Diana Yohannes

@BethlehemNeg Aww I love this (and that quote!) This is the kind of book I wish I could read again anew! Allow me to make another recommendation!

“A real woman must always do the things she wants to do, and in her own time too. You must never allow yourself to be rushed into doing things you're not ready for.” ― Lola Shoneyin, The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives @Shai_buna thanks for recommending it, I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. I had it on my kindle for long but read it because you said so ☺️

@SaraYirga Thank you Saraye!

Another masterpiece from @Shai_buna ! እጄ ቁርጥ ይበልልሽ ይባላል? A man who cannot label and articulate his own fear, shame, or grief cannot take his partner's emotions seriously, ... አራት ነጥብ linkedin.com/pulse/divorce-…

@BethlehemNeg Podcast equipment became democratized before wisdom did. Kebad new. Egnam mic yechebete Hulu awaki yemimeslenis?!

ከፓስተሩ አረፍን ስንል አሁን ደግሞ አዲስ ሰውዬ መጥቶአል የፖድካስቶች darling 😂😂 የትዳር ኤክስፐርት ነኝ ይላል፤ ጭብጡ ትዳርና ሪሌሽን ሺፕ ነው ። ላይ ላዩን ሲታይ ሃሳቡ ተራማጅ ይመስላል ሲሰሙት ግን አይደለም 🫤 ስብከቱ የሚያጠነጥነው ሴት ትገዛ ሰጥ ለጥ ብላ ትኑር ምናምን የሚለው ላይ ነው [ ስንኖር ትዝ የማይለን ብቻ ሳይሆን ስንረማመድበት የምንውለው የሞራል፣ የባህልና ፣ የሃይማኖት ህግ ሴትና ትዳር ላይ ሲሆን ብቅ ይላል ፍትሐ ነገስቱን ጠቅሰው ( as if that is the law of the land) ሴት በ15 ዓመትዋ ታግባ እንዳውም ፔሬድ ካየች 12 ላይም ቢሆን ትዳር የሚሉ ሁላ አሉ] The new podcast darling በአጠቃላይ የተማሩና ገንዘብ ያላቸው ሴቶች ለትዳር አይሆኑም የሚለው ጅምላ ፍረጃ አራማጅ ነው ደጋግሞ ይሄንኑ በእርግጠኝነት ያወራል I will not repeat his words በበኩሌ እንዲህ አይነቱ አስተሳሰብ አይረባም ለተቋሙ መጎልበትም አስተዋፅዎ የለውም ፤ ይልቅ የማህበራዊ ሳይንስ ባለሙያዎች ይሄንን የታመመና በግድ ተደጋግፎ የቆመ ነገር ህመሙን ጠልቀው ቢመረምሩለትና ቢፈወስ ይሻላል ባይ ነኝ Picture - Generated by AI

@aksum_it Certainty in interpreting Scripture is difficult because the Bible is both divinely inspired and historically situated. It's more fruitful to rely on humility & the guidance of the Holy Spirit rather than absolute interpretive certainty. God always invites our questions.

@Shai_buna But still we can’t be sure

Genuine question እግዚሃብሄር ቃዬልን ሲረግመው፤ ቃዬል said “የሚያገኘኝም ሁሉ ይገድለኛል” ኦሪት ዘፍጥረት 4:14 Who are those ppl that ቃዬል was afraid of? It’s confusing I think there were another evolved humans because👇🏽

@aksum_it I am inclined to believe that, yes. Exile as the consequence of sin, the escalation of violence/sin (what Cain said can also be taken literally in this context), & divine justice tempered with mercy: this is the general takeaway for me.

@Shai_buna So what Cain said was symbolic? Not about actual ppl

@AbeardedGOAT instagram.com/p/DU2wre5gA16/…

Stop selling SoSi SoYa as 'የፃም ጥብስ'; it is not, it sucks, and it is mighty disrespectful to ጥብስ.

@EKG_T9 @only_abeni @MahletKS Because to have sex with a woman who is not conscious/sober enough to consent IS rape, regardless of how she ended up in that state or who got her there. Him filming & sharing the video is further evidence of malicious intent. I've read ur takes... the label tracks.

@only_abeni @MahletKS It's not worth it. They will label you a rapist

Two cases. One week. - A 21-year-old woman had her throat slit and her body cut from chest to torso and survived to tell it. - Another had her drink spiked, was raped, and filmed. If we actually kept records, we’d see the pattern. A national disaster.

@BethlehemNeg I love Nigerian writers too! Consider Teju Cole (especially Everyday is for the Thief), Okey Ndibe (especially enjoyed Arrows of Rain, Foreign Gods, and Never Look an American in the Eye), The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives (Lola Shoneyin)

I thought it was only my recent reading list that was dominated by awsome Nigerian writers ( Akwaeke Emeze, Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, Ayobami Adebayo). But the entire "Black African Female writers" genre is! P. S your book suggestions are welcome!

@BethlehemNeg Great taste!!! We should start a book swap!

My 2025 reads 🤩 hope to read more in 2026 😊

@WakumaTekalign While this is true, in a context where no one else cares for or accounts for the poor, even this form of support feels incredibly important.

This is why NGOs in Africa don't really care about the "poor". They get exorbitant salaries, tax free, they "travel" to exotic places for "work" and get perdiem worth more than the average person's salary and they get to grandstand about the "noble" work they are doing.

@YafetGetch I agree. Have a look at MoJ's recently updated site, especially in terms of documentation, etc.

id.et is the most useful government website bar none. You can literally see every presentation and pitch deck, every MoU signed, every policy document ratified, manual used, strategy planned, spec built… this is what every single government website needs to be like. If anyone wanted to do research on ID implementation in Ethiopia they’d only need to type 4 letters and get everything they needed.

@SaraYirga recipe, please!!

እና ምን ለማለት ነው: ቡና እንደዚህም ይሽሞነሞናል! በሚወዱት ባለሞያዎች #Coffeemocktail refreshing and full of flavor!

@BethlehemNeg Unbelievable!!! You are aging beautifully!!!

@Shai_buna Yes my dear, a teen 😍 youngest, my girl is 10. Yes I am a woman of a particular age 😂

@Slick_Sage7 ኢትዮጵያ የመውለድ ችግር አለባት እንዴ? I feel like multiplying is the one thing we don't need to be told twice 😂

Snippet from my endless wisdom #2 God የመርህ አምላክ ነው። በትዳር ውስጥ፣ ልጅ በመውለድ ውስጥ፣ ሚስቶቻችሁን በመስማት እና በማስደሰት ውስጥ በረከትን አስቀምጧል። እ/ሄር ሀላፊነት ይወስዳል። ውለዱ... ሁሉ ነገር logical sense ባይሰጥም😌

Those of you who ask to cut infront of me at the supermarket checkout line because "እቺን ብቻ ስለያዝኩ ነው" Please. በህግ አምላክ. That's all.

@SaraYirga @CherishAddis @bini_dam Elililililililililil!

Eshi #ቼሪሻውያን @CherishAddis is ready, finally😃 Join us for our soft opening on Monday, August 18th, starting 9am, we will be waiting for you with an exceptional cup of coffee and a warm heartfelt hug! @bini_dam, there you go😉

A moment of lust The desire for the center of attention Worshipping the created rather than the creator Buying what we don’t need Road rage Treating another as “lesser than” Demanding your spouse serve you rather than sacrificially serving them Yelling rather than being patient It’s so easy to live as practical atheists as we walk with Christ in this life.

This is what I paid to have my baby a few months ago. But the real cost is just beginning to surface. Read more about it at my blog: open.substack.com/pub/shaibuna/p…