Silence Is Not Neutral: An Archaeological Update from Lebanon by Nelly P. Abboud On April 1, 2026, in the context of Israel’s illegal invasion of Lebanon and criminal targeting of the country’s civilian populations and heritage sites, the UNESCO c…

🚨🏺🩸🇱🇧 NEW: "Silence Is Not Neutral: An Archaeological Update from Lebanon" by Nelly P. Abboud: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/s...

Found this satirical browser game in Mumbai subreddit. Some redditor created it recently, after a metro pillar slab collapsed on the highway, killing one person.

The name in Hindi means Metro...these days

metro-in-dino.vercel.app

Ancient Tamil footprints discovered in Egypt’s royal tombs CHENNAI: In a discovery that reinforces the footprint of ancient Tamil civilisation across the globe, around 30 inscriptions, the majority of them in Tamil Brah

Tamil brahmi script found in Egypt!

www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil...

Thank god for that

Preserving their hegemonic power is all that matters to them.

These same indian elites have also shaped the academic 'decolonial' discourse for far too long.

I just can't see history of indian colonization through the same narrow lens of the makers of that video.

History ended in the 2000s. now this is History NG+

Past Continuous - YouTube

Yeah, it's a good and flashy summary of one perspective or only half the story. I'd like to recommend videos on this channel, if you're interested - youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I'd caution to look beyond all this pomp from Indian Youtubers and videogame developers. Who gets to tell what story is a problem that has plagued India for a long time.

Happy New year!
Expect more of the same
Enjoy the world you created

Archaeologists and Antiquity Scholars on Palestine in 2025: An Archive cover art and post: Katherine Blouin How are Antiquity scholars and organizations responding to Israel’s campaign of annihilation of Palestine’s past, present and future? What do archaeologists and…

Archaeology sometimes seems to go out of its way to avoid difficult issues.

In 2025 perhaps the most difficult was the ongoing human and ethical catastrophe caused by the actions of the Government of Israel in Gaza and the Occupied Territories, presented here as a timeline by Everyday Orientalism.

I personally would've benefitted a lot from such a platform if it existed earlier. They are running a crowdfunding for its launch. If possible, please support them in building this and share, if you can.

Home - PastForwardHub Discover innovative approaches to sustainable careers in archaeology.

I very recently, had the opportunity to interact with Dr. Alexandra Dolea and learnt about the platform she's building with her colleagues. It is aimed to help early career researchers find work, opportunities, network and support.

pastforwardhub.com

Help Build a Feminist Adivasi Arts Housing Cooperative in India This December, Kanav and Disha will be traveling to India to live in an Adivasi (original inhabitants of South Asia) community in Jharkhand. We’ll be staying with Jacinta Kerketta, our friend, teacher...

This is an important initiative. Please donate and support, if you can.

chuffed.org/project/1574...

Debugging Inequality: Caste and Labour Hierarchies in Indian Gaming Industry | The Ambedkarian Chronicle The author reflects on their own experiences in the industry, the narratives they came across and how caste does in fact shape the process of game development.

Important piece regarding Indian gaming industry. Hope this adds more nuance in south asian games studies discourse.

theambedkarianchronicle.in/debugging-in...

Last few years have effectively killed my spirit to pursue archaeology or any hope that I can be one. I wish I could just bomb the shit out of white and brahmin academia.

"Too political, for a country too unstable"

So Sony is promoting Ghost of Yotei on Mumbai metro as well😯
Literally the whole train was covered with promotional posters.

1/ Today marks the anniversary of Jyotiba Phule’s founding of the social reform society known as Satyashodhak Samaj, which began as a means of addressing caste and gender-based violence and discrimination by focusing on providing education and political access for women and Dalits 💙💛

Session will be guided by Tejas Harad & Rucha Satoor

Wednesday, 24 September
Time: 8.30 pm to 10 pm
Link: upenn.zoom.us/meetings/932...
Meeting ID: 932 5473 1039
Passcode: 1234

Hope to see you there!

We are honoured to have Prof. Christian Lee Novetzke (University of Washington), whose work explores memory, religion, and public life in South Asia, and Prof. V. Geetha (historian, feminist scholar, and founding editor of Tara Books), who has long been writing about caste, gender, and translation.

The event, which will be held on Zoom, will reflect upon what it means to remember, translate and carry the voices of contemporaries of the Satyashodhak movement into our present.

On the 152nd anniversary of the Satyashodhak Samaj, we warmly invite you to the launch of the English translation of Amhi Pahilele Phule, a text of remembrance that chronicles the lives and struggles of Jotirao and Savitribai Phule.

Poster announcing the book launch. It has the cover of original marathi book and details about the launch event. Date - 24 sept 2025. Time - 8.30 pm IST. Speakers - V.Geetha (historian) and Christian Lee Novetzke (historian). Event will be online, joining details in the accompanying post. Zoom Meeting ID: 932 54731039 Passcode: 1234

This is finally coming out! A collective translation of essays and memories written by Phule's contemporaries. Originally translated from Marathi. I've also contributed by translating one chapter in it. More details and joining link in the thread below.

Just read a reddit thread of people passionately sharing about how they have still saved the links of now obsolete and defunct torrenting sites that were once almost like thriving ports...the nostalgia!!

Your Therapists’ Notes Could Become Fodder For AI Tech companies are marketing AI-based note-taking software to therapists as a new time-saving tool. But by signing up, providers may be unknowingly offering patients’ sensitive health information as d...

“Technology firms behind artificial intelligence–based note-taking software — marketed to therapists as a time-saving administrative tool — have quietly included provisions in their terms and conditions that allow patients’ therapy records to be sold and manipulated to train other AI applications.”

OpenAI Says It's Scanning Users' Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police For the better part of a year, we've watched (and reported) in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to anyone else, the companies that run these AIs have been slow to implement safeguards — and OpenAI, whose ChatGPT has been repeatedly implicated in what experts are now calling "AI psychosis," has until recently done little more than offer copy-pasted promises that the company is "working on […]

"Open"AI is scanning its users' chats and reporting them to the cops.

futurism.com/openai-scanning-conversa...

Google Scholar Is Doomed Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

No One Should Starve for Being Born Here My name is Eslam Mohammad, I’m 24 years old, and I’m from Gaza.  Over the past year, I’ve lived through unimaginable horror.  I lost my home, my work as a photographer and artist, my friends, and the ...

My friend Eslam has had her account removed by bluesky moderation. This is not the first time. I want to tell you what she said happened to her, but first, i’d like you to see Eslam’s campaign, since she is apparently not allowed here to share it herself.

bit.ly/artist-eslam

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