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Nanjala
@nanjala.bsky.social
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Writer. Reader. Traveller. Tea connoisseur.
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I have the Mist taking it this season. They have in Allisha Gray, Veronica Burton and Alanna Smith three all star calibre players who have successfully made the transition from role player to franchise player meaning they know what it takes to win. Add Stewie and Arike for razzle dazzle. #unrivaled
January 6, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Iran says no leniency for 'rioters' as protests persist.

The response comes after Trump warned Iran would "get hit very hard by the United States" if the authorities killed more demonstrators

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January 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
I wish Rhyne would just accept that she’s not an automatic three point shooter. Give yourself 3 attempts and then do something else. #wnba #unrivaled
nanjala.bsky.social Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 13h
Rhyne is gonna shoot the Vinyl out the game. 😭 #unrivaled
January 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
nanjala.bsky.social
Rhyne is gonna shoot the Vinyl out the game. 😭 #unrivaled
January 5, 2026 at 8:13 PM
nanjala.bsky.social
So far, the teams seem more balanced this year. #unrivaled
January 5, 2026 at 7:59 PM
nanjala.bsky.social
Alanna Smith said “that’s co-DPOY Smith to you”. How many blocks is that??😂 #wnba #unrivaled
January 5, 2026 at 6:41 PM
nanjala.bsky.social
Saniya Rivers is really good at basketball.
January 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
nanjala.bsky.social
What law?
c-span.bsky.social C-SPAN @c-span.bsky.social · 16h
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz: "There is no war against Venezuela or its people. WE are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation."
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Michael Waltz Statement at U.N. Security Council Meeting on Venezuela
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January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Many are just waking up to the Grok-nonconsensual images story as these pictures began flooding X over the holidays, but here’s our piece from Jan 2 featuring a victim, Julie Yukari, who was brave enough to speak on the record and on camera:

www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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quilombo.bsky.social
Israeli occupation forces have detonated an entire neighbourhood in Khan Younis. Info and picture via the Palestinian journalist Motasem A Dalloul.
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 PM
nanjala.bsky.social
Just finishing Arundhati Roy’s latest “Mother Mary Comes to Me”. It’s pitched as a biography of her mother but it is actually an autobiography, a thread that unites everything she has ever written or published including her nonfiction. It’s a fantastic book - cannot recommend it enough.
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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Immensely frustrating.
From that I learned that my dad had used Perplexity to self-diagnose his condition and had sent the Perplexity report, if it can be called that, along to his very perplexed and frustrated doctor. Given that l'd spent the better part of a year talking with my father about the unreliability of factual statements made by Al, you can only imagine my extreme frustration discovering that my efforts had utterly failed within my own family. instance, it's exactly what I did. I contacted the doctors who led the study that Perplexity cited in support of its statement that refraining from Ven-Obi was the proper course of action for someone with Richter's. Much to my surprise, both doctors replied straightaway, and confirmed what I already knew to be true, that Perplexity had misstated the conclusion of their research, and that my father should follow the course of treatment his oncologist was recommending.
January 5, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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aljazeera.com
Maduro is charged with 'narcoterrorism', conspiring to import cocaine, but legal experts say his abduction is illegal.
Maduro to appear in New York court: What to expect
Maduro is charged with 'narcoterrorism', conspiring to import cocaine, but legal experts say his abduction is illegal.
www.aljazeera.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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danaelkurd.bsky.social
And a reminder that Venezuelans are people. I think Americans forget sometimes (and the administration doesnt care)
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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ericumansky.bsky.social
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.

“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Although Machado ultimately said she was dedicating the award to Trump, her acceptance of the prize was an “ultimate sin,” said one of the people. “If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” this person said.
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
Based on the Internet chatter, Trump would have made a lot more friends if he’d breached international law to relieve Sudan of Burhan and Hemedti.
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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crisisgroup.org Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 22h
Donald Trump is best positioned to halt the war in Sudan but it will be a tall order to piece the country back together after this devastating war. We explain how Washington can help end the world’s worst humanitarian calamity. www.crisisgroup.org/visual-expla...
January 5, 2026 at 11:34 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
The emails are finding me…. 😭
January 5, 2026 at 11:32 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
Yuck.
financialtimes.com Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 1d
Breaking news: Shares in some major US-listed oil companies have risen sharply in pre-market trading.

Follow our live blog for the latest updates: ft.trib.al/LElkVHb
January 5, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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How do the French feel about the Clooneys being granted citizenship?

Opinions are divided on the streets of Paris after American actor George Clooney, his wife Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children were granted French citizenship
January 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
One thing I’ve been wondering throughout this whole sequence of events is where was Maduro’s security detail? Where were his allies? It emerges that his deputy has been negotiating with Washington for almost a year.
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
Hm.
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 AM
nanjala.bsky.social
The 80s are back.
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
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This just in: Nicolas Maduro is set to appear at noon tomorrow before Judge Hellerstein in Manhattan fed.
January 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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atrupar.com
America is a rogue and malevolent state and global bad actor
In a telephone interview this morning with The Atlantic, President Donald J. Trump issued a threat against Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez, saying that, “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro,” adding that he would not stand for Rodríguez’s “defiant rejection” of military intervention by the United States. Additionally, during the interview, President Trump reaffirmed that Venezuela may not be the last country subject to American intervention, or even that it would remain isolated to Latin America, clearly stating, “We do need Greenland, absolutely,” while describing the island which is a part of Denmark, a close-ally and member of NATO, as “surrounded by Russian and Chinese ships.”
January 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM