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premthakker.bsky.social
The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who:
–has green card
–was Columbia Buddhist club president
–saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier
–said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
In addition to violating Mr. Mahdawi’s First Amendment rights, the Rubio Determination and Mr. Mahdawi’s unlawful detention also violates Mr. Mahdawi’s statutory rights and due process rights. PARTIES 8. Petitioner Mohsen Mahdawi is a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in the West Bank. He is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and has been for the last ten years. He is a recent student of Columbia University, with an expected graduation date of May 2025. He has been admitted to a Master’s program at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (“SIPA”), to begin in the fall of 2025. After growing up in a refugee camp, Mr. Mahdawi felt compelled to advocate for Palestinian human rights upon moving to the United States. 22. Mr. Mahdawi is also a committed Buddhist and believes in non-violence and empathy as a central tenet of his religion. In fall of 2021, he became the president of the Columbia University Buddhist Association and led it for two years. 23. In fall of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi co-founded the Palestinian Student Union (“Dar”) at Columbia University which “serves to engage with and celebrate Palestinian culture, history, and identity.” Mr. Mahdawi co-founded this organization with Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian lawful permanent resident who was also recently detained by ICE for his expressive conduct related to Palestine. Mr. Mahdawi appeared in numerous televised interviews and print news articles regarding the military campaign in Gaza and related protests. In December of 2023, Mr. Mahdawi appeared on 60 Minutes where he shared that, as a child, he watched an Israeli soldier shoot and kill his best friend in the West Bank. 27. Throughout his time as a student and a leader of Dar and the Columbia University Buddhist Association, Mr. Mahdawi was always willing to engage in dialogue with people whose views and beliefs differed from his own. Mr. Mahdawi believed, and continues to believe, that more speech is the solution to disagreement, rather than less, and that empathy and understanding through communication are a way to resolve conflicts peacefully. …and a peaceful political solution. Mr. Mahdawi gave speeches at several of these protests. In his speeches, Mr. Mahdawi advocated for Palestinian human rights, a permanent ceasefire, and a peaceful resolution that affirmed the human dignity of all. 25. During one protest, Mr. Mahdawi vocally denounced an unaffiliated passerby who made an antisemitic comment, chanting “shame on him”. Mr. Mahdawi stated that “we are against 2:25-cv-00389 Document 1 Filed 04/14/25 Page 6 of 19 7 antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The confrontation was documented by the Columbia Spectator
April 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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leftistwonk.bsky.social
This is an incredible tweet
March 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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jenniferlcroft.bsky.social
Becky Burke of Book Island (a picture book publisher in the UK founded by my fellow Tokarczuk translator Greet Pauwelijn) was "detained" by ICE at the Canadian border on 2/28. Her father asked that her story be shared in case someone can help her. He writes:
March 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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nhannahjones.bsky.social
“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said.

Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.
Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order
Strict guidance from the national defense department crushed plans for a parade held in honor of Frederick Douglass’ 207th birthday because it was being held during Black History Month.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
February 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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eva.computer
if right wing weirdos ask you to go on their podcast to debate always say yes

then on the day of recording just keep having technical issues and keep telling them it’s almost fixed but then never actually show up

this way you waste an enormous amount of their and their nazi guest’s time
February 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social
Magnetoencephalography Reveals Neuroprotective Effects of COVID-19 Vaccination in Non-Human Primates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.14.638187v1
February 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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nathantankus.bsky.social
Something smart people need to continually learn is that powerful people are thinking a lot less hard than you are and there is not a secret or clever meaning a ton of the time- in a way that can make those of us unused to thinking about the interiority of the rich and powerful uncomfortable.
February 13, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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travisview.bsky.social
If George Soros held an Oval Office press conference explaining his plans for the Biden administration and then the State Department awarded a nine figure contract to the Open Society Foundations then Washington D.C. would’ve consisted of mostly ash and blood within 72 hours.
February 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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tallbart.com
Deleting my Twitter account so here's a thread of Tweets
A good comedian will make you piss your pants laughing. But the great comedian forces you to piss without telling a single joke.
February 12, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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carlbergstrom.com
New image enhancement method just dropped.
Google AI overview for "iterative photocopying" Iterative photocopying is a process that involves repeatedly copying a document until it meets the desired standards. The process is similar to an iterative process, which is a cycle of repeated work that teams use to develop and improve products
February 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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brainnotonyet.bsky.social
If the situation was hopeless the propaganda wouldn’t be necessary.
The trolley problem, but showing people holding the trolley back and untying others from the train tracks. It says we can break free
January 9, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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ethanz.bsky.social
To be slightly blunter than The Atlantic allowed me to be: the tiktok ban is a protectionist subsidy to Meta and Google worth hundreds of billions of dollars: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
How the United States Learned to Love Internet Censorship
America was once seen as the home of the free internet. That era is now over.
www.theatlantic.com
January 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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bft.wtf
I can't believe people say Elon is a Nazi just because he wants concentration camps, politically supports Nazis, financially supports Nazis, and sometimes does the Nazi salute when he is excited
January 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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kissane.myatproto.social
The @sivav.bsky.social piece on phones and youth well being is so, so good, and this is the crux of it. I’m no fan of phones *inside classrooms*, but shoving the blame for youth anguish onto phones lets adults skate on the moral injury we inflict on our kids.
If we want to make Americans less reliant on smartphones, we have to address the problems of misery among all Americans. Parental stress reflects on children and young adults, who often witness all the ugly consequences of a cruel society and economy. Direct stresses on youth, enhanced by diminishing promises of a flourishing future, a sense of planetary demise, tightening social restrictions, educational failure, and the rise of public cruelty in real life and social media, demand a much more comprehensive—and political—approach than Haidt can offer with his laser-focus on phones. The danger of emphasizing a single cause for such a widespread and deadly problem is that there is a good chance we would fail to address the range of the real contributing factors.
January 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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devintoshea.bsky.social
this month in 1929, Mike Gold published his famous call to proletarian writers
January 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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maplecocaine.bsky.social
You will never succeed at fighting right wing disinfo with facts. Right wingers believe the first thing they hear & they'll believe it for life. They'll fight to the death about some inconsequential bullshit they just heard 5 seconds ago. You beat them by calling them weird assholes & isolating them
January 12, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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maximillianalvarez.bsky.social
"This is murder on a grand scale. The amount of cancer rates in my community are disgusting!"

Coal in your stocking? Try coal in your lungs & covering your house—for generations. New doc report by me @therealnews.com from the "sacrifice zone" that is South Baltimore
therealnews.com/csx-coal-ter...
‘This is murder!’: Industrially poisoned South Baltimore residents march on state capitol, demand help from Gov. Moore
Working-class residents of South Baltimore marched through the streets of Annapolis, demanding Gov. Wes Moore intervene in a generations-long struggle to stop rail giant CSX from polluting their commu...
therealnews.com
December 26, 2024 at 6:57 PM
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helendecruz.net
Thanks United Healthcare for once again denying my pain meds. I'm a cancer patient w a bad prognosis and in constant unmanageable pain, but just keep counting beans.
I have talked to the pharmacy and your insurance again. Insurance is now saying they will not cover it until tomorrow as tomorrow will be the 24th day since your last refill. The fact that your dosage has increased did not matter, they would not budge.
December 12, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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emilyherring.bsky.social
It's sweepstakes time!

If you're based in the US here's a chance to win a copy of my biography of Henri Bergson and find out why he caused the first ever traffic jam on Broadway!

For a chance to win share this post and leave a comment!

I'll announce the winner on Friday Nov 15!
Text: ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A FREE COPY* *Terms apply. US ONLY. Basic Books picture: the cover of Herald of a Restless World. How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People. by Emily Herring. A black Bowler hat floats disembodied on a turquoise background
November 8, 2024 at 10:39 PM
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courtneymilan.com
I’m sorry is a BILLIONAIRE complaining about people being insulated from the real world???
October 16, 2023 at 9:20 PM
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leavittalone.bsky.social
When the wealthy person I have to socialize with from time to time wondered why service had gotten so bad in restaurants I said “well a million people died of Covid” they responded “I thought only old sick people died” “the deadliest job during the pandemic was line chef” they shrugged
babadookspinoza.bsky.social they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · Oct 17
This has already been done to a lot of people in the US, to be sure. But as climate change worsens we are going to see greater and greater portions of the population liquidated for profit and to maintain ruling class control. We’d better start seeing through their lies right now.
October 17, 2023 at 4:34 PM