Favour Borokini
@favourboroks.bsky.social
Recovering *anemoiac*. Law PhD researcher researching legal materiality in avatar/tech design and use. Legal Materiality. Legal Humanities. University of Nottingham, Horizon CDT. Nigerian. Gawking Akure girl.
I've kuku said it before, Nigerians *love* Trump. No surprises there.
One fascinating and yet expected thing is that none of the big foreign accounts pretending to be American are left of center, or even anti-Trump. Not a single one. Says something about the economics and geopolitics of political grifting
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I've kuku said it before, Nigerians *love* Trump. No surprises there.
There's also something here that's underdiscussed and unknown if you're not from a developing country, which is that many people at home, from your home country, think you're a traitor for leaving and they think the xenophobia you experience abroad is well-deserved.
This sort of rhetoric is often
This sort of rhetoric is often
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
There's also something here that's underdiscussed and unknown if you're not from a developing country, which is that many people at home, from your home country, think you're a traitor for leaving and they think the xenophobia you experience abroad is well-deserved.
This sort of rhetoric is often
This sort of rhetoric is often
I think my love has reached its acme and has now began to ebb.
But it's okay. It's okay
But it's okay. It's okay
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I think my love has reached its acme and has now began to ebb.
But it's okay. It's okay
But it's okay. It's okay
Anyway re: it takes a village to raise a child, there's a reason many African feminists divest from these notions, disentangling themselves from "the village".
You look at the village, what they give you, what they ask of you, the children they have raised and say, "hm, no actually. I don't want"
You look at the village, what they give you, what they ask of you, the children they have raised and say, "hm, no actually. I don't want"
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Anyway re: it takes a village to raise a child, there's a reason many African feminists divest from these notions, disentangling themselves from "the village".
You look at the village, what they give you, what they ask of you, the children they have raised and say, "hm, no actually. I don't want"
You look at the village, what they give you, what they ask of you, the children they have raised and say, "hm, no actually. I don't want"
This is also what I was saying about western feminists feeling like women's rights are being rolled back, when it's unfortunately just conservative accounts from the Global South amplifying Conservative values online 😭
Why no such solidarity exists between western and global south leftists... 🤷🏿♀️
Why no such solidarity exists between western and global south leftists... 🤷🏿♀️
November 23, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is also what I was saying about western feminists feeling like women's rights are being rolled back, when it's unfortunately just conservative accounts from the Global South amplifying Conservative values online 😭
Why no such solidarity exists between western and global south leftists... 🤷🏿♀️
Why no such solidarity exists between western and global south leftists... 🤷🏿♀️
Yo I've said it time and time again that the main reason many Nigerians failed to leave twitter for Bluesky was because Elon Musk started paying people
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Yo I've said it time and time again that the main reason many Nigerians failed to leave twitter for Bluesky was because Elon Musk started paying people
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Apart from the CoE, I think British culture as a whole struggles with the idea of hospitality.
One of my research participants said people now commonly say it takes a village but seem to have forgotten the African roots of the proverb (typical) and what (village) life there is like. It's people
One of my research participants said people now commonly say it takes a village but seem to have forgotten the African roots of the proverb (typical) and what (village) life there is like. It's people
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Apart from the CoE, I think British culture as a whole struggles with the idea of hospitality.
One of my research participants said people now commonly say it takes a village but seem to have forgotten the African roots of the proverb (typical) and what (village) life there is like. It's people
One of my research participants said people now commonly say it takes a village but seem to have forgotten the African roots of the proverb (typical) and what (village) life there is like. It's people
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I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I do sort of prefer the alternative iteration of this: “Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unspeakable things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
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“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
“Let no one be fooled by the fact that we may write in English, for we intend to do unheard of things with it.” ― Chinua Achebe.
Really curious to see how the Church of England responds to this.
As an Anglican myself, I've often felt deeply amused about the reports of loss of membership in contrast to say, the African or Evangelical churches which tend to be (more) conservative.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As an Anglican myself, I've often felt deeply amused about the reports of loss of membership in contrast to say, the African or Evangelical churches which tend to be (more) conservative.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity - BBC News
The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Really curious to see how the Church of England responds to this.
As an Anglican myself, I've often felt deeply amused about the reports of loss of membership in contrast to say, the African or Evangelical churches which tend to be (more) conservative.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As an Anglican myself, I've often felt deeply amused about the reports of loss of membership in contrast to say, the African or Evangelical churches which tend to be (more) conservative.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hm, this was me and The Iron Protocol in January.
I had a point where walking left me in enormous pain. I went to one doctor whose main answer was "stop being fat" and just...didn't ask anyone else about it for a long time.
I tried so many things.
I tried so many things.
November 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Hm, this was me and The Iron Protocol in January.
This is part of why it's harder to leave twitter for Bluesky by the way.
I think it is very unlikely that most of these are Russian influence agents, and considerably more likely that they are people from developing economies who have cottoned on to ways to make relatively large amounts of money for them by being paid-per-view by X.
This week we learned that many of the most active Twitter accounts are foreigners, most likely Russian influence agents, operating in the guise of Red State Americans.
November 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This is part of why it's harder to leave twitter for Bluesky by the way.
Going to try to continue on with The Democracy of Objects but I'm finding it a much harder read than Alien Phenomenology
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Going to try to continue on with The Democracy of Objects but I'm finding it a much harder read than Alien Phenomenology
Ah, this is that immigrant trauma thing.
There's always this element among immigrants where the people who have spent longer in a country and have acclimatised to some extent feel annoyed by newer/other immigrants who draw attention.
There's always this element among immigrants where the people who have spent longer in a country and have acclimatised to some extent feel annoyed by newer/other immigrants who draw attention.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Ah, this is that immigrant trauma thing.
There's always this element among immigrants where the people who have spent longer in a country and have acclimatised to some extent feel annoyed by newer/other immigrants who draw attention.
There's always this element among immigrants where the people who have spent longer in a country and have acclimatised to some extent feel annoyed by newer/other immigrants who draw attention.
What is more Nigerian than frantically googling "best jollof rice in <insert strange city>" whenever you travel?
If you can't cook good jollof rice, every other thing is suspect
If you can't cook good jollof rice, every other thing is suspect
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
What is more Nigerian than frantically googling "best jollof rice in <insert strange city>" whenever you travel?
If you can't cook good jollof rice, every other thing is suspect
If you can't cook good jollof rice, every other thing is suspect
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Seated Woman, Back View, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/123828
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/123828
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Seated Woman, Back View, 1917
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/123828
https://botfrens.com/collections/88/contents/123828
Another international trip, another Nigerian-passport-based exclusion incident
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Another international trip, another Nigerian-passport-based exclusion incident
Just an unexpected interaction about who gets to determine knowledge and who gets the name things sha, lest we forget that assymetries of power exist in these spaces
November 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just an unexpected interaction about who gets to determine knowledge and who gets the name things sha, lest we forget that assymetries of power exist in these spaces
Think the crazy part about it was that she made me feel like an ignorant, unruly child who didn't know what they were talking about.
My own lived experience about the cocoa plant. About kòkó. Kòkó.
Why? Because she makes chocolates and has visited Africa.
Wahala wahala
My own lived experience about the cocoa plant. About kòkó. Kòkó.
Why? Because she makes chocolates and has visited Africa.
Wahala wahala
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Think the crazy part about it was that she made me feel like an ignorant, unruly child who didn't know what they were talking about.
My own lived experience about the cocoa plant. About kòkó. Kòkó.
Why? Because she makes chocolates and has visited Africa.
Wahala wahala
My own lived experience about the cocoa plant. About kòkó. Kòkó.
Why? Because she makes chocolates and has visited Africa.
Wahala wahala
Another day, another fight about cocoa. 😩
Funny thing is all along whenever I interrupt... cacao discourse to talk about the spelling and pronunciation I'm used to ie cocoa, as a Nigerian from Ondo State, it's always been rather lighthearted on my part.
I've even read somewhere that cacao and
Funny thing is all along whenever I interrupt... cacao discourse to talk about the spelling and pronunciation I'm used to ie cocoa, as a Nigerian from Ondo State, it's always been rather lighthearted on my part.
I've even read somewhere that cacao and
November 20, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Another day, another fight about cocoa. 😩
Funny thing is all along whenever I interrupt... cacao discourse to talk about the spelling and pronunciation I'm used to ie cocoa, as a Nigerian from Ondo State, it's always been rather lighthearted on my part.
I've even read somewhere that cacao and
Funny thing is all along whenever I interrupt... cacao discourse to talk about the spelling and pronunciation I'm used to ie cocoa, as a Nigerian from Ondo State, it's always been rather lighthearted on my part.
I've even read somewhere that cacao and
Went to look at the original post on Threads and feel slightly bad for OP who actually seems really earnest.
I think in today's fantasy, fae novels are no longer in. They (used to?) feature quite a lot in urban fantasy, Sookie Stackhouse, Merry Gentry, Mercy Thompson, the Hollows, the Iron Fey etc
I think in today's fantasy, fae novels are no longer in. They (used to?) feature quite a lot in urban fantasy, Sookie Stackhouse, Merry Gentry, Mercy Thompson, the Hollows, the Iron Fey etc
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Went to look at the original post on Threads and feel slightly bad for OP who actually seems really earnest.
I think in today's fantasy, fae novels are no longer in. They (used to?) feature quite a lot in urban fantasy, Sookie Stackhouse, Merry Gentry, Mercy Thompson, the Hollows, the Iron Fey etc
I think in today's fantasy, fae novels are no longer in. They (used to?) feature quite a lot in urban fantasy, Sookie Stackhouse, Merry Gentry, Mercy Thompson, the Hollows, the Iron Fey etc
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The demonization of feminism has been so successful that you can say something as anodyne as “I think women are oppressed as women, and that gender is a hierarchy” and people will come at you like, “Wow. I didn’t know you were a racist.”
I don't know who needs to hear this but if your worldview is stereotyping men based on statistics you have just created a permission structure to do the same thing to black men.
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The demonization of feminism has been so successful that you can say something as anodyne as “I think women are oppressed as women, and that gender is a hierarchy” and people will come at you like, “Wow. I didn’t know you were a racist.”
Finding this book so impenetrable that I've increased the font make e resemble children story book small 🤲🏿
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Finding this book so impenetrable that I've increased the font make e resemble children story book small 🤲🏿
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Video of this attack was captured on the church’s live stream. It’s such events that anger Nigerian Christians when the government dismisses the idea that they are being targeted www.channelstv.com/2025/11/18/b...
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Video of this attack was captured on the church’s live stream. It’s such events that anger Nigerian Christians when the government dismisses the idea that they are being targeted www.channelstv.com/2025/11/18/b...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...