shamjaff.bsky.social
Journalist. Berlin. Recently built a platform for journalism centered on Asia, Africa, and the Americas. gishty.com. There, I write different newsletters on what you missed from the “Global South”: (good) news and good literature.
👤 Joined on 27 May 2023
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@shamjaff.bsky.socialThe word "proxy" has become a catch-all reason to license a refusal to look at the reasons people have for doing what they are doing, by casting them as merely the agents for somebody else. Ukraine as a supposed proxy for NATO, Houthis for Iran, French lycéens for LFI. It is all so lazy and enraging
Show PostDie Zerstörung der Energiewende, das Festhalten am Verbrenner-Auto um jeden Preis, die stetige Preiserhöhung des Deutschlandtickets, die Demontage von Solidargemeinschaften zugunsten von Privatversicherungen: Nein, Leute, hört bitte auf, die Regierung als unfähig zu beschimpfen: Sie hat einen Plan!
Show PostMaybe everything follows the direction of the Earth's rotation 🤔
Show PostData centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). www.dispatch.com/story/opinio...
Show PostThe oft-cited claim that October 7, 2023 was the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust ignores the fact more Jews died in the Argentine military junta's Dirty War, due in part to the link between Jews and leftism. But accepting that would lead to a very different narrative of Jewish history.
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