Adam Saif

Professional thorn

[Patricia Martinez-Sastre @martinezsastre]

Every year, the world’s leading publications curate their “Year in Pictures”. In 2017, only 18.2 % of those images were taken by women. This list shows the talent of 100 women photographers around the world, so why is this industry still male dominated? https://t.co/74kGyeb6Fi

[Existential Comics (find me on bluesky) @existentialcoms]

Top five causes of having an existential crisis:
1. Fear of death.
2. Grappling with our freedom.
3. The loss of faith.
4. A feeling of aimlessness.
5. Your cat won't shut the fuck up and you haven't had a good night's sleep in like 5 years.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

“Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it. They feed understanding or emotion back and forth and amplify it.”

Ursula K. Le Guin would have been 89 today https://t.co/yu8PklvDl6

[John Tasioulas @JTasioulas]

There are academics who enter discussion clad in armour, prepared to defend to the bitter end the flawlessness of their thesis no matter what. It’s important in such cases to draw an important distinction between clinging to your view and defending it.

[Adam Saif @dam_saif]

@Amalalbalushii You can still believe in yourself.

[Giles Duley @gilesduley]

I’m working with @citizensofhumanity on a campaign to support some incredible women from DR Congo. For every photo posted on Instagram with the filter & hashtag #WeAreAllHumanity @CtznsOfHumanity will donate $10 to @usaforunhcr
Instructions on how to here https://t.co/Rd25F5viDK

[Adam Saif @dam_saif]

To everyone who battles with suicidal thoughts, you are survivors, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. It can be a daily struggle, but no matter how bad it gets always remember there are ways out there that can help. It will get better.

#WorldSuicidePreventionDay

[Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @AOAV]

Arabic translation of AOAV's 2017 key findings on explosive weapons:
2017ﻋﺐء اﻟﻀﺮر: ﻣﺮاﻗﺒﺔ اﻟﻌﻨﻒ اﻟﻤﺘﻔﺠﺮ ﻓﻲ ﻋﺎم | AOAV: https://t.co/676kJP0nDs

[Adam Saif @dam_saif]

Career advice I've received from journalists:

1) Never write something unless you're 100% sure of it

2) Never be 100% sure of anything

3) Don't listen to other journalists

4) Get a therapist

[EFF @EFF]

Blogger and technologist Ahmed Mansoor has fought against oppression & for digital rights in the United Arab Emirates for over a decade.

In 2018—after a year in solitary confinement—he was given a 10 year sentence for spreading "false information" online. https://t.co/8yc9lMlBVX

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

It`s World Water Week 💧

DYK: 2.1 billion people lack safe drinking water at home 🚰, more than twice as many lack safe sanitation 🚽

#WWWeek

[Adam Saif @dam_saif]

Two worst things for world heritage sites, bullets and shitty tourists. #angkorwat #cambodia

[Adam Saif @dam_saif]

Sensationalism for profit: misleading stories simply to grab attention and increase readership. Problem streatches from tabloids to clickbait and is only getting worse in the "post-truth" era. Cutting edge joutnalism is being pushed further to the margins.

[Meirion Jones @MeirionTweets]

Ran out of time before could get audience to vote @BylineFest Threats to Journalism session. So what do you think biggest threat is? Pick 1 threat and sum it up in 20 words or less. RT this + 20 words (is it murder tribalism money troubles Putin clickbait enemy within or what?)

[Giles Duley @gilesduley]

Proud to have my latest work with @Refugees on the cover of HUMANITY magazine. ‘We are here because we are strong’ - Congolese women refugees in Angola

[Karl Sharro @KarlreMarks]

Irony is when something tastes like iron.

[Kristine Beckerle @K_Beckerle]

1. #Saudi coalition has repeatedly promised to minimize harm to #Yemen-i civilians.

@hrw report out today: Any steps taken not nearly enough.

https://t.co/NcTCFu7r93

[Adam Saif @dam_saif]

@KTHopkins Great clip. So proud to be from such a thriving multicultural city.

[Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) @AOAV]

'Our memories have vanished': the Palestinian theatre destroyed in a bomb strike https://t.co/QDINckmWx3

[Karl Sharro @KarlreMarks]

I have a theory that people from around the Mediterranean understand each other at an instinctive level even if they don't speak the same language. Just gesture and speak loudly and you'll be fine.

[Maria Popova @themarginalian]

Tchaikovsky on depression and finding beauty amid the wreckage of the soul https://t.co/zy74tVxKHR