Musa Okwonga
@okwonga.bsky.social
Author, essayist, public speaker. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast. musaokwonga.com
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Musa Okwonga
@okwonga.bsky.social
· Aug 26
In 2008 I met a climate scientist from Mali who was advocating for this so long that he looked exhausted. Absolutely amazing man. He was working so hard on this. And then I see numbers like this and my heart just soars. Youba Sokona, you (and your peers) really did it.
www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...
www.ipcc.ch/people/youba...
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
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Man who moved abroad to avoid hundreds of millions of pounds of tax and whose business have benefited from hundreds of millions of pounds of public funds believes that, 'Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state.'
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Man who moved abroad to avoid hundreds of millions of pounds of tax and whose business have benefited from hundreds of millions of pounds of public funds believes that, 'Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state.'
"Colonised". Yes, he said that. He really did.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:18 PM
"Colonised". Yes, he said that. He really did.
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Billboard now has a list they're updating with all the statements from departing Wasserman clients, which now include Dropkick Murphys, Orville Peck, Sylvan Esso, Gigi Perez. I'll update the thread with major announcements from the agency or anything regarding LA28 specifically
Wasserman Fallout: Every Artist Who Has Spoken Out Over Founder’s Epstein Ties (UPDATING)
Casey Wasserman's association with Jeffrey Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell has led some of the agency's artists to react to the revelations.
www.billboard.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Billboard now has a list they're updating with all the statements from departing Wasserman clients, which now include Dropkick Murphys, Orville Peck, Sylvan Esso, Gigi Perez. I'll update the thread with major announcements from the agency or anything regarding LA28 specifically
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social sums up why Starmer is responsible for voters hating him after such a short time:
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social sums up why Starmer is responsible for voters hating him after such a short time:
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There's silencing your critics … and then there's being found guilty of stealing your France teammate's credit card (and that of a team staff member) and handed a three-month suspended prison sentence, before bringing the shush after claiming a second Olympic biathlon gold at these Winter Olympics
February 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM
There's silencing your critics … and then there's being found guilty of stealing your France teammate's credit card (and that of a team staff member) and handed a three-month suspended prison sentence, before bringing the shush after claiming a second Olympic biathlon gold at these Winter Olympics
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People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
February 10, 2026 at 9:55 AM
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
www.reddit.com/r/FlockSurve...
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The Merchant's House was built by abolitionist Joseph Brewster in 1832. He is likely the person using the secret passage to help escaped slaves.
But in 1835, he sold the house to the wealthy Tredwell family - who were not abolitionists - losing access to the secret tunnel. They lived there til 1933
But in 1835, he sold the house to the wealthy Tredwell family - who were not abolitionists - losing access to the secret tunnel. They lived there til 1933
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 AM
The Merchant's House was built by abolitionist Joseph Brewster in 1832. He is likely the person using the secret passage to help escaped slaves.
But in 1835, he sold the house to the wealthy Tredwell family - who were not abolitionists - losing access to the secret tunnel. They lived there til 1933
But in 1835, he sold the house to the wealthy Tredwell family - who were not abolitionists - losing access to the secret tunnel. They lived there til 1933
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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<staff kitchen>
NAZGUL #1: I just...
NAZGUL: #2: What?
N#1: Like... Seriously? We're hunting HOBBITS now?
N#2: I mean okay but clue was in the name
N#1: True, but still
WITCH KING <entering>: Hey
N#1: Hey
N#2: Hey
<Witch King leaves with coffee>
N#1: Maybe we should have said something
N#2: Maybe
NAZGUL #1: I just...
NAZGUL: #2: What?
N#1: Like... Seriously? We're hunting HOBBITS now?
N#2: I mean okay but clue was in the name
N#1: True, but still
WITCH KING <entering>: Hey
N#1: Hey
N#2: Hey
<Witch King leaves with coffee>
N#1: Maybe we should have said something
N#2: Maybe
SCOOP: Tensions at Palantir have grown in recent weeks over the company's work with ICE.
On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company's products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
www.wired.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:14 PM
<staff kitchen>
NAZGUL #1: I just...
NAZGUL: #2: What?
N#1: Like... Seriously? We're hunting HOBBITS now?
N#2: I mean okay but clue was in the name
N#1: True, but still
WITCH KING <entering>: Hey
N#1: Hey
N#2: Hey
<Witch King leaves with coffee>
N#1: Maybe we should have said something
N#2: Maybe
NAZGUL #1: I just...
NAZGUL: #2: What?
N#1: Like... Seriously? We're hunting HOBBITS now?
N#2: I mean okay but clue was in the name
N#1: True, but still
WITCH KING <entering>: Hey
N#1: Hey
N#2: Hey
<Witch King leaves with coffee>
N#1: Maybe we should have said something
N#2: Maybe
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Relationships between Jews and Christians definitely are the foundation of this country but perhaps not like that.
The crusades the Christian right in the UK worships so much were funded by expropriating a Jewish underclass while inventing blood libel & Jewish banker stereotypes that persist today.
The crusades the Christian right in the UK worships so much were funded by expropriating a Jewish underclass while inventing blood libel & Jewish banker stereotypes that persist today.
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Relationships between Jews and Christians definitely are the foundation of this country but perhaps not like that.
The crusades the Christian right in the UK worships so much were funded by expropriating a Jewish underclass while inventing blood libel & Jewish banker stereotypes that persist today.
The crusades the Christian right in the UK worships so much were funded by expropriating a Jewish underclass while inventing blood libel & Jewish banker stereotypes that persist today.
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Additional advisory, if you are a UK or Irish citizen but also a citizen of another country, you must use a UK paper to travel to the UK.
Public service email to everyone heading into the UK at the end of this month who isn't a UK or Irish citizen. The ETA requirement for UK entry is coming and isn't receiving enough advanced coverage. Don't get caught in the ensuing chaos:
homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/electronic-t...
homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/electronic-t...
February 11, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Additional advisory, if you are a UK or Irish citizen but also a citizen of another country, you must use a UK paper to travel to the UK.
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the government tries to guilt u into not running stories like this flimsily arguing it puts people in danger, oh yea sure would hate to put people in danger constantly
NEW: ICE is leasing offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
ICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going Next
ICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, months-long expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:12 PM
the government tries to guilt u into not running stories like this flimsily arguing it puts people in danger, oh yea sure would hate to put people in danger constantly
Finish the job. Crumble for dinner. You’re so so close, you’ve got this. 🤲
I ate crumble for breakfast and crumble for lunch and I think I'm onto something
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Finish the job. Crumble for dinner. You’re so so close, you’ve got this. 🤲
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This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
Chappell Roan is leaving her talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after he appeared in the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
Chappell Roan is leaving her talent agency led by Casey Wasserman after he appeared in the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This is so powerful - the act of distancing yourself from the enablers. Networks of abusers exist in all walks of life - so many of them are passively maintained by people who choose to look the other way. If there is any legacy of the Epstein files, I hope it will involve bold stances like this.
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My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
Iranian protesters don't owe us an explanation
Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net
February 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM
My latest: Without anti-authoritarianism, 'anti-imperialism' is just conservatism with left-wing aesthetics
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
www.hauntologies.net/p/iranian-pr...
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I never noticed this either.
February 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
I never noticed this either.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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absurd, just showing off playground style goal by PSG against Marseille this weekend
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 PM
absurd, just showing off playground style goal by PSG against Marseille this weekend
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Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
February 9, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity.
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
www.wired.com/story/bad-bu...
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According to several sources + friends
February 7, 2026 at 11:01 PM
According to several sources + friends