David Njoku

I'm a rebel, baby. I'm revolting.

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I'm #British and #Nigerian. I work in IT, but would much rather be hanging out with my kids.

I listen to far too many #podcasts so I know a little about a lot, and a lot about very little.

Pronouns: He/Him
Location: Berkshire, UK 🇬🇧

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2026-04-11 15:15:00 UTC

Here's a thought that I find freeing. Hopefully, it'll be the same for you.
No one on Mastodon is following *you*.¹ They follow a group of people which happens to include you.
That means you can toot about anything you like and as much or as little as you like. Boost whatever. Don't overthink it; no one is studying your timeline¹.
Thinking someone is following *you* is like a grain of rice thinking it's the reason I'm eating this huge bowl of jollof.
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¹ unless your mum is on Mastodon

2026-04-09 17:15:07 UTC

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ME: The situation in Nigeria is so bad that, for 20 years, I've not felt safe going back to the city in which I grew up.
ALSO ME: I wonder why they have never filmed a series of Race Across The World in Nigeria. It's probably racism.

2026-04-09 12:31:37 UTC

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Lots of the southern states are out of bounds now too. Funnily, since you mention Port Harcourt, even though Rivers State is on the list, they make an exception saying PH is safe to visit. Must be because of all the oil wealth there.

2026-04-09 12:02:49 UTC

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Yes, I grew up in Jos. I haven't been back in decades; it's not really been safe to.
We used to holiday in Kaduna quite a lot, cos it wasn't too far away, and I had family there.
(And yes, Kaduna State is on the Do Not Travel list too 😞 )

2026-04-09 11:36:01 UTC

The situation in Nigeria makes me sad.
The US has asked all non-essential embassy staff to leave the country, and has updated its travel advisory recommending that citizens must not go to 23 (of 36) states.
This includes the state where I grew up, Plateau State. It's a beautiful state that was, back then, a centre of tourism.
Amusingly, despite a number of recent riots and massacres, it hasn't updated the state motto: Home of Peace and Tourism.
#Nigeria
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2026-04-07 21:21:42 UTC

Saw a post by someone with a very large following on Mastodon, on Threads, and on BlueSky. He was comparing the level of engagement he gets on the different platforms.
I'm not on any of the other short text platforms, so I can't make any comparisons myself, and so I'm curious what your experience has been

2026-04-07 12:20:12 UTC

A friend tells you about this new app that does a thing, possibly something with AI or crypto or whatever. It's got lots of funding from venture capitalists, but - let's be honest - no one actually needs it.
How do you think the name is spelled?

2026-04-06 21:15:16 UTC

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446 bridges?! Bloody hell! 😀
That just sounds like the kind of fact that I'm going to remember and will, in 10 years, get asked it in a pub quiz.

2026-04-06 14:57:41 UTC

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Is that a famous bridge? (I've never been to Pittsburgh.)

2026-04-06 11:45:29 UTC

I find ordinary life endlessly fascinating. I'd love it if you would take a photo out of the window of whatever room you're in and reply this post with it¹. Doesn't have to be a prizewinning photo, just normal life frozen in time.
Here's mine.
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¹ Obviously don't do this if you're currently on a nuclear submarine or in hiding from an abusive ex.
#photo #photography
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2026-04-05 05:41:40 UTC

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Meant to ask you about the satnav thing. That's very weird. I mostly use Android Auto, but don't think I've had the satnav beep at me on the few occasions that I used it.

2026-04-04 23:23:18 UTC

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Yes, the beeps can be quite annoying. They're at just the right level that makes them impossible to get used to.
Is it just an MG thing or do other new cars have the same issue?

2026-04-02 18:35:42 UTC

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Why do I keep reading that cover as DUZE?

2026-04-02 16:40:16 UTC

I'm not saying that the meeting camera in my office isn't calibrated for black skin, but I look like I'm about to snitch on the mafia and it's protecting my identity.
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2026-03-31 15:44:29 UTC

Just went into Google Authenticator cos I needed to log into something and my 6 digit number was...
000 000
I don't know why that makes me so happy. I mean, what are the chances of that happening?¹
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¹ Shaddup you face, yes I know it's 1 in 999 999. Don't try and steal my joy.

2026-03-28 12:11:10 UTC

The following thought has not been fully thought-through.
*****
I'm Black. I love being Black. I take pride in the achievements of other Black people
But being Black is different from all my other identities: Nigerian, British, woke, F1 fan.
Being Black is not an identity I picked for myself or inherited by birth, it's one that was given to me by people who hate me (and those who look like me). I'm Black today cos 400 years ago someone wanted to enslave my ancestors.
#blackmastodon

2026-03-26 23:00:53 UTC

You don't like Donald Trump, I don't like Donald Trump. Now that that's been said, let's put it to one side.
I am really curious about his level of intelligence.
In your opinion, Donald Trump is...
#trump #uspol #poll

2026-03-24 23:01:36 UTC

Do you watch TV (or other long-form video) with subtitles on?

2026-03-24 10:17:54 UTC

RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/116283584476294078
Hey everyone, @npub1ppe…qv2g is one of the most interesting people to follow on Mastodon. She's generally interesting, but she's especially interesting with her ant facts.
Exhibit A.
#note18zz…c0vv

2026-03-23 08:51:20 UTC

Sometimes little things niggle way more than they're supposed to.
There's a TV show called Ellis about a cop who drives to small English towns when there's been a murder to solve the crime. Often the local cops aren't welcoming. They think they don't need the help.
Ellis is a Black woman
There was a review in The Independent that condemned the show for "identity politics" even tho the show almost never mentions race or gender.
Read the review a week ago but I'm still cross
#blackmastodon
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2026-03-22 17:14:57 UTC

One of the worst things about these modern times is that we've all lost sight of what's important. That's why we look at Uber and think the most important bit is the app and not the taxi drivers; and we look at Amazon, and think the important bit is the website, rather than the factory making the toilet rolls, or the author writing that book.

2026-03-18 11:26:33 UTC

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Which one of us hasn't had one of those weekends? 😃

2026-03-18 08:01:30 UTC

The small hill that I will die on.
Jesus did NOT rise from the dead after three days. Stop saying that.
He rose ON the third day, which means it was after TWO days. In fact, considering that he was crucified late on Friday and he rose very early on Sunday, it's more accurate to say he rose after ONE day.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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* Dear atheist, I already know you don't think he rose at all. Don't tell me.
#easter #christianity

2026-03-16 19:26:27 UTC

What's the naming convention for wars? There's the Iran war and the Ukraine war, which, I guess, are named after the country where the war is taking place. But then there was the war in Iraq, which we called the Gulf War, for some reason.

2026-03-15 13:30:12 UTC

Just watched Louis Theroux's manosphere documentary on Netflx.
Holy shit. Sexism, misogyny, violence, homophobia, and the worst antisemitism that I've ever seen.
Maybe I'm naive, but I honestly did not know it was this bad.
I know they go on about red pilling and seeing "the truth". Please, God, give me that blue pill. Anything to return me to a world where these animals don't exist.
#LouisTheroux
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2026-03-09 23:50:21 UTC

Oh look, the Melania documentary is on Prime Video. Now I don't have to go to the cinema to not watch it. I can ignore it from the comfort of my own home.
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2026-03-09 20:19:19 UTC

Random thought.
If public libraries didn't already exist, capitalism wouldn't let you invent it. Can you imagine how many billions Jeff Bezos would plough into fighting the idea, destroying any politician who dared to back it?
Support your local library.

2026-03-07 11:29:44 UTC

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My view is that it's a tool, and it's my job to figure out how to use it best. Yes, it's a tool that completely changes a huge part of what I used to think was my job, but it's a tool nonetheless.
The environmental question is a valid one, but there's an element of hypocrisy in the way that we only question the environmental impact of things we already don't like.

2026-03-07 07:50:44 UTC

If there was some kind of a rule that says that for every 10 bombs that a country drops on another country, they have to let that country drop 1 on one of their cities, rich countries would think twice about waging war abroad.

2026-03-06 14:40:45 UTC

If you try not to use AI, what is your reasoning?
#artificialintelligence #AI

2026-03-01 16:21:50 UTC

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Another example of people treating racism like a 3-act drama.
Act 1: A brown Muslim Londoner is one of a number of people invited to be part of a Welcome to London campaign.
Act 2: He receives racist abuse from thousands of people, reducing him to tears.
Act 3: He invites the trolls to his store for free dates. A handful (𝚗̲𝚘̲𝚝̲ thousands) apologise.
Cue warm, fuzzy, triumphant article. Cos I guess this means racism is now over.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1mjxypdyn0o
#blackMastodon

2026-02-26 11:28:22 UTC

It really annoys me that people (especially white people) think that racism has to have a 3 act structure.
Act 1: A racist act occurs. (In this case, a Benfica player racially abused Vinicius Jr after Vini scored a goal and danced in celebration.)
Act 2: Uproar. Racism! Not in this day and age! Boo!
Act 3: Vinicius Jr scores against Benfica again in the return game and dances again. Everyone celebrates. And racism is fixed forever. The end.
#BlackMastodon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cewzn4leyx1o

2026-02-25 09:47:38 UTC

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Sometimes it seems that what makes the news is dictated by what'll make a viral tweet. Reform can pledge to deport tens of thousands of black and brown Brits and no one cares; but if they'd said they'll deport one Black person - say Lenny Henry or Idris Elba - we'll all be talking about it for weeks. Celebrity is what counts.
@npub1kel…x8hj

2026-02-25 08:18:52 UTC

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people are always deceived by clips. They're given a 30 second clip that comes with the headline LISTEN TO THIS MAN SHOUT THE N-WORD - and so of course it's as clear as day. Makes it impossible for them to imagine a stressed, overworked producer listening to a 6 hour stream and missing those 3 seconds.

2026-02-25 08:00:02 UTC

I've always felt that every group, especially minority groups, only has so much leeway to air their issues.
And that's why I can't get animated about the N-word at the Baftas.
It must have been a horrible, horrible moment for those actors. But I accept that the man said the word, not because he's a racist, but because his Tourette's recognised that that was the worst thing to say at that moment.
I also accept that the BBC fucked up by not bleeping it. But it's most likely just human error.

2026-02-22 23:12:06 UTC

Remember back in 2023/24 when there were all those debates about quote-toots? Some people said Mastodon had to have them or it would die. Others said it'd bring such negativity to the site that it would die.
And now we have them.
When's the last time you did a quote-post?

2026-02-22 20:55:59 UTC

This isn't just me, but do y'all remember a time, maybe 20 years ago, when it was weird to see a man with a beard? Like it was just hipsters and European porn stars from the 70s.

2026-02-22 16:41:05 UTC

Working today, and it's quiet so I'm listening to an audiobook. It's The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion.
It's brilliant. Made me realise that I've been approaching audiobooks all wrong.
I'm a bit pompous with the physical books that I read (only big L literature, if you please), but light, easy books are best when it comes to audio.
Luckily this wonderful book has a sequel.
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2026-02-22 11:51:02 UTC

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You're completely right that my observation is more about me than about those people or accents.
Being Nigerian, I can probably tell a dozen different Nigerian accents within a single sentence.
That's why I find it impossible to believe that Australians can't tell their accents apart. I know that *I* can't, but surely they can.

2026-02-22 10:54:17 UTC

To my English ears, people from France and French-speaking West Africa (3,000 miles apart) have pretty much the same accent. And so do people from Portugal and people from Brazil (4,500 miles apart). And so do people from Spain and people from Mexico (5,600 miles).
But people from Manchester and Liverpool (a measly 30 miles apart)? Nah, they sound completely different!

2026-02-21 16:10:28 UTC

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I once turned to my white colleagues and said, "I guess the popular saying is right: if you must eat a frog, eat a big one." The blank looks I got shocked me 😀

2026-02-21 16:08:12 UTC

One weird thing about growing up between two cultures is that you sometimes misidentify the source of the things you know.
Here's a silly little example:
When two elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
I've known this proverb all my life, and I've always assumed it was an English saying, something the average white Brit or American would also know. But apparently that's not the case? It's just an African thing?

2026-02-21 10:35:13 UTC

Let's be honest, the thing that we find appalling about this story of a middle-aged white British woman being locked up for weeks by ICE isn't the fact that she was locked up; it's that it can happen to a white middle-aged British woman.
Immigration services across the West have been cruel for a very long time¹, but just not to people who look like this or come from here.
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¹ ICE has got much worse recently
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/21/karen-newton-valid-visa-detained-ice?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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2026-02-20 20:35:06 UTC

New parent classes go on about breastfeeding and growth. All important stuff. But there's one huge parenting thing that they all leave out:
Throwing stuff away.
Children generate and accumulate so much crap. So, so much.
And as parents we're wracked with such guilt throwing any of it away - whether it's a finger drawing from nursery or a crappy Happy Meal toy.
Teach us to throw stuff away and you'll change our lives.
#parenting

2026-01-28 15:03:33 UTC

During the heat of the Covid pandemic, I thought that what we were living through was changing the world forever. On a small scale, I couldn't imagine ever shaking anyone's hand again or standing close to a stranger. On a larger scale, I couldn't imagine people congregating in large crowds or flying across the world for leisure.
Looking back from 2026, it doesn't seem to me that anything has changed at all. 2026 could well be 2019.
What do you think?

2026-01-28 12:59:20 UTC

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Doesn't it somehow make her look like she's AI-generated?

2026-01-28 10:27:59 UTC

I do not have the imagination required to spend £2m at a single shop.
To be clear, I do not have the money either - but it's mostly the imagination holding me back.
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2026-01-26 21:35:52 UTC

OK, own up. Who bought that one ticket? I'm not angry, I'm just disappointed.
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2026-01-18 20:00:13 UTC

I've got a problem with the porn industry.
Career progression.
Day One on the job and you're officially a porn star.
A star? Really? On Day One? Absolutely no notes? Maybe that's why the acting is so bad - they keep blowing smoke up each others' arses (unless, of course, that's a particular kink).
Sort it out, guys. I've been writing code for 25 years - and you don't see me calling myself a Code Star, do you?

2026-01-18 11:02:39 UTC

I don't want to spend the morning cleaning my house. I would rather use the time to contemplate the nature of life¹ and to create new, daring art².
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¹ Scroll on Mastodon.
² Post on Mastodon.

2026-01-14 20:05:16 UTC

Can everyone chill out a little complaining about #theforkiverse? You're sounding a little like "I'm going to build a wall around Mastodon. And I'm going to get Twitter to pay for it!"

2026-01-14 19:00:48 UTC

Are your ears part of your face?

2026-01-14 12:36:03 UTC

Feeling really stressed and overwhelmed with a lot of things right now. I'll go for a quick bike ride to clear my head. Tho, knowing my luck, I'll probably slip on the ice and snap my wrist.
Will you all please sign my cast when that happens? Maybe you could draw a penis or something.

2026-01-11 11:13:42 UTC

If, when the day comes and Donald Trump leaves, a Democrat takes over as President of America, how long will it take for things to return to 'normal'?
#USPol #Trump

2026-01-04 14:44:44 UTC

I'm not perplexed that kids are going round saying, "6-7."
What perplexes me is all the adults complaining that "it's annoying! I don't understand what it means!"
That. Is. The. Whole. Point.
And, moreover, that's been the point of youth slang since the dawn of time - including when you were young.
If it's any consolation, it'll happen to today's youths too. As soon as they grow up.
#67meme

2026-01-01 22:13:58 UTC

My new year's resolution is to not post about politics, especially not the politics of countries that I don't even live in.
It's 10PM. This is my longest lasting resolution ever. Time to break it.
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Bloody hell, America. How can healthcare costs go up by over 100% for your poorest people and you're not all rioting on the streets?!
#USpol
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98n8lrj7y6o

2025-12-31 14:06:37 UTC

Me (age 13): I'm grown up. I'm going to stay up and see in the new year.
Me (age 53): I'm grown up. I'm going to bed. It'll still be the new year when I get up.

2025-12-29 11:47:53 UTC

Can we all agree to get rid of this idea of stripping dual-nationality Britons of their citizenship?
If they commit a crime, we should try them in court. Last time I checked, that's what the judicial system is there for.
Alaa Abdel Fattah sent racist tweets in 2012. Try him. He wouldn't be the first person tried for tweeting (which I kinda disagree with anyway). But why should he lose his citizenship? It's Shemima Begum all over again.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0l93lx1rx3o
#UKpol #ShemimaBegum

2025-12-28 14:24:07 UTC

What were your cultural highlights of 2025?
1. Favourite movie?
2. Favourite TV show?
3. Favourite book?
4. Favourite song/album?
5. Favourite live show?
6. Favourite podcast?
7. Favourite destination?
8. Favourite video game?
(You might not have answers for some questions. That's fine.)
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* Please boost. It'll be interesting to get a wide set of responses.
** One of you is going to ask if I mean book (or whatever) *released* in 2025 or *consumed* in 2025. Your choice.
#culture

2025-12-28 10:36:49 UTC

It breaks my heart to say this, but if what's going on in America teaches us anything it's that highlighting how much a politician hates minorities isn't enough to stop the majority from voting for them.
#UKPOL
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/dec/28/of-course-he-abused-pupils-ex-dulwich-teacher-speaks-out-about-farage-racism-claims

2025-12-27 15:24:08 UTC

The book that impacted me the most this past year was Chris van Tulleken's Ultra-Processed People.
I don't know enough about the area to fully interrogate his assertions, but I broadly agree that UPFs seem bad for us; as they spread across the world so does food-related illness (it seems to me).
https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/792/200/624/298/555/original/109b570adfe827a2.png

2025-12-27 10:40:21 UTC

I do not know why my country, Nigeria, has caught Trump's eye. Obviously I'm not buying his lie that he's a crusader for Christianity, but I suspect that that might be something to do with it. The US Right has held Nigeria up as an example of the "Christian genocide" for years, so maybe he's playing to that crowd.
I'm not jumping to the conclusion that it's oil. America and Nigeria produce similar oil types; in fact, Nigeria is a net importer of US oil, not exporter.
#Nigeria #Trump #USpol

2025-12-26 15:35:51 UTC

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Keanu Reeves is Asian-American?!

2025-12-26 14:12:06 UTC

You see a spider in your house, crawling along the floor. It's average-size, not a monstrous facehugger or anything like that.
What do you do?

2025-12-22 19:23:45 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.world/@davidnjoku/110589862322652999
I would like to point out that I hated David Walliams *before* it was cool.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/19/david-walliams-dropped-by-publisher-over-alleged-inappropriate-behaviour?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#note1hhj…32qk

2025-12-21 20:37:42 UTC

Filling out my self assessment tax return, and here's one of the questions:
'Have you used one or more tax avoidance schemes?'
Is this how the HMRC plans to catch those sneaky billionaires?
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2025-12-20 20:07:13 UTC

I don't deserve this.
So a few months ago I watched an 18+ movie on Amazon Prime Video, but because I'm normal I never really use Prime Video. In fact the next time I logged in was yesterday. We'd had a huge early Christmas meal and the whole larger family was sat around the TV in a food coma.
"Let's watch Red One on Prime," someone said. So I logged in...
... And the whole home screen is full of recommendations for my next watch - and every one is porn.

2025-12-16 07:45:12 UTC

I was chatting with a Black friend of Jamaican heritage. She was appalled that a Nigerian she'd met knew next to nothing about slavery.
It's Black history! she said.
It's *your* history, I explained.
For Africans that sad story ended when the ships left the shore. Our schools teach us about the impact of that devastation, not what happened on the other coast.
Black history is not one thing. It's not MLK.
It's also Songhai and Benin. Which they don't teach here
#BlackMastodon

2025-12-15 22:13:50 UTC

I'm curious as to how typical my family and I are compared to other people living in modern rich countries. Would you mind answering the following questions?
How many days in a typical week would you eat at least 1 home cooked meal?

2025-12-13 23:02:58 UTC

I'm listening to a podcast (Criminal, since you ask) and in it a policeman says that most people don't know their car's licence plate number.
Really? Surely not.
Do you know your licence plate number?

2025-12-12 22:57:56 UTC

To all the Brits¹, Europeans, Australians, Japanese and Koreans who are outraged at the new ridiculous requirements for visiting the US, I have one simple question:
What the fuck do you think YOUR country has been demanding from potential African visitors for years?
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¹ Including me. I am a hypocrite.
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2025-12-10 21:15:03 UTC

Hate to say this, but America is now fully an evil country.¹
We've entered the stage where the history books will be asking what the good citizens were doing while all of this was going on.
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¹ Some will argue that it always has been evil. But at least it often tried to disguise it.

2025-12-07 18:37:00 UTC

Congratulations Lando Norris on becoming the #F1 World Champion.
It's inspirational, watching a young man make it to the top of the world from a humble beginning as the son of a ... lemme check ... multimillionaire.
Oh right.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/articles/c8xdp1yw90qo

2025-12-04 22:16:09 UTC

My 11 year old son wets the bed. As his parent, it's a pain in the arse. But I try not to make him feel bad about it, cos I know that it's partly genetic, passed from father to son. I used to wet the bed too, and I've told him so.
Here's the strange thing. Now that he's 11, he rarely wets the bed. The only exception is at the change of the seasons. Now that we're going from autumn to winter, he's bedwetting again. Then it'll stop till winter to spring. And then spring to summer.
Why's that?

2025-12-04 13:57:45 UTC

A parent who was worried about their daughter mixing with trans children sued the Girls Guides which is why the organisation no longer accepts trans kids.
A baker went to court because they did not want to make a cake for a gay couple.
You know what? I wish the media would stop tolerating this lie. No, it's not "a parent" or "a baker". It's well-funded lobby groups who scour the press looking for an individual use as a puppet for a fight they want to have.
PS: This is also true of Rosa Parks

2025-12-03 23:46:50 UTC

This really pisses me off.
As a cis male I cannot claim to understand what it feels like to be a cis-woman or a trans woman, but even I can see that this is petty and wrong.
To be fair, I am not angry at the Womens Institute or the Girls Guide. Both organisations seem very apologetic; the choice has been taken away from them by the law.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/dec/03/womens-institute-no-longer-accept-trans-women-members-april
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz7n921wyzvo
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2025-12-03 12:24:55 UTC

I value politeness.
I know how that sounds. It sounds centrist; it's the opinion of a person who is happy with the status quo.
But I genuinely believe that change - even radical change - can only be achieved with politeness (plus insistence, of course).
I hate that we've lost politeness from today's politics. If I was American, I *would* like to discuss immigration with Trump. But when he is so rude about Somalis how can any discussion take place?
(And Trump's not the only one doing it.)

2025-11-27 18:35:14 UTC

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in America. I hope you're surrounded by people who love you and who you love.

2025-11-27 15:59:05 UTC

Two times over the past week, white women have commented to me about how articulate I am.
THINGS TO NOTE:
1. I *am* very articulate.
2. I was being articulate at the time.
3. I do not think they are aware of the racist stereotype.

2025-11-20 12:06:45 UTC

Hear me out, hear me out: Replace juries with magic 8-balls. Whaddya think?
#UKpol
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2025-11-17 21:19:37 UTC

What the actual fuck?!
Nicki bloody Minaj is going to address the United Nations on the plight of Nigerian Christians (lemme check, oh yeah, that includes me).
Dear God, please make this like the final season of Lost where we all wake up and find out that none of this actually happened cos we've all been dead for this past year. Amen.
#USpol #nigeria
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2025-11-16 22:57:57 UTC

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Wow, you guys must have been there for years.
I hope your folks liked it. When I visited India I was struck by how much like Nigeria it was in so many ways.

2025-11-16 22:45:23 UTC

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Do you remember where in Nigeria you guys lived?

2025-11-16 22:30:12 UTC

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I found your post really touching - especially what your mum said to you. I know exactly what she meant. And I still have that voice at the back of my mind whenever I'm standing up to occupy my rightful space.

2025-11-16 19:58:04 UTC

What parts of your life do you not post about - not because of privacy or decency or anything like that, but just because it doesn't align with your online 'brand'. To qualify, it obviously has to be something that other people post a lot about.

2025-11-16 18:27:55 UTC

In the movie Eyes Wide Shut, did Tom Cruise take his clothes off? I'm curious, but not curious enough to rewatch the film, since I remember it not being great.
Cruise strikes me as someone who might be a bit of a prude. I can't imagine him getting naked on film.
And now that I've asked the question, I'm going to stop wondering about it 🙂

2025-11-13 15:01:39 UTC

One thing that I hate about the immigration debate in the West is the idea of the "useful immigrant". We pillage the developing world for its doctors and nurses, but try to leave everyone else there to die in ill health.
I just heard of something Canada is doing that is, maybe, a good halfway house. Apparently it has a deal with The Philippines to train nurses in that country in the expectation that some will move to Canada while some stay behind.
#canada

2025-11-08 19:32:16 UTC

This being Mastodon there's a good chance that I like AI more than you do. That's OK.
I was recently at a meeting in which senior mgmt asked us to put cash figures on how much AI would save the business.
My position: AI, at this point, won't save us any money - but we should adopt it nonetheless.
Someone else said: there's a task that we don't currently do cos it costs £5m, but with AI it'll only cost £3m.
"And how much profit will it make?"
"No profit - but we're saving £2m!"
🤦🏿‍♂️
#AI

2025-11-08 10:31:44 UTC

Being part of an institution is the best way to watch demographic change.
25 years ago I was the only young person in my church in my midsize English town, surrounded by old people. And then, in 2004, Blair let in the Poles and Romanians, and my church was flooded with young families and the sound of children laughing.
Then Brexit, and the youth drained out of the pews again. Fast.
Yesterday, my priest told me there are plans to shut churches down.

2025-11-05 09:40:22 UTC

If ever you wanted to know how much capitalism warps our humanity, consider this: Around 800,000 people in the UK are so sick that they cannot work. And instead of being described as a health crisis, it's being called an economic crisis.
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2025-11-04 12:44:38 UTC

Whenever a Muslim anywhere on earth commits an atrocity, ordinary Muslims everywhere are asked to explain or denounce the action.
Now that Donald Trump is tweeting about wanting to protect his "cherished Christians", does that mean the same rules apply?
Cos I really want to know what he's going to do about the fucker who's been stealing my butter from the office fridge.

2025-11-04 06:14:39 UTC

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We don't even have a single Anne. Fancy a swap? 🙂

2025-11-04 00:28:15 UTC

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I think that possibly because I live in my safe, reasonably well off world, I sometimes forget that bad things can be blunt too, and not just subtle.
In the book, the white characters throw around the N-word really casually.

2025-11-03 22:36:24 UTC

Just finished the audiobook of The Trees by Percival Everett. It's really good - witty, pacy, and unflinchingly brutal.
It's set in Trump's America, and is about race.
Call me naive, but while I knew that systemic racism exists, and I knew that white rap fans sometimes say nigga, and I knew that cops get triggerhappy around Black men, I kinda thought that the in-your-face, 1960s-style racism was mostly a thing of the past. This book taught me that it isn't.
#BlackMastodon #books
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2025-11-03 21:52:03 UTC

Do you have any Davids where you work?
The reason I ask is that there are so many fucking Davids in my office. I'm David N. We've got a David C, David D, David F, David G, David I, David M, David N (👋 ), David T. And I'm sure I'm forgetting some.
How many bloody Davids does it take to produce mediocre software?!

2025-11-01 23:44:43 UTC

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Nigeria has problems. We all remember the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls & Boko Haram. These days, we talk about 'bandits' - nomadic marauders who sweep into villages at night, killing.
Yes, the perpetrators are often Muslim, and the victims sometimes Christian.
But I don't think it's about religion at all. It's climate change.
The Sahara is eating up northern Nigeria, forcing its people further & further south. Clashes with southerners are inevitable. Their differing religions are incidental

2025-11-01 23:20:21 UTC

It's a strange feeling logging onto the news to hear that Trump has just declared war against my country, Nigeria.
On the one hand, it's scary. Cos not only is it the greatest military force in human history, it's the greatest military force in human history at the whim of a madman.
But then he's got such a short attention span that next week he'll be warring against Tatooine.
Nigeria is not perfect. We do have Islamic terrorists. But they kill BOTH Christians & Muslims.
#nigeria #uspol
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2025-10-28 21:28:55 UTC

The UK govt has passed a law strengthening its ability to strip terrorists¹ of their British citizenship. It will also allow the govt stop terrorists ² from renouncing any other nationality they have (cos if they do, the UK won't be able to render them stateless).
The govt says this will only affect terrorists³. Not dual citizens like, for example, Tommy Robinson who is not a terrorist⁴
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¹ dual citizens
² dual citizens
³ dual citizens
⁴ he's white
https://share.google/ZkIiZmWBBPpyVHu1v
#ukpol

2025-10-26 14:28:13 UTC

October is Black History Month in the UK so I'm going to speak at my daughter's school.
Should I introduce Martin Luther King Junior as ... y'know, the Black Charlie Kirk?

2025-10-23 07:44:08 UTC

These photos from the Comedy Wildlife Awards made me smile.
Enjoy.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/oct/23/comedy-wildlife-awards-2025-in-pictures
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