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Lola Ogunyemi

@omololaogunyemi.bsky.social
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Biomedical informatician, Professor @ cdrewu, FACMI, ripe mango addict, BJ jackal, anti-fascist. Author: Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions. Born in Ibadan, Nigeria, I now live on Tongva land. Website: ogunyemi.net Rep: Mollie Glick @ CAA

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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 1h
My friend who’s a Bay Area DJ visited a Nigerian-cuisine-inspired restaurant called African Delight in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. youtu.be/dUxiOyMRpwk?...
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DJTUNDE: MUST-SEE African Delight—Nigerian Restaurant Run by Vietnamese, Cooked Fresh in Saigon
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 10h
Like I said: Hays Code White!
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TV’s So White Again: Diversity Now Seen as “Optional”
After a couple years of major progress, creators of color are seeing “real regression,” the president of the TV Academy tells THR.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 17h
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The Fig Economy @figgityfigs.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
, it's
and I
have some personal news to share with you.
Being a mom is one of the greatest joys of my life, and I feel deeply that we should have salad tonight
This year has been challenging in many ways, and I have immense gratitude for the kindness and support of family, community, and people like you who have continued to stand by me through everything. It means the world, and I wanted you to be among the first to know that squash is in the oven and kale is in the fridge.As many of you are aware, ve been navigating one of the most challenging periods of my day while waiting for dinner.
Facing baseless federal hunger brought on by not eating since lunch, fighting for the working kids of this country, and now caring for a mean toddler and helping him grow up in a world that isn't always easy. But it has also reminded me exactly why I do this work and who I do it for.
I will never stop working to eat dinner. I will never stop fighting for what is right, even when there is also some feta in the fridge. And I will never stop being so very thankful that you are by my side in this important work and that there is tahini in the pantry for dressing
With love and gratitude,
stop to end
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My favorite lunch ladies’ parody music video. Firestarter. The lettuce hairdo is inspired. youtu.be/FpeNkrO19qY?...
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#theprodigy #lunchladyenergy @Melly20677
YouTube video by Esha 👠
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The lunch ladies’ Freddie Jackson tribute. RIP. youtube.com/shorts/BfX3-...
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Rest in Peace to R&B legend Freddie Jackson #freddiejackson
YouTube video by Esha 👠
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Benedict #FBPE 🇬🇧 🇪🇺FBR💙 #NAFO #FELLAS @cosmogalaxy.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My university is reviewing a new tool that gives a proctored quiz to see whether students truly understand their submitted papers. AuthorProof would be used instead of AI detection tools that sometimes accuse the best students of not doing their own work. Anyone have experience with this product?
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wondered about the Bill Withers estate lawsuit so I had to listen to this song. I love this song but I definitely hear why she got sued. youtu.be/_hgu16lRfbQ?...
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Olivia Dean - I've Seen It (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Olivia Dean
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 01/10/2026
“Becca Good addressed the media for the first time, saying, ‘I’m Renee Good’s partner, and she was the love of my life.’”
startribune.com
Live: Renee Good’s partner calls for ‘accountability’ in emotional statement
Renee Good was fatally shot on Jan. 7 in south Minneapolis by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 30/09/2026
No 10 gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU
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No 10 gathering evidence on public support for rejoining the EU
Senior Downing Street officials reach out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test backing for reversing Brexit Senior Downing Street officials have been reaching out to thinktanks and pollsters as they look to test public support for the UK rejoining the EU. Aides to Andy Burnham have been talking to EU experts in a range of organisations about how the public would view a promise to rejoin, as momentum builds behind including such a pledge in the next Labour manifesto. Continue reading...
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026
Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Scoring higher on corruption than Nigeria’s Abacha is quite the achievement. theleahfiles.substack.com/p/the-most-c...
theleahfiles.substack.com
THE MOST CORRUPT PRESIDENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY: A CORRUPTION MODEL
I put every president since Eisenhower on the same scale as the men who looted their countries.
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
My first N.K. Jemisin read happened this summer. I liked the first book in the Broken Earth trilogy so much that I read the other two books within a week of finishing the first. Very unusual for me. I think it definitely has relevance to our current moment in time. #booksky
Book cover of The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
"Americans might elect a normal Dem in '28 who will try to repair relations. But what if they opt for another insane Canadian-hating demagogue? From Canada's perspective, what’s the point of signing a contract with Dr. Jekyll when Mr. Hyde might emerge later, betray you, & tear up the whole thing?"
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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Listening now… youtu.be/rkjNL4dX-U4?...
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Chase & Status, Bou - Baddadan ft. IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga, Takura
YouTube video by ChaseAndStatusVEVO
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/09/2026
This is an entirely new phenomenon because before the vaccine, most women who survived measles were immune because they had it when they were young. But now, idiots who refuse to get vaccinated are giving birth to babies with measles. Two babies have died. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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America had wiped out measles. Now babies are infected at birth.
Congenital measles has rarely been seen in the U.S. That’s changing as vaccination declines and more pregnant women become infected.
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Has anyone run books written before November, 2022 (when ChatGPT emerged) through Pangram? Did it flag any as AI generated? I see it being used to take down authors and I’m curious about the books for which it has false positives.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 25/09/2026
🇫🇷 The organisers of France's top literary prize, the Prix Goncourt, on Friday said they had removed a widely praised novel by Canadian-Haitian writer Thelyson Orelien from its longlist following online claims that artificial intelligence was used to write it. ➡️ u.afp.com/S9c2
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conifergirl.bsky.social @conifergirl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The simple reality is that in every country that’s slid from democracy into strongman rule over the past half-century, the first step was capture of the media by friends of the regime. www.commondreams.org/opinion/davi...
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Why the Ellison Takeover of CNN Is Such Bad News for US Democracy | Common Dreams
​The simple reality is that in every country that’s slid from democracy into strongman rule over the past half-century, the first step was capture of the media by friends of the regime.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's great to see tailoring accommodate such extreme movement today. This level of tailoring was a bit more common in the past, as you can see in old films featuring Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly, but many modern suits will lift off the wearer's neck even when they're just walking.
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“How do I make your life worse today? And how do I make myself richer?” The Republican approach to governing a country. And a plurality voted for this.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Child: This is my first time meeting a mayor. Mamdani: Wow, have you ever met a prime minister? Child: No Norway PM Jonas Gahr Støre: *walks over*
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Pat Bagley @bagleycartoons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I smell a Nobel Peace Prize!
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Tim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health (grants DP5OD024558, DP2GM146258, R00GM121852, R01DK115728, R01DE027538, T32GM119995, T32GM007365, T32GM007790 and F31DE031154); [and] the National Science Foundation".
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Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds
Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump asked Russ Vought, OMB Director and the devil incarnate, to draft an executive order placing political appointees in charge of NIH grant funding, following the NIH director’s refusal to cut grants to Harvard.
politico.com
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control
The move came after the NIH director refused Trump’s request to cut Harvard grants in an Oval Office meeting.
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Our diabetic retinopathy dataset is now available through @datadryad.bsky.social datadryad.org/dataset/doi:...
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Dryad | Data: Detecting diabetic retinopathy through machine learning on electronic health record data from an urban, safety net healthcare system
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
youtu.be/Gs069dndIYk?...
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO
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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NIH
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 21/09/2026
NEW: The Trump Administration is planning to slash human subject research regulations by redefining informed consent. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/trump-plan...
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Trump Plans to Redefine Informed Consent for Human Research Subjects
The Department of Health and Human Services has noticed a forthcoming rule on the OMB regulatory information site to redefine what undue influence means for vulnerable human research subjects
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Scott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 18/09/2026
Well this isn’t good
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Jerry Falade’s take on the AI controversy: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
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I lost my $2m book deal because people mistook my African dialect for AI
His debut novel sparked a ferocious bidding war, then questions over AI brought the deal crashing down. Jerry Falade denies using AI to write the book, and many believe that as a Black Nigerian writer...
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Never thought I’d see a variation of Nigerian politicians’ “chicken and rice” distribution to voters strategy for winning elections proposed here in the USA. Hopefully we eventually get the billions of dollars in corrupt funds clawback strategy that followed the Abacha regime.
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Daniel Mote @danielmote.com · 09/09/2026
This is my favorite Charles Barkley story. www.wbur.org/onlyagame/20...
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My Dad's Friendship With Charles Barkley
Shirley Wang's father, Lin, was on a business trip when he ran into NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley. It was the beginning of a friendship.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
DoD has its own research agency DARPA, which receives -5 billion in funding. A ten year contract to shift NIH funds to DoD is simply a budget cut to NIH. It’s also another example of how this Admin does policymaking by other means.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/09/2026
"Marshall, a Republican seeking re-election this fall, filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding bills ... Marshall's lawyers garnished patients’ paychecks and bank accounts. They routinely charged patients an 18% annual interest rate."
nytimes.com
Roger Marshall Sued 700 Patients for Debts; 81 Were Arrested. Now He’s a Senator. (Gift Article)
Patients sued by Senator Roger Marshall of Kansas were routinely charged 18 percent interest, The Times found. Some had bank accounts garnished.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 08/09/2026
One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” (Published Sept. 2025)
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“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Multiple people injured after armed man attacks Ohio gubernatorial candidate, Amy Acton. www.wcpo.com/news/local-n...
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Multiple injured after armed person lunges at Acton during Canfield Fair, campaign says
Multiple people were injured after an armed person lunged at Dr. Amy Acton, her campaign told WCPO on Sunday.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 02/09/2026
Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’ ft.trib.al/dpjubIo
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Dutch central bank moves gold bars out of New York over ‘geopolitical unrest’
DNB prefers London over the US city, pointing to better ‘tradeability’ of bullion
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 03/09/2026
Gloria Steinem was a feminist icon and democracy defender who spent her life fighting for human rights. Her memory should inspire us all to do a little, or a lot, each day. Rest in Peace, Gloria Steinem. 💔
"Citizens who refuse to obey anything but their own conscience can transform countries, it is the basis of any real democracy."
-Gloria Steinem, Revolution from Within
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Cassandra Wilson... apnews.com/article/cass...
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Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning jazz singer, has died
Cassandra Wilson, the two-time Grammy-winning jazz singer, has died. She was 70. Her manager said she died in her native Jackson, Mississippi, surrounded by family and friends.
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Nala loves her new toy when Mom and Dad are at work. IG: @lifewithnala_maltipoo
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We always get excited about the advances in medicine but there’s less energy for the specific policy changes that would make these advances available to all who need them. Medicare for All or some other form of universal health care is so important to end disparities in access to novel treatments.
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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19) @covid19disease.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists at the University of Waterloo Dr. Brian Ingalls, Dr. Sara Sadr, and Dr. Marc Aucoin have engineered “tumor-eating” bacteria that can invade and consume cancerous tumors from within. A potential breakthrough in cancer treatment research.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Peter Thiel is getting a very cold reception outside his new mansion in the exclusive Barrio Parque neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentinians are chanting: “Out, out, Peter out.”
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Frank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"Those in power may pretend not to know where the present political trajectories are taking us, but they seem to sense that they’ll have to hide." www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-y...
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A Year of Magical Thinking
Elite impunity has fueled the fantasy that catastrophes are for other people.
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MIT Technology Review @technologyreview.com · 30/08/2026
If AI systems are viewed as too advanced to control, the companies that build them can’t held liable for the harms they cause.
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Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
If AI systems are viewed as too advanced to control, the companies that build them can’t held liable for the harms they cause.
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Lola Ogunyemi @omololaogunyemi.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Has anyone on here tried making obe ata (Yoruba pepper stew) with red Anaheim peppers instead of red bell peppers? I saw Anaheim peppers at Super King today - they look more like the tatashe used in Nigeria than the red bell peppers I usually substitute. #obeata www.seriouseats.com/obe-ata-nige...
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Obe Ata (Nigerian Red Pepper Sauce) Recipe
This versatile recipe for Nigerian obe ata delivers a rich and flavorful red pepper-and-tomato-based sauce that can be used in stews and braises, or cooked down into a condiment for dipping.
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
According to @nytimes.com the biggest political donors of the midterms are Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz who’ve donated a massive $115M to Republicans. Once A16Z decided buying crypto favorable regulation was the best way to protect their investments, they haven’t looked back.
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