Alcatraz

Edelweiss

[maple cocaine @maplecocaine]

Each day on twitter there is one main character. The goal is to never be it

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

@shadesofgraham_ Still find it funny that they were de-banking people. 😂

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

😂

[CNN Breaking News @cnnbrk]

Longtime GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell, 84, has been admitted to the hospital. The cause of his hospitalization and condition are not known. https://t.co/ZfYRElfRoW

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

😂

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

😂

[Eche Emole 🅰️🌶 @Echecrates]

let me be direct about what I actually believe.

Black people. African people. We are among the least powerful groups on earth in terms of economic leverage, political capital, and institutional control. That is not an opinion. That is the current state of play.

And here’s what I’ve observed: we have perfected the art of moral outrage. We are extraordinarily good at it. Twitter is proof. We can generate fury at scale, in seconds, with precision.

What we have not yet mastered is converting that outrage into leverage.

There’s a quote I’ve carried since college. Thucydides. “The strong do what they can. The weak endure what they must.”

We need to be honest about which category we currently occupy. Not as a permanent condition. As a starting point. Because our strategy has to be built on reality, not on how we wish things were.

And the reality is we are not yet in a position where we can afford the luxury of ideological purity in our economic decisions. Not collectively. Not yet.

That changes when we build.

This is not about tolerating disrespect with no plan. That’s cowardice. This is about understanding the difference between bowing your head strategically while you accumulate power and bowing your head because you have no choice.

China knew the difference. That’s why it could eventually soar.

Social media, Twitter specifically, has broken our emotional regulation.

The platform is literally designed to extract fury from you. The algorithm rewards outrage. The notifications dopamine-hit you every time someone agrees with your anger. And so we’ve lost the ability to sit with something we disagree with, process it strategically, and respond from a place of power.

Instead we just react. Immediately. At volume. And it feels like action because it produces noise.

But noise is not action. Fury is not strategy.

The thing that has genuinely blown my mind, is that thousands of people expressed their outrage at me, about racism, by generating revenue for the racist they were outraged about.

They couldn’t help themselves. The fury needed an outlet. The app provided it. Elon cashed the check.

That is what happens when you have outrage without emotional regulation. Without strategy. Without a long game.

You become the most loyal customer of the man you claim to oppose and you do it for free, in public, while calling someone else a hypocrite.

Performative outrage without leverage doesn’t move the needle. It never has. It makes us feel righteous while leaving the actual balance of power completely untouched.

The mission, for those of us who care, is nation building. African economic sovereignty. That mission requires compartmentalization, long-term thinking, and an honest accounting of where we stand today versus where we intend to go.

That’s what I believe.

It was never about dismissing racism. It was about refusing to let my outrage become an obstacle to strategy.”

[ergopraxis.bsky.social @ergo_praxis]

btw few will appreciate how grimly funny it is that this judge both issued a gagging order so that the filton 4 could not explain their motivation to the jury, and then also sentenced them according to a specific intent provision requiring them to have had a specific motivation

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

You literally demanded the world’s leading 5G technology company leave the country - which cost the UK billions as it goes.

[Ash Sarkar @AyoCaesar]

Many of those "foreign nationals" will have kids who were born in this country. I've yet to hear from Matt and his party where they stand on making children (British children!) homeless, and threatening to deport their parents.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

Basically….. The issue has always been supply side. These politicians know it too but will try to rile up their base against vulnerable people.

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

If this is genuinely about solving the housing crisis, where is the plan to build more social housing?

89% of new social housing lettings already go to UK nationals. The remaining 11% include legally eligible non UK nationals such as Irish citizens, people with settled EU status, refugees who have been granted leave to remain in the UK, and those with indefinite leave to remain.

These are not asylum seekers, who generally have no recourse to public funds and cannot access social housing while their claims are being processed.

Meanwhile, more than 1.3 million households are on social housing waiting lists in England.

Deporting people who are already housed would do nothing to address the root causes of the crisis and would likely increase homelessness and housing insecurity. It is simply rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship.

The uncomfortable truth is that talking about who occupies a limited number of homes generates headlines. Building enough social housing to end the shortage requires long term political commitment. One changes the story. The other changes the outcome.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

Twitter user who thinks housing should be assigned based on how long a family has been in the Uk.

Should the same also apply to the triage systems in the NHS? You people never think second order effects. Just blabbing nonsense every damn time

[Lin Mei @linmeitalks]

I’ve worked in housing options for 3 councils and saw many cases where the applicant and their household l was band A priority and had been in the U.K. less than 5 years vs British citizens who had been waiting for years on lower priority bands.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

People like this will look at you with a straight face and argue that a family who wants a switch because their current house is getting overcrowded should be prioritized over another family at risk of homelessness because family 2 has only spent few years in the Uk.

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

If this is genuinely about solving the housing crisis, where is the plan to build more social housing?

89% of new social housing lettings already go to UK nationals. The remaining 11% include legally eligible non UK nationals such as Irish citizens, people with settled EU status, refugees who have been granted leave to remain in the UK, and those with indefinite leave to remain.

These are not asylum seekers, who generally have no recourse to public funds and cannot access social housing while their claims are being processed.

Meanwhile, more than 1.3 million households are on social housing waiting lists in England.

Deporting people who are already housed would do nothing to address the root causes of the crisis and would likely increase homelessness and housing insecurity. It is simply rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship.

The uncomfortable truth is that talking about who occupies a limited number of homes generates headlines. Building enough social housing to end the shortage requires long term political commitment. One changes the story. The other changes the outcome.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

You’re always saying stupid shit.

It wouldn’t kill you to actually understand how processes work and why they’re put in place.

[Lin Mei @linmeitalks]

3 months is a little harsh but I agree, social housing should be for British citizens ONLY.

It’s completely unacceptable that British citizens should be waiting decades for housing, only for foreign nationals to jump the queue based on asylum or because they arrived here illegally.

For asylum seekers who have arrived the legal way - large Porto cabins should be built for them, until they can find work and obtain private accommodation. If they can’t after one year, they should have to leave the country. Britain has its own citizens to think about!

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

Nigerian penis derangement syndrome.

Cock shame.

[Yaya Libram🇿🇦 @Sello_Libram]

SIES - SOME ELDERLY SA🇿🇦 FEMALE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT PAY NIGERIAN🇳🇬 MEN TO SLEEP WITH THEM

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

You people live interesting lives.

[Vuyo @BeingVuyo]

Was so drunk, I said goodnight and leaned over to kiss my Uber driver last night. Crying because why did he kiss me back??? ✋🏽😭

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

Germany, you are a shame to the world.

Have some damn shame

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

They saw that guy getting engagements and they decided to start running the same play and everyone is falling for it.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

Twitter people can’t recognize when they’re being taken for fools.

Multiple onlyfans accounts on this app have been cosplaying as Europeans who went to the US for World Cup and have been exploring. They’ll post basic food to gush about and Americans can’t resist engaging.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

My girlfriend exists.

[HERBRON JAMES @breebxby]

This the world’s most perfect ass.

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

We need to move fast for Lewis Hall.

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨💣 More on Marc Cucurella to Real Madrid exclusive story.

Spanish left back will sign a long term deal valid for 6 years and has already agreed to the move.

Another fast deal in new Real Madrid style after Bernardo, Dumfries, Konaté. 🆕

🎥 https://t.co/uYX3CZJOmZ

[Alcatraz @TittymanJD]

@Tsarina_muna Valid tbh.

People getting laid off and given 60 days to get sponsored or leave are having to sell their newly mortgaged houses. One even came online to lament and the comments were in the tune of “you shouldn’t have committed to such if your long term stay wasn’t assured”