Mila Kaut

History PhD candidate | Researching race, gender, settler colonialism, and public memory in the 19c Midwest | she/they

[covid is oncogenic @chaitrovert]

the vibes are off because we’re in the pretend it’s over phase of the pandemic. ppl trying to build identities off a fake normal

[the saddest person who ever lived @grumpygremmy]

it's so difficult and devastating and infuriating and alienating to be the only person wearing a mask anywhere i go

[nira h. @nirahymanwrites]

I mask for the folks I lost to Covid before masking protocols. I mask because I still grieve for people who didn’t get a chance to mask. It’s respect. It’s protection. It’s both mourning and protest.

[Jess ꩜ @BlueLotusBlunts]

Covid is still ruining everything because people are scared to acknowledge it is still a current problem right now

[Judith C. @WithoutJudith]

The No Kings protests exemplify the limits of the language ready to hand in American public life. Thousands of people are trying to articulate the political crisis enveloping them using the serialized words of liberalism, without a critical grammar to think or act beyond it.

[rayne fisher-quann @raynefq]

yes!!!

[laura Smith @lauraSmITH0ff]

Once again, I ask people to stop being seduced by collapse narratives and stop overestimating their capacity to predict the future. These are debilitating mental viruses that make people stop resisting by convincing them large historical forces will take care of their problems.

[Khushi🪐 @_khusheyyy]

to love struggle is to refuse to be a spectator in your own life. while most ppl spend their energy building walls against discomfort, you use that same discomfort as a compass knowing that where there is resistance, there is a proof of existence. it transforms every "hard" day into a confirmation that you're still hungry

[A-100 gecs @PinstripeBungle]

I feel very safe in saying that we don't yet know about the worst abuses perpetrated by ICE and Border Patrol. Access of any kind- including by attorneys and legislators- to detention facilities has been severely curtailed and there's at least one prison uprising happening now.

[Saul Williams @SaulWilliams]

We asked everyone to pay close attention to every Palestinian nurse, doctor, mom, child, poet… being labeled a terrorist & killed with total impunity. Both parties offered no choice but genocide. If you are finally willing to withhold your labor be sure to connect the dots.

[Asma Nizami 🇵🇸 @asmaresists]

FYI to anyone who isn’t from Mpls or just doesn’t know our politics:

-Mayor Frey has stood by & allowed MPD to cover for ICE while agents have attacked residents
-Rep Angie Craig voted for the Laken Riley act to allow ICE detention w/o trial
-Sen Klobuchar is anti-abolishing ICE

[kira-ann @charrlysa]

Please stop spreading the homophobically charged misinformation that Renee was straight single mother and her child is now an orphan, because that is not true. Renee was a woman who had a wife and they where raising their son together, with their family dog. Donate to them below

[Gillian Branstetter @GBBranstetter]

Olufemi Taiwo calls this "deference politics," where authority in any one room is granted to members of marginalized groups without asking why they were granted access to that room in the first place

[Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi]

I can't emphasize enough how terrible things have been in Chicago. It has been a nightmare of state terrorism against our most vulnerable neighbors.

[Dexter Merschbrock @DMerschbrock]

Is it Iowa Nice for the entire state to turn against you while you sit in a cage?

[Sydney Nicole Sweeney (she/they) @syderature]

the way people talk about genAI and covid are quite synonymous—"it's here to stay so we should get used to it"—despite the compounding proof that the material impacts of both of these things are not suitable for anyone, let alone Black, poor, and disabled ppl

[أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif @AnasAlSharif0]

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.

Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original town of occupied Asqalan (Al-Majdal). But Allah’s will came first, and His decree is final. I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine—the jewel in the crown of the Muslim world, the heartbeat of every free person in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its wronged and innocent children who never had the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart and scattered across the walls.

I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward the liberation of the land and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland. I entrust you to take care of my family. I entrust you with my beloved daughter Sham, the light of my eyes, whom I never got the chance to watch grow up as I had dreamed.

I entrust you with my dear son Salah, whom I had wished to support and accompany through life until he grew strong enough to carry my burden and continue the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am, whose supplications were my fortress and whose light guided my path. I pray that Allah grants her strength and rewards her on my behalf with the best of rewards.

I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah (Bayan), from whom the war separated me for many long days and months. Yet she remained faithful to our bond, steadfast as the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend—patient, trusting in Allah, and carrying the responsibility in my absence with all her strength and faith.

I urge you to stand by them, to be their support after Allah Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast upon my principles. I testify before Allah that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and assured that what is with Allah is better and everlasting.

O Allah, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family. Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for me with mercy, for I kept my promise and never changed or betrayed it.

Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.

Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025

This is what our beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom.

[Anna Krauthamer @AnnaKrauthamer]

it's hard to overstate what a big deal this is. with breathtaking speed, columbia has more or less completely eliminated grad student teaching positions that have existed for decades. myself and many others are out of work as a result. please sign the petition/share widely.

[danita @danitasteinberg]

the air isn’t safe inside or outside and I genuinely feel like I’m losing it and even though it’s extremely embarrassing for everyone who is just ignoring/denying both, I actually get it because in the short term it’s a whole lot easier than confronting how fucked up all this is!