Showing posts with label Arwa Mahdawi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Arwa Mahdawi. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

"Perhaps I should be terrified by this announcement from a man who, for all his sins, knows a thing or two about technology. But I’m sick of hearing about the hypothetical dangers of AI when the technology is being used to kill people today. Gates may not be directly involved in Microsoft any more, but, rather than making prophecies about the future, I’d love to hear what he thinks about the company’s role in the AI-enabled destruction of Gaza." Arwa Mahdawi

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Bill Gates thinks AI could kill a billion people – but can we trust his judgment after Epstein? Arwa Mahdawi in The Guardian    He knows a ...
Thursday, September 3, 2026

Ben-Gvir did not come into power in a vacuum: he was helped into his position by an international community that has afforded Israel complete impunity

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Arwa Mahdawi Ben-Gvir posts Palestinians on conveyor belts to detention camps. The world is silent Arwa Mahdawi Thu 3 Sep 2026 06.00 EDT L e...
Saturday, August 29, 2026

The rebranding of ‘Lake America’ is Trump’s desperate attempt to distract us. Ignore Iran, the Epstein files, and your wallet – not to mention Trump’s plummeting approval ratings

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Arwa Mahdawi   As well as being a distraction, this pathetic maneuver is supposed to be a middle finger to Canada.’ Photograph: Al Drago/Po...
Sunday, August 23, 2026

Israel launches an ‘investigation’ into killing of Hind Rajab

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In January 2024, 335 bullets were fired into a car containing five-year-old Hind and six of her family members in Gaza. When paramedics c...
Friday, June 5, 2026

"... Propaganda has proliferated: Israel has quintupled its PR budget to $730m to take control of the narrative. Criticizing Israel can now stop you from getting a green card in the US and, it would seem from the Piker decision, a visa to the UK. Despite all this, however, more people are coming to understand that what is happening to Palestinians is not complex; it is fundamentally wrong."

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Why is Hasan Piker ‘not conducive to the public good’? Because on Gaza, we punish the witness, not the crime Arwa Mahdawi The UK has banned...
Wednesday, June 3, 2026

"Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs. Even for nonbelievers like me, the pope has become a reassuring – and all too rare – voice of moral clarity " - Arwa Mahdawi in the Guardian

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‘He is still a mere mortal, he is not perfect, but he is proving to be a much-needed force for good.’ Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters   Op...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

"Given the way things are going in the US, corporations seem to have more freedom of speech than university students. And it might not be long before datacenters have more rights than women."

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  The Week in Patriarchy   AI (artificial intelligence) Pity the poor AI datacenters facing ‘discrimination’ The centers are diverting much-...