Michael Ainomugisha
@ninyemichael.bsky.social
Storyteller | Podcaster | Communicator | I call it like I see it! Philippians 4:13✝️
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you can’t make a train go any faster by shouting at it—so be kind to yourself. You might be surprised how far you can go.
The British Parliament is low-key an Ugandan parliament, with articulate and strong accents of their own language, but when it comes to murmurs, theirs is unbeatable.
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The British Parliament is low-key an Ugandan parliament, with articulate and strong accents of their own language, but when it comes to murmurs, theirs is unbeatable.
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
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Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reposted by Michael Ainomugisha
If you want to get to know a person, you could look at their social media.
But the truth also lies within the Notes app: Too private to post, too important to forget, too forgettable to remember.
But the truth also lies within the Notes app: Too private to post, too important to forget, too forgettable to remember.
We asked strangers to show us their Notes app. Here’s what we learned.
A repository of wish lists, reminders and half-baked ideas, the digital jotting pad may be the most analog app in your phone — and in some ways, the most revealing.
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December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you want to get to know a person, you could look at their social media.
But the truth also lies within the Notes app: Too private to post, too important to forget, too forgettable to remember.
But the truth also lies within the Notes app: Too private to post, too important to forget, too forgettable to remember.
How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
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After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
www.newyorker.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
How the Conflict in Sudan Became a Humanitarian Catastrophe
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
After a coup devolved into open warfare, countries across the region have pursued their own policy and commercial interests by backing one side or the other.
www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.
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Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an "extraordinary moment", but there was some "irrationality" in it.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Every company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.
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who are you when you're not pleasing anyone?
on fawning, fatigue, fear of being too much, and the emotional cost of making yourself easier to love
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on fawning, fatigue, fear of being too much, and the emotional cost of making yourself easier to love
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who are you when you’re not pleasing anyone?
on fawning, fatigue, fear of being too much, and the emotional cost of making yourself easier to love
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:11 AM
who are you when you're not pleasing anyone?
on fawning, fatigue, fear of being too much, and the emotional cost of making yourself easier to love
open.substack.com/pub/softperc...
on fawning, fatigue, fear of being too much, and the emotional cost of making yourself easier to love
open.substack.com/pub/softperc...
A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking the nation's ruling coalition and raising fundamental questions about who truly holds political authority.
www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/p...
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Political war erupts in Senegal between President Faye and PM Sonko | Africanews
A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking the nation's ruling coalition and raising fundamental questio...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A fierce public power struggle has erupted between Senegal's President Bassirou Diomaye Faye and his Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko, shaking the nation's ruling coalition and raising fundamental questions about who truly holds political authority.
www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/p...
www.africanews.com/2025/11/12/p...
South African finance minister rebukes Trump’s claims of Afrikaner persecution.
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South African finance minister rebukes Trump’s claims of Afrikaner persecution
The White House has repeatedly pressured the administration, and no U.S. officials will attend the upcoming G20 summit in Johannesburg.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
South African finance minister rebukes Trump’s claims of Afrikaner persecution.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
I am so goddamn tired of this culture that thrives on making us feel incomplete. You scroll. You compare. You rot. Every ad screams you’re not enough until you buy me.
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Fall in love with your own life
Rage against the lies, yearn for more, and build a life that finally feels like yours.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I am so goddamn tired of this culture that thrives on making us feel incomplete. You scroll. You compare. You rot. Every ad screams you’re not enough until you buy me.
open.substack.com/pub/hasifff/...
open.substack.com/pub/hasifff/...
because that’s what life becomes, a series of ordinary moments, and who you choose will decide whether those moments feel like comfort or confinement.
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when you're choosing a life partner, think beyond romance
think about the mornings that don’t feel like mornings, the ones that begin with silence and a half-burnt toast, when everything feels too heavy to name.
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November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
because that’s what life becomes, a series of ordinary moments, and who you choose will decide whether those moments feel like comfort or confinement.
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open.substack.com/pub/goranshb...
Uganda National Journalism Awards 2026 open for entries | acme-ug.org/2025/10/15/o...
Uganda National Journalism Awards 2026 open for entries
The African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) is delighted to announce that the submission window for the 12th edition of the Uganda National Journalism Awards is officially open. These awards ser…
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November 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Uganda National Journalism Awards 2026 open for entries | acme-ug.org/2025/10/15/o...
Reposted by Michael Ainomugisha
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Human connections have been eroding for some time,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes. “We’re all dwelling in Uncanny Valley now, staring into our personal screens, not sure what’s real or fake, to the detriment of talking, dating, reading, living.”
“Human connections have been eroding for some time,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes. “We’re all dwelling in Uncanny Valley now, staring into our personal screens, not sure what’s real or fake, to the detriment of talking, dating, reading, living.”
Opinion | When A.I. Came for Hollywood
The Dream Factory is going full fantasy, human factor be damned.
nyti.ms
October 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Human connections have been eroding for some time,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes. “We’re all dwelling in Uncanny Valley now, staring into our personal screens, not sure what’s real or fake, to the detriment of talking, dating, reading, living.”
“Human connections have been eroding for some time,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes. “We’re all dwelling in Uncanny Valley now, staring into our personal screens, not sure what’s real or fake, to the detriment of talking, dating, reading, living.”
"Financial Alphabet": This concept exists online, but the internet is a vast lake of information; you only grasp what fits in your palm.
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We Need Debates That Challenge Us
What is one thing your parents did not teach you that you would not want to skip when raising your own children? “Financial Alphabet”: When you Google, this concept has been there, but …
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September 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Financial Alphabet": This concept exists online, but the internet is a vast lake of information; you only grasp what fits in your palm.
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A stranger who enjoys your video or reads your essay has no reason to measure it against the person you were five years ago. They decide only if the content speaks to them...
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A Stranger sometimes has that trust.
A stranger who enjoys your video or reads your essay has no reason to measure it against the person you were five years ago. They decide only if the content speaks to them. That is why creators oft…
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September 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A stranger who enjoys your video or reads your essay has no reason to measure it against the person you were five years ago. They decide only if the content speaks to them...
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ainomugishamichael.wordpress.com/2025/09/13/a...
To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More than Career www.preachingtoday.com/illustration...
To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More than Career
New York Times columnist David Brooks writes:When I’m around young adults I like to ask them how they are thinking about the big commitments in their lives: what career to go into, where to live, ...
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September 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More than Career www.preachingtoday.com/illustration...
What excites me now is listening to the podcast episodes on my downloads list. More personalized podcasts, more personalized playlists, and even reels.
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I secured a Lightning earphone.
I have always had an internal conflict about the impact earbuds have on my hearing compared to wired systems like lightning earphones.
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September 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
What excites me now is listening to the podcast episodes on my downloads list. More personalized podcasts, more personalized playlists, and even reels.
open.substack.com/pub/ainomugi...
open.substack.com/pub/ainomugi...
PR pros face new wave of phishing attacks from fake journalists. ✍️ @axios.com
Public relations professionals and their clients are the latest targets for online phishing attempts, with bad actors pretending to be members of the media.
www.axios.com/2025/07/17/p...
Public relations professionals and their clients are the latest targets for online phishing attempts, with bad actors pretending to be members of the media.
www.axios.com/2025/07/17/p...
PR pros face new wave of phishing attacks from fake journalists
Eager PR reps, founders and brand ambassadors are highly susceptible to these sort of scams.
www.axios.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
PR pros face new wave of phishing attacks from fake journalists. ✍️ @axios.com
Public relations professionals and their clients are the latest targets for online phishing attempts, with bad actors pretending to be members of the media.
www.axios.com/2025/07/17/p...
Public relations professionals and their clients are the latest targets for online phishing attempts, with bad actors pretending to be members of the media.
www.axios.com/2025/07/17/p...
Are Young People Having Enough Sex? In 2016, invoking a then recent study that suggested that celibacy had lately doubled among people in their early twenties.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Are Young People Having Enough Sex?
Confronted with a Vegas buffet of carnality, Generation Z appears to be losing its appetite.
www.newyorker.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Are Young People Having Enough Sex? In 2016, invoking a then recent study that suggested that celibacy had lately doubled among people in their early twenties.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Where to find media to consume instead of doomscrolling
My ultimate guide of publications, magazines, podcasts, YouTube channels and fun corners of the internet where I source my media from.
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My ultimate guide of publications, magazines, podcasts, YouTube channels and fun corners of the internet where I source my media from.
mapusssy.substack.com/p/where-to-f...
Where to find media to consume instead of doomscrolling
My ultimate guide of publications, magazines, podcasts, YouTube channels and fun corners of the internet where I source my media from.
mapusssy.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Where to find media to consume instead of doomscrolling
My ultimate guide of publications, magazines, podcasts, YouTube channels and fun corners of the internet where I source my media from.
mapusssy.substack.com/p/where-to-f...
My ultimate guide of publications, magazines, podcasts, YouTube channels and fun corners of the internet where I source my media from.
mapusssy.substack.com/p/where-to-f...
Since 2021, the small east African nation has sent thousands of its troops to northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, after an ISIS Mozambique (ISM) attack at Palma, the site of a $25 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
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africasacountry.com/2025/07/kaga...
Kagame’s hidden war
Rwanda’s military deployments in Mozambique and its shadowy ties to M23 rebels in eastern Congo are not isolated interventions, rather part of a broader geopolitical strategy to expand its regional in...
africasacountry.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Since 2021, the small east African nation has sent thousands of its troops to northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, after an ISIS Mozambique (ISM) attack at Palma, the site of a $25 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project.
africasacountry.com/2025/07/kaga...
africasacountry.com/2025/07/kaga...
Live Closer to Your Friends
They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbours?
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They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbours?
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Live Closer to Your Friends
They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbors?
www.theatlantic.com
July 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Live Closer to Your Friends
They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbours?
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
They make your life better. So why not turn them into your neighbours?
www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...
𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠: 25 Life Lessons I’ve Learned at 25
Life at 25 comes with lessons; some learned the hard way, some unexpected.
Starting this Monday, I’ll be dropping a new story each week from my Substack:
From My Notebook.
Subscribe, read, reflect, and share 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ainomugi...
Life at 25 comes with lessons; some learned the hard way, some unexpected.
Starting this Monday, I’ll be dropping a new story each week from my Substack:
From My Notebook.
Subscribe, read, reflect, and share 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ainomugi...
From my notebook | Michael Ainomugisha | Substack
Storytelling knows no boundaries. Click to read From my notebook, by Michael Ainomugisha, a Substack publication. Launched 3 months ago.
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July 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠: 25 Life Lessons I’ve Learned at 25
Life at 25 comes with lessons; some learned the hard way, some unexpected.
Starting this Monday, I’ll be dropping a new story each week from my Substack:
From My Notebook.
Subscribe, read, reflect, and share 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ainomugi...
Life at 25 comes with lessons; some learned the hard way, some unexpected.
Starting this Monday, I’ll be dropping a new story each week from my Substack:
From My Notebook.
Subscribe, read, reflect, and share 👉 open.substack.com/pub/ainomugi...
The Culture That Rejects Genuine Connection
Today, choosing love often feels like a losing battle.
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Today, choosing love often feels like a losing battle.
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Choosing Love in a Culture That Rejects It
Fear has caused many to doubt the possibility of love.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The Culture That Rejects Genuine Connection
Today, choosing love often feels like a losing battle.
open.substack.com/pub/sugurete...
Today, choosing love often feels like a losing battle.
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Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots risk making people less intelligent by hampering the development of critical thinking, memory and language skills, research has found.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Using AI makes you stupid, researchers find
Study reveals chatbots risk hampering development of critical thinking, memory and language skills
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots risk making people less intelligent by hampering the development of critical thinking, memory and language skills, research has found.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...