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Unusual corpus callosum. Sapere aude (Dare to Google). @StJohnsOx Bylines: @techreview @reactionlife, @jewishchron, @thetimes, @wsc_magazine, &c. Africa &c.

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4,838 / 5,000 Niba igihugu - isi, mu by'ukuri - gifite amahirwe menshi cyane, umuntu ukwiye aza, rimwe mu kinyejana cyangwa hafi, kugira ngo akore ikintu gikwiye. Abantu nk'aba bameze nk'abo bahita bagaruka mu mutwe? Winston Churchill, Kemal Atatürk, Martin Luther King, Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln, Norman Borlaug, Nelson Mandela ... Uzaba ufite urutonde rwawe bwite, birumvikana, kandi nta n'umwe muri bo wari utunganye - ntushobora gutura hano hasi niba uhari - ariko bari batunganye mu gihe cyabo kandi nongera kuri urwo rutonde umwe rukumbi ukiriho, kandi uracyari umuyobozi: Paul Kagame, wavutse #OTD mu 1957. Ni umuhererezi mu bana batandatu, yari afitanye isano n'Umwamikazi w'Umwamikazi Rosalie Gicanda utangaje kandi mwiza cyane ... wishwe muri Jenoside mbi, yabaye mu maso y'isi iminsi ijana iteye ubwoba - kandi yagira uruhare mu kuyirangiza. Ibyo byonyine bigomba kumuhesha uburenganzira bwo kumubona, ariko hari byinshi - byinshi. Mu myaka mirongo itatu ishize, yayoboye, mu buryo budasanzwe, impinduka itangaje kandi idasanzwe muri iki gihugu gito kidakora ku nyanja mu mutima wa Afurika. Igihugu cyonyine cya Afurika kitigeze kigira ubucakara mu buryo ubwo aribwo bwose - nticyabyemeraga. Igihugu cyari gifite Ubwami bukomeye mu gihe cya Shakespeare. Igihugu cya nyuma cya Afurika cyakoronijwe - mu 1894, ikinyejana mbere y’iyo jenoside, ubwo Umudage, Gustav Adolf Graf von Götzen, yatangazaga ko u Rwanda ubu, mu by’ukuri, ari igice cy’'Ubudage bwa Afurika y’Iburasirazuba', nyuma yo kugabanywamo ibice mu nama ya Berlin yo mu 1885. Hari urwenya rubabaje ruboneka muri iyo nkuru ya "Dr Livingstone, ndakeka?" yatakaje muri Afurika: umuntu yibwira abategetsi b’ibwami mu buryo bw’ikinyabupfura - igisubizo kiri mu mizi - wenda batanga igitekerezo cyo kunywa icyayi no kuganira, kuko byose bigomba kuba byarasaga n’ibiteye urujijo gato. Mbere na mbere... Abadage bari bisanze, nk'uko byavuzwe n'Umutegetsi wa Mecklenburg, basuye icyo gihugu mu 1907: "igihugu gitemba amata n'ubuki ... cyuzuye ahantu heza kandi gifite ikirere cyiza cyane kandi gifite ubuzima bwiza: igihugu cy'uburumbuke bwinshi, gifite imigezi ishobora kwitwa imigezi ihoraho..." (h/t @BradtGuides | @philipbriggs ) Amahano yose y'ayo mezi atatu yo mu 1994, mu by'ukuri, ntagereranywa - nk'aya The Shoah. Hari ibitabo hafi ya byose nka 'We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families' ya @PGourevitch na 'A Problem From Hell: America And The Age of Genocide' ya @samanthajpower', filime nka Hotel Rwanda, amafoto, amashusho ... ariko nta kintu na kimwe gishobora kugutegurira ikuzimu, cyangwa nyuma yabyo. Nyuma y'imyaka icumi iryo hohoterwa rikabije ryagwiririye abantu, nasuye u Rwanda mu gihe cyo kwitegura isabukuru y'imyaka 10, maze nkora akazi gakomeye gashingiye ku cyumweru namaze muri sitasiyo y'ubushakashatsi ya Mexique irimo igihembo cy'amahoro cya Nobel n'umuhinzi ukomeye w'ibihe byose, Norman Borlaug (@pennjillette wa Penn & Teller atanga ubuhamya bufatika mu nkuru zabo za 'Bullshit!' zivuga ko Stormin' Norm, wakoreye muri Afurika kugeza mu myaka ye ya 90, yari *IHENE* - kugaburira isi mu gihe cy'imyaka mirongo itanu atari ikintu kibi). Nari mpari kugira ngo ngerageze gufasha @Aegis_Trust ubwo barwanaga no kubona amafaranga ya nyuma akenewe kugira ngo huzuzwe Ingoro Ndangamurage y'Urwibutso rwa Jenoside mu minsi 10 kandi mu gihe cy'ibikorwa byizihiza imyaka 10 kuva icyo cyobo kibi cy'umukara mu mutima w'amateka ya Afurika. Byari ibihe bigoye cyane. Ubwo nageragezaga gukora, umubiri wanjye n'ubwonko bwanjye byagendaga bitegura buhoro buhoro ingaruka zikomeye z'ubwivumbure ku rukingo rwa Yellow Fever (urwo ba sogokuru na ba nyogokuru bari barakoreyeho, kuri @RockefellerFdn , muri Nijeriya mu myaka mirongo itatu mbere na nyuma y'Intambara ya Kabiri y'Isi Yose). Mu by'ukuri, iyi nkuba yubahwaga cyane yaranteye umusazi - nk'uko byagendekeye uwahoze ari umunyamakuru wa BBC @MalcolmBrabant wanditse ku buryo bukora ku mutima ku bijyanye n'urukingo rwe rwa yellow fever 'fire'. Nanasuye ahantu hatatu ha jenoside mu minsi itatu: kandi narabyumvise - kandi narabyumvise: amagambo n'amashusho ntibigutegurira igice cya kera kandi cyimbitse cy'uburyo ubwonko bukora; icyo cy'urumuri rw'impumuro. Ntabwo ari ukugaragazwa n'umugabo watakaje abantu 84 bo mu muryango we, hanyuma yerekeza buhoro ku kibuga aho French Turquoise Berets yakiniraga umupira w'amaguru aho bari bazi ko ari imva rusange. Nageragezaga gufasha uko nshoboye kose mu isi aho buri wese yari akiri mu mimerere mibi, nta kabuza yongera kwibuka ibintu bibi cyane aho yarebaga hose, umunsi ku wundi, ukwezi ku wundi. Hari gushidikanya ku bihugu byazoherezaga abahagarariye mu birori byo kwibuka. Amatagisi yari moto i Kigali (n'amagare hanze). Mbere gato y'uko nzagera muri medevac, igihugu cyari cyishimiye kumenya ko Jenerali @romeodallaire yari agiye kugaruka. Nyuma namenye uburyo abantu bamwakiriye neza cyane aha hantu hatangaje kandi abantu bamuhaye.

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Rwanda Is Open 🇷🇼
Rwanda Is Open 🇷🇼@RwandaisOpen·
DerrickSsenyonyi, every time you release something new, it feels like Africa takes one step closer to owning its story again. Back to the Source, The Nile isn’t just a film, it’s a reminder that when Africans hold the camera, the world sees a different truth. Your lens doesn’t just film Africa, it reveals its soul. And as always, Rwanda is ready for you. The hills keep a special place for those who love Africa this deeply. 🇷🇼🏔️
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Sana Ebrahimi Ledene@__Injaneb96·
A trend is starting among Persian accounts on X right now. Every time Europeans start crying about skyrocketing gas prices, and how America must help by opening the straight of Hormuz, Iranians hit them with the exact same condescending lines European politicians and influencers used during the Iran protests: "The reduction of gas prices in Europe must be brought about by the European people themselves, not by foreign agents."
وصل الخطاب@vaslolkhatab

کاهش قیمت بزنین تو اروپا باید توسط خود مردم اروپا رقم بخوره نه عوامل بیگانه

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John Pollock
John Pollock@JohnPollock·
Unthinkable. Imagine our incalculable collective loss as a planet, as a species... "Global Jewish population at 15.8 million, still below pre-Holocaust levels, new data shows Data released ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day shows 85% of Jews live in Israel and the US, while numbers decline in Russia and France; Israel is home to 111,000 survivors, nearly a third aged 90 or older." Someone should make a counter that estimates when humanity will reach that point of replenishment, at which point we should mourn & celebrate: לי חיים. !L'chaim ynetnews.com/jewish-world/a…
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Ennius
Ennius@red_loeb·
13th century drawings in the margin BnF MS Latin 1597A; Concilium Parisiense, anno 825; 9th century (between 882 et 900, with 10th and 13th century additions); Abbey of Saint-Rémi of Reims; ff.37v, 105v @GallicaBnF
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G. F. Allen
G. F. Allen@AuthorGFAllen·
Anyone else still prefer physical books over ebooks or audiobooks?
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John Pollock
John Pollock@JohnPollock·
Let's hope so. He brought shame on a great office. And the current incumbent isn't all that, but nothing like the embarrassing berk that is Bercow. AI (Claude Sonnet 4.6): John Bercow - The Worst Bits Character and Conduct Bullying findings: An independent inquiry found he had bullied staff, with one senior official describing him as the worst bully they had encountered in 30 years of public service. He was banned from holding a parliamentary pass as a result He repeatedly and flatly denied bullying allegations despite multiple corroborating witnesses Former Speaker Betty Boothroyd publicly called for him to apologise Staff reportedly dreaded working for him, with accounts of screaming, humiliation and intimidation Political Impartiality Failures Widely accused of blatant pro-Remain bias during Brexit, using procedural manoeuvres to favour Remain-leaning outcomes Broke with centuries of convention by publicly declaring his own Brexit views Described by critics as having weaponised the Speakership for political ends General Conduct Knighthood blocked, reportedly due to the bullying findings Joined the Labour Party after leaving office, confirming suspicions about his supposed neutrality Iran Question There are credible reports and allegations that Bercow has been paid to speak at events connected to Iranian state-linked media, including Press TV, which is an Iranian government propaganda outlet. This attracted significant criticism given Iran's human rights record.
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Nicole Grajewski
Nicole Grajewski@NicoleGrajewski·
@JohnPollock It’s really disgusting. I hope someone in the uk investigates how much he’s being paid.
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Nicole Grajewski
Nicole Grajewski@NicoleGrajewski·
Say what you will about the monarchy—I’ve said plenty myself—but few things are more pathetic than watching a former British MP bankrolled by the MeK insert themselves into this debate and posture as if they occupy the moral high ground.
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John Pollock@JohnPollock·
@DanLinnaeus We have a technical term to describe him and his behaviour: a wanker. Not even a shit. Or a cad. A wanker.
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dan linnaeus@DanLinnaeus·
The ceasefire is between the United Sates and Iran. It doesn’t include Iran’s proxy forces like Hezbollah operating in Lebanon, where the Lebanese Armed Forces tasked by President Auon and PM Salam with disarming the terror group has been unable and unwilling to act under Gen. Haykal’s command. More importantly, it is operationally self defeating for Israel to cease counter Hezbollah operations amid a fragile, rapidly disintegrating ceasefire as the terror groups fires at Israeli towns and villages and remains poised to apply flanking pressure on combined operations if and when they resume -- thereby drawing precious resources and bandwidth from primary targets in Iran which are threatening critical Gulf infrastructure that British Armed Forces are risking their lives to now defend. This is exacerbated by additional flanking fire threats from Hash al-Shaabi militias in Iraq and Ansar Allah terrorists in Yemen threatening to widen hostilities in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandab. Starmer should focus his meager capital on supporting the UK’s MoD efforts to surge protective assets in theater and accelerate his efforts to form a multinational taskforce to reopen the Strait of Hormuz instead of prancing about meaningless Kabuki theatrics for his domestic base.
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BREAKING: Sir Keir Starmer says Israeli bombing of Lebanon is 'wrong' and 'should stop now'. The prime minister also tells MPs in the Commons: "We call for Lebanon to be included, urgently, in the ceasefire." 🔗 trib.al/JsAksx7

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Mahan Esfahani ن@MahanEsfahani·
I have lived with a teapot every day of my life; all through childhood, through university dorms and boarding houses, poor shared housing as a young musician, on every job assignment. Always send for a teapot when staying in a hotel. Last night I settled into my digs in Munich (where I have a role in the new opera being put on this spring) and didn't bring a teapot with me and thus didn't have one until I bought one at a little Iranian grocery near München Hbf. Let me tell you, 24 hours with a teapot is really almost not livable.
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John Pollock
John Pollock@JohnPollock·
I can't say how much joyful pleasure the Bishop - formerly the Reverend - @algreen has given me over the years. I had the rare privilege of seeing him live a decade or so back. Impeccable, amazing. And such a generous soul. Happy birthday, Sir! youtube.com/shorts/tOjNdwG…
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Prof. Jeffrey Lax
Prof. Jeffrey Lax@CUNY_Prof·
If you follow me, support Zionists (or are one), and you would like me to follow you back, please drop a line on this post's thread, and I'm in! All of us must support all of each other!
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Om Patel
Om Patel@om_patel5·
THIS GUY GOT TIRED OF BROWSING MUSEUM WEBSITES ONE BY ONE SO HE VIBE CODED AN APP THAT COMBINES THEM ALL pulls artwork data from open museum APIs into one place instead of opening 10 different museum websites with 10 different UIs, you browse everything in one immersive experience 4 museums so far, and its still early but the UI is clean and the concept is something that should have existed years ago all vibe coded with claude code and in only a few prompts which is crazy
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John Pollock
John Pollock@JohnPollock·
@fem_mb Bless you & your work & them. And may this shameful period of basic human rights end as soon as possible.
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♀️Jennifer Gingrich ✡️
Another feminist & I went to the women's prison this morning to meet some of the inmates who have been abused by trans-identifying males in their prison. It's heartbreaking to hear their stories, but we told them how much support they've gotten on X & Facebook. It meant a lot to them, so thank you. ❤️
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John Pollock@JohnPollock·
It's a Romantic fetish writ large in preening Egos... "If we could all live solitary and without labour, we could all enjoy this ecstasy of independence; since we cannot, its delights are only available to madmen and dictators. Revolt of solitary instincts against social bonds is the key to the philosophy, the politics, and the sentiments, not only of what is commonly called the romantic movement, but of its progeny down to the present day. By encouraging a new lawless Ego it made social cooperation impossible and left its disciples faced with the alternative of anarchy or despotism. In the one case the Ego becomes a madman, in the other a dictator." Bertrand Russell, The History of Western Philosophy (1945), Chapter XVIII: "The Romantic Movement" (Although Bertie wasn't exactly a Saint in this regard, either.)
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Omid Djalili
Omid Djalili@omid9·
Important observation about the dirtiness of party politics made here by @billmaher that it’s not always about what people say, it’s about who’s saying it. In 2015 Iran was seen as such a threat to the world that under the Democrats with Obama, the United States gave the regime $150 billion to promise not to build a nuclear bomb. Money which it then went on to spend on building elaborate underground missile cities and international terrorism leaving hundreds of thousands dead. Now in 2026 when the United States wants to do something about it, according to the same Democrats, the regime in Iran is suddenly a peaceful state that was never a legitimate threat and Trump is an idiot with no clue what he’s doing.
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John Pollock@JohnPollock·
@MrLukeGeorge I couldn't agree more heartily... the pain of Iranians subsidised the West for almost half a century. To complain as the bill becomes due is odious.
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Luke George@MrLukeGeorge·
If Western consumers are willing to accept 90 million Iranians living under dictatorship for cheaper prices. What justified abolishing slavery when the same economic arguments were once used to defend it?
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John Pollock@JohnPollock·
@omid9 Can i just say what a blinder you're playing, Sir? Among so many lionesses & lions, you've been consistently impressive, informative, & a real credit to Gods of comedy.
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Omid Djalili@omid9·
The allies are now committed to help open the Strait of Hormuz. So what happens next? The regime in Iran isn't evolving; it’s fractured, but somehow doubling down on a legacy of brutality. We aren't just looking at the continuation of a dictatorship, we’re looking at a more vengeful, more aggressive era ahead. While there’s only talk of Trump and rising fuel prices, how quickly have we forgotten about the people of Iran? The only way to end this nightmare - not just for Iran, but also for the Palestinians, the Lebanese and the world at large - is for the free world to stand with the people of Iran in the quest for their freedom. Discussion with @BBCMaryam before war broke out, relevant again now in light of the “negotiations” that took place over the weekend.
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John Pollock
John Pollock@JohnPollock·
Not entirely apposite, but couldn't resist... Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family, Choose a fucking big television Choose washing machines, cars, Compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol And dental insurance. Choose fixed-interest mortgage repayments. Choose a starter home. Choose your friends. Choose leisure wear and matching luggage. Choose a three piece suite on hire purchase In a range of fucking fabrics. Choose DIY and wondering who you Are on a Sunday morning. Choose sitting on that couch watching mind-numbing Sprit-crushing ga me shows Stuffing fucking junk food into your mouth. Choose rotting away at the end of it all, Pishing you last in a miserable home Nothing more than an embarrassment to the selfish, Fucked-up brats You have spawned to replace yourself. Choose your future. Choose life. youtube.com/watch?v=SaP7qm…
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Open Source Intel
Open Source Intel@Osint613·
Sen. John Fetterman: If you have to pick a side, pick our side. Pick civilization. Pick Israel.
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