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Elly Rostoum

@ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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Linguist | Writer | Professor 📚 All things #China #AI #NatSec #SupplyChains | Taking down bullies since 2000,"now & in the future." #ردّي_الزمر_لمّو🔥 |⚽️🏀🎾 👩🏻‍🏫: www.EllyRostoum.com | www.BullDragon.org ☕: buymeacoffee.com/ellyrostoum

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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
This summer, I taught one of my favorite courses: #China's Impact on Global #Security. My last assignment is asking students to reflect on how their views have changed since the beginning of the semester. This is how one my students ended their reflection👇🏻 🥹 🙏🏻 💕
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
My @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social's #NatSec & #EmergingTech Practicum students, remember the #targeting exercise we did during my lecture on @anthropic.com's #Claude, #AI and #surveillance? From our favorite *target*👇🕵️😉
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Let us recall high school chemistry, and remember that this is #distillation👇 Chinese people are smart - with or without us. Let's win by outcompeting them. #China #AI
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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From Silicon Valley to DC, the tech world is suddenly obsessed with one concept in AI: Distillation
Distillation has long been a topic for AI wonks, but it's become a hot-button issue of late as techies and lawmakers debate how it should be regulated.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
I am biased, but hackers (followed closely by nuns) are my favorite people.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 10/07/2026
Who Watches the Watchers? America’s Privacy Bargain Unravels | “The US is discovering its privacy framework retroactively, case by case, sometimes strengthening it and sometimes gutting its foundations.” @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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Who Watches the Watchers? America's Privacy Bargain Unravels
The Supreme Court narrowed government surveillance of Americans’ personal data while stripping away a check on the president's power.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
For decades, US #exportcontrols targeted foreign rivals. Now they've been used on a homegrown company — @anthropic.com. What's missing is a clear, predictable process for how #AI models get vetted and released — not an ad hoc kill switch pulled with a 90-minute ultimatum👇 cepa.org/article/us-a...
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US AI Export Controls Miss Target
Washington banned foreigners from the most advanced artificial intelligence models —kneecapping the defenders it was claiming to protect.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
1891: Pope Leo XIII wrote Rerum Novarum to tame industrial #capitalism — and nation-states could actually enforce it. 2026: Pope Leo XIV wants to tame #AI & has an unlikely ally in @anthropic.com Can global governance catch up? My take 👇 cepa.org/article/ai-c...
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AI Confesses Without Penance
Pope Leo XIV wants to tame the dangers of artificial intelligence. He has unlikely allies.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
#Compute is the binding constraint on #frontierAI. The key policy levers are energy permitting, #grid & transmission buildout, advanced chip packaging, HBM #supplychains & the export controls that shape access to the world's most capable systems. More of my analysis here👇 cepa.org/article/comp...
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Compute: AI Bubble or Bottleneck?
The artificial intelligence boom must overcome supply shortages to increase computing power — in both the US and China.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
My take on AI breaking #cyber 👇 #Mythos underlines an unresolved security dilemma: restricting powerful models may be just as dangerous as releasing them. USG wants control. OpenAI wants speed. AnthropicAI wants caution. Mythos is exposing the gaps in #AI governance." cepa.org/article/what...
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What’s the Best Way to Defend Against AI Hacking?
Mythos underlines an unresolved security dilemma: restricting powerful models may be just as dangerous as releasing them.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Look what @anthropic.com's Claude said about me....hahaha For the record, I'd sit with my anxious, stressed out students any day of the week and twice on Sunday! 👩🏻‍🏫
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 01/05/2026
Setting AI Rules of Engagement | “Governments are struggling to form a coherent approach to an emerging, powerful technology that they cannot do without.” @ellyrostoum.bsky.social cepa.org/article/setting-ai-rules-o…
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Setting AI Rules of Engagement
Governments are struggling with outdated tactics to assert control over frontier AI models, at home and abroad.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
My take on labeling #Anthropic a #supplychain risk: "The focus must be on whether #AI systems should be deployed for #masssurveillance or #autonomousweapons. Competing w/ #China is an urgent priority. But the pressure cannot lead us to abandon democratic values." cepa.org/article/sett...
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Setting AI Rules of Engagement
Governments are struggling with outdated tactics to assert control over frontier AI models, at home and abroad.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Me yesterday trying to explain LeCun's vision of #AI to my @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social students👇 We voted on which approach is better, LeCun's or the "American model." 11:3 in favor of LeCun! (On the side with the electrons is me trying to explain mechanics of #quantum #encryption)
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
My take on #BIOSECURE👇@cepa.org "The BIOSECURE Act reclassifies human biological data as a strategic asset and a #nationalsecurity priority. But it didn't establish personal ownership of #genetic data. Who owns biological data? The state, the company, or the person?" #China cepa.org/article/the-...
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The New National Security Risk: Biotech
Both the US and Europe are embedding biotech data into national security policy.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 09/04/2026
The Battle Over AI Warfare and Surveillance | Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon underlines how artificial intelligence is transforming surveillance and national security. @ellyrostoum.bsky.social cepa.org/article/the-battle-over-ai…
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The Battle Over AI Warfare and Surveillance
Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon underlines how artificial intelligence is transforming surveillance and national security.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
" #AI exponentially expands the possibility of mass #surveillance. Linguists & experts are finite resources. The scarcity disciplines the scope of surveillance. AI reduces that restraint. As it becomes more integrated, the human role may narrow from judgment to oversight, to exception handling."
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 30/03/2026
Who Owns America’s Tech Future? | “The danger is no longer limited to supply chains or manufacturing capacity. It extends to strategic military capabilities.” @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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Who Owns America's Tech Future?
A surge of foreign investment in US tech raises tough questions about supply chain security.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
A must read from me on FDI in 🇺🇸👇 "The US is effectively outsourcing portions of military technological development to venture-backed firms whose capitalization depends on global investors, even as policymakers frame technological competition in increasingly national terms." cepa.org/article/who-...
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Who Owns America’s Tech Future?
A surge of foreign investment in US tech raises tough questions about supply chain security.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
My take on export controls 👇 "The tension between the White House & Congress is a defining feature of US #tech policy. And the Supreme Court's ruling constraining sweeping #tariffs will force a reevaluation of #exportcontrols." US Chips and #China: a Confusing Cocktail cepa.org/article/us-c...
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US Capitulation on Ukraine Will Bring Another War
The Congressional debate on the National Security Supplemental — legislation central to US foreign policy — is about more than Ukraine.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Hardest lecture of the semester: explaining empire. 📸1: History of colonialism & case study of Iran’s revolutions & coup. 📸2: Fanon’s “Gaze” & Edward Said on European v 🇺🇸 imperialism. 📸3: Orientalism & othering: art as lasting medium. The students insist they understand my white board lectures!
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
I love you, DC ❤️❤️
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The 1st time I read Ovid’s The Art of Love was when I was 20 working at a train station 🚉 It was gifted to me by a lovely man who made sure the trains 🚂 ran on time. Yrs later, reread it une deuxieme fois “because I was very stressed at work.” The things I’ve done because I was stressed at work…😌😎
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
When they make you read Samuel Huntington for homework in school, meanwhile your parents are making Iftar listening to a 600 year-old poem....😍 #RamadanMubarak y'all ♥️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62E...
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السهرة الأندلسية الكبرى 2016 - قصيدة الفياشية -Al Fiyachiya- Soirée Historique d'andalussi
YouTube video by Madih et Samaa Soufie المديح و السماع الصوفي
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 18/02/2026
Chinese EVs Drive Around US Protectionism | “Protectionism has succeeded in keeping Chinese EVs out, but failed to make American car companies competitive.” @ellyrostoum.bsky.social cepa.org/article/chinese-evs-drive-…
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Chinese EVs Drive Around US Protectionism
As China’s car companies race ahead conquering global markets with electric vehicles (EVs), US competitors retreat.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
My take on USG buying equity stakes in critical firms w/ @cepa.org: "By taking minority stakes in strategically vital firms, the US believes that market forces alone will not protect America. Despite the dangers of political interference, the logic is compelling." cepa.org/article/us-e...
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US Explores State Capitalism
By taking minority stakes in strategically vital firms, Washington reshapes how it pursues national security.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
My take on the impact of #AI on #antitrust: "Antitrust must contend with market evolution moving faster than litigation. Generative AI changed the course. Landmark cases, like Standard Oil Company & AT&T, reshaped industries when tech trajectories were relatively stable." cepa.org/article/tech...
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Tech Antitrust Slams Into An AI Wall
European and American regulators trying to rein in Silicon Valley’s largest digital platforms find themselves playing catch-up to innovation.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
My take on smuggling chips: “smuggling creates a black market where chips disappear into unknown end-uses with no accountability. Even if you sell to China, you must prosecute smugglers because the black market undermines any attempt at strategic control.” cyberscoop.com/white-house-...
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As White House moves to send AI chips to China, Trump’s DOJ prosecutes chip smugglers
Prosecutors called criminal schemes to route computer chips to China a threat to U.S. national security, while Democrats have criticized the White House’s decision.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 24/11/2025
Nexperia: China Puts Dutch in Check | "The Netherlands moved to place Chinese-owned Nexperia chipmaker under state supervision. China retaliated, and the Dutch backed down." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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Nexperia: China Puts Dutch in Check
The Netherlands moved to place the Chinese-owned Nexperia chipmaker under state supervision. China retaliated, and the Dutch backed down.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
No, seriously. How f-ing cool that I can actually read this...🤯🤚
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
This is shattering for the @thedemocratsmv.bsky.social. Just shattering. What an interesting time in American politics. And what a singularly talented, disciplined, authentic, genuine, brilliant, intelligent & funny man @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is 👏 The whole thing: youtube.com/watch?v=veJK...
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
It occurred to me just now that I'm the real-life hot chick they bring in movies about museums & archeological artifacts to read & translate the obscure inscriptions that hold the secrets to the universe to Tom Hanks & Nicholas Cage. All the ways in which I missed my calling...🥰
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 20/11/2025
The New China Challenge: Gene Editing on the Farm | "The US and Europe deem gene editing of crops a national security priority." Elly Rostoum
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The New China Challenge: Gene Editing on the Farm
The US and Europe deem the gene editing of crops a national security priority — and China is racing ahead.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 19/11/2025
The Next Critical Mineral Battle: Potash and Phosphate | "Concerns over critical minerals have focused on industrial inputs. That’s a mistake: the risks to our food supply are also significant." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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The Next Critical Mineral Battle: Potash and Phosphate
Concerns over critical minerals have focused on industrial inputs. That’s a mistake: the risks to our food supply are also significant.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
This is a very important, yet overlooked story. My analysis w/@cepa.org : “Food systems are shaped by #supplychains as fragile as those for lithium or chips. The US decision to classify #phosphate as a critical mineral marks the beginning of a major strategic realignment” cepa.org/article/the-...
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The Next Critical Mineral Battle: Potash and Phosphate
Concerns over critical minerals have focused on industrial inputs. That’s a mistake: the risks to our food supply are also significant.
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State of Statecraft Conference @what-is-sos.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Lastly, not all threats are fully external - in order to understand risk, exposure, and the future of defense, “we must look within.” SOS will feature updated research from Dr. Elly Rostum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social - founder and principal investigator of the BULL DRAGON PROJECT.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 20/10/2025
Biotech Battle: US Legislators Go On the Offensive | "Congress is accelerating a proactive biotech agenda. The US and Europe must work together to beat China." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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Biotech Battle: US Legislators Go On the Offensive
Congress is accelerating a proactive biotech agenda. The US and Europe must work together to beat China in the biotech race.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Excited to be speaking at the inaugural @what-is-sos.bsky.social. My talk, « CHINESE NODES, LINES, & CHAINS: THE FALLACY OF #DECOUPLING & THE IMPROBABILITY OF #DERISKING, » will expose the hidden architecture of state–firm linkages that bind together the world’s biggest markets. #China
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
We came for the research… and the “legit croissants” 🥐 - @what-is-sos.bsky.social
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
You are not alone 💕💕
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 02/10/2025
Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls | "China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports." @ellyrostoum.bsky.social
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Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls
China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
It’s a new era in economic warfare. Take a read at my latest analysis on #China's new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports 👇 #TechPol @cepa.org cepa.org/article/good...
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Goodbye Export Controls, Hello Chinese Import Controls
China has unveiled a new strategy to counter American sanctions — slapping restrictions on the sales of US imports.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I hate to say this, but my undergrad students have consistently outperformed my graduate students on their writing assignments...by far. We are studying soft power in the China/US context, so I had my students watch Wish Dragon, and reflect on the subtleties of soft power through movies, TV, etc.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
To the people who know me (well or just in each other's orbits), I am here for you if you ever want to talk or just sit in silence. No judgement. Love is the answer ❤️ #WorldSuicidePreventionDay
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Eid Mawlid Nabawi Mubarak❤️🤲🏼🌙 #المولد_النبوي 📸: Nasir al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran.
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Center for European Policy Analysis @cepa.org · 19/08/2025
Chip Challenge: Goodbye Export Controls | "The Trump administration is allowing US suppliers to resume sales of artificial intelligence chips to China." Christopher Cytera, @ellyrostoum.bsky.social, @mattheweitel.bsky.social, William Echikson, and Jack Galloway #TechPol
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Chip Challenge: Goodbye Export Controls
The Trump administration is allowing US suppliers to resume sales of artificial intelligence chips to China.
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Laila Lalami @lailalalami.com · 05/08/2025
Aid convoys attempting to enter al Fashir have come under fire by the RSF since last year. "There is no aid entering al Fashir. All of this points towards a full-blown famine."
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Stacy VanDeveer @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why theconversation.com/we-dont-need...
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We don’t need deep-sea mining, or its environmental harms. Here’s why
Commercial mining of the deep sea could begin soon. But these metals and minerals are not scarce. Mining will be harmful and the economic benefits are overstated.
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
In the 13th century, Muslim architects & masons designed stone tessellations in mosques, whose shadows would cast different pictures throughout the day, following the movement of the 🌞 They painted with shadows & sunshine 🤯 Imagine the sheer artistry & mathematical precision. No AI or computers! 🤯
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Elly Rostoum @ellyrostoum.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
People who can be described as "vanilla" fascinate me. It must be so simple to be them. For some of us, our subconscious processed cheering for PSG, celebrating 4th of July & Algeria' war of independence, advocating for US hegemony, and celebrating (& not) Ashura - all in the same 48 hrs. #super💻
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a black spinning top is sitting on top of a white surface .
ALT: a black spinning top is sitting on top of a white surface .
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