jswahutu
@jswahutu.bsky.social
Media/journalism (mostly African)| Genocide | Mass Atrocity | Knowledge production
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jswahutu
@jswahutu.bsky.social
· Nov 29
That feeling when after multiple delays your book is finally out in the world….
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old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
March 3, 2025 at 12:54 AM
old Soviet joke for our times:
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn’t buy the paper. One day the vendor asks what he’s up to.
Guy says: “looking for an obituary.”
Vendor says “those are towards the back of the paper, comrade.”
Guy says: “not the one I’m looking for.”
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I haven't changed my tone on crypto from day one.
This reserve is the Big Scam(tm).
I don't argue with y'all. I don't pretend that my decades of academic and lived experience are equal to your 2 second searches and misplaced confidence. I'm not here to make you feel more knowledgeable than you are
This reserve is the Big Scam(tm).
I don't argue with y'all. I don't pretend that my decades of academic and lived experience are equal to your 2 second searches and misplaced confidence. I'm not here to make you feel more knowledgeable than you are
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I haven't changed my tone on crypto from day one.
This reserve is the Big Scam(tm).
I don't argue with y'all. I don't pretend that my decades of academic and lived experience are equal to your 2 second searches and misplaced confidence. I'm not here to make you feel more knowledgeable than you are
This reserve is the Big Scam(tm).
I don't argue with y'all. I don't pretend that my decades of academic and lived experience are equal to your 2 second searches and misplaced confidence. I'm not here to make you feel more knowledgeable than you are
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The silencing of victims is sadly a global phenomenon:
#media #oscars #rapeculture
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#media #oscars #rapeculture
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
March 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
The silencing of victims is sadly a global phenomenon:
#media #oscars #rapeculture
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#media #oscars #rapeculture
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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This struck me as the perfect distillation of JD Vance. He is a shockingly incurious and unserious guy who has faked his way into the center of power and now thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
Still processing the fact that Zelensky asked Vance “Have you ever actually been to Ukraine?” and his response was that he’s watched and seen some videos.
March 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This struck me as the perfect distillation of JD Vance. He is a shockingly incurious and unserious guy who has faked his way into the center of power and now thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
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A week ago, Pam Bondi went on Fox News claiming the files were sitting on her desk. Now, in a fabricated letter to Kash Patel, she insists she never received them.
Congrats on shifting the news cycle. Lie better.
Congrats on shifting the news cycle. Lie better.
February 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
A week ago, Pam Bondi went on Fox News claiming the files were sitting on her desk. Now, in a fabricated letter to Kash Patel, she insists she never received them.
Congrats on shifting the news cycle. Lie better.
Congrats on shifting the news cycle. Lie better.
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lol this take is DRENCHED in privilege.
Marginalized people cannot afford to be apolitical because our very identity IS POLITICAL. Activism isn't some cute hobby folks are engaging in. People are advocating for their SURVIVAL.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
Marginalized people cannot afford to be apolitical because our very identity IS POLITICAL. Activism isn't some cute hobby folks are engaging in. People are advocating for their SURVIVAL.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
This isn't meant to be a dunk, but I'm genuinely surprised when people don't understand that journalists generally cannot take part in activism if they want to be taken seriously as journalists
February 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
lol this take is DRENCHED in privilege.
Marginalized people cannot afford to be apolitical because our very identity IS POLITICAL. Activism isn't some cute hobby folks are engaging in. People are advocating for their SURVIVAL.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
Marginalized people cannot afford to be apolitical because our very identity IS POLITICAL. Activism isn't some cute hobby folks are engaging in. People are advocating for their SURVIVAL.
bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Fantastic read.A compelling behind the scenes look of realities that scholars based in Africa face when collaborating w colleagues based in the Global North. Also offers advice on building more ethical collaborations.
For everyone in global collaborative research.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For everyone in global collaborative research.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“My Flight Arrives at 5 am, Can You Pick Me Up?”: The Gatekeeping Burden of the African Academic
Over the past decade, there has been increased awareness and discourse around the inequalities which structure North–South academic collaboration. The purpose of this discussion is to look at the o...
www.tandfonline.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Fantastic read.A compelling behind the scenes look of realities that scholars based in Africa face when collaborating w colleagues based in the Global North. Also offers advice on building more ethical collaborations.
For everyone in global collaborative research.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For everyone in global collaborative research.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
Cars will need fewer screens and more buttons to earn five-star safety rating in Europe
Euro NCAP will release new testing guidelines in 2026.
www.theverge.com
February 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating.
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens.
(Even better: Tesla will hate this)
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This is LITERALLY what USAID does!!!
February 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is LITERALLY what USAID does!!!
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Seems like a good time to tap the sign once again: would strongly recommend supporting non-billionaire owned news media - especially the independent, local, worker-run and/or reader funded variety
SCOOP: WaPo Opinion editor David Shipley is out. Jeff Bezos emails staff about a change to Post Opinions: "We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets."
February 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Seems like a good time to tap the sign once again: would strongly recommend supporting non-billionaire owned news media - especially the independent, local, worker-run and/or reader funded variety
I see that bald headed man has decided to finally stop pretending that he cares about the newspaper. This was always going to happen once orange man won the election. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
www.niemanlab.org
February 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I see that bald headed man has decided to finally stop pretending that he cares about the newspaper. This was always going to happen once orange man won the election. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
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“And therefore, we will _____.”
A statement from a spokesperson for The New York Times on White House press coverage:
February 26, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“And therefore, we will _____.”
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They allowed for this to happen the moment they kept quiet about @apnews.com being denied entry.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
February 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
They allowed for this to happen the moment they kept quiet about @apnews.com being denied entry.
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The wages of the WHCA’s public silence on the White House’s unlawful retaliation against the AP are even bolder encroachments against the free press’s prerogatives.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announces that the White House Correspondents' Association will no longer choose the pool reporter.
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
"Moving forward, the White House press pool will be determined by the White House press team."
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The wages of the WHCA’s public silence on the White House’s unlawful retaliation against the AP are even bolder encroachments against the free press’s prerogatives.
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this is a damn good way of putting the James Carville phenomenon in perspective
Imagine in the 1920's if you kept hearing from Grover Cleveland's campaign strategist about needing to do what worked for them in 1892
February 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM
this is a damn good way of putting the James Carville phenomenon in perspective
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Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.
February 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Maddow: I think it is a bad mistake to let Joy Reid walk out the door. It is also unnerving to see that on a network where we've got two nonwhite hosts in primetime, both of our nonwhite hosts in primetime are losing their shows, as is Katie Phang on the weekend. I do not defend it.
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The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
February 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The best way to confront a bully about the misinformation he is spreading is to confront him in front of everyone. Macron just did that.
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NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...
February 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
NEW: Google used to warn you when you were seeing low-quality search results. Then, in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election, the company quietly turned that warning off www.platformer.news/google-data-...
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Andrew Carnegie helped kill 2600 people in a flood and sicced Pinkerton guards on striking workers.
We really don’t need to do gilded age revisionism.
We really don’t need to do gilded age revisionism.
It's never good when the richest person in the world and the worst person in the world are the same person.
February 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Andrew Carnegie helped kill 2600 people in a flood and sicced Pinkerton guards on striking workers.
We really don’t need to do gilded age revisionism.
We really don’t need to do gilded age revisionism.
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I was pretty skeptical of Amazon taking control of the Bond franchise, but if this is the direction it's going, I'm pro.
February 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I was pretty skeptical of Amazon taking control of the Bond franchise, but if this is the direction it's going, I'm pro.
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"You can purge a website of the words climate change, but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away." (Good NYT story about one of two legal actions we filed this morning.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...
Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites
The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"You can purge a website of the words climate change, but that doesn’t mean climate change goes away." (Good NYT story about one of two legal actions we filed this morning.) www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/c...
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Just an unbelievable own goal that the party—and specifically Pelosi, who had great strengths as Speaker—put an ancient and not nimble messenger in this key public committee spot instead of @Aoc who is absolutely one of the best comms people in entire party.
Asked what he recommends federal workers do, Gerry Connolly says: "I guess if you can, cover yourself and do the five things you did last week"
February 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just an unbelievable own goal that the party—and specifically Pelosi, who had great strengths as Speaker—put an ancient and not nimble messenger in this key public committee spot instead of @Aoc who is absolutely one of the best comms people in entire party.