#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 31: A song that feels like a long journey.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 30: A song with a memorable bridge. A "boss" bridge.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 29: A song that sounds best loud.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 28: A song driven by rhythm. The original Bo Diddley beat.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 27: A song you understood only later in life. 1/2

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 26: A song that led you to an artist’s entire catalog.

I'd love to see the minutes of the national meeting where Australians chose their accent. #AO2026

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 25: A song that changed your opinon of an artist. "Toto, I don't think its a party-party weekend anymore." Even Che seems to have raised an eyebrow.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 24: A song that feels like a warning. Know your rights, all three of them.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 23: A song that feels hypnotic

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 22: A song that builds slowly Still timely 45 years later, with the best slow-stick-solo intro ever.

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 21: A song with a powerful live version One song, two versions.

#MusicSky #MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 20 - Song that introduced you to a new genre West African highlife (the song is still a Mother's Day staple on Nigerian radio, I'm told)

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 19: A song that feels happy but has sad lyrics "🎶Everybody dies frustrated and sad, and that is beau-ti-ful.🎶"

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Day 18: a song for when you feel lonely

#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 17: A song that captures pure anger youtu.be/KvgCIDbj6gQ?...

Nice linguistic caveat in the preface to a 1960 academic book about Ghana published in the US: "Some English words used by Ghanaians but not by Americans have been retained."

Xi goes up to eleven.

If there's one thing markets hate more than policy uncertainty, it's terrible policies with certainty. #EconSky

Until the WH renovations are done?

CNN International ticker now reporting that a tremor off the Alaskan coast has "triggered a local tsunami about 5cm high." Slow news day?

Proof that everything is more fun in pidgin -- a welfare analysis of tariffs, which asks the crucial question, "Why tariff still dey?" 1/3

50 years later, Ekeh's "two publics" reconsidered? youtu.be/DkI3j4lGlII?...

Good work by the Ghanaian diaspora: edition.cnn.com/2025/07/11/p...

Ackman-Sock drop first set in ATP Newport Challenger in 21 minutes.

It says, "Your tariff has been raised to 25%. Thank you for your consideration."

An American classic for the Fourth -- going back to the good old days when X was just a letter and a band. (Maybe recorded at the Ark in Ann Arbor?)

With Perricard and Diallo in the first two rounds, Taylor Fritz has to be wondering what a 5-seed is worth at Wimbledon these days.

Around the post, break point down in the deciding set of the men's doubles final at the French Open. Zeballos!

Here is an estimate of the effects of US cuts on my university -- Wits University in Johannesburg. groundup.org.za/article/wits...

Alcaraz going full Jailhouse Rock at Roland Garros tonight.

To paraphrase Ramaphosa's spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya: we survived the "TV show" (Oval Office event) and went on to have a constructive bilateral meeting (private lunch) -- the latter being the primary objective of the SA delegation.

Fact check

My initial reaction -- a diplomatic masterclass by Cyril Ramaphosa. Calm and calculated responses to a very difficult setting and meeting today

Alt text: Pope and Sinner.

Useful to note that despite repeated predictions of a mining boom across Africa total mineral production from the continent has been stagnant since the mid-2000s.

Orientation: youtu.be/BxHyliIspkA?...

The Deputy Secretary's apartheid flag-color tie is jarring, especially on this occasion.

"We'll plug her into the fast-charger and be back after the break."

A left-wing/conservative electoral alliance that boycotts elections? I think there's a paper in there, #Polisky.

I'm not generally in favor of voter suppression, but "no shirt, no service" might be in order here.

I like the focus on challenges posed by "endogenous policymaking shocks." Evokes "what to do when the guy in charge likes to lick the light socket, policy-wise."

Saw the Alarm as the opening act at Pier 84 in NY, 29 June 1983. After their set, I remember thinking, "Damn, I hope U2 brought their A-game." (They did.)

RIP Mike Peters #TheAlarm

I like the focus on challenges posed by "endogenous policymaking shocks." Evokes "what to do when the guy in charge likes to lick the light socket, policy-wise."

I propose the Bickerstaff rule of effective challenging: In the NBA playoffs, no coach shall challenge a call before the last two minutes of the game (with the exception of an earlier call that fouls out a star player).

On tonight SA time (GMT +2 hours): wits-za.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"State Capture whistleblower" is accurate but understated. Jonas testified that, as Deputy Minister, Zuma's cronies offered him $30m to help capture the Treasury, asking if he had a bag for the cash. When he refused, he thought he might be punched in the face. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2018...

Not on my bingo card: "Markets are crashing because markets are based on the stock value of companies who today are embedded in modes of production that are bad for the United States." --Marco Rubio (remarks at NATO headquarters, 4 April 2025)