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The only aerial photo of the August 7th 1998 blast taken in real time by a construction worker at Times Towers.

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August 7th was the end of a normal week in KE. Bankers' strike (hence reduced casualties at Coop), teachers' strike, petty politics...a time like now, just an hour to the blast, this is the headline you would have been reading.
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The @USEmbassyKenya as it stood before August 7th 1998. The new one in Gigiri was opened in 2003, and the bomb blast site turned into what is today @MemorialParkKe, to commemorate the pain, suffering and bravery of that dark day 20 years ago.

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@USEmbassyKenya @MemorialParkKe The meeting that never ended. Prudence Bushnell and Kamotho were at the latter's office at Cooperative House when the blast happened. Kamotho was carried down 16 flight of stairs...Prudence was knocked unconscious, then carried to a nearby hotel.
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Prudence Bushnell's itinerary on Aug 7, 1998. When the bomb went off during her meeting with Kamotho, she thought the Coop House was the target, only to be carried downstairs and realize it had been her Embassy right across.
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Now this thread is for the people who, as part of their human experience, went to national schools and groups of schools. First, you are not brighter than us. You are not our betters. We can call out your abuse or any abuse by anyone you identify with.
I am not attacking you when I say this. But over and over again when I make a point about how your schools have harmed the Kenyan experience, the same conversation happens. I am not attacking your experiences, or your humanity.
That I spent more mental juice trying to explain this to old boys of Starehe (still waiting for that invite to your Whatsapp groups) bothers me. Are we our high schools? Are we going to live as adults by the institutions we visited (it was a visit, just a long one).
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If you feel the need to talk to me, to be angry with me, or just to insult to me, my email address is at the end or this tweet. I will post screenshots of your email here, without your name or address. Let's talk. Let's unpack this feeling. This foreboding. >>

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They subject for this one was "I truly lack a subject."
We must all entertain the thought, and it's weird that we have to even do this because it should be default, that there are no second chances. No heavens or hells. No God and therefore, no power and no hierarchy. There's just life, right now.
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Time this Monday for a few thoughts on voice-driven "conversational" digital products. (Oh, btw, come hear me talk about them on Wednesday in #Seattle: ) #voice #design
1 - Speech recognition technology often gets labeled as == "conversational". That's incorrect and misleading. Being able to identify the parts of the human anatomy is necessary to be a doctor, but doesn't enable understanding of how bodies work and don't.
2 - Recognition identifies words and phrases. It does not understand the context and define the meaning that the words and phrases represent. It can't. This is why vocabulary and comprehension are both taught in schools.
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#Khashoggi Case Thread: I am going to ‘pin’ this post to use it as an ‘Info Thread’ on the #Khashoggi Case. I am in #Turkey. I’ve been following the case closely and with access to sources & experts here. This is a very ‘sensitive’ criminal case due to ‘Diplomatic Booby Traps’!!!
The Evidence Obtained Outside Cameras will not show any evidence of ‘tempering’ but other than license plates of dozens of diplomatic cars (Many with tinted windows-large trunks) with related time stamp, drivers Info, model/year: Nothing.
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Starting a new thread, still from the show on the 5th. It begins with a giggle as I add yet another one to the list of notable resignations... for what it's worth, Rahm Emanuel had better be one of those held accountable for INTENTIONAL acts... just saying.
Then there's Chelsea... "like mother, like daughter"
Then @Jack lies in prepared testimony to Congress. Who/what are you going to believe, your own feed or Jack? pfft... Amazes me at how stupid THEY think WE are.
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Bon aller je ne me suis pas encore présenté sur #thésolie et je crois bien être une des dernières a ne pas l'avoir fait donc c'est partie. Je suis une thèse en bioinformatique, non la bioinformatique c'est pas faire de l'informatique avec de la biologie c'est l'inverse !
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Source says first groups of protesters are gathering to launch their protest rally.
Bazaar merchants on strike, joining the nationwide general strike.
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In protest of the rising raw material prices
Shoemaking Market Merchants the start their protest and strikes.
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August 3 - Gohardasht - Karaj, #Iran
Protesters launching today's demonstration chanting:
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