elia ayoub
@ayoub.bsky.social
Authoritarianism, hauntology and alternative futurities. Writer, Journalist & Podcaster. Eng/Fr/Esp/It/ع
In Sussex, from Lebanon.
@thefirethesetimes.com / @thestartrekpod.bsky.social / https://hauntologies.net / @972mag.com / https://shado-mag.com
In Sussex, from Lebanon.
@thefirethesetimes.com / @thestartrekpod.bsky.social / https://hauntologies.net / @972mag.com / https://shado-mag.com
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Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
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I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
If you're interested, send me an email or Signal. Please say why you're messaging.
I'll send an email/text (no more) with more details soon.
Email: ayoub@thefirethesetimes.com
Signal: @ ayoub.02
Is the AI bubble bubbling harder?
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Is the AI bubble bubbling harder?
Hummus
What do you call these kind of beans? Settling a debate with @devingaffney.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Hummus
I’ve been writing an essay that includes a discussion of the obsession that Israeli settlers have with destroying olive trees. By coincidence I found a video from 3 days ago of them doing that again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I’ve been writing an essay that includes a discussion of the obsession that Israeli settlers have with destroying olive trees. By coincidence I found a video from 3 days ago of them doing that again.
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQwTJJH...
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The Edge of Space-Time is coming! You should preorder it -- look at what THE Ed Yong had to say about it:
“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time; as polymath, griot, teacher, and more; (1/2)
“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time; as polymath, griot, teacher, and more; (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Edge of Space-Time is coming! You should preorder it -- look at what THE Ed Yong had to say about it:
“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time; as polymath, griot, teacher, and more; (1/2)
“With this extraordinary book, Prescod-Weinstein cements her status as one of the most accomplished and important science writers of our time; as polymath, griot, teacher, and more; (1/2)
November 11, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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I feel sick to my stomach reading the reports from Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli detention. I genuinely want to vomit.
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I feel sick to my stomach reading the reports from Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli detention. I genuinely want to vomit.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
How boring
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
AI slop hits new high as fake country artist hits #1 on Billboard digital songs chart
It sounds a lot like everything else
AI slop has reached a new level of ascendancy, as a country song by an AI artist has hit number one on Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales chart.…
dlvr.it
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How boring
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The broad vibe shift against an organization like AIPAC is good overall and indicates something serious in the underlying direction of the Democratic base but I think, and have for a long time now thought, it was always a bit too simplistic to chalk up the pro-Israel consensus *to* AIPAC et al.
November 10, 2025 at 8:41 PM
The broad vibe shift against an organization like AIPAC is good overall and indicates something serious in the underlying direction of the Democratic base but I think, and have for a long time now thought, it was always a bit too simplistic to chalk up the pro-Israel consensus *to* AIPAC et al.
Just think of what’s required for a paper to even think of asking something this obscene and stupid. They can’t even imagine how someone would just care about children as much as Ms Rachel does.
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just think of what’s required for a paper to even think of asking something this obscene and stupid. They can’t even imagine how someone would just care about children as much as Ms Rachel does.
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lol she got his ass and he knows it
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
lol she got his ass and he knows it
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theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
November 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
theres a whole category of newstertainment thats gotta go. and its "ask a really rich freak who is also evil and directly stealing from you what hes seen on the computer lately that has made him feel bad." the only -- ONLY -- story about this guy worth exploring is: he is getting rich spying on you
Davie did everything he could to go after leftwing politics. He axed The Mash Report and censored the Gaza documentary among other things.
But the fact that he is resigning due to Trumpist pressure is incredibly concerning. This country is being more and more captured by the American regime.
But the fact that he is resigning due to Trumpist pressure is incredibly concerning. This country is being more and more captured by the American regime.
Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Davie did everything he could to go after leftwing politics. He axed The Mash Report and censored the Gaza documentary among other things.
But the fact that he is resigning due to Trumpist pressure is incredibly concerning. This country is being more and more captured by the American regime.
But the fact that he is resigning due to Trumpist pressure is incredibly concerning. This country is being more and more captured by the American regime.
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
Daycares aren’t even safe from the ice gestapo
ICE goons kidnapped daycare worker from Rayito de Sol
Nov 5 /25 Chicago
WGN video
Nov 5 /25 Chicago
WGN video
November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Daycares aren’t even safe from the ice gestapo
Friend sent me this from The Economist’s newsletter. The ‘related’ article makes it even better.
November 8, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Friend sent me this from The Economist’s newsletter. The ‘related’ article makes it even better.
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My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
My latest is a love letter to Chicago. "I see you stumbling through the stubborn, awkward rhythm of showing up, again and again. I see you fighting alongside people who sometimes frustrate and confuse you, and defending neighbors you may have never met, because you know they’re all your people."
thanks women for destroying the west
free hummus and tabbouleh on me to every woman who lives rent free in David French‘s mind - or what’s left of it
free hummus and tabbouleh on me to every woman who lives rent free in David French‘s mind - or what’s left of it
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
thanks women for destroying the west
free hummus and tabbouleh on me to every woman who lives rent free in David French‘s mind - or what’s left of it
free hummus and tabbouleh on me to every woman who lives rent free in David French‘s mind - or what’s left of it
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The Biden administration was fully complicit in genocide, and anyone who served in it should be held accountable.
Biden knew that Israel was committing crimes against humanity in Gaza and then decided to keep US commitments to Israel, shortly before handing it over to Trump
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
The Biden administration was fully complicit in genocide, and anyone who served in it should be held accountable.
Biden knew that Israel was committing crimes against humanity in Gaza and then decided to keep US commitments to Israel, shortly before handing it over to Trump
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
Biden Discussed Potential Israeli War Crimes In Gaza. He Kicked The Can To Trump.
New intelligence shocked officials in late 2024, spurring heightened fear of U.S. liability, HuffPost has learned. The period saw Secretary of State Antony Blinken ask if Israel’s actions constituted ...
www.huffpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Biden knew that Israel was committing crimes against humanity in Gaza and then decided to keep US commitments to Israel, shortly before handing it over to Trump
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-...
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"SLOPPER" I'm losing my mind
July 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"SLOPPER" I'm losing my mind
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Idem en France.
Reactionary centrism. It’s a thing. We have the same problem in the UK. Wrote about it recently shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Idem en France.
Mamdani cited ppl like Amos Goldberg. It doesn’t matter. He can go to Tel Aviv and wave the Israeli flag and he will still be suspicious.
The fact that he gives a shit about Palestinians is what makes him guilty in the eyes of those who have committed themselves to Israel’s genocide
The fact that he gives a shit about Palestinians is what makes him guilty in the eyes of those who have committed themselves to Israel’s genocide
Seen some contrarians say that Zohran should visit Israel and meet with "left wing Israeli Jews who share his vision" (who?) but do these people realize that Mamdani wouldn't be allowed into the country or the occupied territories in the first place?
No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?
No one remembers the Tlaib and Omar issue?
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Mamdani cited ppl like Amos Goldberg. It doesn’t matter. He can go to Tel Aviv and wave the Israeli flag and he will still be suspicious.
The fact that he gives a shit about Palestinians is what makes him guilty in the eyes of those who have committed themselves to Israel’s genocide
The fact that he gives a shit about Palestinians is what makes him guilty in the eyes of those who have committed themselves to Israel’s genocide
Reactionary centrism. It’s a thing. We have the same problem in the UK. Wrote about it recently shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Reactionary centrism. It’s a thing. We have the same problem in the UK. Wrote about it recently shado-mag.com/articles/opi...