Being fat in Nigeria is so tiring, someone can ask you a question and you’d answer “I don’t know” and the next thing you’ll hear is “but if it is shawarma now you’ll know”😭😭
Learning about fiber and fabric properties also helps even if you’re switching to everything natural fiber. When is it best to wear cotton? When is it best to wear wool? Linen? Silk? What weaves will give you the outcome you prefer? We shouldn’t stop at natural vs synthetic.
THREAD: I have spent months investigating the foreign mercenaries in DR Congo. I met some of them in Romania & Goma. One Romanian mercenary’s salary equaled that of 50 Congolese soldiers. The government says they are just 'instructors' but this is not entirely true @BBCAfrica.
The decimation of the UK's nightlife, and pub culture, is shocking. According to Bloomberg:
- Three-quarters of nightclubs shut since 2005
- Number of pubs down by a quarter since 2000
- 13,800 nighttime businesses shut in 2020-23
- 35% London's local music venues closed 2007-15