Sirajul Islam

60+ Bangladeshi, married, father of two, Senior Consultant at Independent

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#Europe, an “old” #colonialistcontinent, is #decaying, and in some places even #collapsing. It senses how bad things are going. But it never thinks that it is its own #fault!

[Sirajul Islam @sirajul]

#Europe, an “old” #colonialistcontinent, is #decaying, and in some places even #collapsing. It senses how bad things are going. But it never thinks that it is its own #fault!

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Ah, the #EuropeanParliamentElection knocks at the door! Let’s see who is #campaigning for what…In #Italy, a #rightwingcoalition calls for a #guaranteedincome, #largerpensions, and resistance to the heavy-handed #austerityprograms enforced by the #EuropeanUnion.

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The #Brexitreferendum and the #Britishconstitution: It is not just the country’s #politics which are a #mess; so is the #structure they rest on.

[Sirajul Islam @sirajul]

The #Brexitreferendum and the #Britishconstitution: It is not just the country’s #politics which are a #mess; so is the #structure they rest on.

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#Mafias run by #roguepoliceofficers are #terrorizing #Rio, and President of #Brazil @jairbolsonaro is turning a #blindeye, reports @TheEconomist

[Sirajul Islam @sirajul]

#Mafias run by #roguepoliceofficers are #terrorizing #Rio, and President of #Brazil @jairbolsonaro is turning a #blindeye, reports @TheEconomist

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#Trump creates #diplomaticheadache for UK even before #statevisit? Yes, because he caused a #stir by #wading into the #contest to #replace @theresa_may as #primeminister and #criticizing #MeghanMarkle, the #DuchessofSussex.

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A #battle is looming between the next #primeminister, who may well opt to #leave the #EU without a #deal, and #Parliament, which insists on one. Now, it is #unclear who should #prevail, or even how to #choose between them?

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#Brexit could cause a #constitutionalcrisis in UK? This is what @TheEconomist is now discussing... America, France, Germany et al all have rules set down in black and white, but the "democracy in the '#MotherofParliaments' blossomed in 300 years under an “unwritten” #constitution

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#RobertMueller, in a surprise #pressconference, said, “If we had #confidence that the #president [#Trump] clearly did not commit a #crime, we would have said that.” He also made it clear that the next steps belong to #Congress.

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#RobertMueller, in a surprise #pressconference, said, “If we had #confidence that the #president [#Trump] clearly did not commit a #crime, we would have said that.” He also made it clear that the next steps belong to #Congress.

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Wow! #Trump loves #KimJongUn over #Biden, #Bolton and #Japan!

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There’s ‘discomfort’ btw #Turkey and the US regarding purchase of #Russian #S400, and the latter may suspend its #F35 #trainingprograms for #Turkishpilots. Really necessary? Not likely b'coz “given their largely #opposinginterests in the ME, their #cooperation faces real limits.”

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There’s ‘discomfort’ btw #Turkey and the US regarding purchase of #Russian #S400, and the latter may suspend its #F35 #trainingprograms for #Turkishpilots. Really necessary? Not likely b'coz “given their largely #opposinginterests in the ME, their #cooperation faces real limits.”

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When #Syria moved to take #Idlib from #alQaeda #terrorists, #France's #UNambassador expressed #concern to the #UNSC. What’s happening, it’s happening inside Syria, but the French worry about that instead of what’s happening inside France! Did they have #troops there?

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What's happening...Leaders meet to chart out #Europe’s #future, @IsraeliPM struggles to form a #government in #Israel, a #massstabbing in #Japan, and what?

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The mores of #Indonesia’s biggest #ethnicgroup shape its #politics? #Javanesecustom eschews #conflict in favor of woolly #consensus?

[Sirajul Islam @sirajul]

The mores of #Indonesia’s biggest #ethnicgroup shape its #politics? #Javanesecustom eschews #conflict in favor of woolly #consensus?

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#Technology and #Cyber [18]
This #robot can write in #languages it’s never seen before…After #training to hand-write #Japanesecharacters, the robot could then copy words in #Hindi, #Greek, and #English just by looking at examples! @WIRED

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#Technology and #Cyber [18]
This #robot can write in #languages it’s never seen before…After #training to hand-write #Japanesecharacters, the robot could then copy words in #Hindi, #Greek, and #English just by looking at examples! @WIRED

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#Technology and #Cyber [1]
A #California woman realized her #Nest home #securitycamera #hacked when she walked into her daughter’s room to hear #hackers playing #pornography through the #camera. Latest example of #poorsecurityfeatures in #homeconnectedtechnology? @washingtonpost

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#Technology and #Cyber [17]
.@facebook took down some 265 #Facebook and #Instagram #accounts and #pages tied to an #Israeli firm, @ArchimedesGroup, that appears to have been carrying out #disinformation operations in #Africa, #LatinAmerica, and #SoutheastAsia. @ForeignPolicy