Ismail Lagardien

The first of what we can hope will be many legal victories for the music industry in its fight against the AI pirates. A Munich court ruled that OpenAI had breached copyright law and was liable to be sued for damages for appropriating content without authorisation.

Eberechi Eze flatters to deceive. He was bought on sentiment. In the Arsenal squad he is much more about performativity. Ethan brings much more on the field. Against Sunderland Arteta should have replaced Eze with Nwaneri after the break.

USA leadership has been in decline for at least the past two decades. Trump is a symptom of that, and a quite awful attempt at stalling… you do have a military so I expect you will go to war at least once or twice in the next decade or so.

“Growth” of an economy takes months to expand or slow down. It began when Trump took office, and did not suddenly happen. Stephanopoulos should have pushed back.

YouTube video by Prospect Magazine Yanis Varoufakis on Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1

On Mamdani, Tommy Robinson and resisting fascism | The Prospect Podcast: Part 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf7H...

I actually think Eze flatters to deceive. We get more from Ethan, than we do from him.

Instead of Mosquera he should have pulled Exe for Ethan Nwaneri. I must say that Sunderland have, so far, been the most exciting club we have faced this season. Never mind the two decks of five defence.

Silence over Sudan: why do Manchester City’s owners get away with so much? Two midweek matches in England had a backdrop of war and geopolitics, but only one drew large protests

This comparison is in danger of 'whatabouttery' but I do find it interesting why we link sport to politics so selectively www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Turkey issues genocide arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu Israeli PM, ministers and army chief accused of crimes against humanity ‘perpetrated systematically’ in Gaza

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.

@wired.com #ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...

India’s World Cup win can set a new world order in women’s cricket – if it spends money wisely | Raf Nicholson India would do well to remember that Australia’s domination was based on building from the grassroots up

www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/n... #india #ICC #womenscricket #worldcup

Smriti Mandhana nominated for ICC Player of the Month Smriti Mandhana nominated for ICC Player of the Month after stellar performances in India's Women's ODI World Cup victory.

www.thehindu.com/sport/cricke...

Capital and Investment (profit-making) as basis for belonging. 'kin'ell 😇 Always enjoy @bfmradio.bsky.social and Kam Raslan's podcast. This week it threw up something curious.... #Malaysia #profit #capital #investment #belonging www.ilagardien.com/2025/11/06/l...

Blumenthal: We’re going to continue finding more of the ballroom donors who evidently didn’t want their names revealed. And let me name them: BlackRock, Susquehanna International, Nvidia, OpenAI, Vantive, and Extremity Care.

And so, we will use every possible resource to expose this corruption to

The Tourist Gaze.... www.ilagardien.com/2025/11/03/t... #tourism #touristgaze #photography #exotic #fetish #kwazulunatal #SouthAfrica

'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands <article data-history-node-id="430941" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Naim Abu Amra's land in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah used to be covered with greenhouses.</p> <p>On the 11-dunam&nbsp;(one hectare) stretch of land east of Abu Holi, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;farmer&nbsp;grew tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and&nbsp;courgettes, with some seasonal rotations of eggplants and leafy vegetables to keep the soil healthy.</p> <p>But after Israel's genocidal war&nbsp;began in October 2023, everything changed. The entire area was declared a "no-go zone".&nbsp;His greenhouses were destroyed, irrigation pipes torn apart and the well filled with sand and debris.</p> <p>"Military bulldozers levelled the land to bare soil; even the plastic and metal structures melted under the bombing," Abu Amra told Middle East Eye.</p> <p>His once-thriving fields were left unusable, covered in rubble and littered with unexploded ordnance.</p> <p>The two-year onslaught has rendered over 95 percent of Gaza's agricultural land inaccessible, according to a&nbsp;<a href="https://openknowledge.fao.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/c4be554e-170f-413e-ae57-f77030be8d09/content" target="_blank">joint assessment</a>&nbsp;in July by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT).</p> <p>The data revealed that, as of May, 80 percent of Gaza's cropland was damaged, while 77.8 percent of that land is now inaccessible to farmers.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands">'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>

'Almost wiped out': Israeli restrictions stifle recovery of Gaza's farmlands - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/almost-wiped-out-israeli-restrictions-stifle-recovery-gazas-farmlands

Le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature en 1986, voit son visa américain annulé Le dramaturge avait récemment comparé le président américain Donald Trump à l’ex-dictateur ougandais Idi Amin Dada, au pouvoir entre 1971 et 1979.

Le Nigérian Wole Soyinka, prix Nobel de littérature en 1986, voit son visa américain annulé

YouTube video by Sky Sports Premier League Bukayo Saka surprises school kids! | “Seeing the kids react like that is amazing” ❤️

What's not to love! www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFI2...

ISMAIL LAGARDIEN: Japanese militarism resurfaces where once it conquered Tokyo is stepping up efforts to reshape Southeast Asia’s security landscape

Japan has gone from outsourcing war (behind a fig leaf of pacifism) to returning to overt resumption of militarism www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025... #Japan #militarism #war

I was so critical of Heskey at Liverpool. I thought he should score score score until a scouser fan sat me down and explained how hard he worked and how effective his work was. Sure I would like gyokores to score, but patience…. Rate him higher than Jesus.

CHRIS ROPER: Behind the US’s fading passport power The country’s drop in visa-free travel rankings can be seen as an indication of how its standing has fallen in the eyes of the world

the old Gabonese passport was embossed with a round, golden image of a woman breastfeeding her child. ... one can only imagine what sort of culture shock the beleaguered guardians of the US’s borders at immigration must have endured. www.financialmail.businessday.co.za/fm/features/...

a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it ALT: a close up of a person 's face with the words " the horror , the horror " written below it

I’ve been writing for years. Now, I’m extending my work to TikTok. I’ve been messing around on the platform (very few serious posts)…. Until now. Please follow me vt.tiktok.com/ZSUwdMSN6/@i...

I have the bug. I write for a living and have avoided ChatGpt and others… just used it and said “thank you”. They really are messing with our brains and sensibilities!!!! #ai #algorithm #chatgpt

HENRY!!! This has been on my mind (sarcastically/sardonically) for several days! Apologies for caps ;-)

Our choices surely reflect our values.... That is my mangle of JPS's on joining the Resistance.

Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew

Now this. @philippeauclair.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...?

Apart from the game being unwatchable, the militarism, symbols of national pride and the gluttony (Mr Creosote has a private box) at baseball and gridiron football in the US, the spectacle, always made me uncomfortable. I want to add "badly-dressed people" but that would reveal my snobbery.

Will Hamas really relinquish control in Gaza? Hamas is diminished but far from spent - Israel may have to deal with it for some time to come

More BBC (BBCNN) propaganda. www.bbc.com/news/article...

AND they're using a Volvo!!!