Abed Ayyad
@palestinianpickles.bsky.social
I care about the energy transition; Palestine; and the intersections of what falls in between.
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Not necessarily convinced this is a very helpful word
December 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Not necessarily convinced this is a very helpful word
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Me: I'm big on Bluesky
Person: I don't know what that is
Me: Yeah
Person: I don't know what that is
Me: Yeah
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Me: I'm big on Bluesky
Person: I don't know what that is
Me: Yeah
Person: I don't know what that is
Me: Yeah
When you've lost Saudi Arabia ... www.timesofisrael.com/ex-saudi-int...
Ex-Saudi intel chief to ToI: Riyadh will consider normalization when Israel acts normally
In very rare engagement with Israeli media, Prince Turki al-Faisal says kingdom won't forge ties with Israel without 'resolution to Palestinian issue entailing two-state solution'
www.timesofisrael.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When you've lost Saudi Arabia ... www.timesofisrael.com/ex-saudi-int...
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Solstice Peace, Hope, Light... ✌️✨🫶
December 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Solstice Peace, Hope, Light... ✌️✨🫶
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Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stunning new revelation: Epstein hung out almost exclusively with guys who had black boxes where their heads should be.
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The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
Scoop: TikTok signs deal for sale of U.S. unit after yearslong saga
The deal would end a yearslong saga to force TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance to sell the company's U.S. operation.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns.
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...
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Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Everyone wants to make “sense” of things, but we are all currently hostage to an irrationalist epistemic environment. You might as well just read the entrails of a slaughtered goat to divine where events are headed.
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Huge congrats to the 800 new members of IUOE 955, the largest migration of workers away from the company union CLAC ever seen in Canada! Powerful things happen when we organize together. ✊
December 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Huge congrats to the 800 new members of IUOE 955, the largest migration of workers away from the company union CLAC ever seen in Canada! Powerful things happen when we organize together. ✊
Very far from the utopia I first assumed it was, but damn, I would easily repeat my two years spent in the Netherlands
December 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Very far from the utopia I first assumed it was, but damn, I would easily repeat my two years spent in the Netherlands
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December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Pretty cool that @radiolab.bsky.social still produces shows like this, after all these years: radiolab.org/podcast/quan...
Quantum Refuge
How a Palestinian physicist stepped inside quantum mechanics’ most notoriously tricky idea.
radiolab.org
December 2, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Pretty cool that @radiolab.bsky.social still produces shows like this, after all these years: radiolab.org/podcast/quan...
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
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Halifax, you're amazing. Nearly 200 of you came out to talk about our campaign and how we can build a gov that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
Thank you to all our incredible speakers for joining us; it was an honour to share the stage with each of you. I can’t wait to be back!
Thank you to all our incredible speakers for joining us; it was an honour to share the stage with each of you. I can’t wait to be back!
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Halifax, you're amazing. Nearly 200 of you came out to talk about our campaign and how we can build a gov that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few.
Thank you to all our incredible speakers for joining us; it was an honour to share the stage with each of you. I can’t wait to be back!
Thank you to all our incredible speakers for joining us; it was an honour to share the stage with each of you. I can’t wait to be back!
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Totally normal country, where a 16-year-old is held in detention for nine months "without charge". Absolutely normal. Nothing to see here. x.com/BBCWorld/sta...
BBC News (World) on X: "Palestinian-US teen held by Israel for nine months without charge due in court https://t.co/ehR4jmivDD" / X
Palestinian-US teen held by Israel for nine months without charge due in court https://t.co/ehR4jmivDD
x.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Totally normal country, where a 16-year-old is held in detention for nine months "without charge". Absolutely normal. Nothing to see here. x.com/BBCWorld/sta...
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I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I do appreciate that they've completely dropped the pretense.
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
I chose Larry Summers.
Better late than never.
Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
@dieworkwear.bsky.social is asking the wrong question. The really amazing thing is that it was previously thought that robots could never be taught to do this.
Why would someone pay $20k for a robot controlled by a human in a remote location to do things more slowly and clumsily when the median wage for a maid or housekeeper is $33k per year, which is typically spread across 10-20 households?
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
@dieworkwear.bsky.social is asking the wrong question. The really amazing thing is that it was previously thought that robots could never be taught to do this.
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who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
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🇨🇦 Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! 🍁
Sorry I’m not there to celebrate with you! But earlier today I did stop by your sovereign’s house to say hi.
Sorry I’m not there to celebrate with you! But earlier today I did stop by your sovereign’s house to say hi.
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🇨🇦 Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian friends! 🍁
Sorry I’m not there to celebrate with you! But earlier today I did stop by your sovereign’s house to say hi.
Sorry I’m not there to celebrate with you! But earlier today I did stop by your sovereign’s house to say hi.
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🎨 Istanbul, 16th Century
October 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🎨 Istanbul, 16th Century
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Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
September 29, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.
“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”
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the climate's probably just changing for attention
September 29, 2025 at 9:51 AM
the climate's probably just changing for attention