Ghazi @curiousmind@qoto.org

Hey Mastodon users! This is my first post as I just opened my account migrating from @doctorpoe on twitter. I hope to find my old friends and make new ones among the mastodon conoscenti.

The peasants it is 🪓

Recommended read: #Wagner uprising is reckoning for #Putin ’s rule
https://wapo.st/44Arlh9
By the ever excellent Catherine Belton
No paywall

The further enshittification of Mark Zuckerberg. As if that were even possible. #nopaywall

https://wapo.st/46yUn2v

"Some people are users of #ai but the majority of the population is the *subject* of AI... This is not a matter of individual choice. Most of the ways that AI interpolates our life makes determinations that shape our access to resources to opportunity are made behind the scenes in ways we probably don’t even know."

- @Mer__edith

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/22/get-a-clue-says-panel-about-generative-ai-its-being-deployed-as-surveillance-devices/

"The Venn diagram of #AI concerns and #privacy concerns is a circle."

- @Mer__edith

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/22/get-a-clue-says-panel-about-generative-ai-its-being-deployed-as-surveillance-devices/

Worst. #Insurrection. Ever.

#Russia #Ukraine #WagnerPMC #Putin #Prigozhin #Moscow #Rostov #Shoigu #Gerasimov #Simpsons #ComicBookGuy

This meme is on topic once again.

#Russia #Ukraine #Wagner #Mendelssohn #Beethoven

Reuters has filed some images of #Wagner fighters in the southern Russian city of #Rostov-on-Don, which Wagner boss Yevgeny #Prigozhin says his forces now control.
Bbc live page:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-europe-66006142

37 people missing after boat capsizes between Tunisia and Lampedusa

Among those missing were seven women and a minor.

There needs to be a proper search effort for them.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/23/37-people-missing-after-boat-capsizes-between-tunisia-and-lampedusa

#tunisia #titan #rescue #boat #africa

#ElonMusk Silences #Tesla Critics By Deactivating #Twitter Accounts And Reaching Out To Their Employers.

What a total chump.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/im-nobody-calls-employer-elon-130514911.html

GISÈLE HALIMI : À L'INTERSECTION DES LUTTES https://video.blast-info.fr/videos/watch/a3096086-2a7b-4d25-a224-fcf2317b0983

Don’t worry, if GMail ever gets to be too abusive, we’ll just defederate from them!

Low Quality Facts, High Quality Cats.

The Origins of Conservatism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4CI2vk3ugk&list=PLJA_jUddXvY7v0VkYRbANnTnzkA_HMFtQ&index=12

"Shouldn’t pay-for-delay agreements be a clear antitrust violation? According to a group of plaintiffs that include prominent HIV/AIDS advocates, the answer is yes."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/pharmaceutical-generic-drugs-pay-for-delay/674410/

Barred
Broadcasts suspended
Freedom denied, silenced voices
Political unrest, justice denied
Scandal

#tunisia #opposition #conspiracy #media #freedom #cinquain #poetry

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/tunisian-judge-bars-broadcast-media-opposition-conspiracy-cases-2023-06-17/

A new map about Dead and Missing Migrants in the Mediterranean #RefugeesWelcome
👉 https://observablehq.com/@neocartocnrs/dead-and-missing-migrants