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05/10/2026

In 1996, a Libyan leader put one billion dollars on the table for Black America. Washington made sure it never reached them.

The offer came during Louis Farrakhan's visit to Tripoli in January 1996. Muammar Gaddafi pledged the money to the Nation of Islam for economic development—Black-owned banks, factories, housing, schools, hospitals. Not a loan. Not charity with strings. A gift from an African head of state to the descendants of enslaved Africans.

Farrakhan did everything by the book. He applied to the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control for permission to accept the money. The Clinton administration denied it in August 1996. Libya was a state sponsor of terrorism. Sanctions barred the transaction. Case closed.

The Treasury also blocked a separate $250,000 award Gaddafi had given Farrakhan for organizing the Million Man March.

The Nation of Islam was chosen for a reason. Founded in Detroit in 1930, built by Elijah Muhammad, rebuilt by Farrakhan after 1975—it was the only Black American organization with the infrastructure to absorb that kind of capital. They had schools. Businesses. A newspaper. A security force. Hundreds of thousands of members. Gaddafi saw organization where Washington saw a threat.

Farrakhan fought the decision. He called it a violation of religious freedom and legal rights. He said the money would create joint ventures with Black businesses. He threatened to mobilize across the country. It didn't matter. The Treasury Department had the final word.

Consider the context. The same government that blocked this gift was simultaneously funding death squads in Central America, propping up Mobutu in Zaire, and maintaining close ties with apartheid South Africa. Gaddafi was the enemy. Black economic development, funded by African money, was the threat.

The billion dollars never arrived. Black America never got to find out what it could have built.

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03/10/2026

29/09/2026

Imagine being born before the Titanic sank and still being here 116 years later.
Naomi Whitehead, the oldest known living person in the United States, celebrated her 116th birthday on September 26 in Greenville, Pennsylvania. Born in 1910 in rural Georgia, she grew up on a farm, married Sylvester Whitehead in 1930 and raised three sons. She has held the title of America’s oldest living person since October 2024.
Her life stretches across more than a century of American history. As a child, Whitehead helped her family pick cotton and to***co, long before smartphones, television or even commercial air travel became part of everyday life. Family members have described her as deeply religious and active throughout her life, and she has said she never smoked or drank alcohol. At 116, her extraordinary longevity continues to fascinate people around the world.

What do you think is the secret to living such a long life ?

29/09/2026

Scientists have created something remarkably close to living skin for a robot—growing human skin cells directly onto a robotic finger. 🤖🧬

Researchers at the University of Tokyo developed a biohybrid robotic finger covered with living human skin cultured from human cells.

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🧬 HOW IT WAS MADE:
The researchers used human dermal fibroblasts embedded in collagen to create a supportive dermis-like layer, followed by keratinocytes that formed an outer epidermal layer.

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🤖 SKIN THAT MOVES:
The living tissue was flexible enough to follow the robotic finger as its joints bent and moved. It even developed natural-looking wrinkles around the knuckles, giving the robotic digit a more realistic appearance.

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🩹 IT CAN HEAL:
In experiments, researchers made a small cut in the artificial skin and applied a collagen-based dressing. The living cells gradually integrated with the damaged area, with the wound closing over roughly a week.

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💧 A MAJOR LIMITATION:
Because the tissue is living, it currently requires carefully controlled conditions and moisture to remain viable. This is still an experimental biohybrid system—not yet something ready for everyday humanoid robots.

The technology could eventually contribute to medical research, prosthetics, biohybrid robotics, and more human-like machines capable of interacting safely with people.

A robot with living skin isn’t science fiction anymore—it has already been demonstrated in the laboratory. 🤖🧬✨

28/09/2026

Dawn Michelle Hunt is incarcerated in Guangdong, China, Women’s Prison. She was arrested in 2014 and charged with smuggling, a charge she vehemently denies.

Dawn Michelle’s ordeal began when she was tricked into believing she had won an all-expenses paid trip to Hong Kong. She didn’t believe it at first but checked out the company and thought they were legitimate.

The person organizing her prize sent her airline tickets to Hong Kong and she stayed there nine days with all expenses paid. Her trip was extended to visit mainland China and then Australia. Before she left mainland China for Australia, Dawn Michelle was told that she also won some designer purses. Trusting the organizers, who for two plus weeks have been gracious to her, she took the purses and packed them in luggage given to her by the organizers, as the luggage she brought with her was already full.

It was at the airport, waiting to board her flight to Australia, that airport security searched her luggage and found drugs sewn into the purse linings.

Dawn Michelle was detained in a Chinese detention center where she awaited a trial for 3 years. At her trial the judge acknowledged she was duped but stated that she should have known better and found her guilty. She received the “death penalty with two years reprieve”. Her sentence has since been changed to life in prison. This is her 12th year in prison.

Dawn Michelle has become ill and has not received healthcare. Her father has since passed in January 2026, spending every last second fighting for his daughters freedom.

She must come home!

Since her incarceration, I have written hundreds of letters to officials, lawyers and anyone else who would listen. We’ve gotten our hopes up over the years, only to be disappointed, again and again.

We've come to learn that Chinese law allows for the transfer of prisoners out of China and it doesn’t require a bilateral prisoner extradition treaty. President Trump and/or a senior administration official simply has to ask for a humanitarian release and the release of other detained Americans.

On the 16th of May 2025, the US State Department requested Dawn’s humanitarian release. All that’s left is for President Trump and or a senior administration official repeat this request. Dawn and other Americans imprisoned in China can return home to their families. It’s that simple.

You can help bring Dawn Michelle home. Please share her story on your social media to help gain her release

Bring her home! 📣 www.freedawnmichelle.com

28/09/2026

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