Update: I've joined @AnthropicAI and taken leave from the university. Excited to work with many talented, mission-driven people on the defining technology of our time.
@Mekdesmt they also found a new “baby tax” loophole 😂 Now newborns abroad need their foreign birth certificate attested for an extra $170 on top of the already wild $360 passport fee. Ironic, Diaspora parents getting milked by the gov't they run away from 🤣😂🤣
@magattew Yes, an Ethiopian here, Post-Colonial Imported bad ideas like Communism & Tribalism masquerading as Social Justice have been Ethiopia's Primary Handcuffs, Not Colonialism
160 years later & Habeshas still whispering “Teodor III is coming plot twist: nobody expected him to ride in from Uganda
" ታጠቅ ብሎ ፈረስ ካሳ ብሎ ስም
አርብ አርብ ይሸበራል እየሩሳሌም "
@solassefa With all the new subs, they owe you for the free promo 😂
Can AI agents with more local context handle some repetitive questions or x are things still not yet done by the books? Already saw some GPT threads.
In 2015, an ounce of gold cost
Nigerians ₦230k. Today? ₦4.2 million.
Ethiopians paid 24K Birr, Now? 300K+.
Birr is speed-running Naira's trauma specially when you see the log scale. Zemedeneh & co will show you only the first chart!
አህያውን ሲፈሩ ዳውላውን
Trading with the Ethiopian Birr (ETB) will be suspended on the 15th May.
Your funds are safe, and you can still access your account. We’re working closely with regulators to support Ethiopia’s goals and hope to resume trading soon. We’ll share updates as soon as we have them.
Thank you for your patience.
From HMML on BlueSky:
Professor Getatchew Haile, renown scholar and advocate in the field of Ethiopian Studies, was born on this day—April 19—in 1931.
In tribute to our colleague, Joe Rogers shares this remembrance of Getatchew as a neighbor in Minnesota: https://t.co/0gxnBVpbbk
Teddy Afro is Ethiopia's J.K Rowling with a prison record. He got FU money & backbone to say FU to toxic ethnic politcs for 2 decades. Absolute Legend & voice of the voiceless መሬማ፣ ዳስጣል
@solassefa “Dear rulers, if you ignore schools, you are not only harming your children’s souls, but also weakening your own towns and kingdoms.” Luther in 1524 ,, 500 years late ⏰