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a pause from the fast life

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How I know I’m effn old….Listening to very old songs, but at the same time remembering the time when those songs were released. 👴☹️😄 #music #oldies #ethiopia

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Corruption in places like Ethiopia persists because it's a temptation too enticing for those in power, while for the rest, it's a fraction of what the wealthy gain. Eradicating it seems unlikely as long as this power dynamic persists. #Corruption #Ethiopia

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

The most controversial moments in sports.

1.) Diego Maradona, is famous for his "Hand of God" goal during the 1986 World Cup. This controversial moment happened in a quarterfinal match against England on June 22, 1986, in Mexico City.

Six minutes into the second half, with the game scoreless, England's Steve Hodge accidentally kicked the ball into his own penalty area. Maradona jumped and used his fist to punch the ball past England's goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, scoring a goal.

Using hands is illegal in soccer, but the referee, Ali Bin Nasser, did not see the foul, and despite the English players' protests, the goal stood.

After the match, Maradona famously said the goal was made "a little with the head of Maradona and a little with the hand of God."

Argentina went on to win the 1986 World Cup. Maradona died in 2020 at 60 years old. In November 2022, the ball from the "Hand of God" goal was auctioned as part of a World Cup memorabilia sale.

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ቆይ ግን የሀበሻ እንቁላል ከወፍ ጎጆ ነው እንዴ የሚለቀመው? #habesha

[African @ali_naka]

What many people don’t know about the #Niger #NigerCrisis. Pay attention Africans!

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

The global financial system is "rigged against African progress."

Kenyan President Ruto receives standing ovation at a key meeting of a regional trading bloc when he calls for Africa to dump the US Dollar for intra-continental trade.

[Not Elon Musk @ElonMuskAOC]

I speak what I speak

[Thomas Reis @peakaustria]

"No piece of art has ever emotionally affected me the way this robot arm piece has. It's programmed to try to contain the hydraulic fluid that’s constantly leaking out and required to keep itself running...if too much escapes, it will die so it's desperately trying to pull it back to continue to fight for another day. Saddest part is they gave the robot the ability to do these 'happy dances' to spectators. When the project was first launched it danced around spending most of its time interacting with the crowd since it could quickly pull back the small spillage. Many years later... (as you see it now in the video) it looks tired and hopeless as there isn't enough time to dance anymore.. It now only has enough time to try to keep itself alive as the amount of leaked hydraulic fluid became unmanageable as the spill grew over time. Living its last days in a never-ending cycle between sustaining life and simultaneously bleeding out... (Figuratively and literally as its hydraulic fluid was purposefully made to look like it's actual blood).
"The robot arm finally ran out of hydraulic fluid in 2019, slowly came to a halt and died - And I am now tearing up over a friggin robot arm 😭 It was programmed to live out this fate and no matter what it did or how hard it tried, there was no escaping it. Spectators watched as it slowly bled out until the day that it ceased to move forever. Saying that 'this resonates' doesn't even do it justice imo. Created by Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, they named the piece, 'Can't Help Myself'. What a masterpiece. What a message."
Extended interpretations: the hydraulic fluid in relation to how we kill ourselves both mentally and physically for money just in an attempt to sustain life, how the system is set up for us to fail on purpose to essentially enslave us and to steal the best years of our lives to play the game that the richest people of the world have designed. How this robs us of our happiness, passion and our inner peace. How we are slowly drowning with more responsibilities, with more expected of us, less rewarding pay-offs and less free time to enjoy ourselves with as the years go by. How there's really no escaping the system and that we were destined at birth to follow a pretty specific path that was already laid out before us. How we can give and give and give and how easily we can be forgotten after we've gone.. How we are loved and respected when we are valuable, then one day we aren't any longer and we become a burden...and how our young, free-caring spirit gets stolen from us as we get churned out of the broken system that we are trapped inside of. Can also be seen to represent the human life cycle and the fact that none of us make it out of this world alive. But also can act as a reminder to allow yourself to heal, rest and love with all of your heart. That the endless chase for 'more' isn't necessary in finding your own inner happiness.”
- James Kricked Parr
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Isn’t the main job of the #WHO to prevent deadly outbreaks before they get out of hand; instead of casually informing us to prepare for an outbreak which is even deadlier than #COVID19

[SciDev.Net @SciDevNet]

#News | The world should be prepared to respond to a #disease #outbreak of “even deadlier potential” than #COVID-19, the head of the @WHO has said. Read full story:>

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#Adobe’s new AI “generate fill” feature is really mind blowing! All a graphic designer needs to know is just how to select an object.

[Solomon Kassa @SolomonMKassa]

Adobe just announced AI powered Generative Fill for Photoshop!

Firefly is Adobe's new creative generative AI engine and it just landed today in Adobe Photoshop!

Generative Fill, a new superpower integrated throughout Photoshop is launching in beta today.

This mind-blowing generative AI tool will empower creatives in an incredible way. You can now add, extend, and remove content from your images with simple text prompts then make it pixel-perfect, all in Photoshop.

I think the way creatives will do their work will never be the same.

P.S.: Let's all hope we will continue to use AI for good. Remember the AI generated fake image that shows an explosion near the Pentagon yesterday that created a short lived panic that even dipped the stock market briefly. 

#AI #Adobe #Photoshop #Firefly #ResponsibleAI #AIForGood

[momentarypause @abelworku91]

I have never been ashamed of calling my own name while introducing myself in a room full of doctors and professors. This moment right here is the only time I felt the need for a prefix on my name other than “Ato”

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This Chinese grand ceremony to welcome President Isaias Afwerki is a huge f***you to the US. This is one big welcome

[Shen Shiwei 沈诗伟 @shen_shiwei]

���🇳Chinese President Xi Jinping held a grand ceremony to welcome🇪🇷Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki who is on a state visit to China.

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@jordanbpeterson you wish it was this easy to change people’s mentality in just four consecutive sentences, don’t you?

[Dr Jordan B Peterson @jordanbpeterson]

A conversation with Bard about the question "what is a woman" and the provided answers. What the hell is wrong with us? How did we get this stupid?

[momentarypause @abelworku91]

Personally we have our differences and I never thought you have tried to handle it in a professional manner to the extent where I have been blocked to post any jobs on @FreelanceEthio1, but still I don’t want to pass without uploading your achievement. congratulations 👏🏼

[Semegn Tadesse @Semegn_T]

After five long years, Freelance Ethiopia Afriwork (@FreelanceEthio1) has finally reached post-revenue! Here's how we got here:

[momentarypause @abelworku91]

The feminists would let us 😔

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It is interesting how some people generalize negatively about habeshans as if they are not habesha themselves. It does not make you ferenj #ethiopians #habesha

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This is the main reason why #Ethiopia should be considering joining the #Brics

[Going Underground @GUnderground_TV]

Syria’s🇸🇾 President Bashar Al-Assad:

"Using the dollar is not blackmail, it is robbery…as long as the dollar is a global currency and continues to be settled through US banks or what is called the American Federal Reserve, you are under the authority of this dollar; and therefore your future as a state, a country, or society, as an economy is under the mercy of the United States”

Latest episode of Going Underground: https://t.co/8VE4qsi0lp

[momentarypause @abelworku91]

@ethiopiainsider While it is essential to protect the free flow of information, it is also important for journalists and media organizations to uphold high standards of accuracy and accountability. #fakenews

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@ethiopiainsider Freedom of the press is a crucial component of a healthy democracy, but it can become overrated if it leads to the spread of fake news that puts the safety of citizens at risk. #fakenews

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@biniamhirut I don’t know who fikre Tolosa is but he can’t possibly be the (left) 😂