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Advertising Creative Director. Aspiring polymath. Fly Fisherman. More opinions than the Sunday papers. Views are my own.

[alvas @alvas]

The smoke that thunders. Mosi-o-Tunya.

[Mike ♚ 🌎 @mikeishere01]

This is really cool

[LAMYN 🍓 @blaugranab30701]

Comment convaincre la génération Z que ce type-là était un arrière gauche 🤯

[Sosthène 🇫🇷🇦🇽 Ère de la Souffrance @_Sosthene_]

France is Coming too 🇫🇷

[🙂‍↕️ @vvdijks]

slot lost his job to AI

[NO CONTEXT HUMANS @HumansNoContext]

I hate my mind

[Peché Africa 🇿🇦 @pmcafrica]

These days... everyone is going through a lot 😔

[alvas @alvas]

@thee_alfa_house

[WARÚHIÚ @kamauwaruhiu]

Kenyan thieves need to get serious, EACC keeps telling them who has money in their houses but they are busy breaking into bed sitters in juja stealing gas cylinders .faliure

[Tehxi @yajnshri]

The largest Bengal tiger ever recorded was a male from Uttar Pradesh, India.

My legs are trembling for the biker.🫨

[່🇵🇹 @pxrcyishim]

“Penalty for USA”

Referee: You can shoot now

That one USA fan in that stands:

[Football Vibes @FotballVibes]

The best yellow card you’ll ever see 😭

[alvas @alvas]

@Dokuh9

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

On the ten year anniversary of his death, Muhammad Ali is remembered as a boxing icon, devout Muslim and fearless activist.

Born in the segregated American South, he refused to fight in Vietnam, defied white supremacy, and became a global symbol of anti-racism and resistance.

[Amara Nwankpa @Nwankpa_A]

The idea that Arsenal became a cultural phenomenon because it signed Black players is too simplistic.

Like much of London, Arsenal positioned itself as a club that extended belonging towards the margins. Not racial margins alone, but the margins of football's imagination.

Kanu arrived after heart surgery that could have ended his career. Bergkamp arrived carrying the weight of a disappointing spell at Inter. Henry arrived as a talented but unsettled player still searching for his place. Kolo Touré was potential before proof. Arteta arrived as a midfielder many thought was entering decline, only to be entrusted with the captaincy. Wenger himself was a foreign manager challenging the assumptions of English football.

The pattern was not diversity for its own sake. It was recognition before validation.

Arsenal repeatedly seemed willing to see people not simply as they were, but as they could become. It trusted before consensus arrived. It built a reputation for offering a second chance, a fresh start, or a path to fulfilment where others saw limitation, uncertainty, or decline.

That is why former players, injured players, and out-of-contract players so often found their way back to Arsenal. The club developed a reputation for treating people as more than their immediate utility.

Representation matters. But recognition creates loyalty.

People did not just see players who looked like them. They saw an institution that appeared willing to enlarge its definition of who belonged.

[Kagwi Sam @kagwi_samuel]

Mbeumo after getting knocked out at group stage and getting a new job as a journalist at @HomeboyzRadio

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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗣𝗟 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗯𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵.

Success in life is rarely just about talent. It often comes down to how well we adapt to change, keep growing, and stay resilient when things get difficult.
Cricket, a game many of us passionately follow, teaches us exactly these three qualities through every match, setback, and comeback.

Swipe through for 3 great life lessons inspired by the sport.

[Sovereign Media @sov_media]

BATUK: BRITAIN'S COLONIAL GRIP IN KENYA

BATUK: The White Man’s Burden in Kenya is not just a documentary about a British military base where soldiers roll around in the dirt for six months before returning home to the UK. It is a documentary about abuse of power, occupation of indigenous land and the unfinished business of colonialism.

For decades, ordinary Kenyans living around BATUK have raised allegations of abuse, sexual violence, ecological destruction and impunity, while one of the world’s most powerful former colonial powers continues to operate freely on Kenyan soil, handing out small amounts of compensation whenever evidence of alleged crimes reaches the media.

At the centre of the documentary is the story of Agnes Wanjiru, a 21-year-old Kenyan woman who was tortured, killed and dumped in a septic tank, while British soldiers mocked and ridiculed her death on social media. One soldier posed in front of the septic tank and posted, “If you know, you know.” Others joked about the five-month-old daughter she left behind, posting imagery of a baby beside a gravesite.

But the story goes beyond Agnes and her tragic killing and the shocking behaviour of British troops thereafter. The documentary asks deeper questions:

How did Britain maintain a military presence in Kenya, the very same year the country supposedly gained independence?

Why are foreign troops still training on stolen land while local communities continue to suffer?

And above all, why does the Kenyan government allow all of this?

Laikipia County, currently in the spotlight because of plans for an Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens, is the very same county where the BATUK military base is headquartered. This documentary helps connect the dots about why Kenya’s political elite remain so willing to cede sovereignty to foreign powers like Britain, and why they may be willing to do the same again with the United States.

This is Sovereign Media’s first-ever documentary. We are a small, independent team with a brand-new YouTube channel and no corporate backing. We need your support now more than ever.

Watch. Share. Comment. Spread it everywhere.

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@Entr_dawood @Swishlife_4k Us explaining to the world how the World Cup has gone missing after the final match

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@Entr_dawood After Valverde and Tchouameni engage in a brawl

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@Entr_dawood Rashford looking for where to charge his phone after 3 days blackout