Got it via their website jumping over walls. From October 2023, not that that diminishes it’s sting.
Mwalimu
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Is that top right image from a real Economist post or it is edited? I did not find it by simple search (search is so sloppy of late).
Edit: Link to article.
Europe had been moving towards the slaughterhouse for years, and by 1914 a conflict was all but inevitable—that, at least, is the argument often made in hindsight. Yet at the time, as Niall Ferguson, a historian, noted in a paper published in 2008, it did not feel that way to investors. For them, the first world war came as a shock. Until the week before it erupted, prices in the bond, currency and money markets barely budged. Then all hell broke loose. “The City has seen in a flash the meaning of war,” wrote this newspaper on August 1st 1914.
Could financial markets once again be underpricing the risk of a global conflict? In the nightmare scenario, the descent into a third world war began two years ago, as Russian troops massed on the Ukrainian border. Today Israel’s battle against Hamas has the frightening potential to spill across its borders. American military support is crucial to both Ukraine and Israel, and in Iraq and Syria the superpower’s bases have come under fire, probably from proxies of Iran. Should China decide it is time to take advantage of a distracted superpower and invade Taiwan, America could all too easily end up being drawn into three wars at once. The rest of the world risks those wars interlocking and turning into something even more devastating.
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Plex now want to SELL your personal dataEnglish63·2 months agoIt is as if it is a general rule at this point that centralization breeds corruption. No matter how many statements people make early on in social engagements, centralization leads them to screw people depending on these systems. When making long term commitment to anything, check if it is centralized or how easy it is to unshackle yourself from it.
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Buy African@baraza.africa•Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (20/2025): A Linux Phone From Africa and Phosh 0.47.02·2 months agoI wish their website/repository shared more about the phone and people behind it.
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Buy African@baraza.africa•Tanzania launches national co-op bank to ‘transform financial landscape’3·2 months agoThe COOP movement has helped many farmers in East Africa survive harsh economic headwinds through savings and credit options, compared to predatory commercial banks. However, there is a lot of name washing by banks that claim they are “COOPs” yet their terms and treatment of humans is like that of for profit big banks. I hope this move is for the genuine COOP, not the name washing.
Activated.
Make a post there and I can make you a mod.
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This usually occurs if there is no existing interaction between the two instances. Your comment here and my reply to you will likely start the federation fetch. Future comments from Baraza should start to show on that community.
Hi there. Yes, if you think you can mod the community, I am happy to get that going. The more the merrier.
That’s a fine looking painting. RIP to your dad.
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Open Source@lemmy.ml•New app allows you to track the number of fucks you have given over time2·10 months agoNo fucking roots shall hold.
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Open Source@lemmy.ml•New app allows you to track the number of fucks you have given over time20·10 months agoA classic!
Mwalimu@baraza.africatoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•It seems like the logical way to workEnglish5·11 months agoLike workday hours v weekend hours.
Mwalimu@baraza.africatoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world•It seems like the logical way to workEnglish251·11 months agoThe grey is faster than the red, then I ask to myself, what a wonderful world.
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
James D. Nicoll
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Technology@lemmy.world•uBlock Origin developer recommends switching to Firefox as Chrome flags the extensionEnglish48·11 months agoI think this is something most people rarely talk about but it strikes home to many of us. As a parent, I have a responsibility to defend my children against this persistent cognitive manipulation and experimentation. Just as I would not want a random stranger at the corner have exclusive attention of my kid and sell them insurance or grammarly or mesothelioma, I would also never want them to have that unfiltered access to my kids online. One can then say AdBlocks are a parental obligation.
Mwalimu@baraza.africaOPto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Global IT outage shows dangers of cashless society, campaigners say6·1 year agoChoice sounds like something people should not be fighting over :)
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What are your favorite bands from more obscure, lesser known countries?6·1 year agoMay I have the honor of introducing you to African Rhumba: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=O3BexfHBTIg
That is a favorite one. The album is by two of the greatest in African music: Franco Luambo (of TPOK Jazz) and Tabu Ley (of Afrisa International). They did this album to cool down rumours that they were fighting and don’t see eye to eye. They called it Lisanga ya Banganga (Congress of the Wizards).
This specific song I share is solemn, as they are mourning the death of their mentor, Kabaselle.
Check their respective Wikipedia entries. It is a whole new world you are peeking into.
Mwalimu@baraza.africato Linux@lemmy.ml•The anti-AI sentiment in the free software communities is concerning.401·1 year agoLuddites were not as opposed to new technology as you say it here. They were mainly concerned about what technology would do to whom.
A helpful history right here: https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown
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And it may keep getting worse in the months ahead.