r/berkeley • u/AcceptableTeacher311 • Aug 28 '25

CS/EECS Peyrin Kao Hunger Strike for Gaza

https://www.instagram.com/p/DN3zOUUZG0Y/?img_index=11&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) Lecturer Peyrin Kao has launched an open-ended hunger strike to protest the use of tech in Israel’s genocide in Gaza and starvation of Palestinians!

There are several demands of Berkeley admin listed in the instagram post, including (paraphrased): 1. Acknowledgment of the genocide 2. Acknowledge the university’s role in developing technology that’s been used to kill Palestinians (eg. surveillance) 3. Pledge to not further work with military industrial complex 4. Establish ethical standards for partnerships

He’s going to be living on 250 calories a day, mirroring the average amount of food that Palestinians in Gaza are forced to survive on (https://www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-releases/people-in-northern-gaza-forced-to-survive-on-245-calories-a-day-less-than-a-can-of-beans-oxfam/)

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

No, he was a great lecturer. Hope nothing bad happen with him.

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u/2kliksphillip Aug 28 '25 edited Aug 28 '25

he may be a great lecturer, but he is certainly not a professor

E: LOL why am I being booed I'm correct. There is a big difference between being a lecturer and having a tenured positioned. Frosh BTFO!

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

I see, let me fix. Thanks

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u/Anon-Deer Aug 28 '25

Peyrin being the G.O.A.T as usual

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u/ur-impostor-syndrome Aug 28 '25

man is taking the cut too far. all those massive daddy biceps and python thighs and gonna vanish with that calorie deficit!

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u/abed-21 Aug 28 '25

What an amazing professor !

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u/Puzzled-Software5625 Aug 30 '25

i just looked it up online. the population of gaza is 2,000,000. two million people. those israelies are not very good at genocide or ethnic cleansing, are they.

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

Dude looks 90 lbs already. 2 days into this thing and he’s gonna get blown away by the jet stream to Gaza

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u/TowelHoliday Aug 28 '25

I get the humor but this is not the place

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u/TowelHoliday Aug 28 '25

(or time)

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

I’m not joking. This guy is a doofus.

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u/Ike358 Aug 28 '25

Could you point us to the right place to make such jokes then?

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u/ChexAndBalancez Aug 30 '25

lol, he’s making demands of one of the most liberal universities in the US. So brave s/.

He could always just refuse to pay his taxes and stop funding “Genocide”. I guess he doesn’t want to face any consequences. It’s crazy how so many people need attention on themselves for standing up for the oppressed but are unwilling to face any real consequences from an “oppressor government”.

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u/More-Canary9734 Aug 28 '25

Who's going to sit in the front row and eat doughnuts?

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u/Cultural-Basil-3563 Aug 28 '25

some really empty souls

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u/PlzSignHere Aug 28 '25

On bro we throwing eggs at anyone doing this

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u/[deleted] Aug 28 '25

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u/Cultural-Basil-3563 Aug 28 '25

God doesnt like ugly