Wamathai
@wamathai.bsky.social
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1/ As US officials lash out at Germany for classifying the AfD as a far-right extremist party claiming it’s a threat to #Democracy a fundamental question arises: What kind of democracy are they defending?
#NieWiederIstJetzt #AfDVerbotJetzt
#NieWiederIstJetzt #AfDVerbotJetzt
May 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
1/ As US officials lash out at Germany for classifying the AfD as a far-right extremist party claiming it’s a threat to #Democracy a fundamental question arises: What kind of democracy are they defending?
#NieWiederIstJetzt #AfDVerbotJetzt
#NieWiederIstJetzt #AfDVerbotJetzt
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The Ruto administration celebrates World Press Freedom day by arresting four filmmakers who made a film for the BBC about the killings protesters at parliament last year. This is the film they do not want you to see. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC News - Eye Investigations, Blood Parliament
Africa Eye investigates deaths at Kenya's 25 June finance bill protest.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 3, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Ruto administration celebrates World Press Freedom day by arresting four filmmakers who made a film for the BBC about the killings protesters at parliament last year. This is the film they do not want you to see. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Ten years ago, I argued that "much of the coverage and analysis of parties such as UKIP has been skewed and hyped"
Nothing has changed in the coverage but far right politics have become increasingly mainstream and the crisis of democracy has deepened
www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
Nothing has changed in the coverage but far right politics have become increasingly mainstream and the crisis of democracy has deepened
www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
UKIP-like parties only thrive when the mainstream allows them to
In the past few years, much of the coverage and analysis of parties such as UKIP or the Front National has been skewed and hyped, compared to their electoral performance.
www.opendemocracy.net
May 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Ten years ago, I argued that "much of the coverage and analysis of parties such as UKIP has been skewed and hyped"
Nothing has changed in the coverage but far right politics have become increasingly mainstream and the crisis of democracy has deepened
www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
Nothing has changed in the coverage but far right politics have become increasingly mainstream and the crisis of democracy has deepened
www.opendemocracy.net/en/can-europ...
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I don’t know which is sadder, that there is GoFundMe for racists or that a white woman raised over half a million dollars on it after callling an African American child the “N-word” at a playground.
She is on track to hit her goal of one million dollars raised.
She is on track to hit her goal of one million dollars raised.
May 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I don’t know which is sadder, that there is GoFundMe for racists or that a white woman raised over half a million dollars on it after callling an African American child the “N-word” at a playground.
She is on track to hit her goal of one million dollars raised.
She is on track to hit her goal of one million dollars raised.
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WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos.
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos.
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
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People in the replies are saying they can't find a source on this, so I uploaded video. (It's slightly misquoted in this newspaper article.) August 12, 1967, San Francisco.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP3T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP3T...
January 16, 2024 at 12:36 AM
People in the replies are saying they can't find a source on this, so I uploaded video. (It's slightly misquoted in this newspaper article.) August 12, 1967, San Francisco.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP3T...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP3T...
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Our story on Elon Musk threatening legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit which studies hate speech and misinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/technology/twitter-x-center-for-countering-digital-hate.html
July 31, 2023 at 2:12 PM
Our story on Elon Musk threatening legal action against the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit which studies hate speech and misinformation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/technology/twitter-x-center-for-countering-digital-hate.html
I actually want to buy this
did u know that you can just buy a shawarma rotisserie and you don't even need a license or a permit. there's nothing to stop you except yourself
May 21, 2023 at 1:18 PM
I actually want to buy this
Reminds me a lot of Kenya under Moi
Do people still use the phrase “it’s a free country” ? Seems kind of outdated.
May 21, 2023 at 1:16 PM
Reminds me a lot of Kenya under Moi
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I want the opposite of “guy in a diner” political reporting.
Have a journalist go to some of the weirdest scenes in the country, ask people there for their political opinions, and write about it in earnest and vivid detail
Have a journalist go to some of the weirdest scenes in the country, ask people there for their political opinions, and write about it in earnest and vivid detail
May 21, 2023 at 1:46 AM
I want the opposite of “guy in a diner” political reporting.
Have a journalist go to some of the weirdest scenes in the country, ask people there for their political opinions, and write about it in earnest and vivid detail
Have a journalist go to some of the weirdest scenes in the country, ask people there for their political opinions, and write about it in earnest and vivid detail
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View of Zambezi from Victoria falls, Zimbabwe
April 28, 2023 at 10:00 PM
View of Zambezi from Victoria falls, Zimbabwe
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Thanks! Recruiting full-time Typescript and Go devs most urgently right now, to finish building the stuff we've been talking about. Any leads?
https://blueskyweb.xyz/join
https://blueskyweb.xyz/join
Jobs - Bluesky
blueskyweb.xyz
April 28, 2023 at 10:58 PM
Thanks! Recruiting full-time Typescript and Go devs most urgently right now, to finish building the stuff we've been talking about. Any leads?
https://blueskyweb.xyz/join
https://blueskyweb.xyz/join
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#Senegal 🇸🇳 is currently going through a political and democratic crisis that has rarely been witnessed. In this article, @cheikhfall.bsky.social ✍️ reviews the situation and presents solutions to emerge from this situation
More👉 bit.ly/44jLrge
#AfricTivistes
More👉 bit.ly/44jLrge
#AfricTivistes
April 27, 2023 at 1:56 PM
#Senegal 🇸🇳 is currently going through a political and democratic crisis that has rarely been witnessed. In this article, @cheikhfall.bsky.social ✍️ reviews the situation and presents solutions to emerge from this situation
More👉 bit.ly/44jLrge
#AfricTivistes
More👉 bit.ly/44jLrge
#AfricTivistes
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I come from a family of farmers in Kenya. Miss picking fruits from the trees, vines, and bushes!
April 25, 2023 at 3:47 PM
I come from a family of farmers in Kenya. Miss picking fruits from the trees, vines, and bushes!
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Africa
Civic techs
Tech4Good
Civic Engagement
Democracy
Human Rights
Freedom of Speech
Online civic spaces
Internet neutrality
"Digital Rights"...
Let's follow each other.
Civic techs
Tech4Good
Civic Engagement
Democracy
Human Rights
Freedom of Speech
Online civic spaces
Internet neutrality
"Digital Rights"...
Let's follow each other.
April 25, 2023 at 4:53 PM
Africa
Civic techs
Tech4Good
Civic Engagement
Democracy
Human Rights
Freedom of Speech
Online civic spaces
Internet neutrality
"Digital Rights"...
Let's follow each other.
Civic techs
Tech4Good
Civic Engagement
Democracy
Human Rights
Freedom of Speech
Online civic spaces
Internet neutrality
"Digital Rights"...
Let's follow each other.
Starting out on a new Social Media platform is always strange in the beginning.
April 24, 2023 at 11:13 AM
Starting out on a new Social Media platform is always strange in the beginning.
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Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
April 20, 2023 at 7:46 PM
Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
