I summon the living. I mourn the dead. I break the thunderbolts. Husband. Foreign policy nerd. Writer at @TheHurtch
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A Ghanaian woman raised in South Africa was left homeless after her Durban salon was looted in anti-migrant violence in May. She and her 14-year-old son now sleep on the street next to some 200 other migrants reut.rs/3Qfdprf
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My own agenda is that kids < 13/14 should be limited from having screen times as much as possible.
I continue to remain grateful that I didn’t have access to these modern devices when I was a kid, I probably would’ve grown up with a brain rot.
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I feel so bad that a lot of kids now grow up with iPads perpetually in their faces.
The implication of this is that it limits the development of other parts of the brain/personality in favor of chronic visual stimulation.
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Let them read, let them play physical games, let them write, act, mould, dress up, craft etc.
I am an adult who believes our constant exposure to screens/the internet is bad for us as a species.
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A HUGE fan of the push to keep under-16s off social media. I think it's an excellent idea, and NONE of the alleged positives, combined, amount to even a fraction of the immense, often irreversible negatives. I hope governments and society implement as quickly as possible
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🇳🇱🇯🇵 Reason 357 to fall in love with this World Cup.
When this Japan fan found himself in among the Netherlands supporters.
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A part of me is still convinced that the entire Deep Seek thing was a psy op.
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I have tried out Deep Seek and it's nowhere near the level of Claude or GPT-O1 so I truly have no idea what the tears everywhere is about.
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It's because the United States is truly a multi-racial and multi-cultural country and society.
I'd even wager that it's the most diverse country in the world.
Bro do South Americans come to the US visa free? All their games are full in the big US stadiums. Yesterday there were like 100k Brazilians around New York/New Jersey, today there are like 70k Ecuadoreans in Philadelphia 🙌🏿
#FIFAWorldCup
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I have stopped going to South Africa for any international conferences for mainly 3 things.
1. Border police rudeness: Some years ago I was invited for a conference on conflicts in the Horn in South Africa. I showed email invite to the border policeman at the desk. He rudely asked: "but why can't you people hold your peace conferences in your homes. Why always come to South Africa?" - I think he had a point. Why must we?
Second time it was worse - "But why are you Zomallis and Ethiopians always here."
I reminded him I was actually Kenyan, and I was only in the country for 2 days for an international conference
Reply: "Sheh, um, eh. But what is the difference"
2. As soon as locals figure out you are a black person, possibly African from another country, the automatic assumption is that you are an illegal migrant. You see immediate hostile reaction. Honestly, I found SA one of the most miserable places on earth in terms of peoples' attitude to foreigners. The visceral hatred towards fellow Africans is unnerving. Still one of the most beautiful geographies in Africa.
3. The state bureaucracy and departments filled with people who actually know very little about the outside world. Most of the best people who made South Africa an outward-looking African power are gone. All remaining are small-time apparatchiks stealing from the state and fat toads serving as diplomats. I feel sorry for South Africa.
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This is absolutely disgusting.
You just know that this moron probably listens to Candace Owens and also thinks Brigitte Macron is a man.
But to have this happen in the white house and to target an ex-first lady like this is so awful.
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Josh Hokit says Michelle Obama is a man after defeating Derrick Lewis at the White House lawn
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The amount of corruption [possibly being led by Eric Trump] from the Trump family in Trump 2.0 is genuinely mind boggling.
The $TRUMP meme coin generated about $616 million for the Trump family, while buyers lost more than $700 million, according to Reuters' estimates. The coin has tumbled 97% from its January 2025 peak reut.rs/4oisC7e @specialreports
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For everyone saying it’s fake — there’s like different 9 screen recorded videos going around and several MMA reporters all showing DC tweeted it.
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You stole from a charity for kids with cancer, of course you did it
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LMAOOOO.
You are a liar and an absolutely corrupt piece of shit.
I hope the day comes when you sleep in prison for the amount of corruption you have done in Trump 2.0
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Not getting vaccines is a fun luxury belief you can enjoy in the USA that helps you with social clout in certain subcultures. It isn’t meant for foreign countries where the stakes are higher and where consequences actually exist. Some people don’t get that.
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Once Germans crack your code, dem no go look eyes or pity you.
They are doing to Curacao what they did to Saudi Arabia in 2002.
They won't stop, they will keep going.
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Does IllBliss not know that he is a celebrity and that there are things he is absolutely not allowed to say?
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Nigerians are tribalistic and tribalist sentiments abound all over the country.
But once you pass a certain threshold of fame/achievement/success, there are things you absolutely cannot allow yourself to utter in public, no matter the provocation.
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The Germans have now cracked Curacao like fresh eggs 😭😭
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