#africa check

[paverics]

do you guys remember eurovision 2013 when krista siegfrids kept kissing backup dancers at the end of her song because she wanted same sex marriage to be legal in finland and when it came to the final, in front of the whole of europe, people kept telling her that she couldn’t or shouldn’t do it, and she literally is quoted as saying “it’s live on tv, nobody can stop me” and did it again. icon

#in front of finalnd? check. in the semi final? check. in the final (broadcast across europe and parts of africa? check #ally with a capital A

[lovelylunas-world]

Showing proof of Hamas tunnels so they know where the tunnels are but still CHOOSE to bomb the civilians…

#free palestine 🇵🇸 #free gaza #Palestine #if they really wanted to they could just go into Gaza and check the tunnels and not kill people #fuck israel #icj #icj hearing #south Africa #remember Gaza has checkpoints as well

[monstermoviedean]

i will not get pedantic in the notes i will not get pedantic in the notes i will not get pedantic in the notes i will not

#belgium and more specifically king leopold ii are primarily responsible for the millions of deaths in the congo #i don't want to let france off the hook but their worst colonial atrocities were in north africa southeast asia and the south pacific #they absolutely committed atrocities in the congo but relative to belgium it was a drop in the bucket #overall the points are good and accurate but i get so stressed by videos like this where it's mostly accurate with a few mistakes #because those mistakes sound legitimate and accurate based on the rest of the video #so people don't fact check and take the whole thing to be true #anyway i'm very nervous around any history that does not explicitly and readily cite its sources #and that's a me issue #tbc i'm not like upset with or judging anyone for rbing i'm just talking to myself #instead of going 'well actually' in some rando's notes when all they did was share the vid

[mchiti]

I thought for a while about making this post, because I do think praising male footballers for doing the bare minimum - supporting women and wnts in this world cup - is definitely not necessary today. But the reason I'm writing this is because, being a diaspora kid, I can compare two different situations (morocco, my country, and italy, my other country) and let me tell you, I'm quite surprised by the difference. Or maybe I'm not.

I guess if you follow the morocco nt you've seen a lot of moroccan players celebrating the wnt historical achievement today. In the span of 10 minutes - from hakim to romain to amine to jawad etc etc - they all started posting about it. To be fair, the support has been there since the start of the tournament. I love it but I'm not praising them for it: I do however think it's necessary to see. Because living in Italy I'm also familiar with the italian football scene, and I can guarantee the support for the italian wnt was like, 0. Some very timid sign of support by a few players from the old guard (less than a few, to be honest). I don't think I've seen anyone from the current nt posting about it. [I'd be happy to correct myself if I missed something, but I really don't think so, and I follow many of them too].

It's ironic, because then you go online and all you see is italians making fun of Nouhaila for being an hijabi and they act like sudden feminists and supporters of their idea of women's emancipation. They are also the ones who make fun of the italian wnt all the time, though. They insulted them since the very first day. Here you go the so called progressive white men. Italy only bought the rights for a bunch of games to be aired on tv. The media coverage is close to 0. Male players don't care either. The federation don't promote shit. And it's ironic how different it is from Morocco, and how much safer, as a woman who loves this sport, I feel in following my country's football (Morocco, only Morocco). The fact that our boys are supporting our girls is not a coincidence but a product of a clearly different way of thinking, it's a strong idea of pride and community that clearly transcend genders, other than real investments and a strong projects from which both male and female football can benefit from.

So, while I do respect all of you praising Morocco for being, once again, the "cinderella" of the tournament, I also ask you to take into accounts we're definitely way ahead some of the other european countries here. Don't think of Morocco as a less progressed country in this, because I can tell you we aren't.

#and that's also why I was ultimately rooting for italy too #I support morocco first and foremost both with the nt and wnt #but I do think italy has a problem with patriarchy and the fact the wnt is so villainized is a proof for it. So I was rooting for them too #Ironic to think of an africa country as much more progressed here isn't it? I hope this is a reality check for some countries in europe :)

[broke-on-books]

The mentality of WWI era leaders constantly eludes me

#what do you MEAN you sent soldiers just for kicks... #to world war ONE of all things the most pointless conflict to ever exist* #*im sure maybe not the MOST but it feels like it sometimes #also the them getting there late is so funny to me. god was the suez even a thing then. did they have to go around africa? insane. #lemme wikipedia the suez canal and check that rq. hysterical to me #oh yeah it had been a thing for a while. which makes sense #it was the panama canal that was opening around then not the suez

[shakballoonshack]

Very Yuta-like. Also, there's a lot of pictures of this guy crying. Be nicer to your Yandere twinks.

#yoosung kim #mystic messenger #not Yuta I checked #even though he really likes Rika he's never been to Africa #balloon #balloon art #balloon animals #balloons

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

i'll tell you one thing that absolutely threw me and that i will be laughing about all week. i turned to tiffany cross' show and she was interviewing this african historian about the new woman king movie and she had asked him about the dahomey tribe's role in the transatlantic slave trade, but toward the end of the segment she asked if african tribes involved in the slave trade should have to pay reparations to black americans (and the rest of the diaspora i guess). and WHEW. LMFAO i know she was just asking a question related to what she has seen in the discourse online but bro LMFAO. oh my God. can you imagine if people were seriously arguing that any random group of africans on the continent should have to pay money en masse to americans. whew boy

#the social significance of tribes in the africa of 200-500 years ago obviously is not the same now #but slavery is one of the world's oldest institutions and it existed in africa for a very long time #this idea that there is an 'us' and a 'them' when it comes to the slave trade is crazy #they were all africans lol...the home countries of enslaved people also suffered from the slave trade AND africans were enslaved in europe #and inside the continent on colonial plantations and the like #many people were sold to european traders by members of their own tribes #and slavery could also be punishment for a crime or other social transgression #and just because someone was given or sold to europeans doesn't mean the people doing the selling had any idea what fate awaited them #but also. yeah this is the problem with being obsessed with african royalty and elite in the pre-modern period #all royals are royals at the expense of others lol.........we know slaves built egypt but y'all worship the pharaohs anyway. #mansa musa had slaves but y'all worship him anyway #whew Lord that is going to give me comedic material for days. yeah i'm waiting on my check from some mf in angola RIGHT NOW...tick tock! #honestly if you want reparations from africa you'll have to get them from europe and the us anyway #how about we call it even after liberia huh #God can you imagine how insane you have to be to really be suggesting that like on a serious level. whew

[eggbagelz]

#checking out sites on traveling and immigration and its like hey it doesnt suck as bad as livinv in south africa! #babe. i am the living in south africa. #chattering

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[catcze]

literally everything you've said on sumeru is SO RIGHT...

ngl i'm SO scared for natlan... esp since apparently it's gonna be pre-Columbian latam... which makes me. v nervous as a latin american person ;;

—Ciaran (who's not logged in rn lmao)

I’m really hoping that hyv gets their shit together and actually starts listening to the community and starts implementing change ASAP, because all this is such clown shit, and eventually the consequences of all of it is gonna become too much to handle if they don’t do something abt it 💀

NAW but omg fingers crossed that they get Natlan right too— because I’ve been excited about it from the beginning, and I’d hate for it to become another shitfest like Sumeru currently is 😭

#ALSO it’s based on pre Colombian latam??? omg that’s !!!! SO MF EXCITING #lowk is it kinda mean to say I’m glad that they’re not basing it on an Africa/ph fusion like some of the (outdated) rumors said??? LMAOO #finger crossed and shit that they learn from the feedback and backlash rn and grow from it before the game becomes unsalvagable 🫣 #kisses from catte 🦩 #ALSOOO lmao wait I forgot if I had a specific tag for u my babes UHHHH #ajkxkskms I’ll go thru and check later omg struggles of long hiatuses lmao </3

[0rchidm4ntis]

I might be getting the tiniest bit ahead of myself here but ummm um um might apply for an exchange program next year. maybe. it could be really really cool

#mica rambles #college posting #my Uni proposed so many destinations!! #I could go anywhere in Europe or to a few places in America Asia or Africa #even Australia technically!! But I need to check out so much stuff and I'll have to do it fast

[needcake]

Can I just say your AU's are awesomer-than-prussia? Speaking of Prussia for shits and giggles. Mexico as a Prussian colony? Or Brazil?

Sorry to disappoint, anon, but the German Empire was too late to the game and by the time they wanted some colonies to call their own, most of the American continent had already gained their independence.

To be fair, there were a few german settlements in Spanish America given by Holy Roman Emperor Charles V to german bankers as payment, but for them to survive german colonists would have to magically gain immunity to several tropical diseases and resist the numerous incursions by the natives to get rid of them. Either way, without a strong navy and a well-connected trade network, a small isolated colony wouldn't have survived long.

After unification in the 19th century, they did have some African colonies that they managed to score in the 1884-85 Berlin Conference, but believe me the people in Rwanda and Namibia were as weirded out by the Germans arriving on their land as the Germans who had to go there and do the actual colonization.

#asks #for a complete list of former german colonies in africa you can check out the wiki page 'german colonization of africa' #it's also important to keep in mind that no colonization occurs without violence #it is an inherently violent process that violates the humanity of both the colonized and the colonizers #I know we're doing this fantasy exercise because it's fun to think of how different things would be #but in reality colonization is colonization #and to expect a different outcome by changing who's doing the colonization is essentially futile #we would still have the same problems we have today because europe as whole has only ever wanted to exploit us for all we had #If I spoke Dutch or French today I would be no less oppressed by a system that only sees me as a third-worlder

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[jcmarchi]

Knight Science Journalism Program launches HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/knight-science-journalism-program-launches-hbcu-science-journalism-fellowship/

Knight Science Journalism Program launches HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship

The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT has announced a new fellowship program that will provide students from historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) with training, mentorship, and early-career support to report on science, health, and environmental issues. The fellowship’s inaugural cohort will consist of 10 highly accomplished journalism students representing Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Howard University, Morgan State University, and North Carolina A&T State University.

The HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship will launch this June with a week-long science journalism summer camp at MIT, where fellows will learn from award-winning science journalists, meet editors from leading science publications, and develop their skills in hands-on workshops. Over the following year, each fellow will be mentored by a professional science journalist, who will work with them to pitch stories to national and regional science publications.

Through the initiative, the Knight Science Journalism Program aims to open new pathways into a specialty area of journalism that has become increasingly important in the public sphere. An overarching goal is to help make science journalism more representative of the communities it serves.

Named to the inaugural HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship class are: Mykal Bailey (Howard University), Jonathan Charles (Florida A&M University), Christén Davis (North Carolina A&T State University), Zoe Earle (Morgan State University), Jordyn Isaacs (Hampton University), Steven Matthews Jr. (North Carolina A&T State University), Sabrina McCrear (Howard University), Trinity Polk (Hampton University), Skylar Rowley (Florida A&M University), and Utrurah Whitley (Morgan State University). The fellows’ varied reporting interests range from astronomy and artificial intelligence to women’s health and environmental justice.

“We’re thrilled to be able to welcome this impressive group of students to MIT,” says Knight Science Journalism Program Associate Director Ashley Smart. “They have an incredible wealth of talent, skill, and dedication — and immense potential to do science reporting that really impacts people’s everyday lives.”

The Knight Science Journalism Program worked closely with journalism deans and faculty at the five participating schools to develop the fellowship concept and to select the inaugural cohort.

The HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship adds to a suite of efforts by the Knight Science Journalism Program to sustain and improve science journalism in the public interest, including its flagship academic-year fellowship for mid-career journalists, the Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellowship for early-career journalists (a collaboration with the Boston-based publication STAT), and the Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East.

The 2024-25 HBCU Science Journalism Fellowship class

Mykal Bailey is a sophomore at Howard University with reporting interests including environmental justice and agricultural science.

Jonathan Charles is a sophomore at Florida A&M University with reporting interests including environmental science and AI.

Christén Davis is a junior at North Carolina A&T State University with reporting interests including international economics and infectious disease.

Zoe Earle is a junior at Morgan State University with reporting interests including astronomy and zoology.

Jordyn Isaacs is a sophomore at Hampton University with reporting interests including AI and environmental justice.

Steven Matthews Jr. is a junior at North Carolina A&T State University with reporting interests including meteorology and natural disasters.

Sabrina McCrear is a junior at Howard University with reporting interests including women’s health and genetics.

Trinity Polk is a sophomore at Hampton University with reporting interests including climate change and public health.

Skylar Rowley is a junior at Florida A&M University with reporting interests including animal science and infant mortality.

Utrurah Whitley is a senior at Morgan State University with reporting interests including information technology.

The Knight Science Journalism Program, established at MIT in 1983, is the world’s leading science journalism fellowship program. More than 400 leading science journalists from six continents have graduated from the program, which offers a course of study at MIT, Harvard University, and other leading institutions in the Boston area, as well as specialized training workshops, seminars, and science-focused field trips for all attendees. KSJ also publishes an award-winning science magazine, Undark, and offers programming to journalists on topics ranging from science editing to fact-checking.

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[justaholeinmysoul]

Despite what you think of Israel the left and the Internet being on the side of Iran, houti, isis, hamas, ayatollah etc and asking Israel to just NOT defend itself even in case of attack(as in stop being armed until there's no more idf or weapons not in this particular case) Is absolutely bollocks like are yall serious? ??

#maybe the main discourse can be right it's when they take sides and says ok jews die that it all goes downhill #so u agree that bin laden was right to attack the us as well? do u think that any terroristic attack in syria Africa and europe is legit? #ofc Iran being a lot more fair and correct in this attack and even only aiming at military buildings is the biggest #gotcha at democracies that are just out there killing children and destroying houses. u are worse than iran congrats #but still rooting for them is insane. guys pls check ur priorities #all these wars are inevitable that's how geo politics work with every new state until it settles unless it doesn't