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Mobile revolution in the Middle East

“You won’t fool the children of the revolution.” Especially not if they’re Twittering away on their mobile phones.

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Khaled Diab’s tweet nothings

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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

By some coincidence of linguistic evolution, the English letter 'i' and the Arabic letter 'ع' both sound like the English and Arabic words for 👁

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08:10 · February 6, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

Liz Truss's article exonerating herself of all blame for her disastrous performance as PM has more words in it than she spoke while in office and would take longer to read than her term.

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21:17 · February 5, 2023
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Khaled Diab
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@DiabolicalIdea

Learning that spy balloons are still a thing is like finding out that an old actor you thought was long dead is actually alive and working. #ChineseSpyBalloon #USA #ChinaSpyBalloon

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10:45 · February 4, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

From the 17th to early 19th centuries, Britain possessed the "first effective universal social security system". "Every subject of the Crown was absolutely entitled... to community support when in need." A fascinating piece of forgotten history. ifs.org.uk/inequality/wp-…

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16:53 · February 3, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

"Don't believe them, Nour, when they tell you the regime changed... al-Sisi can never change. al-Sisi is everywhere." This uncovered scene from the 1980s play انت المطلوب (You have been summoned) is eerily prescient. Via @hossambahgat @pinocchiooo youtube.com/clip/Ugkx12Loe…

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08:13 · February 3, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

When I was at school, some teachers were worried about the use of calculators. How quaint and ancient that seems now. Today we have chat bots capable of writing essays and papers. #AI #artificalintelligence

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07:25 · February 3, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

The Biblical Adam and Eve myth is an early example of society blaming women for men's bad behaviour and has helped perpetuate this attitude. #women #sexism

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16:45 · February 2, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

If you want to know which major corporations are taking serious #ClimateAction and which are using vague net zero pledges to greenwash their images, we've got you covered. Register for the launch of the 2023 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor. #ClimateEmergency twitter.com/CarbonMrktWatc…

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14:16 · February 2, 2023
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Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

A thread summarising the unmitigated disaster of Brexit on the third anniversary of Britain's departure from the EU. twitter.com/hilarybennmp/s…

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18:37 · February 1, 2023
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Khaled Diab
Khaled Diab
@DiabolicalIdea

No wonder we call mimicking someone "apeing". The majority of humans can instinctively understand ape gestures, even without context, a new study reveals. This goes to show just how closely related we are to chimps and bonobos. npr.org/2023/01/26/115…

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16:34 · February 1, 2023
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