Farah

Please check out my new article published in Oxford Intersections on AI credit scoring practices and predatory solar home energy systems in Kenya. Appreciate your views, shares, and opinions 💚
(Happy to share copies if paywall restricted)

academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

Netherlands to return over 100 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria The Netherlands will return 119 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria which the country took during colonial times.

Some good news to lighten things up a bit. The Netherlands is returning over 100 of their Benin Bronzes to Nigeria. This can only be a win all around, and hopefully encourages other collectors/museums to repatriate as well 🏺

www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

tuxedo cat dressed up as an alien cat named glorp. text says luna glorp!!

she's just a little guy 👽👍

😂

Flame point cat under knitted scarf

Flame point cat under knitted scarf now yawning

I’m learning to knit 😸

A horrific image of a someone who seems to have his hands tied behind his back. A big cat (the predator kind, not the overfed pet kind) has jumped up at him and is devouring his face. Blood splashes on the floor.

For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard.

#MosaicMonday

As we come up on an especially bad couple of Blue Mondays, a reminder that January is also the hardest month in the year. Remember to take time out and give yourself compassion, breaks, and nice things wherever you can find them 🤍

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WE END AT 12AM EST SUNDAY NIGHT

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and remember, every dollar counts - even $1 towards these organizations goes a long way! come through and hang with us!

Why are they so much cuter unfilled

Among those hoping to buy #TikTok ahead of a ban looming on Jan. 19 is an organization connected to billionaire investor Frank McCourt, who once owned the Los Angeles Dodgers. #TikTokban #ByteDance TikTok video by nbcnews

US millionaires and billionaires are bidding for TikTok (without the algorithm) because it’s all about the value of the data and governing BIG SPEECH.

Technofascism has a few players, who buy up platforms like real estate, and call it the public good.

These guys…

www.tiktok.com/t/ZT21wUoQL/

I gave her pets from you Ryadge! Got some purrs

Cococcino is taking a break from her “work” to interrupt your feed to say hi, and she hopes you’re having a good Tuesday. This came with a miao but I didn’t catch it on time
#cats #academiccats

Former OpenAI Researcher Says the Company Broke Copyright Law Suchir Balaji helped gather and organize the enormous amounts of internet data used to train the startup’s ChatGPT chatbot.

Given that the @nytimes.com is suing @Openai, it's critical that we continue to lift up the voice of Suchir Balaji, a whistleblower who was found dead after going public alleging OpenAI's theft of copyright.

www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/t...

How Unauthorized Immigrants Help Finance Social Security Benefits (Gift Article) Undocumented workers often pay taxes that help fund programs like Social Security — even if they can’t collect from them in the future.

Double attacks on all vulnerable populations as we move in to an administration that is likely planning on simultaneously reducing social security and attacking exploited undocumented workers.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/b...

@zurcasi.bsky.social

Honoring lives lost in Altadena 🙏🏽

Happy birthday Cam love you!

Love this so much

pet portrait of my friend's cat chai! she's holding her banana catnip toy and her bright blue eyes are widened with excitement

raffle prize for @leye.bsky.social 🍌 this was so fun to do!!

Tulsa Massacre Was a ‘Coordinated, Military-Style Attack,’ Federal Report Says The Justice Department’s conclusion follows an investigation of the 1921 atrocity in Oklahoma in which up to 300 Black residents were killed.

“The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, in which a prosperous Black neighborhood in Oklahoma was destroyed and up to 300 people were killed, was not committed by an uncontrolled mob but was the result of “a coordinated, military-style attack” by white citizens.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/u...

This is messing with my brain. I mean I can kind of see a bunny, but a cat?

Wildfire climate connection Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change.

Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk:

www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

Great letter in today's Guardian. What sort of free speech is prevented by factchecking, Zuck?

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

Folks: please be diligent about not disseminating Ann Telnaes' cartoon in a way that she's not getting the clicks on it (until she says differently). Her IP matters now more than ever.

Make it go viral but make sure she benefits.

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

The look I get after 2 nights away from her 💔

I love her so much

Perfect baby

Sudden Loss of Undocumented Workers Threw Tech Supplier Into Upheaval (Gift Article) Jabil says it required “herculean efforts” to replace employees from a staffing agency. Other businesses are bracing for “an enforcement storm” under President-elect Trump.

Literally invisible labor

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...