Omri Reis

Levantine beach boy, VP Strategy, Dad. In Tokyo 2008-2021. past: @utokyo_news, @akqa, journalist. RT≠endorsement

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

If only the ocean could speak… a full page ad on Tokyo Shimbun was actually a huge sand painting on the beach, of a 50x34m newspaper’s front page - delivering the (bad) news from the sea on plastic contamination and the damage to wildlife.#japan #savetheocean

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@YannayASpitzer לטענת רבים מהדמוקרטים הנתון החשוב פה הוא ה-9% - שעובדים בשביל ה-1%, מהווים 30% בקירוב מהעושר ולמעשה מייצבים את החברה האמריקנית. אולי הוא מתבלבל בין ה-9% ל-9 משפחות (שהן פחות מ-1%)

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@12med865 באפסטור הביקורות עדינות בהרבה, ומנוסחות בעושר לשוני ובהירות. מה זה אומר? 🤔

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@asafbryt רפואה שלמה בריט

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@Noahpinion @aziz0nomics I miss Wolfenstein 3D. Does this mean I’m past my midlife crisis?

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

You've probably seen this video of a Jewish man and woman offering Muslim worshippers dates outside the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Ramadan. This beautiful gesture shows the possibility of coexistence between the two people at an individual level - I mean, it's incredibly heartwarming to see something like this amidst the never-ending avalanche of hatred, violence, incitement & vengeful attitudes.

But consider who isn't commenting or sharing this and doesn't want to acknowledge the powerful footage; think about who refuses to accept the inevitability of coexistence & peace between Israelis and Palestinians; imagine if more people put aside their differences for just this one individual video/post and said yes, Jewish Israelis & Palestinians are immensely capable of getting along; what if the algorithms promoted such positive occurrences instead of elevating violent content and incendiary speech; why aren't more people focusing on finding the slightest of common ground across our vast differences when we know that neither Palestinians nor Israelis are going anywhere.

There are people on both sides who refuse to amplify faint symbols and messages of tolerance, shared humanity, and acceptance because those values go against their entrenched narratives. Yes, political decisions from the top are needed to make agreements on many issues. However, true, lasting peace begins with each and every one of us and requires a bottom-up approach that will take time but ultimately yield the best possible outcome out of this bloody & protracted conflict. This takes small but meaningful steps, like in this video.

Blessed are the peacemakers ❤️✌️🙏

[Monica Marks @MonicaLMarks]

The backlash to director Jonathan Glazer’s acceptance speech at the Oscar’s—where his film The Zone of Interest won “Best International Feature Film”—is really beyond the pale.

Let’s take a minute to watch his speech & examine what he said in context: 🧵

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@hasolidit שימוש נרחב ויומיומי שחורג מהשקעות ספקולטיביות (קניית מוצרים ושירותים חוקיים על ידי האדם הממוצע).

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@FeedTechILUncen אין שום קשר בין כמה יש לחברה בבנק כרגע לבונוס. זה כסף של אנשים שהשקיעו אותו בפיתוח החברה ולאו דווקא בבונוס שלך. שמחתי לעזור.

[Cohere Labs @Cohere_Labs]

Today, we’re launching Aya, a new open-source, massively multilingual LLM & dataset to help support under-represented languages. Aya outperforms existing open-source models and covers 101 different languages – more than double covered by previous models.

https://t.co/0WsC2i9C8a

[Yael Bar tur @yaelbt]

Hayim Katsman was a DJ, a philosophy PhD, a car mechanic, farmer and a peace activist. He especially loved Arab music and would use it in his DJ sets - he thought it could bring people closer together. He also volunteered to drive sick kids from Gaza to hospitals in Israel.

On Oct 7 he awoke to the sound of gun shots from Hamas terrorists who infiltrated kibbutz Holit where he lived, and went from home to home to see who he could help. He ended up staying in the shelter with his neighbor Avital and shielding her with his body when terrorists shot through the door. He absorbed all the bullets and she survived.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

This is how it's done. Please share and retweet.
https://t.co/QhmWqJjR1O

@cogatonline @IDF @MarkRegev @antonioguterres @SecBlinken @SecDef @IDFSpokesperson @LtColRichard @IsraeliPM @POTUS
@Israel @IDF @IAFsite @WFP @JoeBiden @StateDept @IsraeliPM @mofauae @MohamedBinZayed

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@BokerIris זה סרטון ישן. הצונאמי של היום הרבה פחות חריף… בינתיים

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@aziz0nomics @TheAtlantic Thanks John. Your words are a small ray of light in these pitch dark times. I wish you and your family nothing but peace and happiness.

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@amirtibon Thank you for articulating how most of us feel.

[Amir Tibon אמיר תיבון @amirtibon]

A month ago, at this hour, I had to tell my two daughters - 3.5 years old and 20 months old - that they must remain completely silent. No word, no cry.
It was 7AM, they had just woken up in a dark room with no electricity or food, and five people were shouting outside the window.

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@EinatWilf Seems fair, yet never going to happen.

[Tobias Schneider @tobiaschneider]

I remember one thing that set me apart from a lot of other Western students in Middle Eastern studies was my being German. Not because it provided me with some unique insight, but because people across the region would regularly come up to me and congratulate me on the Holocaust.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

And Kristallnacht was a protest against windows.

[Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 @Noahpinion]

Damn, that is a brutal chart.

(via @RishiJoeSanu)

[Omri Reis @OmriReis]

@tamarishshalom לקח שבוע בדיוק לכתוב את החוקה היפנית. כתבו אותה 24 אמריקאים שהוסמכו על ידי כוחות הכיבוש. הייתה בהן אישה אחת. החוקה היפנית עדיין אהובה ומוערכת ולא נעשה בה אפילו שינוי אחד מאישורה ב-1946.