Miriam
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sometimes i think teaching literature is just teaching listening, attunement, becoming subject to the alterity of the text
October 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
sometimes i think teaching literature is just teaching listening, attunement, becoming subject to the alterity of the text
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I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
October 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I’m horrified by Trump’s order to send 300 National Guard troops to Chicago. We’re only nine months into a four year term and already the president is trying to invade an American city. If you’re in the Guard, you can and should refuse these orders.
Why are they reaching for anti-Communism rather than anti-fascism.
Maybe the legacy of McCarthyism is alive and well even in our “liberal” institutions
Maybe the legacy of McCarthyism is alive and well even in our “liberal” institutions
ACLS statement against White House “compact”: THIS IS SOVIET SHIT
October 6, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Why are they reaching for anti-Communism rather than anti-fascism.
Maybe the legacy of McCarthyism is alive and well even in our “liberal” institutions
Maybe the legacy of McCarthyism is alive and well even in our “liberal” institutions
I understand you are trying to denigrate Bari Weiss with this post, and I approve, but Bret Stephen’s is a NYT columnist…. I guess he has a depth of knowledge on climate denial and hasbara
Staff columnists at the Times tend to be either long-tenured, highly decorated news reporters or editors, or they are recognized experts with a depth of knowledge in a specific field.
October 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I understand you are trying to denigrate Bari Weiss with this post, and I approve, but Bret Stephen’s is a NYT columnist…. I guess he has a depth of knowledge on climate denial and hasbara
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It's sad to think that the family that was detained by ICE at Millenium Park on Sunday went because their daughter wanted to visit the park. Should have been an easy choice but now immigrants in Chicago feel they should stay away from parks and refrain from shopping. Disappearing from public life.
September 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It's sad to think that the family that was detained by ICE at Millenium Park on Sunday went because their daughter wanted to visit the park. Should have been an easy choice but now immigrants in Chicago feel they should stay away from parks and refrain from shopping. Disappearing from public life.
Why is she always fucking laughing — what is funny
Kamala Harris on Mamdani: Look, as far as I'm concerned, he's the democratic nominee and he should be supported.
September 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Why is she always fucking laughing — what is funny
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NEW WRITING:
I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.
The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭
I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.
The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭
Gazan Physicist: "This is happening to human beings like yourself"
New book by Gazan student Wasim Said on life and death during genocide is a cry for justice
news.chanda.science
September 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
NEW WRITING:
I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.
The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭
I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.
The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭
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Every day, another reason any impostor syndrome you have should go up in flames.
Someone wrote this, at least one lawyer approved it, and someone hit send. I hope she gets Scrooge McDuck money from every dork in this email chain.
Someone wrote this, at least one lawyer approved it, and someone hit send. I hope she gets Scrooge McDuck money from every dork in this email chain.
WHAT THE HELL
September 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Every day, another reason any impostor syndrome you have should go up in flames.
Someone wrote this, at least one lawyer approved it, and someone hit send. I hope she gets Scrooge McDuck money from every dork in this email chain.
Someone wrote this, at least one lawyer approved it, and someone hit send. I hope she gets Scrooge McDuck money from every dork in this email chain.
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Emily Dickinson directed that it be read at her funeral. GOAT
September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Emily Dickinson directed that it be read at her funeral. GOAT
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The very obvious plan is to use every available means to make the masses stupider & more docile by starving us of the power to know anything.
A good rule of thumb would be to oppose, with the fervent commitment of a zealot, anything that contributes to this general project—like for instance AI
A good rule of thumb would be to oppose, with the fervent commitment of a zealot, anything that contributes to this general project—like for instance AI
What happens now that SCOTUS has lifted the injunction preserving the Education Department?
•Mass firings will move forward
•Offices will be downsized, transferred to other agencies, or shuttered altogether
•Civil rights adjudication will likely freeze
•Billions in school funding is imperiled
•Mass firings will move forward
•Offices will be downsized, transferred to other agencies, or shuttered altogether
•Civil rights adjudication will likely freeze
•Billions in school funding is imperiled
July 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The very obvious plan is to use every available means to make the masses stupider & more docile by starving us of the power to know anything.
A good rule of thumb would be to oppose, with the fervent commitment of a zealot, anything that contributes to this general project—like for instance AI
A good rule of thumb would be to oppose, with the fervent commitment of a zealot, anything that contributes to this general project—like for instance AI
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The Israeli position in regards to the West Bank and Gaza--namely that it has total sovereign right over the territory but no countervailing obligations towards the population--is one that I'm genuinely not sure any other country in the world holds towards any other territory, at this point.
May 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The Israeli position in regards to the West Bank and Gaza--namely that it has total sovereign right over the territory but no countervailing obligations towards the population--is one that I'm genuinely not sure any other country in the world holds towards any other territory, at this point.
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1 Joshua Clover > 100 Columbia faculty "speaking out"
truly irreplaceable
truly irreplaceable
April 28, 2025 at 4:19 PM
1 Joshua Clover > 100 Columbia faculty "speaking out"
truly irreplaceable
truly irreplaceable
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Three Jewish scholars from across the country write that “It’s Not Too Late to Tell the Truth About Antisemitism on Campus” academeblog.org/2025/04/25/i...
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Three Jewish scholars from across the country write that “It’s Not Too Late to Tell the Truth About Antisemitism on Campus” academeblog.org/2025/04/25/i...
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sad to lose a pope that prayed for Palestine every day
April 21, 2025 at 12:48 PM
sad to lose a pope that prayed for Palestine every day
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Canary Mission is the media equivalent of a paramilitary group. Their tactics are deeply hostile to democratic society.
“If you find yourself on Canary Mission, you’re subject to a lot of harassment and intimidation and campaigns to have you fired,” Ross said. “Character assassination and death threats are pretty common. All of these things certainly happened to me over the years."
April 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Canary Mission is the media equivalent of a paramilitary group. Their tactics are deeply hostile to democratic society.
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Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.
April 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Jewish students at Columbia have chained themselves to a gate (already locked) to protest ICE detentions of student protestors. They accuse members of our board of trustees of providing information about students to ICE and are demanding accountability.
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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God it sucks so much that Trump is right on target with his characterization of universities and law firms: "They're all bending and saying, 'Sir, thank you very much.' Nobody can believe it… Law firms are just saying, 'Where do I sign? Where do I sign?'"
March 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
God it sucks so much that Trump is right on target with his characterization of universities and law firms: "They're all bending and saying, 'Sir, thank you very much.' Nobody can believe it… Law firms are just saying, 'Where do I sign? Where do I sign?'"
perhaps they are dumb (well, definitely...). but this is a losing story. no one cares about any of this. It's telling that the story has become about signal chat security and not about bombing Yemen. Because apparently everyone is in 100% agreement about bombing Yemen (not me!)
They just have no idea how to do any of this do they.
🚨NEW: Major development.
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
German newspaper Der Spiegel has found phone numbers and passwords for Hegseth, Waltz & Gabbard in stolen data freely published on the internet.
‼️It includes details of Signal accounts.
“It is conceivable that foreign agents were privy to the Signal chat group.”
March 27, 2025 at 3:48 AM
perhaps they are dumb (well, definitely...). but this is a losing story. no one cares about any of this. It's telling that the story has become about signal chat security and not about bombing Yemen. Because apparently everyone is in 100% agreement about bombing Yemen (not me!)
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Rumeysa Ozturk was snatched off the street by masked fascists in the employ of a government that is currently pushing US universities to impose mask bans on students.
March 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk was snatched off the street by masked fascists in the employ of a government that is currently pushing US universities to impose mask bans on students.
When are you going to talk about your constituent Tammy Abughnaim who was working in Nasser hospital in Gaza on a volunteer humanitarian mission when it was bombed?
Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important.
He should be fired immediately.
He should be fired immediately.
March 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
When are you going to talk about your constituent Tammy Abughnaim who was working in Nasser hospital in Gaza on a volunteer humanitarian mission when it was bombed?