Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026RSF commander defects to Sudanese army in Omdurman with 50 fighters share.google/7hjEoR9PZSFu...share.googleRSF commander defects to Sudanese army in Omdurman with 50 fightersAn RSF commander and 50 fighters defected to the Sudanese army in Omdurman, adding to a recent wave of paramilitary departures linked to tribal shifts. 011
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The Wayback Machine makes an appearance in one of my favourite novels I've been reading, lately 000
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinySusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For those interested in how dictionaries are made, as well as the secret lives of the apparently ordinary words we use, may I recommend this podcast? It’s made by two colleagues at the Oxford English Dictionary who really know their stuff. rss.com/podcasts/lex...rss.comThe OED’s September update enters the twerpy mountweazel timeline | Podcast Episode on RSS.comWhy do we love the mountweazel (and what is it)? Who was the original twerp? How did timeline constitute a two-for-one bargain? Join editors Fiona McPherson and Craig Leyland as they dive into some of... 439181
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyICIJ @icij.org · 22/09/2026Update: ICIJ reporter Micah Reddy has been released from custody in Djibouti. He is safe and will soon reunite with his family. We are grateful to everyone who shared their support for Reddy, his family and ICIJ's efforts to bring him home. buff.ly/Uh160cSbuff.lyStatement on missing ICIJ journalist Micah Reddy - ICIJICIJ lost contact with our colleague Micah Reddy, ICIJ's Africa coordinator, and local journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael ("Kooki Mahmoud"), in Djibouti City on Saturday, Sept. 19. 24116
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyEman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.enca.com/news-top-sto...enca.comSA journalist Micah Reddy believed to be in custodySouth African journalist Micah Reddy who had allegedly gone missing in Djibouti has been found. 053
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An attack on journalism or journalists is an attack on us all. Be it in the Arab world, under Israeli occupation, in wider Africa or in the States. So many precedents to count but the most of recent of which is the disappearance of journalists, Micah Reddy and Mohamed Willo Ismael in Djibouti 191
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyPress Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 21/09/2026Journalists from CNN, MS Now and Politico had badges confiscated when they tried to enter the White House grounds on Saturday. President Trump announced the banning of the three outlets in a Truth Social post on Friday, with "other fake news media outlets to follow" www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/b...nytimes.comhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/business/media/trump-white-house-press-ban.html 155
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyPierre Romera Zhang @pirhoo.com · 20/09/2026Our colleague Micah Reddy, @icij.org's Africa coordinator, and journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael have been missing in Djibouti City since Saturday. Djiboutian authorities must urgently account for them. www.icij.org/news/2026/09...icij.orgStatement on missing ICIJ journalist Micah Reddy - ICIJICIJ lost contact with our colleague Micah Reddy, ICIJ's Africa coordinator, and local journalist Mohamed Willo Ismael ("Kooki Mahmoud"), in Djibouti City on Saturday, Sept. 19. 01818
Reposted by Eman El-Sherbinyваят @denbib.bsky.social · 16/09/2026At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed in 2025 for standing up to protect their lands and livelihoods from destruction, according to @globalwitness.org 's latest report. The majority of killings in 2025 occurred in Latin America. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns... 053
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyCenter for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 14/09/2026The destruction to Hawaii’s infrastructure and economy is expected to be the worst "since Hurricane Iniki, a Category 4 storm that walloped Kauai in 1992 and caused $3 billion in damage." While Big Oil fuels escalating climate disasters, communities pay the price. There must be accountability.daytondailynews.comHurricane Lowell knocks out a port in Hawaii that is one island's main source for food and fuelHONOLULU (AP) — Crews began repairing the only cargo port on one of Hawaii's smallest main islands while power was being restored to another island Thursday, two days after Hurricane Lowell skirted al... 14220
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyEman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A month's difference can be seen in the IDF destruction of Bani Hayyane. Total devastation Sentinel-2 imagery August 12 vs September 11 187
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyJustin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I visited a school in Froun, south Lebanon, where displaced people are sheltering and spoke to the principal about how they will restart the school year on Sept 15. “We will reopen the school [for students], but will not abandon the displaced people,” he said. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...aljazeera.comIsrael’s war leaves Lebanon’s schools balancing students and the displacedSchools in Lebanon are set to start on September 15, but many still host people displaced by Israel's war. 01511
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026A month's difference can be seen in the IDF destruction of Bani Hayyane. Total devastation Sentinel-2 imagery August 12 vs September 11 187
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyBellingcat @bellingcat.com · 07/09/2026Have you read how Bellingcat's @oldpete45.bsky.social used public records to uncover clues in a cold case murder? It is a tale of gang violence, immigration and hidden identities. Read the investigation below ⬇️ www.bellingcat.com/news/us-cana...bellingcat.comInvestigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case - bellingcatOn a June night in 1996, in a basement apartment in Boston’s Chinatown, a killer put a pistol to the back of a young man's head and pulled the trigger. 112227
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Side note but this was a subtextual strain in many of the Steinem obits. “It was so important that she was feminine and thin and desirable to men, because it showed women that they could be feminists without becoming, well, you know.” Gee, thanks. 335943
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I think a lot of straight women, including many who identify as feminists, use lesbians as a kind of rhetorical stand-in for disgusting, failed, or disposable women. But what lesbians actually represent is the maximalist expression of women’s freedom. When they come for us, they’re coming for you. 1073779
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyEman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026The IDF initially threatened to bomb a house. They bombed a different one killing two then went back to hit the threatened one. Absolutely diabolical! 121
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyEman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.instagram.com/p/Dc7n-lmjLf... Arab Salim, South Lebanon was targeted this morning, killing two peopleinstagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 111
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 06/09/2026www.instagram.com/p/Dc7n-lmjLf... Arab Salim, South Lebanon was targeted this morning, killing two peopleinstagram.comInstagramCreate an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you. 111
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026woke up looking for this four-minute video compilation of Sean Lock www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3ZG...youtube.comsean lock being the ultimate chaotic evil for 4 minutesYouTube video by envgma 020
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyJustin Salhani @justinsalhani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026We caught what is most likley a demolition on camera www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...aljazeera.comIsraeli bombing seen behind journalist reporting from Lebanese villageIsraeli bombing seen behind journalist reporting from Lebanese village 04431
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 02/09/2026New from 404 Media: the Texas police who used Flock to track a woman who self-administered abortion also used AI to write their report about the whole situation. They used AI to summarize a discussion of “the legal implications of the situation.” www.404media.co/texas-police...404media.coTexas Police Used AI to Write Report About Using Flock to Search for Woman Who Had AbortionThe incident shows how quickly police departments have come to use AI surveillance tools even in critically sensitive cases. 721684
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026A friend and colleague is looking for a San Francisco or Berkeley-based Arabic-speaking journalist for a potential assignment. I wonder if someone in our network here might be game 123
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 28/08/2026By now we know that it was not JUST glacier ice, but a tremendous bedrock landslide that collapsed in Nepal. @planet.com satellite imagery shows a fairly large (0.17km2) lake has formed, which could release a sizeable flood if it were hit by further rockfalls. This is concerning for rescue workers. 1219795
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyPrivacy International @privacyinternational.org · 28/08/2026Big Tech makes a living off our data. But make no mistake, the data is still yours and you have the right to ask to see what they have on you. Here are our tips on filing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs):privacyinternational.org7+1 tips on how to make the most out of your DSARHello friend, 0168
Reposted by Eman El-Sherbinyedolis 🇪🇺🇮🇹 @edolis.eurosky.social · 26/08/2026The Israeli scorched earth approach. so much russian in style. 112
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyJake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Video shared on Twitter/X showed a largescale demolition taking place in Bani Hayyan with the village mosque being destroyed along with other buildings. x.com/diabali63/st... Video shared by Roqayah Chamseddine earlier this month showed heavy damage throughout the village: x.com/roqchams/sta... 1124
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyEman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Kounine, right and At Tiri, left, two towns in South Lebanon are prime examples of the systematic domicide the IDF continues to commit Sentinel-2 imagery Aug 24 vs June 25 022
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyEman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hadatha, South Lebanon on August 24 compared to June 25 shows further destruction to the point the town no longer exists Source: Sentinel-2 imagery 11415
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyJake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The IDF have destroyed even more of Tallouseh and Bani Hayyan since I shared the below images in July. Between 8-12 and 8-24, Sentinel-2 imagery shows the few remaining buildings in Tallouseh and a large amount of buildings in Bani Hayyan have been demolished. A large burned area is visible as well. 17133
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Between my excitement to be here and being with the inimitable @lliselott.bsky.social, I only managed to capture two shaky photos of how lush and beautiful Helsinki is 020
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyAlexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 26/08/2026Today on Indicator: AI-generated fake employees got over 100 million views on Facebook and Instagram by pushing fake gift cards for ALDI, Costco, The Home Depot, Target, and more.indicator.mediaAI-generated Costco employees got over 100 million views on Facebook and InstagramWe tracked it back to a single scammy affiliate marketing operation 2179
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Hadatha, South Lebanon on August 24 compared to June 25 shows further destruction to the point the town no longer exists Source: Sentinel-2 imagery 11415
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyAskNoSwiss 🍋🍋🍋 @asknoswiss.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Israeli drones targeting shepherds in South Lebanon... Another war crime that is getting ignored and not counted. They have done this for years in the Westbank. Now also in Lebanon. Shepherds... 🐑 today.lorientlejour.com/article/1545... 054
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Events that often get ignored but would greatly benefit from count keeping are those drone strikes targeting shepherds in South Lebanon. They happened in Sheba'a, Wazzani, and now in the Serbine Valley 1106
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 20/08/2026www.law.berkeley.edu/academics/re...law.berkeley.eduArtificial Intelligence PolicyEffective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […] 000
Eman El-Sherbiny @emansh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026I don't see how, with all the mighty, high-precision warfare they can afford, that they can also kill 11 people, including a mother and 4 children x.com/IDF/status/2...x.comIsrael Defense Forces (@IDF) on X🔴ELIMINATED: Ali Samir Al-Haj Hassan, a Hezbollah battalion commander in the Radwan Force unit. Hassan was eliminated in an IDF strike on a central HQ of the Radwan Force unit in the Ansar area in s... 340
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing . 11158521559
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyMusa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 15/08/2026From this review- “Think of all the diligent, decent black academics who have been lumbered with the embarrassment of having Arday as a figurehead” - no, think of *why* black academics are held collectively responsible in ways that white academics are not 745203993
Reposted by Eman El-SherbinyTristan Lee @tristanl.ee · 15/08/2026Understanding that fascists are serious—they genuinely want a world where anyone who isn't straight, cis, and white is dead, and are actively working to build that world—is what drove me to change my career from physics to journalism, and start investigating and exposing as many of them as I could. 222180