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The Continent Issue 228 Cover

1/ Issue 228 of The Continent is out: Wagner’s info warriors, post-Prigozhin. Leaked docs reveal their influence in 22 African countries. We focus on South Africa, Mali, CAR, Niger & Angola.

Kittens and cats; a book of tales : Grover, Eulalie Osgood, 1873- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive viii, 84 p. 20 cm

It's in public domain now, so you can read the whole book here
archive.org/details/kitt...

It's really silly, but I appreciate it

I fear that Eulalie Osgood Grover may have cooked with these back in 1873

(Source: Kittens and cats; a book of tales)

Damn. Suddenly got all disco elysium in here.

Neither apply sadly and I am regretting certain life choices rn 😭

😔

Specifically with centralized schedule browsing, listen again available immediately after broadcast, and rewind available during live broadcast.

I miss the Sounds app. My radio listening has gone from several hours a day to nothing at all. Has an equivalent alternative emerged yet?

an elderly woman wearing a clown costume is sitting in front of a screen that says trendizisst on it ALT: an elderly woman wearing a clown costume is sitting in front of a screen that says trendizisst on it

fine.

a group of people are dancing in a living room with a watermark that says @trendzisst ALT: a group of people are dancing in a living room with a watermark that says @trendzisst

actual footage

now you're just bragging. Partying like its 1999, swanning about on your lilo. Sundowners and conga lines next. So indecorous.

a bald man stands in a church with candles ALT: a bald man stands in a church with candles

hell yeah 👊

Oh hell, you’re done for dude, RIP. Was it gaming, partying or a TV binge?

What’s the deal with the shining nebula just right of centre? Is it to Bluesky what Coruscant is to the galactic Republic?

Appalled by having to start another week when I already started a new one just the other day. Someone hasn’t thought this through.

Alec Guinness, of Star Wars Without Number, gets caliente under the collar about the days of yore. #yeswecantaloupe

deep cut!

Eh, just some kids Omar Khayyaming with their jug of wine, loaf of bread and miaow.

To: Jeffrey Epstein[jeevacation@gmail.com] From: Sent: Wed 7/15/2009 1:56:13 AM Subject: Re: florida visit? good typing! oh well, looks like it's a long flight anyhow... edmonton is so far away from EVERYTHING. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: i am tied up until aug On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:41 PM, wrote: You planted a seed with your invite today. I have next Wed thru Sunday off (July 22-26), my last vacation for months. I was going to take polo lessons in Calgary but I (DON'T) think my body can handle it! I pull a muscle every time, and I'm starting to realize my budding polo career might have to take a back seat to my actual job. think What are you doing next week?

The word don't is censored. Don't, or Don T. If you're looking for just some fun proof they're doing control+f censoring

from home, most like.

@rhi.bsky.social did your dad ever get his roomba?

well dodged. By the time I remembered to get my shot there were none left in the country, apparently. So I got bronchitis and a ruptured eardrum from my exploding sinuses instead, hurrah!

Newspaper cutting: The owls are not what they seem ARLINGTON, North Military Road, 3000 block, 5:20 p.m. Nov. 10. Responding to a call about an injured owl on the side of the road, an officer found a large mushroom.

Morning Bluesky.

psst… hey buddy, you like TV huh? yeah you do. Looking for the good stuff? Got some xianxia here from China that’ll blow. your. mind. I’m talking the real McCoy, uncut & pure as driven snow. You’ll weep so hard and won’t even know why. Joy? Sorrow? Overcome by the sublime? Yes. Go on. Thaaat’s it.

i am no longer invested in the grammys

Barbie doll, holding a cigarette, with a coffee mug that says "GTFO", with her hands on her head. Caption: "We made it to February guys"

They feel like completely different genres. One is a kinetic blend of catchy hooks, inspired artistry, challenging vocal craft and deep technical mastery, and the other is boybands. #kpop

Are boy K-pop and girl K-pop enemies like in the movie?

oh no I am invested in the grammys

NYT Spelling Bee says no to Airwolf.

Unacceptable. They let us have Magnum just the other day.

This is the cover of The Continent, dated 31 January 2026, Issue 226. It is illustrated by Tanzanian satirist Gado. The background is deep blue and textured like a computer circuit board, with thin silver lines and nodes spreading across the page. At the centre is a microchip, tilted slightly. On the chip is the Kenyan flag — black, red, white, and green — with the national shield and spears in the middle. Beneath the flag, in bold white letters, are the words “MADE IN KENYA.” The chip is embedded into the circuitry, as if it is part of the system. Surrounding the chip are dark, shadowy silhouettes of large hands reaching inward from the top and bottom edges of the cover. The hands are not detailed — they appear almost like cut-out shadows. At the top, the newspaper’s name “The Continent” appears in large white letters. Along the very top edge, in smaller text, it reads “AFRICAN JOURNALISM | 31 JANUARY 2026 | ISSUE 226.” On the right-hand side, stacked in white text, is the headline: “The fight to save Kenya’s first microchip maker.”

All Protocol Observed

Welcome to Issue 226 of The Continent

The story of Kenya’s first semiconductor plant shows how quickly geopolitics can turn promise into collateral damage for the Global South.

bit.ly/226_TC