The lesson here is that if you can get the aunties to approve of you without changing anything about yourself, you can do anything you set your mind to.
The opposition in Tanzania claims that at least 700 people have been killed by security forces in the last three days following protests against the general election on Wednesday.
Every network should be covering this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCUK...
Columbia president resigns after university cedes to Trump demands
https://www.ft.com/content/e4f23164-041d-47e5-be0a-7e0f06b3bb3a
If you watched season 2 of “Mo” you will have learnt that the US cannot deport Palestinians because to do that it would have to acknowledge that Palestine exists. So effectively what they’ve done is made this young man stateless.
Seeing what happens >> telling people nothing interesting will happen so don’t try
www.forbes.com/sites/pamdan...
Claudia Sheinbaum probably called Justin and told him to just promise things they were already doing. And then they laughed.
Today's inspirational story to balance the deluge of bad news: a belated obit of NASA "human computer" Annie Easley. She wasn't profiled in Hidden Figures but had a similar story, and judging from the photo she could have played herself without a glam up. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/o...
This is some BS.
I get the impulse but let’s keep a sober eye on facts and history. The US is the villain in many, many, MANY stories in African history. That doesn’t mean don’t resist - it just means keeping clear eyed so that you’re not just swapping out one oppressor for another.
while musk’s fanbois and the ADL tap dance around it, the German papers call it what it is
It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.
Musk's last spaceship blew up during launch.
One of the biggest memory holes in the US electoral cycle was that millions of people died because DJT didn’t believe in COVID, then used racist tropes to try and explain it away, and then withheld medicines from much of the world. (Biden was no saint in this last act either).
Bluesky,
Today is my 2nd day on here as an escapee from The Bad Place. I am BEGGING y’all to repost this
I have $80,000 in scholarship money to give away to women and girls NATIONWIDE. I worked so hard to raise this money. Applications open THIS week. I’m scared the mass migration will impact this