@culturescout.bsky.social
Podcaster. Privacy Professional. Political Ponfiticator. Traveller.
Passionate about technology, books, and challenging negative narratives about Africa.
https://linktr.ee/bookandlounge
Passionate about technology, books, and challenging negative narratives about Africa.
https://linktr.ee/bookandlounge
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Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to a comprehensive win and a bounty of territory, food, and a baby boom for the victors — does it show why humans go to war?
A decade-long chimp war ended in a baby boom for the victors, scientists discover
A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to comprehensive victory and a bounty of territory and food — does it show why humans go to war?
www.livescience.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A deadly conflict between rival groups of chimpanzees in Uganda led to a comprehensive win and a bounty of territory, food, and a baby boom for the victors — does it show why humans go to war?
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Ruba wanted me to share this video (Bluesky didn't let her post it because it restricts her account) to show people the miserable waterlogged conditions in what remains of Gaza's homes. She desperately needs help to pay for supplies & shelter to endure winter & the rains.
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ruba wanted me to share this video (Bluesky didn't let her post it because it restricts her account) to show people the miserable waterlogged conditions in what remains of Gaza's homes. She desperately needs help to pay for supplies & shelter to endure winter & the rains.
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Please share & donate to help the Nashwan family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving in brutal winter conditions:
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Please share & donate to help the Nashwan family survive Israel's continuing genocide in Gaza, which has left Palestinians homeless and starving in brutal winter conditions:
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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Reform UK's Richard Tice calls for Starmer to "utilise" the leverage of frozen Russian assets in Europe against Putin.
The EU is currently debating whether to seize Russian assets - but the UK does not participate in those meetings because of Brexit, thanks to Tice and others.
The EU is currently debating whether to seize Russian assets - but the UK does not participate in those meetings because of Brexit, thanks to Tice and others.
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Reform UK's Richard Tice calls for Starmer to "utilise" the leverage of frozen Russian assets in Europe against Putin.
The EU is currently debating whether to seize Russian assets - but the UK does not participate in those meetings because of Brexit, thanks to Tice and others.
The EU is currently debating whether to seize Russian assets - but the UK does not participate in those meetings because of Brexit, thanks to Tice and others.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Little more than a week after UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her scene-setting speech in Downing Street, her income tax gambit was ditched.
Labour MPs worry Reeves has ducked her big chance for a game-changing budget amid wider disarray at the top of government.
Labour MPs worry Reeves has ducked her big chance for a game-changing budget amid wider disarray at the top of government.
Britain prepares to muddle through yet another budget
A big-ticket tax hike has been shelved — but allies of U.K. Chancellor Rachel Reeves insist Wednesday’s fiscal update will still be a major reset.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Little more than a week after UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her scene-setting speech in Downing Street, her income tax gambit was ditched.
Labour MPs worry Reeves has ducked her big chance for a game-changing budget amid wider disarray at the top of government.
Labour MPs worry Reeves has ducked her big chance for a game-changing budget amid wider disarray at the top of government.
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French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back today against the terms of a peace plan Washington wants to negotiate with Ukraine, calling on Europeans to show strength and choose alone on the use of Russian frozen assets.
Macron: Europeans alone ‘must decide’ on Russian frozen assets
The French president praised Washington for seeking peace, just not this peace.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back today against the terms of a peace plan Washington wants to negotiate with Ukraine, calling on Europeans to show strength and choose alone on the use of Russian frozen assets.
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All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
All the supposedly progressive people saying 'Nigel Farage's racism doesn't matter. His fans love it'.
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
It matters whether the leader of the party leading all the opinion polls is an outright racist. It matters if he called black people 'wogs' and said 'gas them' to Jews. Not everything is a game
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At HMSC, we work tirelessly to provide holistic casework and advocacy to migrants in London, and we campaign alongside our visitors for an end to the hostile environment. We need your help to continue this vital work - support us by donating to our fundraiser!
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
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Support HMSC: Winter Fundraising Appeal | Localgiving
localgiving.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 AM
At HMSC, we work tirelessly to provide holistic casework and advocacy to migrants in London, and we campaign alongside our visitors for an end to the hostile environment. We need your help to continue this vital work - support us by donating to our fundraiser!
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
localgiving.org/fundraising/...
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Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Victory for carers after inquiry into debt scandal
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Tuesday’s @theguardian.com front page: Victory for carers after inquiry into debt scandal
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Incredible work by top colleagues @patrickjbutler.bsky.social & @joshhalliday.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Today is the 4th anniversary of the worst ever tragedy in the Channel.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
At least 27 men, women & children drowned in the freezing water, & 4 more have never been found.
Since then, neither we nor the French have done a thing to offer people in this situation with real solutions.
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Remember when Musk lied about the reason he bought Twitter was to get rid of the Bots and trolls?
bsky.app/profile/carn...
bsky.app/profile/carn...
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Remember when Musk lied about the reason he bought Twitter was to get rid of the Bots and trolls?
bsky.app/profile/carn...
bsky.app/profile/carn...
Imagine paying 1.6m for a report, even worse, imagine paying 1.6m for a report and then discovering that it was produced using AI and it's full of errors. 😳
This is the 2nd time a major government report from Deloitte has been found to contain errors likely generated by AI.
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
First in Australia and now, as The Independent has confirmed, in a major healthcare policy paper for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador #nlpoli #AI #deloitte
A major healthcare policy paper commissioned by @govnl.bsky.social government from Deloitte at a cost of $1.6 million, cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months. #nlpoli #AI
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Imagine paying 1.6m for a report, even worse, imagine paying 1.6m for a report and then discovering that it was produced using AI and it's full of errors. 😳
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British Black History books for children and teens, including titles by Floella Benjamin, David Olusoga, Benjamin Zephaniah, Alison Hammond, Jeffrey Boakye, Catherine Johnson, Troy Deeney and more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/briti... #kidlit
British Black History Books for Children and Teens
British Black history books for children and teens including titles by Jeffrey Boakye, Catherine Johnson, David Olusoga and Troy Deeney.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
British Black History books for children and teens, including titles by Floella Benjamin, David Olusoga, Benjamin Zephaniah, Alison Hammond, Jeffrey Boakye, Catherine Johnson, Troy Deeney and more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/briti... #kidlit
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I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Twenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?
Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I mean it's not complicated. Twenty people who were there have confirmed that Nigel Farage said all of these things.
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He's the only one denying it, which means just one thing. He is a liar
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Today's quick update [Nov 22]:
- Clashes reported between SAF and RSF in several areas of Kordofan, as SAF attempts to regain control of the region.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Clashes reported between SAF and RSF in several areas of Kordofan, as SAF attempts to regain control of the region.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
November 23, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Today's quick update [Nov 22]:
- Clashes reported between SAF and RSF in several areas of Kordofan, as SAF attempts to regain control of the region.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Clashes reported between SAF and RSF in several areas of Kordofan, as SAF attempts to regain control of the region.
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
Exclusive: Royal College of GPs chair says surgeries desperate to hire more doctors but lack funding to do so
GPs can no longer guarantee safe care for millions of patients because of a dangerous shortage of medics, Britain’s top family doctor has said.
Prof Kamila Hawthorne, the chair of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP), said surgeries were desperate to hire more doctors to meet soaring demand for care but could not afford to do so because of a lack of core funding. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Dangerous shortage of medics threatens safe patient care in England, top GP says
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That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
November 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That awkward moment when your star columnist was responsible... and you have to write headlines around the Boris shaped elephant in the newsroom
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Behold what racist white American culture hath begotten...
Idiotic would-be mass murderers whose genocidal rape plot failed because they're too dumb to tie their shoes.
Idiotic would-be mass murderers whose genocidal rape plot failed because they're too dumb to tie their shoes.
Gavin and Tanner, planned and trained for nearly a year, legal documents say, in an elaborate attempt to invade a Haitian island, kill its Black men, enslave its Black women and Black children and fulfill their "rape fantasies."
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
www.fox4news.com/news/haitian...
NTX men planned to murder men, enslave women on foreign island: Indictment
Two North Texas men have been indicted for an alleged scheme to sail to a foreign island, murder all the men, and enslave the women and children.
www.fox4news.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Behold what racist white American culture hath begotten...
Idiotic would-be mass murderers whose genocidal rape plot failed because they're too dumb to tie their shoes.
Idiotic would-be mass murderers whose genocidal rape plot failed because they're too dumb to tie their shoes.