Amba Azaad
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Amba Azaad
@ambaazaad.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Old mutuals from Twitter - say hello or I might miss that you're (finally!) here :)
New folks - until I get around to writing a new bio/intro thread, be aware that I block for casteism, racism and transphobia liberally, and that I support Kashmir's struggle for freedom as much as I do Palestine's.
New folks - until I get around to writing a new bio/intro thread, be aware that I block for casteism, racism and transphobia liberally, and that I support Kashmir's struggle for freedom as much as I do Palestine's.
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Show your solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Well, if you are or have a shop, restaurant, business, community organisation, trade union, arts space, podcast, make an important statement by becoming an Apartheid Free Zone
Sign up! apartheidfree.ie
#FreePalestine #BDS
Well, if you are or have a shop, restaurant, business, community organisation, trade union, arts space, podcast, make an important statement by becoming an Apartheid Free Zone
Sign up! apartheidfree.ie
#FreePalestine #BDS
Apartheid Free Zones - Apartheid Free Zones
Apartheid Free Zones are a new initiative that will help to transform our local communities into spaces of solidarity with the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. By pledging to su...
apartheidfree.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Show your solidarity with the Palestinian people.
Well, if you are or have a shop, restaurant, business, community organisation, trade union, arts space, podcast, make an important statement by becoming an Apartheid Free Zone
Sign up! apartheidfree.ie
#FreePalestine #BDS
Well, if you are or have a shop, restaurant, business, community organisation, trade union, arts space, podcast, make an important statement by becoming an Apartheid Free Zone
Sign up! apartheidfree.ie
#FreePalestine #BDS
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Large-eyed animals like owls 🦉 have a trade-off between large eyes & short optic nerves, which lowers eye mobility (to compensate they evolved swivelly necks)
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
The twisted secret behind a chameleon’s oddball eyes | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
The twisted secret behind a chameleon’s oddball eyes
Coiled nerves allow the reptiles to move their peepers in multiple directions at once without moving their heads
www.science.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Large-eyed animals like owls 🦉 have a trade-off between large eyes & short optic nerves, which lowers eye mobility (to compensate they evolved swivelly necks)
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
But chameleons 🦎 have long, coiled optic nerves with extra slack for eye mobility, allowing them to use their famous large swivelly eyes 👀🧪🌏
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Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today is a good day to remember, and to say, that the #MeToo movement was right, and was righteous, and has been vindicated over and over again. There was no overreach. There was no excess. There was no they-went-too-far.
So much work remains to be done.
So much work remains to be done.
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Received a return box from a book fair 2 years ago with ~12 copies of "Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India" that have slightly banged up covers. Nothing wrong with insides.
Selling em on the Blaft site for ₹300 (70% discount)! India only. Use code BATTLESCARREDGHOSTS at checkout.
www.blaft.com
Selling em on the Blaft site for ₹300 (70% discount)! India only. Use code BATTLESCARREDGHOSTS at checkout.
www.blaft.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Received a return box from a book fair 2 years ago with ~12 copies of "Ghosts, Monsters, and Demons of India" that have slightly banged up covers. Nothing wrong with insides.
Selling em on the Blaft site for ₹300 (70% discount)! India only. Use code BATTLESCARREDGHOSTS at checkout.
www.blaft.com
Selling em on the Blaft site for ₹300 (70% discount)! India only. Use code BATTLESCARREDGHOSTS at checkout.
www.blaft.com
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“All of these bodies belonged to Palestinians who had been imprisoned while alive, which is one of the hallmarks of organ harvesting”
A British surgeon confirms: returned Palestinian bodies show surgically removed hearts, lungs, kidneys, and livers.
A British surgeon confirms: returned Palestinian bodies show surgically removed hearts, lungs, kidneys, and livers.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
“All of these bodies belonged to Palestinians who had been imprisoned while alive, which is one of the hallmarks of organ harvesting”
A British surgeon confirms: returned Palestinian bodies show surgically removed hearts, lungs, kidneys, and livers.
A British surgeon confirms: returned Palestinian bodies show surgically removed hearts, lungs, kidneys, and livers.
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India’s #E20 policy forces millions of vehicles to use petrol they weren’t built for, increases water use for sugarcane, diverts foodgrain to distilleries & expands executive control without Parliamentary review, writes Nilotpal Datta
article-14.com/post/india-s...
article-14.com/post/india-s...
India’s Quiet Rollout Of A New ‘Clean’ Fuel Bypasses The Law, Hobbles Vehicles, Impacts Environment & Food Supply
India’s hasty switch to E20 petrol—fuel with 20% ethanol—five years ahead of schedule was hailed as an environmental milestone, but it came through government orders, not law. The policy forces millio...
article-14.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:25 AM
India’s #E20 policy forces millions of vehicles to use petrol they weren’t built for, increases water use for sugarcane, diverts foodgrain to distilleries & expands executive control without Parliamentary review, writes Nilotpal Datta
article-14.com/post/india-s...
article-14.com/post/india-s...
So 'amabani' is probably Ambani, Anil but who is 'ranashandram'?
What do we make of this email, sent from Epstein to himself a week before he was arrested with the subject line “List for Bannon Steve” with just a list of names.
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
So 'amabani' is probably Ambani, Anil but who is 'ranashandram'?
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READ: Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
Israel wants to implement the death penalty for Palestinian prisoners. Here’s what you need to know.
Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry…
mondoweiss.net
November 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
READ: Israel is advancing a dangerous bill to impose the death penalty on Palestinian prisoners. Right-wing leaders want to go even further and use the bill to give Israeli forces the authority to carry out extrajudicial killings.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
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"Humans possess the ability to sense objects without direct contact..."
Remote touch allows the detection of objects buried under granular materials through subtle mechanical cues transmitted through the medium, when a moving pressure is applied nearby."
www.sci.news/biology/huma...
Remote touch allows the detection of objects buried under granular materials through subtle mechanical cues transmitted through the medium, when a moving pressure is applied nearby."
www.sci.news/biology/huma...
Humans Have Form of ‘Remote Touch,’ Scientists Claim | Sci.News
Humans possess the ability to sense objects without direct contact, a sense that some animals have, according to new research.
www.sci.news
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
"Humans possess the ability to sense objects without direct contact..."
Remote touch allows the detection of objects buried under granular materials through subtle mechanical cues transmitted through the medium, when a moving pressure is applied nearby."
www.sci.news/biology/huma...
Remote touch allows the detection of objects buried under granular materials through subtle mechanical cues transmitted through the medium, when a moving pressure is applied nearby."
www.sci.news/biology/huma...
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Hey!! Here's my new piece for The New Republic!!
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hey!! Here's my new piece for The New Republic!!
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
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I...did not know about this danger. But turns out that renewables* are the answer for this, too.
"Unlike..fossil fuels or nuclear power, which add to our waste energy burden, renewable energy sources intercept energy that is already on its way to Earth, rather than producing additional waste heat."
"Unlike..fossil fuels or nuclear power, which add to our waste energy burden, renewable energy sources intercept energy that is already on its way to Earth, rather than producing additional waste heat."
There’s a deeper problem hiding beneath global warming | Aeon Essays
Even if we ‘solve’ global warming, we face an older, slower problem. Waste heat could radically alter Earth’s future
aeon.co
November 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I...did not know about this danger. But turns out that renewables* are the answer for this, too.
"Unlike..fossil fuels or nuclear power, which add to our waste energy burden, renewable energy sources intercept energy that is already on its way to Earth, rather than producing additional waste heat."
"Unlike..fossil fuels or nuclear power, which add to our waste energy burden, renewable energy sources intercept energy that is already on its way to Earth, rather than producing additional waste heat."
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“#BhimaKoregaon case is proof that they can pick up anybody without reason, keep them imprisoned for years”
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
“#BhimaKoregaon case is proof that they can pick up anybody without reason, keep them imprisoned for years”
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
Author Anand Teltumbde, released on bail after 31 months, dwells on the true nature of freedom in an interview to Kavitha Iyer
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I believe the mods when they say they haven't finished the technical work necessary to automatically inform users of what posts they're being suspended for.
I also believe that's not an acceptable flaw for this website in late 2025.
I also believe that's not an acceptable flaw for this website in late 2025.
November 12, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I believe the mods when they say they haven't finished the technical work necessary to automatically inform users of what posts they're being suspended for.
I also believe that's not an acceptable flaw for this website in late 2025.
I also believe that's not an acceptable flaw for this website in late 2025.
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Agreed with this post and this thread.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
6. Until we have communal confidence that permanently suspended people actually received detailed and ideally actionable reports on what happened (appeal processes should exist), it's going to keep feeling bad.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Agreed with this post and this thread.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
Real people have to be told WHY they have been suspended. Otherwise, in the real world of rising fascism in which we live, users will wonder if accounts are being banned due to bad-faith right-wing pressure.
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@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
@bsky.app last week my DMs were cut off. Moderation said I could not be trusted.
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
Hours later, you said it was a mistake.
Then you cut off them off again—but said it was my fault, tho wouldn't explain (before turning them back on.)
Maybe @sarahkendzior.bsky.social's ban is a mistake, too?
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Myanmar military defectors and leaked media reveal that ordinary soldiers on government bases are using lethal interrogation techniques against captured rebels, dissidents and civilians. Watch the film: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
November 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Myanmar military defectors and leaked media reveal that ordinary soldiers on government bases are using lethal interrogation techniques against captured rebels, dissidents and civilians. Watch the film: aje.io/junta #MyanmarExposed
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Amazon Lakes Are Turning Into Hot Tubs and It’s Killing the Dolphins with water temperatures in parts of the Amazon to an unbearable 41°C (106°F).
The result?
Mass die-offs of fish and endangered Amazon river dolphins.
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/amazon-...
The result?
Mass die-offs of fish and endangered Amazon river dolphins.
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/amazon-...
Amazon Lakes Are Turning Into Hot Tubs and It’s Killing the Dolphins
Amazon lakes are heating past 40°C, killing pink river dolphins and exposing the devastating reach of the climate crisis.
www.onegreenplanet.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Amazon Lakes Are Turning Into Hot Tubs and It’s Killing the Dolphins with water temperatures in parts of the Amazon to an unbearable 41°C (106°F).
The result?
Mass die-offs of fish and endangered Amazon river dolphins.
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/amazon-...
The result?
Mass die-offs of fish and endangered Amazon river dolphins.
www.onegreenplanet.org/news/amazon-...
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God fuck this app is hell. Can't even see updates about Delhi Blast on Indiasky feed because it's filled with Democrats. Fuck you Americans genuinely
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
God fuck this app is hell. Can't even see updates about Delhi Blast on Indiasky feed because it's filled with Democrats. Fuck you Americans genuinely
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I still have not processed what I just read.
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I still have not processed what I just read.
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“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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I wrote this essay in the current Sudan issue of Transition Magazine titled "The Politics of Hunger" which argues that the current hunger crisis has been decades in the making. It begins with Nimeiri and looks at US engagement over the decades.
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
The Politics of Hunger in Sudan – Transition Magazine
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I wrote this essay in the current Sudan issue of Transition Magazine titled "The Politics of Hunger" which argues that the current hunger crisis has been decades in the making. It begins with Nimeiri and looks at US engagement over the decades.
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
transitionmagazine.fas.harvard.edu/the-politics...
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Authoritarianism scholar & journalist Sarah Kendzior has been banned here for no apparent reason and the head of the "Trust and Safety Team" is currently sephirothposting about it in case you all are wondering about the state of this platform
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Authoritarianism scholar & journalist Sarah Kendzior has been banned here for no apparent reason and the head of the "Trust and Safety Team" is currently sephirothposting about it in case you all are wondering about the state of this platform
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The documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War was shown in British TV but it is doubtful it will be broadcast in the US. This review of its contents is horrifying and adds more evidence of Israel's genocidal intent based on instructions from IDF commanders.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
‘You can do anything’: Israeli war crimes in Gaza aired in UK documentary
The new film featuring firsthand testimonies of Israeli soldiers in Gaza reveals patterns of systematic abuse.
www.aljazeera.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War was shown in British TV but it is doubtful it will be broadcast in the US. This review of its contents is horrifying and adds more evidence of Israel's genocidal intent based on instructions from IDF commanders.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...