Majd Al-Shihabi 🏴مجد الشهابي

I wish I could post polls on Bluesky, the way I can do on #Mastodon...

A "Save the Date" flyer inviting you to a conversation on boycotts, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) across the academy, featuring speakers from the American Association of Geographers, the American Sociological Association, and the American Historical Association. the event is September 9 at 12pm eastern time. you can register for the webinar at linktr.ee/geog4pal

please join us next week for an online event with colleagues in other disciplines who have worked to bring BDS resolutions to votes within their academic associations!

An empty booth with a sign that says “vendor removed for selling AI art #ArtBYHumans”

I love the smell of consequences in the morning. Thank you, @dragoncon.org

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

1/n Dear friends, in light of the current events in Palestine and to help spread awareness, a large number of filmmakers have made their FILMS about PALESTINE AVAILABLE FOR ONLINE FOR FREE

Below, we are sharing links to films that you can watch and share to spread our message to the world:

Part of the reason I reject using AI is because I resent the idea that I have to optimize my life to an even further extent. Enough already

Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests | Los Angeles Review of Books In the eighth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education.

"We are witnessing a horrific return to a eugenicist 'commonsense' even though history shows us that the way test scores register intelligence is far from objective science." Pepper Stetler explores the troubling history of IQ tests and special education. lareviewofbooks.org/article/trum...

A poster describing a recent divestment campaign. Beige background and black font. Breaking News: Divestment victory! Yesterday, with a record turnout for the vote. Uoft faculty and librarians passed an historic divestment motion. The membership of the university of Toronto Faculty Association (UTFA) Called on the university pension plan (UPP) to divest from the manufacture of weapons used to commit or facilitate war crimes in the occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan and all other contexts or crimes against humanity, illegal occupation and other serious violations or international law.

There is something about seeing the word Sudan circulating by non-Sudanese in the context of a campaign like this that is idk…I’m so grateful to my Black colleagues for this!

Our friends at 18 Million Rising do incredible work, and they were punished by one of their funders for the simple act of speaking out against genocide and defending Palestinian rights.

We need to talk about this. Authoritarians and bigots are using funding as a chokepoint to censor and suppress.

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@nolore.bsky.social can I DM you about today’s episode please?

YouTube video by Democracy Now! "Towers of Ivory and Steel": Jewish Scholar Says Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom

Listen to this interview with Maya Wind, author of "Towers of Ivory and Steel," discuss the complicity of Israeli universities in Israel's genocide of Palestinians. Maya herself is Israeli.

youtu.be/1p3uyX3jmPI

Infographic showing number of flights from Beirut and Damascus to cities across the world, grouped west (Europe and North America), east (Asia), and south (Africa).

Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.

There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.

ليلّي بحب كتبت مقالة عن الموضوع بالإنگليزي:

doi.org/10.1215/0038...

#فلسطين بحاجة لتصوّر جديد لشو معنى التحرير، ومن شو عم نتحرّر بالأصل. لأن الإحتلال والاستعمار مش هن الوحيدين يلّي عم بيقهرونا ويذلّونا.

#غزة #سوريا #لا_ارض_اخرى #اوسكار

يلّي عم بقولو أن لازم نقاطع فيلم لا أرض أخرى بسبب التطبيع هن نفسهن يلّي كانو عن بقولو أن ما في فرق بين بايدن وطرمب

هذلون الأشخاص بحاجة لمراجعة مفهومهم لكيف التغيير بصير بالعالم، عن طريق السبل السياسيّة وغيرها، لأن النموذج يلّي ماشين عليه توضّح أنّه ما عاد متماشي مع الواقع (وما بعرف إذا بعمره كان)
#فلسطين

People Who Bike Are Subsidizing, Not Shirking, Street Costs The recently promoted misconception that cyclists don’t pay their fair share for street infrastructure is both false and misleading.

"Surface parking generally costs $5,000 to $10,000 per spot, with underground/structured parking costing five to 10 times more than that. By comparison, installing good bike parking costs about $100 per bike depending on the type of rack used."
streets.mn/2023/05/23/b...

It is truly amazing how no one seems to give a shit in media about how young women around the world are becoming ever more left wing.

Still looking for #Arabic monospace fonts! Recommendations welcome

يلّي عم حكى ما في فرق، لازم يراجع فهمه لمعنى السلطة والسياسة وكيف بتتحرّك المواقف على كل المستويات السياسيّة، من العلاقات العائليّة إلى العلاقات الدوليّة.

#فلسطين #غزة #سوريا #ترمب #أمريكا #فاشيّة

يلّي حكى أن ما في فرق بين طرمب وبايدن مشان غزّة، اليوم بشوف الفرق.

الثنين مجرمين حرب ورح نحاكمهن ونبعثهن عالمقصلة عاجلاً أم آجلاً، ولكن عدد الفلسطينيّين يلّي رح يموتو بسبب طرمب أكبر بكثير. هو مستعد يعمل يلّي عجز عنّه نتنياهو، والشعب الأمريكي الفاشي عم يزقّفله.

Counterpoint: Canada is in decline and no amount of what is happening right now in the face of Trump is going to change that. It'll just mask it for a few more months.

What we need are market confrontations that build back our sovereignty.

Learn more here! www.dundurn.com/books_/t2211...

Maybe it's time to share our cheapest recipes?

I'm sure you've all got some good ones.

Two cuties :)

How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’ Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.

Maps are contingent and a real political tension. This reminded me –in a different and odd way– the beautiful Palestine Open Maps project by @majdal.cc www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/t...

Top AI Investor Says Goal Is to Crash Human Wages AI totally "crashing" everyone's wages is a necessary stepping stone towards a better future, argues billionaire Marcus Andreessen.

For people who need villains to wear shirts saying “I’m the villain,” here you go.

Looking for Arabic monospace fonts to use on a web project. I know of Hasubi-mono by Eli Heuer (but it's not production-ready), and Kawkab-mono by Makkuk.com

Any others that I should know of?

#arabictype #arabic #rtl #typography #بالعربي

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"Harvard University has laid off its staff in the Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program, the unit of its $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative tasked with identifying the direct descendants of those enslaved by Harvard affiliates."

Infographic showing number of flights from Beirut and Damascus to cities across the world, grouped west (Europe and North America), east (Asia), and south (Africa).

Beautiful #infographic of aerial traffic out of #Beirut and #Damascus, from the 1968 master plan of Damascus, by Michel Écochard.

There are many beautiful things to note, One of my favourite is that the map spreads eastwards as well as westwards. Riyadh is there, but has fewer flights than Karachi.