Nanjala
@nanjala
Writer. Reader. Traveller. Tea connoisseur.
People forget that this is still what the top results for the search “Which WNBA player is ____” looks like. The uptick in MAGA interest in the W at around the time Republican Congress members are trying to amend Title IX to “protect women” is not a coincidence. And validating Sophie is part of it.
Naz Hillmon had a phenomenal game yesterday - zero coverage on either ESPN or the Athletic. But then you’re gonna lecture fans about why they’re always mad when most of what you put out is clickbait and ragebait masquerading as coverage. Women’s basketball deserves good faith coverage. #wnba
This is what I mean when I say the shoes are part of it. This is only the second game out of 7 that the team has won since she started wearing them. Meanwhile Nike’s share price has collapsed by 73% over the last 5 years.
Allans Ademba, a young man who co-founded an initiative called “Niki Kadi” to encourage and organise young people to vote, was detained at the Ol Kalau by-election and has not been presented in court today as required by law. Ademba was observing the election independently.
Ruto filled his first cabinet with criminals and sycophants - the worst of Kenya- who conspired to bleed the country dry and when he tried to impose himself on them they rebelled and are now trying to regroup beyond his reach. Gachagua was nobody until WSR sought him out and gave him power. Now see.
Doing research outside academia is being a duck in water. On the surface it feels like you’re not doing much. There are no benchmarks, no tenure tracks. You really have to remember what you’re doing and why - just keep kicking - until the completed projects start rolling in. (I have words in this).
Several — SEVERAL — weeks late to this essay by Sarah O’Connor, very good essay that asks “why do forecasters keep asking if AI could steal your job instead of asking if it should?”
Love that someone is finally getting into this. The account Unrivaled Data has been looking at the aftermath of the Fever-Mercury game. Manufacturing outrage for clicks and then monetisation is one of the most studied dynamics in social media studies. www.instagram.com/p/DaVfYoLkbtx/?
ICYMI, Canada also rejected 50% of all visa applications for the World Cup. For Kenya the rejection rate was 91%, for the DRC it was 96%. About 4300 applications were filed in African countries and rounding up a visa application fee of USD 200 that’s just under 1 million dollars netted by Canada.
William Ruto’s ability to manipulate international public opinion should be studied. He is a tyrant abd he is destroying whatever morsel of democracy has existed in Kenya.
William Ruto goes to one audience and tells them what they want to hear but doesn’t seem to realise that we can all hear what he is saying. These words from the man currently trying to get the UN to transfer a lot of its operations to Kenya.
@thecontinent.org pivoting to illustrations for their covers was the best best move and now they are getting recognised for it.
I don’t have the advanced analytics so it probably looks different when you dig in! Although I can definitely understand défenses respecting Marina because she has that capacity to go off spectacularly. Nogic is still an unknown so she maybe has a little more room to operate?
…said they would ignore the court order and build the centre anyway, violating the constitutional separation of powers. Today, on Madaraka (Independence) Day in Kenya, residents of Nanyuki, the largest town in the county where the treatment centre was to be hosted, marched to the base protest. 2/2