Fatima Ayub

@thecynicist.bsky.social

2319

Followers

1689

Following

3054

Posts

Political analyst focused on global conflict and security, Afghanistan, the Middle East and US politics. Purveyor of quality nonsense. Rare Afghan with two names.

Posts Replies Media

lol lmao futurism.com/the-byte/ai-...

There's a Small Problem With the AI Industry: It's Making Absolutely No Moneyfuturism.com AI is not making money for investors which may be connected to businesses having trouble adopting the technology.

Reposted by

Fatima Ayub

Over at the Bad Place, I made a tradition of posting Douglass' "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth of July," and I intend to carry on that tradition here. Since most versions you read in classes or in textbooks have parts omitted, the link below has the full text of the speech.

(1852) Frederick Douglass, "What, To The Slave, Is The Fourth Of July" •www.blackpast.org On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass was invited to address the citizens of his hometown, Rochester, New York. Whatever the expectations of his audience on that 76th anniversary of the signing of the D...

Reposted by

Fatima Ayub

-40,000+ killed -15,000+ children killed -20,000 children missing -70% of Gaza's buildings destroyed -60% of Gaza's farms destroyed -2,200,000 displaced

Reposted by

Fatima Ayub

Hello, I am Jamal from Gaza. Unfortunately, everything was destroyed in Gaza. My university, my studies, my beautiful city, my dreams, and everything is beautiful. Our lives are also in danger and the destruction is still continuing. You can help me rebuild my life gofund.me/2f77e0ba

Reposted by

Fatima Ayub

The environmental toll of AI is obscene, especially when things like Google's AI search don't create real social benefits. prospect.org/environment/...

The climate case for regulating AI grows more urgent by the hour as the plagiarism machines accelerate the burning of the planet. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

Google falling short of important climate target, cites electricity needs of AIwww.nbcnews.com The company has one of the most significant climate commitments in industry and has been seen as a leader.

5,000% increase in food bank use

Belal is in Gaza. Help and share if you can 💛🤲🏽

Palestinians in Gaza need help and money. Abdsafi is fundraising for his sister Walaa, who urgently needs to be evacuated for spinal surgery. Share and give, and follow his account to hear voices from Gaza.

Hello beloved friends . Pay attention please This is last chance to save my sister’s spinal cord , she has injuries of spinal cord and can’t walk , need urgent surgery and urgent evacuation, do ur best repost and donate. 🍉🍉💔🇵🇸 gofund.me/fd1a59bf

I beg someone, anyone, to take note that Pakistan is at war with Afghanistan.

Pakistan will continue attacks on Afghanistan - minister

Pakistan will continue attacks on Afghanistan - ministerwww.bbc.com Khawaja Asif said the aerial strikes were targeting groups which his government accuses to targeting security forces and civilians.

The Supreme Court is deeply in its Charlie Brown had hoes era. “Discussing election subversion is an official act”. No it isn’t. That isn’t true.

i keep re-reading this to make sure i didn't hallucinate

“Many voiced their anger at the circumstances of Nyah’s death: He was already on the ground, subdued by officers, when he was shot.” This is about a 13-year old child. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/30/n...

Utica Residents Grill Mayor After Police Killing of 13-Year-Old Boywww.nytimes.com An officer in Utica, N.Y., fatally shot the boy, Nyah Mway, after he brandished what the officer believed was a gun. At a community meeting, residents called the killing “an injustice.”

Good job everyone

Early polling estimates for the first round of the French legislative election are in 👇 Follow our live blog for more updates: www.politico.eu/article/fran...

🤷🏻‍♀️

🚨 BREAKING: The far-right National Rally made big gains in the first round of France's snap parliamentary election, according to early estimates by pollsters.

Le Pen’s far right set for big win in first round of French electionwww.politico.eu National Rally on course for victory in the vote for a new assembly as Emmanuel Macron’s election gamble backfires.

“I couldn’t comprehend: I’m standing in front of doctors who know exactly what to do and how to help and they’re refusing to do it,” Ms. Miller said in an interview, her first since going through the ordeal last fall. America 2024.

By the time the doctors in Boise put her on a plane for Salt Lake City, she’d already lost a liter of blood New standard of care just dropped:

She Needed an Emergency Abortion. Doctors in Idaho Put Her on a Plane.www.nytimes.com In states that have banned abortion, hospitals have struggled to treat pregnant women facing health risks. A Supreme Court decision this week did not help.

Reposted by

Fatima Ayub

Every Palestinian you know still watches videos of terrified families screaming and parents holding their dead children after airstrikes. We have been watching for eight months. And this is not the first war. Just to keep whatever you expect of the Palestinian in your life in perspective

Last year Pakistan ejected 500,000 Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan. It is gearing up to force another 800,000 Afghan refugees this year. Afghans can leave willingly or face deportation. What a world.

One would think it’s simply not possible or desirable to restore Vichy in 2024, but it sure seems France wants to give it a go.

Guess Saad Hariri is going to get locked in the bathroom again www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

Saudi embassy in Lebanon calls on citizens to avoid travelling to the countrywww.middleeasteye.net

Not the rapist felon putschist, but the other guy, he should drop out, declare the august galaxybrains of the NYT Editorial Board. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/28/o...

Opinion | To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Racewww.nytimes.com The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.

Reposted by

Fatima Ayub

“"Amidst the wreckage of my office, lie the fragments of creativity that I once took pride in. Every detail, every design was part of my […] vision, and now they are […] telling the story of […] destruction. This place was my haven for creativity and beauty, and now it symbolizes great loss."”

Support Nidal and Family from Gaza, Palestine, organized by Nidal Hanounawww.gofundme.com Hello everyone, My name is Elizabeth Barnes, a US citizen collecting d… Nidal Hanouna needs your support for Support Nidal and Family from Gaza, Palestine

The way American institutions hate and deride the poor.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court allows cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside, even if shelter space is lacking.

Oh my god there’s another hour of this.

96%.

"The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report on Gaza paints a stark picture of ongoing hunger, finding that 96 [%] of the population is facing acute food insecurity at crisis level or higher...almost half a million people in catastrophic conditions" www.wfp.org/news/wfp-res...

WFP response to new IPC Food Security Assessment on Gaza | World Food Programmewww.wfp.org ROME – The latest food security assessment on Gaza confirms the concerns of the World Food Programme (WFP) about the ongoing levels of severe hunger across the Gaza Strip and shows the critical import...

I don’t understand this @washingtonpost.com article. How do you write this piece without mentioning Israel controls all the land crossings and refuses to let most aid in?

I hoped this was a headline from The Onion, but no. Israel blames U.N. for Gaza aid crisis amid fresh reports of starvation wapo.st/3zhuXdj 🎁🔗

Israel blames U.N. for Gaza aid crisis amid fresh reports of starvationwapo.st About 500,000 Palestinians are on the brink of starvation, according to a report by U.N. agencies and aid groups.

Wait a democracy can arrest putschists on the very same *day*?

BREAKING: Bolivian general who appeared to lead a failed coup is arrested after an attorney general opened an investigation against him.

Military flees Bolivia government palace after coup attempt failsapnews.com Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia's government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup.

Buckle up, potential coup underway in Bolivia.

From their Foreign Ministry, never a good sign *BOLIVIA CALLS ON INTL' COMMUNITY TO HELP DEFEND DEMOCRACY

The far right in France and other countries have already done the hard work of laundering themselves back into respectability. The exact number of seats they gain is not the story. It’s how political groups covered in the stink of fascism are in vogue. www.euronews.com/2024/06/25/f...

French vote: Is France headed to a minority government?www.euronews.com According to recent polls, the far-right National Rally and its allies lead in the projections but don't have the absolute majority needed to form a government.

Labour could have looked at JK Rowling and decided “no thanks, we are going to protect our most vulnerable minorities” but no of course they decided to give face to this terrible woman. www.theguardian.com/politics/art...

JK Rowling agrees to meeting with Labour about gender transition policywww.theguardian.com Author responds after shadow chancellor says party would be ‘really happy’ to ‘give her assurances’

“I’m gravitating away from the discourse of measuring and fixing unfair algorithmic systems, or making them more transparent, or accountable. Instead, I’m finding myself fixated on articulating the moral case for sabotaging, circumventing, and destroying “AI”[…]” Ok, I’m listening.

hi, i wrote a post - "destroy AI". ali-alkhatib.com/blog/fuck-up...

Destroy AIali-alkhatib.com I’ve been struggling to articulate this idea, and maybe the problem is that it’s actually kind of simple once you put it out there, and there’s really no good reason to unpack a whole case for it once...