🦋 SOUTH AFRICAN
@highlyliberal.bsky.social
A ✍🏾 of heartwarming romantic dramas, LOL romcoms, and steamy erotica. Focused on my aspiration to create an equity-focused, feel-good lifestyle magazine. @amoschirwa.bsky.social
While Zuckerberg offers to pay TikTokers $5,000 to post on his platform...
January 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
While Zuckerberg offers to pay TikTokers $5,000 to post on his platform...
CAN'T WAIT FOR FLASHES BY BLUESKY!!!! 😁 In the meantime, I've created an account on... (drumroll) take a guess?
January 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
CAN'T WAIT FOR FLASHES BY BLUESKY!!!! 😁 In the meantime, I've created an account on... (drumroll) take a guess?
I like using long paragraphs because they allow you to do what a camera does—capturing everything you need to see in that moment in just one glance. Reason #2 is that it’s also important to me to sound smarter than everyone else in the room with my hard-to-read sentences. 😄😄😄
January 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
I like using long paragraphs because they allow you to do what a camera does—capturing everything you need to see in that moment in just one glance. Reason #2 is that it’s also important to me to sound smarter than everyone else in the room with my hard-to-read sentences. 😄😄😄
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟭
Jeff Bezos doesn’t care about subscribers. Controlling the narrative is what’s important to him.
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟮
Actually, babe… (𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
Jeff Bezos doesn’t care about subscribers. Controlling the narrative is what’s important to him.
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟮
Actually, babe… (𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
January 6, 2025 at 6:48 PM
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟭
Jeff Bezos doesn’t care about subscribers. Controlling the narrative is what’s important to him.
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟮
Actually, babe… (𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
Jeff Bezos doesn’t care about subscribers. Controlling the narrative is what’s important to him.
𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝟮
Actually, babe… (𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘸)
📷 Aleksi Partanen on @unsplash.com.
January 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
📷 Aleksi Partanen on @unsplash.com.
𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟳𝟲𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡
An all-Black unit in the U.S. Army during WWII, who, despite the doubt and disdain they faced at home and within the army, fought for 183 days straight and liberated 30 towns. Decades later, President Jimmy Carter awarded them the Presidential Unit Citation.
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟳𝟲𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡
An all-Black unit in the U.S. Army during WWII, who, despite the doubt and disdain they faced at home and within the army, fought for 183 days straight and liberated 30 towns. Decades later, President Jimmy Carter awarded them the Presidential Unit Citation.
December 28, 2024 at 11:16 AM
𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗸𝗲
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟳𝟲𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡
An all-Black unit in the U.S. Army during WWII, who, despite the doubt and disdain they faced at home and within the army, fought for 183 days straight and liberated 30 towns. Decades later, President Jimmy Carter awarded them the Presidential Unit Citation.
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟳𝟲𝟭𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗡
An all-Black unit in the U.S. Army during WWII, who, despite the doubt and disdain they faced at home and within the army, fought for 183 days straight and liberated 30 towns. Decades later, President Jimmy Carter awarded them the Presidential Unit Citation.
Not the voters who liked this post 😄😄😄
December 26, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Not the voters who liked this post 😄😄😄
This is not a side-by-side of two images; these are two districts of the same city, separated by a single road—in South Africa, one of the most unequal countries in the world. The festive season only magnifies the glaring disparity.
December 26, 2024 at 12:48 AM
This is not a side-by-side of two images; these are two districts of the same city, separated by a single road—in South Africa, one of the most unequal countries in the world. The festive season only magnifies the glaring disparity.
🌏 Kyiv, Ukraine
📷 Illia Horokhovsky on @unsplash.com.
📷 Illia Horokhovsky on @unsplash.com.
December 25, 2024 at 6:07 PM
🌏 Kyiv, Ukraine
📷 Illia Horokhovsky on @unsplash.com.
📷 Illia Horokhovsky on @unsplash.com.
It really is. Here are some stats
December 25, 2024 at 10:28 AM
It really is. Here are some stats
Ungangiphenduli, sengiyitholile impendulo yami 😁
December 25, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Ungangiphenduli, sengiyitholile impendulo yami 😁
Not too far from my place of work. I won't be hobnobbing with the Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses of this world in this hillside neighborhood—thank God. What will happen is that I'll be happy here, tending one of those maximalist cottage gardens in between plotting and pushing my woke agendas.
December 25, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Not too far from my place of work. I won't be hobnobbing with the Elon Musks and Jeff Bezoses of this world in this hillside neighborhood—thank God. What will happen is that I'll be happy here, tending one of those maximalist cottage gardens in between plotting and pushing my woke agendas.
𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗 & 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘
𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗳𝘇𝗮𝗶 (𝗯. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳)
After surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban at 15, Malala became a beacon of hope and the youngest Nobel laureate at 17. Through the Malala Fund, she works to ensure every girl has the opportunity to learn, lead, and thrive.
𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗳𝘇𝗮𝗶 (𝗯. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳)
After surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban at 15, Malala became a beacon of hope and the youngest Nobel laureate at 17. Through the Malala Fund, she works to ensure every girl has the opportunity to learn, lead, and thrive.
December 24, 2024 at 10:54 AM
𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗 & 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗘
𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗳𝘇𝗮𝗶 (𝗯. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳)
After surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban at 15, Malala became a beacon of hope and the youngest Nobel laureate at 17. Through the Malala Fund, she works to ensure every girl has the opportunity to learn, lead, and thrive.
𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗹𝗮 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗳𝘇𝗮𝗶 (𝗯. 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟭𝟮, 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟳)
After surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban at 15, Malala became a beacon of hope and the youngest Nobel laureate at 17. Through the Malala Fund, she works to ensure every girl has the opportunity to learn, lead, and thrive.
December 22, 2024 at 4:05 AM
NOT TIME, BUT TIMELESS
Forever Person:
QUEEN NZINGA (c. 1583 – 1663)
For starters, she didn’t pay hush money to a pornstar. As Queen of Ndongo and Matamba (modern Angola), she resisted Portuguese colonization with sharp diplomacy and military genius, becoming a lasting symbol of African defiance.
Forever Person:
QUEEN NZINGA (c. 1583 – 1663)
For starters, she didn’t pay hush money to a pornstar. As Queen of Ndongo and Matamba (modern Angola), she resisted Portuguese colonization with sharp diplomacy and military genius, becoming a lasting symbol of African defiance.
December 19, 2024 at 11:30 AM
NOT TIME, BUT TIMELESS
Forever Person:
QUEEN NZINGA (c. 1583 – 1663)
For starters, she didn’t pay hush money to a pornstar. As Queen of Ndongo and Matamba (modern Angola), she resisted Portuguese colonization with sharp diplomacy and military genius, becoming a lasting symbol of African defiance.
Forever Person:
QUEEN NZINGA (c. 1583 – 1663)
For starters, she didn’t pay hush money to a pornstar. As Queen of Ndongo and Matamba (modern Angola), she resisted Portuguese colonization with sharp diplomacy and military genius, becoming a lasting symbol of African defiance.
Look at what some do-gooders in my country are doing. Reading this made me feel hopeful about the future.
December 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Look at what some do-gooders in my country are doing. Reading this made me feel hopeful about the future.
Mom said I look silly. And I said, “Well, at least I’m consistent; my wardrobe’s just matching the mess upstairs.”
December 18, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Mom said I look silly. And I said, “Well, at least I’m consistent; my wardrobe’s just matching the mess upstairs.”
COURAGE IN ACTION
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987)
Bayard Rustin, the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington, worked tirelessly for civil rights. Openly gay in a hostile era, he endured bigotry but stayed true to his mission: justice for all. He's a timeless reminder that courage takes many forms.
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987)
Bayard Rustin, the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington, worked tirelessly for civil rights. Openly gay in a hostile era, he endured bigotry but stayed true to his mission: justice for all. He's a timeless reminder that courage takes many forms.
December 16, 2024 at 3:04 PM
COURAGE IN ACTION
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987)
Bayard Rustin, the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington, worked tirelessly for civil rights. Openly gay in a hostile era, he endured bigotry but stayed true to his mission: justice for all. He's a timeless reminder that courage takes many forms.
Bayard Rustin (1912–1987)
Bayard Rustin, the strategist behind the 1963 March on Washington, worked tirelessly for civil rights. Openly gay in a hostile era, he endured bigotry but stayed true to his mission: justice for all. He's a timeless reminder that courage takes many forms.
Wishing you a Monday that sets the tone for the whole week. Start with gratitude, move your body, and take small but consistent steps toward your goals. Let’s make today about balance, connection, and progress.
📷: Maxime Cros on Unsplash
📷: Maxime Cros on Unsplash
December 16, 2024 at 10:08 AM
Wishing you a Monday that sets the tone for the whole week. Start with gratitude, move your body, and take small but consistent steps toward your goals. Let’s make today about balance, connection, and progress.
📷: Maxime Cros on Unsplash
📷: Maxime Cros on Unsplash
My bio says I'm a writer, so here's an excerpt from MY FIRST LOVE, MY PET HATE, a romcom short I’m writing.
This is a story about... whoever it’s about (since, you know, first-person POV) and his high school ex—a guy who’s just reappeared and is asking our main character to be a fool again.
This is a story about... whoever it’s about (since, you know, first-person POV) and his high school ex—a guy who’s just reappeared and is asking our main character to be a fool again.
December 16, 2024 at 1:15 AM
My bio says I'm a writer, so here's an excerpt from MY FIRST LOVE, MY PET HATE, a romcom short I’m writing.
This is a story about... whoever it’s about (since, you know, first-person POV) and his high school ex—a guy who’s just reappeared and is asking our main character to be a fool again.
This is a story about... whoever it’s about (since, you know, first-person POV) and his high school ex—a guy who’s just reappeared and is asking our main character to be a fool again.
MY ICONS
Irena Sendler (1910–2008)
If you didn’t know her, now you do. A Polish social worker who saved over 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, all while dodging danger. Fast-forward to Trump’s America, we sure could use a few more Irena Sendlers.
Irena Sendler (1910–2008)
If you didn’t know her, now you do. A Polish social worker who saved over 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, all while dodging danger. Fast-forward to Trump’s America, we sure could use a few more Irena Sendlers.
December 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
MY ICONS
Irena Sendler (1910–2008)
If you didn’t know her, now you do. A Polish social worker who saved over 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, all while dodging danger. Fast-forward to Trump’s America, we sure could use a few more Irena Sendlers.
Irena Sendler (1910–2008)
If you didn’t know her, now you do. A Polish social worker who saved over 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto, all while dodging danger. Fast-forward to Trump’s America, we sure could use a few more Irena Sendlers.
The love I have for the world and my neighbors—and the love they give back—keeps me going. Only evil people want suffering and inequality to be, to triumph. I like to think that for now at least, “those with [me] are more than those with them.” None of us wants this (see image) to happen.
December 14, 2024 at 1:23 PM
The love I have for the world and my neighbors—and the love they give back—keeps me going. Only evil people want suffering and inequality to be, to triumph. I like to think that for now at least, “those with [me] are more than those with them.” None of us wants this (see image) to happen.
“For better or worse,” says TIME magazine. I'm not a subscriber, so I don’t know if they went on to tell us about his “worse” in the rest of the issue, but “better or worse” isn’t who Donald Trump is. He’s everything under the heading of society at its worst. Write what you know.
December 13, 2024 at 10:39 AM
“For better or worse,” says TIME magazine. I'm not a subscriber, so I don’t know if they went on to tell us about his “worse” in the rest of the issue, but “better or worse” isn’t who Donald Trump is. He’s everything under the heading of society at its worst. Write what you know.
MY MIND & ME
A Thread
1/3
Image 1: Legend
Image 2: What's going on in my head
These are screenshots of my profile on How We Feel, an app I’ve been using for the past month.
What is it?
An app by Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, based on the work of Dr. Marc Brackett.
A Thread
1/3
Image 1: Legend
Image 2: What's going on in my head
These are screenshots of my profile on How We Feel, an app I’ve been using for the past month.
What is it?
An app by Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, based on the work of Dr. Marc Brackett.
December 5, 2024 at 6:30 PM
MY MIND & ME
A Thread
1/3
Image 1: Legend
Image 2: What's going on in my head
These are screenshots of my profile on How We Feel, an app I’ve been using for the past month.
What is it?
An app by Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, based on the work of Dr. Marc Brackett.
A Thread
1/3
Image 1: Legend
Image 2: What's going on in my head
These are screenshots of my profile on How We Feel, an app I’ve been using for the past month.
What is it?
An app by Yale University’s Center for Emotional Intelligence, based on the work of Dr. Marc Brackett.