@maryjeffers.bsky.social
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Africa’s tragedy is structural: Predatory elites, tribalised politics, and the total collapse of any legitimate monopoly on violence ensure that extremists of every stripe flourish while moderates are exterminated. External patrons aggravate the problem.
December 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Africa’s tragedy is structural: Predatory elites, tribalised politics, and the total collapse of any legitimate monopoly on violence ensure that extremists of every stripe flourish while moderates are exterminated. External patrons aggravate the problem.
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One man held in the Hinds County jail system has been in jail for 18 months on drug charges without an indictment and has no attorney to move his case along, according to court records reviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson.
Dozens Locked in Hinds County’s Jails Without an Indictment—Some for Over a Year
At least 60 people arrested in Hinds County have been jailed in its detention facilities for over three months with no indictment filed against them.
buff.ly
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
One man held in the Hinds County jail system has been in jail for 18 months on drug charges without an indictment and has no attorney to move his case along, according to court records reviewed by The Marshall Project - Jackson.
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If this report is true then ICE essentially attempted this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskato...
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If this report is true then ICE essentially attempted this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskato...
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At least 60 people arrested in Hinds County have been jailed in its detention facilities for over three months—including at least five for more than a year—with no indictment filed against them and no pathway to a trial in sight.
Dozens Locked in Hinds County’s Jails Without an Indictment—Some for Over a Year
At least 60 people arrested in Hinds County have been jailed in its detention facilities for over three months with no indictment filed against them.
buff.ly
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
At least 60 people arrested in Hinds County have been jailed in its detention facilities for over three months—including at least five for more than a year—with no indictment filed against them and no pathway to a trial in sight.
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The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
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If only Biden had spent more time complaining about the real problem -- immigrants, who bring obvious and easily demonstrable benefits to US society -- instead of minor issues like everyone dying of an infectious disease or losing their jobs and homes.
December 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
If only Biden had spent more time complaining about the real problem -- immigrants, who bring obvious and easily demonstrable benefits to US society -- instead of minor issues like everyone dying of an infectious disease or losing their jobs and homes.
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As we had noted in FA before Oct 23: "All the territory west of the Jordan River has long constituted a single state under Israeli rule, where the land and the people are subject to radically different legal regimes, and Palestinians are permanently treated as a lower caste."
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As we had noted in FA before Oct 23: "All the territory west of the Jordan River has long constituted a single state under Israeli rule, where the land and the people are subject to radically different legal regimes, and Palestinians are permanently treated as a lower caste."
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this is one of the worst things to happen in the 21st century, and like... its pulling teeth to get anyone to mention that its happening at all.
The death rate among children under 5 is expected to grow this year for the first time in the 21st century, researchers say. A key factor, they say, is cuts to U.S. and other foreign aid
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Child deaths under 5 believed to be rising for first time in decades
Cuts to development aid from several countries is a key factor, researchers said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
this is one of the worst things to happen in the 21st century, and like... its pulling teeth to get anyone to mention that its happening at all.
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I'm late to this powerful, detailed article, but it's well worth a read. What we're doing to these people is an atrocity. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I'm late to this powerful, detailed article, but it's well worth a read. What we're doing to these people is an atrocity. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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This came from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden. Mace voted against it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This came from the 2021 infrastructure bill signed by Biden. Mace voted against it.
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Here's the original article. Really crucial information for parents and educators.
Also, if you share this, it helps boost it in the rankings. It would really help if people googling this podcast saw this article at the top of their search.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Also, if you share this, it helps boost it in the rankings. It would really help if people googling this podcast saw this article at the top of their search.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
The online clip factory that's radicalizing teen boys - Salon.com
How a wildly popular YouTube “dating” show heaps mockery on women to create "so many more incels”
www.salon.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Here's the original article. Really crucial information for parents and educators.
Also, if you share this, it helps boost it in the rankings. It would really help if people googling this podcast saw this article at the top of their search.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
Also, if you share this, it helps boost it in the rankings. It would really help if people googling this podcast saw this article at the top of their search.
www.salon.com/2025/11/21/t...
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Azerbaijan arrests main opposition leader Ali Karimli, his advisor Mammad Ibrahim and several other associates. This will effectively end any non-systemic opposition presence in the country, following total eradication of independent media & civic organizations. Towards full-fledged totalitarianism.
We are extremely concerned about today’s actions lead by the National Security Agency against the leader of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, Ali Karimli 🇦🇿
November 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Azerbaijan arrests main opposition leader Ali Karimli, his advisor Mammad Ibrahim and several other associates. This will effectively end any non-systemic opposition presence in the country, following total eradication of independent media & civic organizations. Towards full-fledged totalitarianism.
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So we pulled out of Afghanistan just to bomb it when Trump’s back in office?
Qatar has officially agreed to the US plan and has given authorisation to conduct airstrikes inside Afghanistan from its airbase.
These operations “are aimed at eliminating high value targets, including senior leaders of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as terrorist training facilities”.
These operations “are aimed at eliminating high value targets, including senior leaders of Al-Qaeda and ISIS, as well as terrorist training facilities”.
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
So we pulled out of Afghanistan just to bomb it when Trump’s back in office?
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With obligatory NYT sub heading: "Israeli authorities said they were investigating"
Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians After They Appear to Surrender, Video Shows www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinians After They Appear to Surrender, Video Shows
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
With obligatory NYT sub heading: "Israeli authorities said they were investigating"
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Yum tamales! This worker is hand weeding organic corn. Organic produce can be labor intensive because no pesticides are used to control weeds.
November 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Yum tamales! This worker is hand weeding organic corn. Organic produce can be labor intensive because no pesticides are used to control weeds.
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60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
November 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
60%+ of Israelis surveyed don't thing the abuses of Palestinian prisoners should be investigated.
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
84% say the IDF should get an excellent or very good grade for *moral conduct*.
62.5% say a 'terrorist' should be murdered even if they don't pose a threat.
www.israelhayom.co.il/news/geopoli...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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European missionaries/colonialists banned the use of Africanmusical instruments in church, which they associated with “demonic worship”, fearing that these would encourage converts to retain their earlier religious practices.
African Churches Reclaim Traditional Musical Instruments
When Western missionaries arrived in Africa in the 19th century, they disallowed the use of native musical instruments in church, which they associated with demonic worship. But now, the instruments a...
religionunplugged.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 AM
European missionaries/colonialists banned the use of Africanmusical instruments in church, which they associated with “demonic worship”, fearing that these would encourage converts to retain their earlier religious practices.
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Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Israel has held 16-year-old American, Mohammed Ibrahim, without trial, for 9 months.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
He has been denied contact with family & his health is deteriorating. He says he falsely confessed to throwing a rock after being beaten.
America needs to secure his release NOW.
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Meta & partners complete 2Africa subsea cable. At 45,000+ km, it’s the WORLD'S LONGEST open-access system, linking 33 countries across 3 continents. FIRST to connect East and West Africa in ONE continuous loop!
Meta and Partners Announce Completion of Core 2Africa Subsea Cable System - IT News Africa | Business Technology, Telecoms and Startup News
Meta, in collaboration with Bayobab (MTN Group), Orange, center3, Telecom Egypt, Vodafone Group, and WIOCC announced the completion and activation of the core 2Africa Subsea Cable system.
www.itnewsafrica.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Meta & partners complete 2Africa subsea cable. At 45,000+ km, it’s the WORLD'S LONGEST open-access system, linking 33 countries across 3 continents. FIRST to connect East and West Africa in ONE continuous loop!
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Great discussions today about AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST at the University of Maryland today with @stelhami.bsky.social - ebook is still half price, grab it now to see what everyone’s talking about. It goes hard.
www.amazon.com/Americas-Mid...
www.amazon.com/Americas-Mid...
America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region
America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region - Kindle edition by Lynch, Marc. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading America's Middle East: The Ruination of a Region.
www.amazon.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Great discussions today about AMERICA’S MIDDLE EAST at the University of Maryland today with @stelhami.bsky.social - ebook is still half price, grab it now to see what everyone’s talking about. It goes hard.
www.amazon.com/Americas-Mid...
www.amazon.com/Americas-Mid...
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“Just the day before he was detained, Ya’akub had recorded and participated in a city council meeting in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, where he spoke out in support of local community leader Marwan Marouf who was detained by ICE, according to a court filing from his legal team last week.”
A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
When Storytelling Is Called ‘Terrorism’: How My Friend and Fellow Journalist Was Targeted by ICE
As a DACA recipient, Ya'akub Ira Vijandre’s arrest holds drastic implications for the state of free speech in America.
thebarbedwire.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
“Just the day before he was detained, Ya’akub had recorded and participated in a city council meeting in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, where he spoke out in support of local community leader Marwan Marouf who was detained by ICE, according to a court filing from his legal team last week.”
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"Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians: IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians: IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy"
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...