Girish

Biomedical Scientist by training. Poet, musician and linguist by interest. Rock n roller by heart. Yet, not a coconut (surprise surprise).

[𝕊𝕡𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝕻𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 @SprinterPress]

Ibrahim Traore's impressive speech at the UN:
"Dear delegates, heads of state, leaders of nations, respected representatives of large and small nations, I do not greet you as a career diplomat or as a man brought up for banquet halls and handshakes. I do not come to speak to you in the skillful language of polished politics. I come to you as a soldier of my people, as a guardian of a wounded country, as a son of a continent that bore the cross of the world, but never its crown."
My name is Captain Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso. Today I speak not only on behalf of the 22 million souls in my country, but also on behalf of a continent whose stories have been distorted, whose pain has been ignored and whose dignity has been repeatedly sold on the altar of foreign interests.
Africa is not a beggar. Africa is not a battlefield. Africa is not your guinea pig, your puppet, your warehouse of raw materials. Africa does not rise to kneel, but to stand on its feet. Even today, in front of this great assembly of nations, I say: Africa will not kneel.
1. About the false generosity of global politics
For decades, you helped us with one hand, while you sucked our blood with the other. You build wells in our villages, while your corporations dry up our rivers. You donate vaccines, but you patent medicines. You talk about climate action, and you continue to fund those who burn our forests and drain our lakes.
What kind of generosity is that? The one that feeds her mouth but chokes her voice. One that keeps a person alive long enough to remain dependent. We are not blind to this hypocrisy. Let's be clear - we are not ungrateful for sincere humanitarian aid, but we reject a world order that disguises exploitation as partnership. We reject financial institutions that lend with one hand and take sovereignty with the other.
Africa no longer wants mercy - we want justice. We want control over our own destiny.
2. About colonial chains and their modern successors
Our wounds did not begin with us. They are the legacy of an imperial folly that saw us not as people, but as cheap cargo, as labor. My ancestors were not asked when maps were drawn with rulers and compasses in Berlin. The borders of Burkina Faso, like many African countries, were not shaped by our ancestors, but by people who never set foot on our soil, who knew nothing of our languages, tribes or spirits.
Today, colonialism has a new face - it wears suits, organizes forums, signs treaties in Geneva, Paris and Washington. But he still takes without consent, still commands instead of dialogue, still remains silent instead of listening. If you want to talk about peace, let's start by rejecting the arrogance of the idea that only you can teach peace.
3. On the exploitation of resources and the myth of development
You call us "developing countries" - as if centuries of theft did not set us back, as if gold from our lands, diamonds from our rivers, oil under our feet, did not build the skyscrapers in which this assembly now sits.
Let's be clear: Burkina Faso is rich. Africa is rich - in minerals, culture, wisdom and youth. But you taught us to measure wealth by GDP and exports. You call that development when a foreign company owns 90% of the gold mines in our country. You call it progress when your security forces guard the cobalt mines but not the schools for our children. That's not progress - that's legal document piracy.
From now on, we will define development in our own words - development that puts children in classrooms, not minerals on ships. Development that respects the land, the people and the soul of the nation.
4. On sovereignty and interference
Why do you call us unstable when some African country makes independent decisions? Why when we ask for military cooperation outside the colonial sphere, they call it a threat?
Burkina Faso has decided to take the path of sovereignty.

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

@billyj41 Probably. I'm just not aware of it at this current moment in time.

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

@billyj41 I don't.

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

@billyj41 With what, your exorcism?

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

@billyj41 All that hard work has paid off!

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

Love me some @threeteeth ! No wonder they're my top artist this year. Check them out. #SpotifyWrapped
https://t.co/UdsjxZv22M

[Hussain Ibarra @HussainIbarra]

You've been lied to.

ADHD isn't a mental disease you can cure by taking pills.

It's a superpower.

Once you harness it, you'll become unstoppable.

Here's what you can do to turn ADHD into a superpower:

[Claire 💙 @clairebubblepop]

Love how in this country I’m considered a scrounger because I claim UC to top up my wages. But MPs can claim expenses when they can well afford their own bills. Oh but we’re the problem. How about people pay a fair wage and MPs stop claiming money they don’t need. It’s always greed over NEED.

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

Ahahahah brilliant

[🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈Just Nigel🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @nothing_human]

Another one that fucked about and found out.

He’s just been added to the right wing rioters hall of fame. 🤣

[eddie mitchell @brightonsnapper]

#brighton

[The Secret DJ. @SecretDJBook]

You see this, this is what happens in real life. The bots can't show up on the streets.

On the right there (yeah the far right) are the 6 nazis who turned up to cause mayhem.

Everyone else is there to stop them.

This is England.

[Women Posting W's @womenpostingws]

From being water cannoned by police to winning an Olympic medal

Vinesh Phogat of India makes history by beating the undefeated (for 81 matches) world champion in wrestling, assuring her an Olympic medal

Last year, she was one of the wrestlers leading a protest against the WFI president, who has a rape charge against him

This will be her first Olympic medal and it's one that is well deserved ❤️

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

@billyj41 You get a triangle for that. 🔺

[Alan Davies @alandaviescomic]

I used to watch the jungle show, didn’t bother last year because of Hancock but this year I’d rather break my telly than have five seconds in the company of this #%^*

[أجيج @1b2_r]

@jacksonhinkle “My family fought HitIer, not like you ZIONIST cowards.”

[Sam Pittis @SamPittis]

ADHD is often coping with a brain that is too fast for your body and won’t wait while you try to practice or learn.

The latest episode of ‘You’re Wrong About ADHD’ about ‘ADHD and Music’ is available now in @GlobalPlayer

https://t.co/5MtYckqh96

[Dr Alex Bulat @LabourAlexB]

NHS Nurse Band 4 - £27,586

Junior Doctor starting salary - £32,300

Construction Labourer average salary - £23,000

Care Worker average salary - £23,410

Farm Worker average salary - £23,400

University Lecturer average starting salary - £34,804

Just a small selection.

[Girish @FunjabiRocker]

@RobGilroy Oh no I can't use #AskLaVache anymore. I won't ever use #AskLaVache ever again. 🙏🏾