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Musa Okwonga

@okwonga.bsky.social

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Author, essayist, public speaker. Co-founder and co-host of the Stadio football podcast.

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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...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 5h

💯

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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 5h

Oh we’re doing this now are we?

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 6h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · 2d

'Dirty Old Men' by Salena Godden
#Poetry #SalenaGodden
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'Dirty Old Men' by Salena Godden

YouTube video by Salena Godden

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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 13h

GB News is not a commercial media company. It is a far-right propaganda outlet that does not even try to operate on profit/loss terms, but is paid for to the tune of tens of millions of pounds a year by its rich extremist backers.

If it wasn't it would have shut down long ago.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 16h

GB News pay party political leader Nigel Farage over half a million pounds. The TV channel pays him five times his MP salary - and as much as his other 11 further external jobs put together
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Nigel Farage earns over £1m from 12 'second jobs' - check how much your MP earns

The Reform UK leader's most lucrative second jobs include hosting on GB News, serving as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion and recording videos for Cameo

www.mirror.co.uk

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 13h

Huge congratulations!!

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Salena Godden @salenagodden.bsky.social · 13h

Very excited to see my book 'With Love, Grief and Fury' in this glorious book stack this morning, With Love, Grief and Fury made the Poetry Shortlist. Thank you so much Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. Thank you!

#poetry #booksaremybag

The purple hard back edition of With Love, Grief and Fury, this book is shortlisted in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards today...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 14h

😂 The screams are coming from inside the building!

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😂 there’s a reason I do an audio-only podcast. X

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 14h

Each time I look at them, TikTok and Instagram are absolutely flying. Maybe that’s where it is now.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 16h

Senior British thought leader's brains cooked by 24/7 exposure to American far right social media

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16h

'Remain campaigner now says Enoch was right'.

Morning.

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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 15h

So much of the "OMG young uns don't party anymore" discourse never really grapples with how much more expensive it is for young uns to party than it was a decade ago

James Ball @jamesrball.com · 15h

There are reasons to think the claims that Gen Z “doesn’t drink” or even drink less than millennials did at their age aren’t true – it seems to be partly a Covid effect and partly some dodgy stats.

But I could easily believe they drink earlier and go home earlier. Pubs look *quiet* after 9pm now…

Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 16h

Pub industry folk: What do you make of this?

I'm sure it's not unwelcome but will it make much difference?

My impression is that you're struggling to fill space until 10pm, let alone 1am.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 16h

It's enraging. X

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17h

"German authorities registered approximately 3,200 right-wing extremist-motivated crimes committed by people up to the age of 24 in 2020. Last year, the number was more than double, at over 7,100....most of these crimes were committed by male adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17."

Omas gegen Rechts Wetterau @ogrwetterau2017.bsky.social · 17h

www.fr.de/politik/rech...
AfD wirkt. Ihre Dominanz in den sozialen Netzwerken zeigt dieses Ergebnis.

Rechtsextreme Straftaten junger Menschen nehmen stark zu

Die Behörden registrieren mehr als doppelt so viele rechtsextreme Delikte junger Menschen wie noch 2020. Die Bundesregierung sieht neue Gruppierungen und soziale Medien als Treiber.

www.fr.de

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17h

Oh that's heartbreaking. I am so sorry.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17h

‘concentration risk in markets is off the charts. The “Magnificent 7” tech companies – Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Tesla, Apple, Microsoft and Nvidia – now represent slightly more than a third of the whole S&P 500 index.’
www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

The AI valuation bubble is now getting silly | Nils Pratley

The broad parallels are genuinely close to the madness of the late-1990s dotcom bubble

www.theguardian.com

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Maryam Aldossari @maryamaldossari.bsky.social · 19h

What an absolute disgrace. 284 people excluded this year, countless imprisoned for tweets, others trapped under travel bans. Women are still being sent to ‘care homes’ for disobedience — and this clown dares lecture us about progress in Saudi Arabia? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I have been criticised for being part of the Riyadh comedy festival. This is why I did it | Omid Djalili

The headlines focus on money, but the gigs were great and I think there are different ways to achieve progress. Art, especially comedy, can be part of that, says stand-up comedian, Omid Djalili.

www.theguardian.com

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 1d

It's clear that when the US wants a ceasefire deal, one miraculously occurs. Makes the "working tirelessly for a ceasefire" stuff from last year even more disgusting.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

That’s horrific. that’s nationalism on fast-forward. I’m so sorry.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

This is what happens when you need migrants but hate the fact that you need them.

Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Germany ends fast-track citizenship as mood on migration shifts

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives had pledged to rescind legislation, which allowed citizenship in three years instead of five

www.theguardian.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

Good grief. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Germany ends fast-track citizenship as mood on migration shifts

Friedrich Merz’s conservatives had pledged to rescind legislation, which allowed citizenship in three years instead of five

www.theguardian.com

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 1d

Oh: @clairegiangrave.bsky.social with an exclusive:

Pope Leo, in addition to urging U.S. bishops to speak out about mistreatment of immigrants, also told a group of U.S. Latino Catholics who work w/immigrants their job is important — "perhaps especially" in the U.S. religionnews.com/2025/10/08/i...

In private audience Pope Leo XIV encourages Latino Catholics serving fearful U.S. immigrants

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — ‘He treated us like dignitaries. He sent a message by having us there. He lifted us,’ said Elizabeth Román, president of the National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry.

religionnews.com

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 1d

In this week's #Frontiers, 📚 A Good Read section, Professor Emily Grabham reviews Rasheedah Phillips’s new book, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time (AK Press, 2025).

📖 Read the full post here:

frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/race-time-qu...

Race, Time, and Quantum Physics - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Emily Grabham reviews Rasheedah Phillips’s new book, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time (AK Press, 2025).

frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 1d

Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 1d

Yes!