Via The New Yorker Paul Noth

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Summer mood. Via instagram.com/p/C-Oeyv4vzaC/

"Having internalised views of the enemy and of the wider population as less than human and undeserving of rights, soldiers observing or perpetrating atrocities tend to ascribe them not to their own military, or to themselves, but to the enemy." theguardian.com/world/article/…

Read this extraordinary thread by Aleksandar Matković to realize the forces that are being deployed IN EUROPE to silence debate about the supply chains for the green transition. This is insane stuff!

„Wer glaubt, Humor bestehe darin, sich über andere lustig zu machen, hat Humor nicht verstanden. Um komisch zu sein, muß man sich vor allem selbst zur Disposition stellen.“ So Victor von Bülow, bekannt als Loriot (12. November 1923 - 22. August 2011) Guten Morgen

Ein beeindruckender offener Brief jüdischer Stimmen zur geplanten BT-Resolution – "Wir schreiben in der Überzeugung, dass der einzige Weg, jüdisches Leben in Deutschland zu schützen und zu stärken, darin besteht, die Rechte aller Minderheiten zu schützen." taz.de/Dokumentation-…

Jewish German Michael Barenboim, Head of Chamber Music at the Barenboim-Said Academy in Berlin, categorically rejects what Israel stands for: "Israel tries to present itself as the only representation of Jews, I don't want to be represented by Israel, quite the contrary"

Israel has dropped almost 80,000 tons of explosives - this means that Israel has dropped ~36 kilograms of explosives on Gaza for every man, woman, and child. Each red dot shows a bombed place in Gaza. (UN Satellite Centre, July 6th) This is what genocide looks like.

NIEUWS: UvA heeft opzettelijk misinformatie verspreid over mogelijke consequenties die studenten zouden kunnen ervaren als het gewelddadig zou worden. Na juridisch advies dat is ingewonnen bij advocatenkantoor PILP is dat NIET waar. Ook Amnesty heeft hier eerder over geschreven.

7 years after the #MeToo-moment progress is slow or backwards (in academia + elsewhere). A Swiss court decided that journalists aren't allowed to report what the accusations against the prof. are about. Without such articles, however, nothing would ever have changed anywhere.

Bizar onverantwoordelijk landsbestuur is dit.

In case of severe budget cuts in higher education and the dismissal of many academic staff at universities, Einstein would probably advise this: join the union! Join AOb in September! Maand van de vakbond | De Algemene Onderwijsbond (aob.nl)

Seit Monaten tötet Israels Militär gezielt palästinensische Journalist:innen in Gaza. Int Medien haben keinen Zugang, Berichte übernehmen oft unkritisch Infos des Militärs. Die Situation ist untragbar. Deshalb habe ich diesen offenen Brief mitunterzeichnet …zajournalistenschuetzen.wordpress.com

Vakbonden, universiteiten, studenten moeten elkaar vasthouden. Alles moet van tafel!

Precisely the kind of philosophical truth I can handle today.... (by Joe Dator, via instagram.com/newyorkermag/)

Je moet het maar durven, meer dan 1 miljard extra geld schuiven naar de rijkste Nederlanders en dat geld vervolgens bij universiteiten en studenten weghalen. Tijd voor actie en verzet! nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/09…

A country that is going to cut 4 billion Euros education-wide is doomed. The Netherlands will be a backward country within 5 years. We do not resign ourselves to it. At our action meeting tomorrow, we will plan the most disruptive strike in education ever. Stay tuned!