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“Opportunists are promoted, realists are co-opted, idealists are frightened and radicals are shot.”
― Heather Marsh
― Heather Marsh
December 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Opportunists are promoted, realists are co-opted, idealists are frightened and radicals are shot.”
― Heather Marsh
― Heather Marsh
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🇿🇼 Zimbabwe's lions are being hunted for body parts 🦁
After a mother lioness was mutilated, we sought funds for 10 AI-powered camera traps to protect her 3 orphaned cubs & other animals.
🔗 We're halfway there – please help us reach our goal today: https://bit.ly/ASIVAI12X.
After a mother lioness was mutilated, we sought funds for 10 AI-powered camera traps to protect her 3 orphaned cubs & other animals.
🔗 We're halfway there – please help us reach our goal today: https://bit.ly/ASIVAI12X.
December 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe's lions are being hunted for body parts 🦁
After a mother lioness was mutilated, we sought funds for 10 AI-powered camera traps to protect her 3 orphaned cubs & other animals.
🔗 We're halfway there – please help us reach our goal today: https://bit.ly/ASIVAI12X.
After a mother lioness was mutilated, we sought funds for 10 AI-powered camera traps to protect her 3 orphaned cubs & other animals.
🔗 We're halfway there – please help us reach our goal today: https://bit.ly/ASIVAI12X.
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The way in which certain countries have made an enduring annual ritual of remembering two specific wars is also a way for them to ignore all the terrible, dubious wars since and their own disgraceful track record in them.
November 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The way in which certain countries have made an enduring annual ritual of remembering two specific wars is also a way for them to ignore all the terrible, dubious wars since and their own disgraceful track record in them.
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Things are moving very fast in Madagascar. An army unit that was behind the 2009 coup has called on other members of the security forces to "join forces" and "refuse orders to shoot" at protesters.
Several thousand are on the streets of Antananarivo today, according to AFP reporters there
Several thousand are on the streets of Antananarivo today, according to AFP reporters there
October 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Things are moving very fast in Madagascar. An army unit that was behind the 2009 coup has called on other members of the security forces to "join forces" and "refuse orders to shoot" at protesters.
Several thousand are on the streets of Antananarivo today, according to AFP reporters there
Several thousand are on the streets of Antananarivo today, according to AFP reporters there
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Well, to be fair, they do generally possess all the self-awareness of a dog, licking its own asshole, while sitting in the middle of an intersection.
October 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Well, to be fair, they do generally possess all the self-awareness of a dog, licking its own asshole, while sitting in the middle of an intersection.
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"In a power relationship, one person acts and the other reacts. A dictator issues anger; the public responds with fear. The dictator issues contempt; the public reacts with shame... In order to take the focus, the resistance must be the one that acts."
July 4, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"In a power relationship, one person acts and the other reacts. A dictator issues anger; the public responds with fear. The dictator issues contempt; the public reacts with shame... In order to take the focus, the resistance must be the one that acts."
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Love that when outlets like the Atlantic or the NYT finally get around to writing a long piece on Sudan, they never, ever, ever, EVER, get a Sudanese person to write it. Despite Sudanese ppl pitching them 1000x over the last few years. And oh, let’s play ‘How to Write About Sudan’ bingo…
August 7, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Love that when outlets like the Atlantic or the NYT finally get around to writing a long piece on Sudan, they never, ever, ever, EVER, get a Sudanese person to write it. Despite Sudanese ppl pitching them 1000x over the last few years. And oh, let’s play ‘How to Write About Sudan’ bingo…
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Hey folks - posting for a colleague, they're looking for Kenyan voice actors of any gender with access to a good remote recording setup. It's a paid role - if you're interested, please comment and I'll pass on your info
(if you don't fit the brief, signal boosting is appreciated, thank you!)
(if you don't fit the brief, signal boosting is appreciated, thank you!)
July 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Hey folks - posting for a colleague, they're looking for Kenyan voice actors of any gender with access to a good remote recording setup. It's a paid role - if you're interested, please comment and I'll pass on your info
(if you don't fit the brief, signal boosting is appreciated, thank you!)
(if you don't fit the brief, signal boosting is appreciated, thank you!)
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“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” ~ Omar El Akkad
cc: the democratic party in USA
cc: the democratic party in USA
July 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“One day, when it’s safe, when there’s no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it’s too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.” ~ Omar El Akkad
cc: the democratic party in USA
cc: the democratic party in USA
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There's simply no excuse.
July 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
There's simply no excuse.
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Without fungi we will all die.
Yet 90% of fungi biodiversity hotspots are unprotected & threatened with destruction.
Once again we see there are no sane arguments for continuing with this system that can only be sustained by killing everything on the planet, including us.
Yet 90% of fungi biodiversity hotspots are unprotected & threatened with destruction.
Once again we see there are no sane arguments for continuing with this system that can only be sustained by killing everything on the planet, including us.
Earth’s underground network of fungi needs urgent protection, say researchers
Study finds that only 9.5% of fungal biodiversity hotspots fell within existing protected areas
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Without fungi we will all die.
Yet 90% of fungi biodiversity hotspots are unprotected & threatened with destruction.
Once again we see there are no sane arguments for continuing with this system that can only be sustained by killing everything on the planet, including us.
Yet 90% of fungi biodiversity hotspots are unprotected & threatened with destruction.
Once again we see there are no sane arguments for continuing with this system that can only be sustained by killing everything on the planet, including us.
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in the richest country in the world, 600,000 people are unhoused while 17 million homes sit empty. and Americans are so indoctrinated that they have normalized this absurdity.
July 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
in the richest country in the world, 600,000 people are unhoused while 17 million homes sit empty. and Americans are so indoctrinated that they have normalized this absurdity.
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The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires,
But in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley #Quote
But in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley #Quote
July 20, 2025 at 7:30 AM
The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires,
But in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley #Quote
But in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.
Bob Marley #Quote
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Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been detained from his home, per his wife Njeri.
July 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been detained from his home, per his wife Njeri.
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From Mt Darwin to Beitbridge, from Bulawayo to Harare and from the Victoria Falls to Mutare - one day, Zimbabwe will be free!
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June 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
From Mt Darwin to Beitbridge, from Bulawayo to Harare and from the Victoria Falls to Mutare - one day, Zimbabwe will be free!
🇿🇼🕊️🇿🇼
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Well now this is just fabulous.
June 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Well now this is just fabulous.
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There is a radicalizing moment when you realize how much of the work that makes the world run is done by (largely un- or under-compensated) women.
June 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
There is a radicalizing moment when you realize how much of the work that makes the world run is done by (largely un- or under-compensated) women.
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#Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Media Alliance of Zimbabwe and activist @zenzelendebele.bsky.social have secured a landmark ruling as the High Court declared parts of the draconian “Patriotic Act” unconstitutional striking reports @hrw.org.
Zimbabwe Court Strikes Down Provisions of Repressive Law
On Wednesday, a High Court in Zimbabwe struck down provisions of the country’s Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act, commonly referred to as the “Patriotic Act,” as unconstitutional.
buff.ly
June 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
#Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 Media Alliance of Zimbabwe and activist @zenzelendebele.bsky.social have secured a landmark ruling as the High Court declared parts of the draconian “Patriotic Act” unconstitutional striking reports @hrw.org.
Enslaved Africans, the Zanji, led a decade-long rebellion 1,200 years ago in Iraq, at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of canals in what is now Iraq, a new study finds.
Enslaved Africans led a decade-long rebellion 1,200 years ago in Iraq, new evidence suggests
The Zanj, enslaved people largely from Africa, rebelled at the same time they were ordered to build a massive system of canals in what is now Iraq, a new study finds.
www.livescience.com
June 15, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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