacuation Fund

We are a group of Gazans and international activists (Palestinian/SWANA/Allies) who have been supporting Gazans for the past 2 years and beyond. We are now working to coordinate crisis evacuations for...

chuffed.org

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 24d

WSJ when an American conservative gets killed versus when Arab children get killed:

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
OPINION
COMMENTARY (U.S.)
Why Do So Many Young Americans Justify Political
Violence?
Ninety-three percent of baby boomers think it's never acceptable. Only 56% of Gen Z agrees.

OPINION
EAST IS EAST
If Indians and Pakistanis Can Relocate, Why Can't Gazans?
Population transfers aren't a Trump innovation. There are plenty of examples from the 20th century.
OPINION
COMMENTARY
Follow
Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a
Thousand Lies
Hamas propaganda exploits seriously ill children, and Western media go along.
OPINION
COMMENTARY
Follow]
Who Is a 'Journalist' in Gaza?
'Press freedom' groups take up the cause of Hamas propagandists and alleged terrorists.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 27d

Yeah, absolutely asked grok.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 29d

Going to #APSA2025 ? Here is a handy list of Palestine-related panels at the conference this year.

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David Lay Williams @laywilliams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Open access: @marxinhell.bsky.social’s very thoughtful review of my @princetonupress.bsky.social book.

Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson @verena-erlenbusch.bsky.social · Aug 12

Also open-access, William Clare Roberts reviews The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx, by David Lay Williams

Book Review: The Greatest of All Plagues: How Economic Inequality Shaped Political Thought from Plato to Marx, by Williams, David Lay - William Clare Roberts, 2025

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 17

I remember that one!

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 14

Why would you think this? Why, if you thought it, would you type it out and share it with the world?

(If you can't read it, the UEFA statement says "Stop killing children. Stop killing civilians")

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Great thread on housing in NYC. Landlords want renters to shoulder the debt accrued by landlords, and get pissy about Mamdani because his rent freeze policy would prevent them from offloading their debt costs as they wish.

JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · Aug 7

The problem, in other words, is entirely about debt, not the actual costs of providing rental housing. The problem is that building owners expected rents to rise faster than they turned out to, and took out bigger loans than the actual rent increases could justify.

The numbers are dire for the Signature loans CPC is supervising. Signature specialized in making rent regulated loans to landlords who intended to renovate apartments and raise rents. When the 2019 law made that strategy impossible by sharply limiting rent increases, the finances of those buildings cratered.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 7

Incredible that between the Cuomo boys Andrew is the smart one.

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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · Aug 6

Its so amazing how pathetic these people are

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 6

NEW: Apple CEO, Tim Cook, arrives at the White House with a 24 karat gold gift for Trump.

When the history books are written, these compliant, knee-bending billionaires will be excoriated. They will be labelled co-conspirators.

(🎥 CSPAN)

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 6

Mamdani is going to win by 50 points.

Alex Shephard @alexshephard.bsky.social · Aug 6

Trump talked to Andrew Cuomo about the mayor's race. Completely disqualifying that Cuomo would even take the call, even worse that his allies want Trump involved www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/n...

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Eighteenth Brumaire is the template for a very good critique of the sequel trilogy. Someone just has to write it now.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 6

Finally, some good news

Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · Aug 6

Millionaire American trophy hunter Asher Watkins, 52, was gored to death on the horns of a buffalo he tried to kill on a trip to South Africa.

Millionaire trophy hunter gored to death by 1.3 tonne bull on African safari

Asher Watkins, 52, was tracking a 1.3 tonne Cape Buffalo bull, known as the Black Death, on Sunday when it suddenly charged at him at 35mph.

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Geoffrey Hughes @geofffhughes.bsky.social · Aug 6

The first "famine" in history where the occupying power could probably give any of the victims a still-warm Domino's Pizza at any time if it wanted to:

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 4

While all of Gaza starves and the entry of aid is prohibited, American mercenaries with the assistance of an IDF armored convoy are able to bring Domino’s pizza in when they feel like it.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

On June 6, Anthony Aguilar, a retired 25-year US Army veteran and Green Beret, found himself facing a daunting logistical problem. He had been recruited as a security contractor for UG Solutions, a partner of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—the Israel-backed American nonprofit now overseeing food distribution in the devastated Palestinian territory. His challenge: finding a way to feed the local Palestinian workers assisting with GHF’s efforts. “Nobody could figure out how to get food there,” he says.

So Aguilar says they settled on a workaround: ordering stacks of Domino’s pizzas via an Israeli delivery app and picking them up at the Gaza border themselves. “We then took those 27 pizzas in an armored convoy,” he says, to a GHF distribution site within the strip.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 6

Read the whole interview: web.archive.org/web/20250806...

How to Prevent More Starvation Deaths in Gaza

As Israel refuses to let in sufficient humanitarian aid, a leading expert on famine explains why even “flooding the zone” with food won’t be enough.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 6

There is a new Chotiner interview that really underscores what is unique about Israel's genocide in Gaza: it would be very easy for the world to stop it if only a few countries wanted to.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 5

The closest they get is suggesting that comparing an AI summary to the article summarized can improve analytical skills.

That is: noticing the shortcomings in the AI is a worthy exercise. That's not a learning opportunity offered by AI except in the most facile sense!

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 5

Notably, these guidelines never say anything to substantiate their claim that "generative AI tools offer significant opportunities to improve teaching and student learning."

American Historical Association @historians.org · Aug 5

The AHA has published Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education, offering a disciplinary approach to AI that focuses on the specific needs and challenges of history educators. 🗃️

Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence in History Education

These 14 foundational principles are meant to assist educators and administrators in crafting AI policies suited to local circumstances and the specific needs of students.

www.historians.org

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 5

Another Josh Marshall classic:

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · Aug 5

Ms. Rachel remains braver than the troops and better than every politician

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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · Aug 4

Many of your faves!

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · Aug 4

Think about every pro-Israel person who denied this was the plan for the past 22 months; who gaslit you; denied this to you; pretended this wasn't the plan.

And then never believe those liars about anything ever again.

PMO: Benjamin Netanyahu decides full IDF occupation of Gaza | The Jerusalem Post

The Prime Minister's Office conveyed the message to the Chief of Staff: If this does not suit you, then you should resign.

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William Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · Aug 4

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