Curating the monthly Berkeley South Asian radical history walking tour. Trying to read a book a week. @anirvan@mastodon.social and https://xitter.cf/t.co/PIsSq40Bfn
California, USA
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If they can handcuff a U.S. Senator for asking a question, imagine what they will do to you.
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.@SenAlexPadilla is one of the most decent people I know.
This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.
Trump and his shock troops are out of control.
This must end now.
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I have known Rümeysa for ten years, my student, my TA & RA, my colleague. I can vouch for her ethics, her respect for human rights and her care in human relations, her kindness and honesty. Never carries hatred towards anyone in her heart! #freerumeysa
Turkish PhD student Rumeysa Ozturk was detained by masked U.S. ICE agents yesterday while heading to an Iftar dinner in Massachusetts.
Ozturk, who held a valid F-1 visa and studied at Tufts University, was reportedly being watched for two days before her arrest.
She was on the phone with her mother when she was arrested.
Her visa had been suddenly terminated—reasons still unclear.
Ozturk had co-authored an op-ed urging Tufts to recognize the Palestinian genocide and divest from firms linked to Israel.
She was also listed on Canary Mission, a site that blacklists pro-Palestine activists.
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🚨URGENT: MPAC demands the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts student and F-1 visa holder abducted by DHS agents with no charges—on her way to an Iftar.
This is a chilling violation of civil liberties during Ramadan.
📢 Speak out. Call your Reps. #freerumeysa
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The horrific moment that Tufts grad student and anti-war activist Rumeysa Ozturk was detained (kidnapped) by Trump’s ICE thugs.
Somerville, MA #FreePalestine #FreeRemeysa
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Badar Khan Suri has not been charged with any crime, but his lawyer says DHS whisked him to detention Monday night. He's since been trasnferred to a facility in Louisiana. His lawyer compares Suri's plight to Mahmoud Khalil.
politico.com/news/2025/03/19…
help us grow the alternatives to the big three
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Q: Are there any photo walk groups or meetups in Bangalore / Bengaluru, India? Asking for a friend.
#Bangalore #Bengaluru #MastIndia
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As you can see, I've been writing about @DrJBhattacharya being a deplorable member of the #DesiHallofShame since 2021. His being in charge of NIH is scary.
Elon has ruined Twitter search, so I can't even find all the times I've pointed out, in detail, Dr. Bhattacharya's issues.
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These are the stories of nine health care workers at UCSF who dealt with censorship and punishment after speaking out about human rights for Palestinians. interc.pt/4fQehJZ
digital archiving accomplishment of the week:
- confirmed legal issues
- researched yt-dlp and related tools, used LLM to understand some of the options
- retrieved 85 videos associated with South Asian American civil rights
- prepped thumbnails, SRT subtitle data
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We’re all looking for a silver bullet. But what we did in the 2010s didn’t sustain in the way we hoped.
theguardian.com/world/2024/n…
“Safeguarding Californians’ access to abortion is personal for Bonta. In 2022, she revealed she had an abortion at the age of 21. ‘I chose to own my body,’ she said at the time. It’s a decision that helped her break the ‘cycle of poverty in my family’”
theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
Ever dealt with a nitpicky boss? Check out this design review from a senior graphic designer for ISIS
404media.co/graphic-design-f…
TLDR: 21 red states sued the Biden administration to avoid disclosing their transportation emissions stats. Here are some of the numbers they were trying to avoid reporting.
usa.streetsblog.org/2024/11/…
This is so real, and why it’s so important that we pay electeds a living wage. Only a small proportion of Bay Area mayors and city council members are renters.
eedition.sfchronicle.com/inf…
This deep dive into the “MomBoard” is the best tech story you’ll read this week
jan.miksovsky.com/posts/2024…
