Mass graves uncovered in Gaza show victims’ hands were tied before they were killed and buried. Among the dead are doctors, zip tied and still wearing their scrubs.

Further evidence of Israeli forces extrajudicially executing Palestinian civilians.
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BREAKING: Columbia deadline moved to 8 am, WKCR-FM NY reports.

Students were bracing for cops to sweep the encampment at a midnight deadline Shafik set two hours ago.

Columbia University president Minouche Shafik gives a deadline of midnight tonight to reach agreement to dismantle the Gaza solidarity encampment.

If no agreement is reached, “we will have to consider alternative options for clearing the West Lawn”

Last night I saw some of the most heavy-handed NYPD tactics since 2020. Truly out of pocket.

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arrests begin, starting with line of faculty who had been protecting students

leaving brooklyn and moving here

jack antonoff needs to answer for his crimes

Columbia students still going strong, handing out food, blankets, masks

Today in The Nation: we haven't heard much from the 61 Cop City activists indicted on RICO charges by the state of Georgia. But some of them have decided to go public with what the last few months have been like for them, and they talked to oliver haug 🍉. thenation.com/article/activi…

NEW: US officials plan to deport dozens of Haitians back to Haiti on Thursday, the first US deportation flight to the country in several months, per sources.

Grateful for this extremely thoughtful review of 'Everyone Who is Gone Is Here' in The Nation Books and the Arts 👇

having a lot of fun on facebook marketplace

regaled everyone at the party with a tale about the bidding war i was embroiled in over a beautiful midcentury dresser (i won btw)

charlie’s reminders app

Hundreds of African migrants outside city hall as hearing on their experiences takes place inside city hall.

'What we often think of as a unidirectional cross-border movement…actually flows both ways as do the consequences of the human-rights crises the US has helped create.' g a b y in @booksandthearts on Jonathan Blitzer's book and US immigration policies thenation.com/article/world/…

i wrote about Jonathan Blitzer's stunning new book, and the cyclical nature of cross-border movement, for Books and the Arts
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A security guard tells me an est. 1,200 people are in line outside New York Coty Hall.

These are largely Black migrants here for a council hearing on the experiences of Black migrants.

The guard said there's never before been that many attendees for a hearing.

i've started a substack. first post up now, about loneliness and phone addiction, and also evil tech and movies and skinny dipping
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sun is shining, flowers are blooming, mr softee truck on my block is playing its incessant jingle... we're sooooo back!!!!