Yvonne L.

Mother, Daughter, God-fearing

[David Ndii @DavidNdii]

You still have not explained to me how to make payments remotely with these tap tap gizmos, for example how do I pay the hardware and boda in the village to deliver supplies to the fundi .

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

When India accidentally wiped out its vultures, half a million people died in five years.

The bird doing zoomies in this video runs the most extreme digestive system in the animal kingdom. Vulture stomach acid sits near pH 1, strong enough to destroy anthrax, rabies, and botulism in the carcasses they eat. A flock strips a cow to bone in about 45 minutes.

India had 50 million of them. Free sanitation at national scale, in a country where religious custom means most cattle die natural deaths and every dead cow becomes a carcass someone has to deal with.

Then the patent on diclofenac expired in 1994. Farmers started using the cheap painkiller on livestock. Trace amounts left in a carcass cause kidney failure in vultures. Within a decade, 50 million birds fell to a few thousand. The fastest collapse of any bird species since the passenger pigeon.

The carcasses didn't disappear. Feral dogs took the vultures' place and brought rabies with them. Rotting remains leached into waterways. In districts where vultures once thrived, human death rates rose more than 4 percent. Economists at Chicago and Warwick put the toll at 100,000 extra deaths a year and $69 billion in annual damages.

So yes, the goofy bird sprinting down the walkway is adorable. It's also a disease firewall that evolution spent millions of years building and one generic painkiller nearly erased in ten.

[Yvonne L. @yluseno]

@ImbayiK 🤣 🤣

[Yvonne L. @yluseno]

@Dennis_Itumbi02 Enyewe you guys have nothing 😆 🤣.. carry on with the ridiculousness

[Dr Branice Munyasa @Branicemercy]

A 65+ year-old marathon legend might miss the StanChart Nairobi Marathon… not because she’s injured, but because she couldn’t afford to register in time. 💔

So I was saying goodbye to ShoSho Carol today and telling her how excited I was to run the @StanChartKE Nairobi Marathon with her, only to learn—to my absolute shock—that she missed registration because she simply didn’t have the registration fee at the time. By the time she was able to raise it, registration had already closed. 💔

While I would gladly sponsor her registration, entries are now closed.

Carol has completed several StanChart Nairobi Marathons and is one of only a handful of active runners over the age of 65 who continue to inspire our running community. Many of you have run alongside her and know the passion and joy she brings to every race.

I’m therefore making a humble appeal to @StanChartKE and the race director to please consider granting her an honorary entry this year. It would be such a shame for her remarkable streak to end because of circumstances like this.

If Carol has ever inspired you, please repost this, tag @StanChartKE, and help us get this message to the race organizers. Let’s see if we can get ShoSho Carol to the starting line. 🙏🏾🏃🏾‍♀️❤️

Nawaomba mnifikishie this post to the right people 🥹🥹🙏

[Jimmy Kings @JimmyKings8]

BREAKING NEWS

Kithure Kindiki is a sharp boy

He overheard Ruto say that they will remove him as Deputy 2027

Bcoz Murima votes are gone

However, Ruto is confused who to give the DP position

Bcoz Oburu's ODM can't give him even one Million votes

Sifuna took 80% of former ODM

[Yvonne L. @yluseno]

@Branicemercy That entire thought process you described led me to build my own ka-stash...I run & strength train bila pressure 😃 #inawork

[Cyrus Janssen @thecyrusjanssen]

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇

"As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.

Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation.

So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.

Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse.

A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

“Can I bring my baby to the interview?”

The message came in at 11 PM:

“Hi, I have an interview with you tomorrow at 2 PM. My childcare fell through. Can I bring my 8-month-old? I understand if you need to reschedule.”

Old me would have rescheduled.
Unprofessional. Distraction. Red flag.

New me replied:
“Absolutely. See you tomorrow.”

She showed up with her baby on her hip.
She apologized three times before even sitting down.

Ten minutes in, the baby started crying.
She tried to soothe him while answering questions.
She apologized again.

I stopped the interview and said:

“Hey. You’re managing a fussy baby, answering complex questions, and staying calm under pressure. That’s literally the job. Handling chaos while staying professional. You’re already proving you can do it.”

Her eyes filled with tears.

We hired her.

She’s been with us for a year now.
The most reliable team member we have.

Why?

Because when you’re used to handling a screaming infant at 3 AM and still showing up to work the next day, workplace stress feels like nothing.

Working parents, especially mothers, are some of the most organized, efficient, and resilient people you’ll ever hire.

Yet we lose them because our hiring processes are built for people with zero caregiving responsibilities.

If your interview process can’t accommodate a parent facing a childcare issue, you’re not filtering for professionalism.

You’re filtering for privilege.

[Simons @Simon_Ingari]

Her resignation letter made the CEO go silent for twenty minutes...

Emma cleared out her desk at 5 AM.
Left the letter on his chair.
No drama. No scene.

Just two pages of gratitude.

"Thank you for teaching me what leadership isn't."

Then came her lessons:

"When you took credit for the Harrison campaign, you taught me to document everything."

"When you promised three promotions that never materialized, you taught me words without action mean nothing."

"When you ranked us against each other quarterly, you taught me competition inside kills collaboration."

"When you called weekend meetings for Monday's agenda, you taught me fake urgency is about control, not deadlines."

Fifteen examples.
Fifteen lessons.
Each one specific.
Each one true.

The worst part?

She meant every word.

No sarcasm. No bitterness.
Just genuine appreciation for the education.

"You showed me exactly the leader I refuse to become."

He found it Monday morning.

Read it once.
Read it again.
Read it again.
Called her cell.
Straight to voicemail.

His assistant heard something she'd never heard:

Nothing.

For twenty minutes, he sat there.
One of his best people.
Gone.
No notice.
No warning.

And every word aimed at him.

When he finally emerged, he asked:
"How many others feel this way?"

His assistant looked at the floor.

That told him everything.

Emma?

She's running her own team now.
They've never met her old boss.
But they know him.

Through every decision she doesn't make for them.
Every credit she doesn't take from them.
Every promise she keeps to them.

Her team thinks she's a natural leader.

They're wrong.

She was trained by the worst.
And learned exactly what not to do.

Sometimes the best teachers
are the ones who show you
exactly who you never want to be.

[JESHI LA SIFUNA @Jeshi_LaSifuna]

To My Mulembe Nation Brothers And Sisters Who Played Isukuti And Danced All The Way From Kakamega To Bondo For Jakom ..Thank You.
BABA Your Shemejis Did It For You ❤

[Rwanda in USA @RwandaInUSA]

On the sidelines of the #WBGMeetings in Washington D.C., Minister @tesirusagara met with @RockefellerFdn Sr VP for Africa, William Asiko, to discuss strengthening collaboration in advancing sustainable development and resilience financing for shared prosperity.
#RwandaAtWBMeetings

[Yvonne L. @yluseno]

@Branicemercy @easyJet Do better!! You have her luggage, bring it to her @Branicemercy

[Dr Branice Munyasa @Branicemercy]

This airline lost my luggage in Europe and evertime I think about the contents I want to scream 😭😭
Especially my 3 pairs of running shoes

My 2 piece from hawi
And my last minute shopping from Sephora
Mathes gifts from Berlin

And my Berlin marathon merchandise 😭😭
Then they send me an email claiming
They are happy to have delivered my luggage 😡

@easyJet you ruggedy***** where is my bag ?

KOT nisaidieni kutuma salamu please 🥹🥹😭

[Yvonne L. @yluseno]

@Branicemercy Mama is your guardian angel...guiding and celebrating you every day Doc ❤️

[Yvonne L. @yluseno]

@netflix @NetflixKE @drewbrees @NFL here for the Global watch party from Nairobi, Kenya 🇰🇪 #NFLonNetflix 🥳

[Makerere University School of Public Health @MakSPH]

@MakSPH was today honored to host Mr. @WilliamAsiko, Vice President of @RockefellerFdn's Africa Regional Office, who has paid a courtesy visit to Dean Prof. @RhodaWanyenze. The purpose of the visit was to review the ongoing research activities supported by the Foundation.

[Makerere University School of Public Health @MakSPH]

Today, together with Uganda’s @MinofHealthUG, we are launching the #Climate and Health National Adaptation Plan (H-NAP) 2025-2030 at Sheraton Hotel, Kampala, as part of the implementation of Uganda's commitments at #COP26 and #COP28.

@ProfNawangwe

[ECA @ECA_OFFICIAL]

"Excellent engagement w @WilliamAsiko VP Africa @RockefellerFdn & Anthony Nyong, @AfDB_Group on strengthening collaboration to get the carbon credits market & energy agenda right & leveraging @ECA_Official to deliver on financing SDGs in Africa" @claverGatete Executive Secretary