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Ryan Carroll @ryancarroll.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
I wrote for @newinquiry.bsky.social about the psycho-political agons of 90s sitcom neighbors like Kimmy Gibbler, Steve Urkel, and co.—why they showed up, why they were thrown out, and why they kept coming back. Give it a read! thenewinquiry.com/new-neighbor...
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Jake Romm @jakeromm.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
For the @newinquiry.bsky.social, I interviewed the brilliant @lalehkhalili.bsky.social about her new book, The Corporeal Life of Seafaring thenewinquiry.com/world-wide-w...
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Now in TNI: a dispatch from Dahye, Lebanon, published in collaboration with The New York War Crimes thenewinquiry.com/a-thorn-in-t...
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A Thorn in the Occupier's Eye
South Lebanon is a lesson in steadfastness — an obstinate and determined testament to the willingness of an indigenous people to confront their occupier and achieve absolute victory. Israel’s…
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
"South Korea is often lauded as a safe society... But much of the country’s tranquil middle-class environments—apartment towers, malls, and privately-owned parks—were constructed through violence and intimidation.“ thenewinquiry.com/seoul-to-squ...
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Seoul to Squeeze
Seoul neighborhood of Bogwang-dong sits on a steep hill rising over the Han River. In Korean, neighborhoods built on hazardous slopes are called dal-dongnae, or moon villages, because they seem to …
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becca @beccasenatore.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
"Health equity capture…hijacks health equity concepts, aesthetics, and language…for the purpose of posing the problem—in our case, the institutions and processes (like the weight loss industry) that create, prop up, or exist due to inequality—as the solution."
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
"The public, reaching for life, for longevity, for survival among the fittest (as dictated by eugenics) has turned its eyes to its physique. Ozempic, to shareholders glee, arrived right on time." thenewinquiry.com/health-equit...
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Health Equity Capture
Nisha Chicken Salad” on Weight Watchers’s website bears little resemblance to the salad Nisha Godfrey went viral for in 2022. It is two cups of spinach leaves with three ounces of grilled skinless,…
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Weight loss medications have expanded their reach through co-opting the language of social justice. thenewinquiry.com/health-equit...
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Health Equity Capture
Nisha Chicken Salad” on Weight Watchers’s website bears little resemblance to the salad Nisha Godfrey went viral for in 2022. It is two cups of spinach leaves with three ounces of grilled skinless,…
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Max Granger @maxgranger.info · 26/11/2024
Read @elpgerson.bsky.social in @newinquiry.bsky.social, on six years of Morena party rule under AMLO.
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Pedro Gerson @elpgerson.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
First post on BlueSky and it's a plug. Wrote for @newinquiry.bsky.social about AMLO. I try to explain what Obradorismo actually is while critiquing his programmatic agenda, the opposition, and understanding AMLO's political success. thenewinquiry.com/amlo-all-alo...
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AMLO All Along
1917, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, Lenin was preoccupied with appointing the people that would run the government. The problem was that Lenin did not know much about what running the gove…
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
"Obradorismo has been variously characterized with terms like left-wing populism and progressive nationalisms. These definitions are reductive, conjuring associations with other leaders or regimes that ultimately do not apply." thenewinquiry.com/amlo-all-alo...
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AMLO All Along
1917, in the wake of the Russian Revolution, Lenin was preoccupied with appointing the people that would run the government. The problem was that Lenin did not know much about what running the gove…
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
"The months since the election of Donald Trump have played host to a brilliant array of liberal delusions, a collective delirium that has led the American center-left to question everything—literally everything—except its own flawed ideology." thenewinquiry.com/this-is-not-...
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This is Not a Simulation
The simulation hypothesis reveals how the American liberal elite questions everything except the insufficiency of liberalism itself
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eun song @aestheticspolitics.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
sharing again an interview I did with the incredible Danielle Wu 💌✨ @newinquiry.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social thenewinquiry.com/whose-garbag...
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Whose Garbage Becomes The Archive? - an interview with Eunsong Kim
Kim is a poet, writer, and Associate Professor of English at Northeastern University. Her new book, The Politics of Collecting: Race and the Aestheticization of Property, traces the history of US m…
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Tiana Reid @tianareid.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Maya 🖤
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Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Excellent state theory: "for those who have convinced themselves ... that any discrepancy between appearance and action is a glitch rather than a symptom, reckoning with such discrepancies ... requires a recalibration of national shame, first, and state efficiency, second"
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
"State functionality—the ability to run systems smoothly, but also to convince the public that the agents of such systems carry benevolent intent—has always concealed regimes of harm, and always to disastrous ends." thenewinquiry.com/spell-check-...
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Spell-Check Nation
Presidential claims to legitimacy have always been bound up in violence–so why do people continue to insist that Trump act more presidential?
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wire weasel @guerillamindset.bsky.social · 29/12/2023
"Folk Etymologies" by Eleanor Stern for @newinquiry.bsky.social thenewinquiry.com/folk-etymolo... A thoughtful look at efforts to influence politics through language substitutions, and how they connect to other efforts to influence thought via language.
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 13/11/2023
From “The Second Week” by the Palestinian Youth Movement thenewinquiry.com/the-second-w...
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Adam (human animal)🍉 @forcolumb.us · 13/11/2023
Palestinians in the West Bank are defending themselves from the apartheid regime’s nightly attack Staff of Al-Shifa Hospital are struggling to bury the remains of at least 100 Palestinians murdered by the IOF Kamal Adwan Hospital stops operations as fuel runs out www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Gaza’s two largest hospitals shut; WHO warns of more premature babies dying
Hamas denies it refused fuel for Al-Shifa Hospital as Israeli snipers are accused of attacking anyone nearby.
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Diana B. Greenwald @dbgreenwald.bsky.social · 12/11/2023
RSF and affiliated Sudanese-Arab militias have reportedly killed 800 in an ethnic cleansing campaign in Ardamata camp in West Darfur, home to tens of thousands who had already been displaced by the civil war.
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The Militia at the Center of the Darfur Genocide Kills Hundreds in Sudan
Group that grew from infamous Janjaweed militia blamed for killing of about 800 people in refugee camp. ‘I couldn’t count the number of dead bodies.’
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 05/11/2023
"Many voters said they trusted Donald Trump over President Biden on the economy, foreign policy and immigration, as Mr. Biden’s multiracial base frays." www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/u...
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Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Finds
Voters in battleground states said they trusted Donald J. Trump over President Biden on the economy, foreign policy and immigration, as Mr. Biden’s multiracial base shows signs of fraying.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 05/11/2023
‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 30: Hundreds of thousands protested in the Washington D.C. and around the world, calling for a ceasefire. Israel continues to target civilian infrastructure, using the "equivalent of two nuclear bombs," says rights group.
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‘Operation Al-Aqsa Flood’ Day 30: Nearly 10,000 people killed in Gaza as U.S. rejects ceasefire ...
Hundreds of thousands protested in the Washington D.C. and around the world, calling for a ceasefire. Israel continues to target civilian infrastructure, using the “equivalent of two nuclear bombs,�...
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Adam (human animal)🍉 @forcolumb.us · 31/10/2023
Before October 7th, over 60% of Palestinians were moderately or severely food insecure. It has ALWAYS been a deliberate tactic by the apartheid regime to keep Palestinians on the brink of starvation.
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
"The number of children reported killed in Gaza in just three weeks has surpassed the annual number of children killed across the world's conflict zones since 2019" Save the Children
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
Israel's Ministry of Intelligence deportation directive outlines the four stages: 1.A call on Palestinian civilians to vacate north Gaza; 2.Sequential land operations from north to south; 3.Leaving routes open across Rafah; 4.Establishing "tent cities" in Sinai to resettle Palestinians in Egypt.
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@mekomit
 expose shows that the directive to deport 2.4 million #Palestinians out of occupied #Gaza and onto #Egypt and beyond has been officially endorsed by #Israel's Ministry of Intelligence on 13 October. A war crime in the making!
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Adam (human animal)🍉 @forcolumb.us · 29/10/2023
The last time American media said anything about Palestinian communities being ethnically cleansed from the West Bank, “only” two villages were displaced. Now we are at at least 13. www.btselem.org/press_releas...
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they/them might be giants ☭ @babadookspinoza.bsky.social · 29/10/2023
It’s been said before but there is no “post-” for traumatized Palestinian children in Gaza. They are always in danger and so they can never establish the real foundation of safety recognized as the prerequisite for trauma recovery. “Israel” has trapped them in a kind of hell.
Tweet from Hurt CoPain:
I need everyone to read this headline
New Report: 91% of Gaza children suffer from PTSD after the Israeli attack

Geneva - Nine out of ten children in the Gaza Strip suffer some form of conflict-related trauma after the Israeli military attack ended over a month ago,
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Adam (human animal)🍉 @forcolumb.us · 28/10/2023
Communications are still spotty at best, but from Al Jazeera: Almost 400 Palestinians were murdered in the “safe zone” yesterday as Gaza was turned in a “ball of fire” It took journalist Fares Akram 12 hours to find out 18 of his extended family was murdered. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Israeli bombing turns Gaza into ‘ball of fire’ as blackout adds to distress
Israeli ground troops battle Hamas fighters in Gaza as Israel carries out heaviest air raids and cuts communications.
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Sumi Madhok @sumimadhok.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
❤️ London today! These vile, war criminal governments, they don’t speak for us. #CeaseFireNow www.reuters.com/world/uk/tho...
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Thousands join pro-Palestinian protest in London to demand Gaza ceasefire | Reuters
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched in central London on Saturday to demand the British government call for a ceasefire after Israel's military widened its air and ground attacks on the...
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The New Inquiry @newinquiry.bsky.social · 28/10/2023
We are proud to endorse the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) as part of BDS
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Ahmed Al Omran @alomran.me · 26/10/2023
Saudi Arabia says the show must go on even as the region reels from the war in Gaza.
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Alex Press @alexnpress.bsky.social · 26/10/2023
modeled on American Writers Against the War in Vietnam, Writers Against the War on Gaza is building a cultural front for a free Palestine. this statement's the beginning of our efforts, not the final word. join us to help figure out what comes next! www.writersagainstthewarongaza.com
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WRITERS AGAINST THE WAR ON GAZA
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The Onion @theonion.com · 26/10/2023
“Obviously, statistics from Gaza are subject to bias, so we can’t use them to determine when the number of dead Palestinians has reached a sufficient level.”
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Biden Expresses Doubts That Enough Palestinians Have Died
WASHINGTON—Saying civilian casualties were the “price of waging a war” and that so far the price had not been high enough, President Biden spoke to reporters Thursday about the conflict in Gaza ...
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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Natalie Zemon Davis (1924-2023) on Being Grateful to Edward Said (via Esmat Elhalaby): drive.google.com/file/d/0B07y...
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Anil Kalhan @akalhan.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Proposed Florida rule bans public univ activities "intended to achieve a desired result related to social issues," defined as "topics that polarize or divide society among political, ideological, moral, or religious beliefs, positions, or norms." USF lawyer: "I can’t think of anything that doesn't."
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Florida rule would limit talk of ‘social issues’ at public universities
Critics say a proposed regulation is too broad and could inhibit free speech.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 22/10/2023
When refugees seek refuge with refugees Abdelfattah Abusrour shares two poems from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem inspired by hosting Palestinian workers from Gaza stuck in the West Bank during Israel's latest onslaught.
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When refugees seek refuge with refugees
Abdelfattah Abusrour shares two poems from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem inspired by hosting Palestinian workers from Gaza stuck in the West Bank during Israel’s latest onslaught.
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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
The state of Gaza's hospitals: Surgeries without anesthesia and with only mobile phones for light. Vinegar from the corner store as disinfectant. 5,000 patients in a hospital built for 700, some sleeping on the floor. No power, no clean water, little fuel. apnews.com/article/pale...
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Little light, no beds, not enough anesthesia: A view from the 'nightmare' of Gaza's hospitals
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are nearing collapse under the Israeli blockade that cut power, deliveries of food and other necessities to the territory.
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Dina Osama Lot-fy @dinaosama.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Egyptians are protesting in Tahrir Square after 10 years. This is not a state-organized protest, but people went there because this is where the Egyptians usually protest. This video shows how the protesters were like birds who went out of their cages. Menasky x.com/oelfatairy/s...
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Esfandyar Batmanghelidj @yarbatman.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
An influential Israeli think thank has published a paper describing an “opportunity” to remove the “entire population of Gaza.” They call for an $8bn “stimulus” paid to Egypt to enable a “final rehousing” of Gazans in the Cairo suburbs. It’s an open call for ethnic cleansing. bit.ly/3S1uyTO
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
Would a ceasefire come sooner if I pointed out Netanyahu is a dang nepo baby
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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 21/10/2023
'What does it feel like to stand at the edge of annihilation? I can only speak from my vantage a few degrees from the epicenter of war. Here, it feels like falling through an endless throat'. Sarah Aziza in @thebaffler.com thebaffler.com/latest/dooms...
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Doomsday Diaries | Sarah Aziza
What does it feel like to stand at the edge of annihilation?
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Andy Clark of the living dead @andycruns.bsky.social · 20/10/2023
Apparently there’s an influx of far right nazi arseholes. Remember the rules. Do not engage. Do not quote post to dunk. Block early, block often. Starve them of oxygen.
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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 18/10/2023
FUCK www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-g...
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US gives Israel ‘private backing’ for ground invasion of Gaza
Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, has won private backing from President Biden to press ahead with a ground invasion of Gaza, according to accounts
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
Jewish institutions: "How can we engage with younger Jews? We can hardly get any to come to our events." IfNotNow: "Thousands of Jews showed up to our protest yesterday." Jewish institutions: "Never mind."
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
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Egypt and the war in Palestine
As the ruler of the most populous nation in the Arab world, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi should be concerned about the fallout of the ongoing Israel-Gaza war on his regime.
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