Patricia Mumbi 🇰🇪

[Carol Radull @CarolRadull]

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[The Husky @Mr_Husky1]

In 2008, evolutionary anthropologist Katie Hinde began studying breast milk from rhesus macaque mothers. What started as a routine study turned into a groundbreaking discovery. She found that mothers raising sons produced milk richer in fat and protein, while those raising daughters had different nutrient balances. This led Katie to a radical conclusion: milk is not just nutrition—it’s information.
Her research revealed that milk shapes behavior, not just growth. For instance, first-time mothers produced milk with higher levels of cortisol, influencing their babies to grow faster but also become more anxious. Katie also discovered that milk changes based on the baby’s immune needs. When a baby is sick, the mother’s milk quickly adapts by producing more white blood cells and targeted antibodies.
Katie’s work, which challenged the scientific consensus, was largely ignored. She launched a blog, Mammals Suck Milk, to spark discussions, and her findings, including that every mother’s milk is unique, gained widespread attention. In 2017, she took her research to a TED stage, and in 2020, her work was featured in Netflix’s Babies. Today, as a professor at Arizona State University, Katie continues to revolutionize our understanding of infant development and lactation.
Katie Hinde didn’t just study milk—she uncovered a living, responsive communication system, revealing that nourishment is intelligence. Her discovery shows that sometimes the biggest revolutions begin by listening to what others ignore.

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Kenya has experienced a rise in company closures under President Ruto, with over 200 firms officially shut down by the end of 2024, and more than 100 others facing possible closure soon.

This has led to big job losses and economic trouble.

Key details in the thread below:

[Kenyans.co.ke @Kenyans]

Beatrice Chebet breaks the Women's 5000m World Record at the Prefontaine Classic

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

NEW QUEEN OF THE 5000m 👑

Beatrice Chebet shatters the world record with an incredible sprint finish of 13:58.06 at the @nikepreclassic, becoming the first woman ever under 14 minutes 🔥

She breaks the previous mark of 14:00.21 set by Gudaf Tsegay🤯

#DiamondLeague

[SuperSport 🏆 @SuperSportTV]

She's done it again 😱😱

Faith Kipyegon breaks her own 1,500m record to run under 3:49 🇰🇪🔥

#HereForHer | #DiamondLeague💎

[Ty Ngachira @anto_ty]

The average monthly income nationwide is only KSh 20,123, with over 70 % of formal workers making under KSh 50,000 .
With about 2.9 % of Kenyans in formal employment earning over KSh 100,000 per month, the informal sector numbers are much lower.

Still, we live in a world that speaks a different language. A world where wealth is performed. Where curated images of success shimmer through our phones, inviting us, pushing us, sometimes shaming us. It’s as though life is happening elsewhere. Better, richer, more worthy.

So, the soul dims. Quietly at first

We begin to feel that we are falling behind. That something is wrong with our lives. That we are not enough. But this is the great misunderstanding.

We must ask, who does this spectacle of aspiration serve? And what does it cost us? What does it cost us to believe that we must always be more, have more, and worst of all, show more?

It breeds a deep and quiet shame, especially among the honest, the hardworking, the unseen. It erodes empathy. It teaches us to mock struggle, to disguise vulnerability, and to believe that our worth is measured by what we can display.

But life is not an Instagram feed. Success is not always the result of virtue. Sometimes, it is luck. A well-timed opportunity. A name someone recognized. A parent who could pay school fees. We must be honest about that.

So perhaps what we need is grace. A gentler gaze toward others, those who are doing the best they can with what they have. And even more grace toward ourselves. For daring to hope. For choosing decency in a culture that rewards show. For getting up again, every morning, and trying.

Because that, too, is a kind of courage.

[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

Fear is gone in Kenya. A brave Gen Z decides to take the bull by its horns, lecturing the Kuzurura Bila Break battalion of the Kenya Kwisha regime. Kenyans are tired by this evil administration.

[Victor Lawrence @larryvic_]

This whole thread just proves that if traditional gender roles assigned to women were highly profitable, men would infiltrate that space, erase the women and then lie that those roles were masculine all along.

[Githii @githii]

Nancy Baraza was something else. I hear she’s Bien’s step mom or something like that

[Richard Ondimu Esq🇰🇪 @ondimu_atera]

@Itumbi_Denis The Constitution and the Rule of law MUST also be RESPECTED.

PERIOD!!

It's NOT!!! a request.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Elsaphan Njora snapped.

"We did that!"

[Mūrūthi @Ngartia]

These pictures are 55 years apart.

In the first, Mohini Kaur Sehmi speaks to a police officer outside Channi's Pharmacy — her establishment. Right after Tom Mboya was shot as they were talking.

In the second one, she's with Chandni Vaya, who plays Mohini in #TEFBMboya.

[Cyprian, Is Nyakundi @C_NyaKundiH]

Australian senators have passed a world-first law that bans under 16s from having social media accounts.

[The People’s President @bonifacemwangi]

How do we remove this fossil from office? Anyone who has tried to challenge him has ended up threatened, beaten or worse dead. He is the reason workers earn slave wages. A dangerous man with a toxic mouth. We are fixing Kenya one person at a time. @AtwoliDza should start packing.

[NTV Kenya @ntvkenya]

Ndula: Editorial Cartoon

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

Former Migori Governor Okoth Obado has reached a consent agreement with the EACC, forfeiting 8 properties & 2 vehicles worth Sh235.6 million allegedly acquired through corruption.

In return, corruption charges against him & his children, totaling Sh2 billion, have been dropped.

[Everest Today @EverestToday]

Romanian dies at Camp III, Kenyan climber missing above 8,000m. More: https://t.co/VuXZEQ2buU #Everest2024

[Alinur Mohamed @AlinurMohamed_]

Bishop Margaret Wanjiru is crying live on Camera because her church has been demolished the Kenya Kwanza Government that she campaigned for. It reminds me of these wises from James Orengo.