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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"I view AI personhood as similar to corporate personhood, where we grant rights in exchange for obligations, as a way of encouraging prosocial corporate behavior." oh yes, Citizens United, a classic case of incentivizing prosocial corporate behavior. Brilliant solve, my guy.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I hope people understand that many of our Somali American neighbors lived for 10yrs or more in Dadaab. They also struggled through aid cuts, insecurity, depression, family separation and so much more. Considering all those circumstances, targeting Somali Americans can only be described as diabolical

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Haiba Bille Hussein: “We don’t want to be separated. We fled from clan/tribal separations, and now it seems like the Kenyan government, WFP, and [the] UN want to separate us along those lines again. This separation is tribal. Problems will arise from it and we won’t be responsible for them.”

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Hayba Nur Khalif: “My message to WFP, UNHCR, and the Kenyan government is that we are not pleased with this issue, and all of us, young or old, do not accept it… We do not accept to be divided and made to turn on each other. We don't want problems that don’t exist within us to be created.”

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

"World Food Programme introduced a new system of “differentiated assistance”, ranking households in categories from 1-4. Those in Category 1 – considered the most in need – received only 40% of a full food ration. Category 2 gets 20%, while categories 3 and 4... receive no regular food aid at all."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

The young author featured in the piece puts it bluntly, "I feel like my dreams are trapped... This reality is pushing me to make a very painful decision, and that's illegal immigration, you know, just as a possible path to access higher education opportunities abroad."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

When you close off every opportunity -- especially for young people -- to escape the camp and build a better life, you are inviting more danger into their lives, whether from disillusionment and drug dependency, irregular migration, or any off the dangers poverty produces.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

With drastically reduced food assistance and direct cash assistance, far less work because aid cuts have enormously reduced the cash circulating in the camp, hurting small businesses and casual laborers, and the number of jobs with aid agencies available in the camp has also shrunk dramatically.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

In 2024, the US resettled about 2700 people who were living in Dadaab Refugee Camp. In 2025, it as less than 200. This year, none. Refugees coming through resettlement are vetted over a period of YEARS.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It's not just USAID. If you want to know how US cuts to the World Food Program and UNHCR are impacting 426,000 Somali refugees in Kenya, including over 7,000 families cut off from receiving any aid. I highly recommend you watch this piece from RTE. www.rte.ie/news/primeti...

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Inside Dadaab: Aid cuts push young people to risk route to Europe

Young refugees are making the desperate choice of leaving for the dangerous route to Europe from Africa's largest refugee camp.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Their fear pales in comparison to the fear in the Somali American community right now. I posted previously about the difficulty Somalis' born before 1991 had in securing documents. It's why so many Somalis in the diaspora have Jan 1 birthdays. This move strikes fear in every on of those Americans.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

During the Red Scare, my uncle joined the air force in one of those, join-up or jail situations. A few months later the FBI knocked on my immigrant grandparents' door. My uncle had listed my grandfather's name wrong (went by his middle name). Scared the hell out of them that they'd be deported.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I found this author's take very compelling: "I am a writer. A writer who also happens to be Kenyan. And I have come to this thesis statement: I don't write like ChatGPT. ChatGPT, in its strange, disembodied, globally-sourced way, writes like me." marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

marcusolang.substack.com

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Seems like its theatrical run might be over. You can rent on AppleTV now.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"In Somalia, where Omar was born, only 6 percent of births were registered with the government, according to a 2020 Somali government report produced in collaboration with the United Nations."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"Immigration experts said it is not unusual for refugees, particularly from some African countries, to have issues providing accurate birth records.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"The allegation that Omar was actually 18 at the time of her father’s citizenship application — and therefore ineligible to earn citizenship through her father — gained traction on conservative social media through a viral video posted in 2019." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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U.S. probe of Rep. Ilhan Omar focuses on birth date, citizenship papers, people familiar say

The Department of Homeland Security declined to move forward with an investigation years ago based on similar allegations, said one person, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss informatio...

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

WAPO: "...a Trump administration official said agents now are especially focused on whether Omar or her father, Nur Omar Mohamed, intentionally misstated her birth date on immigration paperwork so she could be eligible to derive citizenship through him as a minor when he was naturalized in 2000."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

"... [in] Somalia, we used to have only the year. Month and day is not a big deal. For Somalia, it's 1969 to '91... they didn't care about the date of birth because government is taking care of everything. So your passport is only showing the year. Your birth certificate is showing the year."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

It seems like the theory of the case is that the birthdate on her application is not accurate and that she was really 18 when her forms were submitted, not 17 and therefore a minor... Fact is, her family might not even know her birthdate... www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

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Why so many Somali Americans celebrate their birthdays on New Year’s Day

Somali refugees, and other immigrant communities, did not always have records of their birth date when they moved to the U.S. When filling out paperwork to resettle in the U.S., many immigrants chose ...

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

When it comes to Black people/ Africans and AI... Major tech companies have been paying Africans slave wages to do the traumatizing, digital grunt work of cleaning up AI models for use in the West. Meanwhile, people in the West use AI to destroy African/Black writers' reputations. NASTY WORK.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This Swiss/Kenyan film is in festivals now. Set in a fictional country in Africa, 2093. AI destroyed society. Now it's banned. A filmmaker arrives and is challenged to make his documentary without AI. But the film itself uses AI to generate visuals... Very curious www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4ay...

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MEMORY OF PRINCESS MUMBI - Official trailer

YouTube video by Paradise City Sales

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

I found this argument very compelling: "I am a writer. A writer who also happens to be Kenyan. And I have come to this thesis statement: I don't write like ChatGPT. ChatGPT, in its strange, disembodied, globally-sourced way, writes like me." marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...

marcusolang.substack.com

I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.

I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Mikuba | Cobalt Dir. Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, 2025, 63 min. Kiswahili, French w/ English subtitles In the cobalt mines of Kolwezi, Mikuba follows Mama Leance, a determined trader navigating a region dominated by multinational mining companies and the global demand for cobalt.

Image looks down into a cobalt mine. The vantage point is from behind the sound guy carrying a boom mic. There are sandbags stacked up on the sides of the dirt path as it descends into the mine itself. There are workers in the background.

From the film- Mikuba | Cobalt
Dir. Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, 2025, 63 min.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Ndjimu | Deep Cobalt Dir. Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, 31 min. Follows a community of workers known as the “Rememberers” as they extract cobalt under dangerous conditions. Immersing us in the darkness and claustrophobia of the mine, Petna Ndaliko Katondolo reflects on what powers today's technologies.

Still image of 4 congolese miners with headlamps from the film -

Ndjimu | Deep Cobalt
Dir. Petna Ndaliko Katondolo, 2025, 31 min.
Kiswahili w/ English subtitles

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Congo in Harlem back at Maysles Documentary Center for its 18th year. October 18th-24th 343 Malcolm X Blvd @127th st. Looking forward to Petna' latest films (see below) congoinharlem.org

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Congo in Harlem

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

US media has a hard time calling out racism. But Kenyan journalist Lynn Ngugi does not. Here she responds to Newsmax's Rob Finnerty for disgusting commentary about New York & Nairobi. Lynn: "We are going to check you, and we have time for it, ok?" www.tiktok.com/@lynn_ngugi/...

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Apology not accepted 🚶🏿‍♀️

TikTok video by Lynn Ngugi

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Ironically Nairobi IS VERY SIMILAR to NYC & that's why I love both places - economic and cultural engine, diverse, great food, terrible traffic (we all need something to complain about), lots of music venues, neighborhoods with their own character, great coffee & fashion & funny folks everywhere 🇰🇪🗽🫶

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Explainer from a Kenyan YouTuber and Journalist that includes the original offending segment as well as a video posted by Lynn Ngugi expanding on her post above: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXHG...

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Kenyans Criticized a US Journalist for Saying New York Looked Disorderly like Nairobi

YouTube video by MONROSE MURUGI MEDIA

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Journalist Lynn Ngugi sets him straight after his apology.

Reply to his apology on X from Lynn Ngugi, a Kenyan journalist and media personality.

You’re pathetic, and your apology is just as pathetic. Let’s not pretend you’ve suddenly developed some respect for Kenyans or Africans. You’re apologizing because Kenyans dragged you for your ignorance, and had nobody called you out, you’d have gone about your business without thinking twice about what you said.

And this is exactly how you idiots still think of Africa. You were discussing immigration in America, a country with enough problems of its own and lots of rats, but somehow Nairobi became your example of everything wrong with a city. What the hell does Nairobi have to do with your immigration problems?

What annoys me even more is how casually you said it. That’s how deeply ingrained this ignorance is. To some of you, Africa is still that miserable, backward place you can casually throw into a conversation whenever you need an example of poverty, chaos or failure.

And then when Africans refuse to sit quietly and take your nonsense, suddenly you’re sorry.
You’re not sorry you said it, Rob. You’re sorry we heard you, understood exactly what you meant and refused to let you get away with it.

Keep your apology. What you need is to unlearn the garbage that made you think saying something like that was acceptable in the first place🚶🏿‍♀️WANTAM!!

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Readers added context to his apology...

X Post screenshot: Rob Finnerty @RobFinnertyUSA 11h
I want to offer an apology to the people of Nairobi, Kenya. The passion you have your city and homeland is amazing… We all make mistakes. I misspoke, and I am sorry to anyone I have offended.🙌

COMMUNITY NOTE:
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The author killed a 19yo in 2008. Murder.
Source: Wicked Local share.google/84ok1RGL01Be13…

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Kenyans cooked this dude quick & made him apologize Edits to wikipedia today: 1st Draft: Rob Finnerty (born May 1, 1982) is an American murderer masquerading as television news anchor and host. Final Version: Rob Finnerty (born May 1, 1982) is an American degenerate drunkard and child killer

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

taken on Saturday at the Columbia Princeton game. Little dude was sitting right next to his idol and had no idea

roughly 8 year old kid wearing the jersey of his idol (obviously) while enjoying the Columbia v Princeton match in the Bronx. The redheaded kid is wearing a jersey that says KEEFE 20 on the back. One explanation is that that is his last name. Another, is that he is a big fan of 90s CT soccer and loved that diminutive captain who took his team to the quater finals of the state championship.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just emailed the Brooklyn Botanical Garden to find out more about this program. I want to do something similar with plants that attract hummingbirds.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

For Ireland loved humanity so much that it gave the whole world its only begotten potato. (ps. we're also known for casting ourselves in quasi-biblical narratives.) www.tastingtable.com/1687855/tayt...

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The Irish Company Behind The Invention Of Flavored Potato Chips - Tasting Table

Flavored potato chips were invented in 1954 by Tayto, an Irish company that is still in operation today. Cheese and Onion was its original flavor.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"Millions hear about Somalis. Few hear from them." Sign up to get the Somali American perspective directly - www.thesomalibrief.com

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The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I recommend signing up for The Somali Brief: Politicians, influencers, and media personalities spread false and misleading claims about Somalis to millions of people... [who] hear claims about Somalis, but have nowhere to turn to hear directly from Somali Americans." Sign up: www.thesomalibrief.com

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The Somali Brief

The Somali Brief is a digital-first media platform covering the stories shaping Somali American life.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Bayeux Tapestry famously depicts a very long conga line.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Karl Marx's utopian fantasy was ahead of its time: "[AI makes it] possible for me to do one thing today and another tomorrow, to hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the evening, criticise after dinner... without ever becoming hunter, fisherman, herdsman or critic."

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"False and dehumanizing claims about Somalis spread rapidly... Millions of people hear about Somali Americans every day, yet relatively little reporting captures the full range of who we are, how we live, and what our communities experience." - Mukhtar M. Ibrahim, founder The Somali Brief

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Not a good idea to take hiring advice from Hedley Lamarr

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This is helpful and calming 🙏

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

You have to renew your Medicaid insurance every year. Also, I doubt this guy has used every room in his mansions in Ireland, Turkey, NJ and Florida. We should just start removing rooms until he notices that he doesn't have a house anymore.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We can start using Office of Remigration headshots as mug shots now since sending someone to a place where they might be tortured is outlawed in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 C.F.R. §§ 208.16–208.18), which incorporates the Convention Against Torture (CAT) into US Law...

Christian Ehrhardt leads the Office of Remigration, a division of about 15 employees at the State Department.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Counterpoint: Nürnberger Rostbratwurst are the best sausages in Germany. So the trials should be held near the Andouille factory in New Orleans.

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keefe murren @keefemurren.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

How is this not de facto suspension of Habeas Corpus?

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