Africa’s tragedy is structural: Predatory elites, tribalised politics, and the total collapse of any legitimate monopoly on violence ensure that extremists of every stripe flourish while moderates are exterminated. External patrons aggravate the problem.

“Not superior,” as he describes formula, means “just as good.”

A complete nobody like Hegseth announcing he’ll throw away the entire post-WW2 era of global development and prosperity. Who tf do these people think they are?

Not a fan of HRC, merely of accuracy www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-ch...

Sarcasm, of course. (Because not true at all)

tbh I didn’t realize Old English was quite *that* old!

Am kind of stunned that my (very limited) Arabic is still enough to read and understand quite a bit of these verses. English didn’t even exist when these were written, much less its modern form. Remarkable. (And thank you for this advent calendar!)

Here's the original article. Really crucial information for parents and educators.

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Yum tamales! This worker is hand weeding organic corn. Organic produce can be labor intensive because no pesticides are used to control weeds.