Nanjala
@nanjala.bsky.social
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Writer. Reader. Traveller. Tea connoisseur.
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nanjala.bsky.social
“Things that make you go hmmmm”.

#wnba
intangble.bsky.social
Portland Fire apparently hired their new coach. I was hoping for someone like Sandy but at least the ball is rolling. Still trying to find a news story but saw on reddit. #wnba #PortlandFire
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justinhendrix.bsky.social
Emily Tucker argues that the AI regulation debate largely misses the point: the real threat to democracy is the unchecked data extraction and accumulation that is fueling corporate power. “We can have mass surveillance, or we can have political self-determination. We can’t have both,” she writes.
To Have Democracy, We Must Contest Data | TechPolicy.Press
Emily Tucker makes the case for redlines for data, not AI—real limits on corporate data collection to protect democracy and political self-determination.
www.techpolicy.press
nanjala.bsky.social
The overwhelming majority of accounts claiming to report from Madagascar on Instagram are misinformation accounts.
nanjala.bsky.social
Emmanuel Macron, being asked what he thought about potential of dissolving government responds: “in France or in Madagascar?”

Probably.

(Not an official transcript).
nanjala.bsky.social
Completely unprecedented use of social media in ongoing events in Madagascar where embattled President Andry Rajoelina claims to have dissolved parliament through a decree posted on Facebook. The closest equivalent I can think of is Erdogan’s live-streamed rejection of an attempted coup.
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yguichaoua.bsky.social
A good day at the office for IB Traoré's masked secret police. All these people were rounded up earlier today in different parts of Ouagadougou, Burkina
nanjala.bsky.social
RIP your electricity bills.
oniblackstock.bsky.social
“The deal with Broadcom would use as much power as 8 million US households…

A 2024 Department of Energy report on data center energy usage found that data centers are expected to consume about ***6.7% to 12%*** of total US electricity by 2028, up from 4.4% in 2023.”
Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal | CNN Business
OpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further high...
www.cnn.com
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
"I refuse to accept a world where people are punished for seeking safety or silenced for speaking the truth. I refuse a system that values profit over people and power over love." - Natasha Cloud
Natasha Cloud at the podium on stage.
nanjala.bsky.social
Indeed. I wonder how long the podcast will last.
nanjala.bsky.social
How you get it is how you lose it. Rajoelina came to power through a coup, stayed in power though a series of questionable elections. #Madagascar
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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina flees the country after sections of the army defected and joined protesters, Reuters reports.
nanjala.bsky.social
So very sorry for your loss Meghan.
nanjala.bsky.social
😂😂😂 AB thought she was going to escape the haterade.
nanjala.bsky.social
“Indiana Fever”. 😂😂😂

Disagree with a lot of them but enjoyed the giggle.
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gbrockell.bsky.social
Military isn’t getting paid, but ICE Air contractors still are.
jjindc.bsky.social
🧵🧊✈️ ICE AIR – MON 13 OCT 2025

🌍 AFRICA: An Omni 767 (tail: N207AX) departs Baltimore on an ICE mission to Ghana 👀

Follow this thread for updates ⤵️
OAE3710 OAI logo Man in shackles
nanjala.bsky.social
Yoweri Museveni (80) in Uganda joins his Cameroonian buddy Paul Biya (92) in sending a puppet to campaign rallies that he could not attend in person. Both men are running to extend their 40+ years in office.
nanjala.bsky.social
It was cute for a second but it’s getting a little gross that ESPN and the WNBA are spending more time talking about Bam than A’ja since the Aces won a championship and A’ja got her finals mvp. You are failing the Bechdel Test horribly.
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crampell.bsky.social
Lots of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers ("disease detectives") gone.
In-country staff in Africa (including those helping to manage the current Ebola outbreak) are fired.
nanjala.bsky.social
“Ceasefire”.
aljazeera.com
Video shows rescuers pulling a Palestinian boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City. Israeli forces attacked the house on Thursday after the approval of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.
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apoorvanyt.bsky.social
The mass layoffs of federal workers on Friday night swept up the top two leaders of the federal measles response team, those working on Ebola and dozens of other infectious disease experts
(Gift article)

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...
C.D.C. Layoffs Included 2 Top Measles Experts Amid Rising Cases
www.nytimes.com