It is agonising to watch what is happening in Afghanistan, especially from a country that bears some responsibility for the situation the people there find themselves in. Some of this week’s social media posts will make you think, but others will still make you smile and laugh. We need to hold onto some of that.
“I might face consequences… I guess that’s the price we pay for trying to make the world a little better”
Afghanistan’s Minister of Education Rangina Hamidi says she is fearful "like every woman in Afghanistan"https://t.co/hHMv4FptLI pic.twitter.com/JzywRPEI1H
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 15, 2021
@nevtalkspolitics please share:) #fyp #foryou #afghanistan #saveafghanistan #helpafghanistan #helpafghanwomen #pritipatel
Britain helped to create the crisis and instability in Afghanistan.
Britain must now let in as many Afghan refugees as possible
— Claudia Webbe MP (@ClaudiaWebbe) August 15, 2021
@theallyhenny The antiracism minute: conditional support #antiracism #racism #whitepeopleblike #blacklivesmatter
A tiny snapshot into the last half hour in the village. I want to know wheee they are all going. Has there been a tractor revolution? pic.twitter.com/EXKl1smIJE
— Loren Cafferty (@LorenCafferty) August 15, 2021
@pieincognito #stitch with @themfingcoo #pride2021🏳️🌈 #pride #acceptance #trans #WhenYouOrderScottAdamsFromWish
twitter.com/pets468/status/1427000891438256129
@top0fthetoks #brettdominotrio #8outof10cats #countdown #jimmycarr #seanlock #comedy #music #sing #three #letters #britishhumour #funny #hilarious #blowthisup
Watch how the ultra-wealthy in America gradually raised the taxes of the poor and eventually bent the curve downward until they paid the lowest tax rate of all pic.twitter.com/ukdM84gufs
— Nick Kapur (@nick_kapur) May 13, 2020
@fatstimbo When you forget to the camera is on 😩😂😂😂😂 #comedy
Sister Rosetta Tharpe's biographer, Gayle Wald, wrote that Sister Rosetta was ahead of her times not by years, but by decades. Here she is performing “Didn’t It Rain” in Manchester, England in 1964. pic.twitter.com/kdVGZ761rd
— dusttoodigital (@dusttoodigital) August 10, 2021
@big_science_energy It’s award winning science guys #science #weird #humour #research #scientist
https://twitter.com/JaneyGodley/status/1426980352447422467
@_break_the_box_ Representation matters 🏳️🌈 #representation #representationmatters #lgbtq #teacher #teachersoftiktok #nonbinary
Image credit: Mohammad Rahmani