"It took Israel only 10 minutes to carry out one of the worst mass-killings in Lebanon since the end of the country’s civil war in 1990." “..what I’m most sad about is that my pretty Lebanon, our beautiful Lebanon, soon it will all be brought down to the ground.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

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Both lawsuits seek financial damages and an injunction forcing the company to change its data-collection and disclosure practices.

Is this something we were wondering about?

I’d rather Atlanta took Madina Okot to play behind Bri Jones and BG. Need a more dynamic centre and more size. Also may Toronto take Raven before Indiana does - Indiana’s whack approach to training burned through 3 PGs last season and Raven deserves better. 🙏🏿 #wnba

Intriguing! If she sticks on a roster Madina would be the 2.5 Kenyan to play in the #WNBA. (Olivia Nelson-Ododa is half-Kenyan).

Sometimes I post here about the birthing moms in the W and how important they are because pregnancy and childbirth are still cited as reasons to stop women pursuing sports. Last week Emma Bates, one of the most decorated runners in the US, was dropped by a sponsor because she announced a pregnancy.

If your #WNBA team has had a coaching change, how many women have they hired as assistants? Someone should run the numbers on the assistant coaches too.

Fam, Chennedy Carter has history with Atlanta. I think she’s a hooper and deserves to be in the league but there are a lot of burned bridges with Atlanta - and the team does not need another shooting guard. #wnba

A day of pain in Lebanon. Reporting soon @irishtimes.com

One reason why we label war crimes is that it creates a mutually intelligible framework for people to understand the gravity of an action across time and cultures. Most of our IHL framework predates the independence of most of the world and for a long time colonial countries

www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/... “His killing in a drone attack on his car on Wednesday comes amid a sustained assault on journalists in Gaza.”

This is Ain al Mraisse, Beirut. Israel attacked it yesterday, destroying this building to the left. In the back, on the right, is the apt I lived in with my father in 2012.

These big AI companies are basically Mganga Kutoka Tanzania operations.

I am also in possession of a piece of software that is too powerful to release to the public. Unless you give me seventeen bajllion dollerz. Hit send.

BIG: Israel’s cabinet secretly approved 34 new settlements in the West Bank, a record expansion passed during the war. This would raise the total number of approved settlements from 69 to 103. The decision was kept classified to avoid U.S. pressure.

Tanzania is reporting fuel shortages.

Our PhD student Kennedy Orwa, who studies applications of AI to health care, was hastily deported today to Kenya along with his 13-year-old son without opportunity to speak to legal counsel. King 5 reports that he held a valid visa that was rescinded without explanation.

BREAKING NEWS: Lebanon's health ministry says 182 people were killed in today's Israeli strikes, the highest toll of the war so far.

The scale of the killing in Israeli strikes on Lebanon Wednesday is "horrific", the UN rights chief said, urging the international community to help end the unfolding "nightmare." u.afp.com/Sbth

Friends in Lebanon sharing pictures of smoke rising from the city centre. It looks like the aftermath of the explosion in the port but across multiple sites in the city.

It was literally bullet point 3 of the ten point peace plan. There were only 10 points.

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi The Iran–U.S. ceasefire terms are clear: the U.S. must choose — ceasefire or continued war via Israel. It cannot have both The world sees the massacres in Lebanon The ball is in the U.S. court, and the world is watching whether it will act on its commitments

@siddharthamitter.bsky.social heh!

Lan is going to join Arike in Dallas. Watch this space. #wnba

Because if it were me I wouldn’t use core designation on Ezi. She had a weak season and was consistently a weak spot in the starting line up - mostly because she kept getting out muscled in the paint. She also had a weak season at Unrivaled. And Gabby already said she didn’t want to be cored. #wnba

Ahem. #wnba

A Minnesota balloon company leaked the news that Nneka is going to the Lynx 😂😭 The vid got taken down as soon as it starting going viral #WNBA

A couple of people subbed me when I said both Nneka and Skylar might leave the Storm. But Sky posted a big tribute to Indiana (her home state) earlier this week and a video is making the rounds on Bluesky showing a “Welcome Nneka” display being set up in Minneapolis. *All still unverified* but 👀

Kenyan player Madina Okot was not allowed to play an extra year and declared for the #wnba draft. Okot only started playing basketball in 2020 so she’s still rough around the edges - there are way more experienced players who didn’t make it out of the draft. Hoping a team takes a chance on her. 🤞🏿

Dang Sue. Leave some jobs for other people. (The irony of me being the one saying this is not lost on me iykyk).

what they did yesterday afternoon by Warsan Shire they set my aunts house on fire i cried the way women on tv do folding at the middle like a five pound note. i called the boy who used to love me tried to ‘okay’ my voice i said hello he said warsan, what’s wrong, what’s happened? (1/3)

BIG: Lebanese Prime Minister: Our friends are called upon to help us stop the Israeli attacks by all means.

BREAKING NEWS: Initial estimates from Israeli strikes in Lebanon indicate around 100 killed and 500 wounded.

Wow, TIL #BlackSky 🌱 "Thousands of revelers flooded Lagos for the annual Lagos Fanti Carnival, celebrating the Afro-Brazilian heritage of the “Aguda” or the formerly enslaved people who returned from Brazil in the 19th century. After reaching West Africa, many of the returnees settled in Lagos…"

APNewsAlert: TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state television says oil refinery on #Iran's Lavan Island came under attack hours after ceasefire announced.

Whole region delusional.

Panic buying of fuel in Kenya. Unclear whether it is an actual shortage or just panic because the government is saying there is enough stock. But the administration also lies regularly so 🤷🏿‍♀️

This is ethnic cleansing.

Wynterising.

Iran charges headlong into the battlefield of social media. Tehran's efforts on X and other social media outlets are aimed at the outside world, given that most platforms have been blocked for years inside Iran u.afp.com/Sb9G

Addicted to war.

Israel is still carrying out strikes in Iran, a military spokesperson told CNN.

We didn't deserve this day.

Israel is destroying Lebanon.

The threat itself is an impeachable offense. Don’t let it slide.

Hearst: U.S. Rep. John Larson of Connecticut has filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, accusing the president of war crimes and piracy. www.ctinsider.com/politics/art...

Iran war: Indian migrant workers hit by cooking gas cylinder shortages leave cities

BREAKING NEWS: Massive strikes reported in Tehran.

Buddy, have I got a list of things that people are not allowed to do during wars for you.