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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@ayoub.bsky.social
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Hey y'all, will soon start an online class on Lebanese history and politics.
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Bookmark this one everyone
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Bookmark this one everyone
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I have also to say, again, shame on the UK Supreme Court. Whatever led us here, it is absolutely not its apolitical application of the law.
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
At least it's honest, right? Intrusive questioning of women who don't conform to norms about how they should look, and women then being banned if they tell their inquisitor to mind his own sodding business, has always been the logical end point for the patriarchal project that is TERFdom.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I have also to say, again, shame on the UK Supreme Court. Whatever led us here, it is absolutely not its apolitical application of the law.
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
Am increasingly with the very senior UK barrister who is telling her colleagues: "at least with the US Supreme Court you know what their politics are."
Sudanese comedian Muayad Jamal was arrested by UAE authorities for calling the RSF a militia. The RSF is the UAE-backed armed group committing genocide in Sudan
UAE authorities told him to “forget about the army”, as in the Sudanese army which is battling the RSF
www.instagram.com/reel/DRIR682...
UAE authorities told him to “forget about the army”, as in the Sudanese army which is battling the RSF
www.instagram.com/reel/DRIR682...
Walad Kosti on Instagram: "UAE resident arrested for criticizing the RSF militia
Sudanese Comedian Muayad Jamal was arrested by UAE security forces for calling the RSF militia, interrogated and was s...
20K likes, 864 comments - waladkosti on November 16, 2025: "UAE resident arrested for criticizing the RSF militia
Sudanese Comedian Muayad Jamal was arrested by UAE security forces for calling the RS...
www.instagram.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Sudanese comedian Muayad Jamal was arrested by UAE authorities for calling the RSF a militia. The RSF is the UAE-backed armed group committing genocide in Sudan
UAE authorities told him to “forget about the army”, as in the Sudanese army which is battling the RSF
www.instagram.com/reel/DRIR682...
UAE authorities told him to “forget about the army”, as in the Sudanese army which is battling the RSF
www.instagram.com/reel/DRIR682...
I described the so-called ceasefires as gaslighting campaigns, and gaslighting campaigns are a core part of Israel’s wars. The purpose of ‘ceasefires’ in the Israeli political mindset is to reduce media attention while continuing to destroy the very fabric of life in Gaza and Lebanon.
Netanyahu says the war is not over
My latest with comments from @ayoub.bsky.social @aburass.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
My latest with comments from @ayoub.bsky.social @aburass.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Despite ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, the war isn’t over for Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump has declared peace but Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza is not over.
www.aljazeera.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I described the so-called ceasefires as gaslighting campaigns, and gaslighting campaigns are a core part of Israel’s wars. The purpose of ‘ceasefires’ in the Israeli political mindset is to reduce media attention while continuing to destroy the very fabric of life in Gaza and Lebanon.
That in addition to the widespread use of mines, white phosphorus etc has been part of Israel’s arsenal for decades. That’s how ecocide is committed on a mass scale, and how large parts of where I’m from - Lebanon/Palestine - is rendered unliveable by the West’s favourite genocidal state
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
That in addition to the widespread use of mines, white phosphorus etc has been part of Israel’s arsenal for decades. That’s how ecocide is committed on a mass scale, and how large parts of where I’m from - Lebanon/Palestine - is rendered unliveable by the West’s favourite genocidal state
Reposted by elia ayoub
Netanyahu says the war is not over
My latest with comments from @ayoub.bsky.social @aburass.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
My latest with comments from @ayoub.bsky.social @aburass.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Despite ceasefires in Gaza and Lebanon, the war isn’t over for Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump has declared peace but Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu says the war on Gaza is not over.
www.aljazeera.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Netanyahu says the war is not over
My latest with comments from @ayoub.bsky.social @aburass.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
My latest with comments from @ayoub.bsky.social @aburass.bsky.social & Rob Geist Pinfold
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Israel has been using cluster bombs - which are banned - on Lebanon for decades. They used them in 2006 as well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest
Exclusive: Images are first indication that Israel has used cluster munitions in nearly 20 years
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Israel has been using cluster bombs - which are banned - on Lebanon for decades. They used them in 2006 as well.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Honestly think this could be worse for Trump than it is for MTG
let's see how that works for him
Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Honestly think this could be worse for Trump than it is for MTG
Mike Pence proudly celebrating Britain’s role in Christian Zionism, and note his religious use of ‘rebirth’ here.
Been repeating the same thing for years: Christian Zionism is by far the greater threat. It is also deeply antisemitic, starting from Balfour himself.
Been repeating the same thing for years: Christian Zionism is by far the greater threat. It is also deeply antisemitic, starting from Balfour himself.
November 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Mike Pence proudly celebrating Britain’s role in Christian Zionism, and note his religious use of ‘rebirth’ here.
Been repeating the same thing for years: Christian Zionism is by far the greater threat. It is also deeply antisemitic, starting from Balfour himself.
Been repeating the same thing for years: Christian Zionism is by far the greater threat. It is also deeply antisemitic, starting from Balfour himself.
Israel announced that they will bomb two villages in Southern Lebanon
That’s how they do it. They tell you that they will violate the ceasefire for the thousandth time, and there will be no consequences.
That’s how they do it. They tell you that they will violate the ceasefire for the thousandth time, and there will be no consequences.
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Israel announced that they will bomb two villages in Southern Lebanon
That’s how they do it. They tell you that they will violate the ceasefire for the thousandth time, and there will be no consequences.
That’s how they do it. They tell you that they will violate the ceasefire for the thousandth time, and there will be no consequences.
fuck yeah Scotland's back
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
fuck yeah Scotland's back
In other words, Trump is fine with doing the same to US journalists
Trump defends Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi:
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman... Things happen... He knew nothing about it."
A US intelligence report concluded that bin Salman personally "approved an operation" to "kill or capture" Khashoggi.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
In other words, Trump is fine with doing the same to US journalists
I will never get over how boring these people are. It's really like you get to a certain level of wealth and privilege and your brain breaks.
Corruption out in the open
Corruption out in the open
November 19, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I will never get over how boring these people are. It's really like you get to a certain level of wealth and privilege and your brain breaks.
Corruption out in the open
Corruption out in the open
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Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Iceland deems possible Atlantic current collapse a security risk
Iceland has designated the potential collapse of a major Atlantic Ocean current system a national security concern and an existential threat, enabling its government to strategize for worst-case scenarios, the country's climate minister told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Iceland Climate Minister Johannsson: "It is a direct threat to our national resilience and security. (This) is the first time a specific climate-related phenomenon has been formally brought before the National Security Council as a potential existential threat."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
We should check Richard Hanania‘s hard drive I’m sure we’ll find something
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
We should check Richard Hanania‘s hard drive I’m sure we’ll find something
How can you call yourself a true believer and calmly tell someone that they’re possessed by the devil? If you actually believed that you wouldn’t be calm around them. These people are so full of shit
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
How can you call yourself a true believer and calmly tell someone that they’re possessed by the devil? If you actually believed that you wouldn’t be calm around them. These people are so full of shit
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Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Israel just hit the largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, Ain al Hilweh, with missiles.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
It’s a dense camp with the presence of many Palestinian factions but also many civilians.
Reposted by elia ayoub
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
NEW: When Andrew Tate landed in the US, Customs & Border Protection seized his electronic devices. But @propublica.org found that a White House official told DHS to return the devices, emphasizing that the request came from the White House.
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
By @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Schapiro
The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation
Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
I’m sorry but any Labour MP not publicly denouncing Shabana Mahmood‘s disgusting proposal to turn asylum seekers’ lives into a living hell is complicit.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’m sorry but any Labour MP not publicly denouncing Shabana Mahmood‘s disgusting proposal to turn asylum seekers’ lives into a living hell is complicit.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
Fascists claim that the overtone window is destroyed, that they won.
Labour MPs now get to decide whether that’s true or not.
This is on you.
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It's also about serving the master so you can get your little share of white supremacist pie
To reiterate, this is about making life immeasurably more miserable and stressful for some of the most vulnerable people, in the almost certainly vain hope of winning over the votes of racists.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Anything more shabby and shameful is difficult to envisage.
Asylum in UK to be made temporary under Home Secretary’s plans
Shabana Mahmood will lay out reforms modelled on the Danish system on Monday.
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
It's also about serving the master so you can get your little share of white supremacist pie
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I am telling you once more that there is something particularly sick about people who benefited from the courageous activism of previous generations of Blacks & Asians in Britain spitting on that legacy. Home Office can cancel me any number of times, I'll keep repeating
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system
Ukrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.
If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I am telling you once more that there is something particularly sick about people who benefited from the courageous activism of previous generations of Blacks & Asians in Britain spitting on that legacy. Home Office can cancel me any number of times, I'll keep repeating
it's so nice that we depend on a handful of companies like cloudfare for the entire internet
sure feels like we need to do something about that pretty monumental design flaw
sure feels like we need to do something about that pretty monumental design flaw
November 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
it's so nice that we depend on a handful of companies like cloudfare for the entire internet
sure feels like we need to do something about that pretty monumental design flaw
sure feels like we need to do something about that pretty monumental design flaw
The irony here is that the more Labour continues on this anti-immigration path, the more authoritarianism grows while the economy worsens, the more British nationals leave the UK, the more the UK needs immigrants
In 2024 there were more British nationals leaving the UK than there are claiming asylum.
The asylum seeker numbers are from the Home Office website
The asylum seeker numbers are from the Home Office website
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The irony here is that the more Labour continues on this anti-immigration path, the more authoritarianism grows while the economy worsens, the more British nationals leave the UK, the more the UK needs immigrants
Sure seems like this should be a bigger story than it is.
Hundreds of Palestinians found themselves in South Africa. "Al-Majd", the org that flew them, pretends to be dedicated to helping Muslims when in fact it is a shadowy firm run by an Israeli named Tomer Janar Lind
archive.is/7n4IQ
Hundreds of Palestinians found themselves in South Africa. "Al-Majd", the org that flew them, pretends to be dedicated to helping Muslims when in fact it is a shadowy firm run by an Israeli named Tomer Janar Lind
archive.is/7n4IQ
November 18, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Sure seems like this should be a bigger story than it is.
Hundreds of Palestinians found themselves in South Africa. "Al-Majd", the org that flew them, pretends to be dedicated to helping Muslims when in fact it is a shadowy firm run by an Israeli named Tomer Janar Lind
archive.is/7n4IQ
Hundreds of Palestinians found themselves in South Africa. "Al-Majd", the org that flew them, pretends to be dedicated to helping Muslims when in fact it is a shadowy firm run by an Israeli named Tomer Janar Lind
archive.is/7n4IQ
