Ethiopian. #MUFC
Addis, Omicron Persei 8
Joined October 2009
- Tweets164K
- Following4.5K
- Followers16K
- Likes441K
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
Muslim residents in Mekelle, Tigray, staged a protest today against the continued exclusion of Muslim students from schools in Axum due to their wearing of hijab.
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
I studied the Nazis at university, taught the history of Nazi Germany on two continents and wrote for major newspapers about Nazi Germany. I am internet famous for fact-checking chuds on the history, ideology and policy of Nazi Germany.
That was a Nazi salute.
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
“it wasn’t a nazi salute” well the nazis think it was
This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety.
It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.
In this moment, all sides should give one another a bit of grace, perhaps even the benefit of the doubt, and take a breath. This is a new beginning. Let’s hope for healing and work toward unity in the months and years ahead.
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
this is nasty gaslighting NIGGA DID YOU KNOW THAT WE CAN SEE YOU
This quoted post is unavailable.
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
William Kipchirchir Ruto was busy offering to help in California but at the CBD response is disaster!
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
Residents of Moyale, Marsabit, Wajir, Mandera and parts of southern Ethiopia witnessed spectacular and captivating views of the Quadrantid meteor shower on January 9, 2025, at 7:30 PM. @NASA
@astronomy
@Space_Station
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
We are actively recruiting for our upcoming café and restaurant. If you are young, driven and want to make an impact, please checkout the following post for a shift manager.
drive.google.com/file/d/1kk1…
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
Breaking News: Dozens kidnapped for Ransom in Kufra, Libya.
Naima Jamal is among dozens of victims of Libya’s modern slave trade.
Naima Jamal, a 20-year-old Ethiopian woman from Oromia, was abducted shortly after her arrival in Libya in May 2024. Since then, her family has been subjected to enormous demands from human traffickers, their calls laden with threats and cruelty, their ransom demands rise and shift with each passing week. The latest demand: $6,000 for her release.
This morning, the traffickers sent a video of Naima being tortured. The footage, which her family received with horror, shows the unimaginable brutality of Libya’s trafficking networks. Naima is not alone. In another image sent alongside the video, over 50 other victims can be seen, their bodies and spirits shackled, awaiting to be auctioned like commodities in a market that has no place in humanity but thrives in Libya, a nation where the echoes of its ancient slave trade still roar loud and unbroken.
“This is the reality of Libya today,” writes activist and survivor David Yambio in response to this atrocity. “It is not enough to call it chaotic or lawless; that would be too kind. Libya is a machine built to grind Black bodies into dust. The auctions today carry the same cold calculations as those centuries ago: a man reduced to the strength of his arms, a woman to the curve of her back, a child to the potential of their years.”
Naima’s present situation is one of many. Libya has become a graveyard for Black migrants, a place where the dehumanization of Blackness is neither hidden nor condemned. Traffickers operate openly, fueled by impunity and the complicity of systems that turn a blind eye to this horror. And the world, Yambio reminds us, looks the other way:
“Libya is Europe’s shadow, the unspoken truth of its migration policy—a hell constructed by Arab racism and fueled by European indifference. They call it border control, but it is cruelty dressed in bureaucracy.”
The $6,000 ransom demanded for Naima is not just a price for her life; it is a price for the silence of a global community that allows this horror to happen to the black child. And yet, for many, this is not survival, it is a cycle of endless suffering.
Naima’s fate, and that of the 50 other victims in Kufra, remains uncertain. Their cries are met with indifference by those who could intervene but choose not to. Meanwhile, their families are left to battle with the impossible, raising the funds demanded by traffickers or risking the loss of their loved ones forever.
The world must confront the uncomfortable truth: the slave trade is alive and thriving in Libya. It thrives in the silence of nations, in the shadows of complicit systems, and in the unchecked racism that dehumanizes Black lives. Naima’s story, as Yambio writes, is not an anomaly, it is the legacy of a history that refuses to end.
X1
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
How did Soviet botanists become heroes of World War II?
ALT Britannica: One Good Fact 1/3/24 During World War II the 872-day Siege of Leningrad left the city devoid of food. The city (now St. Petersburg) was home to the Bureau of Applied Botany, which maintained a seed bank to safeguard the world’s food supply. Botanists who worked there starved to death rather than consume the seeds intended for future famine relief.
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT
At least 71 people were killed in Ethiopia when the truck they were traveling in missed a bridge and plunged into the river below, officials said reut.rs/4fA7mUM
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
Racism agains Mexicans was ok.
Racism against Haitians was ok.
Racism against Puerto Ricans was ok.
Racism against Black ppl was ok.
But now that it’s DIRECTED AT YOU it’s a problem?
So when Trump said “immigrants are poisoning the blood of America” did you think you were exempt?
I’m deeply questioning my decision to support the Republican Party after witnessing the persistent and dehumanizing attacks directed at me and my community by individuals who, despite hiding behind a veneer of respectability, openly harbor and amplify racist ideologies. I’ve tried to hold onto the belief that these voices represent a vocal minority, not the broader values of the party. But time and again, I am disheartened as accounts with massive followings—many of them wielding significant influence—parrot unhinged conspiracy theories and perpetuate overtly racist tropes without consequence.
This isn’t just about isolated comments or fringe behavior; it’s about a pattern that reveals an uncomfortable truth about the party’s failure to unequivocally reject bigotry. These attacks aren’t simply offensive—they are alienating to communities whose values, work ethic, and aspirations align with many conservative principles, yet find themselves consistently vilified.
The most troubling part is the normalization of this rhetoric by individuals who should be using their platforms to unite, not divide. It forces one to ask: Is this truly the exception, or is it a reflection of an undercurrent that the party is unwilling—or worse, uninterested—to confront? For a movement that claims to champion merit, individual dignity, and opportunity, it’s disheartening to see those ideals betrayed by voices that choose hate over inclusion.
If the Republican Party wants to grow, evolve, and truly represent a diverse and forward-thinking electorate, it must take a hard look at its blind spots and the voices it elevates. Without that reckoning, it risks alienating not just me, but countless others who once believed in its promise.
𝔏𝔯𝔯𝔯 retweeted
Spanish authorities have cracked a year-long murder mystery with an unexpected assist from Google Street View.
euronews.com/2024/12/19/goog…
