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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Every time the White House backtracks or deletes something because of pushback, it just proves to me that those losers are still terrified of backlash. This is a good thing. We can use that.
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Every time the White House backtracks or deletes something because of pushback, it just proves to me that those losers are still terrified of backlash. This is a good thing. We can use that.
Something grim about a world where the only consequence for enabling an abuser of children is: not getting to wear jewels that you inherited. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
‘Can Mette-Marit be queen after this?’: Rape trial and Epstein files bring double crisis for Norway’s royals
Marius Borg Høiby pleads not guilty in court while pressure mounts against his crown princess mother over Epstein friendship
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Something grim about a world where the only consequence for enabling an abuser of children is: not getting to wear jewels that you inherited. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
Just because good news is worth celebrating:
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
There is now a Prep medication that is an *every six month* injection.
HIV has, effectively, a vaccination.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
one of the greatest human triumphs of my lifetime is the relentless, unceasing, heroic effort by DECADES' worth of doctors and scientists to find a cure for a disease much of the world didn't take seriously for years because it predominantly affected a community they thought kinda deserved it
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Fuck these fucking thieves
Anthropic Knew the Public Would Be Disgusted by How It Was Destroying Physical Books, Secret Documents Reveal
Newly unsealed documents suggest that Anthropic was well aware that destroying books to train its AI would look bad.
futurism.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Fuck these fucking thieves
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This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
February 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
This is bleak: Jes Staley, currently CEO of Barclays, reassuring Epstein that popular revolt against financial elites is unlikely because capitalism and pop culture have defanged social movements, leaving people more invested in consumption than justice.
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Ich komme garnicht mehr mit bei den AfD Enthüllungen der letzten Tage
- Münchner AfD Stadtratskanditat nicht zur Wahl zugelassen, weil er seine greise Nachbarin erdrosselt hat
1/x
- Münchner AfD Stadtratskanditat nicht zur Wahl zugelassen, weil er seine greise Nachbarin erdrosselt hat
1/x
February 6, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Ich komme garnicht mehr mit bei den AfD Enthüllungen der letzten Tage
- Münchner AfD Stadtratskanditat nicht zur Wahl zugelassen, weil er seine greise Nachbarin erdrosselt hat
1/x
- Münchner AfD Stadtratskanditat nicht zur Wahl zugelassen, weil er seine greise Nachbarin erdrosselt hat
1/x
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New podcast up!
Musa and Ryan are joined by Doc Brown, for a long chat about his beloved Crystal Palace, their FA Cup win & the departures, plus some book, film and music recommendations, a little bit of Andor chat and much more!
www.patreon.com/posts/shouto...
Musa and Ryan are joined by Doc Brown, for a long chat about his beloved Crystal Palace, their FA Cup win & the departures, plus some book, film and music recommendations, a little bit of Andor chat and much more!
www.patreon.com/posts/shouto...
February 6, 2026 at 4:25 PM
New podcast up!
Musa and Ryan are joined by Doc Brown, for a long chat about his beloved Crystal Palace, their FA Cup win & the departures, plus some book, film and music recommendations, a little bit of Andor chat and much more!
www.patreon.com/posts/shouto...
Musa and Ryan are joined by Doc Brown, for a long chat about his beloved Crystal Palace, their FA Cup win & the departures, plus some book, film and music recommendations, a little bit of Andor chat and much more!
www.patreon.com/posts/shouto...
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"Nevertheless, in this, we consistently find people who are willing to fight together, to dream together, to build together. That is what I celebrate. That we stand on the shoulders of those who had dreams of an antiracist world. And did something about those dreams."
On 8 November 1965, the Race Relations Act 1965 received Royal Assent. In this essay, I examine the efficacy of the RRA 1965 as a tool for racial justice within the law. I ask if, 60 years after the passing of the Act, there is still any reason to celebrate it.
folukeafrica.com/what-is-ther...
folukeafrica.com/what-is-ther...
What is there to Celebrate 60 years after the Passing of the Race Relations Act 1965?
Why should we celebrate limited progress that comes too late after more struggle than should really be necessary?
folukeafrica.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
"Nevertheless, in this, we consistently find people who are willing to fight together, to dream together, to build together. That is what I celebrate. That we stand on the shoulders of those who had dreams of an antiracist world. And did something about those dreams."
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Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
February 5, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Really nuts how many men were like "Me Too went too far, and I need to email Jeffrey Epstein about it."
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It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
February 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.
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🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted
*And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it
Full story:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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The pivot to video is a tax on women's time and dignity, I will die on this hill.
One thing about the enormous pressure journalists are under to make videos and TikToks and do streams that kills me is that, like… some of us are meant to be read and not seen. Commenters get SO MAD about the way I look whenever my face breaches containment! Just let me write!
February 5, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The pivot to video is a tax on women's time and dignity, I will die on this hill.
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Probably why I freak out about it so much because I got to hear about my grandpa getting killed by Nazis for defending his neighbors (and he wasn't Jewish) and everyone else thought someone would eventually do something but they didn't. We're celebrating moderate stances against the Gestapo and wtf
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Probably why I freak out about it so much because I got to hear about my grandpa getting killed by Nazis for defending his neighbors (and he wasn't Jewish) and everyone else thought someone would eventually do something but they didn't. We're celebrating moderate stances against the Gestapo and wtf
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i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
February 5, 2026 at 6:07 PM
i will never stop thinking about the intersection of epstein and the shitty media men list
Honestly, when I read this and think about the rise of fascism in Germany today, I see a common thread: mass complacency. People are concerned, but for the most part they think it will blow over. As a friend said this week: “they are sleepwalking towards it.”
“We Thought Someone Else Would Stop Him”
Holocaust survivors were asked the same question for decades.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
Holocaust survivors were asked the same question for decades.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Honestly, when I read this and think about the rise of fascism in Germany today, I see a common thread: mass complacency. People are concerned, but for the most part they think it will blow over. As a friend said this week: “they are sleepwalking towards it.”
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People who reply "this point is not new", it's hard to begin to understand the extent of the damage to countless girls and women over many decades when the latest addition to the Epstein files database included "more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images". www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
What's revealed in the latest Epstein files release – and what's redacted
The Department of Justice released its latest, and likely last, batch of files related to investigations into Jeffrey Epstein. It comes more than a month after the missed deadline set by Congress. The...
www.pbs.org
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
People who reply "this point is not new", it's hard to begin to understand the extent of the damage to countless girls and women over many decades when the latest addition to the Epstein files database included "more than 3 million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images". www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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If I think about the Epstein files and the layoffs too much, I won't apply for jobs and reply to emails. But it's hard trying to function "like normal" when things are devastating on so many levels, besides remembering why I became a reporter, and that I need to be a reliable person for myself too.
February 5, 2026 at 5:41 PM
If I think about the Epstein files and the layoffs too much, I won't apply for jobs and reply to emails. But it's hard trying to function "like normal" when things are devastating on so many levels, besides remembering why I became a reporter, and that I need to be a reliable person for myself too.
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"Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some"
February 5, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"Better never means better for everyone... It always means worse, for some"
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the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
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While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
Epstein had many known connections to Silicon Valley CEOs, but less known was how he made money from those relationships.
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
We did a deep dive into how he got dealflow in Silicon Valley, giving him shots to invest in Coinbase, Palantir, SpaceX and other companies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/b...
Jeffrey Epstein’s Money Mingled With Silicon Valley Start-Ups
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
While reporting this, I had something happen that's never happened. A comms rep for one of the co's disputed my reporting and said what I was telling them was untrue because it was not in Grok, xAI's chatbot.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
I was looking directly at the files. And this person was using AI to challenge the truth.
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“(This is how men behave.)”
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
Yale prof David Gelernter defends his letter urging Epstein to hire "v small goodlooking blonde" student by saying that he was "keep[ing] the potential boss's habits in mind."
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
This creep shouldn't be allowed anywhere near students.
yaledailynews.com/articles/gel...
February 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
“(This is how men behave.)”
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
It is not how men behave. It is how creeps behave. I swear to god, nobody is as eager to torch the reputation of men as men are.
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Get Palantir out of the NHS
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
https://notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-target/stop-palantir-in-the-nhs/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=PalantirNHS&utm_medium=social_media
Say no to Palantir in the NHS
NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back
notopalantir.goodlawproject.org
February 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
"I think this guy was a predator and a pedophile on an extraordinary scale. And I think those sides of his life were mostly separate": www.instagram.com/reels/DMP8-0... good grief. This is the danger of always feeling the need to Nuance yourself away from other commentators.
February 5, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"I think this guy was a predator and a pedophile on an extraordinary scale. And I think those sides of his life were mostly separate": www.instagram.com/reels/DMP8-0... good grief. This is the danger of always feeling the need to Nuance yourself away from other commentators.
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If some random MP's can meme Al Carns to leader on the basis, essentially, he was in the military we can meme Yuan Yang leadership from Bluesky on the basis of her dog.
February 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
If some random MP's can meme Al Carns to leader on the basis, essentially, he was in the military we can meme Yuan Yang leadership from Bluesky on the basis of her dog.