Asia Leeds
@asialeeds.bsky.social
Recovering academic. Business Development & Strategic Partnerships. West Baltimore to West Africa. Bridge builder. Comrade. All power to the people. 📍Dakar
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
whatimreading.net
My winter break travels kick off next week. 5 countries in 6 weeks. East Africa & SE Asia. What a blessing.
I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
As someone who was based in and traveled a lot across Central America in the early 2000s, it’s so wild to see El Salvador emerge as a “digital nomad” hub and tourist hot spot. Times have truly changed.
The rest of the world assumes that USians are dumb and while this negatively impacts me personally I can’t even be mad at this logical conclusion.
The East Africa Tourist visa grants entry to Uganda, Rwanda, & Kenya. Didn’t know it existed until a couple of weeks ago. I’m headed that way so I applied and was approved in 24 hrs. Impressive.
A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard from people living in Kabwe -- one of the world’s most polluted towns. Mukanzi Musanga spoke to some of the mothers in that case. Their children are among the 95% of children in the area who have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.
The sinister alchemy that puts lead into Zambian children’s veins
A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard this week from people living in one of the world’s most polluted towns.
continent.substack.com
Sundays are for slowness, tea, cooking, napping and a little bit of psilocybin 🧘🏾♀️
I’m avoiding reality by watching the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards. Pure nostalgia!
Anyway, Dick Cheney is a fossil fuel now. It's what he loved most. Besides killing.
Mark Harris@markharris.bsky.social · 11mo agoI'll be skipping any obits that begin "Whatever you think of what he did as Vice President..." It's what you do when you think nobody can stop you that counts.
The legacy of Cheney/Bush www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iraq...
Iraq war: I was tortured at Abu Ghraib. After 20 years, I'm still seeking justice
An Iraqi journalist who was detained by US forces in 2003 without ever being charged reflects on his experience at the notorious prison and his ongoing search for justice
middleeasteye.net
An unsung genius and diaspora theorist!
Blake Rogers Wilson@bodyindc.bsky.social · 11mo ago"These white women made it. I should have made it also, but because of my color and the racial situation, it just wasn't possible...What Dr. Locke said caused me to turn to the black subject..." Lois Maïlou Jones was born in Boston OTD in 1905. She lived and worked here at her Little Paris Studio.
Reposting with Alt Text. Location of free food pantries in Atlanta for those in need.
ThePeriWon 😫@blkthemyscira.bsky.social · 11mo agoResource for Atl Folks:
Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around. Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.
“Hurricane Melissa is finally leaving the Caribbean after battering communities in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba for days, leaving a trail of devastation that killed about 50 people. The hurricane smashed into Jamaica with enormous force on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm…”
Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti
The storm has left 60 percent of Jamaica without electricity and some areas with up to 90 percent of roofs gone.
aljazeera.com
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’
For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down
theguardian.com
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
I’m planning my annual visit to Southeast Asia and Laos is a country I’d really like to visit this trip. Luang Prabang looks like my kind of vibe.
#Breaking: For the 33rd time in a row, the world has overwhelmingly supported Cuba’s resolution at the UN to condemn the U.S embargo. #un #usembargo #letcubalive
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
Trump administration strips Nigerian Nobel winner Wole Soyinka of US visa
The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.
bit.ly
Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory. The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.
