Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired? The school’s $100m project to examine its slave ownership in Antigua is mired with controversy as academics allege obstruction

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

A black and white photo of a row Victorian houses tilted at odd angles presumably due to liquefaction, labeled “Peculiar Effects of Earthquake”

A ghostly black and white photo of people and a cart walking down a street where the buildings are all damaged and some just have the facades standing, labeled “California Street”

A black and white photograph of the burned-out shell of San Francisco city hall with the dome still mostly intact, labeled “City Hall”

A black and white photo of people and makeshift shelters in the earthquake and fire-damaged city, labeled “Refugee Camp”

It’s April 18th, so time to repost some of my great-grandfather’s photos of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake

Zimbabwe

You know what we're playing all day today

Zimbabwe open.spotify.com/track/5ApfJD...

Happy birthday Zimbabwe! ❤️🇿🇼

Pod: @dambakushamba.bsky.social

Then there’s the double-particule crew …

In the Studio With Rama Duwaji Surrounded by her drawings and ceramics, we discussed her evolving art practice and new life as NYC first lady.

Hakim and Hyper got the big get.

Great stuff @hakimbishara.bsky.social @hyperallergic.com

hyperallergic.com/in-the-studi...

The body frankness of global
South aunties. “How are you ma?” “I’m fine, only I’m having diarrhea!”

most def.

The grotesque.

Devastating: Hampshire College is permanently closing following the Fall 2026 Semester. A beautiful institution & community that has done so much for so many. My child is a current Hampshire senior. Hampshire's approach to education is so unique, humane, & exciting—I've seen it first hand. Tragic

@nanjala.bsky.social the spirit of ‘94 !

Also I have friends who are from CIV and now have US citizenship. Anyway @willbunch.bsky.social happy to help, feel free to message me

Also talk to @seanjacobs.bsky.social for guidance

If you mean US supporters of Côte d’Ivoire who are not themselves of Ivorian origin that’s a different question but possibly with overlapping answers. There are definitely US-ians who are big African football heads in general

There’s an Ivorian community in West Philly ! Ask around the West African restaurants on Baltimore Ave and thereabouts and you should find them

The grotesque.

Hungary election live: Viktor Orbán concedes defeat in Hungarian election after 16 years in power Long-serving prime minister beaten by opposition after early results showed clear lead

At least this

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

The grotesque.

How White South Africans Are Reshaping the Mississippi Delta As Donald Trump offers U.S. asylum to Afrikaners, thousands are already working in the country on agricultural visas.

A fairly mild but still interesting piece, if only because the topic — the profusion of white South African farm workers in the Mississippi Delta — is deeply under-covered.

I ran into a cluster of these guys a couple years ago. It's perverse.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

We give thanks for a democratic process!

This one has a high commitment to her craft

Meanwhile

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Armageddon is off . . . for now Both the US and Iran can claim victory of a sort but many questions remain unresolved

"Who precisely is involved in the negotiations will also be crucial. ... new interlocutors have emerged. The talks will be hosted in Islamabad in Pakistan."

Europe is looking pretty irrelevant, by its own doing

www.ft.com/content/1843...

The grotesque.

How Did Black Music Take Over the World? Let Melvin Gibbs Explain.

"After decades of research as both a scholar and performer, he’s sharing his findings in a revelatory new book, “How Black Music Took Over the World,” out April 14."
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/a...

The grotesque.

Na wa o

A proper dictatorship would see a coup at this point.

American journalism is so comprehensively unequal to this moment that it beggars belief