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Opinion | This Is the Feeling of Losing a Country. I Know It Well.

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 22d

The feeling that I am on borrowed time in my own home is a familiar one.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 23d

“Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet.”

Nazis are coopting marches in Australia against migration & the rising cost of living. The next marches are in October.

www.theage.com.au/politics/vic...

‘Don’t mention Hitler and you’re sweet’: The great March for Australia deception

Anti-immigration rallies that have drawn tens of thousands of Australians are being secretly controlled by neo-Nazis – part of a co-ordinated “fraud on the public”.

www.theage.com.au

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 23d

valuable thread for those outside the trump bubble

Eric McDaniel @ericm.cd · 23d

I feel like more than any of the hundred+ Trump events I’ve watched, the Kirk memorial — an event notably not about Trump — was the most clarifying about his political movement.

The whole event was, save for his speech, was about faith and evangelizing.

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 28d

!!!

I can't get over Scottish slang. I only recently learned about a jobbie which was definitely NOT what I thought it might be.

'You're hurting Australia': Trump hits out at ABC journalist, flags Albanese meeting

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · 28d

"I'm going to tell him about you!"

President Trump tells ABC's John Lyons that he's gonna dob on him to Albo.

And if there's one thing Australians can't stand... it's a dobber

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Donald Trump takes aim at the ABC's Americas editor during an extraordinary exchange at the White House, as the president suggests he will meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese "very soon".

www.abc.net.au

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Sep 15

"the couple strangled the children while they were sleeping and submerged their heads in a bucket"

Then the father died by suicide, and mother was caught before she could The family was hounded over a medical debt.

So who killed who

www.thehindu.com/news/cities/...

After killing minor children, man ends life and wife rescued

Caught in a debt trap over the medical treatment of a man who became bedridden after a road accident four years ago, a couple killed their two minor children and decided to end their lives

www.thehindu.com

RSF and Avaaz launch international media operation: “At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Sep 1

“At the rate journalists are being killed in Gaza by the Israeli army, there will soon be no one left to keep you informed”

NPR is the most prominent US news organisation that has signed on

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Hundreds of media outlets, brought together by the campaigning platform Avaaz and Reporters Without Borders (RSF), are waging a campaign calling for the protection of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, ...

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 28

Devastating reporting by @NPR:

"Even Biden himself had to make calls negotiating what number of aid trucks would be let in from the border crossings...they appeared to be part of an Israeli strategy to bog the U.S. down in the details."

www.npr.org/2025/08/28/n...

The road to famine: How U.S. policy failed Palestinians in Gaza

As famine plagues Gaza, NPR exclusive reporting looks at the U.S. role in the humanitarian crisis. Many former officials NPR interviewed share a common refrain: Did we do enough to prevent this?

What if we just flooded the planet with cheap or even free solar panels?

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 27

Environmentalist Bill McKibben: just flood the world with solar power panels. Look at Pakistan, he says, where cheap panels coincided with tiktoc videos showing people how to jigger them -- and the equivalent of half the national grid went online last year

billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-modest-p...

A Modest Proposal

billmckibben.substack.com

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 26

Then AI came for OnlyFans. Fascinating piece from @restofworld.org's Michael Beltran

restofworld.org/2025/onlyfan...

A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over

Impersonators for OnlyFans models said their sales quotas are soaring, and once AI improves, they could be out of work.

restofworld.org

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 20

Powerful work by @propublica.org

“You think we’re arresting people now?” Homan said. “You wait.”

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We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

projects.propublica.org

Flooding kills hundreds in northwestern district of Pakistan

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 19

Flooding kills hundreds in Pakistan and environmentalists and residents ask: where were the warnings?

www.npr.org/2025/08/18/n...

Authorities say flooding from heavy rains have killed at least 270 people in a northwestern district of Pakistan.

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 15

We are living in a world where suffering is livestreamed and I cannot get over that.

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 15

@raji143.bsky.social Hello Dr. Raji, my name is Diaa Hadid, I'm an international correspondent for NPR and I'm based in Mumbai - also happen to be a Canberran! I am trying to reach you for a story on India-China relations. My email is [email protected] - would love to be in touch, thank you, Diaa

'We Wish to Honour Our Daughter Lost in Air India Crash With an Education Trust'

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 12

what kindness to emerge from such unfathomable pain. " If any child is able to study and do well in life, we would feel that Harpreet supported them."

www.thequint.com/my-report/ai...

AI 171 Ahmedabad Crash: Two months after losing 32-year-old Harpreet in the Air India crash, her family channels grief into hope, starting a trust to fund education for needy children, turning tragedy...

www.thequint.com

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 4

Truly a long shot but help me here: Hi India, all of you. Can anybody connect me to a doctor who does egg retrievals, also known as "pick ups" locally? Seeking doctors anywhere in India - thank you

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NPR @npr.org · Aug 4

Exclusive: The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.
By @rhersher.bsky.social

Why a NASA satellite that scientists and farmers rely on may be destroyed on purpose

The Trump administration has asked NASA staffers to draw up plans to end at least two satellite missions that measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, according to current and former NASA employees.

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Vincent Ni @nivincent.bsky.social · Jun 21

Of the many things banned by the #Taliban in #Afghanistan... chess? It's more than what you think... - by @diaahadid.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/06/21/n...

Of the many things banned by the Taliban in Afghanistan... chess?

The Taliban bans chess, saying it's anti-Islamic. Islam has long had a vexed relationship with chess, although Muslims historically helped spread the game

Lebanon mourns beloved artist Ziad Rahbani

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Aug 4

I loved Ziad Rahbani, so many of us did, for helping us find that funny, biting and sardonic voice that cut through the haze of Lebanese myths and lies about ourselves. Thank you Michael for this beautiful obit of an imperfect, shining man.

www.npr.org/2025/08/02/n...

Lebanon has lost one of its most beloved artists, the playwright and musician Ziad Rahbani.

Indian authorities begin investigating Air India crash in which 1 passenger survived

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Jun 14

India's deadliest aviation disaster in years comes as the country aims to be a global flight hub. Experts say safety standards must improve first - from fearlessly reporting problems to regulators, to enfocing airport safety rules. With Shweta Desai for @npr.org:

www.npr.org/2025/06/13/g...

India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau is investigating the crash with help from the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board. Authorities said Friday that the black box has been recovered.

'It's a ticking time bomb': Acid levels in Earth's oceans have already breached 'danger zone', study suggests

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Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Jun 13

imagine trying to explain to your grandkids that we poisoned and cooked the planet because it was a bit easier and made us more $$$ than not poisoning or cooking it

www.livescience.com/planet-earth...

Researchers have found that ocean acidification entered a "danger zone" in 2020, suggesting increased carbon dioxide levels have caused Earth to breach another planetary boundary.

www.livescience.com

Diaa Hadid @diaahadid.bsky.social · Jun 13

Apologies different James Elder!