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  Thank you Amsterdam friends for another lovely visit! Lots to digest from the @publicspaces conference… seeing the Keti Koti (“chain is broken”) posters celebrating emancipation day in Suriname all over town reminded me that public space, digital or otherwise, is never neutral.

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  It took a few months but we’ve come up with a fabulous new jacket, art by Creative Soul Photography @csphoto_atl. HUGE thanks to those who already preordered! https://bit.ly/imagination_manifesto

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  Right on time, unboxing the new year!📕Get yours here: https://bit.ly/imagination_manifesto

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  NYC area friends, come hangout with me & @chrisemdin for the paperback launch of Viral Justice on Mon 1/29 @greenlightbklyn!📚Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-event-ruha-benjamin-with-christopher-emdin-tickets-768478147827?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios

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  Review of IMAGINATION in Science Magazine!📚 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn3943

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  IMAGINATION Pub Day!🎉Beaming love & appreciation to one half of the duo that incited my earliest imagination! Be sure to tag me when your copy arrives: https://bit.ly/imagination_manifesto *no AI was armed in the staging of this foto

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  “THE REALITY ON THE GROUND IS INFINITELY WORSE THAN THE WORST VIDEOS AND PHOTOS WE’RE SEEING IN THE WEST.” https://www.democracynow.org/2024/3/6/gaza_update

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  For those who missed the conversation at New York Public Library, here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/live/PUsHPZpdz4E?feature=shared

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  “In my two decades of working at this institution, I have never seen so many different people afraid to speak… you can see the whole suite of repressive tactics that are making people expressing support for Palestinians scared to speak up.” https://open.substack.com/pub/rupamarya/p/to-voice-the-unspeakable?r=3lznt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

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  My latest on “The New Artificial Intelligentsia,” part of the Legacies of Eugenics series in the Los Angeles Review of Books. Thanks to all who read + share! https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-new-artificial-intelligentsia

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  Hi friends, please join us for Phoenix of Gaza: From Freedom Dreams to Falasteen Futures🐦‍🔥 Dec 5-6, 2024: bit.ly/PhoenixOfGaza. *Art by Imad Abu Shtayyah + Delali Agawu

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  “Amid the genocide, the image of displaced people in Gaza City seeking books speaks volumes. An undefeated people—knowledge seekers, even as they face the risk of being killed or shattered into pieces while reading, or simply while choosing the book they want to read. Photo by journalist Amal Habib.”

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  Your homework. https://inthesetimes.com/article/toni-morrison-peril-racism-fascism-liberation-black-women-writers