Mekka Okereke
@mekka.mekka-tech.com
๐ค 26285
๐ฅ 1785
๐ 10713
Building Digital Ecosystems at Google.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke
He/him.
Y'all don't want to hear it, but the Pitt is a better show than ER. Yeah, I said it. Don't talk to me about Emmys.
about 4 hours ago
6
56
5
OK. Now we're talking!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 4 hours ago
1
45
2
1. ๐คI'm going to need to know if those Olympic hockey team days counted as days off or working days. If working days, then yes, I believe that he "worked" that many days. 2. ๐๐ฟYes, please have him file that lawsuit! So that Federal agents can be called to testify under oath about seeing him blitzed!
add a skeleton here at some point
about 5 hours ago
3
41
6
So the next time the US bombs and kills all of their leadership, including a bombing timed for 9:30 am at the best elementary school close to a military base, when we knew that military dads would be dropping their daughters off at school... we don't think that they'll close the Strait again?๐คก
add a skeleton here at some point
about 14 hours ago
1
26
4
"Viewpoint diversity," is just their way of saying, "Let the nazis talk!๐คก" It's silly and I don't have time to pretend that it's not. But when people complain about the left not "being unified" and "always disagreeing with each other?" That's real viewpoint diversity. That's supposed to happen.
1 day ago
2
94
25
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Hutch
2 days ago
The man is negative drip. drip vortex. Instantly negates any drip that he comes in contact with.
0
9
2
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Nate Pentz
4 days ago
"Rooting for the Lesbians." LFG!
loading . . .
2
175
65
๐ด๐ป"As a Democrat I can't believe that Eric Swalwell not only ended his campaign, but resigned! Did "Me too" go too far? I think it did! I'm glad that Woke 2 ended just like Woke 1! We can say the R-word again! Let's end DEI and fire another 300K Black women!"๐คก That's how y'all will sound in ~1 year๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ
3 days ago
0
36
2
I don't believe this. His money amplifies messages, but due to him being a dripless, swag-less, charisma-less, fashy dude, to the point that all the money in the world can't make him cool, his mere association with a candidate makes normal voters run in the other direction. So hidden donations.๐คก
loading . . .
Musk to slow down political spending: 'I think I've done enough'
The billionaire executive was Trump's biggest donor in 2024. Now, however, he is planning to cut back his spending on politics, he said on Tuesday.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405039/musk-political-spending
3 days ago
3
118
28
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
โช April Foolishness! โช
3 days ago
I knew that if I said โCandymanโ enough times while I lived uo there something like this might happen โฆ Now for Alabamaโฆ ๐ซฅ
add a skeleton here at some point
5
140
22
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Carolannie
3 days ago
China wins big in the Iran Impass (pace
@mekka.mekka-tech.com
)
#Economics
#Sustainability
#Iraar
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinese-el...
loading . . .
Chinese Electrotech is the Big Winner in the Iran War
An energy-hungry world is being pushed away by America and into Chinaโs arms
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/chinese-electrotech-is-the-big-winner
0
12
3
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Erica Van Houten
4 days ago
And some of that budgeting isnโt discretionary. Extra cars, child care, etc isnโt optional in a two income house hold.
0
17
3
Intuition suggests that yes, 2 income households are more financially secure, but data shows that they are less secure, and are more prone to economic devastation. ๐๐ The paradox is called "the two income trap." A U Penn and Harvard law professor focused on economic policy wrote a book on why.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
4
33
6
Americans love to pretend not to understand the benefit of using coal power to produce solar cells. China hit peak coal in 2025. Solar is eating coal. And China is driving the reduction in coal worldwide, by making solar cells for everyone. The US should also be making solar cells for everyone.
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
3
49
9
๐๏ธ๐จ๐ผโ๐ผWe go now to live BBC footage of the Chinese ship trying to break the blockade."
add a skeleton here at some point
4 days ago
2
28
3
That drive home is going to be awkward, when you're a WNBA number 1 draft pick, but your girlfriend is also a WNBA number 1 draft pick, and she cooked you eggs for breakfast and told you she loved you in the morning, but then cooked you for 35 points in front of your home crowd in the evening.๐ฌ
4 days ago
3
66
9
Step 1: Take normal, legal, everyday things that Black people do, and make them illegal! Just invent new crimes! Like "jaywalking!" Or "putting in cornrows without a license." that's a real crime now! ๐คก Step 2: Take illegal things that white people do, like this and make them not crimes anymore! ๐คก
loading . . .
How the Trump family's business deals could open the door for future presidents to profit from office
For the Trump family, business is booming. Whereas the Trump Organization didnโt do a single deal overseas in Donald Trump's first term as president, it did eight in the past year.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/how-the-trump-familys-business-deals-could-open-the-door-for-future-presidents-to-profit-from-office
4 days ago
3
183
43
Sorry but my brain is fried I haven't seen your face in miles and miles Always on a different continent But don't forget me now Or ever ... It's all bright lights and red eyes Bright lights and red eyes I'm never there But as long as you're here I'm all bright lights and red eyes - singing Ruel
loading . . .
These mysterious girls can harmonize ANYTHING
YouTube video by guitaro5000
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RnTljEv0VYY&t=145s
4 days ago
1
12
4
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Alexa Philippou
4 days ago
The difference between CBAs: The rookie salary for last yearโs No. 1 WNBA draft pick was $78,831 The rookie salary for this yearโs No. 1 pick is $500k The average first-year salary for first-round picks last year was ~$75k The average first-year salary for first-round picks this year is $386k
3
134
46
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Senator Angela Alsobrooks
4 days ago
This Administration is spending nearly $2 billion a day on an unauthorized war of choice. Inflation is climbing, gas prices are surging, and families are struggling to keep up. It is time to end this war and finally start to lower costs for hardworking Americans.
2
124
27
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Doghouse Reilly
4 days ago
They concentrate funding for public services in the areas where people have social power and send the police to the areas where people donโt.
add a skeleton here at some point
6
372
107
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Prisonculture
4 days ago
When we said that the police were defunding everything else in every municipality and needed to be defunded, most of the country lost its mind, lololololol.
5
529
103
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Prisonculture
4 days ago
The country's descent into fascism cannot be understood without interrogating U.S. policing. But folks across the political spectrum are allergic to this so here we are.
15
1558
459
I said what I said about the pope of racism (as opposed to the pope of Catholicism). If US racism is your religion? He is your pope. If Catholicism is your religion? Leo is your pope. For some of y'all it took him literally threatening the real pope and then posting blasphemous images to see that
add a skeleton here at some point
5 days ago
0
44
12
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Iron Spike
5 days ago
AAAA WE LAUNCHED 10 MINUTES AGO AND WE'RE 75% FUNDED AAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAA
www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
loading . . .
Runaway to the Stars
Alien, trans-species foster Talita has enough to deal with on the scrapworld of Dirtball. And the sly, crimey A.I. Bip isn't helping!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ironspike/runaway-to-the-stars?ref=4ah4kn
2
196
44
๐บ๐ธThe point of a co-op, is that we stand together! So that no one messes with any of us! ๐จ๐ณ No one messes with me now. ๐บ๐ธ But... ๐จ๐ณ No one messes with me now. ๐บ๐ธ ๐ ๐จ๐ณ Good talk. ๐ซฑ๐ป
add a skeleton here at some point
5 days ago
1
40
8
Obama: ๐ด๐ฟ"That was fantastic! What a delightful moment of calm to lower the stress!" Secret Service: ๐ต๐ฟโโ๏ธ"๐ฌThis is a tactical mistake! We're sitting ducks out here!" ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ"๐ Agent Johnson! Why isn't the VIP moving?!" ๐ต๐ฟโโ๏ธ"๐Sir! Some Danish girls started... singing? And it's... good?" ๐ต๐ปโโ๏ธ"๐กI don't care! Move!"
add a skeleton here at some point
5 days ago
2
35
6
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Matt Brown
5 days ago
Because Bluesky is the Official App For Sports Bowling Green Men's Basketball will play at Indiana on either Nov 27 or Nov 28 in the 2026-2027 season. Mark your calendars now. $110,000 game guarantee BGSU will also host Niagara and Cleveland State next basketball season source: me.
5
88
6
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
omgmike
5 days ago
I really hope I get a chance to meet him and for my kids to meet him. Heโs such an amazing human! (SA is a little over an hour from us and weโre down there often)
0
2
1
I love the way Victor Wembanyama sneaks a little math or science or chess into so many of his interviews. ๐ซ๐ท๐๐ค What happens inside my head on the 1st one: 50 * 35 (50 * 30) + (50 * 5) 1500 + 250 1750
loading . . .
Wemby is a human calculator ๐ณ๐ง
YouTube video by Bleacher Report
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/SgknyfigIVw
5 days ago
4
33
7
There is a reasonable path back. Everything doesn't have to be all existential all the time. ๐ด๐ป"If we even have elections!๐คก" We are having elections. ๐ด๐ป"The GOP is going to try dirty tricks!๐คก" So? The GOP always tries dirty tricks. Always. There has never been a modern election where they didn't.
5 days ago
5
129
29
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Kurt Nelson
5 days ago
Atlanta is such a magical place yet still has I-20 as the effective redline. I also remember in college going to Black businesses and getting an uneasy response, because I had crossed that de facto border.
0
11
2
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Barry+ ๐๐ฝ ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐บ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฑ
5 days ago
1
15
5
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Joby
5 days ago
I looked up apartments I lived in in college recently, and even accounting for inflation they're all currently around DOUBLE what they cost when I was 20. I'm now a whole-ass adult with a grownup job and they'd be too expensive for ME. I don't know how anybody is supposed to afford any of this shit.
1
30
3
๐ฎ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธBlackstradamus remains undefeated! Y'all don't like what I say. I get it. I don't like what I say either. I don't say it because I want it to be true. I say it because it is true. 51% of US white folk see the ICE raids and the detention centers and Alex Pretti and Renee Good, and say good job!
add a skeleton here at some point
5 days ago
7
139
66
๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ท Close the Strait! ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ Open the Strait! ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ท Close the Strait! ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ Open the Strait! ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ท Open the Strait! ๐คญ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ Close the Strait! ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ท Open the Strait! ๐ฆ๐บ๐ธ Close the Strait! Look, I say we're closing the Strait, and that's final! Don't try to talk me out of it! ๐คก
loading . . .
Rabbit season, duck season
YouTube video by sadegh sepehri
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9-k5J4RxQdE
6 days ago
54
2110
581
Bars ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
1
31
4
๐ฎ๐ง๐ฟโโ๏ธ Blackstradamus remains undefeated!
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
2
184
26
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Caroline Ledbetter
6 days ago
And with more and more only affordable option with employers being high deductible plans this is easily $3k.
0
16
1
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Dawn Xiana Moon
6 days ago
Americans are bad at managing their money: True. But also: The proportion that goes to food, healthcare, & rent is genuinely higher than it was a decade ago. When "economic indicators" are "good" but homelessness is at historic highs, the data is missing something. It's not just vibes.
add a skeleton here at some point
2
42
8
1. US Median household income stats don't count people experiencing homelessness. And US homelessness peaked in 2024. 2. 48% of the US has no money left each month after paying rent and bills. None.
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
15
640
256
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Attorney Ben Crump
6 days ago
A new study shows that Black women outpace every other group of women in workforce participation. Yet they are still paid less & retire in poverty at twice the rate of white women. This is a system. It is long past time this country started carrying them the way they have carried us.
loading . . .
Black women are still working twice as hard for less, new economic report finds
Despite leading in education and workforce participation, Black women continue to lag in pay, wealth, and retirement security.
https://thegrio.com/2026/04/08/black-women-are-still-working-twice-as-hard-for-less-new-economic-report-finds/
9
1262
612
๐คWhat if the greatest president in US history is a woman that will get elected in the 2040s? And she reverses climate change, ends world hunger, and leads the multinational effort that saves us from The Comet(tm)? But she never exists? Because she dropped out of politics? Because of harassment?
6 days ago
3
71
11
How do you not like Yuki Kawamura? When the US and France played Japan in the Olympics, they were both supposed to be easy wins. But Yuki put both teams through hell! NBA scouts were like, "Sure, the US and France beat Japan like they were supposed to. But...who is that guy?!" Now he's in the NBA.
loading . . .
How Yuki Kawamura stays ready to compete in the NBA
YouTube video by Chicago Bulls
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrWUpyyW84
7 days ago
1
51
6
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
HNIC Rudy.
7 days ago
Evolution of language and slang is cool to me. It's only weird if imposed on a previous time. Biggie wasn't 2Pac's "opp" for example. He was but he wasn't. Was 2Pac moving oppy with Hit Em Up? Yes, but also no.
1
36
3
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Adam Serwer
7 days ago
I am convinced people do not know the plot of the movie black panther.
68
2444
237
reposted by
Mekka Okereke
Evan Sutton
7 days ago
Killmonger is the MCU's best villain because his core argument holds a truth that T'Challa recognizes, and his personal trauma is deeply relatable. But the whole point is that no matter how valid those points are, his mission is really about vengeance and personal power, not liberation.
2
176
9
The main thing wrong with the deal that Obama negotiated with Iran, is that a Black guy did it.๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ That's it. When I say that racism is expensive, this is what I mean. I'm not being metaphorical. I mean there is a direct, financial penalty that white people pay for the joy of being racist.
add a skeleton here at some point
7 days ago
5
201
53
"Art of the Deal!"๐คก
add a skeleton here at some point
7 days ago
1
63
9
Yup. The Pitt is a well written show. Check on your people.
add a skeleton here at some point
7 days ago
4
77
6
Load more
feeds!
log in