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Hace más de 2.000 años, alguien en el Ártico resolvió un problema que la medicina moderna tardó siglos en nombrar: la ceguera por nieve. La nieve y el hielo reflejan hasta el 80% de la radiación ultravioleta. Sin protección, la córnea se quema en cuestión de horas, produciendo una condición que los oftalmólogos llaman fotoqueratitis: dolor intenso, lagrimeo, sensación de arena en los ojos, ceguera temporal. En el Ártico, quedarte ciego significa quedarte muerto. Los pueblos Inuit e Yupik encontraron la solución hace más de cuatro milenios: gafas talladas en marfil de morsa, hueso de caribú o madera de deriva, con ranuras horizontales estrechas que reducían la entrada de luz hasta un mínimo. La ranura no deja ver menos, al contrario: en condiciones de nieve brillante, ver a través de una rendija estrecha mejora el contraste y la definición. Es el mismo principio que usan los fotógrafos cuando entrecierran los ojos para evaluar la luz de una escena. El ejemplar de la derecha, conservado en el Metropolitan Museum of Art de Nueva York, tiene además grabados de renos en la superficie. No era solo tecnología. Era también identidad, arte y pertenencia cultural en un objeto del tamaño de la palma de una mano. El ejército estadounidense redescubrió el mismo principio durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial y desarrolló gafas de ranura para sus tropas en el Pacífico Norte. La industria del esquí tardó décadas más en llegar a soluciones comparables en eficacia. Los Inuit lo tenían resuelto antes de que existiera Roma.

To celebrate Henry Colville is to mock Kabalega & others who resisted colonial rule. It undermines our dignity and sovereignty.@KCCAUG #TheMakubuyaBook

Today we celebrate unsung Ugandans whose blood & sweat built this nation.Yet our streets still carry conquerors like Lugard, Ternan & Colville.These usurped our sovereignty. As we reclaim it our true heroes shd take centre stage.@KCCAUG Rename,decolonize now! 🇺🇬#TheMakubuyaBook

RT @CleverMonsterCT:

This event created the joke that subverted racist Irish “jokes” (as told to me by the nephew of an IRA veteran): Q: “How do you get 50 Irishmen into a Volkswagen?” A: “Put two British soldiers in it.” Brilliant. Death to imperialism.

The Somerset Farmhouse of 1 North Street, Williton were approached by a "food influencer" that wanted to charge them £2,000 for a review. They put out a video of Sally eating a sausage roll instead 😆. Lets make Sally and the Somerset Farmhouse famous for free.

You must’ve done Something wrong Said You must’ve done Something wrong; It’s why you don’t have no place where you belong. You’re running & you’re running & you’re running away. But you can’t run away from yourself. Every man thinketh that his burden is the heaviest… -Marley

It's DAY 530 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUgto #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.

@BugandaKingdom_ wants to create jobs. -Jobs need investment. -Investment needs revenue. -Revenue needs federalism. The central government is the only obstacle

The Atlantic is hysterical because China refused to become the economy the West wanted: cheap labor forever, low-end factories forever, a consumer market for Western brands forever, and never a serious industrial competitor. Now China makes EVs, solar panels, steel, machinery, robots, and advanced manufacturing products at scale — and suddenly affordable goods are a “global threat.” Please. The West subsidizes banks and calls it stability. Subsidizes weapons and calls it security. Subsidizes farmers and calls it protection. Subsidizes chips and calls it strategy. But when China supports real industries that produce real goods for real people, it becomes “distortion.” So no. China is not taking everyone down. China is exposing how little the West has left once cheap moral lectures stop working.

Street urchin found by Thomas Barnardo in Whitechapel that led to his orphanage and later a ragged school to educate the East End's destitute... This image is widely recognized as a "street urchin" portrait taken in the late 19th Century. The boy's plight inspired Dr. Barnardo to establish orphanages and "ragged schools" to educate and support destitute children. It highlights the extreme poverty and social conditions in East London during the 1860s. © Reddit #drthehistories

It's DAY 529 since PC Charles Bahati of Bushenyi shot dead, Julius Ssemwaka, driver of UAX 480C & 'fled' on a boda boda, from armed patrol policemen. Police 'recovered' only the gun. Let's retweet daily to remind @igp_ug1, @CID1_UG & @PoliceUg to #ArrestSuspectPCCharlesBahati.

Uganda martyrs: Mukajanga descendants seek to turn chief executioner's grave into tourism site Family seeks to preserve legacy of feared royal executioner. monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/na…

A Canadian passport is worth maybe $80k/year in job opportunities. One ministerial signature on a forest concession, a lake lease, or a convention centre land deal is worth generational wealth. These guys don't serve the public ,they ARE the public tender. You know that minister who signed off on the convention centre land grab? Go check his net worth before and after. (Michael Jackson numbers). The man moonwalked straight into a new tax bracket. "Commitment to public service" is just the press release. The real currency is access , to forests, lakes, minerals, and land that belongs to 40 million people but signs with one pen. The fastest millionaires on earth aren't in Silicon Valley. They're in Cabinet of 3rd worlds

Omujulizi Karoli Lwanga yayokebwa nga 3 June 1886 awo awaazimbibwa ekiggwa ky'Abajulizi e Namugongo. Abajulizi Abakatoliki bali 24. E Nakiyanja ye wattirwa Abajulizi abasinga obungi. Abapolositante bali 23. Nga tukuza olunaku lw'Abajulizi, n'Obukirisito, tujjukire Ssekabaka Muteesa I, eyayita abasomesa/abaminsane (era Nnakazadde wa Uganda), ate ne Ssekabaka Mwanga II, eyatta abasomi ng'alwanirira ensi ye, kyokka ate awo n'asiga Obukirisito mu Uganda. ................... St. Charles Lwanga was burnt on 3rd June 1886, at the site of the Martrys Shrine, Namugongo. There are 24 canonised Catholic Martyrs. Most Martyrs were executed at Nakiyanja. There are 23 Anglican Martyrs. As we commemorate the Martyrs, and Christianity, we should pay respects to Ssekabaka Muteesa I, who invited teachers/missionaries (who is actually the Father of modern Uganda), and Ssekabaka Mwanga II, who ordered killing of the Martyrs, as he struggled for his country's sovereignty, but planted the Christian seed in Uganda, as a consequence. CPM #MartyrsDay

To all who celebrate Martyrs’ Day, remember Kabaka Mwanga II is part of this history. The events were complex, with many sides and perspectives. Let’s acknowledge the full history as we reflect on the day.

Opposite Kawuku Parents' School. It is less costly to stop the construction of buildings than to demolish them.

Medical interns chose infantilisation. We should discuss the dangers of infantilisation, all forms of exceptionalism & assumed privilege among “slaves on the Plantation” before it’s too late.

KABAKA MWANGA🌹 #RadicalNewBar #WeAreNoLongerNeutral #BackOnTrack #NoApology