Ayesha Nasir
@ayeshanasir.bsky.social
on hiatus from the newsroom graveyard shift
how do you live with this?
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
how do you live with this?
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I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I spent sixteen months reporting this story. It follows how surveillance tech is rewriting Gaza in real time — and what it’s doing to the people inside it. Reported in partnership with @justvision.org's Palestine Reporting Lab and published in @nymag.com
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⚠️ Update: #Afghanistan is now in the midst of a total internet blackout as Taliban authorities move to implement morality measures, with multiple networks disconnected through the morning in a stepwise manner; telephone services are currently also impacted
September 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
⚠️ Update: #Afghanistan is now in the midst of a total internet blackout as Taliban authorities move to implement morality measures, with multiple networks disconnected through the morning in a stepwise manner; telephone services are currently also impacted
Writing in his memoir, here is the genocidaire on how the “public invariably expects” his government to “flatten Gaza”:
August 26, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Writing in his memoir, here is the genocidaire on how the “public invariably expects” his government to “flatten Gaza”:
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“Maybe the world won’t act, maybe the world won’t help us but there might be a motive to stop this war—every time I document a massacre or event or bombing, I think that maybe through this bombing or this image that the war could stop and this war would end...”
August 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Maybe the world won’t act, maybe the world won’t help us but there might be a motive to stop this war—every time I document a massacre or event or bombing, I think that maybe through this bombing or this image that the war could stop and this war would end...”
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Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Sailing to Middle East, Says Official - USNI News
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Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Sailing to Middle East, Says Official - USNI News
The U.S. Navy’s oldest aircraft carrier is transiting the Strait of Malacca, as Iran and Israel continue to exchange missile fire. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) sailed west through the Singapore Strait Monday, ...
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June 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Aircraft Carrier USS Nimitz Sailing to Middle East, Says Official - USNI News
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“In some analysis released earlier this month (www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-...), the IPC estimated that nearly 71,000 children under the age of five are expected to be "acutely malnourished" over the next 11 months - of which "14,100 cases are expected to be severe".”
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May 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
“In some analysis released earlier this month (www.ipcinfo.org/ipc-country-...), the IPC estimated that nearly 71,000 children under the age of five are expected to be "acutely malnourished" over the next 11 months - of which "14,100 cases are expected to be severe".”
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“The cognitive dissonance begins from above.”
On her twenty-eighth visit to Guantánamo Bay, journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social confronts the stark contrast between the tropical splendour and dark history of the prison dubbed “the gulag of our times.” thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/
On her twenty-eighth visit to Guantánamo Bay, journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social confronts the stark contrast between the tropical splendour and dark history of the prison dubbed “the gulag of our times.” thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/
May 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“The cognitive dissonance begins from above.”
On her twenty-eighth visit to Guantánamo Bay, journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social confronts the stark contrast between the tropical splendour and dark history of the prison dubbed “the gulag of our times.” thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/
On her twenty-eighth visit to Guantánamo Bay, journalist @michelleshephard.bsky.social confronts the stark contrast between the tropical splendour and dark history of the prison dubbed “the gulag of our times.” thewalrus.ca/guantanamo-bay/
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“It is as if being an Afghan is a curse upon our existence.”
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades face deportation from April 1. They’re being asked to leave behind the only home they’ve known aje.io/vpm4x1
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades face deportation from April 1. They’re being asked to leave behind the only home they’ve known aje.io/vpm4x1
March 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“It is as if being an Afghan is a curse upon our existence.”
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades face deportation from April 1. They’re being asked to leave behind the only home they’ve known aje.io/vpm4x1
Hundreds of thousands of Afghans who have lived in Pakistan for decades face deportation from April 1. They’re being asked to leave behind the only home they’ve known aje.io/vpm4x1
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In my latest for @breachmedia.ca, I break down Pierre Poilievre's criminal justice agenda, including mandatory minimum sentencing, bail, parole, and serving sentences in the community
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On criminal justice, Pierre Poilievre offers punishment as safety ⋆ The Breach
The Conservatives’ push for more incarceration will not make the country safer. It will only put more strain on already overcrowded facilities
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April 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In my latest for @breachmedia.ca, I break down Pierre Poilievre's criminal justice agenda, including mandatory minimum sentencing, bail, parole, and serving sentences in the community
breachmedia.ca/on-criminal-...
breachmedia.ca/on-criminal-...
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I appreciate the absolute absurdity of choosing this example
April 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I appreciate the absolute absurdity of choosing this example
“Ammi aap vacuum karein.”
A heartbeat later:
“Mujhe laitna hai.”
A heartbeat later:
“Mujhe laitna hai.”
March 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“Ammi aap vacuum karein.”
A heartbeat later:
“Mujhe laitna hai.”
A heartbeat later:
“Mujhe laitna hai.”
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Mahmoud Khalil has become a political prisoner for protesting a US-backed genocide. His detention heralds new vistas of repression made possible by institutions and technological developments begun by the War on Terror.
Mahmoud Khalil's Detention Is A War on Terror Milestone
ICE turned a campus activist for Palestine into a political prisoner. Witness a coalescence of several post-9/11 currents that threaten your most basic freedoms
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March 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Mahmoud Khalil has become a political prisoner for protesting a US-backed genocide. His detention heralds new vistas of repression made possible by institutions and technological developments begun by the War on Terror.
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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau carries his chair from the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 10, 2025. For @reuters.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau carries his chair from the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 10, 2025. For @reuters.com
do you ever stop to think how many of your beautiful contributions on the internet over the years became part of some AI training farm :/
March 11, 2025 at 6:38 AM
do you ever stop to think how many of your beautiful contributions on the internet over the years became part of some AI training farm :/
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“What can we do? For every person, there’s only half a loaf of bread, half a pita bread. I leave home at 6am and return at 1pm with just one loaf of bread bread,” said 75-year-old Abu Essam Abu Sahloul, a Khan Younis resident, to Al Jazeera.
March 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
“What can we do? For every person, there’s only half a loaf of bread, half a pita bread. I leave home at 6am and return at 1pm with just one loaf of bread bread,” said 75-year-old Abu Essam Abu Sahloul, a Khan Younis resident, to Al Jazeera.
if you live on this continent and weren’t able to touch grass or step outside into the sun due to Life, look at the hashtags #flowerreport and #bloomscrolling
spring soon, in sha Allah 🌺🌻
spring soon, in sha Allah 🌺🌻
March 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
if you live on this continent and weren’t able to touch grass or step outside into the sun due to Life, look at the hashtags #flowerreport and #bloomscrolling
spring soon, in sha Allah 🌺🌻
spring soon, in sha Allah 🌺🌻
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For Jewish Currents, I'm working on a piece about international students and gc holders being targeted by ICE/DOS for pro-palestinian activism. Please contact me on signal if this is you or someone you know/represent: I'm at tanvim.05
March 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
For Jewish Currents, I'm working on a piece about international students and gc holders being targeted by ICE/DOS for pro-palestinian activism. Please contact me on signal if this is you or someone you know/represent: I'm at tanvim.05
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Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
President’s plan, which is low on detail, would involve the permanent resettlement of Palestinians from Gaza to neighbouring countries
* Trump announce plan to take over Gaza - live updates
Donald Trump has vowed that US would “take over” war…
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February 5, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip in shock announcement during Netanyahu visit
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Trump administration begins first detention flights to Guantanamo Bay
Trump administration begins first detention flights to Guantanamo Bay • West Virginia Watch
The Trump administration on Tuesday sent the first flight of detained migrants on military aircraft from the United States to the naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as President Donald Trump…
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February 4, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Trump administration begins first detention flights to Guantanamo Bay
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Reporter @samhusseini.bsky.social was just physically dragged from Blinken’s briefing. “Why aren’t you at The Hague?” he asked.
January 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Reporter @samhusseini.bsky.social was just physically dragged from Blinken’s briefing. “Why aren’t you at The Hague?” he asked.
where would we be without libraries?
January 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
where would we be without libraries?