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Michelle Moyd

@michmo.bsky.social

Historian of Africa, soldiers, war. Mom, spouse, daughter. Author of *Violent Intermediaries*. Vet. Wish I had a dog. Wish I could just write what I want.

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Umbenennung der Mohrenstraße: Schilder mit neuem Straßennamen werden bereits vor Enthüllung angebracht Am 23. August wird die Mohrenstraße umbenannt und heißt dann Anton-Wilhelm-Arno-Straße. Eine feierliche Enthüllung ist geplant. Die neuen Schilder werden bereits am Vortag montiert.

Gedenken an Anton Wilhelm Amo: 22.8. Schilderwechsel, 23.8. Berlin feiert.

@isdbund.bsky.social @decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @rjmauk.bsky.social @djaten.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @tagesspiegel.de

www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/umben...

06.08.2025 16:06 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Skyline cleanse.. his name is Emmanuel Savary…🔥🔥🔥

02.08.2025 22:23 — 👍 2068    🔁 717    💬 114    📌 189
Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity Offices Amid DEI Purge | News | The Harvard Crimson The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fan...

“The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare.”

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

10.07.2025 12:21 — 👍 1060    🔁 617    💬 46    📌 124

I think people have underestimated the anti-intellectualism of the technofascists as one of the key drivers of the spread of authoritarianism. The clear benefits of the post-1960s expansion of higher ed is being destroyed by the most parsimonious thinkers.

28.07.2025 11:19 — 👍 424    🔁 125    💬 10    📌 8

An appeal to folks on this platform…pls consider supporting grassroots mutual aid work regularly in Palestine, Congo and Sudan. I recommend @friendsofthecongo.org.web.brid.gy and
@workshops4gaza.bsky.social and @sdnsolidarity.bsky.social
but there are so many others too! Bcm a monthly donor! (1/2)

26.07.2025 08:43 — 👍 69    🔁 55    💬 1    📌 4

I’m old enough to remember when we didn’t know if you could transmit HIV by touch or by a kiss. This is a miracle.

28.07.2025 03:34 — 👍 389    🔁 78    💬 13    📌 1
A stack of the booklet Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? by Marc Fischer with burgundy printing and black ink rubber stamping on reddish beige paper.

A stack of the booklet Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? by Marc Fischer with burgundy printing and black ink rubber stamping on reddish beige paper.

The 19th printing of my text Why Self-Publish Under Fascism? since May 1st. The print run is over 1,200 copies now. Still just $3.00 from www.halfletterpress.com.

21.07.2025 15:35 — 👍 418    🔁 141    💬 15    📌 6

The world’s governments are failing Gaza. It’s up to global civil society. Please give generously to aid organizations. I will be posting links to donate as often as I can. I have checked out each organization. And please re-post. Thank you so much.

28.07.2025 03:20 — 👍 21    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Israel’s Ever-Expanding War Machine Is Financed Through International Bond Sales Israel’s ability to continue its military onslaughts is dependent on a sophisticated international funding system.

"Behind each bomb is an investment flow."

Israel is "selling bonds worldwide to quickly raise money to fund the Gaza genocide."

"[T]hose who buy them are becoming complicit in crimes against humanity."
#Gaza #WestBank #Palestine #Iran #Lebanon #Syria #Yemen #Israel #Genocide #EthnicCleansing

27.07.2025 15:41 — 👍 52    🔁 42    💬 3    📌 5

Some people don't feel as close to this as they ought to. Most of us are just a bad break or two away from winding up on the streets, and addiction & mental health crises can affect anyone. They're gutting services and rendering more of us disposable, and there's a carceral disposal system waiting.

25.07.2025 00:20 — 👍 1961    🔁 828    💬 34    📌 14

People keep saying the love my energy and I’m just

Baby

I am self regulating ALL OF THE TIME .. ALL OF IT

09.07.2025 04:12 — 👍 22    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
anti-prime sale

anti-prime sale

FYI Bookshop.org has anti-prime free shipping rn!

08.07.2025 17:17 — 👍 2789    🔁 1749    💬 18    📌 28
Article in Cameroon Tribune, 2 July 2025, about meeting of Cameroon‘s Restitution Committee with German Foreign Office on 1 July 2025

Article in Cameroon Tribune, 2 July 2025, about meeting of Cameroon‘s Restitution Committee with German Foreign Office on 1 July 2025

Historical breakthrough for German colonial restitution policy: Under guidance of @diplo.de, museums in Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart & Bremen ready for „first wave“ of return to Cameroon.
@profdanhicks.bsky.social @kilderbenhauser.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social @he-mel.bsky.social @rhoelzl.bsky.social

03.07.2025 06:35 — 👍 21    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2
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Kevin Okoth · The Pessimist’s Optimist: Beyond the Postcolony Achille Mbembe is the pessimist’s optimist: he delivers a devastating analysis of the contemporary moment while never...

The Pessimist’s Optimist www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

03.07.2025 02:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The United States Is About to Embark on a Terrifying Experiment in Mass Statelessness This scenario, until recently, might have read like a dystopian projection. But after the court’s decision on Friday, it is no longer hypothetical.

"For the child born this summer in Texas, whose parents receive no documents, whose name never appears in any system, and who grows up asking why she can’t go on field trips, apply for scholarships, or open a bank account, the consequences are not legal theory. They are her life."

27.06.2025 20:16 — 👍 5684    🔁 2467    💬 144    📌 160

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27.06.2025 05:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An open letter to the American public on respiratory virus vaccines Read an open letter to the general public from the AMA and medical societies reaffirming support for vaccination to protect against flu, COVID-19, and RSV.

As US government authorities can no longer be relied upon to provide reliable medical information, the American Medical Association and 78 other medical societies have written an open letter to the American public underscoring the importance of vaccines.
www.ama-assn.org/delivering-c...

27.06.2025 04:25 — 👍 1889    🔁 902    💬 28    📌 26

The. Classes. Are. Popular.

I didn’t teach intersectionality because it was my gig. I taught it because those classes had waitlists and overenrollments.

You do not ever ever trade your base for status. Especially not in the middle of an authoritarian crime spree.

26.06.2025 14:50 — 👍 730    🔁 145    💬 4    📌 8
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Why are hundreds of Palestinians getting killed trying to access food in Gaza? | CBC News Mounting deaths of Palestinians as they try to access food in Gaza come as humanitarian groups continue to slam a new aid distribution system, saying it forces people to risk their lives by entering c...

Because the IDF is shooting them

26.06.2025 05:18 — 👍 13    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

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26.06.2025 05:32 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Black Wednesday: Nine killed, 400 injured as protests rock 27 counties
Nine people were killed, about 400 injured, and 61 arrested on Wednesday as at least 27 counties witnessed protests marking the first anniversary of the June 25, 2024, demonstrations that saw youth protesters storm Parliament.

nation DAILY©NATION Black Wednesday: Nine killed, 400 injured as protests rock 27 counties Nine people were killed, about 400 injured, and 61 arrested on Wednesday as at least 27 counties witnessed protests marking the first anniversary of the June 25, 2024, demonstrations that saw youth protesters storm Parliament.

The final tally of yesterday’s protests in #Kenya. Nine killed, 400 injured and 61 arrests. All killed by the police because the president will not listen to the young people who put him in power.

26.06.2025 05:17 — 👍 135    🔁 110    💬 1    📌 1

Grotesque. Zip tying disabled people whose demand is to be able to live. Morbid hateful society.

25.06.2025 19:00 — 👍 411    🔁 91    💬 5    📌 1
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This appears to be absolutely antithetical to the mission of the National Archives and a thinly-veiled attempt by the Trump administration to give it the authority to decide who gets to conduct research.

It’s also entirely unnecessary. You already need to make an appt to conduct research at NARA II

24.06.2025 22:16 — 👍 342    🔁 90    💬 8    📌 8

It important to know the names of women researchers who've been studying, speaking & writing about bias and AI.

Dr Timnit Gebru,
Dr Rumman Chowdhury, Dr Safiya Noble,
Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan,
Dr Buolamwini

And many many more within/outside academia.

Free link: archive.ph/2023.11.22-1...
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04.12.2024 13:32 — 👍 1360    🔁 664    💬 19    📌 29
Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with  Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.

Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the “We Didn’t Wait for Freedom” series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting

19.06.2025 12:19 — 👍 32192    🔁 6339    💬 1573    📌 490
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Useful reminder that Israel is believed to have 90 nuclear weapons. Also, Israel is not party to the nuclear non proliferation treaty, and has not accepted IAEA safeguards on some of its principle nuclear activities.

But yes, only Iran is the rogue state...

15.06.2025 21:13 — 👍 416    🔁 130    💬 14    📌 9

We kept being told that journalism was a bulwark against fascism, a "fourth estate". This is the liberal frame for perceiving the industry's worth. But the reality is the polar opposite: fascism has been allowed to thrive, and could not have done so, without journalism.

17.06.2025 01:32 — 👍 3004    🔁 813    💬 135    📌 61
Frontex

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Just Frontex having a booklet for kids about to be deported to tell them it ain’t so bad

op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

14.06.2025 22:52 — 👍 295    🔁 175    💬 5    📌 55

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