Tauriq Moosa

We are blessed.

thank you, adding to list

Blatant human rights violations from this sick country.

Al is also changing how we communicate. With so little free time and so much pressure to be perfect, many who've never cooked a turkey might have a chatbot walk them through the steps, feeling safer asking "stupid questions" in private. People even report using Al conversation prompts to get lively discussions going at the table. Al can generate the toast, the prayer, the party games and the poem read before dessert.

This is so soulless, I can't stand it. We have BRAINS. We can USE THEM.

They were at J6 and will now be working for DHS

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I've never once come across a Semafor article until seeing the new delicious spat between Chotiner and Smith. I genuinely thought Semafor was some useless AI/tech company. Lmao

@allmalepanels · Congrats, you have an all male panel! Documenting all male panels, seminars, events, and various other things featuring all male experts. Please submit! Preferably photos and screenshots. Or links. Make sure it is an all male thing, if n...

OMG, I was just reminded there's a Tumblr page that is all about showcasing and calling out all male (esp all white male) panels. Should submit this.

(on my computer, typing to another guy who's also on the computer) Go outside nerd. Get off the computer

Isaac Chotiner: "You would have to be brain-dead to read this piece and not immediately wonder who is funding Semafor Gulf." Quote post of Ben Smith saying: "Fascinating @msergie piece on covering a monarchy" about a Semafor article on Saudi Arabia's crown prince Smith responds to Chotiner: "That's a hell of an allegation/implication, Isaac. To figure out the literal answer to your question, you'd either have to look and see who the sponsors are in the email (I haven't checked today!) or read our publicly disclosed list of investors. I believe you're trying to imply that it's the Saudi government? Have you read more of our coverage, or just this tweet? My impression — correct me if I'm wrong — is that you're working on zero information and smearing us in general, and an experienced journalist @msergie whose work I suspect you're totally unfamiliar with in particular." Chotiner responds:"I’m not making any allegation. I’m making a simple point about how an average reader—myself included—might respond after reading this ridiculous piece"

Ben Smith: "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge." Noah Kulwin: "The point is not about who funds your reporting/if your colleague is a “stooge”. Isaac’s comment is that the reporting is so bad so as to make a reader wonder who is funding it" Smith: A reader, sure. A journalist who can do very basic homework, kind of lame. Chotiner: "You are right, I’ll do some homework now by perusing Jay Solomon Semafor pieces, and reading Jason Greenblatt Semafor columns. In the meantime, I will formally say that I am making no accusation and was just astonished at how inane the piece was"

Chotiner quote-posts with "I see Semafor loves running column after column by this guy (https://semafor.com/author/faisal-j-abbas), who also publishes pro-Saudi conspiracies about the murder of Jamal Khashoggi https://arabnews.com/node/1386291" Ben Smith's post says "I hope I'm not overreacting, but it makes me crazy when people I think of as reporters do this "just asking questions" stuff. Feel free to report it out by googling/asking me/reading our various scoops and reports about the region — these two just now" and links to two Semafor articles

Chotiner quote posts Ben Smith: "You might have heard that the UAE is helping destroy Sudan, but at the next Semafor event, all is well." Screenshot says "Held at Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Semafor will spotlight insights from the Global Findex 2025 report and the Global Digital Connectivity Tracker, translating global research into actionable, locally relevant conversations. As the third stop on The Next 3 Billion Tour, this edition explores how the Gulf's growing investments in Africa can accelerate digital connectivity and financial inclusion. With Abu Dhabi's focus on sustainable finance, digital transformation, and cross-border collaboration, it offers a strong platform to examine how technology and capital can work together to expand access and opportunity." Ben Smith's post says "Just asking questions! Come on. You genuinely know better. Or read Mohammed's long career of work covering the Gulf and the Syrian war before you imply he's some kind of stooge."

A new kind of rapid Chotining. Please appreciate the alt-text.

I don't know what point these hearings ever seem to serve except for grandstanding but good lord this was cathartic to watch. Fuck that Fascist Barbie.

This is the weirdest apocalypse ever. Gilligan is a genius and Seehorn is amazing. Yay for lesbian protagonists.

It’s genius

OHHH WHAT THE FFFFF

I could never have guessed how perfect Gilligan’s (I presume?) choice of title was

“WE JUST WANT TO HELP, CAROL.” 😰😰😰😰

a cat is sitting on a couch and looking at the camera with its mouth open . ALT: a cat is sitting on a couch and looking at the camera with its mouth open .

Started PLURIBUS, having read nothing but the mysterious tagline.

My face during the first half hour

what's happening? I have seen so many responses today and I cannot figure out what's happening with Pritzker and... Star Wars?

omggggg

Good on Mamdani. Fuck illegal occupation and Israel's colonialist expansions. #FreePalestine

Lawyer question to my UK colleagues: What in terms of precedent constitute harassment? This seems an obvious example, I simply cannot see how the court reasoned UNLESS there's some stare decisis aspect I'm missing.

Judge literally prioritising age "discrimination" and fucking property rights over obvious hatred aimed at the most vulnerable minority group.

Welcome to the UK, where minors are blocked from accessing porn but it's perfectly legal for a grown man to shout about sissy hypno porn in a minors face.

holy crap

when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."

IG mr.funkys0ul

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.

This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Bolsonaro tested Brazil's democracy. Its Supreme Court stepped in | CNN Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat. On Saturday morning, those muscles tightened again.

"Brazilian democracy has spent the past three years in a near-permanent state of tension – a full-body clench against an ex-president who refused to accept defeat," writes Julia Vargas Jones. "On Saturday morning, those muscles tightened again." | Analysis https://cnn.it/48yLloX

PITTSBURGH'S Public Source Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh journalists return to their jobs at the Post-Gazette after three years on strike After a court ruling in their favor, long-striking journalists declared victory and returned to a pivotal Southwestern Pennsylvania newsroom. They return as union organizing continues throughout the region. Stephanie Strasburg November 24, 2025

Natalie Duleba, local secretary of the guild, hugs Jon Schleuss, president of the NewsGuild Communications of America, as she hands him the mic. "The first day of this strike, our folks went over across the street and they sat down at a table, and they started talking about that they were going to take care of each other," said Schleuss, acknowledging the guild could not have known how long the path back to work would be. (Photo by Stephanie Strasburg/Pittsburgh's Public Source)

This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...

a print of a large crow and three small crows at a seaside at night. a golden moon shines on the horizon

hello good morning here are some nice crows

shop.frankduffy.co.uk/product/moon... #art #printmaking #witchsky

Nigel Farage’s shifting answers on school-days racism claims – a timeline Reform UK leader’s responses to allegations of racist and antisemitic behaviour at Dulwich college have varied over time

How else is racism delivered than in "a hurtful or insulting way”?

So reassuring to see again how how easy it is for racists to forget their funny bantz from decades ago and dress it yup as schoolboy japes. Not so easy for those who suffer it

This timeline too:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...