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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This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This great thread makes a point I've been trying to convey for years. Calling all data-driven prediction or decision software "AI" is a huge gift to LLM hypemen, who want people to believe, incorrectly, that LLM data centers are crucial for solar forecasting or operating buildings and power grids.
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Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
November 21, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Omar El Akkad's One Day, Everyone will have Always Been Against This has won the National Book Award. This is a deserving, necessary win. His words need to be on all of our minds and in all of our hearts.
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
"When it mattered, who sided with justice and who sided with power?"
Not to talk about that country but this is such a funny example of a nice boy going into full Dealing With Uncle mode. When everyone knows Uncle is a rapist but Uncle just wants the youth to include him in their cricket discussions.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 22, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Not to talk about that country but this is such a funny example of a nice boy going into full Dealing With Uncle mode. When everyone knows Uncle is a rapist but Uncle just wants the youth to include him in their cricket discussions.
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The number of casualties or damage from the quake was not immediately clear. The epicentre of the #earthquake , which took place at a depth of about 10 km, was near Dhaka.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The number of casualties or damage from the quake was not immediately clear. The epicentre of the #earthquake , which took place at a depth of about 10 km, was near Dhaka.
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
Read more: scroll.in/latest/10887...
In further news of India's linguistic lynchings, a Marathi Mumbaikar was beaten up just because he spoke in Hindi on a local train. And he ended up killing himself because of the trauma. Demands for assimilation always end up policing their own.
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
Thrashed for not speaking in Marathi, teen student ends life | English Bombay Samachar
In a tragic incident highlighting rising linguistic tensions in Maharashtra, a 19-year-old college freshman took his own li
english.bombaysamachar.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
In further news of India's linguistic lynchings, a Marathi Mumbaikar was beaten up just because he spoke in Hindi on a local train. And he ended up killing himself because of the trauma. Demands for assimilation always end up policing their own.
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
english.bombaysamachar.com/top-news/arn...
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People going about their day struggling to make ends meet are finding their voice on social media in India. This may not be news in rich countries but in India, people like this often do not have the time nor gadgets to be able to do this.
theprint.in/ground-repor...
theprint.in/ground-repor...
An auto driver, trucker & delivery man. And India’s tryst with working-class influencers
On social media, painters, mason, construction workers, labourers, delivery boys, truck drivers are owning their work-lives unapologetically with swagger.
theprint.in
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
People going about their day struggling to make ends meet are finding their voice on social media in India. This may not be news in rich countries but in India, people like this often do not have the time nor gadgets to be able to do this.
theprint.in/ground-repor...
theprint.in/ground-repor...
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On Monday, the “Hope” Tournament took place in central Gaza, bringing together Palestinian amputee athletes for a football competition.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
On Monday, the “Hope” Tournament took place in central Gaza, bringing together Palestinian amputee athletes for a football competition.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
The event featured more than 50 adult male amputee athletes, along with 10 to 15 children of both genders.
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Why
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
#BREAKING | Israeli Knesset passed a law to forbidden the transfer of water and electricity to UNRWA offices
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Why
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
Why,
Why,
Is Israel still allowed to be in the UN?
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BREAKING: "Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Ecuador voters reject return of US military bases in referendum
Voters in Ecuador appeared to have rejected the return of US military bases according to early results of a Sunday referendum, in a damaging blow to President Daniel Noboa, who is friendly with Donald...
www.lemonde.fr
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
BREAKING: "Ecuadoran voters roundly rejected the return of US military bases to the country in a referendum on Sunday... in a major political blow to Trump-friendly President Daniel Noboa."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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The Times investigation on labour exploitation of Kenyans in the Gulf, facilitated by a companies owned by wealthy Kenyans including the President and his family, is on the front page of one of the local newspapers (and indeed the main topic of conversation in Kenya).
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The Times investigation on labour exploitation of Kenyans in the Gulf, facilitated by a companies owned by wealthy Kenyans including the President and his family, is on the front page of one of the local newspapers (and indeed the main topic of conversation in Kenya).
Does anyone want to slide into my DMs with better torrenting and pirating website links? I'm not finding some films and books I want at the usual places.
November 19, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Does anyone want to slide into my DMs with better torrenting and pirating website links? I'm not finding some films and books I want at the usual places.
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Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Watching disabled people around the world mourn Alice is a reminder of the good aspect of the internet. 30 years ago, few people outside of SF would ever have known Alice existed. I never would have met her. The internet connected us all. Let’s honor Alice’s memory by using that power and community.
My social media is wall-to-wall love for the incomparable Alice Wong, and I need more words. What captures sadness and/also affection for a community that knows what's been lost?
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Alice is the gold standard of what Twitter was when it was great - how you could just find these brilliant, remarkable people with the kind of voices that rarely get platformed or taken seriously, and hear about their lives in their own words without intruding on them or demanding emotional labor
Can someone help out with a non-paywall link? I can't wayback it for some reason.
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Can someone help out with a non-paywall link? I can't wayback it for some reason.
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this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
The official obits are rolling in. I hear the NYT mentions nothing about Alice Palestine support ofc. When she won her MacArthur, Alice got death threats from Zionists. They ruined her joy on a HUGE accomplishment. She told me the MacArthur ppl took down her personal statement & when she complained
November 16, 2025 at 6:05 AM
this is a very important part of her legacy, her support for Palestine. one of the things i will always remember is that one of Dr. Refaat Alareer’s last liked posts on Twitter before it turned into x and removed like history is a photo of Alice.
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India’s Coastal Cities Face Heavy Flooding Risk Due To Sea Level Rise
India’s Coastal Cities Face Heavy Flooding Risk Due To Sea Level Rise
Cities like Vishakhapatnam, Bhavnagar face a higher risk of their baseline sea level itself rising whereas extreme sea level will affect Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai in the future
www.indiaspend.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 PM
India’s Coastal Cities Face Heavy Flooding Risk Due To Sea Level Rise
Just a long informative collection of data about what's wrong. Who is going to fix it and how? No comment.
Indian Railways Is Under Strain. What’s Burdening Them?
Indian Railways Is Under Strain. What’s Burdening Them?
Despite high-speed trains and higher safety spending, Indian Railways continue to battle chronic delays. Data and experts point to aging infrastructure, poor maintenance, and congestion
www.indiaspend.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Just a long informative collection of data about what's wrong. Who is going to fix it and how? No comment.
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Only 10 Muslim MLAs were elected to the Bihar Assembly on Friday, the lowest since 1990.
scroll.in/latest/10885...
According to the 2022-’23 state caste survey, the Muslim community makes up 17.7% of Bihar’s 13.07 crore population.
#BiharElectionResult
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According to the 2022-’23 state caste survey, the Muslim community makes up 17.7% of Bihar’s 13.07 crore population.
#BiharElectionResult
November 15, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Only 10 Muslim MLAs were elected to the Bihar Assembly on Friday, the lowest since 1990.
scroll.in/latest/10885...
According to the 2022-’23 state caste survey, the Muslim community makes up 17.7% of Bihar’s 13.07 crore population.
#BiharElectionResult
scroll.in/latest/10885...
According to the 2022-’23 state caste survey, the Muslim community makes up 17.7% of Bihar’s 13.07 crore population.
#BiharElectionResult
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One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
November 15, 2025 at 12:34 PM
One way I have found to mourn someone is to set up a monthly sustaining donation to a mutual aid effort they cared about. If you can join me in honoring Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social with a sustaining donation today, please do. Thank you Alice, and I will not let the bastards grind me down.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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'the genocide is now called a ceasefire'
November 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
'the genocide is now called a ceasefire'
I learned a lot from Alice Wong. I'm sorry for everyone who loved her.
November 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I learned a lot from Alice Wong. I'm sorry for everyone who loved her.
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From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 AM
From her account on FB (text in alt tag).
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Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
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web.archive.org/web/20241122...
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Disability Visibility - Latest
Get the latest on Disability Visibility from Teen Vogue. Find articles, slideshows and more.
web.archive.org
November 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
web.archive.org/web/20241122...
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
Alice Wong's Teen Vogue articles were archived before their removal, for anyone looking.
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Sometimes during COP, we forget there is a real world out there. News from Groningen about a 3.4 magnitude earthquake. It's where Exxon and Shell extracted gas irresponsibly for decades and have now filed a case against the Dutch government for closing the gas field
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Sometimes during COP, we forget there is a real world out there. News from Groningen about a 3.4 magnitude earthquake. It's where Exxon and Shell extracted gas irresponsibly for decades and have now filed a case against the Dutch government for closing the gas field
www.reuters.com/business/env...
www.reuters.com/business/env...