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Saira Jehan

@sairajh.bsky.social
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Teacher, urbanist, music lover, runner, traveller. she/her

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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 29/09/2026
I am used to discussing Palestine with people of all backgrounds every day for literally 15 hours per day but it will never not bewilder me to encounter someone who is shocked that I and every Arab see it as a colonial issue
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.
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Urvi @theurv.com · 28/09/2026
There were more men in a single documented gang rape at one school than the number of competitive trans athletes nationally. But I’ve heard a lot more politicians being asked about protecting girls from one of these scenarios and not another… I’ll let you guess which is which.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Caleb Dume @thacalebdume.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
MAKE ART! MAKE BAD ART! BAD ART IS BETTER THAN AI ART! YOUR WORST IS STILL BETTER THAN THE SLOP!
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
So much of what we are confronting today is best understood by the actions undertaken by white communities in response to integration orders. White supremacy is a form of democratic nihilism. Every institution, norm, and value of democracy will be sacrificed for it. calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Sep. 27, 1958 | White Little Rock Voters Choose to Close Public Schools Rather Than Integrate
Learn more about our history of racial injustice
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...
We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story.
Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us.

To Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar: We know who you are and we refuse to let you benefit from this University's concealment.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Fish” can be both singular (one individual fish) or plural (multiple fish of the same species.) “Fishes” refers to individuals of different species. 🐟 Fish 🐟🐟🐟 Fish 🐠🐟🐡 Fishes Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Intimate Toilette (A Woman Urinating), by François Boucher, 1760s
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Bike lane removals near Islington on Bloor are imminent. Keep up the vigilance. Keep up the direct action. #StrengthinNumbers #CriticalMass @cycletoronto.bsky.social @jnyyz.bsky.social @lanrickbennett.bsky.social @tomflood.bsky.social
cyclists on bridge in huge crowd protesting
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Paul Gauguin @gauguin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The White Horse botfrens.com/collections/44/content…
The White Horse
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Autumn Arrives Nicki Ault 2022
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yep, you know what day it is
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Radio Free America @radiofreeflorida.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Where they have burned books, they will end in burning human beings.” - Heinrich Heine #RadioFreeAmerica #politics
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 20/09/2026
Real baddies don’t use AI
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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️
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🧩 @holojester.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
fuck you but tell the horse you rode in on that it was really nice to see him again
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Portrait of Ethel Southam (Mrs. F.H. Toller) Lilias Torrance Newton 1938
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Peter Brannen @peterbrannen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
RIP to Annie Dillard, whose work frequently left me unable to speak sensibly for several minutes after reading it. This essay, This Is The Life, was my entry point for her work
Annie Dillard's This Is The LifeAnnie Dillard's This Is The Life
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Associate Member breakfast
A high-angle shot of a white ceramic plate sitting on a light-colored wooden table. Arranged on the plate are four items: a large black mug filled with black coffee, a small glass bottle shaped like a maple leaf and filled with amber maple syrup, a small clear shot glass filled with a clear liquid, and a single unlit cigarette with a brown filter.
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Comics Covers @comicscovers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Funny Folks 32 (3306)
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/09/2026
Mexico’s fight for independence is the triumph of a people determined to shape their own future. Today, I was proud to be the first New York City Mayor to march in Sunset Park’s Mexican Independence Day Parade alongside a community that has fostered cultural pride across generations.
Mayor Mamdani waves at the Mexican Independence Day parade.
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Albumism @albumism.com · 13/09/2026
MC Lyte released her third studio album ‘Act Like You Know’ (1991) 35 years ago this week | Listen to the album + watch the official videos here: album.ink/MCLyteALYK
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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Former Canada Prime Minister Jean Chrétien: "I have message for American friends...never mistake our generosity for weakness. Never mistake our tolerance for lack of determination. And never, never mistake our kindness for softness...We bow to no one." Jean Chrétien is an absolute gem 💎❤️🇨🇦
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onion person @junlper.beer · 11/09/2026
it’s wild that the heritage foundation wrote in text that the assault on trans woman particularly in sports is their first step in their efforts to completely abolish all Title IX protections and liberals still don’t believe it’s about more than trans women in sports
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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 10/09/2026
People get confused about the trans sports thing because at a glance it seems like a small issue that impacts a very small number of people and thus makes sense as a "reasonable" concession. But it isn't, because conceding that is accepting that a kid's trans identity is on some level fraudulent
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
You’ve gotta use AI because it’s the future. But also it’ll take your job. But also it’ll create a paradise on earth and solve most of our problems. But also it’ll end humanity soon. But also you’ll get left behind if you don’t use it right now.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 72nd Birthday to Ruby Bridges, who at the age of 6 desegregated the New Orleans public schools. She’s younger than 30 senators and our last two presidents—and only 7 years older than Barack Obama. The past isn’t past.
Ruby Bridges, age 6Ruby Bridges flanked by three U.S. Marshals on the steps of her schoolNorman Rockwell’s painting depicting the event, “The Problem We All Live With,” originally published as a centerfold in the January 14, 1964 issue of Look magazine. Ruby Bridges talking with President Obama as they look at Rockwell’s painting while it was temporarily displayed at the White House in 2011.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness
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Want To Make Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane
Research from New York City notes that newly installed protected bike lanes do more than keep bikers safe--they raise the income of the stores they are in front of.
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Saira Jehan @sairajh.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
There is absolutely no use for LLMs in teaching history. The entire notion of an LLM is antithetical to the study of history, in fact.
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Absolutely this.
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Susan Rinkunas @susanrinkunas.com · 07/09/2026
This is absolutely about punishing mothers who work outside the home
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Rain @rainst0rm4759.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The campaign to sell AI to the public is actually just the fourth iteration of the same campaign from big tech. First it was crypto, then it was nfts, then the metaverse, and they’ve finally succeeded.
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Anti-Colonial History @anticolonialhistry.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
On this night in 1995, Ontario Provincial Police open fire on Anishinaabe land defenders at Ipperwash, killing Dudley George. Warriors blockade the highway after forcing the cops to retreat. The cops' plan to clear the land reclamation camp is a failure. anticolonialhistory.com/event/234/
Blockade of Highway 21 after the Ontario Provincial Police killed Dudley George at Aazhoodena/Ipperwash
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 06/09/2026
This is so important. AI may be sold to us as something that will "help" in the classroom, or as an "essential competency" we do students a disservice not to train them in, but in the end the goal is the scale and monetize.
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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The idea that classrooms are chiefly spaces for product testing, and that it is irresponsible pedagogy not to enforce this, is both cynical and vile, and “fuck off” is a cogent response from any professional educator to any non-teaching salescreep or tech-but-not-subject-matter expert who voices it.
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Saira Jehan @sairajh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is an excellent browser. A* would recommend!
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Vivaldi Browser @vivaldi.com · 11/08/2026
Oh and if you're new and coming from Chrome (or any other browser): 🇳🇴🇮🇸 We're Vivaldi, a European browser based in Norway and Iceland 🕵️ Your data is yours, we don't spy on you or track you ❌ No built-in AI slop ✊🏽 Owned by the employees 🔥 Built-in adblocker, mail, calendar, to do lists, feeds, VPN ++
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 04/09/2026
"I didn't think a full, 6-day-per-week, 14-hour-per-day, in-office schedule was necessary to discharge my duties clicking the 'generate' button, followed by the 'approve' button, thousands of times a day on SlurryHose. But experience has shown me that I was wrong." buff.ly/RbEQoJg
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Why We Must Return to the Office to Use AI in Person
“I didn’t think a full, six-day-per-week, fourteen-hour-per-day, in-office schedule was necessary to discharge my duties clicking the ‘generate’ button, foll...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/09/2026
the AI slop in food promotional images has got to be stopped
AI image of a chicken Renée’s that looks like it has bugs on it
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Keri @keriqbaum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
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Saira Jehan @sairajh.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This Canadian says yesssss!
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
School Board: Do NOT use your personal device for school business. Also the School Board: To log in to your school device and use your work account we need to send an authentication code to your cell phone.
A Lego figurine wearing black lies face down on a table in a school library.
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I truly believe that the normalization of nighttime bookstores, museums, and libraries would change the world.
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I know everyone has seen the Miyazaki clip of him saying that AI art is an insult to life itself and we humans are losing faith in ourselves but sometimes it still strikes me that he said that in 2016 and every single year the quote becomes more true and undeniable
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called social security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people. —Harry Truman, 1952
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Jenny Lee Shee @jennyleeshee.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Paul Calandra’s response to his govt deal in which an 🇺🇸 company got $66M taken from public ed and is now price gouging teachers: “Don't just run to TikTok and say, ‘Oh my gosh, look what they're doing to us.’ Help me make it better,” Calandra said.” The govt getting feedback from #OntEd teachers:
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 02/09/2026
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
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