Zahid R Chaudhary

1 year VAP in Religion at Hamilton College to teach courses "on religions in the Americas, with a focus on religion and politics." Special interest in research "on the intersections of religion and postcolonialism and/or decolonization movements."

Deadline 1/12/26

apply.interfolio.com/177313

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

Such a good piece by @garethwatkins.bsky.social that really captures the MAGA ethos: "The right wing intellectual project is simply to ask: ‘what would have to be true in order to justify the terrible things that I want to do?’"

newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...

Ok fine.

teaching a short excerpt from rob nixon’s ‘slow violence’ this morning. this is how nixon starts the book, reminding you that the global south has always known larry summers for the moral degenerate that he is.

Tanya Agathocleus is showing a slide helping you understand the difference between an ice warrant and a judicial warrant— only the judicial warrant can abduct a student

News you can use from the great Tanya Agathocleous, at “Organizing the Academic Workplace I,” on the last day of @navsa2025.bsky.social. Stay safe everybody, protect your students and your friends. Thanks so much for being here.

lol

German far-right activist seeks asylum in U.S. as Trump ties deepen Social media influencer Naomi Seibt, a supporter of the nationalist AfD party, said she is being persecuted in Germany for her political views.

A prominent far-right German activist has applied for political asylum in the U.S., as the Trump administration has signaled plans to prioritize protections for White refugees and Europeans who claim they are being targeted for their populist views.

this is a reminder that we dont have to settle for newsom in 2028

Dick Cheney shot his friend in the face the right way.

by Ezra Klein

It’s here: publication day. But go vote first.

Who’s Afraid of “Settler Colonialism”? - Dissent Magazine If we dismiss concepts because of particular examples of misuse, we encourage the repression of discomforting histories and ideas.

From our fall issue: Aziz Rana on the uses and abuses of the term "settler colonialism."

www.dissentmagazine.org/article/whos...

Reading now!

I struggle to take her seriously ever since she referred to the words of student protestors against genocide as “weapons of mass destruction”

He knows how to use a shovel so he must be right—oh wait…

That thing where your paper gets bought out by a hedge fund famous for destroying newsrooms and all the real journalists leave and you are so terrified of having to pay what you owe in taxes so that society can exist you endorse a serial sexual harasser.

Together, universities can take back control of their data A single university can do little to demand accountability from rankings companies, but together institutions can demand reciprocal transparency, nego...

The secret life of university data?

In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...

lol is right

"out-serveils even Chrome" lol

Some context bylinetimes.com/2025/09/18/p...

Iconic pic—captures America in 2025 perfectly

Times Square

All the Pretty Little Nazis The shape of things to come.

"We are a decade into Trumpism. These Young Republicans have never known any other type of Republicanism. We’re talking about a full generation of Republicans who only understand politics in the context of an authoritarian project."

www.thebulwark.com/p/all-the-pr...

Made by @aaup-penn.bsky.social member!

As a reminder, when Jack Posobiec was in the US Navy, they assessed his full capabilities and concluded that he was best suited to collecting samples for urinalysis

repealing the right to culture

Fascinating piece—worth reading

How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

Bertrand Russell once received letters from Sir Oswald Mosley, the founder of the British Union of Fascists, inviting him to a debate. Russell not only declined but replied quite generally that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from association between us.” @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

Paranoid Publics - Zahid R. Chaudhary Exploring the psychosocial realities of the assault on truth.

currently reading @zahidrc.bsky.social fascinating new book, which this resonates with strongly fordhampress.com/paranoid-pub...

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?