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مجد // Majd

@majdal.cc
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What are *you* doing to stop the genocide? To build a better future for all of us? I'm a PhD student, in geography, at uToronto. I think about just futures in the context of climate change. More active on Mastodon: @majdal@social.coop #FreePalestine

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
a beautifully dressed man: yasuto kamoshita
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Jimmy Thomson @jameswsthomson.com · 01/10/2026
Carney begins his announcement of a new oil pipeline by acknowledging the climate-linked wildfire that came close to levelling the town where he's announcing the new oil pipeline. A flat circle.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Pope reminds me of a version of Catholicism I knew growing up as a young man attending anti-war and anti-death penalty protests, where I met elderly Catholics who shared their version of faith with me. I learned that Catholicism was about love and mercy for the weak, the condemned, and the poor.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NYC — Actresses Hannah Einbinder & Susan Sarandon arrested protesting Netanyahu
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
She wants to ethnicall cleanse Germany of Syrians, including Syrian-Germans. It would mean becoming a citizen can be rendered temporary for any group of people they deem to be undesirable.
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مجد // Majd @majdal.cc · 01/09/2026
Carney is putting together an investment summit, inviting CEOs of BlackRock, Blackstone and home wreckers to Toronto to auction off our public infrastructure and build more AI data centres, weapons factories, pipelines A countersummit is on the same weekend manyvsmoneysummit.ca #CApoli #TOpoli
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The Many vs. The Money - Counter-Summit & Demo
A counter-summit and protest against the privatization of Canada's public infrastructure and resources. Toronto, September 12–14, 2026.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 21/08/2026
Wage theft is theft. Tenant harassment is illegal. Those who defraud vulnerable New Yorkers will be held accountable. We are working with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to share real-time information and crack down on crimes that target workers and consumers.
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Workers' rights at the heart of new NYC initiative, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg says
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection commissioner are partnering up to combat wage theft, tenant harassment and fraud targeting immigrants.
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Gil Durán @gilduran.com · 15/08/2026
It’s official: the Nerd Reich podcast is getting banned from YouTube….the week of my book launch! Incredible timing, since I’ll be all over the media next week talking about tech fascism. They can delete my account. They can’t stop my work. Buy the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Enjoyed this Esquire feature on the Churchwell brothers. IMO, they are among the last elegantly dressed men in the United States. Notably, neither are "fashion influencers." They are both distinguished cardiologists with great taste and a lifetime relationship with the same tailor.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Only one country voted against a UN declaration to reduce crash deaths. Want to guess which one? Info: www.linkedin.com/posts/overwh...
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مجد // Majd @majdal.cc · 06/07/2026
Any Canadian urban planning nerds know why perimeter blocks are non-existent in Canada? I assume they're against zoning bylaws across the country, but has there been any experiments in building them? They solve so many urban problems. Why are they not the default form here? #TOpoli #ONpoli
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 06/07/2026
An Israeli airstrike on a car in Nabatieh al-Fawqa killed four people, while artillery shelling struck the town of Braachit, followed by a drone strike on the home of Hussein Farhat. An explosion was also reported in Kounine.
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Institute for Palestine Studies @palestinestudies.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
🧵A new Highlight available on #PalQuest explores the history of Yugoslavia and the Palestine Question, tracing the evolution of a relationship shaped by anti-colonial solidarity, the Non-Aligned Movement, and shifting geopolitical realities: www.palquest.org/en/highlight...
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Yugoslavia and the Palestine Question
Highlight - Non-Aligned Support, Eroded by Decline and Breakup - Before World War II, Yugoslavia was a monarchy ruled by a Serbian dynasty whose nationalism had links with early Zionist thought and ma...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 26/06/2026
It might be hot outside but the rent is freezing.
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Megaphone News @megaphone.news · 24/06/2026
#Lebanon The neighborhoods around Ali al-Taher ridge were not spared from Israeli strikes, and sustained heavy damage in just a few days.
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Nisrin Elamin @nisrinelamin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I wrote a piece a few years ago as a sort of primer that tries to historicize and contextualize the current counterrevolutionary war in Sudan. It’s basic and is meant to give folks who haven’t been following closely a sense of what and why it is happening.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 10/06/2026
New Yorkers need affordable homes. New Yorkers need great public libraries. So we're building both. Today, we took the next step toward creating a brand-new library and more than 200 affordable homes at the New Utrecht Library site in Brooklyn. Because public land should serve the public.
Photo of the site where we will be upgrading the New Utrecht Library.
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David Harvey @davidharvey.org · 25/05/2026
The Return of McCarthyism (Pt.1 ) | Anti-Capitalist Chronicles Podcast (2024) youtu.be/c9EjbOQvufs?...
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Anti-Capitalist Chronicles: The Return of McCarthyism Pt.1
YouTube video by Politics In Motion
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ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly @arablit.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"Al Manhal Bakery and Books hopes to be a space where Syrians can come together to learn about their own history and discuss deep issues following 54 years of dictatorship and censorship." By @oliviasnaije.bsky.social publishingperspectives.com/2026/05/a-bo...
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A Bookstore Grows in Damascus - Publishing Perspectives
Al Manhal bakery and books hopes to be a space where Syrians can come together to learn about their own history and discuss deep issues following 54 years of dictatorship and censorship.
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Here is my latest! I was hit by a car last week in Ottawa so, of course, I had to write about it. Does the city of ottawa have a pedestrian-hitting fetish? open.substack.com/pub/noralore...
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God and the hood
Joining the ranks of the survivors of Autowa's war on pedestrians
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 29/04/2026
Exhibit 1M of when we tell you about people in the TESCREAL bundle and you attack us, one by one they've been shown to be worse than whatever we said. “According to my understanding, the girls you were involved with were old enough to know what they were doing, www.codastory.com/authoritaria...
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"All my fundees have blue eyes." Epstein and the tech world's dark ideology - Coda Story
The Epstein files reveal beliefs about race, eugenics, and engineering humans that run to the heart of Silicon Valley.
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David Doel @daviddoel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Vassy Kapelos: What if [a windfall profits tax on big oil] deflates them? NDP leader Avi Lewis: Tell the family where 1 in 4 Canadians is skipping a meal .. to feed their kids, that an industry making $90B in profits this year can’t afford to pay a little bit more. I’m sorry I just don’t accept it.
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Internet Archive @archive.org · 28/04/2026
Turn Sound UP. Go WayBACK. DANCE, Hampster, DANCE ➡️ web.archive.org/web/19990423...
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Birds of a feather 🏳️‍⚧️ @robinyourgrave.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'm one of those trans women. I worked ground ops for Artemis I. I am torn between celebrating the success of my friends and peers and grieving how my dream of working for NASA was shattered by hateful assholes in Tallahassee
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 07/04/2026
that means scraping and surveilling bluesky is **extremely easy** even compared to sites owned by shitty corporate oligarchs like you should pretty much assume a copy of whatever you post here is saved to a government computer somewhere
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 07/04/2026
seems like a good day to remind people that all posts and actions on bluesky are fully public, by design blocks, muting, reply-limits, and please-dont-show-this are behaviors of the app that do not affect the underlying data which, to reiterate, is **completely public**
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niki grayson @nikigrayson.com · 02/04/2026
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 07/03/2026
Local Massachusetts weekly says it's confirmed that the Pentagon was relying on Claude for strike targeting, which is how they came to bomb a girls' school. thisweekinworcester.com/exclusive-ai...
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Exclusive: AI Error Likely Led to Iran Girl's School Bombing
Pentagon investigators believe a bombing of a girls' school in Iran on Saturday likely resulted from inaccurate information provided by AI.
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 28/02/2026
1/ The images coming out of Iran are already unbearable. Reports of an elementary school struck by missiles, killing dozens of people, with scores more killed around the country. Fear and chaos in the streets as families run through smoke and search for safety.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New from @splawinski.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern: To stymie ICE, look at the sources of its power. That includes money but also co-operative 287(g) agreements with state and local govts. Blocking and reversing those agreements weakens ICE capacity. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-federali...
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A Federalism Bottleneck?
The Subnational Levers Constraining ICE
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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 19/02/2026
The final official NDP Leadership Debate is happening tonight! I'll be taking the stage and sharing the vision that’s inspiring so many people across the country! Watch live, beginning at 4:45 pm PT / 7:45 pm ET:
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NDP Leadership Debate: In-Depth Coverage
Michael Serapio and Marc-André Cossette host CPAC’s in-depth coverage as NDP leadership candidates face off in their second and final debate in New Westminster, B.C. Participating in the debate are candidates Heather McPherson, Avi Lewis, Rob Ashton, Tanille Johnston, and Tony McQuail.
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BART @bart.gov · 19/02/2026
Congrats to BART rider and Oakland legend Alysa Liu on winning a gold medal at the Olympics and making the Bay Area proud!
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Kate McKean @katemckean.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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مجد // Majd @majdal.cc · 04/02/2026
This is why I'm active on the fediverse and not here. Here's where you can find me: social.coop/@majdal
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Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 مجد الشهابي (@majdal@social.coop)
533 Posts, 298 Following, 467 Followers · Technologist turned urban planner turned academic. Interested in climate action and pan-Syrian futures.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 04/02/2026
i remember how big a deal it was in early bluesky when dril joined the platform
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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
My latest for Canadian Dimension -- rejecting Bianca Muguenyi's candidacy shows that the party isn't about to fix it's deep democratic problems, and only one candidate has anything about changing the vetting process in their platform. canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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By barring Bianca Mugyenyi, NDP shows it’s not interested in renewal
After the NDP barred Bianca Mugyenyi from its leadership race, the party’s claims of renewal ring hollow. As Nora Loreto writes, her disqualification exposes how ideological gatekeeping and internal b...
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Morbi @morbi.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I have always said it, I will continue to say it, we are limiting the productive potential of millions of freaks by demanding they earn a wage to survive instead of enabling them to do whatever thing their brain is broken for
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Roger Johnson from Pop News @mattsevits.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
I’ll never get tired of this ad at our local indie theater 😂
An add for a law firm reads,”Whether you’re in the theater or being questioned by police, MJM Law Office reminds you to stay quiet.”
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مجد // Majd @majdal.cc · 19/01/2026
I got about 100 new followers in the past day... Where did of you arrive from? Welcome, everyone 👋 FYI, I'm more active over in the #Fediverse. I'm a part of a cooperatively run instance. It's the version of the Internet that I feel most comfortable in. Find me there: social.coop/@majdal
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Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 مجد الشهابي (@majdal@social.coop)
509 Posts, 288 Following, 453 Followers · Technologist turned urban planner turned academic. Interested in climate action and pan-Syrian futures.
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Adrenalynn (she/her) @adrenalyn.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Catching up with what's happening in Iran? Here is an excellent interview with Iranian–Canadian journalist @smohyeddin.bsky.social youtube.com/watch?v=8ISI...
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'Blood everywhere': Iran's protests continue as violence rises
YouTube video by The Real News Network
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/01/2026
New Yorkers built a movement around the belief that every family should be able to afford a dignified life. Today, as Governor Kathy Hochul and I mark our commitment to universal childcare, we're proving that a movement of the people can transform how government serves the people.
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مجد // Majd @majdal.cc · 08/09/2025
I wish I could post polls on Bluesky, the way I can do on #Mastodon...
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Geographers for Justice in Palestine @geogboycott.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
please join us next week for an online event with colleagues in other disciplines who have worked to bring BDS resolutions to votes within their academic associations!
A "Save the Date" flyer inviting you to a conversation on boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) across the academy, featuring speakers from the American Association of Geographers, the American Sociological Association, and the American Historical Association. the event is September 9 at 12pm eastern time. you can register for the webinar at linktr.ee/geog4pal
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Dane will return at NYCC H-05 @monkeyminion.com · 01/09/2025
I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org
An empty booth with a sign that says “vendor removed for selling AI art #ArtBYHumans”
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 27/08/2025
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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Jacob (Yaqub) Hanna - يعقوب حنا @jacob-hanna.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
1/n Dear friends, in light of the current events in Palestine and to help spread awareness, a large number of filmmakers have made their FILMS about PALESTINE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE FOR FREE Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Part of the reason I reject using AI is because I resent the idea that I have to optimize my life to an even further extent. Enough already
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
"We are witnessing a horrific return to a eugenicist 'commonsense' even though history shows us that the way test scores register intelligence is far from objective science." Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education. lareviewofbooks.org/article/trum...
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Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the eighth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education.
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