Exceptional piece from @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social about the man who owns formerly grand, now grotty hotels now housing people who have fled to the UK on.ft.com/4nvXIa4

I hired Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2017, and worked with him closely until he was murdered by the Saudi regime in Istanbul -- simply for expressing himself. I put my safety on the line for years to push publicly for justice and accountability in his murder. www.npr.org/2018/10/18/6...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I picked up this copy of "Tail of the Blue Bird" in the "African Authors" section of the Ikirezi Bookshop in Kigali, Rwandaback in2016. @niiayikwei.bsky.social has an amazing ear for cadence and dialogue, and a wry teasing sense of humor that makes for a fun and unconventional whodunnit mystery.

Sometimes it's quicker to chat ish: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdgUasw6/ – even if the video is a little out of synch with the audio and subtitling... . #BeyondTheHeadlines #MigrantHotels #WriterAtWork #Capitalism #Media #DivisionAndProfit #AllStugglesAreOne #Immigration #Racism #FalseFlagPolitics #migration

A 21-year-old Florida man was beaten to death by Israeli settlers while visiting family in the West Bank.

Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza continues a day after Israeli forces killed 110 Palestinians across the Strip.

I can't believe it's been 20 years! Full text on Tumblr: www.tumblr.com/poerhetorica...

Simple things...

Full video on TT: vm.tiktok.com/ZNdU57fvU/

I just returned from the Head Read festival in Estonia where I was invited to talk about a translation of Tail of the Blue Bird & today I realised that yesterday (June 3) was the 15th (yes, FIFTEENTH!) anniversary of the paperback release of my little début novel that keeps giving. What a journey!

This is monstrous.

Finally got around to reading this and highly recommend it—not just because my work on respectability politics is cited (as part of a broader set of good, useful descriptive research). Grateful to @dandekadt.bsky.social and @annagbusse.bsky.social for this piece. Add it to your reading list.

A genocide is a genocide, is a genocide, is a genocide...

You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

It really would be embarrassing to be a journalist insisting this isn't a genocide because there's no proof of Israeli intent.

Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

I swear most people didn't give a shit about that tree until Morgan Freeman and Kevin Costner pretended it was somewhere between Dover and Nottingham.

I find the front-page fuss over the Sycamore Gap tree so strange, given the UK's historic and continuing [ globalwitness.org/en/press-rel... ] investment in deforestation around the world.

You've probably all heard about Meta and their theft of the IP of authors to "train" AI. I did a search and found that they have stolen a large proportion of my nonfiction writing for magazines, some poems, and French & Spanish versions of my début novel. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

12 years ago (March 21, 2013) we bid #ChinuaAchebe farewell. As well as being a writer, he was a pivotal editor for AWS in the 60s/70s. A writer/editor myself, I wrote this piece in 2009 after #Achebe rejected the tag 'father' of African literature  www.theguardian.com/books/booksb...  #RIP

330 killed in Gaza for no reason. The brutality is sickening.

I'm really looking forward to this!

Aujourd'hui fait neuf ans depuis la sortie de Notre Quelque Part en version poche chez Zulma. Merci surtout à ma traductrice Sika Fakambi, pour tout ce qu'elle a investi en moi et mes rêves (et qui est maintenant une vraie amie!) livre.fnac.com/a9335367/Nii... #livres #LivresAfricains #écrivains

Come on, #ToonArmy!!

I was considered academically gifted in the UK, despite my troublesome ways, but actually found it tough going in Ghana. Students my age were far ahead in subjects like maths and science... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

i hope Denmark responds with a cookbook of vegan recipes

The Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum was formerly known as The Palmer Memorial Institute. The building served as a boarding school run by Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown herself. It educated over 1,000 African-American students in the Jim Crow Era. www.wfmynews2.com/article/news...

Two Jewish scholars: “it seems manifest that we are witnessing a purposeful and devastating bait and switch. Every articulation of anti-Israel speech (or even the simplest affirmation of Palestinian human rights) gets recoded as dangerous antisemitic action.” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Been saying for years that the notion that kids develop better with just one language is false. So much of our 'knowledge' is skewed by a hyper-Western focus: phys.org/news/2025-02...

I had NO IDEA people could get a discount to use the new Silvertown Tunnell. Please share and make sure people apply for this!! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

When Bad Bunny released his latest album, he didn’t spend time trying to explain all the intricacies to those who aren’t Latinx. Neither did those of the diaspora. We don’t need to keep explaining things. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you.

Wrote a little something on the camouflage of the recent DEI "shake up" and apparent panic and what's really going on: tinyurl.com/LiNiiDE4 #Segregation #DEI

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

On Valentine's Day I share this old poem, which is not so much a love poem as a "loving" poem. Very grateful that it was chosen as Poem of the Week for The Guardian in 2020. It's here as an image, but to read the full thing, visit the Guardian website: www.theguardian.com/books/booksb...

Wrote a little something on the camouflage of the recent DEI "shake up" and apparent panic and what's really going on: tinyurl.com/LiNiiDE4 #Segregation #DEI

OKAY, I’m back. GOOD NEWS! On 2/11 at 4pm EST my dear friend @roxanegay.bsky.social is coming to visit me here at Harvard! We’re going to read some new work and have a conversation AND YOU CAN JOIN VIA ZOOM!!!! harvard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I have two slots left for my one-hour novel surgery this Friday, but you'll have to send me the material ASAP – latest by noon today – if you want to take them. Otherwise, there is availability next week (alt Valentine's Day! 😅) as well, and then no availability until May! zcal.co/i/YUZGp2IP

Announcing DARK LAB BOOK CLUB! I joke that I get my superpowers every February when Black History Month and Lunar New Year converge. The Feb edition is a pairing of books by Black authors and / or Asian authors in conversation. Each day we will post 2 books. #DarkLabBookClub

Lundi, mon barreau a lancé 1cri de détresse Pour bien fonctionner, un juge des enfants ne doit pas dépasser 350 dossiers. Nos juges des enfants à Rouen gèrent en moyenne 580 dossiers d’assistance éducative (enfants en danger) avec un pic de 650. On ne peut continuer ainsi quand il s’agit d’enfants

Google has dropped a pledge not to use artificial intelligence for weapons or surveillance in its updated ethics policy on the powerful technology.

In the face of Trump’s return, UK leaders are choosing weakness over principle – history will judge them for it | Andy Brown @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

The NY Times has apparently changed the word from "audacious" to "brazen", but that's not much better. The appropriate word is "criminal", as in mass atrocity crime. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/u...

And people thought abstaining was better for Gaza 🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾🤦🏾

This is now on YouTube if you were unable to join us at the time: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppnm...

This was great fun, @hayfestival.bsky.social – thanks for having me!

I'm aiming to avoid watching video clips and coverage of Cheeto Mussolini. I know that sounds weird, but the whole audiovisual outrage circus is a big part of the influence he wields. I'll just keep up on what's happening over there the old fashioned way –⁠ by reading about it.