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Kenya HIV patients live in fear as US aid freeze strand drugs in warehouse
The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya's capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of antiretrovirals to one-month refills since the U.S. government froze foreign aid.
www.reuters.com
This story should dominate Kenyan headlines and TV. It is depraved. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
The list is standard middle-brow science fiction and fantasy, nothing too advanced and nothing offbeat. Not even GEB, which all of us were reading back then. A reasonably smart high school boy’s list. And be grateful for small favors: no Ayn Rand.
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
The list is standard middle-brow science fiction and fantasy, nothing too advanced and nothing offbeat. Not even GEB, which all of us were reading back then. A reasonably smart high school boy’s list. And be grateful for small favors: no Ayn Rand.
He tried to tell us he doesn’t give a fuck 7 years ago. We weren’t listening.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
He tried to tell us he doesn’t give a fuck 7 years ago. We weren’t listening.
She’s not gonna spare a thought for the uninsured is she? Now she wants our pity.
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 PM
She’s not gonna spare a thought for the uninsured is she? Now she wants our pity.
Remind me again what they did with Marie Antoinette
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Remind me again what they did with Marie Antoinette
Never voting democrat again in my life. Michelle makes Marie Antoinette look like mother Teresa.
Your kid will be dying cuz you can’t afford cancer treatment, but at least while she’s dying you can get this book out of the library and distract yourself with Michelle’s smashing looks.
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Never voting democrat again in my life. Michelle makes Marie Antoinette look like mother Teresa.
Your kid will be dying cuz you can’t afford cancer treatment, but at least while she’s dying you can get this book out of the library and distract yourself with Michelle’s smashing looks.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Your kid will be dying cuz you can’t afford cancer treatment, but at least while she’s dying you can get this book out of the library and distract yourself with Michelle’s smashing looks.
Wow.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Wow.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Dems were traumatized in 72 and have never stopped nominating the most cautious politician they could find.
R’s were traumatized by Nixon impeachment and determined to get revenge.
The electorate prefers passion to timidity.
R’s were traumatized by Nixon impeachment and determined to get revenge.
The electorate prefers passion to timidity.
November 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Dems were traumatized in 72 and have never stopped nominating the most cautious politician they could find.
R’s were traumatized by Nixon impeachment and determined to get revenge.
The electorate prefers passion to timidity.
R’s were traumatized by Nixon impeachment and determined to get revenge.
The electorate prefers passion to timidity.
Not court packing. Add three. Bring it to 6-6. The courts will have to reach a consensus with narrower decisions, or defer to the people.
With 3, are making the court fair and balanced.
With 3, are making the court fair and balanced.
Universal health care, pack the courts, restore and double funding to institutions that didn’t bow to Trump, defund those that did, eliminate ICE, and on Day One demolish the Trump ballroom.
That’s my Project 2029
That’s my Project 2029
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Not court packing. Add three. Bring it to 6-6. The courts will have to reach a consensus with narrower decisions, or defer to the people.
With 3, are making the court fair and balanced.
With 3, are making the court fair and balanced.
Universal health care, pack the courts, restore and double funding to institutions that didn’t bow to Trump, defund those that did, eliminate ICE, and on Day One demolish the Trump ballroom.
That’s my Project 2029
That’s my Project 2029
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Universal health care, pack the courts, restore and double funding to institutions that didn’t bow to Trump, defund those that did, eliminate ICE, and on Day One demolish the Trump ballroom.
That’s my Project 2029
That’s my Project 2029
Obama presided over a period of peace and prosperity but left no enduring accomplishment.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Obama presided over a period of peace and prosperity but left no enduring accomplishment.
I will never again vote for the Democrats.
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I will never again vote for the Democrats.
Of course it did. This Supreme Court is Calvin ball all the way down.
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Of course it did. This Supreme Court is Calvin ball all the way down.
Well, this isn’t good:
November 7, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Well, this isn’t good:
Hey Nairobi Uber users, drivers are now claiming to pick you up and drop you off—without ever showing up. Beware Uber and start using other ride apps.
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Hey Nairobi Uber users, drivers are now claiming to pick you up and drop you off—without ever showing up. Beware Uber and start using other ride apps.
Including all my zippers. ( I just checked.)
This is what they invented the word gobsmacked for.
This is what they invented the word gobsmacked for.
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
By stripping away the fabric tape that’s held zippers together for a hundred years, Japanese clothing giant YKK is designing the future of seamless clothing.
wrd.cm
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Including all my zippers. ( I just checked.)
This is what they invented the word gobsmacked for.
This is what they invented the word gobsmacked for.
Wait Mexico now? What about Venezuela? And Nigeria? And wasn’t Canada first?
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wait Mexico now? What about Venezuela? And Nigeria? And wasn’t Canada first?
Your helpful reminder that it is possible to hate more than one set of people, even if they hate each other.
November 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Your helpful reminder that it is possible to hate more than one set of people, even if they hate each other.
There’s a whole dissertation to be written here, on labor in Africa, etc. perhaps all moot in a decade with driverless cars?
Uber on strike here in Nairobi. They pay 23% commission on rides. And 16% tax. So tor each 100 shillings they’re earning 61.
My last uber driver makes about 3,000 shillings a day, for a 13-14 hour day. That’s $23.
My last uber driver makes about 3,000 shillings a day, for a 13-14 hour day. That’s $23.
November 4, 2025 at 8:09 AM
There’s a whole dissertation to be written here, on labor in Africa, etc. perhaps all moot in a decade with driverless cars?
Uber on strike here in Nairobi. They pay 23% commission on rides. And 16% tax. So tor each 100 shillings they’re earning 61.
My last uber driver makes about 3,000 shillings a day, for a 13-14 hour day. That’s $23.
My last uber driver makes about 3,000 shillings a day, for a 13-14 hour day. That’s $23.
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Uber on strike here in Nairobi. They pay 23% commission on rides. And 16% tax. So tor each 100 shillings they’re earning 61.
My last uber driver makes about 3,000 shillings a day, for a 13-14 hour day. That’s $23.
My last uber driver makes about 3,000 shillings a day, for a 13-14 hour day. That’s $23.
I’m not voting for any democratic nominee who doesn’t promise to tear down the Trump ballroom the second they are sworn in.
November 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m not voting for any democratic nominee who doesn’t promise to tear down the Trump ballroom the second they are sworn in.
Tanzanian deaths getting bottom A12 coverage in the press. Would we expect different? @nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tanzanian deaths getting bottom A12 coverage in the press. Would we expect different? @nytimes.com
The marines are gonna storm the beaches at Lagos and be asked for bribes, then get stuck in a go-slow while the Nigerians swarm them hawking authentic “tribal” masks manufactured in China. Eventually a few marines will come home with Yoruba brides and everyone will be happy.
November 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The marines are gonna storm the beaches at Lagos and be asked for bribes, then get stuck in a go-slow while the Nigerians swarm them hawking authentic “tribal” masks manufactured in China. Eventually a few marines will come home with Yoruba brides and everyone will be happy.