“There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.”
- James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room (1956)
#Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair speaking about the fine he received for wearing eye black with the name of a Palestinian girl named Hind Rajab, who was killed by Israeli forces along with 6 members of her family after their car came under fire in Gaza City in 2024.
“Probably most of you guys didn’t know who she was and that’s the point.”
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I’m working on a story about the evolution of video games and the KEY to my story is a guy named Oscar Munoz who worked for Sega’s customer service dept in the early 1990s.
I’ve tried everything to find him and this is my last resort.
Brad Thompson says that Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer had words with Doug Eddings prior to the game. Eddings told pool reporters that Hunter Goodman asked about Rincon's hat last night.
"And some of the Rockies players on their dugout bench had their caps turned sideways as a silent form of protest too"
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Marlon Jones Jr. wasn’t supposed to have signed with the Packers. His oncologist said as much after he was diagnosed with stage-3 lymphoma.
“I don’t believe in coincidence,” his mom said. “And somehow, some way, this team had one (roster) spot left.”
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#Texans WR Tank Dell, who tore his ACL, LCL and MCL, dislocated his knee and sustained meniscus damage during the 2024 season, requiring multiple surgeries and causing him to miss all of 2025, has been cleared to participate in training camp.
Socialism isn't "free stuff" it is literally just using your tax dollars doing something to benefit you and other workers instead of using it to buy a stadium for a billionaire. That's it. That's all it is.
Malcolm X on Congo’s🇨🇩 Patrice Lumumba:
Lumumba was “the greatest black man who ever walked the African continent…He didn’t fear anybody. He had those people so scared they had to kill him.”
“They murdered Patrice Lumumba. They murdered him because they knew he had the ability to unite Africa.”
The 20th century produced a generation of African leaders who challenged colonialism, apartheid, economic dependency, and foreign influence in their countries. Many paid a heavy price for their political beliefs and activism.
Among the figures are Patrice Lumumba of the Congo, Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso, Steve Biko of South Africa, Amílcar Cabral of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, Samora Machel of Mozambique, and Muammar Gaddafi of Libya. Although their political ideologies, goals, and methods differed, each became a symbol of resistance and self-determination for many people across Africa and the Global South.
Patrice Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the independent Congo in 1960 and advocated for genuine political and economic sovereignty. Thomas Sankara introduced ambitious reforms aimed at reducing poverty, increasing literacy, and promoting women's rights in Burkina Faso. Steve Biko played a major role in South Africa's Black Consciousness Movement, encouraging Black South Africans to reject the psychological effects of apartheid. Amílcar Cabral helped lead the struggle against Portuguese colonial rule, while Samora Machel became Mozambique's first president after independence. Muammar Gaddafi remains one of the most debated figures in modern African history, praised by some for his pan-African vision and criticized by others for his authoritarian rule.