Bernedette Muthien
@bernemuthien.bsky.social
Freelance Transformation and Governance Specialist.
Poet.
Poet.
Northern Cape work and beauty
Awe
This Northern Cape
Will strip you
To your marrow
And leave you naked
And shiny
Before your god
3 Sept 2025
Awe
This Northern Cape
Will strip you
To your marrow
And leave you naked
And shiny
Before your god
3 Sept 2025
September 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Northern Cape work and beauty
Awe
This Northern Cape
Will strip you
To your marrow
And leave you naked
And shiny
Before your god
3 Sept 2025
Awe
This Northern Cape
Will strip you
To your marrow
And leave you naked
And shiny
Before your god
3 Sept 2025
There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
August 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
There must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea.
Khalil Gibran
Khalil Gibran
Norway wealth fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israel allegations
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Norway wealth fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israel allegations
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Norway wealth fund sells Caterpillar stake over Israel allegations
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
World’s largest wealth fund says it has excluded bulldozer maker and five Israeli banking groups on ethics grounds
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Respiro (2024) by Anna Madia.
Oil on MDF.
Oil on MDF.
August 19, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Respiro (2024) by Anna Madia.
Oil on MDF.
Oil on MDF.
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“It comes from a fundamentally sexist place in that women didn’t have these services, so a load of women across the country got together and made these services and offered them to other women for free, and they didn’t get paid for their labour." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips
Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
“It comes from a fundamentally sexist place in that women didn’t have these services, so a load of women across the country got together and made these services and offered them to other women for free, and they didn’t get paid for their labour." www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Women's unpaid labour to care for society when government should provide and pay for these services.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK has got ‘fat’ on decades of free labour by women, says MP Jess Phillips
Minister points to ‘sexist’ practice of country relying on women to provide services so government did not have to
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Women's unpaid labour to care for society when government should provide and pay for these services.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🔒 Operation Dudula has brought fascism to South Africa. Dudula spreads conspiracy theories and tries to stoke moral panic to justify its actions. www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times...
Operation Dudula has brought fascism to South Africa
Dudula is not a response to the actual nature of our crisis; it's a diversion from it, writes Imraan Buccus.
www.timeslive.co.za
August 3, 2025 at 6:39 AM
🔒 Operation Dudula has brought fascism to South Africa. Dudula spreads conspiracy theories and tries to stoke moral panic to justify its actions. www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times...
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@rosie.com I too grew up in NYC and agree with every word you just said.
August 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
@rosie.com I too grew up in NYC and agree with every word you just said.
Link: www.youtube.com/live/BfZXQK0...
Livestream Hague Group meeting, chaired by SA and Colombia, about interventions to stop genocide in Palestine. From Colombia.
Livestream Hague Group meeting, chaired by SA and Colombia, about interventions to stop genocide in Palestine. From Colombia.
[INAUGURATION] Emergency Conference of States to Halt Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
YouTube video by Progressive International
www.youtube.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Link: www.youtube.com/live/BfZXQK0...
Livestream Hague Group meeting, chaired by SA and Colombia, about interventions to stop genocide in Palestine. From Colombia.
Livestream Hague Group meeting, chaired by SA and Colombia, about interventions to stop genocide in Palestine. From Colombia.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Happy Bastille Day
July 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Happy Bastille Day
July 14, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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“What is the UK doing to prevent acts of genocide?”
~Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs
MiddleEastEye
~Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs
MiddleEastEye
July 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
“What is the UK doing to prevent acts of genocide?”
~Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs
MiddleEastEye
~Francesca Albanese @FranceskAlbs
MiddleEastEye
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Oof that’s fascist.
Trump wants to strip citizenship away from a U.S. citizen who opposes him politically.
His April 28th executive order let's his AG target political opponents.
His counterterrorism czar said political opponents should be considered domestic terrorists.
You see where this is going, right?
His April 28th executive order let's his AG target political opponents.
His counterterrorism czar said political opponents should be considered domestic terrorists.
You see where this is going, right?
July 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Oof that’s fascist.
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Last week, Children's Commissioner Rachel Da Souza released a report on child poverty in England. There were a few stories in the press, but I've yet to see a deep dive from any of the 'news' organisations supposedly holding government to account. 🧵
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/gro...
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/gro...
Growing up in a low-income family: Children's experiences | Children's Commissioner for England
This report should not have to exist. Shining a light on children’s experiences of poverty in 2025, in one of the wealthiest countries in the world,
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk
July 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Last week, Children's Commissioner Rachel Da Souza released a report on child poverty in England. There were a few stories in the press, but I've yet to see a deep dive from any of the 'news' organisations supposedly holding government to account. 🧵
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/gro...
www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/resource/gro...
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💯
July 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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There's an irony here: President Boakai is having to pretend he doesn't understand what Trump said rather than admit Trump's embarrassing, insulting ignorance.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
‘Such good English’: Liberians confused, angry at Trump comments to Boakai
US president appeared surprised by his counterpart’s ‘beautiful English’, despite it being Liberia’s national language.
www.aljazeera.com
July 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
There's an irony here: President Boakai is having to pretend he doesn't understand what Trump said rather than admit Trump's embarrassing, insulting ignorance.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/...
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Trump to President of Liberia: Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?
English is the official language of Liberia.
English is the official language of Liberia.
July 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Trump to President of Liberia: Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?
English is the official language of Liberia.
English is the official language of Liberia.
"phenotypic plasticity: the capacity for organisms to produce different outcomes from the same genes, depending on their environment. These outcomes, called phenotypes, can include stress sensitivity and body shape."
July 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"phenotypic plasticity: the capacity for organisms to produce different outcomes from the same genes, depending on their environment. These outcomes, called phenotypes, can include stress sensitivity and body shape."