Reposted by Asim AliFeena van @feenavan2099.bsky.social · 3hThey love doing this sort of thing. bsky.app/profile/feen... 034
Reposted by Asim AliTed McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 11hDo we teach what we teach because it is preparation for some general 21st-century future? Or do we teach it because this is the knowledge that work in our various fields of study has yielded, which includes, but is not exhausted by, knowledge of the methods and sources and so on that will make more? 2364
Reposted by Asim AliAdam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 9hHere's what's replacing four 200-year-old cottonwood trees, the last of which went down today after a 71-day tree-sit protest ended with aggressive arrests. So bleak. Mason Kumet photo from azluminaria.org/2026/10/05/f... 9209127
Reposted by Asim AliRami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 9hyeah but the way out includes taking accountability for committing almost a century of systematic theft, ethnosupremacism, apartheid, illegal occupation, torture, rape, military brainwashing & genocide and given that this fascist faux-mocracy has only existed as such, that would be remarkable 333857
Reposted by Asim AliPaul Darwin Picklesimer @101darwins.bsky.social · 7hWhile America Is Blanketed in Flock Surveillance, Factory Farms Get a Free Pass www.commondreams.org/opinion/floc...commondreams.orgWhile America Is Blanketed in Flock Surveillance, Factory Farms Get a Free Pass | Common DreamsFederal agencies are protecting abusive industries while monitoring decent members of the public, hoping that we turn a blind eye to their assault on democracy and civil liberties. 021
Reposted by Asim AliChris Kluwe, Candidate for Assembly District 72 @kluweoc.bsky.social · 9hBALLOTS DROP TODAY! Remember to check your mail for your ballot, fill in the box next to Chris Kluwe along with our other fantastic local candidates, and turn it in to your nearest ballot drop box. Make your voice heard early! 37113
Reposted by Asim AliVegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 15hKeep speaking up. Until all are free. ✊🌱 📸 weanimals (IG) | joannemcarthurphotography (IG) | EAST #veganshare #quote #inspirationalquote 02411
Reposted by Asim AliBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 05/10/2026according to their own statements, "some bad things" includes a non-trivial chance of human extinction. why on earth do we let these companies continue to operate? 925426
Reposted by Asim AliFrancesca Bouaoun @francescabouaoun.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It’s been two years since Ontario Place West Island was destroyed for a planned private spa. Hundreds of trees were cut down - here’s a snapshot of the many species who lost habitat. 🧵 1016595
Reposted by Asim AliAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 03/10/2026but really, this post is just me reaffirming that I am not interested in whether they can do math because the primary function of LLMs is to help centralize, justify, and validate power, and they are doing that successfully already 312733
Reposted by Asim AliJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sort of insane fact about how broken US urban planning is—America now spends more building *just the lights for roads and highways* than on all subways & ground mass transit combined Spending on roadway *pavement* is 18x transit spending 502855776
Reposted by Asim AliMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I feel like the debate about what parts of AI are good and what parts are bad should wait until we solve the worldwide crisis caused by the fact that almost of all of its evangelists in both tech and govt are morally, intellectually, and ethically unequipped to oversee it, when not downright evil. 22830169
Reposted by Asim AliSkydog Sanctuary @skydogsanctuary.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Slate & Dune were turned out to meet Apollo’s #wildhorse herd. Slate rejected the best efforts to domesticate him. Dune is not a fan of being handled by humans. With Wilson as their guide into #Skydog #wild, their dreams of #freedom have come true. 713230
Reposted by Asim AliTodd Wolfson @proftwolf.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My PhD advisor, Peggy Sanday, published Fraternity Gang Rape (1990). She found gang rape functions as male bonding through domination: men use women to prove masculinity, gain status, & demonstrate loyalty. Group norms normalize coercion, erase consent, & institutional privilege shields perpetrators 628790
Reposted by Asim AliLyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What makes this quote even more interesting is Einstein wrote this during World War I, decades before nuclear weapons. 33910
Reposted by Asim AliTruthout @truthout.org · 02/10/2026Notably, support for socialism in the U.S. is polling at its highest levels ever seen. According to a recent Gallup poll, 43 percent of Americans have a positive view of socialism, surpassing the 40 percent line for the first time since the polling organization started asking the question. 13714
Reposted by Asim AliDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 03/10/2026Federal judge: "Freedom from persistent, dragnet-style surveillance while in public is not a foreign concept in our society & it is a reasonable expectation that society already accepts ... Why is it the govt's business where everyone goes all the time?" www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...washingtonpost.comA police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rulesA federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause. 414154
Reposted by Asim AliChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Judge Sara Hill, N.D. Oklahoma, issued this decision on Thursday —> 4867229
Reposted by Asim AliNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The primary objective of journalism is supposed to be telling the truth. It is a DECISION on the part of USA Today to know that new details have emerged about this case and to refuse to update an old story that is still circulating and still shaming Jane Doe. 22384232
Reposted by Asim AliYard Gone Wild @yardgonewild.bsky.social · 03/10/2026When your mom is hanging by her toes off the porch again and your little squirrel arms are not quite long enough to reach her tail 59912
Reposted by Asim AliDustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this: 260184054869
Reposted by Asim AliKaren Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Mike Pompeo has been rewarded with a teaching fellowship at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. The same school that canceled my class on media, race and international affairs. @columbiasipa.bsky.social share.google/KEvTy5yER71U...share.googleFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to join SIPA facultyFormer Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will join the School of International and Public Affairs as a fellow at SIPA’s Institute of Global Politics in March, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. 1422928965
Reposted by Asim AliLyle Lewis @race2extinct.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Technology allows humans to dissipate concentrated energy and reorganize matter at rates that biological systems cannot repair. 1186
Reposted by Asim AliAndrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social · 02/10/2026ArE wE sUrE cHrIsTiAn NaTiOnaLiSm Is ReAl?????? Christian nationalism: A cultural framework that idealizes and advocates for the fusion of a particular expression of Christianity in US civic life & demands the gov't at all levels protect and preserve this fusion. kettering.org/five-element... 730471
Reposted by Asim AliEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Democrats caved and/or facilitated this monopolization of practically every major media property in the US into the hands of a MAGA fascist psychopath. If the US had an opposition party, each of its presidential contenders would would vow to dissolve this monopoly by any means necessary. 28971321
Reposted by Asim AliMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It's not bigotry, it's just an intuitive preference for racial homogeneity. 🙄 Congratulations to @yale.edu for citing Rufo twice in the report justifying their decision to make the institution a trashy MAGA factory where stuff like this is the only legitimate form of scholarship or discussion. 1115233
Reposted by Asim AliJoe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Meanwhile, deep in the bowels of the liberal propaganda machine (a state university), academic departments get yearly budget cuts and staffing reductions but somehow there's always extra money for edtech scammers and real estate acquisition. 411920
Reposted by Asim Ali@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Much needed reality check on Chris Rufo. The mainstream media gave this guy oxygen, treating him like he was raising legit questions when he's always been the nasty racist you see exposed here. 1121366
Reposted by Asim AliAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What they’re hoping for and acting for is germinating the seeds of extreme acts of violence against South Asians. That’s why they use the explicitly Nazi framing of the ‘Indian question’. They want the same results. Their followers are pretty open it on social media, too. 05123
Reposted by Asim AliCovie @covie93.bsky.social · 02/10/2026hegseth: No beardos, weirdos or fatties. Also hegseth: These three will co-lead the military's Project Meridian. 36528169
Reposted by Asim AliDr Hannah M. Rowland @hannahmrowland.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Hope your day was better than Darwin’s, on this day 165 years ago 202100052456
Reposted by Asim AliThe Xylom @thexylom.com · 02/10/2026In 2003, the U.S. military bombed Iraq’s national seed bank in Abu Ghraib, effectively eliminating hundreds of varieties of indigenous seeds adapted to growing in the drought-prone desert climate. A year later, U.S. law prohibited Iraqi farmers from seed saving. (First published in 2025 by Prism)thexylom.comSaving Iraq’s Seeds, One Garden at a TimeComprising a diverse range of backgrounds and ages, the collective fosters a space for voices of Jewish, Muslim, and Christian seed stewards from the Southwest Asia and North Africa (SWANA) region… 6263137
Reposted by Asim AliAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Mike Rogers wants to put a data center in your backyard because he's getting rich off of them. 14654892185
Reposted by Asim AliDeborah Teramis Christian 🌈 🎲 🇺🇦 @teramis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Militant Christian Nationalism now feels so emboldened in this country it's mask off at the highest levels. Someone should introduce this asshole to larping and medieval combat reenactments, so he can get his ass kicked in the style he so clearly yearns for. 1177
Reposted by Asim AliNancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026No one wants Hegseth’s extremist holy war. VOTE 3916967
Reposted by Asim AliJosh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Feels like universities might also want to wait to liquidate hundreds of years of educational practice before transforming themselves into single-corporation stewarded data centers.cbsnews.comAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei: "For too long the industry lied" about AI risksThe head of the artificial intelligence company calls the exponential rate of AI developments a "warning sign," with risks for humanity, and says, "We need to slow down." He talks with "Sunday Morning... 12383117
Reposted by Asim AliMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026👇🎯 If you send kids the message that the only majors that are good are business & STEM from the time they’re in middle school, & then you don’t find the humanities & social sciences at the college level, it all becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy & that was clearly the point in the first place. 322035
Reposted by Asim AliEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Bob Holub (RIP) was our former Chancellor at UMass and also an organizer of German Studies in Ohio for over a decade. He would always say: "University budgets are primarily personnel, so 'budget cuts' always means 'firing personnel.' It's best to cut away the euphemism." 14616
Reposted by Asim AliDenis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"Repeated Flu And Covid-19 Infections Linked To Higher Parkinson’s Risk, CCMB Study Finds" Dr Swasti Raychaudhuri said "not every viral infection leads to Parkinson's disease." However, she warned that "the risk increases significantly with repeated infections" as biochemical reactions can change.etvbharat.comRepeated Flu And Covid-19 Infections Linked To Higher Parkinson’s Risk, CCMB Study FindsDr Swasti Raychaudhuri, who led the research, noted that although cells possess protective mechanisms, biochemical reactions can undergo changes depending on the circumstances. 5240136
Reposted by Asim AliAsher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I think that ultimately the problem with uprooting fraternities from American colleges is that the individual chapter houses full of kids are, essentially, mushrooms: the fruiting bodies of a much larger mycelial network of alumni donor money and cultural control. That's what you have to attack 128241
Reposted by Asim AliDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Most of the targeted nationalities have never had anyone from their country carry out a deadly terrorist attack in the United States, and they are over 80% less likely to have committed crimes in the United States for which they are serving time here. www.cato.org/blog/legal-i...cato.orgLegal Immigration from Majority-Muslim Nations Was Cut 96% Since 2024In 1965, Congress explicitly prohibited discrimination based on national origin in issuing immigrant visas, but it should go further to protect Americans’ right to associate freely with people born in... 0379
Reposted by Asim AliGaⓋen Kind. 🌱 🌱 🌱 @gavenkind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Make the unadulterated truth about the animal agriculture industry the headline in all newspapers and the lead story on broadcast news every day. See how long the animal agriculture industry lasts. If you have to hide what you do because you know it would disgust people you should do something else. 093
Reposted by Asim AliDr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they) @doctorvive.bsky.social · 30/09/2026worse mortality than the first Covid wave, and we’re not even at 1.5C yet end fossil fuels now 36630
Asim Ali @asimali.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"However, listening to birdsong was found to have a psychological benefit, irrespective of its acoustic characteristics. 'It shows us that we should support and protect nature for the sake of nature, regardless of whether or not humans have some increased utility benefit from it,' said Ratcliffe." 010
Reposted by Asim AliThe Capybaron @thecapybaron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a bunch of weird insecure dumbasses making their personal insecurities and psychosexual hangups into the problem of *literally every other human on earth.* 738046
Reposted by Asim AliThe Rude Pundit @rudepundit.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A reckoning is long overdue on college campuses. Hopefully, it's actually happening this time. www.lawcommentary.com/articles/lsu...lawcommentary.comLSU Found Football Player Responsible for Rape, Reduced His Suspension and Allowed Him Back on the Team | Law CommentaryLSU found a football player responsible for sexual assault and forcible rape through its Title IX process, then reduced his one-year suspension on appeal to two years of probation without restrictions... 66119
Reposted by Asim AliLauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 30/09/2026Every post I see from women today on TikTok is saying “they are trying to leak the identity of Jane Doe. We won’t let them! I am Jane Doe” “We’re all Jane Doe until none of us are” 528019
Reposted by Asim AliHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026AI is reified anti-intellectualism In chapter 4 of 'Why We Fear AI', we argue that this results quite directly from its political economy as a tool to devalue skills and knowledge 212338
Reposted by Asim AliSarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"Residents are shaken and demanding answers after ICE agents terrorized a quiet, suburban neighborhood in Frederick, Maryland, earlier this month." Vital reporting from @therealnews.comyoutube.comICE Brings Terror and Violence to MarylandYouTube video by The Real News Network 0118