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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · 12d

there is space for all of us in social justice, while some of you are evangelising, the rest of us can work on HOW we apply our grand ideas.

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · 12d

i do not believe in conversion therapy of any sort. i like to preach to the converted. leave me out of your discussions with people who want to debate human rights, climate change, queer rights, animal rights, basic kindness really etc.

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · 12d

Stop ✋🏾 giving your money to those friendly, mostly unwitting, European youths in markets and malls asking you to send money to build villages or educate children in Africa and the Middle East. Do your research first!

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · 12d

the evil that is European “children’s foundations” could be written about for centuries and it would still never tell the full story.

www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Syria’s Stolen Children

Under the Assad regime, hundreds of Syrian children were hidden in orphanages to extort their parents. Families still have few answers from the new government or the international charity that kept it...

www.lighthousereports.com

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · 22d

traffic departments are anti neurodivergent people and you cannot prove me otherwise.

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · 22d

if i have one more south african official/ customer service agent shout “proof of address” at me i will have a glorious crashout the likes that have never been seen before

a young girl is screaming with her mouth wide open .

ALT: a young girl is screaming with her mouth wide open .

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Sep 11

if i have to spend R1 more on anything else this month, I will simply evaporate

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Sep 11

now do the other ones…

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Sep 2

turning into the “can i speak to your manager” auntie against my will because capetonians hate their jobs and will make you miserable as a customer too😩.

guise relax😭we all hate living in neoliberal fascist hell. don’t take it out on me pls😭

a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .

ALT: a little girl in a red and purple dress is brushing her hair with a brush .

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Sep 1

😭

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Sep 1

🗣️amagwinya aphelile

a cartoon character named spongebob is singing into a microphone while two other characters look on

ALT: a cartoon character named spongebob is singing into a microphone while two other characters look on

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Sep 1

we really do live in a fascist hellscape

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · Sep 1

Xi projects China’s global role with ‘victory day’ military parade on.ft.com/4g888dG

Xi Jinping projects China’s global role with ‘victory day’ military parade

Shock-and-awe procession to be attended by Russia, Iran and North Korea seeks to recast second world war narrative

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 31

i’m selling all my coothes. but now i have the problem that i may not have any clothes once I am done because the idea of buying clothes overwhelms me😩

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 31

i played Arvo Part’s Spiegel Im Spiegel to a group of people once and they were unmoved. At that moment I knew I could never never be their friend. i still stand by that decision.

it is blasphemous to not like that song or immediately go silent and become melancholic while listening to it.

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Vegan FTA @veganftaofficial.bsky.social · Aug 31

Millions of sharks are taken from the ocean each year for their fins, largely to supply shark fin soup—putting their future at risk. 💔

👉 Take Action Against Brutal Shark Finning Today!: https://drove.com/.2Mw2

#sharks #marinelife #protecttheocean #savetheocean #saveanimals

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The Continent @thecontinent.org · Aug 31

Two years ago, more than 400 bodies were unearthed in Shakahola Forest near the Kenyan coast, linked to a doomsday sect that coerced its members to starve themselves to “meet Jesus” before the world ends. Now, more than a dozen more bodies have been uncovered in the same county, Kilifi.

Kenya: Shakahola cult horror reawakens

Fresh bodies have been found in Kilifi, near the mass graves that were discovered in 2023.

continent.substack.com

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MC Hawk (wet skeleton era) 🥓☕🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mchawk.bsky.social · Aug 30

If he is dying, I hope it hurts, and I hope he's scared.

a man wearing a cowboy hat and a poncho is holding a chain around his mouth .

Alt: Clint Eastwood, as The Man With No Name, blowing bubbles. I don't remember this scene in Fistful of Dollars.

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 31

I would also pay for the copies! It would be a great way to support good journalism at a time when so many valuable publications are struggling to survive.

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 30

tbh. i think it was fuelling hope more than it was pure speculation…

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · Aug 30

The president had not been seen since Tuesday, fueling speculation about his mortality.

Trump Heads Off Death Rumors by Finally Appearing in Public

The president had not been seen since Tuesday, fueling speculation about his mortality as he exhibits signs of declining health.

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 30

@thecontinent.org love your work! 😍

brilliant journalism and brilliant storytelling through photography, illustration and other art mediums

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 30

i mean look at the material! 🔥

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 30

One of my favourite things about the @thecontinent.org is the artistic/ creative direction. Every cover feels like a new piece of art.
If ever your team hosts an in person exhibition @simonallison.bsky.social @wynonamutisi.bsky.social - I am there!

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Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 27

what an unfortunate time to remember that i hate public speaking and completely can’t stand the sound of my voice or how i look😭😩. someone please run me over tomorrow morning 🙏🏾i have to speak in front of people😩

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 24

this feels suspicious

GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · Aug 24

Barney Pityana, chairperson of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), has tendered his resignation with two years of his five-year term remaining.

Read groundup.org.za/article/lott... by Raymond Joseph

Lottery board chair Barney Pityana resigns

After helping to stabilise the corruption-hit organisation, he leaves with two years of his five-year term remaining

groundup.org.za

Mamello @mamellom.bsky.social · Aug 24

“It’s no longer one war but many, all happening at the same time, feeding into each other. In all of them, the same pattern: armed groups taking, punishing, and controlling.” Moe Kadana (pseudonym) about the Sudan war in Iss. 209 of @thecontinent.org

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