Arsenal, one of England’s big football clubs, just donated a pile of their players’ old socks to a horse and donkey sanctuary, and the rescued animals are now wearing them.
It works because modern football socks are footless. Players wear separate grip socks on their feet, so the long sleeves get thrown out. That shape turns out to be perfect for sliding onto an animal’s leg, where they keep flies off sore skin, hold bandages in place, and cover the leg while hooves are trimmed.
The sanctuary, the biggest of its kind in Britain, says the bright red socks have already cut down on vet visits. The donkeys have also decided they make good toys, and have taken to pulling bananas out of them.
1. No. of Kenyans killed in Nanyuki Ebola protests: 3
2. No. of Kenyans killed by Ebola: 0
3. No. of Americans killed by Ebola: 0
Ruto has now killed more Kenyans on Kenyan soil than Ebola has
Dear @USEmbassyKenya, are you happy that your Ebola facility is costing Kenyan lives?
When Europeans steal a country they name themselves after it.
Israelis claim to be "Semites" despite being European
Colonists claim they're "Americans" while reducing real Americans to "Indians"
Boers claim they're "Afrikaners"
Identity theft is a huge part of colonialism.
The idea that Arsenal became a cultural phenomenon because it signed Black players is too simplistic.
Like much of London, Arsenal positioned itself as a club that extended belonging towards the margins. Not racial margins alone, but the margins of football's imagination.
Kanu arrived after heart surgery that could have ended his career. Bergkamp arrived carrying the weight of a disappointing spell at Inter. Henry arrived as a talented but unsettled player still searching for his place. Kolo Touré was potential before proof. Arteta arrived as a midfielder many thought was entering decline, only to be entrusted with the captaincy. Wenger himself was a foreign manager challenging the assumptions of English football.
The pattern was not diversity for its own sake. It was recognition before validation.
Arsenal repeatedly seemed willing to see people not simply as they were, but as they could become. It trusted before consensus arrived. It built a reputation for offering a second chance, a fresh start, or a path to fulfilment where others saw limitation, uncertainty, or decline.
That is why former players, injured players, and out-of-contract players so often found their way back to Arsenal. The club developed a reputation for treating people as more than their immediate utility.
Representation matters. But recognition creates loyalty.
People did not just see players who looked like them. They saw an institution that appeared willing to enlarge its definition of who belonged.
Whether you like Ruto or not we all have to admit its scary to live through his presidency. We have had bad presidents but its like he wakes up every single morning and goes 'today is yet another day to fuck up these niggas'.
Hate how as a Kenyan, everyday feels like we are parenting Kipchirchir through his presidency because he's a toddler that wants to mess up everything.
It's all "Wacha!" "Usiguze hio" "Usiuze hio" "Usiibe hio" "Usikule pesa ya education" "Nisikupate na terrorists" for fucks sake!
Fire broke out at Utumishi Girls Academy in Gilgil at 2am. By 4am, Kenyans were already talking about it online.
At 6:30am, the Education CS showed up at a Prayer Breakfast at Safari Park Hotel. He stayed for 1.5 hours, eating mandazi, samosas and chapati, unaware that 16 learners had died.
He arrived in Gilgil just after 10am — over 8 hours after the fire started.
For those 8 hours, parents were stuck in agony, relying on scanty and unconfirmed posts online.
Any CS with common sense would have gone to Utumishi first, not an eating competition disguised as a prayer breakfast at Safari Park Hotel.
Ogamba must go!
Lemme explain this in layman terms,perhaps those who follow me will understand better. There is no hours and there is no days, there is no night,there is no time,there is no God,there is no satan.
All these are limited terms that have been coined by men to atleast explain their brief existence on this cosmos. All these things are man made.
If we woke up one day,and decided a day to have 16 hours,it would be so. If we decided a week would have 3 days it would be so. None of it would have any effect on this planet.
Even when it comes to gods,Gods are made by men. If a man decided to worship Stones and the other cows,they would all be equally valid. None can claim to better than the other. And Both men would experience prosperity and misfortune accordingly.
Thats why I find it foolishly provoking when someone openly claims that dates that were made up from thin air by men,can determine our personalities as people.
We cannot measure time. It has no end nor start. It was here before us,it will be here after us.
It is important as humans,that we acknowledge our insignificance as a species. There is nothing special about us,we are all just but products for nature.