saghira efendi
@taalluq.bsky.social
sir/ma'am they/them, mütemâdiyen seyyâl, prone to awe, yoghurt purist.
Having seen what this does to people in Muslim fundamentalist circles, it leads to not only emotional exhaustion but deep shame & completely messed up moral compass. I knew people who thought them being alone in a room with a person of opposite gender was equivalent to adultery or rape.
can you imagine being married to someone who comes home totally worked up about having almost been in an elevator with someone the same gender as you?
can you imagine how emotionally draining it must be to have to like... rise to the level that they're at all the time over stuff like this?
can you imagine how emotionally draining it must be to have to like... rise to the level that they're at all the time over stuff like this?
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Having seen what this does to people in Muslim fundamentalist circles, it leads to not only emotional exhaustion but deep shame & completely messed up moral compass. I knew people who thought them being alone in a room with a person of opposite gender was equivalent to adultery or rape.
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Important, exciting research — air pollution dropped 22% in NYC's congestion relief zone within the first 6 months of #CongestionPricing (with reductions in the surrounding neighborhoods, too)
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Important, exciting research — air pollution dropped 22% in NYC's congestion relief zone within the first 6 months of #CongestionPricing (with reductions in the surrounding neighborhoods, too)
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
Cleaner air, better transit, great data — all thanks to #CongestionPricing!
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This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This is Charles Clyde Ebbets, the photographer who took the iconic “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” picture. Look at this fearless, dapper fuck wearing spats, suspenders, and a tie 850 feet above the ground. Absolute legend.
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Now I may be wrong, but I am inclined to think the reason Syrians are talking about being free of Zionist occupation is because Syrians are in fact currently living under Zionist occupation.
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Now I may be wrong, but I am inclined to think the reason Syrians are talking about being free of Zionist occupation is because Syrians are in fact currently living under Zionist occupation.
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
Karim Khan makes allegation in court submission while defending move to prosecute Israeli prime minister in 2024
The British government threatened to defund the international criminal court and leave the Rome statute that set it up if it pressed ahead with plans to issue an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu, the ICC’s prosecutor, has claimed.
Karim Khan made the allegation in a submission to the court defending his decision to prosecute Israel’s prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Britain threatened to cut off ICC funding over Netanyahu arrest warrant, claims prosecutor
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The Trump administration is threatening to deport a Chinese man who personally documented the Chinese government's massive detention system in Xinjiang. If forcibly returned to China, he faces the risk of state persecution for his invaluable & brave work.
open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...
open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...
Man who filmed Uyghur concentration camps now fights for his own freedom in the United States
In 2020, Guan Heng embarked on a risky mission to prove the existence of concentration camp facilities used to imprison Uyghurs. Now, he faces the threat of deportation back to China, where he would f...
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Trump administration is threatening to deport a Chinese man who personally documented the Chinese government's massive detention system in Xinjiang. If forcibly returned to China, he faces the risk of state persecution for his invaluable & brave work.
open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...
open.substack.com/pub/hrichina...
Canada became the first country to designate 764 as terrorist entity, adding it as well as other online extremist groups like Terrorgram Collective to its list of terrorist entities. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Canada becomes 1st country to list extremist network 764 as terrorists | CBC News
Canada has become the first country to list the extremist network 764, known for preying on young people online, as a terrorist organization, the federal government announced Wednesday.
www.cbc.ca
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Canada became the first country to designate 764 as terrorist entity, adding it as well as other online extremist groups like Terrorgram Collective to its list of terrorist entities. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Bill 2 suspended.
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
La loi 2 suspendue : Québec s’entend avec les médecins de famille
Le gouvernement Legault a conclu une entente de principe avec les médecins de famille du Québec et suspendra l’application de la loi 2.
www.tvanouvelles.ca
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bill 2 suspended.
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
Here’s hoping the damage that has been done can be undone.
www.tvanouvelles.ca/2025/12/11/l...
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Hey chat remember Stuxnet
I would love to know where the specific location is where you both have a need for a turbine and don't have an internet connection. Why do you need to use StarLink for this?
December 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Hey chat remember Stuxnet
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Gholam-Hossein Saʿedi wrote Ahl-e Havā (People of the Air) in 66. It’s about what Gulf-coast communities call “winds” (bād/havā) as agents of affliction and social disruption, plus the ritual techniques used to pacify them.
December 12, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Gholam-Hossein Saʿedi wrote Ahl-e Havā (People of the Air) in 66. It’s about what Gulf-coast communities call “winds” (bād/havā) as agents of affliction and social disruption, plus the ritual techniques used to pacify them.
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Voici quelques commentaires racistes que j’ai reçu sur Facebook de la part de partisan.e.s du PQ sur ma publication de l’article du @therovermedia.bsky.social sur le cyberharcèlement desdits partisan.e.s.
On peut ne pas être d’accord politiquement, mais les attaques racistes, c’est inacceptable.
On peut ne pas être d’accord politiquement, mais les attaques racistes, c’est inacceptable.
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Voici quelques commentaires racistes que j’ai reçu sur Facebook de la part de partisan.e.s du PQ sur ma publication de l’article du @therovermedia.bsky.social sur le cyberharcèlement desdits partisan.e.s.
On peut ne pas être d’accord politiquement, mais les attaques racistes, c’est inacceptable.
On peut ne pas être d’accord politiquement, mais les attaques racistes, c’est inacceptable.
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BREAKING: Conservative MP Michael Ma is crossing the floor to sit as a Liberal.
Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority.
Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority.
December 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
BREAKING: Conservative MP Michael Ma is crossing the floor to sit as a Liberal.
Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority.
Liberals are now just one seat short of a majority.
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Some of the DPRK stuff is super depressing. There's one scam where North Koreans pose as US tech workers and just get jobs at tech companies. But since tech companies typically issue corporate laptops, which the can track, they can't be mailed outside the US. So they need an insider to host them 1/?
December 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Some of the DPRK stuff is super depressing. There's one scam where North Koreans pose as US tech workers and just get jobs at tech companies. But since tech companies typically issue corporate laptops, which the can track, they can't be mailed outside the US. So they need an insider to host them 1/?
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Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Polling: "Do you think the rich have too much political power in the U.S.?"
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
Yes: 80%
No: 8%
Independent voters are 81%/6% on this; even Trump voters are 68%/18%.
Maybe a political party could lead on this issue.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
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This is so fucking funny dude.
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is so fucking funny dude.
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New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
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like what do you do when the journal de quebec is arguing parizeau did nothing wrong in arguing that money and the (immigrant) ethnic vote is why Quebec lost 95? what kind of state comes from that sort of intellectual elite?
December 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
like what do you do when the journal de quebec is arguing parizeau did nothing wrong in arguing that money and the (immigrant) ethnic vote is why Quebec lost 95? what kind of state comes from that sort of intellectual elite?
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Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the US as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.
Danish intelligence classifies Trump’s America as a security risk
Denmark sounds the alarm about the U.S.’s increasingly antagonistic posture toward Europe.
www.politico.eu
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Denmark’s military intelligence service has for the first time classified the US as a security risk, a striking shift in how one of Washington’s closest European allies assesses the transatlantic relationship.
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Jasper Nathaniel put it well in his piece on this, link in the next post
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Jasper Nathaniel put it well in his piece on this, link in the next post
This is achingly accurate 🥲
December 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is achingly accurate 🥲
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It's the end of 2027. Americans struggle through stagflation, Silicon Valley pleads for bail outs from the AI bubble bursting, unbought crops rot in the fields and the Venezuela War drags on.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
GRAND JURY DECLINES INDICTMENT AGAINST NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES FOR SECOND TIME-SOURCES
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's the end of 2027. Americans struggle through stagflation, Silicon Valley pleads for bail outs from the AI bubble bursting, unbought crops rot in the fields and the Venezuela War drags on.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
The White House tells the press that Trump is laser focused on the 33rd attempt to indict Letita James.
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I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
"Everything straight is actually gay" is my favourite kind of ragebait posts by these morons.
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I sort of wish y'all took this more seriously, because this attitude is a reinforcement of heterosexuality as a hierarchy. It's an acknowledgement and understanding that it's not enough to "be with" a woman, or even to father children.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
They define manhood as exploitation, abuse, and dominance.
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imagine taking advice to take *fewer* precautions against acquiring a respiratory virus during the winter season.
imagine *giving* advice to take fewer precautions.
imagine *giving* advice to take fewer precautions.
BREAKING: Keir Starmer says the government will not be telling people to wear face masks on public transport, despite rising flu cases
He also says resident doctors planning to strike are 'being irresponsible'
He also says resident doctors planning to strike are 'being irresponsible'
December 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
imagine taking advice to take *fewer* precautions against acquiring a respiratory virus during the winter season.
imagine *giving* advice to take fewer precautions.
imagine *giving* advice to take fewer precautions.