Amazing panel on The future of Democracy in Africa with Nobel prize laureate Tawakkol Karman, Njoki Wamai from @STIAS_SA, Ursula van Beek from @StellenboschUni and Helen Mofett from @STIAS_SA at IYTT conference
OMG OMG, I went off the interwebs for a few days, and the Laz family fostered new kittens!!! Follow him for excellent supply of wholesome tweets. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a whole lot of tweets to heart.
WATCH: We are live at the opening session of the 6th International Youth Think Tank Conference & Nobel Symposium with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Tawakkol Karman, STIAS Fellow Njoki Wamai, Ursula van Beek & moderated by another STIAS Fellow Helen Moffett.
https://t.co/EwqVJyDfV7
It should have been over when the first doll-sized corpse was picked from between the rubble, because that is when anyone, even the most hateful and fearful human, normally realises that nothing, not even the stinging soap of past horrors, can wash the blood off one’s hands.
Call me crazy but I want a society where everyone from the artist to the janitor is paid a living wage, where careers and creative hobbies aren’t being stolen by machines, where books and music and learning are celebrated instead of demeaned.
@BatcatCA You do know all that grass is going to reappear on your rug or cashmere wrap etc? Of course you do. (My kitty's grass snack showed up on my KEYBOARD this morning.)
I had given up following the US prez campaign because it ate a hole in my stomach. Then one day I woke up & found my people were in favour (childless cat ladies), along with great memes. And now it's producing lines like this and oh boy, does it make me happy. Via @Davidlaz
Pritzker: "We have a choice between the man who left our country a total mess and the woman who has spent four years cleaning it up. And I think it's time we stop expecting women to clean up messes without the authority and the title to match the job."