Notices by Mostafa Hussein Omar (moftasa@mastodon.online)

#UK: mother of jailed British writer Alaa Abdel Fattah to deliver copy of his book to No10 https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-mother-jailed-british-writer-alaa-abdel-fattah-deliver-copy-his-book-no10

#FreeAlaa #Egypt

No one is mentioning that Bluesky is becoming more popular compared to Fedi/Mastodon in the US because it is created by a US company and that it is very uncommon for Americans to embrace tech initiatives from outside their country. TikTok is the only exception.

Someone in Egypt is taking notes.

X blocks access to more than 100 journalist, activist accounts in Turkey

https://www.turkishminute.com/2024/10/24/x-block-access-to-more-than-100-journalist-activist-accounts-in-turkey/

The Queer Arab Glossary —A Review https://themarkaz.org/the-queer-arab-glossary-a-review/

The Guardian view on Israel’s booby-trap war: illegal and unacceptable

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/18/the-guardian-view-on-israels-booby-trap-war-and-unacceptable

Everyday there are news of hundreds dying from heat in cities on the tropic of cancer. Aswan, Makkah/Madinah, Delhi, Karachi.

Pakistan: More than 500 die in six days as heatwave grips country
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn05rz3w4x1o

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

Good morming. Dreamt that I had to solve a captcha to be able to wake up.

A US hospital fired an acclaimed nurse for talking about Gaza. Where’s the outrage? | Bhaskar Sunkara | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/06/hospital-fired-nurse-gaza-free-speech

NYU Langone doesn't like it when nurses are too compassionate.

#FreePalestine

Iranian President Raisi feared dead as helicopter wreckage found https://neuters.de/world/middle-east/hopes-fade-wreckage-found-helicopter-carrying-iranian-president-raisi-2024-05-20/

@aral particularly around elections time ... everyone around the world must 🤫

Google search is going to suck so hard with this new AI update. We need a new search engine for the web that is run by librarians like pubmed but not run by the US gov.

(DDG is Bing which is also rubbish. Please don't suggest Kagi, it is very expensive for people living outside developed countries. Also its results suck for anything outside software and technology. Marginalia is tiny and is very biased towards the anglosphere).

I look forward to updating apps installed with F-Droid. I get new bug fixes, improvements & features. I get a nice explanation of what changed. Sometimes it is great to see my tiny contribution (translation, finding a bug).

I hate updating apps that are installed through Google Play. Most keep getting bloated, change terms of service, change looks suddenly for no reason, add more advertising & tracking. They patronize me with their cute 'what's new' messages that say nothing valuable. #FOSS

Good morning Mastodon and happy Easter to those observing. Here is a beautiful red bottlebrush tree #callistemon for #Bloomscrolling

Google Books is full of AI rubbish now. I wonder if Google's Gemini is feeding on this.

@tokyo_0 if I understood you correctly, my understanding is that followers will continue to follow you on a new instance but your old posts will be gone. I've never migrated so this isn't first hand experience.

Guarding the entrance! #catsofmastodon

@HistoPol @hszakher Thank you for the context and explanation.

Can Palestinians participate in the Eurovision song contest? #eurovision2024

@hszakher Link to the letter:
https://www.creativecommunityforpeace.com/blog/2024/02/14/eurovisionccfp2024/