Salah Hamdoun
@shamdoun.bsky.social
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African Export-Import Bank broke ground on a $180 million Afreximbank African Trade Centre in Barbados, the first to be established by the bank outside Africa. It will be built in Bridgetown, Barbados’s capital.
March 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
African Export-Import Bank broke ground on a $180 million Afreximbank African Trade Centre in Barbados, the first to be established by the bank outside Africa. It will be built in Bridgetown, Barbados’s capital.
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A plea for students of the world to please stop using generative AI models
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A plea for students of the world to please stop using generative AI models
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"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
They Crashed the Economy in 2008. Now They’re Back and Bigger Than Ever.
Wall Street expects to sell more than $335 billion in asset-backed debt this year. Remember that conference in ‘The Big Short’? It just drew a record 10,000.
www.wsj.com
March 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Wall Street is once again creating and selling securities backed by everything—the more creative the better...Data-center bonds are backed by lease payments from companies that rent out computing capacity."
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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Climate change is worsening diabetes worldwide yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/02/clim...
Climate change is worsening diabetes worldwide » Yale Climate Connections
Heat waves exacerbate the danger of the disease.
yaleclimateconnections.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Climate change is worsening diabetes worldwide yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/02/clim...
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Great piece by @shamdoun.bsky.social
"Promising Futures: Risk, Rights, and the World Cup"
newcollege.asu.edu/global-human...
"Promising Futures: Risk, Rights, and the World Cup"
newcollege.asu.edu/global-human...
Promising Futures | New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences
newcollege.asu.edu
February 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Great piece by @shamdoun.bsky.social
"Promising Futures: Risk, Rights, and the World Cup"
newcollege.asu.edu/global-human...
"Promising Futures: Risk, Rights, and the World Cup"
newcollege.asu.edu/global-human...
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Bankers and policymakers simply don't understand that we risk a 50% GDP loss in our children's lifetimes due to #ClimateChange, because current economic climate models are not even "roughly right," but "precisely wrong."
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
Climate Change Could Cut the Economy in Half. We’re Not Ready for It.
A new study suggests global warming’s effect on GDP has been vastly underestimated. Will it finally break through the religion of infinite growth?
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Bankers and policymakers simply don't understand that we risk a 50% GDP loss in our children's lifetimes due to #ClimateChange, because current economic climate models are not even "roughly right," but "precisely wrong."
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
My latest for @newrepublic.com:
newrepublic.com/article/1905...
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We remember Patrice Lumumba because he gave hope to people around the world seeking emancipation from empire and capital. That's why the Progressive International marks Lumumba Day every 17 January.
January 17, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We remember Patrice Lumumba because he gave hope to people around the world seeking emancipation from empire and capital. That's why the Progressive International marks Lumumba Day every 17 January.
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Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
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The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California.
January 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The Palisades Fire from a a flight landing at LAX, approaching Santa Monica, California.
A good man
World leaders and politicians pay their respects to the U.S. president who brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize.
World leaders pay tribute to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
World leaders and politicians pay their respects to the U.S. president who brokered peace between Israel and Egypt and later received the Nobel Peace Prize.
buff.ly
December 30, 2024 at 3:34 AM
A good man
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Jimmy Carter’s populist instincts and passionate advocacy of human rights seemed a welcome response to the failure of the political establishment.
Jimmy Carter Was a Politician I Could Believe In
It’s easy to forget after so much time has passed, but his presidency began with great promise—one that still resonates today.
newrepublic.com
December 30, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Jimmy Carter’s populist instincts and passionate advocacy of human rights seemed a welcome response to the failure of the political establishment.
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“African countries have registered strong objections to the solar geoengineering agenda...Yet these concerns weren’t adequately recognized in the recent AGU panel..panelists made “vacuous assertions about the need to involve Global South countries.” #GeoEngineering www.eenews.net/articles/is-...
Is it time to talk seriously about geoengineering?
Advocates say there’s a growing ethical obligation for researchers to explore alternative solutions to climate change.
www.eenews.net
December 27, 2024 at 4:49 PM
“African countries have registered strong objections to the solar geoengineering agenda...Yet these concerns weren’t adequately recognized in the recent AGU panel..panelists made “vacuous assertions about the need to involve Global South countries.” #GeoEngineering www.eenews.net/articles/is-...
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If you were to write a piece on carbon removal at the end of 2024, would it be about billionaires investing in a "gold rush"?
Or about flight from a sector that has no clear and durable business model, in the face of decreasing climatetech funding and net-zero talk?
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...
Or about flight from a sector that has no clear and durable business model, in the face of decreasing climatetech funding and net-zero talk?
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...
Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush
Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2024 at 3:45 PM
If you were to write a piece on carbon removal at the end of 2024, would it be about billionaires investing in a "gold rush"?
Or about flight from a sector that has no clear and durable business model, in the face of decreasing climatetech funding and net-zero talk?
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...
Or about flight from a sector that has no clear and durable business model, in the face of decreasing climatetech funding and net-zero talk?
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/22/c...
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Every now and then I am reminded of this enduring tragedy that hasn't budged in nearly 40 years.
December 22, 2024 at 1:32 AM
Every now and then I am reminded of this enduring tragedy that hasn't budged in nearly 40 years.
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Good conversation on @crisisgroup.org podcast about potential US Africa policy under a second Trump administration, covering topics such as economic partnerships, regional conflicts, and the implications of a transactional foreign policy approach.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa-unite...
www.crisisgroup.org/africa-unite...
Trump in Africa | Crisis Group
This week on Hold Your Fire!, Richard speaks to Crisis Group’s Africa director Murithi Mutiga about how African leaders view Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the implications thereof for U.S. Africa policy and the continent’s crises.
www.crisisgroup.org
December 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Good conversation on @crisisgroup.org podcast about potential US Africa policy under a second Trump administration, covering topics such as economic partnerships, regional conflicts, and the implications of a transactional foreign policy approach.
www.crisisgroup.org/africa-unite...
www.crisisgroup.org/africa-unite...
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Researchers have long warned of the dangers of building relationships with chatbots. But an array of companies now offer AI companions to millions of people, who spend hours a day bonding with the tools.
AI friendships claim to cure loneliness. Some are ending in suicide.
Researchers have long warned of the dangers of building relationships with chatbots. But millions of people spend hours a day bonding with AI companions.
wapo.st
December 6, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Researchers have long warned of the dangers of building relationships with chatbots. But an array of companies now offer AI companions to millions of people, who spend hours a day bonding with the tools.
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Many of you shared this piece saying it’s great but didn’t explain just how great. Apart from being utterly absorbing, for this philosopher of science the story is a case study of values of anti-racism driving respect for facts and improving scholarship on purely epistemic terms. A privilege to read
December 3, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Many of you shared this piece saying it’s great but didn’t explain just how great. Apart from being utterly absorbing, for this philosopher of science the story is a case study of values of anti-racism driving respect for facts and improving scholarship on purely epistemic terms. A privilege to read
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“Chad’s move to cut military ties is a further repudiation of France in its former colonial sphere of influence. Military leaders who seized power in Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger on the back of widespread discontent over insecurity … have turned to Russia in varying degrees.”
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Chad ends defence pact with France
Likely withdrawal of troops marks further retrenchment of French role in fighting Islamist insurgents in Sahel
on.ft.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:43 AM
“Chad’s move to cut military ties is a further repudiation of France in its former colonial sphere of influence. Military leaders who seized power in Burkina Faso, Mali & Niger on the back of widespread discontent over insecurity … have turned to Russia in varying degrees.”
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on.ft.com/49bULFz
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".. During a radio interview Saturday .., Bessent said 'tariffs can’t be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up -- unless you give people more money -- then they have less money to spend on the other thing, so there is no inflation.'"
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
‘Huge relief.’ CEOs exhale after Trump taps Scott Bessent to lead Treasury | CNN Business
Hedge fund executive Scott Bessent survived an internal squabble over the role of Treasury secretary, a key position that will face almost immediate deadlines and pressures.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
".. During a radio interview Saturday .., Bessent said 'tariffs can’t be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up -- unless you give people more money -- then they have less money to spend on the other thing, so there is no inflation.'"
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
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The repeal of the 2015 anti-smuggling law was one of the more interesting things the military government in Niamey has done. This piece suggests that this may have made migrants safer by bringing transport activities back into the open.
Smuggling is back in the open in Niger. Are migrants safer?
After an anti-smuggling law was repealed, much of smuggling was decriminalised – research suggests migrants are safer
www.opendemocracy.net
November 26, 2024 at 9:28 PM
The repeal of the 2015 anti-smuggling law was one of the more interesting things the military government in Niamey has done. This piece suggests that this may have made migrants safer by bringing transport activities back into the open.
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Even if they weren't so deadly, climate change increasing the habitable area for mosquitoes is terrible because they are extremely annoying.
November 30, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Even if they weren't so deadly, climate change increasing the habitable area for mosquitoes is terrible because they are extremely annoying.
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Can you imagine how crazy the streets got when Ray Charles dropped “Hit the Road, Jack.”
November 30, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Can you imagine how crazy the streets got when Ray Charles dropped “Hit the Road, Jack.”
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Australia imposed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. But many details are still unclear, such as how it will be enforced. nyti.ms/3Zbp1vL
November 28, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Australia imposed a sweeping ban on social media for children under 16, one of the world’s most comprehensive measures aimed at safeguarding young people from potential hazards online. But many details are still unclear, such as how it will be enforced. nyti.ms/3Zbp1vL
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Any Chad watchers?
Why is Chad dropping military cooperation with France? Also up for any recommended reading, thank you.
Why is Chad dropping military cooperation with France? Also up for any recommended reading, thank you.
November 29, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Any Chad watchers?
Why is Chad dropping military cooperation with France? Also up for any recommended reading, thank you.
Why is Chad dropping military cooperation with France? Also up for any recommended reading, thank you.