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World cities of the global south: the West African city as an international actor
Cities form international connections through sister-city and twin-town exchanges, they brand themselves to attract businesses and talent, and they even join international cooperative avenues. Inte...
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Wrote for African Identities about how city diplomacy works in the Global South, using examples from Lagos and Freetown! Despite unique challenges, African cities use creative strategies to attract global capital.
Downloads are free with my author link here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JWIHX...
Downloads are free with my author link here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JWIHX...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:00 PM
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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It's not just Greenland. It's Palestine, it's Ukraine, it's Iran, it's Venezuela, its Canada, it's just about *everything* related to the US Government's reckless and monsterous policy of imperialism mixed with chauvinism.
January 14, 2026 at 11:28 PM
It's not just Greenland. It's Palestine, it's Ukraine, it's Iran, it's Venezuela, its Canada, it's just about *everything* related to the US Government's reckless and monsterous policy of imperialism mixed with chauvinism.
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This is how you legislate! You tell people what they could have instead of what they have now, and how you would make it happen!
It doesn't matter if it will immediately lose, you set up the score and make the other side say why they aren't doing it. Then you needle them on that!
It doesn't matter if it will immediately lose, you set up the score and make the other side say why they aren't doing it. Then you needle them on that!
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
This is how you legislate! You tell people what they could have instead of what they have now, and how you would make it happen!
It doesn't matter if it will immediately lose, you set up the score and make the other side say why they aren't doing it. Then you needle them on that!
It doesn't matter if it will immediately lose, you set up the score and make the other side say why they aren't doing it. Then you needle them on that!
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
From the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
Explore this post and more from the minnesota community
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.
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Newsom's already calling for a joining of hands with the Nazis and let atrocities be bygones.
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Newsom's already calling for a joining of hands with the Nazis and let atrocities be bygones.
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man. the MN subreddit is filled with video after video of stuff like this:
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.
www.reddit.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
man. the MN subreddit is filled with video after video of stuff like this:
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/...
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My point is that Elon Musk is a proven serial liar and any media outlets that provide free PR for this dangerous fucking criminal are suckers, stenographers, and clowns.
January 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
My point is that Elon Musk is a proven serial liar and any media outlets that provide free PR for this dangerous fucking criminal are suckers, stenographers, and clowns.
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they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
In the video that the shooter took, which I believe was leaked to be exculpatory, he appears to yell “fucking bitch” after he shoots Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 7:00 PM
they didn’t leak it to make the shooter look innocent, but to make the victim look guilty. not guilty of a crime. guilty of having a visibly queer wife. guilty of liberalism. guilty of opposing the regime. they don’t seek to exonerate themselves, only to demonstrate who deserves to die.
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No, arrest the murderer now. If he walks they will keep killing us.
Q: Is there anything stopping state law enforcement from conducted an independent investigation even if the feds don't want it?
JACOBSON: Without assistance from the FBI, we would be at a loss to be able to initiate & conduct a thorough investigation. It would be very difficult if not impossible
JACOBSON: Without assistance from the FBI, we would be at a loss to be able to initiate & conduct a thorough investigation. It would be very difficult if not impossible
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
No, arrest the murderer now. If he walks they will keep killing us.
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AOC: What we saw today was a horrific act of violence. What we have seen and are now seeing is that ICE has not just become an anti-immigrant force—it is becoming an anti-civilian, paramilitary organization. People are being taken off the streets for exercising their free speech rights.
January 8, 2026 at 12:14 AM
AOC: What we saw today was a horrific act of violence. What we have seen and are now seeing is that ICE has not just become an anti-immigrant force—it is becoming an anti-civilian, paramilitary organization. People are being taken off the streets for exercising their free speech rights.
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this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them
Really worth watching this interview with a bystander who witnessed the ICE shooting in Minneapolis: "I'm pretty right-leaning. But seeing this, this is not how we're supposed to be doing things in America.”
January 8, 2026 at 12:17 AM
this was also consensus opinion for center-right types after george floyd’s murder five years ago. the state media apparatus will be working overtime the next few weeks to reprogram them
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I will be speaking at this tonight.
January 7, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I will be speaking at this tonight.
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Jesus christ. The Birzeit University raid was over screening a movie about Hind Rajab?! Fucking monsters.
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
11 Palestinians injured as Israeli forces raid Birzeit University in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces used live fire, tear gas during raid on university camps, health officials said - Anadolu Ajansı
www.aa.com.tr
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Jesus christ. The Birzeit University raid was over screening a movie about Hind Rajab?! Fucking monsters.
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-ea...
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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basically the equivalent of witnessing a shooting and talking about how impressive the gun is
January 4, 2026 at 6:58 PM
basically the equivalent of witnessing a shooting and talking about how impressive the gun is
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I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’m thinking this morning about all the people I spoke to last year who were absolutely convinced, and tried to convince me, that Trump would be antiwar compared to Biden and Harris.
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
In the past week alone he has attacked Nigeria and then Venezuela and also threatened to attack Iran (again).
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any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
any discussion of city transit improvement online ever
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Funny Numbers
xkcd.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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happy to allow Republican converts who have seen the light and realized Trump is a monster to come groveling to us and apologize for all the years of calling us hysterical
*taps earpiece* what’s that now? they expect to be given power in the party they shat on? sorry you must have the wrong number
*taps earpiece* what’s that now? they expect to be given power in the party they shat on? sorry you must have the wrong number
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
happy to allow Republican converts who have seen the light and realized Trump is a monster to come groveling to us and apologize for all the years of calling us hysterical
*taps earpiece* what’s that now? they expect to be given power in the party they shat on? sorry you must have the wrong number
*taps earpiece* what’s that now? they expect to be given power in the party they shat on? sorry you must have the wrong number
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These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
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just took line 6 this evening, two weeks since opening. a smooth 8 min to jane, and then an 8 min ride back (faster than scheduled).
-dwell times average 20s per stop
-in both directions, my train never hit a red light except at jane st
-green transit phase insertion/rotation being tested
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-dwell times average 20s per stop
-in both directions, my train never hit a red light except at jane st
-green transit phase insertion/rotation being tested
1/2
December 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
just took line 6 this evening, two weeks since opening. a smooth 8 min to jane, and then an 8 min ride back (faster than scheduled).
-dwell times average 20s per stop
-in both directions, my train never hit a red light except at jane st
-green transit phase insertion/rotation being tested
1/2
-dwell times average 20s per stop
-in both directions, my train never hit a red light except at jane st
-green transit phase insertion/rotation being tested
1/2