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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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
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The main business model of Silicon Valley from Uber to AirBnB to Spotify is: skim profit off others' goods and labor. Often in ways that are exploitative of individuals or destructive of larger forces (as with Amazon and the retail that kept people heading out in public).
Mamdani Forces Delivery Apps to Pay Back $4.6 Million Cheated From Drivers
New York City's new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has already scored a major win for deliveristas working for three delivery giants.
futurism.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The main business model of Silicon Valley from Uber to AirBnB to Spotify is: skim profit off others' goods and labor. Often in ways that are exploitative of individuals or destructive of larger forces (as with Amazon and the retail that kept people heading out in public).
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From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
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On the 20th of February, the iconic stage at @britishlibrary.bsky.social will host the first showcase of the Hekate play. Please join us for a night of revelry and witchcraft, tickets available here: events.bl.uk/events/hekat...
December 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On the 20th of February, the iconic stage at @britishlibrary.bsky.social will host the first showcase of the Hekate play. Please join us for a night of revelry and witchcraft, tickets available here: events.bl.uk/events/hekat...
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an ill-formed half thought, but art is saying that we see what’s going on beyond what is presented, and maybe the benefit of our time is that alternative voices are always available; we don’t have to be alone
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
an ill-formed half thought, but art is saying that we see what’s going on beyond what is presented, and maybe the benefit of our time is that alternative voices are always available; we don’t have to be alone
Three geniuses gaining and using their platforms without compromising their humanity or their artistic visions, and showing us just why art matters. They are changing the conversation, each one of them.
Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.
February 7, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Three geniuses gaining and using their platforms without compromising their humanity or their artistic visions, and showing us just why art matters. They are changing the conversation, each one of them.
Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Bad Bunny and Sir Ian McKellen and Anoushka Shankar all reminding us this week, in very different ways, just how important art is for a progressive future.