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Poster, I have seen what you have done for others, and I want none of it for myself.

(I didn't realize this was controversial. I block people acting out in other's mentions all the time.)

"This is not incidental. This is a tactic.The suffering of journalists is not an accident; Israel is employing deliberate tactics to silence the truth by starving them." - CPJ and rights groups

#Palestine 🇵🇸 An Israeli targeted airstrike killed Al Jazeera’s Anas Al-Sharif and three colleagues, days after he spoke of being starved alongside other journalists — a tactic @pressfreedom.bsky.social and partners warn is aimed at silencing the truth. buff.ly/cPmtMcK

Mo Salah is asking the right questions

July wrap.

We Do Not Part- Han Kang (Book club read for July)

Apothecary Diaries (light novels) - Natsu Hyuuga

People, I'm begging you: If you post a screenshot of a paragraph from an article, AT LEAST include a link to the article.

Two young people who were hit by stray bullets during yesterday’s protests on #Kenya have died, bringing the official death toll to 12. 12 year old Bridget Njoki succumbed to her wounds this morning.

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Completely out of touch, more and more irrelevant, and his legacy forever tainted

At least 10 people killed, 29 injured, two abducted and 37 arrested across 17 counties during Saba Saba protests, KNHCR says. www.ctandardmedia.cokp

The final tally from today’s protests in #Kenya. All killed or injured by the police. (KNCHR is the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights).

June wrap up
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong

At least 22 casualties recorded during protests across parts of Kenya, protester shot by police in Nairobi now in critical condition at KNH, Commission on Human Rights says.

I hate this for us.

May wrap up.

1. The King's Bracelet - Didi Wamukoya
2. Can't Get Enough - Kennedy Ryan

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard. The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

Yes, it's long. Yes, it's complex. Yes, it's detailed. And yes, it will make you sad unto nihilistic depression. But it's also necessary to read because AI is going to fuck the planet beyond expression. www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1...

Nairobi showed out today.

April wrap up

Fundamentally - Nusaibah Younis

His Bloody Project - Graeme Macrae Burnet

You want to pay for your manicure? Download our app. You want to pay for parking? Download our app. You want to pay for your groceries? Download our app. You want to change lanes on the highway? Download our app.

Khalas.

Reading slump

Storytellers will be the ones to see us through this. Stories help us remember where we come from and what we’ve been through. They inspire us to imagine new and better futures. A love of storytelling fosters empathy, compassion, and curiosity.

March Wrap up
A Love Song for Ricki Wilde- Tia Williams
Sapphires and Secrets - Katerina Simms
This Time Next Door- Gretchen Galway
Technically Yours - Denise Williams
Careless People - Sarah Wynn-Williams

Israel kills 80 Palestinians in Gaza in 48 hours Palestinians mourn Israel’s killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza’s Rafah.

At least 80 Palestinians have been killed and 305 others injured in Israeli attacks across besieged Gaza in the past 48 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.

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I thoroughly enjoyed this.

"I wish I was a journalist to carry on your work."

The grieving father of Palestinian journalist Mohammad Mansour bids farewell to his son, who was killed by Israeli forces.

The international symbol of the podcast bro.

And he doubled down and refused to delete the photos.

He even said we are gaslighting him.

I was gobsmacked.

One of the strangest things I have seen on the socials.

Setting sun, silhouette of a dhow

I am definitely framing this one.

Watamu, 2025

Feb books
Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus
I Who Have Never Known Men- Jacqueline Hartman
Ripples in the Pool- Rebeka Njau
The Dragon, the Giant, the Women - Wayetu Moore