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here is a picture of the Somali anti-colonial poet we quote at the end Maymuuna Xasan Biyoow (RIP) “gaal manoo islaam wadin nama soo galeen” (the colonizer would not be in our midst if he wasn’t accompanied by one of us) africasacountry.com/2026/05/on-t...

We end by invoking the righteous words of Maymuuna Biyow:

“gaal manoo islaam wadin nama soo galeen”

(the colonizer would not be in our midst if he wasn’t accompanied by one of us)

a picture of Maymuuna Xasan Biyoow wearing shaash, gold earrings and a dress. she is looking into the camera.

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#Blacksky ... inviting all Black ppl of conscience to read this open letter, sign if u agree + amplify 🖤 and if u have any questions, please hit me up on here. "It is the moral duty of the artist not to stay silent. We must divest our attention away from elitist docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Open Letter to the Somalia National Pavilion Organizers and the Three Exhibiting Artists

“Gudineey imaadan goyseen haddii uusan gabalkey kugu jirin.” - Maahmaah (Somali Proverb)

The axe could not fell the tree if its handle was not whittled from her.

a screenshot of an instagram stories post with song lyrics at the top and text from open letter at the bottom.

song lyrics: This is for the N*****, strictly for the

text from open letter:

We invite not only Somali artists but all Black people of conscience, and Black-led arts and/or cultural organizations, especially those in the diaspora, to sign and distribute this letter.

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 49m

Woke up this morning with this joyful boy pressed into my knee-nook. 🥰

Photo of my black and white tuxedo cat Marcel. He is smooshed up against the back of my knees and I am lying under a light brown velvet blanket.

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 34m

did the squirrels steal your phone again?

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 37m

Dr Chao Tayiana Maina is an international treasure I'm really excited to see what these projects have grown and evolved into

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 1h

Delighted to see this become a reality - check out the website. "If the Western archive has no space for our (African) stories and realities, How then do we build a space that allows thinkers, culture workers and all people of the Global South to engage with their histories?"

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 3h

is this why British people secretly love queueing and packing into Tube carriages 🧐

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Jonathan English @englishrail.bsky.social · 4h

This is the first of a three part series I’m doing for Infrastory on the infrastructure of the Great Lakes. infrastory.substack.com/p/the-great-...

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 3h

and there is a long legacy of similar failed external interventions, which looked like the obvious thing to do I now personally think deeper stuff is needed, which recognises geographic and infrastructure challenges, and then addresses them

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 4h

I've worked in these areas for a while - international aid and development, impact investing and global philanthropy, peace and community building - mostly Southern and Eastern Africa the Somali community are really good, broadly speaking, at business and trade the obvious answers are too simple…

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 4h

Wabi-sabi (侘寂) The Japanese concept of appreciating both natural objects and the forces of nature. That imperfections in nature, as all things of the natural world are impermanent, and thus beautiful

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 4h

this feels like Temple Grandin territory but cars instead of coos

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Natalie Alana Ashton @natalan.bsky.social · 4h

it would fix me

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 5h

it was really rich, as a day just finished our last sessions, and now I want to build a scale model of our house/buildings

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 11h

I'm in the right place

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 15h

I've been thinking a lot about English aristocratic privilege recently, whether inherited or assumed

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 15h

There aren't many days when you can kayak off Start Point, renowned for one of Britain's most dangerous tidal races. But yesterday the stars aligned, so I bunked off work. Delighted to see Rupert Kirkwood (the Lone Kayaker) out there. He took this picture of me +1. Before you ask: yes, it's real. 🧵

In my kayak, watching a bluefin tuna leaping beside me.

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Tristan Norton @trisnorton.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anyone know what I've got here? On bare mud at Breamore Marsh, Hampshire. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @astridbiddle.bsky.social

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

41% staffing cuts in the Faculty of Arts at UoN. We're entering a wilderness of creativity and critical thinking.

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Phil M 🦻🏼💚 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇵🇸 @phillm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

When they talk about reducing red tape, remember this image.

Grenfell Tower, a black smouldering carcass of the building shorty after the fire, in 2017.

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Remember the Goat @rememberthegoat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Everybody is waiting for the rain. It hasn't rained across most of the north of Kenya for 6 months. This season the wind has been strong and unrelenting. The heat is building towards the rains. The land, and all life, is parched. The wait has almost become unbearable.

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Same at UCU congress. Reason, evidence, and a lack of good faith engagement is a feature, and not a bug, of British trotskyism and various other authoritarian left sects.

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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 05/10/2026

Spooky bird stories. My Halloween comic from 2024.

A comic titled Spooky Bird Stories. In panel 1, a turkey vulture is telling stories to other vultures, and it says, "She walked toward the source of the terrible smell. She got closer and closer, and then, to her horror, she saw... No dead body." A black vulture says "No!" and a turkey vulture says "Did someone already eat it??" In panel 2, a northern cardinal is telling a story to some songbirds. It says "They peered through the windows of the house at the gory scene. Zombies had smashed through the door in the night. The homeowner was dead. But worst of all... He hadn't refilled the feeders." An eastern bluebird says "Aaah!" and an American goldfinch says "It can't be!". In panel 3, A screech owl is telling a story to other owls. It says "And then the ghost fluffed itself up really big to appear scarier." A saw-whet owl gasps, and a long-eared owl says "Horrifying!". In panel 4, a downy woodpecker is telling a story to other woodpeckers, and says "The eerie sound rang through the dark woods. Tap-tap. Tap-tap. It was the distinctive two-part knock of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. The species had returned from the dead... FOR REVENGE." A red-cockaded woodpecker says "Yesss".

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

These are always excellent, illuminating interdisciplinary talks. Booking link in first reply of quoted post.

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Kate Bevan @katebevan.com · 05/10/2026

European Greens not fucking around here: this is a very strong statement.

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betsythemuffin.bsky.social @betsythemuffin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Rehabilitation requires accountability. Decarceration’s best self is about finding new ways to hold people to account, that are less toxic for both the holders and the held. It is *hard as shit.* Its worst self gives up on accountability, and therefore trades rehabilitation for perpetuated harm.

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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 04/10/2026

The purpose of teaching is to deliver that correct knowledge to students while showing them how much remains unknown and contested. Why would we do research if we weren't supposed to communicate what is true to others? Oh yeah - this is why they want to end humanities & social science research.

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sascha benjamin cohen @saschaben.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

your dog has a passing resemblance to the very good boy in this delightful cartoon

cartoon by threepanelsoul.com. in panel 1 a person asks a dog "who's a good dog" and the dog thinks "woah, that's one hell of a question" panel 2 they look at each other and the person says "2 who's a good boy" and the dog thinks "who among us can truly be said to be good? what is goodness?" panel 3 shows the person says "you are! yes!" and the dog with a look of total astonishment thinks "WHAT. This is AMAZING!"

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James Petruzzi @hawaiianimages.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I never realized how well the mosaicist captured this doggo emotion

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We murdered four more people in a boat today

U.S. southern Command: On October 4, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists. @DeptofWar

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I keep reading about Greenham Common, including yesterday in Naomi Klein and Astra Taylors' book End Times Fascism we're in such a different context now, but I remember how that non-violent protest persisted for nineteen years (I'm scared of globally dominant state militaries and terrorism, fyi)

The United States rushed over the weekend to withdraw all 12 B-1 Air Force bombers from an air base in southern England after commanders received new threats about an Iran-backed plot against the installation, two U.S. officials said on Sunday.

The withdrawal was highly unusual: Such moves are rarely made so quickly from an allied air base in a peacetime country thousands of miles from a combat zone.

The need to move the bombers out of the base, R.A.F. Fairford, was deemed so urgent that some of the planes and their flight crews left while aerial refueling aircraft were still being scrambled to support their flights to the United States. At least three of the planes had landed at their home base in South Dakota by Sunday, the officials said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss operational matters.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

A member of the National Guard shot and killed a man in Memphis and it barely made a ripple in our discourse.

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

It’s genuinely remarkable how complete the consensus around anti-Black racism as an unremarkable feature of public and political life has become.

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We placed a trailcam at the meeting place of 3 animal tracks in our woodland The choice was obvious. Evidence of deer, badger & rabbits using the tracks What did we get? Over 1,000 photos of the same two squirrels. Sometimes foraging, but almost all just arsing around 🙄

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

oh that reminds me I am supposed to contact you and Nick about a possible event in November, if it's not already too late pls check your DMs

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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 04/10/2026

Again, journalists, what are you doing?👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 The most mind blowing thing about these people is that they are so out in the open with their eugenics & predatory cults. Epstein wasn't as out in the open (at least from what I see now). Everything is right there for you to expose them once & for all!

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MsAlliance @msalliance.me · 04/10/2026

Huskies are beautiful and wonderful dogs but please, please if you can’t give them what they need, what they are bred for, please don’t feed the demand for a puppy. Huskies are not suitable dogs for suburban life.

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

odd being around a new generation of young people starting at university today, speaking to parents and hearing about others as well a strange mixture of nostalgia and wistfulness, as our own lives are ebbing they will make their own mistakes, but I hope we can do better by them 🤞🏽🙏🏽🤘🏽❤️

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

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Catherine Frieman @cjfrieman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My potato ambivalent partner grows potatoes for me every year. The secret to a multi decade relationship...

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Anand @calmerfuture.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

read that as Why is the lawyer a lying?

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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

me (has no clue what this means): fuck

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