> be Dua Lipa
> sell out arenas worldwide on a $100M+ Radical Optimism tour
> go to dinner with your dad at a London restaurant in early 2024
> get introduced to an actor named Callum Turner by the owner
> a year later, run into him again in Los Angeles
> realize you're both reading the exact same book - "Trust" by Hernán Díaz
> start dating. go Instagram official by summer
> get engaged in December 2024 with a ring he designed with your sister's help
> tell Vogue you want to finish the tour first, then marry "your best friend forever"
> finish the tour
> May 31, 2026: marry Callum in a tiny London town hall in custom Schiaparelli
> with a 3-day celebration in Sicily still to come
she wrote a whole album called Radical Optimism, then went and proved it - two strangers reading the same book in a different city is the most "New Rules" way to find forever
This is also a big problem.
-The NHS urgently needs more Black donors, especially for the Ro blood subtype critical for sickle cell patients. But current malaria screening rules are quietly locking out thousands of eligible Black African donors (including possibly this guy).
-Grew up in Nigeria or Ghana? You'll face a malaria antibody test before donating. Test positive(which most will, for potentially decades after leaving their home countries) land you're deferred. Yet that positive result almost certainly reflects old immune memory, not active infection or any REAL risk.
-The policy doesn't distinguish between someone who arrived from Lagos last month and someone who left 20 years ago as a child and never returned. Both will get deferred. That's a blunt instrument that disproportionately hits exactly the donor communities the NHS needs most.
–What we need is not impossible if they truly care about the groups affected are: Quantitative antibody levels rather than binary positive/negative results, formal weighting for time since leaving endemic areas, PCR testing for actual parasites rather than using antibodies as a proxy, and above ALL a long overdue evidence-based policy review.
Sickle cell patients, overwhelmingly Black,nare running short of the specific blood they need. The policy review can't keep being delayed.
Got to speak with Rob Markman and Wale about:
- My viral video
- Featuring Afrobeats prominently on his album
- The origins of the record with Seyi Vibez & Teni
- Collaborating with Genio Bambino
- Possibly meeting when he's on road
It's long but a good listen...
Why don’t we talk about Wale in Afrobeats? 🤔
I’ve been a fan forever and super proud of how he repped his Nigerian roots. But I've often felt he hasn’t gotten credit for helping to push Afrobeats.
With his album dropping Friday, I dove deep into his journey and his role...
Just waisted 2 hours of my life watching A House Of Dynamite on Netflix. I was glued to the TV, then with that ending I was praying the Nuke hit me. Has to be in the conversation for worst movie ending of all time. #AHouseOfDynamite#Netflix