diaspakorahttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mugcqcevsc2cI’m afraid I might have more men in my classes than I’ve ever had since I began professoring. I’m very surprised that they haven’t gone extinct yet and I’m not sure how to deal except by saying “duuude” every so often.01 Sep 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mugcqcevsc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mubar7jmxc2sArabic Turkish Urdu-Hindi Swahili Persian language instructors at McGill form a crime syndicate. We each have skills we bring to the fore.30 Aug 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubar7jmxc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3muabxmumxs2ywaiting for his shower29 Aug 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3muabxmumxs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mu4focn6jc2aWho says in a democracy everyone has equal access to their elected reps? Across Greater Montreal mayors first serve citizens wearing expensive clothing, lobbyists, property owners. Blue-collar workers, grassroots activists, & tenants seeking justice are literally deprioritized.28 Aug 2026 03:18 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4focn6jc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mu4ezxpol22aEnsemble Montréal, who control city hall, denied entry particularly to community members wearing keffiyehs, including as hijab. Pressed for her reasons afterward, Speaker Chantal Rossi claimed falsely that the keffiyeh is a hate symbol & religious headgear is not allowed in the hall. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 03:07 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4ezxpol22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mu4evdk62k2aMy partner came home from city hall after the vote against apartheid dazed after Montréal Anti-Apartheid folks were largely blocked from entry. The mayor’s alleged tactic was to open registration early to CIJA Zionist allies of the ruling party. They could then declare city hall to be at capacity.28 Aug 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4evdk62k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mtusluyf322wThe mayor has a few goto arguments against declaring Montreal an anti-apartheid city 🧵 1. “It’s not a municipal issue.” Montreal declared itself anti-apartheid in 1987 & took a stand against Armenian genocide last year. 2. “Vivre ensemble!” (Her party is named Ensemble Montréal.) We *are* …25 Aug 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtusluyf322whttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mtusiyayzc2wI now receive an AI email daily from somebody who wants to PhD or postdoc with me. I have a reply template: Dear -, My life has been ruined by critical thinking making visible to me the stupidity of political discourse. Eschew education and live in your beautiful life25 Aug 2026 02:46 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtusiyayzc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mtu3fravf22gZevv is an anti-Zi Jewish trans guy who has been working hard against apartheid. As city council is set to decide tonight whether Montreal will be an anti-apartheid city again, this ahole showed up to harass Zevv & punch a random photographer.24 Aug 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtu3fravf22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mtcpubo44k2sMcGill's School of Continuing Studies' union mascot is a flying badger. "Like a badger, AMASCS is small but fierce. The addition of the wings turns it into a chimera that … reflects [SCS'] uniqueness within McGill—we are not just a badger, we are a winged badger." Kick-ass.17 Aug 2026 22:11 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtcpubo44k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3mt7ovkxtx22ythe spectator today16 Aug 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ovkxtx22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msqrchals22vMy colleagues compare Persian and Turkish, with a cameo from Urdu-Hindi. I don’t know what they’re laughing at 😤 Send our reel to all your jāns and your ciğers.10 Aug 2026 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqrchals22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msojjg63ls2tWe millennials will be to Gen Beta what Boomers are to us 🥹. I can’t wait for their arrival so that I can say “beta tum Gen Beta ho na”09 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msojjg63ls2thttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msiqwdrrzc2uIn Montreal, August is time to tell our city councillors clearly that we must be an anti-apartheid city again. This is a grassroots campaign, with the municipal opposition Projet Montréal on board. Please spread the word!07 Aug 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msiqwdrrzc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msdoxpaz2c2bRasgulla will be the power behind the US Senate05 Aug 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdoxpaz2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msdj46kajs2h“They’re Islamist! Jihadists! They want sharia law in the USA!!!” The number of outright racist lies politicians & Loomeris have told about El-Sayed is truly amazing, apart from however many tens of millions of AIPAC money was spent. We see how the electoral battles ahead will be fought.05 Aug 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdj46kajs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msch6qive22sAbdur-Rahman, Servant of the Merciful, is a powerful name. It was my paternal grandfather’s name. Even if it’s spelled Abdulrahman, just remember how to pronounce it. It’s a sun letter thing.05 Aug 2026 02:11 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msch6qive22shttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msc2z3t7l22uMy 8-year-old nephew wanted to pretend that we were intergalactic space warriors, but when I said that I got to be Count Binface he did not understand me. 😤 What are the newspapers Gen Alphas are reading?04 Aug 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc2z3t7l22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3msc2srw5o22uSomething else that I notice in both millennial and Gen Z English is a rampant use of prepositions—especially "out"—with transitive verbs. "I built a website" becomes "I built out a website," a "call for papers" becomes a "call out for papers," etc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc2srw5o22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pashamkhan.bsky.social/post/3ms2qbt7j2s2wProbably because of racism & linguistic imperialism, I am hyper-aware of new English constructions I have only encountered in the past decade. I could post a whole thread of them, but “more so” is my favourite. I think it isn’t adjectival, maybe more so adverbial?02 Aug 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:ixocof6mt64ymv464kazd3dx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms2qbt7j2s2w