Brian Zamora

PhD Student at @uclaseis | Place, Learning, and Visual Methods in Ed | film over pixels | if i live for their approval, i’ll die from their rejection. he/him.

[Àyànfè @Danny456080]

Capitalism has the strangest survivorship bias. It celebrates the handful who made it as proof the system works, while the billions who didn’t are treated as personal failures, not evidence of design

[julia @eathedocument]

at the end of the day we get to continue being mexican and they still have to be english. we will always emerge as the victors.

[Brooks Otterlake @i_zzzzzz]

Letting the ball’s inner experiences decide whether a goal is offside is a huge step forward for object-oriented ontology

[Leslie I. Jiménez @Les_IJU]

VIVA PARAGUAY
VIVA LATINOAMERICANA
VIVA LAS DERROTAS DE PAÍSES COLONIZADORES

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Stories like today's catastrophic Supreme Court ruling on pesticides go under the radar, but they shape our society and determine our lives. One of the most important things to see about our political system is this: there are concentric circles of undemocratic mechanisms that permit local officials to enact policies that benefit the ruling class but that prevent them from enacting policies that hurt the ruling class.

If a local city wants to do something too progressive, the much more undemocratic state government can preempt it. If a state wanted to do something too progressive, the much more undemocratic federal government can preempt it. This was actually the goal of a lot of the Obama-era corporate transnational trade agreements, which were trying to replicate this system globally to prevent countries from passing progressive economic, environmental, labor, and social policies. At each higher layer, the wealthiest interests typically have more power and control, and it is much harder for people to organize to effectively fight against that power.

[Eric Lee @EricLeeAtty]

Per NPR, Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff (who orchestrated suspension/attempted deportation of @MomodouTaal) reportedly hit a pro-Palestinian student with a car, then Cornell banned the student from campus for "restrict[ing]" the car's "ability to maneuver."

[The Specter @specter_affairs]

🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | Mexican riot police have fired tear gas at thousands of striking teachers in Mexico City.

The unrest exploded just 10 days before the capital hosts the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Authorities erected heavy metal barricades to protect World Cup promotional setups.

Protesters criticize the government for prioritizing foreign tourists over its own people.

Demonstrators expressed deep resentment over state funds being poured into FIFA infrastructure while public education remains chronically underfunded.

The mobilizing unions are demanding a pension overhaul, better working conditions, and a 100 percent salary increase for workers in the education sector.

[Hussein of the south @EyesOnSouth1]

An interesting timeline today.

Hezbollah inflicting huge losses on IOF in southern Lebanon and denying them an opportunity to establish fixed presence in invaded areas.

Israelis threaten Beirut if Resistance continues operations against northern settlements.

Hezbollah targets northern settlements.

Israelis say bombs incoming.

Iran suspends US talks, issues evacuation order for northern settlements. Warns strikes on the occupation entity will start if aggression escalates in Lebanon.

Trump runs to save face, says he talked with Netanyahu, claims he turned back Israeli occupation forces from going to Beirut (what.) and talks with Iran are advancing in “rapid” pace.

Israeli officials and journalists are calling Netanyahu a puppet, saying that they are occupied by the US, Ben Gvir adding that “it’s time to say no to the US.”

The Lebanese embassy in Washington: We made breakthrough in talks!

[Film The Police LA @FilmThePoliceLA]

What a crock of bullshit.

The attacks on students all came from the pro-Israel mob against the pro-Palestinians. This is indisputable.

I know, because I was there and live-streamed the entire attack.

[Brian Zamora @zamora_b2]

Let’s see Mexico take the next step and send shipments of oil to Cuba now, please.

[HispanTV @Nexo_Latino]

🇲🇽Mexicanos denuncian a Israel por graves delitos durante su secuestro

🔺Mexicanos de la Flotilla Global Sumud dan testimonio de torturas y vejaciones del ejército de ocupación israelí.

🎤Sara Morales Gallego, Ciudad de México.

[Brian Zamora @zamora_b2]

@afropessimistic Nah the little homies really like that if you cultivate the right ideas w them!

[El Fantasma @AlTopeyPunto891]

Impresionante imagen de los mineros bolivianos protestando contra el gobierno de extrema derecha de Rodrigo Paz títere de los EEUU y los oligarcas de Bolivia.

[🏔Adam🏔 @denverbitcoin]

Flock cameras don’t just grab your license plate.

They log:
• Dents/stickers/damage/decals on car
• Likeness of driver (clothing & facial details)
• Direction, speed, duration of time on roads
• Accompanying passenger count

These cameras are Orwellian & unconstitutional.

[Malcolm Harris @BigMeanInternet]

Re: unlimited free clean energy, Alyssa's book is on sale for $20. If you haven't read it, you're behind the latest, greatest theoretical work on these questions. Catch up! https://t.co/DyNAqSZUzI

[Brian Zamora @zamora_b2]

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[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

It's utterly ridiculous that we have all these supposed billionaire geniuses running around, and their greatest innovation of our lifetime has been stealing our personal data to sell us targeted ads.

[NOlympics LA @NOlympicsLA]

LOL, reminder that only a couple weeks ago LA28 officials claimed that the "worst case scenario" is breaking even.

Big shoutout to LA libs & Casey Wasserman for inviting FIFA & the IOC to come here and fail so profoundly while we pick up the tab.

[inefficient rhubarb snackowski @snackowska]

it's highway robbery for universities to charge you years and years of tuition fees and then not give you lifelong access to online academic databases via their library portal

[Brian Zamora @zamora_b2]

@drcbs_ @tonyjballas Congratulations Doc! The Schomburg is a special place.

[Helyeh Doutaghi | حليا دوطاقي @Helyeh_Doutaghi]

"Still, Minab" is the single most heart-wrenching and yet life-affirming work I have ever done in my life. In this fieldwork ethnography of the Minab massacre, I conducted in-depth interviews with 35 people, including 8 families, volunteer workers in town, and local eyewitnesses.

The existing accounts of Minab in both English and Farsi language media, while valuable, remain incomplete.

This mini‑series was born from a responsibility to affirm the victims’ own voices: their lives, testimonies, and interpretations as undeniable sources of knowledge about this atrocity. It is also a commitment to them.

This commitment also makes this work freely available and accessible to all. You are welcome (and encouraged) to share and use it widely.

Here is the first episode of the ethnography of Minab—the massacre and its aftermath.

Parastesh Zaeri, 11, survived the US-Zionist attack on her school. But she does not know that her brother, Ali Asghar, 9, who came upstairs after the first explosion to look for her, did not survive.

This is Parastesh's account of what happened that day. The life of Ali Asghar. What was taken from us. And our promise and dedication to carry him forward.

"Still, Minab" honors the people of the south, holding its pain and dignity together, as a testament to the best of humanity.

/special thanks to @Jedaal & @bikrumsinghgill

Watch the first episode here:
https://t.co/K3E9o4BUOc

#StillMinab #MinabSchool

[Furkan Gözükara @FurkanGozukara]

Absolute bombshell on Al Jazeera. The US and Israel have deliberately bombed over 30 universities across Iran, assassinating professors in their homes and massacring over 60 students. Washington is systematically trying to destroy Iranian scientific progress.