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@scott_a_ross
lecturer, wustl anthro | infrastructure, africa, humanitarianism, tech, war, sound | gwu phd | hella left | he/him | arizonan in exile | wants to be your friend
Boston Consulting Group spent more than 7 months developing the aid death traps that are killing ~100 Palestinians a day in Gaza. These too are genocidaires
As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.
Doctors and health officials report wave of hunger deaths in Gaza on.ft.com/46iUoK6
these same children who are starving to death right before our eyes tried holding press conferences begging us to save them in November 2023 and the world did nothing. I’ll genuinely never get over having to write these sentences as long as I live….the heart atrophies.
Sad to see that @WennerGrenOrg is officially closing down SAPIENS magazine at year's end: wennergren.org/important-news…
“Nearly one in three people are going multiple days without eating, according to the United Nations, and hospitals are reporting rising deaths from malnutrition and starvation.” washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/…
I’m witnessing the deliberate starvation of Gaza’s children – why is the world letting it happen? | Nick Maynard | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Israel announces plans to build a concentration camp in Gaza, says its aim is to remove Palestinians from Gaza, lies about "negotiating" in good faith & when the Palestinian side takes "negotiations" seriously, Israel blows up the deal and the US/Israel blame Hamas. Same pattern.
We have decided to bring our team home from Doha for consultations after the latest response from Hamas, which clearly shows a lack of desire to reach a ceasefire in Gaza. While the mediators have made a great effort, Hamas does not appear to be coordinated or acting in good…
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I do not believe that a gov't that was using starvation as a tactic of war would be delivering food to civilians. This isn't to say there aren't very worthy criticisms to be made. Nor is it meant to defend the gov't. But delivery of aid is incongruent w/ deliberate starvation.
Humanitarians can't tackle the famine until the political and security obstacles are removed. Israel's aid restrictions and ongoing incessant violence towards Palestinian civilians make a proper famine response effectively impossible.
The result: starvation deaths that had previously been one-off cases are now emerging in growing clusters. 43 starvation deaths (at least) in the last three days, compared to 68 recorded over the course of the war. Both figures are likely undercounts, but the trend here is key.
5/ Today, we are publishing a database with the stories of 238 of the men. They are fathers and sons. They had easily plugged into the American economy – delivering groceries and trimming hair. projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-imm…
Introducing a new 6-part series revisiting the landmark insights of Ruth Wilson Gilmore's 'Golden Gulag', exploring what prison abolitionists can learn from the history of carceral expansion. With RWG, @CraigOGilmore @lydiajean8 & @judahschept inquest.org/abolitionist-l…
"the Israeli army shot at the desperate people looking for aid for their families. 79 people were killed.. these are incidents we see every day. I have no words to describe the shameful humanity we are witnessing every single day" Caroline Willemen from @MSF speaking from Gaza
Wild new program. Florida Highway Patrol officers will pull people over for seatbelt violations. If they're undocumented, they get taken to Border Patrol, where they're told "either we send you to Alligator Alcatraz or Florida buys you a plane ticket to self-deport tomorrow."
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick of @ImmCouncil told me that Florida's new self-deportation program for illegal immigrants who have been picked up by state troopers and taken to a Border Patrol station is "inherently coercive." @ReichlinMelnick STORY: washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigra…
Not sure how I didn't know about this book but eager to fix that now—on Gaza and the visual, from documentaries and cinema to news and resistance: dukeupress.edu/gaza-on-screen

Kari Lake has taken steps to consolidate power at U.S. Agency for Global Media, locking acting CEO Victor Morales out of his email, and attempting to dispatch Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, who is suing her, to a new job in Greenville, NC. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
This will be the case at most universities. As always: keep your eyes on the admin and fight where you stand.
Extremely important to recognize that Trump is the excuse, not the cause
THIS IS A MAN-MADE FAMINE. 1 in every 3 people in Gaza goes without food for several days, while 9,000 trucks full of aid waiting at the border. Forced starvation is an act of genocide.
At least 15 Palestinians, including four children, have starved to death in a single day, according to health officials, bringing the total number of deaths from malnutrition to 101 since Israel’s war on Gaza began aje.io/f3vtid
Oh I see—it's a coordinated rollout: the IDF, GHF, and complicit outlets like @Jerusalem_Post are all pushing the new line: yes, there's starvation, but it’s the UN’s fault for refusing to play nice with the GHF. Expect this talking point to be everywhere soon.
"The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. "More than 400 aid distribution points run by the U.N. and its partners remain closed. Kitchens have shuttered, trucks sit idle, drivers are striking, and convoys are routinely looted. "This is not an access issue.…