Rod Alence
@ralence.bsky.social
Politics and political economy of Africa, based at Wits University in Johannesburg.
"Gridiron" is a great, old-fashioned name that links the geometries of the game itself and of the culinary activities in the parking lot.
December 6, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"Gridiron" is a great, old-fashioned name that links the geometries of the game itself and of the culinary activities in the parking lot.
Maybe it's the national security emergency tariffs on "toys, age 5-7"?
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Maybe it's the national security emergency tariffs on "toys, age 5-7"?
For a scandal like this, who you gonna call?
November 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
For a scandal like this, who you gonna call?
Appears so.
Trump Hopes Argentina Can Help Bring Down Meat Prices
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Appears so.
So Milei is paying back the credit line in kind (Argentine beef)?
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
So Milei is paying back the credit line in kind (Argentine beef)?
Made a nice 16:9 desktop wallpaper from it.
October 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Made a nice 16:9 desktop wallpaper from it.
Smokey Robinson and the Coincidences
September 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Smokey Robinson and the Coincidences
Hope the finalists' papers are in order.
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Hope the finalists' papers are in order.
The only thing economic actors hate more than policy uncertainty is having the most terrible policies imaginable with certainty.
September 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The only thing economic actors hate more than policy uncertainty is having the most terrible policies imaginable with certainty.
Maybe they nailed it.
August 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Maybe they nailed it.
When Shapo was up 4-1 in the first, she and Fleming were like, "Wow, if Shapo can keep playing this well, he could lose in four."
August 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
When Shapo was up 4-1 in the first, she and Fleming were like, "Wow, if Shapo can keep playing this well, he could lose in four."
Chuck Berry at the Lone Star Cafe in NYC, 1986.
August 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Chuck Berry at the Lone Star Cafe in NYC, 1986.
He's always been such a whale lover.
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August 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
He's always been such a whale lover.
apnews.com/article/rfk-...
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Reminds me of a classic opening Q&A comment at a (practice) job talk: "I have never been totally sure that someone is completely wrong -- until now." (It was meant to "toughen up" the presenter for the job market but the delivery was seriously deadpan.)
August 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reminds me of a classic opening Q&A comment at a (practice) job talk: "I have never been totally sure that someone is completely wrong -- until now." (It was meant to "toughen up" the presenter for the job market but the delivery was seriously deadpan.)
Atmane has a lefty Lloyd Harris serve. Nasty.
August 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Atmane has a lefty Lloyd Harris serve. Nasty.
So when AI crosses Billy and Bob, the result is a spitting image of the young Johnny Cash?
August 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
So when AI crosses Billy and Bob, the result is a spitting image of the young Johnny Cash?
Another fan of the 90-day pause (this time for the data)?
August 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Another fan of the 90-day pause (this time for the data)?
The impression is quite different if you focus on the color-coding and ignore the actual numbers.
August 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The impression is quite different if you focus on the color-coding and ignore the actual numbers.
Waiting warily for the revised numbers.
August 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Waiting warily for the revised numbers.
Have you seen this one, which displays six unverifiable data points on a billboard?
August 9, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Have you seen this one, which displays six unverifiable data points on a billboard?