Some people take to
cruelty like breathing
Oblivious to the pain they’re causing
and the souls they are plundering

Some pain can never be washed away

Some heartbreaks never fade
Haunting us through our broken days
Emotional echoes through
our memories
of scattered
lost dreams
#Booksky #poetry

This week, Cristina Dias Lourenco, the dear daughter of Angola's President João Lourenco was appointed acting head of the country's stock exchange Bodiva. We all could use dads like Lourenco.

Bright red river outside the Argentinian capital Buenos Aires sparks fears of pollution. The Sarandi River flows through poverty-striken and industrial areas that include several factories which operate hazardous waste incinerators.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” - Alice Walker

Cunningham's Law: The best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, but post the wrong answer.

I teach a class called "Politics of the Internet," and one thing I end up talking about is internet adages. The list I cover:

Godwin's Law
Poe's Law
The Streisand Effect
Don't feed the trolls
The Rule of Goats

Any big ones I missed? Things along those lines I should add?

Kenyans abroad sent home a record $4.94 billion (KSh640.75 billion) in the year ended December 2024, a 18% growth that shattered the Central Bank of Kenya’s projections.

A tanker explosion in Nigeria’s Niger State has killed at least 55 people who were jostling to scoop fuel, that had been spilled by an overturned tanker! Cry our beloved continent😢

Archaeologists have discovered three-million-year-old knives in Kenya which are believed to be some of the oldest tools ever used by ancient humans on Earth.

Oxford English Dictionary expands lexicon with new Nigerian words such as ‘Japa’, ‘Yahoo’, ‘419’, ‘Agbero’, ‘Cross-carpet’, ‘Kobo’, ‘Naija’, and ‘Suya’.

Man..
Have written goals .
Every day you wake up Pray and do things that take you closer to your goals.

#Focus

LIVE: Local news crew captures fire tornado in LA.

The largest of the LA fires, in Palisades, is still only 8% contained.

Local news station KTLA 5 captured this fire tornado on its northern flank, funnelling flames hundreds of feet into the air.

(🎥 KTLA 5 News)