Nigeria Premier shows the White West how to deal with Silicone Valley Bolsheviks

Twitter is very concerned after its platform was kicked out of Nigeria, Africa’s most prosperous country. In an amazing display of Chutzpah, Twitter notorious for blocking users for being politically off-message is calling the free and open internet an ‘essential human right.’ Back in the US, commentators pointed out, Twitter itself doesn’t care much about this ‘right.’

Gesture Politics gets the English Knee in the Balls

Ouch! British fans responded to a pre-game protest by showering a cascade of strident boos upon England’s soccer team before a match against Austria on Wednesday. The English team knelt in what was claimed to be an anti-racism gesture before about 7,000 fans at Middlesbrough’s Riverside Stadium, according to ESPN.

‘Hero rat’ Magawa retires after five years spent sniffing out landmines in Cambodia

Magawa the “hero rat,” whose work sniffing out landmines in Cambodia won him a medal for life-saving bravery, is retiring after a distinguished five-year career.The African giant pouched rat has found 71 landmines and 38 items of unexploded ordnance during his service, according to APOPO, the mine-clearing non-governmental organization that trained him. His work saw him win a gold medal from the British veterinary charity the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) last year.