Notices by Elia Ayoub (he/him) (ayoub@spore.social)

Now on Patreon: Black anarchism, abolition and the radical tradition, with William C Anderson in conversation with Elia Ayoub for The Fire These Times - with a new introduction for Black History Month.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/black-history-w-121921370

This is not good: Apple ordered to open encrypted user accounts globally to UK spying. The secret order would give the UK access to encrypted backups belonging to any user — not just Brits.

https://www.theverge.com/news/608145/apple-uk-icloud-encrypted-backups-spying-snoopers-charter

Don’t let the worst people in our societies benefit from the Trump momentum. Even if they lose in the end they can cause a lot of suffering. We can minimize those. Any single life saved is worth it.

Protect trans kids from these ghouls.

Don’t cede any grounds anywhere to transphobia and racism. If you’re seeing this becoming normalised where you work or live resist it. I know there are caveats to this depending on how vulnerable you are, but apply this general rule.

Please don’t confuse Trump says or Trump wants with the US having the capacity to do the thing Trump says or wants. What he’s proposing is monstrous, but not surprising. It’s the logical next step of existing US policy, and it has a long track record of failing.

My worry isn’t even just the threat itself, but the pain and suffering he can cause even if it ultimately fails. Again, the US military has a long track record of failing to achieve its own stated goals, and this would be unlike anything they’ve ever tried.

My worry is basically that the US is unable to do anything effectively besides mass destruction. That’s the only thing the US state has been good at for a long time now. Them ‘failing’ in Gaza would still mean more widespread horrors.

In case this isn’t clear: Palestinians are not going anywhere. You’ve failed for a century to erase Palestinians and you will fail again.

The audio version of the above is available on hauntologies.net

Otherwise, it's out on Patreon tomorrow and on all public feeds this Friday

https://spore.social/@ayoub/113896723361692789

Scene featured in the text: the ex-comrades of the Lebanese Communist Party being interviewed

https://www.hauntologies.net/p/lebanons-lost-communist-future

Scene featured in the text: Ibrahim, former communist who joined #Hezbollah, talking to Maher Abi Samra

https://www.hauntologies.net/p/lebanons-lost-communist-future

#Lebanon

My latest: #Lebanon 's lost communist future, a look at Maher Abi Samra's 2011 film 'We Were Communists'

https://www.hauntologies.net/p/lebanons-lost-communist-future

Some extracts

Out this Tuesday on the Patreon, I ask what does it mean to lose the future? through an exploration of Maher Abi Samra's 'We Were Communists' (2011) about four men who were in the Lebanese Communist Party

https://www.patreon.com/fromtheperiphery

Also, yes I know it would probably be better for me to know how to use Linux, but I am actually dogshit at that stuff. Not saying it's a never for me. I just haven't found a way to make it work for me (I'm not as tech-savy as I might seem to some)

It annoys me so much I can only sound like I'm exaggerating when I talk about it. I find it f-ed up

I just recently decided I will make the existing tech I have work for me even if it means spending hours going through forums to figure out how to get older sh*t that worked way better than newer sh*t. It's incredible how much control over our own purchased products we have lost in 10-15 years.

I downloaded old iTunes. I'm struck by how much more customizable it is than Apple Music and the rest of it.

My iPod is also 17-year-old. 120GB. Works perfectly. Even got a Bluetooth adapter. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking. Just a durable, functional device. Enshittification is real.

The Israelis have already shot dead a child in Gaza. A sniper shot him dead in Rafah and then proceeded to shoot at a man who tried to drag the child's corpse away. I saw the video.

3 Palestinians have so far been killed, and 9 injured - since the 'ceasefire'.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/20/live-palestinian-prisoners-freed-by-israel-after-captives-released-in-gaza

The ADL:

You're a Palestinian who breathes? You're an antisemite

You're Elon Musk who Sieg Heil? "it's an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm"

@partnumber2 ok