T’Chara

Sometimes I read || Current Read: COLOURED: How Classification Became Culture. Tessa Dooms & Lynsey Ebony Chutel (2023)

[T’Chara @kgproff]

Tears welled up in my eyes when I read this page. I want this for us guys 🥺😭

[ArtButMakeItSports @ArtButSports]

Ascent of the Blessed, by Hieronymus Bosch, 1500-04, 📸 by @jeffhaynesmedia

[EWN Reporter @ewnreporter]

BREAKING: The Hawks and Customs have seized 90kg of suspected cocaine worth an estimated R36 million hidden inside two excavators shipped from Brazil to Durban Harbour. No arrests have been made and investigations are continuing. @MongeziKoko

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

A tenured professor of art therapy was suspended by her university and placed under formal investigation for the crime of using a Palestinian in a hypothetical example for uses of art therapy.

This is not 10th grade. It's a college, for adult students.

https://t.co/EIoWAJU0Bw

[big content guy @bigcontentguy]

erika kirk would have parachuted in like a navy seal

[ًᵗᵒ @tosports13]

it’s very pathetic that roland garros didn’t play the russian anthem for andreeva but they happily played the american anthem and raised the flag for the american winner last year. the hypocrisy is crazy

[Alex Tiffin @RespectIsVital]

The United States has denied a visa for Iran's national team manager Mehdi Mohammadnabi.

He will be barred entering the U.S. for their the Fifa #WorldCup 2026 matches.

He & others also denied visas will travel to the team camp in Mexico whilst efforts to obtain visas continue.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

Before Oct 7…

[Romain Molina @Romain_Molina]

Le buteur historique de l'Irak 🇮🇶, Aymen Hussein, a été retenu par les autorités américaines pendant sept heures pour un interrogatoire à son arrivée à l'aéroport de Chicago.

Aucune explication n'a évidemment été donnée par les Etats-Unis - des médias évoquent simplement une confusion de nom.

Pour rappel, le destin de l'attaquant avait été particulièrement bouleversé par l'invasion américaine de 2003 puisque son père (soldat) fut assassiné par Al-Qaïda quelques années plus tard et sa famille fit partie des "déplacés internes" comme des millions d'Irakiens (leur moyen de survie était le salaire de footballeur gagné par Aymen, alors un jeune adulte, à Bagdad)

Son grand frère (Atheer) fut également kidnappé par l'Etat islamique (qui contrôlait le village natal où la famille vivait, dans le nord du pays) et n'a jamais été retrouvé ; il est présumé mort

C'est Aymen, l'un des capitaines de l'équipe nationale, qui a marqué le but décisif envoyant son pays à la Coupe du Monde 40 ans après

C'est ce même Aymen qui a été reçu par le premier ministre irakien suite à la qualification en compagnie de sa maman.

Et c'est encore et toujours le souriant attaquant qui subit des interrogatoires de sept heures en arrivant sur le sol américain tel un potentiel terroriste mais que pouvait-il y faire ? Aymen Hussein est irakien, et cela semblait suffisant pour le priver de ses droits.
Confusion d'identité ou non, cela importait en réalité bien peu : si ce n'était pas lui, alors ce serait un autre - un Irakien de moins ou de plus, quelle différence cela ferait pour les Etats-Unis ?

[Aziz @aziz_zgigi]

Read this very carefully, especially the people who were very loud with Qatar criticism but are quiet now about the US

[GBX @GBX_Press]

British woman on BBC:
"The oppression didn't start on October 7."
"You say 'Israel has the right to defend itself' — but what about Palestine, whose land was taken? Didn't it have the right to defend itself?"
"You speak of hostages. What about the Palestinian children under rubble — or in prisons? They are hostages too." 🇬🇧🎙️🔥🇮🇱🇵🇸💔

[🐝 @beha_hun]

Incredible how every “pro-life” policy actually leads to a large amount of unnecessary death.

[Geoffrey York @geoffreyyork]

"We find ourselves facing a long-standing and unacceptable problem for us journalists: the denial of entry visas to regularly accredited colleagues. There are many cases: Iranian colleagues, African colleagues..." Letter to FIFA by International Sports Press Association.

[S ⚾️ @yankee_babee]

How it feels to not be in New York City right now

[✩⋆｡°kronk⋆｡°✩ @krrronk]

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[Killa 🌺 @KillaKreww]

Kevin Hart was PISSED when a kid recreated the PG version of the iconic “DAMN” scene between him & Don Cheadle 💀🤣🤣

“How old are you?”

“I’m 46, that’s my age”

“DANG”

[Cassava Republic @CassavaRepublic]

Fifty-four rejections, then Cassava Republic said yes.

We are proud to have published @Marciathewriter's debut, #TheMercyStep, winner of the Discover Prize at the British Book Awards and shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction!

[Mahmoud Al-Qudsi @mqudsi]

Hey, @MerriamWebster, they’ve invented a new way to avoid saying “many” or “multiple” over here!

[Sammie Sam @ItsYoGirl_Samie]

Oko ndaphangela eLabour Ward I’ve never attempted to insert an IV on a newborn but today ndiqine isibindi bc the baby’s sugars were SOOO low, he needed a dextrose bolus 😩 I literally got it on my first try 🥹 SMALL WINS! 🤭🥹