Alex Gilvarry

"The school would rather... hurt their students than even consider divestment." A Jewish American student who was arrested after police cleared a Gaza solidarity encampment at UCLA has condemned the treatment of Palestine solidarity student protesters ⤵️

Just watch the first two minutes. You hear tasers going off; students are screaming throughout. They are thrown to the ground, assaulted. We see the police throw students down the stairs as the cops also push away press. This video is just 5 minutes of what happened tonight.

All eyes on Rafah

I’m in awe of these brave students at Columbia and across the country who put it all on the line, degrees and futures, for Palestinian lives. I salute you.

Portland State University’s library has been under occupation by pro-Palestinian protesters since Monday. Chairs are piled around the windows. Wood pallets are stacked next to the doors as fortifications. Here is a look inside the makeshift fortress. nyti.ms/3JJGOmE

For authors still wondering if your voices matter, $75,000 will now be donated to the @ThePCRF because of the dogged work of @wawog_now and the moral courage of dozens of writers of conscience who spoke out in solidarity with the people of Gaza.

@jess_gallegos @nytimes Same!

via @NYTimes This whole time I thought I’ve been cooking with San Marzano tomatoes. Turns out they were San “Merica”. nytimes.com/2024/02/21/bus…

@TheLincoln I just found out. Can you let me know any news that you find out, memorial funeral related? Thanks.

@henryfingjames @AlexKleeman Of course!

@gilvarry @AlexKleeman Moby Dick

Does anyone know stories or novels about a wooden leg or where one appears? There’s “Good Country People” by Flannery O’Connor. Any others?

@LITFmag @AlexKleeman Yes, thanks for finding.

@gilvarry @AlexKleeman 'Pursuit of Cricket Under Difficulties' - Charles Dickens, All the Year Round. djo.org.uk/all-the-year-r…

@gabehudson @rafiazakaria @thebafflermag @nytimes Good show this week @gabehudson Grateful to know about @rafiazakaria work and voice.

Talked to @rafiazakaria on pod today abt how she blew whistle in her @thebafflermag column on @nytimes' retracted podcast Caliphate & Angelina Jolie's Insta empathy on Instagram & Rafia's belief we should "write books that terrify the powerful." open.spotify.com/episode/5EzcKI…

Has anyone had time to read Heat 2? Should I make time? Yes? No?

Total barf. Can we tax the sh*t out of these people? nytimes.com/2022/09/27/sty…

Congrats to the amazing @CineDiaz on her Emmy win for A Thousand Cuts!!!

Wow, RIP to The Grit, an Athens institution —

When it comes to the carbon footprint of our diet, we focus on things like transport and packaging (the brown bit). But most of the emissions come from land use and activities on the farm (green bit). This is why *what* you eat matters much more. ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-e…

@sethasfishman If a restaurant table is uneven I lose my mind

@ScottCheshire Didn’t know this Zurich Transfer existed. Thanks for the find!