David Ambaras

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OIL IS AT OVER 50,000

Nothing says “we are liberating you from a bad regime to give you a better life” like bombing desalination plants and oil refineries

Pedagogy Under Threat (in the U.S. and Beyond) - Sponsored by AAS Diversity and Equity Committee Sat, March 14, 2026 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT Location: VCC, Room 212 Over the last decade, higher education has experienced a disconcerting variety of threats which have taken a variety of forms at institutions globally, include but are not limited to restrictions on academic freedom, budget cuts and the adjunctification of instruction, the elimination of entire departments, surveillance, and much more. In recent years, the United States in particular has been a site of further and accelerated existential attacks on the infrastructure of the humanities, area studies, higher education as a whole, and students whose identities or activism make them vulnerable, destabilizing the foundations of critical pedagogy and rejecting the necessity of diversity, equity, and justice for educators and students alike. The reckless and often extractive push towards new and little-understood technologies like generative AI without consideration of their influence on teaching, research, or student development further hinders instructors of every discipline and background. Finally, the militarization of campus security, including intensive surveillance technology, has restricted free speech. With repercussions far beyond North American academic circles, these trends both echo and resonate with the experiences of colleagues and institutions around the world. These targeted forms of disempowerment have effects well beyond US borders, necessitating that we both raise awareness of these issues and collaborate on strategic paths forward.

As we get closer to #AAS2026, a number of scholars on the Diversity and Equity Committee panel "Pedagogy Under Threat (in the U.S. & Beyond)" have found that they cannot attend the conference due to visa issues. We are therefore encouraging scholars to stop by and share in this important discussion.

Meanwhile, right wing attacks on the teaching of history multiply

The United States and Israel are actively committing war crimes.

Trump Wants to ‘Take Over’ Elections. These States are Prime Targets.

“a map of potential targets may be coming into focus and includes the swing states Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Arizona.”

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/u...

No moral compass, only left punching

Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.

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Writing is thinking. AI writing is not that

You can run your car on liver, says RFK Jr

Trump’s War on Iran Could Screw Over US Farmers The Middle East supplies a huge amount of the world’s fertilizer. Conflict in the region has sent prices soaring ahead of the critical spring planting season.

there's a lot going on right now but did you know a massive amount of the world's fertilizer flows through the middle east, and did you know that that fertilizer needs to be shipped to the us *right now* for planting season, and uh did you know we are at war with iran

Stephan as Stefan: This tweet has everything

It's not a war if it's only six days, say the people who were dragged into it by the country famous for having won the Six Day War

the reverse version of those “evolution of man” drawings

Challenge for those who don't know their ass from their elbow: know your ass from your elbow

At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

Crazy Donny, his crimes are INSAAANE

They're saying it's the most dignified dignified transfer ever now look at these curtains we're gonna hang in the ballroom

Thread, with some important comments as well

Would be better if it was a Bratwurst House

To reach those Nazi and Nazi-adjacent men, one has to be Nazi or Nazi-adjacent

In six months we will turn the corner into the tunnel at the end of which is the light of a freight train speeding toward us

Bari Weiss: Wait, they didn't tell us that at University of Austin

Soon Hegseth will be more of a coffee boy than a secretary

Now that they're trying to pretend their war is not a war, they've gone back to calling it the Defense Department.

Melania wants a shoe shopping buddy

Senator Mullin on January 6th

Is our children learning

If you abolish them they won't need a secretary