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Manan Ahmed

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historian, walker. *Disrupted City* on Lahore, coming Oct 2024 from The New Press.
history.columbia.edu/person/manan-ahmed/

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lovely to hear Heems make his way back to the mic in his collab *Lafandar* with Lapgan. I especially loved "Accent"

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This is a harrowing read on the trauma-capitalism that is our AI present.

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We lost a colleague and an important scholar of decolonization: Elleni Centime Zeleke, Rest in Power. www.ethiopiaintheory.org/bio-activities

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Lovely day to read about fascism while enjoying being fascikated by places of employment/residence.

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Rashid Khalidi interviewed by Tariq Ali

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If you haven’t seen Coal+Ice at the Asia Society, please do. That doom puts this doom in a warm embrace.

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today’s walk

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congratulations! looks amazing

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A new documentary called “The Aunties” follows a lesbian couple who are carrying on Harriet Tubman's legacy on the land where she took members of her family out of enslavement.

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It’s Juneteenth, so I wanted to share a photograph that is meaningful to me because it speaks to the enduring struggle for freedom and liberation. This photograph shows Sidney Poitier (far right) & Harry Belafonte (2nd from right) standing with several members of SNCC.

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In honor of Noam Chomsky, a thread about his favorite book by Mark Twain, “Weapon of Satire,” a posthumous collection assembled by Jim Zwick & published in 1992. 1/11

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The newest issue of History Workshop Journal is hot off the press

Read it here
academic.oup.com/hwj/issue/vo...

With a special feature on Sri Lanka, plus articles on Cold War motorcycles, 'the telegraph from below' & experimental playgrounds 🗃️

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Another instalment in Kavita Puri's exploration of the British history of the Bengal famine.

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tuesday flowers

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I didn't think further disillusionment and a new floor for disgust and anger was possible and yet!

There will be no consequences for the people of the Philippines bc we act on the global stage with impunity. But put it on our tab for crimes against humanity I guess.

www.reuters.com/investigates...

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Erasing history is a very hard task and takes the commitment of entire states 🗃️

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today’s walk

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FYI for this and everything else that is coming in the near future to a campus near you.

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Sounds like whatever the military touches, dies.

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Again, text prediction is not reasoning and it’s barely text prediction

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Wrote a post on Medium to work through some of the big feelings I have about Hochul cancelling congestion pricing and the dread that has gripped me about progress and representation

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NEW: Police in a border city deployed drones to investigate 20,000 911 calls—from noise complaints to murder. They have amassed hundreds of hours of footage above residents not involved in crimes

The poorer the neighborhood, the more exposure residents faced

www.wired.com/story/the-ag...

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or of US or Pakistan or Mexico or anything just avoid the rag.

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Gaza and Fanon by Ken Chen

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Today’s surprise in interviewing a 94 yr old was this signature of AK Ramnujan from ‘65!

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Our APSA MENA Spring 2024 newsletter is out! Most of the issue is dedicated to Gaza! Our hearts are heavy with the weight of the war's horrendous toll, so grateful to the amazing contributors who shared their insight, knowledge, and wisdom @apsamena.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1106...

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Almost verbatim what the Columbia President’s missives (students call her the Baroness) have falsely asserted.

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It has been brought to my attention that no one is pre-ordering my book which is a shame.

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In our teach-ins, I have been pushing hard the “military-industrial complex” speech by Columbia President General Eisenhower. Glad to see this piece really lay out the dependencies.

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In the face of deliberate scholasticide, our Gazan colleagues continue to affirm their commitment to teaching and scholarship on their own land. I hope that my academic communities will stand with them to help rebuild when the time comes.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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I’ve been supporting a very high-volume 🍉 e-SIM and while I’m mostly managing, I wouldn’t mind some help!

Name your price for my illustrated poetry chapbook about the sediments & soils of Palestine, and 100% of proceeds will go to top-ups for this e-SIM.

More info: divyampersaud.com/chapbook/

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congrats, Asheesh!

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Though not "field defining," if you'd like 20% off my forthcoming book on archives, human difference, and the early modern British empire, you can order it from Tertulia using the code EMPIRE from now through August 31. You don't have to have a membership. tertulia.com/book/the-arc...

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Nishant Batsha's "Curry Before Columbus" is still finding readers nearly four years after it debuted. This piece is on its sixth or seventh life so far. It just keeps plugging along finding folks who read and love it. If you haven't read it yet, do yourself a favor. If you have, read it again.

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Remarkable map from 1971 of UC Berkeley's connections to the US war machine. I would love to get a version for my employer in 2024

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Important South Asian history digital archive now available! (yes, I am trying desperately to think of something else) 🗃️

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the photos and videos coming out of Rafah.

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[ TL;DR: AAAS declines a grant of 50k from The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), in solidarity with the ppl of Falastiin! ]

p.s. head of ADL is the only non-Asian board member of TAAF

i'd highly recommend reading this article from Dylan Rodriguez

criticalethnicstudiesjournal.org/blog/2024/4/...

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