Historian at a US university. Posts about history, India, technology, extremism. Do not feel safe, due to past Hindutva harassment, sharing identity publicly.
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Airports Authoritys No. 1 Airport in Customer Satisfaction Has Zero Flights - The WireWith zero operational flights since July 1, Khajuraho Airport still beat busier and much larger airports to be ranked first in the customer satisfaction index, raising questions about the surveys meth...m.thewire.in
Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.
Baltimore BannerICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests
Amazing that there are still university administrators who think that bootlicking will save them. www.vanderbilt.edu/declaration/
DeclarationThe University and Its Purpose: A Declaration of First Principles was adopted by the Vanderbilt University Board of Trust in June 2026. The declaration is organized around three core purposes: Pathbre...www.vanderbilt.edu
It's especially galling that Haley Stevens is portraying herself as the great protector of the Jews in her campaign against a Muslim candidate, given that in 2022 she beat a wonderful Jewish Congressman in a costly primary in part by accusing him of being insufficiently pro-Israel.
thejrocktvShe knows she’s losing so she said let’s just go mask off.
Ten years in, Native Hawaiian fishermen, North Shore nonprofit leaders and scientists are encouraged by what they see in the state’s first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.
Community Control Of Kauaʻi Fishery Is Showing ‘Remarkable’ ResultsTen years in, Native Hawaiian fishermen, North Shore nonprofit leaders and scientists are encouraged by what they see in the state’s first Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.www.civilbeat.org
I was not informed by the BBC that they would have a right wing political figure or lobbyist on after me to rebut what I said. The individual in question went on to spout lies about China, etc. to distract attention from the Trump administration's assault on climate action. This is unacceptable.
Michael E. MannI'll be on BBC News television TODAY ~3:40pm ET (8:40pm London local time) to discuss--what else---the climate change-fueled weather extremes we're seeing around the world this summer. Please join me: www.bbc.com/live
On a different note, I haven’t been following this race that closely but this post makes Stevens seem deeply instantly unlikeable. If the “you are a loser” Trumpian rhetoric sits badly with me, I can’t imagine Michiganders, who are very nice people in the midwestern way I love, responding well to it
Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.Personally as a Jewish American I would appreciate if “Protestant unspecified” candidates kept us out of their mouths
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No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film AdaptationPHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...theonion.com
Yeah so NYT asked me ~2 yrs ago to write an op-ed about how the Colorado is running dry, & what we should do to keep this exact thing from happening. I said "There's only one real answer. Bill farmers by how much water they use. Duh." NYT editorial staff freaked tf out & cancelled the piece.
Elias Thornesaw an article today about an az politician saying how great it was that we're now in emergency drought conditions because the farmers get automatic bailouts and I feel like way more Professional Rural Understanders just breeze by sentences like that. www.paysonroundup.com/news/arizona...
One of these preacher types got kicked off the plane. She called her disruption “spiritual warfare”. Flight attendant is like call it whatever, it’s illegal; get your stuff and get off the plane. 😂 www.threads.com/@alanafm411/...
AlanaFM (@alanafm411) on ThreadsGood Lord. This woman is posting this on her own account because she was fighting ‘spiritual warfare’ during the boarding process. 😂😂
And that airline employee was just, like, yeaaaah anyway—grab you...www.threads.com
