elia ayoub
@ayoub.bsky.social
Authoritarianism, hauntology and alternative futurities. Writer, Journalist & Podcaster. Eng/Fr/Esp/It/ع
In Brighton, from Lebanon.
@thefirethesetimes.com / @thestartrekpod.bsky.social / https://hauntologies.net / @972mag.com / https://shado-mag.com
In Brighton, from Lebanon.
@thefirethesetimes.com / @thestartrekpod.bsky.social / https://hauntologies.net / @972mag.com / https://shado-mag.com
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elia ayoub
@ayoub.bsky.social
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Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
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: [email protected]
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: [email protected]
Signal: @ ayoub.02
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In 1982, UK post-punk band Killing Joke released a song called The Hum, seemingly about an endless droning sound that kept people silent and repressed at home or drew them outside to drive them insane and eventually kill them. A lot of people thought Killing Joke were nuts. Not quite, it seems.
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
In 1982, UK post-punk band Killing Joke released a song called The Hum, seemingly about an endless droning sound that kept people silent and repressed at home or drew them outside to drive them insane and eventually kill them. A lot of people thought Killing Joke were nuts. Not quite, it seems.
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I lived through this buzzing from hell as well, and let me tell you, it's PTSD that I can't recover from, even after almost 10 years out of the region. Fireworks, car engine popping, airplanes flying low, all these sounds break something in me and reminds me how much Israel screwed us up.
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I lived through this buzzing from hell as well, and let me tell you, it's PTSD that I can't recover from, even after almost 10 years out of the region. Fireworks, car engine popping, airplanes flying low, all these sounds break something in me and reminds me how much Israel screwed us up.
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
December 3, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In Lebanon. Can hear the Israeli drone constantly now. I’ve only been back for a day but folks here deal with it 24/7, for months. It’s psychological torture. You can even see it, just flying around. The Israelis want to let everyone know that they can kill whoever they want whenever they want.
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The same story over and over again. “The tech we’re creating is either so good it will change everything or so bad it will destroy everything.”
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The same story over and over again. “The tech we’re creating is either so good it will change everything or so bad it will destroy everything.”
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
And media outlets keep on publishing the exact same story.
Until the bubble bursts
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
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I know this art was picked cuz its GTA but boy howdy does it look like its suggesting a solution
Rockstar co-founder and former Grand Theft Auto writer Dan Houser has likened AI to mad cow disease, and claimed that humanity is being pulled in a direction “by a certain group of people who maybe aren't fully rounded humans.” https://bit.ly/4pDEfoN
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I know this art was picked cuz its GTA but boy howdy does it look like its suggesting a solution
Meme shared on Lebanese socials: The pope is leaving, tagging the IDF which will resume bombing
Contrasting Pope talking about peace with Avichay (IDF spokesperson) announcing the next strikes
Contrasting Pope talking about peace with Avichay (IDF spokesperson) announcing the next strikes
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Meme shared on Lebanese socials: The pope is leaving, tagging the IDF which will resume bombing
Contrasting Pope talking about peace with Avichay (IDF spokesperson) announcing the next strikes
Contrasting Pope talking about peace with Avichay (IDF spokesperson) announcing the next strikes
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Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hi everybody,
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
It's Black Friday, a big day for us at The Onion, since we rely almost entirely on your memberships.
Our goal for 2026? More print subscribers than the Washington Post.
This is, somehow, feasible.
So sign up! A year of print is $75 for the year today. Help us do a very funny thing.
Police stopped me at Gatwick airport. I saw my name on the paper (the only name lol). They took all my details, address in the UK and Lebanon, phone number and email.
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Police stopped me at Gatwick airport. I saw my name on the paper (the only name lol). They took all my details, address in the UK and Lebanon, phone number and email.
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
Police said that it was suspicious that I’m going to Lebanon as a Lebanese so I had to tell them my life story
They let me go
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This stunt had nothing to do with the Bible, it was entirely about pushing the envelope to see how easy it would be to get a public university to fire an instructor for not living according to Christian nationalist beliefs. Turns out it was really easy.
The TPUSA-OU student’s mother has been arguing with people on X about her daughter’s essay and here she is agreeing with anti-LGBTQ+ bigot Billboard Chris saying transgender people should be barred from becoming teachers or professors. Really fishing for that media gig.
December 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This stunt had nothing to do with the Bible, it was entirely about pushing the envelope to see how easy it would be to get a public university to fire an instructor for not living according to Christian nationalist beliefs. Turns out it was really easy.
Barbarians
The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Barbarians
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Listen. Lebanon is complicated. Like really complicated. But if you have any hope of understanding it's history and politics, its by attending elia's masterclass. I've followed his writings for over 10 years and he has one the most insightful, resourced, and intersectional understandings out there.
Here's a quick episode on what the upcoming class on Lebanon (starting Jan 2026) is about and how you can register
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Listen. Lebanon is complicated. Like really complicated. But if you have any hope of understanding it's history and politics, its by attending elia's masterclass. I've followed his writings for over 10 years and he has one the most insightful, resourced, and intersectional understandings out there.
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Please consider, if you are interested in MENA or want to learn more or if this is your field of study or pertinence, signing up for Elia's class. A superb voice who will teach you quite a bit.
Here's a quick episode on what the upcoming class on Lebanon (starting Jan 2026) is about and how you can register
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ZtP... (and on any other podcast app)
All details here too: thefirethesetimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
November 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Please consider, if you are interested in MENA or want to learn more or if this is your field of study or pertinence, signing up for Elia's class. A superb voice who will teach you quite a bit.
Learn about the hunger strikers fighting for the most basic of democratic rights in the UK, rights that are being quickly eroded by the Labour government
pca.st/episode/0b14...
pca.st/episode/0b14...
Palestine Action Prisoner Hunger Strikes, Elbit Systems and UK Complicity In Gaza (with Francesca)
pca.st
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Learn about the hunger strikers fighting for the most basic of democratic rights in the UK, rights that are being quickly eroded by the Labour government
pca.st/episode/0b14...
pca.st/episode/0b14...
Elections are 3+ years away, Greens are surging in the polls, and there are already elements of UK academia pre-emptively bending the knee to Reform, which is not even in power.
US unis that submitted still got screwed over. UK academia can choose to learn from that or get destroyed by fascism.
US unis that submitted still got screwed over. UK academia can choose to learn from that or get destroyed by fascism.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Elections are 3+ years away, Greens are surging in the polls, and there are already elements of UK academia pre-emptively bending the knee to Reform, which is not even in power.
US unis that submitted still got screwed over. UK academia can choose to learn from that or get destroyed by fascism.
US unis that submitted still got screwed over. UK academia can choose to learn from that or get destroyed by fascism.
I will never get over how the most mediocre men alive got so influential and wealthy. What a criminal system we live under.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I will never get over how the most mediocre men alive got so influential and wealthy. What a criminal system we live under.
Just discovered the Cockney Yiddish Podcast and I’m super excited
November 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just discovered the Cockney Yiddish Podcast and I’m super excited
To frame this as being overcome by sentiment (whatever that means) is disingenuous. It’s the same thing as arguing that ‘we’ need to be ‘realistic‘ when ‘we’ aren’t the ones paying the price for a ‘realism’ that is not, in fact, ‘objective’. It is riddled with ideology.
Starmer’s employment rights U-turn is an improvement, but should have been done long ago: @the-independent.com Editorial www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
To frame this as being overcome by sentiment (whatever that means) is disingenuous. It’s the same thing as arguing that ‘we’ need to be ‘realistic‘ when ‘we’ aren’t the ones paying the price for a ‘realism’ that is not, in fact, ‘objective’. It is riddled with ideology.
I can’t deal with the arrogance of it all. We are in serious trouble in this country and these two are wasting energy, attention and resources we cannot afford to waste.
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
Interviewer: Zarah Sultana is obviously another big voice in the party
Corbyn: Yes, she's here
Interviewer: Are you friends?
Corbyn: We're colleagues in parliament and we obviously communicate and we'll see each other tomorrow in the conference.
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
Corbyn: Yes, she's here
Interviewer: Are you friends?
Corbyn: We're colleagues in parliament and we obviously communicate and we'll see each other tomorrow in the conference.
news.sky.com/story/jeremy...
Jeremy Corbyn declines to call Zarah Sultana a friend as Your Party holds first conference
Ms Sultana had previously claimed she was being "sidelined" by a "sexist boys' club" within the fledgling party.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I can’t deal with the arrogance of it all. We are in serious trouble in this country and these two are wasting energy, attention and resources we cannot afford to waste.
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
Ppl need to get over Corbyn and move on. That party isn’t going anywhere.
I joined the Greens
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i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
November 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
i think we have to get off the defensive on immigration
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
it's not just necessary, it's good! - & the easier it is, the greater its benefits
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This was such a valuable conversation, encouraged me to remain active and hopeful (with bonus fiction recommendations as well)
loved this conversation and so appreciate the space for independent thought @thefirethesetimes.com has created
For episode 200 (!) of @thefirethesetimes.com, @danaelkurd.bsky.social and I sat down with the brilliant @astra.bsky.social and @naomiaklein.bsky.social to talk about the rise of end times fascism.
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) www.patreon.com/posts/132864...
On all podcast apps and Patreon (free) www.patreon.com/posts/132864...
July 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This was such a valuable conversation, encouraged me to remain active and hopeful (with bonus fiction recommendations as well)
I'm in this one folks! Check it out.
It's open-access, link at the top of the thread
It's open-access, link at the top of the thread
November 28, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I'm in this one folks! Check it out.
It's open-access, link at the top of the thread
It's open-access, link at the top of the thread
Under the Labour government,
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Under the Labour government,
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵