#Rutgers yanked alum Rami Elghandour’s engineering school graduation invite over pro-Palestine social posts he wasn’t even planning to mention in his speech. We’re watching a livestreamed genocide, and unis are worried about hurting the feelings of people backing it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/rutgers-cancel-graduation-speech-pro-palestine-post
#FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Palestine #gazagenocide
oatmeal
npub1fr…wzsy8
2026-05-06 22:01:25 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1fryvd2w362c8a8qeslkz26jj5rms6w575xjurwrykm4ycfxg78hsrwzsy8Seen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-05-06 22:01:25 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "b0f418280ba8c75ad82ee5250512194e6dd20be75aec0972a87b2ef43e83523a",
"pubkey": "48c8c6a9d1d2b07e9c1987ec256a52a0f70d3a9ea1a5c1b864b6ea4c24c8f1ef",
"created_at": 1778104885,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"academicfreedom"
],
[
"t",
"rutgers"
],
[
"t",
"palestine"
],
[
"t",
"gazagenocide"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://kolektiva.social/@oatmeal/116529881748759808",
"web"
],
[
"t",
"freespeech"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://kolektiva.social/users/oatmeal/statuses/116529881748759808",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://kolektiva.social/users/oatmeal/statuses/116529881748759808",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "#Rutgers yanked alum Rami Elghandour’s engineering school graduation invite over pro-Palestine social posts he wasn’t even planning to mention in his speech. We’re watching a livestreamed genocide, and unis are worried about hurting the feelings of people backing it. \n\nhttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/06/rutgers-cancel-graduation-speech-pro-palestine-post\n\n#FreeSpeech #AcademicFreedom #Palestine #gazagenocide",
"sig": "976dd3e95bc6aa45be3da4e88588a5e88c95df5f1b60bf1484f42d5f62b1e79d3bb9e47725e39d24585c712f35c3607eddd6950007efe0f24ae9f32741e8f5d6"
}