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Zareena Grewal

@zareenagrewal.bsky.social
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Yale Prof, Anthropologist, Historian, Author of ISLAM IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY: AMERICAN MUSLIMS AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AUTHORITY, Director and Producer of BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT Bylines: NYT WashPo Atlantic NPR

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I have been told that certain celebrity girlboss influencers have issued a social media fatwa on this column. Therefore, I’m sharing it again because I’m just that kind of contrary.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
If only more people understood this
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Zareena Grewal @zareenagrewal.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Who even are these non-compulsive, non-perfectionist professional nerds?
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Paul Matzko @paulmatzko.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
You can see the uptick in uses of "Christian nationalism" in the 1930s/40s on Google ngram, then a decline in the 1950s, a steady rise in the 1980s, before an explosion in the 2010s.
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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 16/05/2026
homer is desecrating Greece the country, the sea isn't wine-dark there!
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Zeteo @zeteo.com · 16/05/2026
Saudi Arabia and the UAE Bombed Iran for Totally Different Reasons The newest divide in the Middle East is between Israel’s allies and the growing number of states that view it as a threat, former defense intel analyst @harrisonmann.bsky.social writes. Read here: zeteo.com/p/why-saudi-...
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Breaking the Nebraska GOP’s filibuster-proof majority would block: 1️⃣ Passing new voting restrictions. 2️⃣ Gerrymandering the light blue 2nd District. 3️⃣ Erasing the 2nd’s “blue dot” to stop Dems from winning the Electoral College just by flipping MI, PA, & WI. Dems currently rely on GOP defections
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
lol not Third Way letting Republicans off the hook
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W.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
When a Democrat is president, the press only cares about the swing voters who oppose him. When a Republican is president, the press only cares about the conservative voters who support him.
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Whitney Humanities Center at Yale @yalewhc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
We’re hiring! 📣 The Whitney Humanities Center at Yale seeks a recent humanities PhD with experience in program-building, innovative humanities work, and higher ed service for a Postdoctoral Associate in Humanities Leadership. $70K + $3K stipend | Deadline: June 12, 2026 🔗 apply.interfolio.com/185526
A promotional graphic for a job posting at the Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. A Yale campus aerial photo serves as the background, overlaid with a blue-to-white gradient. Text reads: "Postdoctoral Associate in Humanities Leadership. Whitney Humanities Center at Yale University. 80% program-building | 20% research. $70,000 + $3,000 research stipend. Deadline: June 12, 2026. apply.interfolio.com/185526."
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Solomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 15/05/2026
This This and This ... are not 3 things... they are one thing
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Writing has been independently invented maybe four times in human history. Radiocarbon dating has found evidence that the original inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) invented writing independently. buff.ly/PS5nm5j #ShareGoodNewsToo
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A New Discovery at Easter Island Could Rewrite History As We Know It
Radiocarbon dating of ancient scripts suggests a groundbreaking origin story.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13/05/2026
A Gallup poll found that seven out of 10 Americans said they would oppose a data center being built near them. Opposition is so intense, the poll found, that more Americans would rather live near a nuclear power plant than a data center.
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7 in 10 Americans oppose data centers being built in their communities
The survey found that Republicans and Democrats are uncomfortable living near a data center, but opposition is especially intense among Democrats.
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Elham Fakhro @elhamfakhro.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The context of Saudi strikes on Iran: "Iranian and ​Western officials said Saudi Arabia made Iran aware of the strikes and this was followed by intensive diplomatic engagement and Saudi threats to retaliate further, which led to an understanding.. to de-escalate" www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...
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Exclusive: Saudi Arabia launched covert attacks on Iran as regional war widened, sources say
The Saudi attacks, not previously reported, mark the first time that the ​kingdom is known to have directly carried out military action on Iranian soil.
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NPR @npr.org · 13/05/2026
Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some states are finally turning things around. n.pr/4wspadU
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Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains
Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some states are finally turning things around.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 12/05/2026
Genuinely funny that Alito just wrote a whole opinion making clear that the only thing Republicans have to do to gerrymander Black people out of electoral existence is say "this is about politics, not race," and then this genius is like CAN YOU BELIEVE HOW MANY BLACK PEOPLE ARE IN THAT DISTRICT??
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 11/05/2026
More than 2,500 scientists said in a letter to Congress on Monday that President Trump’s dismissal of the National Science Foundation’s oversight board was an “alarming attack” on research funding that could put the U.S. at a disadvantage with rivals, especially China.
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Scientists Press Congress on Dismissal of National Science Foundation Board and Research Funding
The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Iraqi officials told The New Arab the US helped cover up a secret Israeli base in Najaf after Iraqi troops came under attack near the site in March:
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Exclusive: Iraq officials allege US shielding secret Israel base
Iraqi officials told The New Arab the US helped cover up a secret Israeli base in Najaf after Iraqi troops came under attack near the site in March.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Not the main thing, but notable that the biggest of recipient of US military aid is using the language of counterinsurgency (hearts and minds) to refer to the US population.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Anyone out there unclear how well the United States would be doing economically without California and New York?
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
“One water connection had been installed without the utility’s knowledge, and the other was not linked to the company’s account and therefore wasn’t being billed.”
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Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Discourse about finding "the Rogan of the Left" or "the liberal answer to Fox News" rarely accounts for the reality that the entire conservative media universe is the enormously unprofitable vanity project of a few rich sociopaths. It "succeeds" because they don't care how much it costs.
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Abu Aardvark @abuaardvark.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hiring Jake Sullivan and the Biden Gaza team should be the kiss of death for any Dem candidate — it won’t be, but the “moderates” who will make that choice need to lose badly in primaries and there can’t be an “Obama appointing Clinton to State” back door return. puck.news/the-return-o...
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The Boys Are Back in Town
Many Democrats aren’t happy that Jake Sullivan and the other Biden bros who rode shotgun for Barack and Joe’s foreign policy adventures are positioning to return to power.
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Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Suit still doesn’t fit and the hair is a disaster. He looks wet, like he just swam up to the lawn.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 08/05/2026
A handful of dedicated Gazan women are risking their lives to save the priceless medieval manuscripts of Al-Omari www.newarab.com/features/ins...
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Inside Gaza’s race to save ancient manuscripts from Israel’s war
In Gaza City’s Old Quarter, volunteers are recovering manuscripts from the damaged Al-Omari Mosque library following repeated Israeli aggression since 2023
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 05/05/2026
The truck circled JFK terminals asking travelers “Do you trust ICE with your phone?” and advising them to “turn it off at the airport. It’s harder for authorities to pry data from your phone if it’s shut down.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/the-...
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The Intercept didn’t just publish a story about ICE — it drove it around JFK
The investigative nonprofit turned a digital privacy guide into a real-life stunt, and news creators helped share the message.
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 08/05/2026
Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.
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Exclusive: Inmates describe being punished for speaking out about Ghislaine Maxwell | CNN
Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow inmates speak to CNN about Maxwell’s special treatment in prison and how they were punished for criticizing Maxwell. MJ Lee reports on OutFront.
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Jack Leff @jrlefftist.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Really vital reporting on an understudied weapon.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The Trump regime loves to screw with the poor. Cruelty is a sport to them.
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Lmao at The War of 1812 being on the list like bro that was over 200 years ago what are you even doing here
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The New Arab @thenewarab.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
The US-Israel war on Iran could increase poverty for millions across the MENA, as people grapple with double-digit price hikes, writes Jad Chaaban
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How the US-led war in the region created an Arab poverty crisis
The US-Israel war on Iran could increase poverty for millions across the MENA, as people grapple with double-digit price hikes, writes Jad Chaaban.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/05/2026
Trump may be toxic and Orbán is gone, but Europe’s far right is not in decline | Cas Mudde
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Trump may be toxic and Orbán is gone, but Europe’s far right is not in decline | Cas Mudde
Let’s not draw the wrong conclusions from Hungary’s election or the US president’s troubles, says political scientist Cas Mudde
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
An Israeli air strike has killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator in U.S.-mediated talks over Gaza's future, a senior Hamas official said on Thursday, as leaders of ​the militant group held talks in Cairo aimed at safeguarding their truce with Israel.
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Israeli attack kills son of Hamas leader negotiating with Trump-led board
An Israeli air strike has killed the son of Hamas' chief negotiator in U.S.-mediated talks over Gaza's future, a senior Hamas official said on Thursday, as leaders of ​the militant group held talks in...
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
This is great, but two friendly amendments. The consolidation of judicial supremacy began long before the 1990s. And even as the Court holds that Congress may not respond to its decisions, Congress *does not need this majority’s approval* to check the Court’s power and respond anyway.
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Judicial Supremacy Has Arrived
Last week’s Supreme Court decision didn’t just undermine the Voting Rights Act. It foreclosed the possibility of any new Voting Rights Act in the future, too.
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Zareena Grewal @zareenagrewal.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
One of the most important Muslim philanthropists in the US
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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
suicide notes are not exactly a fun genre (though I’m perhaps weirdly fond of Virginia Woolf’s, which is rather beautiful) but “no fun not worth it” is a doozy
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Adil Haque @adhaque.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"I’m not anybody’s martyr. I’m a tenured professor. I’m not going to lose my job." "I think the important work that folks with the protections of academic freedom can do is to refuse to bend the knee to the willful forgetting, the willful covering up of what happened in Gaza."
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
“agrees to give what has been agreed to” ?
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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 06/05/2026
📌 Story: www.timesofisrael.com/board-of-pea...
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Board of Peace won’t hold Israel to truce terms if Hamas doesn’t okay disarmament offer
In letter obtained by ToI, US-led body indicates Israel not adhering to key parts of ceasefire's 1st phase, but says it won't have to if Hamas doesn't accept decommissioning framework
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