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Rare quail, black reader and crochet

[OTOME💪 @TomeofTomeKoko]

While we are discussing physical abuse, let’s not forget verbal abuse. The reason we see many young people with severe cases of low self esteem is because they had parents who made them feel absolutely worthless.

[R I C H🇪🇸 @Ashirmeud]

Repost guys

[jayne✿ @jayneiskool]

epub pirating sites being taken down isn’t just cutting off free entertainment, it’s cutting off free education for people who can’t afford it. stop sharing the websites publicly.

[. @HeyNakala]

Thank you to both Haiti and curaçao for representing your islands and the Caribbean by extension, so well on the world stage.

[RoostersWorldja @RoostersWorldja]

Is crab farming a sustainable solution to declining wild crab populations and growing demand for crab meat?

One concern is that many crabs raised in pens are still harvested from the wild because they do not reproduce successfully in captivity. If that is the case, are we reducing pressure on wild populations or simply creating another demand for wild-caught crabs?

With shrinking wetlands, changing rainfall patterns, and increasing harvest pressure, it may be time for a serious discussion about the long-term sustainability of our crab resources.

What are your thoughts?

@RoostersWorldja

[RoostersWorldja @RoostersWorldja]

The crab run is a major part of Jamaican culture, but many people say it's not as big as it once was. Crab runs were once linked to the May rains, yet now often occur in June. Is climate change affecting rainfall? Are we losing wetlands? Or are we harvesting too many crabs? Time for a serious conversation. #RoostersWorldJA

[Chetuya Chinagolum @Chetuyachinago]

First, this is a fundamentally flawed analogy. You cannot logically compare Ethiopia, a landlocked country that bleeds billions of dollars annually on exorbitant port fees just to engage in basic international trade, to Vietnam, a country that possesses a massive coastline directly on the South China Sea and sits right in the strategic manufacturing backyard of China.

Yes, it is a historical fact that Ethiopia was not formally colonized, but this does not mean they were living in peace and harmony.
Mussolini and his fascist Italian army brutally occupied Ethiopia, deploying chemical weapons and mustard gas against civilians. Even though the brave people of Ethiopia were able to regain their sovereignty, they suffered devastating human and infrastructural losses in the process. But the economic strangulation did not end there. All of Ethiopia's neighboring countries were under brutal European colonial occupation. These colonial powers intentionally blockaded Ethiopia, forcing the country into absolute geopolitical isolation and completely cutting it off from global trade routes. And even when direct colonialism supposedly ended in the region, Ethiopia did not see peace. Foreign powers, including Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations, heavily funded and armed Eritrea to wage a brutal, draining civil war against Ethiopia that lasted for thirty years, systematically bleeding their economy dry.

And yes, Vietnam suffered horrifically from a brutal American war, but they had the massive, undeniable support of the Eastern bloc to bounce back. After the Vietnam War, China and the Soviet Union aggressively transferred heavy technology to Vietnam. They helped modernize their seaports, integrated their manufacturing grids into Asian supply chains, built vital rail networks, and shared critical industrial blueprints. This does not take away the credit due to the highly disciplined leadership structure of the Vietnamese state and their incredibly industrious population, but they absolutely received massive geopolitical help.

Even China did not build its empire from scratch. In the 1950s, the Soviets transferred entire industrial bases, heavy metallurgical technology, aerospace engineering, and foundational manufacturing plants directly to Beijing. And even after Mao Zedong passed away,Deng Xiaoping basically opened the Chinese market to the West, US tech giants poured their equipment, patents, and capital into the country. They set up massive semiconductor supply chains, built state of the art mega factories, transferred highly guarded intellectual property, and injected hundreds of billions of dollars in foreign direct investment to exploit cheap labor. But when it comes to Africa, Western commentators heap the blame entirely upon us, acting as if they brought this high level technology and capital to our shores and we simply refused to integrate it into our development.

Let us be very clear. Nobody is blaming 19th century colonialism alone for the current poverty level in Africa. I have never seen any serious Pan African scholar who claims Africa is poor today solely due to historical colonialism. I am also not here on this platform to fight against the ghost of the past, as that would be a silly and unproductive distraction.

What we are fiercely fighting against today is active, ruthless neo colonialism.

The predatory terms and conditions buried in the World Trade Organisation manuals for global trade make it legally and economically impossible for any African nation to build wealth from processing its own raw materials. We are forced, through a rigged system of tariff escalation, to export our resources raw and untouched to sustain European industries. If an African country exports raw cocoa or crude oil, the tariffs are zero, but the exact moment they try to export processed chocolate or refined petroleum, they are hit with crushing import taxes. Furthermore, imperial financial institutions like the IMF and the World Bank constantly stampede African growth by forcing deadly Structural Adjustment Programs, mandating the suicidal privatization of state owned power grids, forcing the endless devaluation of national currencies, and strictly banning African governments from subsidizing their own local farmers while Western farmers receive billions in state welfare.

There is absolutely no genuine technology transfer to African nations. There is no room for us to trade as equals in the global market. There is no bilateral loan or foreign aid available to Africans that does not demand total economic capitulation, the absolute surrender of our national sovereignty, and the complete deregulation of our banking sectors. And in spite of all these crushing economic blockades, we still have to spend our limited national budgets and sacrifice the blood of our military personnel fighting off foreign backed rebels. These proxy militias stage relentless guerrilla warfare on our soil for one singular purpose, which is to violently clear our resource rich fields so that foreign conglomerates can feast on our gold, lithium, cobalt, and uranium undisturbed.

Now Magatte, I know that you are deeply invested in a self hating narrative, trying incredibly hard to please your white corporate masters overseas by blaming the victims of imperialism. But the next time you decide to compare two nations operating on completely different continents and under vastly different geopolitical realities, do not use just one stupid variable as your entire metric.

[Jamaica Star @jamaicastar]

#StarNews: For four years, Westmoreland father Nickel Green says he has lived in a cycle of hope, delay and worsening fear as he waits for a medical referral he believes could save his nine-year-old daughter’s life.

READ MORE: https://t.co/JbwzEi4uwK

[RoostersWorldja @RoostersWorldja]

This is a serious problems that needs urgent attention. Have you noticed a decline in the land crab numbers in your area?

[Wayne Chen @wcchen]

JAMAICA’S LAND CRABS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME

Every June, Jamaica’s land crabs emerge in their ancient procession, crossing roads, filling buckets, ending up in cooking pots from Portland to St Elizabeth. It is a tradition as old as our memory, but it may not survive another generation.

The blue land crab (Cardisoma guanhumi) is classified Near Threatened by the IUCN, with declining populations across the Caribbean. It matures slowly, breeds once a year, and takes years to reach harvestable size; not the characteristics of a species that recovers easily from pressure.

The red land crab (Gecarcinus ruricola) faces similar challenges: over-harvesting for food, habitat loss, and slow reproductive rates that make recovery from population crashes difficult and prolonged.

The warning signs are there: We’re seeing fewer crabs on local roadsides with each passing year.

Puerto Rico saw populations crash over four decades under the combined weight of over-harvesting, pesticide contamination, and coastal development. Regulations finally came in 1999; closed seasons, size limits, protected zones; but only after the damage was done. Recovery remains slow and incomplete. The Bahamas, with even fewer controls, offers a still grimmer picture.

Jamaica has no closed season, no size limits, no monitoring programme. Harvesting is effectively open-access. As more land is cleared for buildings and roads, pressure on crab habitats intensifies each season.

The ecological stakes are high. Land crabs aerate coastal soils, cycle nutrients, and sustain the mangrove ecosystems that underpin Jamaica’s tourism economy.

Jamaica hasn’t lost what Puerto Rico spent a generation mourning. Not yet.
#Jamaica #Caribbean #PuertoRico #TheBahamas

[Joy Bwoy @gavinmyaz]

@matthewsamuda are there any plans to protect the land crabs? Or even to improve the knowledge?

[Track side with Mel @TracksidewidMel]

Jace Witter 🇯🇲 is a sprinter at GC Foster College. He has been selected to represent Jamaica at the World University Games in Lima, Peru 🇵🇪 this summer. But he needs financial support to make it happen.

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[Utd_Time 🇯🇲 @RidSwayy]

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[Wednesday 🦉🇧🇷 @SincerelyWizana]

She was stabbed trying to save her cousin.

The cousin left her babydad, took out a restraining order her for a prior incident.

Kemelia who is 13 yo intervened to stop the attack on her older cousin. She was stabbed multiple times.

She is NEEDS blood, if you can go donate.

[Duchess of Brixton ❤️🖤💚☭ @fufuisonme]

The Caribbean Dictionary has existed for 29 years 📚
20,000+ words across Caribbean English Creoles, tracing their history across the islands and Africa ❤️🫶🏾

Time to give it its flowers.

[Miss Gladamite (cause we nuh sad round here) @Jusst_Summer]

Beg unu some repost pan this.

Tag @JamaicaConstab

[Duchess of Brixton ❤️🖤💚☭ @fufuisonme]

We need to stop getting excited for acceptance into white institutions. The Caribbean English Dictionary created in 1996 by a Black linguist, Richard Allsopp. Has these words and over 20,000 more!

[working in the best way possible 🇵🇸 🇸🇩 @AdeolaYoung1]

Can we get lower regional travel rates please. So we can visit other islands and learn more about each other . It sad that many can only experience the culture through a livestream :( . #affordableregionaltravel

[Elizabeth Jesulade @Jesulade_EA]

I would really appreciate a repost if the algorithm brings this to your timeline.

Thank you 💙