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Amba Azaad
@ambaazaad.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Old mutuals from Twitter - say hello or I might miss that you're (finally!) here :)
New folks - until I get around to writing a new bio/intro thread, be aware that I block for casteism, racism and transphobia liberally, and that I support Kashmir's struggle for freedom as much as I do Palestine's.
New folks - until I get around to writing a new bio/intro thread, be aware that I block for casteism, racism and transphobia liberally, and that I support Kashmir's struggle for freedom as much as I do Palestine's.
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Every literary festival or theatre should condemn this, but as Sonia says, they won’t. They will cowardly disguise themselves by saying it’s “politics” and that they aren’t “political”. The storming of the National Theatre of Palestine is a crime not only on Palestinians, but on Palestinian art.
I can’t wait for PEN to comment on the Israeli intelligence forces storming the Palestinian National Theatre in Jerusalem and threatening the whole cast of the children’s performance and the audience if they didn’t leave in five minutes.
Because they won’t.
Because they won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Every literary festival or theatre should condemn this, but as Sonia says, they won’t. They will cowardly disguise themselves by saying it’s “politics” and that they aren’t “political”. The storming of the National Theatre of Palestine is a crime not only on Palestinians, but on Palestinian art.
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I can’t wait for PEN to comment on the Israeli intelligence forces storming the Palestinian National Theatre in Jerusalem and threatening the whole cast of the children’s performance and the audience if they didn’t leave in five minutes.
Because they won’t.
Because they won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I can’t wait for PEN to comment on the Israeli intelligence forces storming the Palestinian National Theatre in Jerusalem and threatening the whole cast of the children’s performance and the audience if they didn’t leave in five minutes.
Because they won’t.
Because they won’t.
Everyone should read how sweeping the ability of the US is to exile a person from digital life.
“All his accounts with US companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, or PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France.”
How a French judge was digitally cut off by the USA
Nicolas Guillou has been sanctioned by the USA as a judge of the International Criminal Court. He notices the effects primarily in the digital realm.
www.heise.de
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Everyone should read how sweeping the ability of the US is to exile a person from digital life.
Just heard from an old friend about another famous religious leader who's a serial sexual harasser. And whose victims are never going to report him to the police. The amount of abusers this society tolerates is staggering.
November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Just heard from an old friend about another famous religious leader who's a serial sexual harasser. And whose victims are never going to report him to the police. The amount of abusers this society tolerates is staggering.
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A hot spot for this stuff is Cambodia where refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh are often trafficked and held under violent conditions and used to monetise platforms like x or to perpetrate online fraud. In July y 2025 1000 people were arrested there at “cyber scam compounds”.
aje.io/sahw9w
aje.io/sahw9w
More than 1,000 arrested in Cambodian cyber-scam raids
Nationwide detentions follow directive from Prime Minister Hun Manet to crack down on criminal operations.
aje.io
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A hot spot for this stuff is Cambodia where refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh are often trafficked and held under violent conditions and used to monetise platforms like x or to perpetrate online fraud. In July y 2025 1000 people were arrested there at “cyber scam compounds”.
aje.io/sahw9w
aje.io/sahw9w
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There is a whole underworld of exploited workers who make up the foundation of digital tech. We talk about content moderators, but content farms are also very exploitative industries where moderately educated people with reasonable English skills in the global majority are used to push content.
It may be hard to believe, but Twitter was once a useful public space instead of a weird monetization scheme for racist ragebait chatbots.
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There is a whole underworld of exploited workers who make up the foundation of digital tech. We talk about content moderators, but content farms are also very exploitative industries where moderately educated people with reasonable English skills in the global majority are used to push content.
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There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
November 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
There's a whole industry based around imprisoning people to do this work in Myanmar www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Hello! 🍜
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
I am a baker based in #Mumbai, India. I bake these plum #cakes with rum every Nov/Dec.
Dried fruits and nuts are soaked in Old Monk rum and then finally go into this decadent #Christmas treat. If you want to order or know more, number's in the menu.
Please #repost for reach. Tysm! 💖
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YouTube surreptitiously deleted all these videos in early October by wiping the accounts that posted them from its website, along with their channels’ archives. The accounts belonged to three prominent Palestinian human rights groups
YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
theintercept.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 AM
YouTube surreptitiously deleted all these videos in early October by wiping the accounts that posted them from its website, along with their channels’ archives. The accounts belonged to three prominent Palestinian human rights groups
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@AbdulWahidS’ latest piece gives a raw, unflinching look at the trauma of wrongful incarceration, the fear of being targeted again simply for being Muslim and outspoken.
His story reminds us how majoritarian policing and surveillance erode human rights.
Read it now. thewire.in/rights/after...
His story reminds us how majoritarian policing and surveillance erode human rights.
Read it now. thewire.in/rights/after...
After Each Incident of Terrorism, I Fear I will Fall Victim to the State's Terror
For people like Abdul Wahid Shaikh – who in the past has been branded a terrorist and imprisoned for years under baseless charges before being acquitted – such fears are not paranoia. They are lived…
thewire.in
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
@AbdulWahidS’ latest piece gives a raw, unflinching look at the trauma of wrongful incarceration, the fear of being targeted again simply for being Muslim and outspoken.
His story reminds us how majoritarian policing and surveillance erode human rights.
Read it now. thewire.in/rights/after...
His story reminds us how majoritarian policing and surveillance erode human rights.
Read it now. thewire.in/rights/after...
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This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
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Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
Not to talk about that country but this is such a funny example of a nice boy going into full Dealing With Uncle mode. When everyone knows Uncle is a rapist but Uncle just wants the youth to include him in their cricket discussions.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Not to talk about that country but this is such a funny example of a nice boy going into full Dealing With Uncle mode. When everyone knows Uncle is a rapist but Uncle just wants the youth to include him in their cricket discussions.
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The number of casualties or damage from the quake was not immediately clear. The epicentre of the #earthquake , which took place at a depth of about 10 km, was near Dhaka.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The number of casualties or damage from the quake was not immediately clear. The epicentre of the #earthquake , which took place at a depth of about 10 km, was near Dhaka.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
In further news of India's linguistic lynchings, a Marathi Mumbaikar was beaten up just because he spoke in Hindi on a local train. And he ended up killing himself because of the trauma. Demands for assimilation always end up policing their own.
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
Thrashed for not speaking in Marathi, teen student ends life | English Bombay Samachar
In a tragic incident highlighting rising linguistic tensions in Maharashtra, a 19-year-old college freshman took his own li
english.bombaysamachar.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
In further news of India's linguistic lynchings, a Marathi Mumbaikar was beaten up just because he spoke in Hindi on a local train. And he ended up killing himself because of the trauma. Demands for assimilation always end up policing their own.
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
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People going about their day struggling to make ends meet are finding their voice on social media in India. This may not be news in rich countries but in India, people like this often do not have the time nor gadgets to be able to do this.
theprint.in/ground-repor...
theprint.in/ground-repor...
An auto driver, trucker & delivery man. And India’s tryst with working-class influencers
On social media, painters, mason, construction workers, labourers, delivery boys, truck drivers are owning their work-lives unapologetically with swagger.
theprint.in
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People going about their day struggling to make ends meet are finding their voice on social media in India. This may not be news in rich countries but in India, people like this often do not have the time nor gadgets to be able to do this.
theprint.in/ground-repor...
theprint.in/ground-repor...
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On Monday, the “Hope” Tournament took place in central Gaza, bringing together Palestinian amputee athletes for a football competition.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On Monday, the “Hope” Tournament took place in central Gaza, bringing together Palestinian amputee athletes for a football competition.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
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Why
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
#BREAKING | Israeli Knesset passed a law to forbidden the transfer of water and electricity to UNRWA offices
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
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BREAKING: "Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases in referendum
Voters in Ecuador appeared to have rejected the return of US military bases according to early results of a Sunday referendum, in a damaging blow to President Daniel Noboa, who is friendly with Donald...
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
BREAKING: "Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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The Times investigation on labour exploitation of Kenyans in the Gulf, facilitated by a companies owned by wealthy Kenyans including the President and his family, is on the front page of one of the local newspapers (and indeed the main topic of conversation in Kenya).
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Times investigation on labour exploitation of Kenyans in the Gulf, facilitated by a companies owned by wealthy Kenyans including the President and his family, is on the front page of one of the local newspapers (and indeed the main topic of conversation in Kenya).
Does anyone want to slide into my DMs with better torrenting and pirating website links? I'm not finding some films and books I want at the usual places.
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Does anyone want to slide into my DMs with better torrenting and pirating website links? I'm not finding some films and books I want at the usual places.
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Can someone help out with a non-paywall link? I can't wayback it for some reason.
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Can someone help out with a non-paywall link? I can't wayback it for some reason.
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this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
The official obits are rolling in. I hear the NYT mentions nothing about Alice Palestine support ofc. When she won her MacArthur, Alice got death threats from Zionists. They ruined her joy on a HUGE accomplishment. She told me the MacArthur ppl took down her personal statement & when she complained
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
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India’s Coastal Cities Face Heavy Flooding Risk Due To Sea Level Rise
India’s Coastal Cities Face Heavy Flooding Risk Due To Sea Level Rise
Cities like Vishakhapatnam, Bhavnagar face a higher risk of their baseline sea level itself rising whereas extreme sea level will affect Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai in the future
www.indiaspend.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
India’s Coastal Cities Face Heavy Flooding Risk Due To Sea Level Rise