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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 23/04/2026

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Happy Earth Day!!!! This is the video that lives on the homepage of my company, Bnevol. Fitting for today. The world can feel heavy. But there are always people working to make it better. Find them. Empower them. #EarthDay #TechForGood #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange #LandBack youtu.be/cgWNIk65_Aw

Happy Earth Day!!!

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 26/02/2026

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After sidelined with Warriors, #JonathanKuminga debuted for the Hawks with 27 points in 24 minutes. Born in the #DRC, a nation exploited for the minerals powering our tech, it's a redemption story. #African refugee students at AReL also prove what's possible when not sidelined. #FreeCongo #Refugees

Johnathan Kuminga is dunking a basketball, wearing a new Atlanta Hawks jersey.

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 07/02/2026

Social Media Giants: Your data feeds their markets. Your content feeds their algorithms. Your attention feeds their advertisers. That's why I'm on BlueSky! #TechnoFeudalism #TechFeudalism #SocialMedia #CloudCapital #DigitalSovereignty #TechLords #DigitalFiefdom #BigTech #Decentralize #Divest

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 30/01/2026

THIS song has been going viral all over social. It’s a beautiful song, so I was eager to find the full version. I am so glad that I did, and you will be too. (FULL VERSION) Mahmud Bin Asraf - Papaoutai www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mFI... #Africa #AfricanMusic #AfroSoul #Alkebulan #Music #Papaoutai

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 28/01/2026

She is exactly who she thinks she is... A legend before she even becomes a teenager. Miyu Matamiyu of Indonesia. That joint at the end was CRAZY!!! Whoever they were battling took an L on this one!!! #Dance #Indonesia #HipHop #MiyuMatamiyu #Legends #GirlPower

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 27/01/2026

Remembering Dr. Gladys West (1930-2026), the mathematician whose complex algorithms modeling Earth's shape and satellite data became the foundation for GPS. A true "hidden figure" whose brilliance transformed how billions navigate the world. #GladysWest #GPS #WomenInSTEM #HiddenFigures #STEM #Tech

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 19/01/2026

AI isn’t just taking jobs. It’s exposing the fragility of a system that never valued human labor in the first place. Pivot to human-centered living instead. #AI #Economy #TechNews #AIJobReplacement #Automation #AIJobLoss #CommunityFirst #Capitalism #CommunityFirst #Jobs youtu.be/W2kAfhT2W_4?...

AI Job Replacement, and What You Should Do Now!

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 11/01/2026

Free Turtle Island! Normalize Resistance. Get your F’ _ _ _ Tee #FuckICE #TurtleIsland #Liberation #GlobalCitizen

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 04/01/2026

The U.S. strike in Nigeria on Dec 25, 2025, has many people asking… Are they preparing to go after Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso? I answer that question in this video. youtu.be/8S7Vy5FGeK0?... #Africa #PanAfricansim #PanAfrica #AES #Africa #AFRICOM #Mali #Niger #BurkinaFaso #IbrahimTraore #Sahel

U.S. Strikes In Nigeria: What This Means for Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso, and the (AES) in Africa.

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 22/12/2025

Kyoshi | #Avatar: The Last Airbender Fan Art Time-lapse youtu.be/7QipiDBtK-Q?... My first-ever illustration in #ClipStudioPaint. With the upcoming season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Kyoshi was an ideal top-of-mind choice. #Kyoshi #Photoshop #Affinity #Art #Drawing #Illustrating #Illustration

Kyoshi | Avatar: The Last Airbender Fan Art Time-lapse

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 18/12/2025

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Wear Your Values. Increase Awareness. An easy way to increase awareness for the people of #Congo, #Sudan, #Palestine, the #GlobalSouth is to get you (or someone you rock with) a Stay Rooted tee and proudly sport the uniform of #liberation. Link in comments... #FreePalestine #FreeCongo #FreeSudan

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 17/12/2025

An easy way to increase awareness for the people of #Congo, #Sudan, #Palestine, the #GlobalSouth is to get you (or someone you rock with) a Stay Rooted tee and proudly sport the uniform of #liberation. Shop here: stayrooted.shop Share to increase awareness🙏🏾 #FreePalestine #FreeCongo #FreeSudan

A website storefront showing a Black woman wearing a t-shirt that says "Free Congo."

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

After five years on a dairy farm, George is finally free. 🥹 Thank you to Uncle Neils Home for rescuing him and changing his life forever. ❤️‍🩹 Credit: uncleneilshome (IG) #cow #rescueanimals #animalrescue #animallover #sanctuary

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 07/12/2025

In #Resistance, What's The Solution (Part 2) To resist this new era of #DgitalFeudalism, redirect or deny outright... 4. Your Data (Feeds their markets) 5. Your Content (Feeds their algorithms) 6. Your Attention (Feeds their advertisers) #AntiCapitalism #Capitalism youtu.be/6xjY81bpuWY?...

In Resistance, What's The Solution (Part 2)

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 05/12/2025

In #resistance, many ask, “So what's the solution?” You don’t lose power when a party loses an #election; you lose power when you forget where it lives. Solution: 1. Redirect Your #Vote 2. Redirect Your #Dollar 3. Redirect Your #Labor The problem has always been #capitalism, and we feed it.

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 24/11/2025

I am incredibly proud to announce AReL's (Action for #Refugee Life) funding campaigns. • Student Transportation Fund • Student Laptops Fund • Women in Tech Fund • Local Instructors Fund • Local Infrastructure Fund • Micro-Scholarships Fund #AfricanTech #Education #STEM youtu.be/tNwTSzGt7Mc?...

AReL Funding - Building Futures for Refugees

YouTube video by AReL (Action for Refugee Life)

Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 21/10/2025

#AssataShakur: "Any Community seriously concerned with its own Freedom has to be concerned about other people's Freedom… Imperialism is an international system of exploitation, and we as revolutionaries need to be internationalists to defeat it." Video: "Tribute to Assata Shakur" at Busboys & Poets

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 15/08/2025

Do you know about the "U.S. Out of #Korea" Movement? You Should. The org Nodutdol is helping #decolonize our understanding of U.S.-Korean #history and geopolitics. Today is National Liberation Day for Korea, with demonstrations taking place in major cities across the U.S. Follow their work! ✊🏾

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Enid 🌿 @bibliophyll.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Today was salve for a tender and weary heart. I’m grateful to have spent it alongside so many inspiring people ❤️‍🩹 . #denver #protest #fiftyfiftyone

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 18/02/2025

Normalize #resistance. While #Trump & #Elon are a problem, they are not THE problem. THE problem is a system that produces them, predates them, & survives them. Resist as a way of life. Tell friends where it's going down & share signs, like these…(Got signs? Share yours too) #50501 #Capitalism #DC

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 09/02/2025

Start early. Never suppress the warrior spirit. #Anger is natural—a useful reflex. But transforming it into action? That is a skill. And for a #warrior, it is a way of life. Video Credit: MaiStoryBook youtube.com/@maistoryboo... #YoungActivists #LittleWarriors #BannedBooks #Books #Activism #Teach

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 07/02/2025

The Business of Reconstruction: Who Profits from Destruction? Rebuilding is big business. After the destruction, #reconstruction becomes an industry where the same governments and contractors responsible for devastation often position themselves as the architects of recovery. #FreePalestine #Gaza

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Mona Eltahawy @monaeltahawy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

In front of the White House, January 18, 2020 🎥 @rerutled.bsky.social

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 06/02/2025

As MAGA & BB salivate over plans of #EthnicCleansing #Palestinians, never forget #Biden and the #DemocraticParty ushered in this maniac. The #Izzy lobby funds 80% of #Congress (BOTH PARTIES). #Democrats should have resisted, but who funds you runs you, so instead, they anointed him. #FreePalestine

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 01/02/2025

Like reading, #drawing transcends boundaries, but instead of absorbing, you create—giving form to what lies within the mind’s depths, shaping thought into substance. Few experiences bring me greater joy or hold more meaning than these moments of pure, unbound expression. #Shogun #Art #BlackArtist

Pencil drawing of a Shogun that is also inked.

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 30/01/2025

Video Outtake - “Internship In Action” Program by AReL and @bnevol.com My grand-niece & nephew love meeting their big #African siblings from the #DRC #Congo & #SouthSudan —a reminder that opportunity should have no borders. Bridging the #DigitalDivide technically & spiritually. #Africa #BlackSky

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 28/01/2025

What is happening in the #DRC is heartbreaking and infuriating. Why should you care? Because there are no smartphones without the #BloodMinerals exploited out of #Congo used to power most the #technology we all conveniently enjoy. #FreeCongo #DRC #Goma #Africa #PanAfrica #AfricaUnite #BlackSky

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Bnevol @bnevol.com · 27/01/2025

The new @uwpbooks.bsky.social website is live! Modern & packed with features: * #Ecommerce with #Shopify Integration * #BlackScholar essays & journals * Free resources, merch, e-catalogs & more Built by @bnevol.bsky.social + AReL. Led by @zehnroot.bsky.social #BlackTech #BlackSky #WebDesign

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 21/01/2025

A reminder: The goal is not revolving (so-called) ceasefires. The desire is liberation. #FreePalestine

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Bnevol @bnevol.com · 20/01/2025

The Journey of #Rebranding the @uwpbooks.bsky.social (UWP) Logo Designer, Zehn Root @zehnroot.bsky.social of Bnevol @bnevol.bsky.social The result? A polished, versatile, vectorized logo. #LogoDesign #GraphicDesign #BrandIdentity #BlackDesigners #BlacksInTech #BlackCreatives #BlackCreators

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 18/01/2025

#PatriceLumumba before his assassination on this day, Jan 17th, 1961 “The day will come when history will speak. But it will not be the history which will be taught in Brussels, Paris, Washington or the United Nations.” #FreeCongo #AfricaUnite #DRC #Congo #Africa #Decolonize #Neocolonialism

Universal Write Publications, LLC @uwpbooks.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

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GAME CHANGERS! UWP & Bnevol are a game-changing collaboration! This #partnership is breaking barriers, setting new standards, and amplifying the human-BEINGness of business, that forged this #alliance across oceans with #AReLRefugeeLife. @zehnroot.bsky.social #blacktech youtu.be/Y-2TU4scG58?...

UWP x Bnevol: Empowering Black Scholarship and African Technology

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 30/12/2024

Former U.S. #President Jimmy Carter passed away on Dec 29th (2024). Almost two decades after the publication of his book, the crimes and atrocities exposed have endured multiple U.S. administrations, both Republican and Democratic upholding an apartheid state and executing a G'cide #FreePalestine

Bnevol @bnevol.com · 04/12/2024

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The problem with #sustainability - We must move beyond it and towards #regenerative solutions in fragile environments where ecosystems have been decimated, particularly from exploitation (like in #Africa). Ask, how does this solution recognize and heal existing harms? bnevol.com/blog/climate...

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The Problem With Sustainability - And What We Should Be Talking About Instead

Is sustainability sustainable? Sustainability has long been hailed as the answer to the world's most pressing environmental and social issues. But is it enough?

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 04/12/2024

😡 Increasing the efficiency of exploitation of the #DRC is NOT innovation or anything to celebrate. I write about the layers of #Congo exploitation by the West and global North in this article: bnevol.com/they-come-fo... #FreeCongo #Africa @asssociatedpress.bsky.social apnews.com/article/bide...

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Biden in Africa pledges millions more for a rail project the US hopes will boost its influence there

President Joe Biden on his visit to sub-Saharan Africa has pledged another $600 million for a cross-continent rail corridor project.

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 30/11/2024

🤣 When I say I can relate… #IYKYK 🎬 Video Credit IG/YouTube "rodmancomedy" #Comedy #Standup #RodManComedy #BlackSky

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 30/11/2024

"Internship in Action" Open Class Session Preview # 53 I lead a program, co-developed by @bnevol.bsky.social and AReL, that is a truly rare year-round initiative where #African #refugee students gain hands-on experience in real-world Web Development projects. Watch: youtu.be/Crlr34MBO7k?...

"Internship In Action" Session #53 (Program Developed by AReL and Bnevol)

YouTube video by Bnevol

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 28/11/2024

🧐 Knowledge not passed down is #knowledge lost. The holiday called #Thanksgiving is inseparable from a violent #colonial history on #TurtleIsland (now America). Do what you will on this day, but do so in truth, not a lie. #EachOneTeachOne #Thanksgiving2024 #IndigenousPeople #NativeAmerican

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Zehn Root @zehnroot.com · 27/11/2024

I am an #anticapitalist. #Capitalism is #Neocolonialism - Queue exhibit A - #AI in #Africa Critical discourse around AI often focuses on energy consumption and biases affecting end users. Yet there’s another underexplored facet of AI — the “humans-in-the-loop.” Full video: youtu.be/qZS50KXjAX0