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A class action lawsuit by investors accuses Elon Musk of a “deliberate course of carnival barking, market manipulation and insider trading” when it came to the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. This manipulative behaviour is something I warned about at the time. theguardian.com/technology/20… twitter.com/DiabolicalIdea…

16:08 · June 2, 2023

Carbon Market Watch

@CarbonMrktWatch

Are you an expert in EU policy and passionate about the climate? You could be the next member of our dynamic and versatile team. Deadline for applications: 25 June More info: carbonmarketwatch.org/about/j… pic.twitter.com/eJfrm64MEm

15:32 · June 2, 2023 ·

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Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Those who burn their tongues on the soup, blow into the yoghurt. This has to count as one of my favourite (Egyptian) Arabic expressions.

10:59 · June 2, 2023

Hassan I. Hassan

@hxhassan

So nice to read this about one of the finest essays @newlinesmag has run. newlinesmag.com/essays/the-gi… twitter.com/diabolicalidea… pic.twitter.com/vEQ8rO85Zl

21:01 · May 31, 2023 ·

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Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

"It’s not lost on me that I learned about Hedwig Klein from an Arab writer.... and through his courage I received the gift of Hedwig’s story" My essay about the persecuted Arabist Hedwig Klein and resonated with a Jewish woman unaware of the the Nazi roots of her trusty Hans Wehr twitter.com/tabletmag/stat…

19:52 · May 31, 2023

jai krishna

@greensparker

I guess so, in the colour conscious India,most of the villains in movies are dark and unfair. twitter.com/DiabolicalIdea…

15:36 · May 27, 2023 ·

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Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

If having pale features makes you fair, does being dark mean you are unfair?

10:25 · May 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The family of Sanda Dia, the black student who died in a cruel initiation ritual, only received partial justice. The fraternity students who forced Dia to perform degrading and dangerous rituals were only sentenced to 300 hours community service #SandaDia theguardian.com/world/2023/ma…

08:11 · May 27, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The idea that European Council President Charles Michel can offset his frequent private jet use is a flight of fancy. If @CharlesMichel is serious about reducing his carbon footprint, he can: * Stop using private jets * Fly economy class * Fly less carbonmarketwatch.org/flights… twitter.com/pgreenfielduk/…

09:19 · May 26, 2023

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

The English so enjoy standing in line that they line up a string of unnecessary letters to spell out the monosyllabic word 'queue', when they could so easily just write 'q'.

15:38 · May 25, 2023

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