I watched this and read your piece. Truly heartbreaking. Thinking aloud re: solutions, are there trials of solar-based hydroponic mini green houses installed to boost food security at the camps? Any means of getting cash to Rovina specifically for immediate relief? Bike community transport?

$1Trillion compensation package for Elon Musk, the man who gleefully dismantled USAID, and subsequently led to the death of almost half a million children within a few months. The obscenity of it all, the depravity…

Twitter still has better discovery and much more engagement. Bluesky is less odious but full of sanctimonious folks..a lot of group think happens here which I understand but is not very appealing.

Great write up! The ungodly amounts of money packaged like subprime mortgages and rotated amongst a select few feels like a weird version of The Big Short but likewise the story ends in tears. Now when does the shoe drop?

great writing.tnx. as with all conflict in Africa, there’re always corrupt leaders fighting to control natural resource and foreign third parties prolonging the turmoil. it’s a never ending travesty.
Seperately car breaking down under the circumstances you & crew were in must have been scary.

I think Gates is aware of the negative outcomes that aren’t on the extreem of apocalypse and good for you. I agree with his pragmatic approach especially now that USAID is no more. I don’t think most people realize how devastating that has been to global health and development activities.

Now I think this was deliberate solely for insider trading because👇

Lots of cop in the comments. I’m not lauding an authoritarian regime. I’m stating what’s clear to anyone who can see that China still runs the bulk of global supply chain across almost everything, can stop global ai development via minerals ban, has leverage on US debt, controls EV batteries etc etc

They don’t get it. China holds all the cards.

This was great session. Useful insights on bull market right before collapse..also said the circularity of capital makes him nervous. he’s essentially calling the top. Buckle up I guess.

Brilliant!