statler

picking nits.
My (bad) opinions.
How to lose friends and alienate villagers

[statler @petrom_]

In Kenya, they are elected to high office

[Moe @moneyacademyKE]

China has sentenced former Nanjing official Yang Youlin to death for taking $325 million in bribes.

[statler @petrom_]

@mukami_martin that one fell apart quickly

[statler @petrom_]

Feature request: The ability to reserve multiple usernames @WhatsApp

[Oti @oti_ian]

@ntsa_kenya @KURAroads here is evidence of gross negligence by whoever the contractor is doing road works on Waiyaki Way. I circled back to here after witnessing an accident a few minutes earlier.

[statler @petrom_]

this Absa bank share offer further demonstrates that we don't need stock brokers to trade shares

[statler @petrom_]

NTSA struggles to issue number plates for new cars.
I don't think it is possible for them to realistically conduct inspections for all these vehicles

[SokoAnalyst @SokoAnalyst]

Kenya has at least 5.37 million registered vehicle and motorcycle entries.

At KSh2,000–3,000 each, mandatory annual inspections could impose a gross burden of between KSh10.7 BILLION and KSh16.1 BILLION on motorists every year.

That is the scale of money NTSA must publicly account for.

Roadworthy vehicles matter. But forcing owners of every vehicle older than four years to pay for an inspection annually—without publishing the exact number of active vehicles affected, projected collections, inspection capacity, accident-causation evidence and safeguards against corruption—looks less like road safety and more like another compulsory extraction from exhausted Kenyans.

We must challenge them lawfully and completely: demand parliamentary scrutiny, transparent costing, independent audits, affordable fees, reasonable inspection intervals and proof that this policy will save lives—not merely create another multibillion-shilling collection pipeline.

Kenyans are not walking ATMs. Reject punitive vehicle-inspection charges.

[statler @petrom_]

@TheHoopHerald Instagram gangster

[statler @petrom_]

yes, a complete waste of a whole day

[Mutahi Ngunyi @MutahiNgunyi]

Today's Maandamano was a TOTAL waste of our NATIONAL IMAGINATION. No Oomph! No ENERGY. No PEOPLE as promised. And no GenZ. Lesson: you CANNOT repeat a political TRICK twice. June 2024 cannot be REPLAYED ever. It was a moment in time. And it was JUSTIFIED. You cannot REPLAY it.

[Okiya Omtatah Okoiti @OkiyaOmtatah]

If we depend solely on mainstream media to tell us what matters, we will remain perpetually distracted while the country is picked clean. Just like the current ‘beef’ btwn WSR and Gideon.
We must be intentional & support independent alternative media, and keep our eyes firmly on the ball. Let them chase their clicks. We will continue to chase justice and accountability in the corridors of the courts and on the streets. Sauti ya mwananchi haitazimwa. Viva ✊🏾

[statler @petrom_]

as far as I can tell, Safaricom has never been officially investigated in its role in the death as disappearance of those young June 25th 2024 protestors

[statler @petrom_]

@stats_feed I'm certain South Africa and Lagos have a handful

[statler @petrom_]

hmmm @SafaricomPLC like seriously, why would you block RCS messaging?

[Ivar The Boneless @roomthinker]

MPesigh (verb):

Sound people in a supermarket till or other such line make when the person at the front pulls out their phone to pay

[statler @petrom_]

some very useful features available on google messages app. Unfortunately, I cannot use them because @SafaricomPLC @Safaricom_Care is blocking RCS messaging

[statler @petrom_]

any message from KRA is received as a threat

[statler @petrom_]

the real people to pay attention to are the folks that Macron is traveling with.
whom they are meeting and what they are meeting about. Agreements being signed and the implications of those agreements.
Macron is simply a figure head

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Your tattoo isn’t just decorative ink: it’s a permanent trigger that keeps your immune system locked in a lifelong cycle of chronic inflammation.

As soon as the ink is injected into your skin, your body recognizes the pigment particles as foreign invaders. Immune cells called macrophages immediately swarm the area and attempt to swallow them up. But because they can’t actually break down the ink, the macrophages eventually die, releasing the pigment back into the surrounding tissue — only for a new wave of macrophages to arrive and repeat the process.

This endless cycle is what keeps the tattoo permanently visible, while also maintaining a state of ongoing, low-level inflammation in the skin.

Over time, some of these ink particles migrate through the lymphatic system and accumulate in the lymph nodes, placing constant stress on the body’s defense mechanisms. Emerging research suggests this internal ink buildup may interfere with normal immune function, potentially reducing the effectiveness of certain vaccines, including mRNA types. Additionally, many tattoo inks contain heavy metals like nickel and cobalt. Combined with the chronic inflammation, this has been linked to a modestly elevated risk of lymphoma and skin cancer.

While tattoos remain a powerful form of self-expression, they represent a complex, decades-long biological conflict between your immune system and foreign substances embedded in your skin.

[Nielsen, C., Jerkeman, M., & Jöud, A. S. (2024). Tattoos as a risk factor for systemic lymphoma: A population-based case-control study. eClinicalMedicine]

[statler @petrom_]

Now do BitBucket @jasonbcox0

[statler @petrom_]

I am hoping that those Connected Africa talks/sessions are recorded