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Interested in the global economy, Africa in the global economy, West African politics, survival in 2025.

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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 15h
Results? No way we know, if someone claims one way or another he is lying. I personally think Islamic State here has an upper hand based on my own info, but it's difficult to ascertain, at least for Sunday evening on October 11. We shall see. But it's a bloodbath.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Holy shit FOUR members of the ethics committee in Denmark that gave the green light to allow the widely-condemned RFK Jr-funded trial to proceed in Guinea-Bissau have now resigned in protest This quote is 🔥 Great reporting by @melodyschreiber.com www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Stig Børsen Hansen, a founding member who was one of two reviewers who presented the study to the Danish committee, resigned from the group in protest on Friday, citing major ethical issues with the study.

“You are now enrolling newborns in a lottery to test a hypothesis,” Hansen said. The children who are randomly selected not to receive the birth dose of the vaccine, those who “lost the lottery”, face in their earliest days the risk of contracting hepatitis B, which can cause irreversible lifelong damage. “They contract hepatitis B in the context of being part of a research project,” Hansen said, which made their infection happen, in effect, “by design”.

Three other members of the committee have also resigned in protest.
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Joe Gordon @joegordon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This whole thread is tough to read but important context. Again, even Haitians who entered under Biden may have no safety in Haiti, may have fled to eg S. America years earlier, their families too. Their kids US born or Chilean or Argentine or Brazilian. Folks who had TPS should all get to stay too.
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Erik Loomis @erikloomis.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This Day in Labor History: October 10, 1947. African workers on the Dakar-Niger Railway in modern Senegal went on strike with the demand that they be treated equal to French workers. This is a hugely important moment in both African labor history and the anticolonial struggle in west Africa!!!
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Mali 01.10 More than 2,400 schools remain closed due to jihadist insecurity, according to the Ministry of Education.
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 29/09/2026
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism.
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 30/09/2026
I think we underrate that JCO came up in 20th century New York literary circles where everyone said five most devastating insults before breakfast and as one of the last one standing, her competition is guys who get sad if their chatbot isn't sufficiently nice to them.
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Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
People really want the story of Trump's second term to include a lack of grass-roots protests (outside of the handful of No Kings events) and it's just not true. Listen to @chenoweth.bsky.social, folks.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 27/09/2026
Barrick mining reaches deal with Mali gold unions, Bloomberg News reports reut.rs/4jalx8D
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Barrick mining reaches deal with Mali gold unions, Bloomberg News reports
Canada's Barrick Mining has reached ​an agreement with ‌unions representing workers at its ​Loulo-Gounkoto gold mining ​operation in western ⁠Mali, Bloomberg News ​reported on Sunday, ​citing Abdoulaye Coulibaly, a member of Mali’s ​National Workers’ ​Union or UNTM.
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E.J. Dionne @ejdionne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Trump took 3 big MAGA issues off the table: immigration with his inhumanity, tariffs with his chaotic approach & non-interventionism with the war in Iran. The MAGA flag is in tatters. From our @nytopinion.nytimes.com chat with Robert Siegel & @tpcarney.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/o...
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Opinion | ‘The MAGA Flag Is in Tatters’
This week in politics: Midwest realignment and what’s next for conservatives.
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 26/09/2026
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US: Global Health Aid Tied to Harmful Conditions
The United States government is conditioning lifesaving health assistance on broad access to surveillance data and extractive rights to pathogen samples and data for pharmaceutical development.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Also, hoo boy.
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ghost malone ergo propter bones @proptermalone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
just a quick reminder that this fuckhead was the proximate trigger for thousands of National Guardsmen being deployed to DC
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Another day, another Russian losses in Mali. This month is getting increasingly awful for the Russian contingent.Not yet the same scale as it was in April or July, but JNIM's new creeping strategy in Central Mali is something Bamako and Russia are struggling heavily against #Mali
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Conflict Research @conflictwatch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#Mali 14.09 / 15.09 JNIM have claimed that in the almost simultaneous attacks on Sevare Airbase 200 & the Konna Africa Corps Basethat at least 33 Security Forces / Africa Corps personnel were killed or wounded including a captain at Sévaré Air Base. *Sevare Airbase 200
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 19/09/2026
Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s son in law Luke Lindberg, 37, leads the World Food Programme. His Food for Peace restructuring left out Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Mali while weighing ‘the geopolitical interests of the United States.’ He takes over as 266 million people face acute food insecurity.
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UN appoints Trump nominee Lindberg to head World Food Programme
The UN's World Food Programme, the world's biggest ​humanitarian agency, on Friday ‌named U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee, Luke Lindberg, as its next executive ​director, a statement said.
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 18/09/2026
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Anthropic Is Building a Predictive Surveillance System to Monitor Activists - The American Prospect
New hires and comments in interviews show that the AI giant is using its capabilities against dissenters.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There is good research on this that aligns with common sense: work requirements kick eligible people off programs because most people who can work are working. But we also have a industry of bogus analyses designed to reach the opposite conclusion. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
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The Trump Administration’s Dubious Case for Work Requirements
Cherry-picked studies and unrealistic assumptions define a new government report
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Yvan Guichaoua @yguichaoua.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ofc Saddam and the UAE will face resistance, particularly from Algeria. Behind the scenes battles over Niger natural resources are raging right now. As a contact just provocatively put: "since their latest display of force, it's like Algeria think they own Niger now"
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Occasional reminder that there is an ICC arrest warrant against Putin for war crimes in connection with the mass abduction of Ukrainian children.
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War on the Rocks @warontherocks.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Russia has spent five years in Mali. It went chasing gold and got a money pit instead. warontherocks.com/russias-road...
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Russia’s Road to El Dorado
As a new convoy of Russian armored vehicles arrives from the port of Lomé to support Russia’s Africa Corps deployment in Mali, that mission has entered
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"Nonprofit" in this context means front operations that do not have to disclose donors in order to hide the role of money in American democracy.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
With the exception of the Soros family, all of the people pictured are donating to Republicans. Most are in the tech/crypto sector. With the exception of the Soros family and Miriam Adelson, all of these people stand to financially benefit from deregulation. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Meet the Megadonors Who Have Poured $1.2 Billion Into the Midterms
The leaderboard of the top 20 donors is dominated by the tech industry and ultrawealthy Republicans.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is a really really important piece. The ideas within aren’t simple, and require open discussion. But Kendall’s spot-on.
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Opinion | The U.S. Military Must Learn to Say No to Trump (Gift Article)
How senior leaders of the armed forces dodge accountability.
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Paweł Wójcik 🦋🇵🇱🇪🇺 @saladinaldronni.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
For those interested, yesterday recorded a video commentary on Niger rebellion. Will try to improve the more I do such kind of commentary, certainly more visuals too. It's not easy for me to talk at all, doesn't matter the language, but feedback is quite encouraging.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 31/08/2026
NEW FROM ME: On a hellish third-country removal flight last month, passengers say ICE-contracted guards got drunk, teased and beat them, tied them up, refused to let them use the lavatory. One says he witnessed an ICE agent admit to illegal chain refoulement. prospect.org/2026/08/31/w...
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‘What America Did to Me Is Wrong’: Inside One of the Largest Third-Country Removal Flights So Far - The American Prospect
On July 31, an estimated 71 detainees were expelled to various countries on a hellish flight to Africa. Many were then illegally returned to their home countries.
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Afrobarometer @afrobarometer.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A shocking one in three Nigerians (33%) say they know someone who was kidnapped in the past five years. No wonder citizens consider abduction the biggest safety threat in their community. Our latest piece in @thecontinent.org has more on Nigeria's kidnapping crisis. #VoicesAfrica #Nigeria
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
BREAN: Q2 corporate profit data “was stunning.” However, “the gap between prices and wages is something that will draw increasing political attention .. pointing to the share of labor in output and showing that for the first time in the postwar era it has fallen below 50%.”
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 25/08/2026
A sanctioned vessel that was previously reported to have transported weapons for Russian mercenaries has been traversing ports on the African west coast since March, exhibiting what experts told Bellingcat was an unusual set of movements and behaviours. www.bellingcat.com/news/africa/...
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Tracking a Sanctioned Russian Vessel’s West African Odyssey - bellingcat
Cargo vessel reported to have transported weapons destined for Russian mercenaries has been shuttling between West African ports since March.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, but an economy controlled by a handful of oligarchs isn't a "free market."
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Bill Goldman @wgoldman1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The August Recess is a great time to urge Congress to oppose the OMB's proposed rule on federal financial assistance. See details at the link below, which includes a letter template that you can customize and will automatically send to your Senators and Representatives. asm.org/articles/pol...
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Musk's genocide.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Holy crap this is a good ad.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/08/2026
Incredible. When E—n M—k & his crew obliterated USAID in a weekend, they deleted a vast trove of publicly-funded knowledge: the Development Experience Clearinghouse. A Canadian high school student (!) happened to have downloaded the entire thing for a project. AidData has now posted it for all.
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Before reimagining development data, remember what we’ve learned
Why we’re publishing a free, searchable, and ungated archive featuring a quarter-century of USAID evaluation reports.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
In a stunning loss of analytical credibility, NYT neglects to inform its readers that Francesca Hong was _not_ endorsed by Bernie Sanders, AOC and other Democratic Socialist leaders because of her extreme views...
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Hong’s Defeat in Wisconsin Shows the Limits of the Progressive Movement
Francesca Hong’s defeat in the Democratic primary for governor defied expectations and may have shown the democratic socialist wave cannot reach beyond urban centers.
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Frank Popper @fpopper.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12/08/2026
The Republican platform is simple: they want to sexually abuse children, and they want you to pay for it.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 01/08/2026
Great reporting from @emilybregel.bsky.social about a gay man who’s been in the US since he was four, imprisoned in a “hotel” in Equatorial Guinea since April. He says he’s being denied soap and toilet paper in retaliation for filing a complaint w African Commission. 1/ tucson.com/news/local/b...
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Arizona man languishes in African hotel after third-country deportation
A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Soliman, is confined in a decommissioned hotel in Equatorial Guinea after being deported there by ICE without warning. He faces the threat of return to Egypt, where he may fac...
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Bokar Sangaré @bokarsangare.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
www.impact.sn/ENTRETIEN-EX...
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ENTRETIEN EXCLUSIF – Boubacar Boris Diop : « Dans le Sahel, l’enjeu n’est pas la lutte pour la démocratie mais la résistance à des puissances décidées à semer le chaos » (Partie 2 & fin)
– La loi relative à la déclaration de patrimoine a été censurée par le Conseil constitutionnel, de même que celle cassant le lien entre fonction présidentielle et chef de parti politique. Elles ont ét...
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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
OOOOORCAAAAAAAAS
Wikihow image of a man blowing a conch shell horn.
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A great project for the whole family: save our history from the Trump regime sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...
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Home
Save Our Signs Let's Build the People's Archive of National Park Signs
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
THANK YOU www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
More important, the bat viruses that the grant paid the lab to study are so genetically distant from SARS-CoV-2 that they could not have produced it, a point that independent virologists have made repeatedly. That disposes of the specific charge that research that Fauci’s agency funded produced the virus. It did not.
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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
V-Dem is an international team effort and one of the largest social science data collection projects on democracy in the world. See what they say about academic freedom in the US: academic-freedom-index.net
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 07/08/2026
Trump takes a break from fear-mongering about communism to brag about seizing the means of production: "We had a problem with Intel. And we settled the problem. They gave us 10% of the company. That was worth $12 billion."
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
We got some quotes from @wyden.senate.gov about his wild report yesterday about banks withholding suspicious activity reports about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking empire because they wanted to keep the lucrative relationship. Crazy conduct and Wyden has some good solutions for it.
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Sen. Wyden Report: Banks Systematically Ignored Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes - The American Prospect
The report shows how employees at Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and JPMorgan helped to hide Epstein’s activities because he was a load-bearing part of their ‘wall of cash.’
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Your cut out and keep guide to how Trump is doing in Central and South America. (Credit on image.)
Map of Latin American countries with most leaning towards Trump
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Wolfram Lacher @wlacher.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"As both sides build up their arsenals and collude in defrauding the state, they are inexorably pushing Libya toward crisis. Boulos, seeking to cement the status quo by entrenching the rule of the two families, may turn out to be the harbinger of its collapse." My latest, in @nybooks.com
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Libya: The Dangerous Gamble | Wolfram Lacher
On my last visit to Tripoli, this past June, the city often felt as if it had left the protracted conflicts of Libya’s post-Qaddafi era behind. At night,
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