Julia O’Connell Davidson

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.

This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers <article data-history-node-id="424703" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="449" data-start="231">Israeli forces killed at least 21 Palestinians and wounded dozens more on Monday in a series of air strikes and shootings across the Gaza Strip, including areas where civilians had gathered to receive humanitarian aid, according to Wafa news agency.</p> <p data-end="614" data-start="451">According to local sources, four civilians were killed and others wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted a house in Jabalia al-Balad, in the north of the enclave.</p> <p data-end="822" data-start="616">In the south, Israeli troops opened fire near an aid distribution centre northwest of Rafah, killing 10 people. Witnesses said large crowds had gathered in the area to collect much-needed food and supplies.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025." data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="95e90558-7ca4-4521-bfb1-b15906b0f9e4" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_63E62G2.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025." typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A Palestinian man mourns as others transport bodies of people killed in Israeli strikes on Jabalia a day earlier, at Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on June 23, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

Dozens of civilians killed across Gaza as Israeli attacks target homes and aid seekers - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/dozens-civilians-killed-across-gaza-israeli-attacks-target-homes-and-aid

This is the kind of excessive force case DOJ routinely prosecutes. They should open an investigation here, based on the misconduct not the victims status.

Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements Human rights activists say the move sends a strong message to the global shipping industry

Shipping giant Maersk cuts ties with companies operating in Israeli settlements - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/maersk-cuts-ties-companies-operating-israeli-settlements

Following his release from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil spoke to supporters in New York, leading a chant of “Free Palestine.”

Israel lobby funded half of Keir Starmer’s cabinet Exclusive: Labour’s top team has accepted hundreds of thousands of pounds from pro-Israel funders.

Pro-Israel lobby groups and individuals have donated to 13 out of Labour’s 25 cabinet members, Declassified has found.

The list of recipients includes Yvette Cooper, Britain's home secretary who wants to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist group.
www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobby...

Keir Starmer to launch national inquiry into grooming gangs PM says new statutory inquiry was ‘right thing to do’ after findings of review submitted by Louise Casey

A reminder there's no clear or demonstrable category as 'grooming gangs', that white men are far more likely statistically to engage in child abuse and grooming, and that the discussion on grooming gangs is based on debunked research and racist misinformation.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza <article data-history-node-id="424036" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israeli shelling has killed at least 35 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported based on local health authorities.</p> <p>A majority of those killed, over 15, were nearby the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation's (GHF), attempting to recieve humanitarian relief packages.&nbsp;</p> <p>Later on Saturday, at least 12 more people were killed as they gathered to wait for aid trucks along the costal road north of the Gaza Strip.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Israeli strikes kill at least 35 since dawn in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-least-35-dawn-gaza

Klan leader David Duke in a car marked "Klan Border Watch"

Klan Imperial Wizard H.W. Evans: "to the South of us thousands of Mexicans, many of them Communist, are waiting [for] a chance to cross the Rio Grande and glut the labour marts of the Southwest." (1926)

Klan Grand Dragon David Duke launches the Klan Border Watch (1977):

Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard If the government succeeds in bullying the richest university into submission, what institutions will be safe?

"Trump's demand that Harvard turn over five years of footage of protests is one of the more chilling things I’ve seen in my almost-25-year career defending free expression on college campuses.

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

Next week...🇵🇸

Massive Attack @pscupdates.bsky.social

Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives <article data-history-node-id="423288" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="98" data-start="0">A spokesman for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli forces are “systematically targeting” Gaza’s already fragile healthcare sector by striking power sources that keep hospitals running.</p> <p data-end="614" data-start="421">“The occupation targets the electric generators that supply hospitals,” he said, adding that the army has destroyed “the three largest power generators supplying hospitals in the Gaza Strip.”</p> <p data-end="761" data-start="616">Without power, hospital departments are shutting down, forcing staff to ration electricity where possible to keep essential services operating.</p> <p data-end="988" data-start="763">“The occupation’s targeting of electricity generators means a death sentence for patients,” the spokesman warned, highlighting that Israeli authorities are also blocking the entry of critical spare parts needed for repairs.</p> <p data-end="1078" data-start="990">“Various hospital departments cannot continue operating without electricity,” he said.</p> <p data-end="1328" data-start="1080">Gaza’s hospitals have faced relentless bombardment since Israel launched its war on the besieged enclave nearly eight months ago. Medical teams now find themselves scrambling to save lives with dwindling resources, no fuel, and no reliable power.</p> <p data-end="1452" data-is-last-node data-is-only-node data-start="1330">“The international community must intervene to pressure the occupation to protect the health system,” the spokesman urged.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Gaza hospital warns Israeli attacks on power generators threaten patients' lives - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-hospital-warns-israeli-attacks-power-generators-threaten-patients

Gaza is being starved – open the border now!

"thousands of trucks loaded with baby food and nutritional supplies are ready to enter Gaza but remain stalled at the border"

www.middleeasteye.net/news/babies-...

their *lawyer* has also been disappeared now? uh holy shit

Will you be counted among those who spoke up or those who stood by?

Your choice.

#FreePalestine #GazaHolocaust

Government hands firms £3bn in bid to ‘stop the boats’ Research reveals the business of Channel security is booming, as companies profit off asylum seekers’ desperation

www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi says the U.S. government and extreme pro-Israel groups want to “silence” him.

“They don’t want me to grieve. They don’t want me to share the pain.”

www.democracynow.org/2025/5/16/mo...

Israel's 'Righteous Conquest': How We Normalized a Live-Streamed Genocide 19 Months of Siege, 61,700 Dead, and Now a New Operation to 'Conquer' What Remains of Gaza

ahmadibsais.substack.com/p/israels-ri...

'Keir Starmer's Government Is Now Even More Anti-Migrant Than Its Conservative Predecessors' Hopes that Labour would abandon the Conservative trend of treating incomers as disposable and lesser beings have been dashed, argues Daniel Sohege

By building on the foundations laid by previous governments, Labour has now become an even more anti-immigration government than its predecessor.
My piece of @bylinetimes.bsky.social on Labour's hostility towards migrants 👇
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/16/k...

Million Palestinians could be relocated to Libya under US plans, report claims Gaza health officials say more than 250 people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since Thursday, in a return to some of the deadliest bombing campaigns of the war

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...

migration.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/12/b...

David Lammy may have misled parliament over UK arms exports to Israel A new report, 'Exposing UK arms exports to Israel' uses data from the Israel Tax Authority to reveal the scale of what Labour are doing

David Lammy may have misled parliament over UK arms exports to Israel

A new report, 'Exposing UK arms exports to Israel' uses data from the Israel Tax Authority to reveal the scale of what Labour are doing
www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2025...

"We now have a federal government that will threaten or arrest an elected official, or even everyday American citizens who have broken no laws, committed no crimes and done nothing wrong," Evers said. "And as disgusted as I am about the continued actions of the Trump administration, I'm not afraid."

Portland Catholic school turns on family who reported racist taunt The principal at The Madeleine School, a private Portland Catholic school, summoned police when the parents of a Black student demanded a plan of action after their fourth grade son reported being cal...

www.oregonlive.com/education/20...

2/ Prof Patricia Hynes & I edited a Special Issue on the #ModernSlavery #HumanTrafficking & #Asylum Interface exploring legal, conceptual & empirical overlaps w/ @juliaocd.bsky.social Angelo Martins Jnr, Chung Pham, @gaucjp.bsky.social, @sandrapertek.bsky.social

www.mdpi.com/journal/socs...

Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal Exclusive: There were 380 safeguarding referrals of victims of hate crimes from January 2023 to August 2024

Ten assaults a day on asylum seekers in Home Office care, figures reveal

These figures are appalling & without a doubt the real numbers are far higher. These contractors are paid a FORTUNE & they can’t even treat people decently. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Pope Francis dies after final address called for ending war on Gaza The Vatican announces that the pontiff, 88, died on Monday morning

Pope Francis dies after final address called for ending war on Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pope-francis-dies-after-final-address-called-end-gaza-war

BBC removes claim BOD president met genocidal Israeli foreign minister in Israel, not London Broadcaster’s attempts to whitewash Sa’ar’s secret meeting with David Lammy and Zionist lobby amended after London visit exposed by independent media The BBC has quietly removed i…

BBC removes claim BOD president met genocidal Israeli foreign minister in Israel, not London. Broadcaster's attempts to whitewash Sa'ar's secret meeting with David Lammy and Zionist lobby amended after London visit exposed by independent media...

The Mystery of ICE’s Unidentifiable Arrests In early March, the agency announced that it had arrested forty-eight people in New Mexico—a month later, their identities and whereabouts remain unknown.

ICE officers are now reportedly required to meet arrest quotas each day, from a few hundred to between 1,200 and 1,500 nationwide. Jonathan Blitzer reports on the mystery of the agency’s unidentifiable arrests.