Natasha Kimani
@natashakimani.bsky.social
Public Policy, Politics and Governance| Constitutionalism | Chasing the impossible | Colouring outside the lines
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My painting COUNTRY HOUSE
May 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My painting COUNTRY HOUSE
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mara brock akil’s “forever” (netflix) is one of the best modern works of love and tenderness. in this young adult story, love, family, and the whims of youth are given dimension currently missing from television.
May 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
mara brock akil’s “forever” (netflix) is one of the best modern works of love and tenderness. in this young adult story, love, family, and the whims of youth are given dimension currently missing from television.
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"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow
Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing
snyder.substack.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"On Tyranny" is a #1 NYT bestseller again. I wish the moment were different. But I’m glad the book is useful. And grateful for all the kind words about putting the 20 lessons to work.
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...
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You are going to see an obituary that I wrote a few months ago for Pope Francis. I really had the toughest time writing it. He was a complicated Pope. We are never going to see another Jesuit Pope in this lifetime, and maybe never again in the Catholic church.
April 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
You are going to see an obituary that I wrote a few months ago for Pope Francis. I really had the toughest time writing it. He was a complicated Pope. We are never going to see another Jesuit Pope in this lifetime, and maybe never again in the Catholic church.
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Sinners was incredible
April 20, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Sinners was incredible
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April 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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JFC
“We need to get better at treating this like a business,” Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons said, explaining he wants to see a deportation process “like (Amazon) Prime, but with human beings.”
ICE director envisions Amazon-like mass deportation system: ‘Prime, but with human beings’ • Michigan Advance
The leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement said that his dream for the agency is squads of trucks rounding up immigrants for deportation the same way that Amazon trucks crisscross American citi...
michiganadvance.com
April 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
JFC
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Foreign leaders are indeed calling to White House to figure out how to get tariffs removed, but the White House is not responding to the calls. And meanwhile they have little idea what to even offer Trump as "concessions" because he has no idea what he wants
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
‘We are all waiting for a reply.’ Countries say White House hasn’t responded on tariff talks.
The lack of engagement is one signal the White House is still far from reaching substantive trade deals ahead of the midnight deadline for stepped-up global tariffs to kick in.
www.politico.com
April 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Foreign leaders are indeed calling to White House to figure out how to get tariffs removed, but the White House is not responding to the calls. And meanwhile they have little idea what to even offer Trump as "concessions" because he has no idea what he wants
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Spent the entire White Lotus finale screaming “Don’t do it!! Don’t do it!!!” over and over at nearly everyone.
April 7, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Spent the entire White Lotus finale screaming “Don’t do it!! Don’t do it!!!” over and over at nearly everyone.
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millennials going through their fourth once in a lifetime economic recession
#WhiteLotus #TheWhiteLotus
#WhiteLotus #TheWhiteLotus
April 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
millennials going through their fourth once in a lifetime economic recession
#WhiteLotus #TheWhiteLotus
#WhiteLotus #TheWhiteLotus
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the real moral of the story here is never speak about yourself cryptically in the third person
#TheWhiteLotus #WhiteLotus
#TheWhiteLotus #WhiteLotus
April 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
the real moral of the story here is never speak about yourself cryptically in the third person
#TheWhiteLotus #WhiteLotus
#TheWhiteLotus #WhiteLotus
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So much political discourse right now in the US is boiling down to "I didn't believe the bleeding person who told me the wolf at the door was dangerous to me. Because I thought the wolves only hunted them." And I don't know what people think can happen as long as that is still the conversation.
April 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So much political discourse right now in the US is boiling down to "I didn't believe the bleeding person who told me the wolf at the door was dangerous to me. Because I thought the wolves only hunted them." And I don't know what people think can happen as long as that is still the conversation.
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Will the Trump Shock prove as momentous as the Nixon Shock? BBC tv interview & UNHERD op-ed www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/04/03/w...
Will the Trump Shock prove as momentous as the Nixon Shock? UNHERD op-ed & on BBC tv - Yanis Varoufakis
“My philosophy, Mr President, is that all foreigners are out to screw us and it’s our job to screw them first.” With these words, the US Treasury Secretary convinced the President to deliver a colossa...
www.yanisvaroufakis.eu
April 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Will the Trump Shock prove as momentous as the Nixon Shock? BBC tv interview & UNHERD op-ed www.yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/04/03/w...
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Guardian newspaper, yes most French know (but that not your audience I guess) that removing Lepen won't curb the rise of the far right. It's not actually the type of gloating you think it is.
April 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Guardian newspaper, yes most French know (but that not your audience I guess) that removing Lepen won't curb the rise of the far right. It's not actually the type of gloating you think it is.
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Like… at some point you'll believe those of us who tell you that silicon valley's values are inextricably interwoven with eugenics, and that this isn't a new development, but merely a louder one. newrepublic.com/article/1804...
April 27, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Like… at some point you'll believe those of us who tell you that silicon valley's values are inextricably interwoven with eugenics, and that this isn't a new development, but merely a louder one. newrepublic.com/article/1804...
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Drake also stepped back from his beef with Kendrick after “Not Like Us” dropped. Did that stop Kendrick? No, he took his hating all the way to the Super Bowl.
Don’t be fooled. Be like Kendrick.
Don’t be fooled. Be like Kendrick.
April 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Drake also stepped back from his beef with Kendrick after “Not Like Us” dropped. Did that stop Kendrick? No, he took his hating all the way to the Super Bowl.
Don’t be fooled. Be like Kendrick.
Don’t be fooled. Be like Kendrick.
To think that cities like Nairobi don’t even have enough side walks, in a county where most people walk home due to income inequality. Must be nice.
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
To think that cities like Nairobi don’t even have enough side walks, in a county where most people walk home due to income inequality. Must be nice.
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A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A former French military base, Vauban is a thriving neighbourhood of 5,500 residents connected to Freiburg town centre by bus and light rail. Built in the late 1990s as a radical experiment in low-car living, it forgoes virtually all on-street parking in favour of active, green, and social spaces. 🧵
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This is also why school phone bans are a blunt and ineffective fix for whatever ills you ascribe to them.
As the parent of two high achieving 'youth', and with my medical and education background, let me tell you- it's not the phones. It's the way we construct (and control) our environments.
As the parent of two high achieving 'youth', and with my medical and education background, let me tell you- it's not the phones. It's the way we construct (and control) our environments.
If we don't focus on one thing for long enough, working memory will get wiped before it can process the memory and transfer it for longer storage.
Ditching your smartphone won't stop you being distracted, study finds
Ditching your smartphone won't stop you being distracted, study finds
Glued to TikTok? Ditching your smartphone may not break the habit
We may think smartphones are responsible for distracting us, but a new study suggests the devices aren't to blame, it's how we've been trained to use them.
www.abc.net.au
March 30, 2025 at 12:09 AM
This is also why school phone bans are a blunt and ineffective fix for whatever ills you ascribe to them.
As the parent of two high achieving 'youth', and with my medical and education background, let me tell you- it's not the phones. It's the way we construct (and control) our environments.
As the parent of two high achieving 'youth', and with my medical and education background, let me tell you- it's not the phones. It's the way we construct (and control) our environments.
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When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
March 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
When people say 'politics is too divisive now,' what they really mean is 'I was more comfortable when certain groups suffered quietly.'
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Tonight’s White Lotus in a nutshell:
March 24, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Tonight’s White Lotus in a nutshell:
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🇹🇩 Useful summary of contemporary politics in #Chad africasacountry.com/2025/02/chad...
Chad’s latest marshal
Mahamat Déby’s rule in Chad follows a familiar script of military power, political repression, and shifting alliances in an increasingly unstable Sahel.
africasacountry.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:01 AM
🇹🇩 Useful summary of contemporary politics in #Chad africasacountry.com/2025/02/chad...