H.E. Dr Arikana Chihombori Quao (AU Amb to USA): From 1884 to 1885 our colonizers met to discuss how to make Africa forever dominated (The Berlin Conference) They chopped Africa into tiny economies. African countries you see today. As little economies are easy to distabilise.

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What is Mastodon? How does it work? Why do I need to choose a server? What advantages are there to using it? Check out this 2 minute video to learn more ⬇️ youtube.com/watch?v=IPSbNd…

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On Thursday 17 November, as part of #BookWeekScotland, Abbeyhill Primary will be holding another Big Abbeyhill Book Exchange! If you have any pre-loved books that need a new home, please drop them in to the school over the next week. #ReadingMatters 📕📗📘📙

Dear Clinicians, Parents are well aware kids can be difficult. If we're complaining it's a problem, please believe us that something else needs looking at. Being patronised and dismissed never improved a situation. Ps. A half hour consult for my health is not 'a break'.

Parents who avoid having their child diagnosed because they don't want to "label" them, should know that they will be labelled anyway. But giving them access to their Autistic identity ensures they will be CORRECTLY identified rather than UNFAIRLY labelled.

In Finland, kids go to school from 9am to 2pm, have v few tests, & all kids have to have 15 minutes of play for every 45 minutes of learning. Only 0.1 percent of their kids have severe attention problems.

To my NGO/activist crew Hope for the Future USPG NetsForLife® Susan Mogwera Mothers' Union Diocese of Edinburgh @PregnantScrewed Anna Whitehouse Jack Monroe @vce_elliott @jimthevic Hope this is helpful. Apologies if you're already rocking the #Fediverse Pass it on. openrightsgroup.org/events/mastodo…

Long-awaited details of the government’s voter ID scheme have now been released, including details of which IDs will be accepted at the polling station. The list contains plenty of options for older voters, but few for younger voters. electoral-reform.org.uk/voter-id-list-…

In case it helps anyone struggling, it seems a pretty universal thing based on me being on schools and chatting on here, that Year 3 cohorts this year are really, really, really tough. You are not alone.

💔 at all the comments here. As a society we need to wake up to this and make adjustments, or folk born between 2014-2018 are going to be labelled uneducatable, unemployable, anti-social, etc. their whole lives.

We have lost over 700 followers today. Clearly something is going on with Twitter. And at a time when our postal and telecom workers need support like never before. Please RT this, follow us and help get the message out there. #StandByYourPost

Reparations are required.

I studied sexual violence in prisons as part of my Masters. There is a lot of rape of men in men's prisons and a substantial number of v vulnerable male prisoners. The issue is combating rape in prisons, not trans women...

Stop thinking, 'how can we make this child attend school?' and start thinking, 'how can we improve our school environment to support this child?"

Yesterday I spent the morning visiting primary schools for my own professional development. Today I am reflecting on what I saw. Here are my takeaways… 🧵

How is this not an admission of misconduct in public office?

Now then, Morrisons, how do I speak to an actual person about the mould I found in two different boxes of your almond milk? Found, by pouring onto food for my children.