Sham Jaff
@shamjaff.bsky.social
Journalist. Berlin. I write a newsletter bringing perspectives from Asia, Africa, the Americas to mostly Western audiences. Sign up on www.whathappenedlastweek.com
Is this the corner of the internet where I confess that I expected Mamdani to take that four hour train ride?
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Is this the corner of the internet where I confess that I expected Mamdani to take that four hour train ride?
Imagine if all the money spent on AI was spent on city infrastructure.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Imagine if all the money spent on AI was spent on city infrastructure.
Can they just download the Epstein files to our phones like they did with that U2 album?
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Can they just download the Epstein files to our phones like they did with that U2 album?
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Neue Folge! Diesmal: Stadtplanung, Gasspeicher-Umlage, Lieferketten im EU-Parlament, Lage in der Ukraine, gute Nachrichten vom Aralsee, Jeffrey Epsteins Emails, TODESSTRAHLEN, @shamjaff.bsky.social zu Wahlen in Irak, Luftverkehrssteuer, #COP30.
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Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
Epsteins Emails, Lieferketten-Richtlinie, Ticketsteuer, COP30, Aralsee und Wahl in Irak
Diesmal: Schwedische Stadtplanung, Gasspeicher-Umlage, Lieferketten im EU-Parlament, Lage in der Ukraine, gute Nachrichten vom Aralsee, Jeffrey Epsteins Emails, TODESSTRAHLEN, Sham Jaff zu Wahlen in I...
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November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Neue Folge! Diesmal: Stadtplanung, Gasspeicher-Umlage, Lieferketten im EU-Parlament, Lage in der Ukraine, gute Nachrichten vom Aralsee, Jeffrey Epsteins Emails, TODESSTRAHLEN, @shamjaff.bsky.social zu Wahlen in Irak, Luftverkehrssteuer, #COP30.
Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
AI can generate captions, but it can’t spend three weeks obsessing over a Kenyan documentary, eating a sad protein toast as a hyperfixation meal.
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
AI can generate captions, but it can’t spend three weeks obsessing over a Kenyan documentary, eating a sad protein toast as a hyperfixation meal.
AI could potentially rewrite my newsletter (although I'm working on adding mistakes, so you know it's still me), but it can’t drag itself through 60 tabs on Djibouti at 2 AM because the story suddenly got... very... colonial...and... interesting.
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
AI could potentially rewrite my newsletter (although I'm working on adding mistakes, so you know it's still me), but it can’t drag itself through 60 tabs on Djibouti at 2 AM because the story suddenly got... very... colonial...and... interesting.
I love stumbling on things AI still can’t do. For example, AI can summarize a country in three bullet points, but it still can’t convince a German funder that migration journalism is actually a structural issue.
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I love stumbling on things AI still can’t do. For example, AI can summarize a country in three bullet points, but it still can’t convince a German funder that migration journalism is actually a structural issue.
If you’re having a bad day, just know ex-Red Pill forums exist.
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If you’re having a bad day, just know ex-Red Pill forums exist.
Ich entschuldige mich bei allen, dass Merz Skorpion vom Sternzeichen her ist. Wir sind nicht alle so.
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Ich entschuldige mich bei allen, dass Merz Skorpion vom Sternzeichen her ist. Wir sind nicht alle so.
Is Trump invested in Ozempic? No other reason for this…
November 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is Trump invested in Ozempic? No other reason for this…
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Here’s some important news I learned from @shamjaff.bsky.social’s global newsletter today: Australia secretively shipping people for indefinite detention in Nauru
This world sucks sometimes, but this newsletter is great, and you should sign up for it.
This world sucks sometimes, but this newsletter is great, and you should sign up for it.
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Here’s some important news I learned from @shamjaff.bsky.social’s global newsletter today: Australia secretively shipping people for indefinite detention in Nauru
This world sucks sometimes, but this newsletter is great, and you should sign up for it.
This world sucks sometimes, but this newsletter is great, and you should sign up for it.
I think (and I’m really afraid of this) there will come a time (and maybe it’s not that far away) where people will shrug at “that’s not real. That’s AI”.
November 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
I think (and I’m really afraid of this) there will come a time (and maybe it’s not that far away) where people will shrug at “that’s not real. That’s AI”.
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Wouldn’t surprise me if there are more Qahwah places in NYC in the coming years.
November 6, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Wouldn’t surprise me if there are more Qahwah places in NYC in the coming years.
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Neue Folge! Diesmal: Trump macht Demenz-Test, Sudan, Ukraine, Glücksatlas, Justizreform in Italien, Mindestlohn, Superreiche und Hitzetote, Feuerwehrfrauen, @shamjaff.bsky.social zu Brasilien, das „S“ in SPD.
Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
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Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
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Intelligenz-Demenz, Sudan, Glücksatlas, Giorgia Meloni, Mindestlohn, Superreiche, Feuerwehrfrauen und die SPD
Diesmal: Trump macht Demenz-Test, Sudan, Ukraine, Glücksatlas, Justizreform in Italien, Mindestlohn, Superreiche und Hitzetote, Feuerwehrfrauen, Sham Jaff zu Brasilien, Das "S" in SPD.
Mit einem Fakte...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Neue Folge! Diesmal: Trump macht Demenz-Test, Sudan, Ukraine, Glücksatlas, Justizreform in Italien, Mindestlohn, Superreiche und Hitzetote, Feuerwehrfrauen, @shamjaff.bsky.social zu Brasilien, das „S“ in SPD.
Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
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Mit @holgi.bsky.social und @diekadda.bsky.social
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As a journalist, it is my duty to report the truth. Especially the uncomfortable ones.
October 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
As a journalist, it is my duty to report the truth. Especially the uncomfortable ones.
Bin so traurig, dass sie es nicht das Deutsche Bánh mì genannt haben. Aber sehr lecker!
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Bin so traurig, dass sie es nicht das Deutsche Bánh mì genannt haben. Aber sehr lecker!
Thanks so much, Caleb. This is such an interesting development.
Here’s an example of something interesting and important I learned today from @shamjaff.bsky.social. A link to her free weekly newsletter of underreported stories is in her profile. 📰
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Thanks so much, Caleb. This is such an interesting development.
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Here’s an example of something interesting and important I learned today from @shamjaff.bsky.social. A link to her free weekly newsletter of underreported stories is in her profile. 📰
October 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Here’s an example of something interesting and important I learned today from @shamjaff.bsky.social. A link to her free weekly newsletter of underreported stories is in her profile. 📰
I recently watched a TikTok summarizing an article that was summarizing a documentary that was summarizing a trial. How valuable is information these days? Not sure.
October 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I recently watched a TikTok summarizing an article that was summarizing a documentary that was summarizing a trial. How valuable is information these days? Not sure.
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Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Two federal judges say use of AI led to errors in US court rulings
Two federal judges admitted in response to an inquiry by U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley that members of their staff used artificial intelligence to help prepare recent court orders that Grassley called "error-ridden."
www.reuters.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Federal Judges— or staff, but same-same— used "AI" to summarize & draft rulings, issued them w/o checking the work, leading to basic factual errors, & thus undermining the facticity & validity of the rulings entire.
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Gee. Who Could Have Foreseen. *stares directly into the camera like in the office*
Okay, kritisieren kann ja jeder. Ich versuche, die Umfrage nochmal neu zudenken, ohne politische und emotionale Rahmung. Die Politbarometer-Frage war (nochmal) mehrdimensional, wertend und suggerierte Kausalität. Eine methodisch saubere Alternative müsste neutral, trennscharf und überprüfbar sein.
October 25, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Okay, kritisieren kann ja jeder. Ich versuche, die Umfrage nochmal neu zudenken, ohne politische und emotionale Rahmung. Die Politbarometer-Frage war (nochmal) mehrdimensional, wertend und suggerierte Kausalität. Eine methodisch saubere Alternative müsste neutral, trennscharf und überprüfbar sein.
Erstaunlich, wie ungenau das ZDF-Politbarometer an dieser Stelle gearbeitet hat. Es geht hier schließlich um nichts weniger als die Sicherheit und körperliche Unversehrtheit vieler Menschen, die gerade in einen Generalverdacht gezogen werden – von unserem Bundeskanzler.
October 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Erstaunlich, wie ungenau das ZDF-Politbarometer an dieser Stelle gearbeitet hat. Es geht hier schließlich um nichts weniger als die Sicherheit und körperliche Unversehrtheit vieler Menschen, die gerade in einen Generalverdacht gezogen werden – von unserem Bundeskanzler.
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Neue Folge (gestern aufgenommen): 2 skurrile Nachrichten, Weißes Haus, Kleine Anfragen der AfD, Lage in der Ukraine, Demokratie-Monitor, Fortschritt, Bürgergeld-Einsparungen, @shamjaff.bsky.social zu Bolivien, Wahl in Nordzypern und 2 gute Nachrichten.
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Mit @holgi.bsky.social & @diekadda.bsky.social
Einschränkungen beim Bürgergeld, Weimer vs. Weidel, Trumps Ballroom, Selenskyj in Washington, Demokratie-Monitor
Diesmal: Zwei skurrile Nachrichten, eine Verschwörungstheorie, Kleine Anfragen der AfD in Thüringen, Lage in der Ukraine, der Demokratie-Monitor, Fortschritt, Einsparungen beim Bürgergeld, Sham Jaff z...
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October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Neue Folge (gestern aufgenommen): 2 skurrile Nachrichten, Weißes Haus, Kleine Anfragen der AfD, Lage in der Ukraine, Demokratie-Monitor, Fortschritt, Bürgergeld-Einsparungen, @shamjaff.bsky.social zu Bolivien, Wahl in Nordzypern und 2 gute Nachrichten.
Mit @holgi.bsky.social & @diekadda.bsky.social
Mit @holgi.bsky.social & @diekadda.bsky.social
Betreff: Politbarometer. Merz sagt in einem Satz fünf Sachen: 1) Es gibt „Probleme im Stadtbild“, 2) diese hängen mit Menschen zusammen, 3) die keinen dauerhaften Aufenthaltsstatus haben, 4) nicht arbeiten, 5) und sich nicht an unsere Regeln halten.
October 24, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Betreff: Politbarometer. Merz sagt in einem Satz fünf Sachen: 1) Es gibt „Probleme im Stadtbild“, 2) diese hängen mit Menschen zusammen, 3) die keinen dauerhaften Aufenthaltsstatus haben, 4) nicht arbeiten, 5) und sich nicht an unsere Regeln halten.