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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 1d

The Licensed Critic: 🤔
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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time I have listened to Taylor Swift. She is talented! 👌🏿🌟 #thelifeofashowgirl
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The Life of a Showgirl

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 1d

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@africasacountry.bsky.social @africasacountry.com.web.brid.gy
Can a high speed rail linking Johannesburg to Cape Town confront the spacial and infrastructural legacies of colonialism and apartheid in South Africa?
#railway #railtransport #highspeedrail
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Back on track

A Johannesburg-Cape Town high-speed line could turn apartheid’s corridors of extraction into a green spine of connection, industry, and justice.

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 1d

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How #agroecology is critical to Africa's food security:
africasacountry.com/2025/10/who-...

Who pays for Africa’s food future?

A new movement is challenging the financial stranglehold of agribusiness and foreign lenders, arguing that Africa’s future lies not in extractive monocultures but in agroecology, sovereignty, and coll...

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 1d

#embarrassment #wealth
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TikTok - Make Your Day

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtificialIntelligence
Listen to The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar on Audible. www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0C78HTLN...

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 2d

@fortune.com #nuclearenergy #nuclearfusion
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Nuclear fusion, the 'holy grail' of power, was always 30 years away—now it’s a matter of when, not if, fusion comes online to power AI | Fortune

Fusion has the potential to solve the world's energy demand and climate goals, but questions remain about crossing the technology finish line and scaling up economically.

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 2d

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Is AI singularity on the horizon?
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Humanity May Achieve the Singularity Within the Next 3 Months, Scientists Suggest

Predictions across the field range from a few months to a few decades, but experts agree: change is coming.

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 5d

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@africasacountry.bsky.social @africasacountry.com.web.brid.gy #Nepal
africasacountry.com/2025/09/nepa...

Nepal’s Gen Z reckoning

On the AIAC podcast, we speak with Feyzi Ismail about Nepal’s Gen Z uprising that toppled the ruling establishment.

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 5d

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@africasacountry.bsky.social @africasacountry.com.web.brid.gy #Kenya
africasacountry.com/2025/09/afte...

After the uprising

Following two years of mass protest, Kenya stands at a crossroads. A new generation of organizers is confronting an old question: how do you turn revolt into lasting change? Sungu Oyoo joins the AIAC ...

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 5d

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@africasacountry.bsky.social @africasacountry.com.web.brid.gy #Nigeria
africasacountry.com/2025/09/when...

When food becomes poison

In Nigeria, the drive to cut corners has turned food and drink into vectors of illness, sacrificing health and heritage at the altar of profit.

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 5d

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@africasacountry.bsky.social @africasacountry.com.web.brid.gy #Cameroon
africasacountry.com/2025/09/biya...

Biya forever

As Cameroon nears its presidential elections, a disintegrated opposition paves the way for the world’s oldest leader to claim a fresh mandate.

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 5d

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#USA #China
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Who’s Going To Win The Future? Dan Wang on China’s Engineers vs. America’s Lawyers | GoodFellows

YouTube video by Hoover Institution

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 9d

#time
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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 9d

Another Robin Hood tv series:
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Robin Hood (MGM+ 2025 Series) Official Trailer

YouTube video by MGM+

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 10d

Aggressive patience:
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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 10d

Protect the light within:
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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 11d

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#freakonomics #corruption
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Is the U.S. Really Less Corrupt Than China? (Update) | Freakonomics Radio

YouTube video by Freakonomics Radio Network

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 11d

#repetition #mastery #impact
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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 12d

@freakonomics.bsky.social #China #USA
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647. China Is Run by Engineers. America Is Run by Lawyers. | Freakonomics Radio

YouTube video by Freakonomics Radio Network

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 12d

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@nytimes.com
A legal minefield:
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The U.S. Keeps Killing Venezuelans on Boats. Is That Legal?

YouTube video by New York Times Podcasts

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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 12d

Red and blue pens.
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nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 14d

@economist.com
Why the UN's future looks bleak:
www.economist.com/internationa...

The UN’s grim future

Going rogue, decay or Trumpification

www.economist.com

nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 14d

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@economist.com
Can Moroccan investments in Western Sahara stave off a reckoning with the majority pro-independence population?
www.economist.com/middle-east-...

Morocco is practising a strange sort of colonialism

It is enriching Western Sahara in an effort to keep it under control

www.economist.com

nathanngumi.bsky.social @nathanngumi.bsky.social · 14d

@economist.com #innovation
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...

The world’s most innovative countries

China joins the top ten

www.economist.com