literally the one and only time I've been glad that botswana hasn't digitised case laws

I'm seeing that T***p has ordered the withdrawal of nearly every US ambassador from Africa amid a general diplomatic pullback.

so much for spending christmas in the pool this year 🙃

Bari Weiss is the logical endpoint of corporate media. This is what happens when people who hate journalism are in charge of it. The only way journalism works is when it’s independent from the power it’s supposed to hold to account, which means ownership can’t have anything to do with those in power

going on adventures together, separately

The US TikTok sale has been signed. The company will be controlled by a joint venture including Oracle, Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz, Abu Dhabi-based MGX. Adding a UAE company really makes it clear that this was never about national security concerns. www.axios.com/2025/12/18/t...

For generations people “cut off” parents by moving away and mailing them a card once a year. Travel and long distance phone calls were expensive; distance effectively cut people off w/o being so explicit. The difference now is that communication is cheap so cutting them off requires being explicit.

we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫

I have just the article for you: www.asimov.press/p/black-death

sometimes i create notes with zero context which baffle me when i find them years later. this was created in 2021—wtf was i thinking about?

pinning this on my tl until i can remember where i read the piece about chatgpt-ese being nigerian english when it was being discredited for using inflated english: 'no one talks that way' re: supposed overuse of the word 'delve'

my equivalent of a mind palace is something i refer to as a mind garden. i regularly walk through the jungles and lush fields of exuberant flowers of thoughts that i have cultivated over the years.

reflecting on the wisdom of Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka, who has often mused that life’s beauty lies in knowing when to let go.

JOMO (joy of missing out) for me

get you a santa in the streets and a krampus in the sheets

current bedside table aesthetic. def needs a tidy. drop yours.

current bedside table aesthetic. def needs a tidy. drop yours.

draw me like one of your french girls

"And right there is the punchline to this long, historical joke... The machine, in its quest to sound authoritative, ended up sounding like a KCPE graduate who scored an 'A' in English Composition. It replicated the linguistic ghost of the British Empire." marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

my 3yo just asked me why my mum is not nice to me and i'm just 😭😭 i wish i knew babygirl

This seems fine.

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

vibe spelling

now playing on loop open.spotify.com/artist/41Nu7...

casually making my way through the cia reading room www.cia.gov/readingroom/

Today, DWI publishes a powerful essay by @mgasia.bsky.social, who works impersonating an AI sex companion: data-workers.org/michael/ This piece offers a rare glimpse into the psychological and economic realities behind one of the fastest-growing sectors: AI-assisted intimacy.

🎶goodness gracious, oozing bones of santa🎶

Kind of weird that we had a whole world of information literally in our hands and we're probably going to see a return to curated physical media and live broadcasts because "Ai" is making the internet untrustworthy. I reckon AI might be a conspiracy by big encyclopaedia.

I am often asked: What is the best telescope to buy for someone just getting into astronomy? 🪐🔭👀 As a theorist, I am absolutely useless and can tell you nothing. HOWEVER, my friend the wonderful @philplait.bsky.social is NOT useless and has great advice & relevant links here! ⤵️

I was extremely suspicious of the concept of a santa claus when I was little. I was probably 5 when the bubble burst for me

cake day. jk. just bought myself my favourite cake for funsies.

wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics

is anyone delighted by tech anymore?

Lost our beloved Rocco to cancer this morning. His cute face and gentle demeanor will be sorely missed by our whole family. Gone far too soon. RIP Rocco bear! 🐾🤍

if jesus took the wheel which wheel do you think he'd take?

Maybe he’s born with it. Maybe it’s ketamine.

one thing about southern africa is you will feel dezemba in the air

nothing like sharing a midweek rainbow cake with my little 🌈

and of course my pregnancy cravings would be nothing i can find in good ol' botswana: ribena, open house chilli paneer, banana crisps and cassava crisps, specifically kenyan made because the cuts are different to anywhere else that I've tried them.

i lied. they're all equally atrocious products. google, apple, the whole lot

i hate microsoft

who lives on drury lane?

Super interesting to think about perception shifts over time. In early 20c sociology, quantitative research was associated with feminist social reform (Jane Addams) whereas qualitative research was masculine. Today, qual is cast as more feminine/less scientific, and quant cast as "rigorous."

For the last time: Abyss = for staring into Void = for screaming into Please stop screaming into the abyss - we are not insured for that. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

I breathed incorrectly and have managed to pull a shoulder muscle 😒

Alt Text isn't the space for seo, secret notes, or inside jokes. It's for people to access media and any context or information that that media has. If we gon make things right, we gotta find ways to make things right that don't leave us behind.

whatever happened to riviera luvbites? these were my all time favourite biscuits that I loved dunking into tea. they were randomly discontinued without any reason (that i know of)

Is there a trick to reading this book? I've tried to start it a number of times but I have to admit I'm really struggling. Sentences seem to begin in the middle of a thought. I feel lost.