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Sara Alsherif

@sarahalsherif.bsky.social
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Into tech, gender and human rights. Fighting tyrants know no borders; it's not only my job; it's my lifestyle. And in case you are wondering 'Views are my own'. لا للمحاكمات العسكرية للمدنيين

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Progress.
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Five UK police forces end Palantir project after two years
Significant setback for US technology company’s bid to establish itself as key supplier to British law enforcement
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Read More bell hooks @walaal.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
galab wanaagsan (good afternoon) y'all....the fundraiser is at 71% ....only 3.8k left let's keep it going for Kwesi's fam to bring his remains home www.gofundme.com/f/help-bring...
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Donate to Help Bring Kwesi Home for a Dignified Farewell, organized by Shandel Menezes
The Menezes family is raising funds for Kwesi, our charming singer and … Shandel Menezes needs your support for Help Bring Kwesi Home for a Dignified Farewell
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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Saying this and not doing it is worse than not saying it because it implies he's not doing anything illegal.
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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is having a real impact locally. I'm trying to convince Piddington to stop inviting Tommo for tea and biscuits and turns out it's incredibly hard to convince someone that something is dangerous and beyond the pale when the government clearly doesn't think so.
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This needs stopped. Hard.
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
Thank you my dear friend ❤️
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Andrea Egan UNISON General Secretary @andreaegangs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
TUC says: Migrant rights are workers' rights
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/09/2026
boosters want us to believe opponents of data centers are a bunch of nimbys that just indiscriminately oppose development. they don’t want people to see (or hear!) what it’s actually like to live next to one of their monstrosities.
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 02/09/2026
Apple has now caved to the Trump administration’s petty renaming of Lake Ontario, following Google’s lead. It’s as good a moment as any to consider alternatives.
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Apple Maps changes name of Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' | CBC News
Apple changed the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on the web version of its Apple Maps following U.S. President Donald ‌Trump's executive order renaming the lake. The move by Apple on Tuesday fol...
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
enjoyed visiting @sussexdigitalhums.bsky.social for exchanges on public data cultures, rethinking data sovereignty, data against feminicide, refugee data, full stack feminism, intersectional feminist organising, decolonising the Internet, living archives & more 🌌🌕✨ jonathangray.org/2026/06/24/s...
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public data cultures and rethinking data sovereignty at University of Sussex
I was recently invited to give a keynote on Public Data Cultures at a research symposium on Digital Sovereignty Across Disciplines at the Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex.
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
with @silvanavf.bsky.social @swebb.bsky.social @sarahalsherif.bsky.social @jim.killock.org.uk @openrightsgroup.org & more! 🐨
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Sara Alsherif @sarahalsherif.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
To the lady in Waitrose who gave me that second look to confirm I was over 25, you totally made my day! 😆
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Palestinian teen footballer dies after settler attack A 17-year-old Palestinian footballer died on Saturday, a week after he was shot during an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to officials and relatives.
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Palestinian teen footballer dies after settler attack shooting
A Palestinian youth international footballer dies after being shot by Israeli settlers in the West Bank, amid rising violence since the Gaza war began.
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Extensive destruction following the shelling of the Al-Lahham family home south of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
Extensive destruction following the shelling of the Al-Lahham family home south of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.Extensive destruction following the shelling of the Al-Lahham family home south of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.Extensive destruction following the shelling of the Al-Lahham family home south of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.Extensive destruction following the shelling of the Al-Lahham family home south of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
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Chris in SF @chrismsf.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Something in America is gonna get exploded and we are not allowed to act surprised or even wronged.
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Detention Forum @detentionforum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The government says its immigration reforms will help people to integrate, find work, become independent and contribute. Refugees want those things too. But you cannot tell people to integrate while designing a system that keeps them looking over their shoulder www.opendemocracy.net/labour-andy-...
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You cannot demand integration while building an asylum system on insecurity
Burnham’s vote for immigration reforms was worrying – his government must not push ahead with inherited asylum plans
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 18/07/2026
Recent ProPublica reporting shows how the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement is harming children: Deporting unaccompanied minors. Separating parents from U.S. citizen children. 📌 On Tuesday, July 21, join us for a discussion exploring the effects of these new policies. RSVP:
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ProPublica Event: How Children Have Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Join us for a discussion about how families and children are being affected in new ways by President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign.
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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
With Mahmood as Chancellor, there will be no more right to work, just randomised deportations.
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
What did they sacrifice their lives for? A billionaire narcissist’s decision to launch a war no one asked for and to continue a war no one wants?
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Sara Alsherif @sarahalsherif.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Spain, here you are, and we are rooting for you! 😆
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J.P. Loo @jpl.ac · 04/07/2026
Miscellany of developments in Britain/Europe on settlement trade bans. 1. 25 June 2026: @laylamoran.bsky.social tables private members’ bill in Commons to ban trade with Israeli settlements. bills.parliament.uk/bills/4252
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UK government discussing full ban on illegal Israeli settlement goods - Jewish News
Middle East minister Hamish Falconer confirms talks with partners during Commons Urgent Question on proposed E1 settlement expansion
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Video: US Congressman says Israeli settlers detained him in West Bank - www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/liv…
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Video: US Congressman says Israeli settlers detained him in West Bank
<article data-history-node-id="444055" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-us-congressman-says-israeli-settlers-detained-him-west-bank" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/video-us-congressman-says-israeli-settlers-detained-him-west-bank" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Video: US Congressman says Israeli settlers detained him in West Bank</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>US Congressman Ro Khanna says he and his delegation were detained by armed Israeli settlers during a visit to the occupied West Bank, despite the settlers and Israeli forces being informed that an American congressman and other US citizens were inside the vehicle.</p> <p>Khanna said Israeli forces sided with the settlers instead of protecting the American delegation.</p> <p>Khanna said the group was surrounded by settlers carrying US-made M4 machine guns while visiting the Palestinian hamlet of Khirbet Zanuta to witness the aftermath of settler attacks.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">US Congressman Ro Khanna says he and his delegation were detained by armed Israeli settlers during a visit to the occupied West Bank, despite the settlers and Israeli forces being informed that an American congressman and other US citizens were inside the vehicle.<br> <br> Khanna said… <a href="https://t.co/OerCbrCYCc">pic.twitter.com/OerCbrCYCc</a></p> — Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) <a href="https://x.com/MiddleEastEye/status/2076190882072801399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>
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John Scott-Railton @jsrailton.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
NOW: EU Parliament about to debate mercenary spyware. I expect it will be spicy. Follows our @citizenlab.ca revelation EU lawmaker was hacked with Pegasus while investigating spyware. LIVE HERE: www.europarl.europa.eu/plenary/en/h... Report: citizenlab.ca/research/mem...
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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🙂 We know we're posting too much stuff about Farridge🐸 today but it's all so glorious, so we're not that sorry - and it's good to keep across all the dodgy things he and his rancid party have been up to... www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Millions of pounds and many, many questions: the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny
Exclusive: The details behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime Agency
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
“A simple data-entry error, magnified and broadcast nationwide by a growing surveillance network operated through an opaque partnership between a private company and public agencies, led police to identify me as a car thief and set up a sting to take me down.”
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How Flock Cameras Wrongly Tracked Me for Days Over ‘Stolen’ Plates and Sent Police After Me
A simple error got magnified by Flock's nationwide surveillance camera network and ended with four cop cars boxing me in.
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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
In the future everyone will be mistaken for a criminal for fifteen minutes
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money". But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summarized in the section headings: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
Screencap of page for linked article, reading: 

Contents
Introduction
AI Is a Research Field
AI Is an Approach to Cognitive Science
AI Is a Parlor Trick
AI Is an Ideology
AI Is a Way to Hide and Devalue Human Labor
AI Is a Way to Shift Accountability
AI Is a Way to Centralize Power
Conclusion
Notes
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Praxis, for migrants and refugees @praxisprojects.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
We're hiring! Do you feel angry about how migrants and refugees are portrayed in the media and by politicians? Do you want to influence the debate with compelling stories? We're recruiting a part-time Media Coordinator. Find out more👉 praxis.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...
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hireful.
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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
ICYMI: We published Colin Yeo's analysis of the new borders inspector's damning report on asylum casework quality. Poor recruitment, inadequate training, and rock-bottom morale — a stark picture of systemic failure in Home Office decision-making that remains essential reading.
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New borders inspector publishes damning report on quality of asylum casework - Free Movement
In his first report as the new Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, former Immigration Services Commissioner John Tuckett has heavily criticised the
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Free Movement @freemovement.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Five immigration-related Acts in five sessions of Parliament. We've broken down what's actually in the new Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026, including the draconian new powers trailed in last year's White Paper and how they'd work in practice. Alex Piletska takes us through it.
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What’s in the Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026? - Free Movement
The Bill announced in the King’s Speech on 13 May 2026 has now been published and is beginning its slow passage through Parliament. It is the fifth
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Sara Alsherif @sarahalsherif.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
📢 Full Postgraduate Scholarship for a scholar with refugee status. 📢 martingale.foundation/scholarships/ Applications for 2027 Martingale Scholarships will open Wednesday 12 August 2026.
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Scholarships - Martingale Foundation
The Martingale Foundation supports a new generation of postgraduates to thrive in research. Through fully-funded Scholarships and access to a community of pioneering leaders, we enable and nurture tal...
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The Egyptian team dedicated their victory to the Egyptian and Palestinian people ♥️
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 03/07/2026
Israel is seizing church and Palestinian land in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood under the pretext of creating "green spaces." A Muslim caretaker of the church property has made it his daily mission to guard what's left. mondoweiss.net/2026/07/isra...
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Israel’s seizure of Palestinian church land raises renewed fears of efforts to erase Christians from Jerusalem
Israel is seizing church and Palestinian land in Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood under the pretext of creating “green spaces.” A Muslim caretaker of the church property has made it his daily mission…
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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We need to start these universities over again
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
you haven't experienced football until you listen to the beautiful madness that is Arab commentary watching Australia-Egypt now and the commentators are about to have a heart attack while yelling poetry
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Portes "Theres a lot of nonsense talked, including on Sky, about the spiralling welfare bill.. as a proportion of our national income.. its lower than it was 15yrs ago & its pretty much back to what it was under Thatcher.. this idea its out of control is just wrong" Spot on!
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 29/06/2026
For more information, listen to the latest episode of our podcast - where we discussed Europol's shadow surveillance as it was revealed by journalists like Bill Goodwin www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmXa...
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Europol's Shadow Surveillance feat Bill Goodwin
This week we're joined by Bill Goodwin, investigations editor at Computer Weekly and award-winning journalist, to discuss Europol's secret shadow IT system — and what it tells us about how law…
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 29/06/2026
European Commission's proposed reform for the EU’s policing agency, Europol, dangerously erodes privacy, automates surveillance, and sidelines oversight. 🧵
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 29/06/2026
Israel recently damaged Lebanon’s vital Qaraoun Dam, raising fears of a structural failure. Experts say the attack reflects Israel’s long-standing ambition to control Lebanon’s water — and mirrors the water apartheid it imposes on Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2026/06/how-...
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How Israel uses water as a weapon of war from the Palestine to Lebanon
Israel recently damaged Lebanon’s vital Qaraoun Dam, raising fears of a structural failure. Experts say the attack reflects Israel’s long-standing ambition to control Lebanon’s water — and mirrors...
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Nick Beales @nickbeales.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Never thought I’d agree with any of them, but Shabana Mahmood & Chris Philp are correct that Mike Tapp is a careerist politician devoid of principle and Mike Tapp is correct that increasing settlement routes for care workers is morally abhorrent. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister
Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers
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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 25/06/2026
i think he is right that if trump did a watergate it would be a 12 hour news story but uhhh that's an indictment of now not then
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/06/2026
Israeli leader says military to stay in occupied areas of southern Lebanon 'as long as necessary', despite US-Iran deal.
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Israel attacks Lebanon as Netanyahu says troops ‘not going to withdraw'
Israeli leader says military to stay in occupied areas of southern Lebanon 'as long as necessary', despite US-Iran deal.
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Gretchen Felker-Martin PRE ORDER CHIMERA 2.16.27 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
rapists, murderers, war profiteers -- america's leadership caste has it all!
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 17/06/2026
This is right on the mark: "It’s privacy-invasive, and it harms young people by denying them online free speech and access to ideas and communities that enrich their worlds and can change lives for the better."
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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
In England, a study from the National Centre for Domestic Abuse has shown that domestic abuse incidents rise by around 11% following national team matches - and when England lose a match, they rise by 38%. [CRIMESTOPPERS]. For info with support: crimestoppers-uk.org/news-media/n...
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Been trying to get a fox to trust me as I’ll need to eventually give it meds for mange. Tonight was my 3rd attempt and it at least didn’t immediately run away, so progress
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Open Rights Group @openrightsgroup.org · 17/06/2026
The use of AI in asylum decision-making is likely unlawful. These tools rewrite interviews, choosing what to include and exclude. Without knowing this, asylum applicants can't be sure accurate information is used to inform decisions. 📺️ ORG's @sarahalsherif.bsky.social explains. #RefugeeWeek
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 16/06/2026
Education should not resemble a high-surveillance environment. Privacy International is documenting the use of facial recognition in schools and universities. We need your input. pvcy.org/frtmap
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Charles Arthur @charlesrarthur.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
566 soccer players killed.
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