منہاج

I will go whereever truth & justice will take me without hesitation -Paraphrasing Norman Finkelstein
A Mantra which I can aspire to knowing I will fall short

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

They are all entertainers and no one comes close to Jackie Chen.

[Orji @Julietrhem]

Hey @grok remove the worst kung fu master in history from this picture !!

[Israel Exposed @xIsraelExposedx]

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[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

After reflection, this new narrative by Palantir is probably much more consequential than people may assume.

Palantir is basically being the canary in the coal mine announcing the death of two major assumptions propping up the US economy right now:

1) that AI labs will be able to extract significant economic rent - as opposed to AI models being mere commodities

2) that other countries can accept structural dependency on US technology and services without pushing back on sovereignty concerns

Why are Palantir specifically starting to be vocal about this?

First off, major middle-powers, even US “allies”, are one by one showing them the door. In June, France announced that the DGSI - its domestic intelligence agency, which had relied on Palantir since the 2015 Paris attacks - would replace it with French firm ChapsVision, with Prime Minister Lecornu explaining (https://t.co/SLhEGprBZC) that France “cannot accept new strategic dependencies in the digital sphere” and shouldn't depend on the goodwill of companies “capable of turning off the tap.”

Germany moved even earlier: its domestic intelligence service, the BfV, also selected ChapsVision over Palantir (https://t.co/pDZVj4SYUY), and the German military has said it will no longer use Palantir at all. Then, just this week, Spain instructed state-controlled companies - including strategic firms like Telefónica, Indra and Navantia - to avoid signing any new contracts with Palantir (https://t.co/0ik4UAFrT7).

Even in the UK, Washington's most loyal vassal, the NHS's £330 million data contract with Palantir is under review following parliamentary pressure (https://t.co/uJl6g4BMsW), and London Mayor Sadiq Khan blocked a proposed £50 million Palantir contract with the Metropolitan Police.

Palantir making a lot of noise around them caring about sovereignty makes a lot of sense: it's damage control since they keep being told they're a sovereignty risk.

I doubt it will work - because it's true: they are a sovereignty risk - but the fact that they feel the need to be vocal around this tells you where the wind is blowing: they're not shaping the narrative, they're reacting to one they're losing.

What they're saying against closed-source AI (basically a broadside attack on OpenAI and Anthropic), is again highly self-serving. Palantir's sudden love of open-weight AI models conveniently coincides with them launching 2 days before a partnership with Nvidia to sell exactly that: open models models (NVIDIA's Nemotron) in sovereign environments.

So it's essentially a product launch.

It doesn't make what they're saying wrong: it is factual that the value proposition of closed-source AI labs looks increasingly unsustainable. I mean: you're paying 10X the price of Chinese open-source AI models for something that's not really better (or just marginally) and on top of that you have zero control over your data, or the models themselves.

When Palantir says that "the architecture that maximally preserves sovereignty is one that enables institutions to own their tribal knowledge, and to compound it as alpha," they're right. I'd add that this also means you shouldn't trust Palantir either with that "tribal knowledge"... they obviously left this part out 😉

When you take a step back, these two things have major implications on many other US companies.

SpaceX - which just went public at the largest IPO valuation in history - is one clear example as I describe in my latest article on the new space race with China (https://t.co/JK3ELAyEVO).

If countries like France concluded with Palantir that they couldn't depend on a company “capable of turning off the tap” when it’s merely analyzing their data, what should they conclude about a company that aims to literally control their entire connectivity - at one man's whim, from space?

What percentage of SpaceX's crazy market cap is based on the assumption that foreign governments will not do to Starlink what they're currently doing to Palantir?

And SpaceX - or Palantir - aren't alone: a significant proportion of the top US tech giants, who rose in a world where no one questioned American technological hegemony, now face an environment that's much less conducive to the kind of lock-in their business models - and valuations - depend on.

When you pair this with the fact that it increasingly looks like the US made a wrong bet with closed-source AI - an extremely expensive wrong bet - the picture that emerges is of a country that bet its economic future on two things - proprietary AI and captive allies - and is losing both at the same time.

And to compound the problem, it doesn't help that the official narrative of the US government - via the voice of Jacob Helberg, the Under-Secretary of State (https://t.co/Z1rotPl9Ee) - is to be vocally opposed to "AI Sovereignty": essentially telling everyone "you know what, your worst fears are real, our tech companies are really out to undermine your sovereignty."

Read Helberg's post (the one I linked) and put yourself in the shoes of - say - a European or Asian leader and ask yourself how you'd react to being told that building your own AI capabilities is "marching in perfect formation into the past," that your pursuit of sovereignty is really just "synchronized mediocrity," and that your only path to the future runs through American technology.

If it was me in a position of power, I'd read this as a massive wakeup call: when another country's official position is that your sovereignty is a problem, history says you're about to need it.

So yes, it looks like - unexpectedly - Palantir, of all companies, is being quite the canary in the big tech mine. Yes they obviously do this for self-serving and cynical purpose, and yes they're of course also very much part of the problem and not the solution. But it doesn't make them wrong: sometimes it takes a vulture to tell you something is dying.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Every person who is outraging on the comments has an IQ of less than 80.
That’s the scary part. Even the deep seated hatred cannot make you this stupid, it’s their stupidity make them hate.

[Muslim IT Cell @Muslim_ITCell]

A Hindu girl boldly stated: “It has become tough for Muslims to live in a "Hindu-majority" country. Why should Hindus be scared of Muslims? After all, they are minority.”

[Matt Kennard @kennardmatt]

Committee to Protect Journalists is finished as a credible organisation - forever

No way back from this disgrace

Zionists destroy everything they touch

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Well, when he says equal rights, he meant Palestinian living in Gaza and West Bank.
Zionist claims Palestinian living in Israel proper has equal rights.
World bought Zionist argument for decades and now no longer accept it.
People now wants equal rights for Palestinian in Gaza and West banks and Zionist is losing their mind over it

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Mamdani is such a great politician that he made hardcore Zionist to accept one truth in less than 2 min.
This is such a remarkable feat that they didn’t accept a single arguments from Palestinian, Human rights group, doctors , journalists about anything that they did in Gaza for last 3 years

[Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas]

Mamdani: “I think any state that privileges one religion over the other is one that I can’t tell you I support"

Cool. Here are all the countries @NYCMayor hates:

Christian Countries
🇦🇩 Andorra — Catholicism
🇦🇲 Armenia — Armenian Apostolic Church
🇨🇷 Costa Rica — Catholicism
🇩🇰 Denmark — Evangelical Lutheran Church
🇫🇮 Finland — Evangelical Lutheran Church
🇬🇪 Georgia — Georgian Orthodox Church
🇬🇷 Greece — Eastern Orthodox Church
🇭🇺 Hungary — Christianity
🇮🇸 Iceland — Evangelical Lutheran Church
🇱🇮 Liechtenstein — Catholicism
🇲🇹 Malta — Catholicism
🇲🇨 Monaco — Catholicism
🇳🇴 Norway — Evangelical Lutheran Church
🇸🇲 San Marino — Catholicism
🇸🇰 Slovakia — Catholic Church
🇬🇧 United Kingdom — Anglican Church (England); Presbyterian Church (Scotland)
🇿🇲 Zambia — Christianity

Islamic Countries
🇦🇫 Afghanistan — Islam
🇩🇿 Algeria — Islam
🇧🇩 Bangladesh — Islam
🇧🇭 Bahrain — Islam
🇧🇳 Brunei — Islam
🇰🇲 Comoros — Islam
🇩🇯 Djibouti — Islam
🇪🇬 Egypt — Islam
🇮🇷 Iran — Shia Islam
🇮🇶 Iraq — Islam
🇯🇴 Jordan — Islam
🇰🇼 Kuwait — Islam
🇱🇾 Libya — Islam
🇲🇾 Malaysia — Islam
🇲🇻 Maldives — Islam
🇴🇲 Oman — Islam
🇵🇰 Pakistan — Islam
🇵🇸 Palestinian Authority — Islam
🇶🇦 Qatar — Islam
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Islam
🇸🇴 Somalia — Islam
🇸🇩 Sudan — Islam
🇸🇾 Syria — Islam
🇹🇯 Tajikistan — Islam
🇹🇳 Tunisia — Islam
🇹🇷 Turkey — Islam receives extensive state support
🇹🇲 Turkmenistan — Islam
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates — Islam
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan — Islam
🇾🇪 Yemen — Islam

Buddhist Countries
🇧🇹 Bhutan — Buddhism
🇰🇭 Cambodia — Buddhism
🇱🇦 Laos — Buddhism
🇲🇲 Myanmar — Buddhism
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka — Buddhism
🇹🇭 Thailand — Buddhism

Jewish State
🇮🇱 Israel — Judaism

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

They will give you million arguments except to give Palestinian their rights and dignity.

[Mickey Gitzin @MickeyGitzin]

Mamdani is wrong. Israel is not a state founded on religion. It is the nation-state of the Jewish people, based on the Jewish people’s right to self-determination just like any other nation. Framing Israel as a religious state (hello, Israel’s current religious coalition) reflects a misunderstanding shared by many Americans about what a nation-state is, why it exists, and the fact that most countries in the world are nation-states. That doesn’t necessarily make him antisemitic, but it does suggest a fundamental misunderstanding of the issue

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

BJP is the first party to recognize that average Indian IQ is 80.
So they fill it with the leaders with the IQ of 85.
So average Indians can relate to them as well as think they are intelligent.
And once in power their whole strategy is to keep the IQ at 80.
A movie like Dhurandhar is more influential than Congress or any other opposition yelling /protesting corruption year around.
That’s a true masterstroke of BJP

[Nehr_who? @Nher_who]

Reporter: Have you heard of Ram Mandir scam,do you think Yogi should be replaced?

Lady: Yogiji is doing good job & there is no need to change the Govt, haven't you seen DHURANDHAR movie,we should not make the Ram Mandir Donation scam an issue

Imagine Justifying corruption coz your favourite party people are linked to it.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

As an Indian myself, I have developed an ability to spot Indian Pajeet at a first glimpse. When I spot Pajeeta like her in public places, my first instinct is to get away as much as possible before they show their true color and embarrass you by association

[Nivedita Shukla @ShuklaNive]

Im at the Frankfurt Airport for a 10 hr layover.
I have been traveling around for years but now it feels different.
The hate for India and Indians is at peak and we subconsciously feel every one is hating on us.
It's been 3 hrs now, I noticed a fellow brown colored human being who took a flight with me from Dublin. Humble clothing, unkempt face, a ragged backpack and a faded jacket. Something told me this man was poor. Most ppl were either looking at him with a judgmental look that I hate or avoiding him completely.
I saw him looking at the food menu at different outlets, the cheapest I guess.
My heart ached for him, he could be a hard working brother who hasn't come to terms with spending Euros yet.

I have brought extra food with me. I walked up to him with my parcel of food, I asked, "Aap Dublin se aaye hain?"
He smiled and answered- "Ji."
Then I asked, "Kahan ja rahe hain?"
"Karachi, Paxtaan!' He said, beaming.

I turned around and walked back to my chair.
Jaa mar!!

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

When you host someone in your home, be gracious otherwise don’t invite,
Maybe this is eastern culture and aliens to western world. Don’t know for sure.

[Martín Dandach @MartinDandach]

El capitán de la Selección de Irán, Mehdi Taremi, explotó contra la FIFA y la organización de Estados Unidos.

“Esta es una Copa del Mundo desastrosa. Como jugadores profesionales no podemos jugar una competición en estas condiciones, no está bien ni es justo. Si la FIFA piensa que esto es justo, tema de ellos, pero no lo es. ¿Quién debería solucionar este problema por nosotros? ¿La FIFA? ¿EE.UU.? ¡No sé! Díganme un nombre. El presidente de la FIFA, Gianni Infantino, vino a nuestro vestuario después del primer partido contra Nueva Zelanda y dijo que iba a resolver todos los problemas, pero en realidad, la FIFA no hizo nada. Respondiendo la pregunta de: "¿Sienten que los organizadores de la Copa del Mundo, incluidos la FIFA y los funcionarios estadounidenses, prefieren que Irán sea eliminado de la competencia?", digo: Tenemos que luchar contra absolutamente todo. No podemos quedarnos en el país, viajamos y nos sometemos a controles migratorios cada vez que queremos jugar, ahora no podemos quedarnos en Seattle y tenemos que volver a Tijuana. Han hecho todo lo posible para eliminarnos, entonces desde nuestra perspectiva, sí, creo que lo quieren así, nos quieren afuera”.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Though she is not from cow belt, she is such a sanghi that even a cow belt boomer uncle looks amateur in comparison. No wonder she works for Free Press, it’s a perfect fit

[Rupa Subramanya @rupasubramanya]

Ben-Gvir's rhetoric often comes across as extreme. But it's impossible to understand Israel without understanding its predicament: it's a tiny country that has spent decades facing enemies committed to its destruction. That produces a security mentality unlike almost anywhere else. And unlike any other country out there, Israel treats the protection of its own citizens as the government's highest obligation.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

His problem with this is that Israel will lose allies.
Zionism is inversely proportional to morality.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Ben Gvir is trying to use the real grief and rage that Israeli families who lost loved ones feel. He's "offering a solution" that will prevent it from happening again. But five years in uniform taught me what keeps Israeli families safe, and it isn’t this.

Wishing death on a thousand women in Lebanon won’t return one Israeli life. It costs us the allies we depend on, the neighboring civilians in Lebanon, and hands the world the exact Israel our enemies keep describing.

Ben Gvir says he’s protecting our soldiers. He’s exposing them.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Israelis can again becomes a darling of the world only if they accept the 1967 borders. Their zeal for greater Israel project is all they got to let go.

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

Imagine a historian who produces a history of the Soviet Union using only Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto as references and source material. The Bolshevik Revolution, Leninism, the Stalin-Trotsky conflict, the Great Purge, the Second World War, the Cold War, Glasnost and Perestroika, the collapse of the USSR. All of this and everything else about the Soviet Union, our historian assures us, can be understood and only understood through a proper reading and understanding of Das Kapital and The Communist Manifesto.

Now imagine this historian follows up with a history of the People’s Republic of China. The Chinese Civil War, the Great Leap Forward, Maoism, the Sino-Soviet split, the US-Chinese rapprochement, the Cultural Revolution, China’s post-Mao economic transformation, all of this and everything else is once again explained through the prism of Karl Marx’s nineteenth-century texts and nothing else.

You would be a fool to take this historian seriously. The produced texts would provide only the most superficial understanding of the USSR and PRC, while severely distorting a proper understanding of these states, their governments, societies, economies, culture, and foreign relations.

But convinced the formula is foolproof, the historian then writes a history of Israel, based on nothing other than the Old Testament and Talmud. From the 1897 Basel Program to the policies of the current Israeli government, everything is explained on the basis of these sacred texts. Even the current Israeli meltdown over the US-Iran MoU is interpreted through the prism of ancient scripture.

If this sounds laughable, that is because it indisputably is.

But for some reason, we are expected to take seriously the hucksters who insist on explaining every development in the twenty-first century Middle East, and every action by any Muslim, by citing this or that passage from the Quran, or this or that statement attributed to the Prophet Muhammad.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Mehdi’s triggered again as few suggested Trump did better than Biden or democrats in any way.
Now he will find someone in twitter for next few days to fight it out all.
He has dawned on “defend democrats at all cost” persona

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

I see lots of fellow leftists and people in the Middle East saying Biden never spoke about Israel or Iran the way Trump and Vance are this week.

Ok fair. But to be even fairer, Biden didn’t start a war with Iran either!

You can’t praise Trump for the way he is ending this war unless you also first condemn him for *starting* the damn thing!

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

What a stupid and moronic argument, Palestinians are not safe where they are living right now, that is West Bank and Gaza. This thought didn’t occurred to him.

[Conversations with Coleman @ConvoswColeman]

Journalist @PeterBeinart: “It seemed morally untenable to say to a Palestinian refugee that a Jew like me can return after 2,000 years, but you can't return to the place you were expelled from after 75 years.”

@Coldxman: “The reason I defend [the creation of Israel] is because [Jews] were refugees with nowhere to go.... In my view, there's no right in international law—or any ethics worth having—to return to where your ancestors were living in the 1940s.” To do so, he adds, would create “chaos.”

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

Depends on how you want to read the situation. There are equal amount of arguments which suggest Israel control US or US control Israel.
I believe in both. I am a product of Orwell imagination.

[IDF Hannibal Brigade @HannibalBrigade]

@MouinRabbani Israeli literacy is certainly bad but I’m sure at least a few of them can manage it

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

After speed of light in vacuum, Self victimization is the only other constant, universal acknowledged.

[منہاج @MinhajMuslim]

A trillion second will take you to 29,662 BCE
A billion second is 31.69 years
A million second is 11.57 days
It’s insane for one person to amass such wealth.
Tax the rich!!