Omair Ahmad
@omairahmad.bsky.social
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Saw the Montrose Beach Snowy Owl this morning!! 🪶
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Saw the Montrose Beach Snowy Owl this morning!! 🪶
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Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
Emissary of Night is writing about US-Palestinian relations and public opinion
I analyze and write about US Palestinian relations, among other things
buymeacoffee.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
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you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
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It seems Mr Pivariu is actually a former deputy head of Romanian military intelligence, which, I am sorry to say, completely undermines my trust in Romanian military intelligence.
Like if they were to claim that this object that pops up on radar over Transylvania is just a normal bat, I don’t know.
Like if they were to claim that this object that pops up on radar over Transylvania is just a normal bat, I don’t know.
Fake sources using my name keep cropping up.
Here, a former senior military official from Romania, Corneliu Pivariu, cites me in an article for Diplomat Magazine: diplomatmagazine.eu/2025/11/25/s...
It's entirely made up, presumably by his AI ghost writer. I haven’t written for Carnegie in years.
Here, a former senior military official from Romania, Corneliu Pivariu, cites me in an article for Diplomat Magazine: diplomatmagazine.eu/2025/11/25/s...
It's entirely made up, presumably by his AI ghost writer. I haven’t written for Carnegie in years.
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It seems Mr Pivariu is actually a former deputy head of Romanian military intelligence, which, I am sorry to say, completely undermines my trust in Romanian military intelligence.
Like if they were to claim that this object that pops up on radar over Transylvania is just a normal bat, I don’t know.
Like if they were to claim that this object that pops up on radar over Transylvania is just a normal bat, I don’t know.
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I can't get over this. In response to a kid committing suicide after talking to ChatGPT, OpenAI's response is literally "he prompted it wrong."
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
Sure sure you might say that my client's knife "caused" the victim to stop being able to pump blood to their brain, but Hume's 𝘌𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘺 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 really makes it clear that we should all have some reasonable doubt about the concept of "causation"
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
I can't get over this. In response to a kid committing suicide after talking to ChatGPT, OpenAI's response is literally "he prompted it wrong."
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
There's something profoundly broken in these people's hearts.
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Thoughts about the what the Ukraine negotiations tell us about the current administration’s foreign policy process — or lack thereof. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
The Trouble With Start-Up Diplomacy
The latest Ukraine initiative is a highlight reel of the administration's broken-down policymaking process
danieldrezner.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Thoughts about the what the Ukraine negotiations tell us about the current administration’s foreign policy process — or lack thereof. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/the-troubl...
Indian safety and prosperity is dependent on a rules-based order being undermined by US and Russian aggression, and India is stuck with the personalised foreign policy revolving on a man with a history of cowardice.
m.thewire.in/article/dipl...
m.thewire.in/article/dipl...
Modis Cowardice Is Only One of Indias Problems - The Wire
As Narendra Modi hides from Trump it is increasingly clear that a decade of personalised foreign relations has left India in the lurch.
m.thewire.in
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Indian safety and prosperity is dependent on a rules-based order being undermined by US and Russian aggression, and India is stuck with the personalised foreign policy revolving on a man with a history of cowardice.
m.thewire.in/article/dipl...
m.thewire.in/article/dipl...
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A photo of India, and of the world, in the 21st century.
‘Not a Maoist, just a tribal student’: Who is the protester in the viral India Gate photo?
According to the Kartavya Path FIR, Akshay E R used pepper spray on police officers. He is among the 22 now in judicial custody.
www.newslaundry.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
A photo of India, and of the world, in the 21st century.
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Did you know a "jiffy" is a real unit of time? Physicists define it as the time it takes light to travel a distance of one femtometre, which is a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre. This was my co-author's favourite fact she learned from working on "About Time". Read more in this interview:
About Time by Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers
We welcome co-authors Alom Shaha and Rebecca Struthers to the blog in an interview style format! Gain some insight into their work on About Time. Rebecca
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November 25, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Did you know a "jiffy" is a real unit of time? Physicists define it as the time it takes light to travel a distance of one femtometre, which is a millionth of a millionth of a millimetre. This was my co-author's favourite fact she learned from working on "About Time". Read more in this interview:
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Also you don’t get money from posting here. You lose money because you have to subscribe to paid newsletters because you’re mutuals.
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Also you don’t get money from posting here. You lose money because you have to subscribe to paid newsletters because you’re mutuals.
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The Hesgeth attack on Kelly reminds us of the time Saxby "student deferment" Chambliss (successfully) accused Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in Vietnam, of being unpatriotic and anti-constitutional.
A feature not a bug of the GOP.
A feature not a bug of the GOP.
Sen. Mark Kelly has released a statement.
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
"If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. I've given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies..."
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Hesgeth attack on Kelly reminds us of the time Saxby "student deferment" Chambliss (successfully) accused Max Cleland, who lost three limbs in Vietnam, of being unpatriotic and anti-constitutional.
A feature not a bug of the GOP.
A feature not a bug of the GOP.
"Indian security, safety and prosperity do not stop at our borders, since economics and natural disasters easily sweep past them. For a prosperous and secure India, we need a prosperous and secure world.
So far, we have done nothing."
thewire.in/diplomacy/mo...
So far, we have done nothing."
thewire.in/diplomacy/mo...
Modi's Cowardice Is Only One of India's Problems
As Narendra Modi hides from Trump it is increasingly clear that a decade of personalised foreign relations has left India in the lurch.
thewire.in
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"Indian security, safety and prosperity do not stop at our borders, since economics and natural disasters easily sweep past them. For a prosperous and secure India, we need a prosperous and secure world.
So far, we have done nothing."
thewire.in/diplomacy/mo...
So far, we have done nothing."
thewire.in/diplomacy/mo...
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A publication that critically examines foreign policy with the first principles of liberalism in mind, which is exceedingly rare
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
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November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
A publication that critically examines foreign policy with the first principles of liberalism in mind, which is exceedingly rare
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Remember when it was revealed that Israel's internal analysis concluded that the only way to reverse the disastrous plunge in Israel's standing was to fuel Islamophobia and portray Israel as the defender of the "West"?
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Remember when it was revealed that Israel's internal analysis concluded that the only way to reverse the disastrous plunge in Israel's standing was to fuel Islamophobia and portray Israel as the defender of the "West"?
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
Well, here you have it. Melanie Phillips' speech in NY.
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My great uncle ran this theater before he passed last year. What small minded fascists
Israel’s National Security Minister Ben-Gvir ordered that a performance by children in the Palestinian National Theatre be raided and closed down just before the children were due to perform.
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 AM
My great uncle ran this theater before he passed last year. What small minded fascists
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Check out my latest piece for @csohate.bsky.social on how the cauliflower meme, a coded call for promoting anti-Muslim violence among the fringe trad movement, has increasingly become adopted by politicians.
A fringe “cauliflower” meme used as a coded call for anti-Muslim violence and once limited to online extremist spaces is now showing up in India’s political mainstream.
More: www.csohate.org/2025/11/21/i...
More: www.csohate.org/2025/11/21/i...
The Dangerous Rise of India’s 'Cauliflower' Meme
A fringe meme celebrating anti-Muslim violence has entered India’s political mainstream. Its spread shows how coded hate travels from extremist subcultures to national leaders, normalizing dangerous s...
www.csohate.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Check out my latest piece for @csohate.bsky.social on how the cauliflower meme, a coded call for promoting anti-Muslim violence among the fringe trad movement, has increasingly become adopted by politicians.
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You know how the news is weird lately. I see your nonsense and raise you this: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
2 Texas Men Plotted Coup of Haitian Island to Enslave Women and Children, U.S. Says
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
You know how the news is weird lately. I see your nonsense and raise you this: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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At least 1004 Palestinians killed in the West Bank since US-backed Israeli forces & settlers began escalating violence after 10/7/2023, B’Tselem reports. 217 were children. Several were US citizens.
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At least 1004 Palestinians killed in the West Bank since US-backed Israeli forces & settlers began escalating violence after 10/7/2023, B’Tselem reports. 217 were children. Several were US citizens.
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
“In the 21 cases where settlers killed Palestinians, not a single perpetrator has been convicted”
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
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Here’s the real reason Trump went gaga for Zohran 😍
November 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Here’s the real reason Trump went gaga for Zohran 😍
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THIS
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 23, 2025 at 1:35 AM
THIS
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"It's difficult to think in celebratory terms when I have spent two years seeing what shrapnel does to a child's body. It's difficult to think in celebratory terms when I know that my tax money is doing this."
- Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award
- Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award
Omar El Akkad spoke after winning the 2025 National Book Award for nonfiction for “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” his book on the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. He accepted the award at a gala in New York City this week.
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"It's difficult to think in celebratory terms when I have spent two years seeing what shrapnel does to a child's body. It's difficult to think in celebratory terms when I know that my tax money is doing this."
- Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award
- Omar El Akkad, winner of the 2025 National Book Award