Fadah Jassem / فداء جاسم
@fadahjassem.bsky.social
Head of Data Visualisation @TheNationalNews.com in #AbuDhabi. Recent UK expat. Syrian/Iraqi
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
#Journalist #Technologist #data, #AI, #OSINT & information integrity. A journalism polymath of sorts (if such a thing exists)
(Ex-Twitter Head of Curation MENA)
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A lot is happening in Syria.
Want to follow along with additional context, local knowledge, and those who witnessed it in real-time?
Here’s a starter pack: Syria from 2011 and beyond.
go.bsky.app/3ng3Ghq
Want to follow along with additional context, local knowledge, and those who witnessed it in real-time?
Here’s a starter pack: Syria from 2011 and beyond.
go.bsky.app/3ng3Ghq
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For half a century, Moore’s Law defined the trajectory of computing power; now, AI is redefining power as knowledge.
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
Power is knowledge: How AI is rewriting the energy equation | The National
Dr Sultan Al Jaber's Adipec address highlights the need to reimagine energy laws
www.thenationalnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For half a century, Moore’s Law defined the trajectory of computing power; now, AI is redefining power as knowledge.
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
For half a century, Moore’s Law defined the trajectory of computing power; now, AI is redefining power as knowledge.
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
Power is knowledge: How AI is rewriting the energy equation | The National
Dr Sultan Al Jaber's Adipec address highlights the need to reimagine energy laws
www.thenationalnews.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
For half a century, Moore’s Law defined the trajectory of computing power; now, AI is redefining power as knowledge.
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
Power is knowledge: How AI advances are rewriting the energy equation
www.thenationalnews.com/future/techn...
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Here's a sample of the graphics you can find in this project, and the link to it: www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Here's a sample of the graphics you can find in this project, and the link to it: www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
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The National’s Data team cross-referenced public databases of the recorded deaths of the journalists covering the war. And last week, our latest visual project was published. In there, we show the circumstances and patterns of killings.
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The National’s Data team cross-referenced public databases of the recorded deaths of the journalists covering the war. And last week, our latest visual project was published. In there, we show the circumstances and patterns of killings.
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Almost two years ago, the war in Gaza started, and at least 200 journalists have been killed.
Who were they? Under what circumstances did they die? Were they deliberately targeted by Israel in an attempt to suppress the truth about what is going on in Gaza?
(Small thread with #dataviz)
Who were they? Under what circumstances did they die? Were they deliberately targeted by Israel in an attempt to suppress the truth about what is going on in Gaza?
(Small thread with #dataviz)
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Almost two years ago, the war in Gaza started, and at least 200 journalists have been killed.
Who were they? Under what circumstances did they die? Were they deliberately targeted by Israel in an attempt to suppress the truth about what is going on in Gaza?
(Small thread with #dataviz)
Who were they? Under what circumstances did they die? Were they deliberately targeted by Israel in an attempt to suppress the truth about what is going on in Gaza?
(Small thread with #dataviz)
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New report from me and @isaacarroyov.bsky.social taking a closer look at the circumstances behind Israel's killings of journalists in Gaza.
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New report from me and @isaacarroyov.bsky.social taking a closer look at the circumstances behind Israel's killings of journalists in Gaza.
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
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infographic on the deadliest war for journalists, witnesses to genocide, slaughtered as never before
New report from me and @isaacarroyov.bsky.social taking a closer look at the circumstances behind Israel's killings of journalists in Gaza.
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
infographic on the deadliest war for journalists, witnesses to genocide, slaughtered as never before
New report from me and @isaacarroyov.bsky.social taking a closer look at the circumstances behind Israel's killings of journalists in Gaza.
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
New report from me and @isaacarroyov.bsky.social taking a closer look at the circumstances behind Israel's killings of journalists in Gaza.
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Read here @TheNationalNews
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
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If every effort to strengthen democracy gets misframed as censorship, only disinformation benefits. Building civic capacity isn’t suppression, it’s the foundation of empowered freedom.
August 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
If every effort to strengthen democracy gets misframed as censorship, only disinformation benefits. Building civic capacity isn’t suppression, it’s the foundation of empowered freedom.
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The language-learning app recently added a feature that teaches you how to play chess. I tried it, and now I’m hooked on those rooks, knights, and pawns. www.wired.com/story/duolin...
I Can’t Stop Playing Duolingo Chess
The language-learning app recently added a feature that teaches you how to play chess. I tried it, and now I’m hooked on those rooks, knights, and pawns.
www.wired.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
The language-learning app recently added a feature that teaches you how to play chess. I tried it, and now I’m hooked on those rooks, knights, and pawns. www.wired.com/story/duolin...
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How large are global financial assets?
(Please appreciate the header image, painstakingly resized so that earth = 100% global GDP)
on.ft.com/46DNijl
(Please appreciate the header image, painstakingly resized so that earth = 100% global GDP)
on.ft.com/46DNijl
How large are global financial assets?
Lovely lovely data
on.ft.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
How large are global financial assets?
(Please appreciate the header image, painstakingly resized so that earth = 100% global GDP)
on.ft.com/46DNijl
(Please appreciate the header image, painstakingly resized so that earth = 100% global GDP)
on.ft.com/46DNijl
Israel continues to target the same ports on Yemen’s Hodeidah coast. It's been over a year since the first strikes on these ports.
Despite significant damage to piers, visual evidence suggests the Houthis' fuel supply lines from the ports are still active
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Despite significant damage to piers, visual evidence suggests the Houthis' fuel supply lines from the ports are still active
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
What effect have Israeli strikes had on Houthi Red Sea attacks? | The National
As Yemeni ports held by the rebels were hit again earlier this month, The National examines satellite imagery to gauge the damage
www.thenationalnews.com
July 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Israel continues to target the same ports on Yemen’s Hodeidah coast. It's been over a year since the first strikes on these ports.
Despite significant damage to piers, visual evidence suggests the Houthis' fuel supply lines from the ports are still active
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Despite significant damage to piers, visual evidence suggests the Houthis' fuel supply lines from the ports are still active
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
New from me - a look at the damage to nuclear energy and military sites in Iran as a result of Israel’s strikes.
Inside Israel’s most extensive strikes yet on Iran
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
[Content not behind paywall but registration wall]
Inside Israel’s most extensive strikes yet on Iran
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
[Content not behind paywall but registration wall]
Inside Israel’s most extensive strikes yet on Iran | The National
What satellite images reveal about the bombing of nuclear and military infrastructure and the potential risk of nuclear leaks
www.thenationalnews.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New from me - a look at the damage to nuclear energy and military sites in Iran as a result of Israel’s strikes.
Inside Israel’s most extensive strikes yet on Iran
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
[Content not behind paywall but registration wall]
Inside Israel’s most extensive strikes yet on Iran
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
[Content not behind paywall but registration wall]
My latest report for @TheNationalNews ...
I analysed satellite evidence, footage, and witness testimony over the past week from Gaza's GHF aid sites.
The chaotic and deadly events over the past few days indicate operational collapse by design or neglect.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
I analysed satellite evidence, footage, and witness testimony over the past week from Gaza's GHF aid sites.
The chaotic and deadly events over the past few days indicate operational collapse by design or neglect.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
Gaza's aid centre chaos laid bare in witness footage | The National
The National analyses video evidence from in and around distribution centres run by the GHF
www.thenationalnews.com
June 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My latest report for @TheNationalNews ...
I analysed satellite evidence, footage, and witness testimony over the past week from Gaza's GHF aid sites.
The chaotic and deadly events over the past few days indicate operational collapse by design or neglect.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
I analysed satellite evidence, footage, and witness testimony over the past week from Gaza's GHF aid sites.
The chaotic and deadly events over the past few days indicate operational collapse by design or neglect.
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20...
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I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
Belllingcat CEO Eliot Higgins, on how disordered discourse is destroying democracy
YouTube video by Cambridge Disinformation Summit
www.youtube.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FV...
I was at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit summit last week.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
April 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I was at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit summit last week.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
I was at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit summit last week.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
April 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I was at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit summit last week.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
I always welcome the chance to step out of the journalism space and engage with others professions. This time to discuss how to grapple with the same challenge: the growing impact of disinformation.
Our chart today of the week is out.
Our chart of the week looks at Pope Francis's papacy, during which the global Catholic population steadily grew, while the number of priests declined in several regions.
April 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Our chart today of the week is out.
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We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
Our latest story:
The effects on children of Israel's Gaza war - measured in milestones forever lost
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20... @thenationalnews.com
The effects on children of Israel's Gaza war - measured in milestones forever lost
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20... @thenationalnews.com
The effects on children of Israel's Gaza war - measured in milestones forever lost | The National
With more than 17,400 children known to have been killed to date, The National looks at precious moments of childhood lost forever
www.thenationalnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Our latest story:
The effects on children of Israel's Gaza war - measured in milestones forever lost
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20... @thenationalnews.com
The effects on children of Israel's Gaza war - measured in milestones forever lost
www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/20... @thenationalnews.com
‘One hint that we might just be stuck in a hype cycle is the proliferation of what you might call “second-order slop” or “slopaganda”: a tidal wave of newsletters and X threads expressing awe at every press release and product announcement.’
www.ft.com/content/2421...
www.ft.com/content/2421...
AI hype is drowning in slopaganda
Grifters gonna grift
www.ft.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
‘One hint that we might just be stuck in a hype cycle is the proliferation of what you might call “second-order slop” or “slopaganda”: a tidal wave of newsletters and X threads expressing awe at every press release and product announcement.’
www.ft.com/content/2421...
www.ft.com/content/2421...
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This was also the topic of conversation among many journalists from the US and elsewhere during the @journalismfestival.com last week.
Wiping devices, burner phones and contingency planning are all part of a very sudden new normal when it comes to visiting or returning as a journalist in the US.
Wiping devices, burner phones and contingency planning are all part of a very sudden new normal when it comes to visiting or returning as a journalist in the US.
Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China www.ft.com/content/20d0...
April 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
This was also the topic of conversation among many journalists from the US and elsewhere during the @journalismfestival.com last week.
Wiping devices, burner phones and contingency planning are all part of a very sudden new normal when it comes to visiting or returning as a journalist in the US.
Wiping devices, burner phones and contingency planning are all part of a very sudden new normal when it comes to visiting or returning as a journalist in the US.