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I guess I could have taken a picture of the colored windows, but I preferred what they were doing on the ground.
@apophis Ahh, the emoji doesn't show up on my instance so I thought it was just fake emoji code that I was supposed to recognize.
@apophis menhera?

A team of global publishers are working together to fund translations from non-colonial African languages into English.

Why?

- In all times and especially these times, authentic global storytelling is essential.

- You will enjoy reading stories from perspectives you have not before seen, and that are not created by requiring stories to be told in English.

- Our languages are as essential to our being to our culture as our stories.

bus as third space: a person who was interested in learning Arabic was having a slow and patient conversation with a fluent speaker.
Also I *finally* actually deleted my Facebook account.
It is a very strange experience to find $100 between your sofa cushions and armrest.

Born in #Aotearoa in 1873, Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the first indigenous woman to enrol at the University of #Oxford.

The university said she had explored the customs of her people of the #Māori Te Arawa iwi [tribe] from a female perspective through her groundbreaking research. But she died in 1930, just weeks before she was due to present her thesis.

Vice Chancellor Irene Tracey will award the posthumous degree of MPhil in #Anthropology later this year.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33zy33y8mxo

University of Oxford posthumous award to first indigenous student

Māori scholar Mākereti Papakura is believed to be the university's first indigenous student.

With the help of our amazing volunteers, we have been strategizing for a while now to make and install benches at bus stops that don’t have seating.

After the devastating events at the Lapu Lapu Day block party last month, we shifted our focus to constructing benches for memorial visitors (especially the elderly and others who can’t stand for long periods) so they have a place to sit comfortably while paying their respects.