Cobalt Blue ♿️👣 @wrldonmarble

dear lord, for the fact that lot of people will be fed when am stacked, bless me.

what a privilege it is to be exhausted by an ambition of your own choosing

@omgsidewalks Humans

Make money. Get in shape and see how differently people treat you.

Japanese saxophonist Chika Asamoto playing the soprano saxophone in the now-demolished Kowloon Walled City slum in Hong Kong, August 21, 1988.

3 KIDS THAT STARTED IN THE PROJECTS IN ONE LIFE TIME BECAME BILLIONAIRES THATS A BEAUTIFUL THING ABOUT AMERICA

A CAUTIONARY TALE!!! One question I’ve been asked a lot over the past couple of weeks has been this: “So what can we do?” I want to believe it’s not for lack of ideas on what is required that some people ask this. Mostly it’s a resignation to the inevitable. That underlying belief that “this is beyond us.” But that couldn’t be further from the truth. And I say this because I’m a student of history who likes to believe that the past always has a way of repeating itself. Let me take you to Romania and the Romanian Revolution of 1989, which successfully toppled the corrupt dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. Ceaușescu’s oppressive rule had plunged the country into severe poverty while the elite lived in luxury. The uprising was marked by a sudden, powerful unification of the Romanian people and ended the country’s communist era. But what led to this revolution in the first place? Why did the people eventually decide to put their skin in the game and break free from their captivity? It all began in December 1989 in the western city of Timișoara. Protests broke out after the government attempted to forcibly remove a local evangelical pastor, László Tőkés, who had criticized the regime. Citizens united to defend him, and these demonstrations quickly swelled into massive, citywide anti-government protests. When security forces opened fire and killed dozens of civilians, public anger reached a tipping point. Despite tight government censorship and control, news of the violence in Timișoara spread across the entire country. Within days, the movement unified a diverse cross-section of Romanian society. Workers, students, intellectuals, and eventually the military joined forces. Millions of everyday citizens abandoned their jobs and took to the streets to demand the removal of the regime. So, did it work? Well, Ceaușescu initially thought he had it under control, but he couldn’t have been more wrong. On December 21, 1989, he organized a large public rally in Bucharest, intending to project an image of control and unity. Instead, the crowd turned on him, and the live broadcast captured the moment the dictator lost the support of the public. The following day, protesters occupied the Communist Party headquarters, forcing Ceaușescu and his wife to flee by helicopter. The military, which had defected to the side of the people, captured them shortly after. On December 25, 1989, following a hasty trial, the Ceaușescus were convicted of crimes including genocide and corruption, and were executed by firing squad. All this happened in less than 25 days. While the Cold War environment shaped the geopolitical outcome, the boots on the ground belonged to everyday Romanian citizens risking their lives. This is the story of Romania. But they were not alone. Poland (1989). Decades of economic stagnation and strikes triggered the peaceful collapse of the regime just months before Romania’s uprising. Czechoslovakia (1989). The movement known as the Velvet Revolution, led by Václav Havel and student groups, brought the government to its knees. East Germany (1989). Huge weekly demonstrations (such as the Monday demonstrations in Leipzig) overwhelmed the state, leading directly to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. The Philippines (1986). Millions of citizens took to the streets, and a crucial defection by the military helped topple the corrupt, long-standing dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos. All of these happened during the Cold War era, but the pattern holds. A people pushed to the wall always fight back. Except of course for the exception in West Africa. As a student of history, I like to think about things like this while asking the pertinent question: if freedom is not given, how do oppressed people become free? The future is a blank canvas. Whatever you choose to write on it will depend on you.

Ochi @OchiJnr

10 hours ago

@realJudebela Thank you, Jude, for your professionalism and congratulations on your lastest—and most important—installation. Thankfully, your fair, balanced, and honest documentaries put you above any accusation of tribalism or ethnic bias. But the real question is: what will Nigerians do

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2020 was 2020 days ago.

No DNA test needed, purely South Sudanese 🇸🇸, where you can find the world’s tallest people.

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@Damujoub @MackWop Stfu

@stats_feed Bats included

🐀 Rats cannot vomit, which is a key reason rat poisons are so effective.

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And now, the episode you’ve all been waiting for. My fellow Nigerians, behold, Emi lo kan. #powerandplunder16

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Spot on!

Monie | Chilling With Monie.🌹 @chillwithmonie

a day ago

Saying Kendrick Lamar needs to make an album that takes us through the journey of his life tells me these niggas have completely missed what his entire catalog has been for nearly 15 years. Every Kendrick album is an installment in his autobiography. His discography is

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homeboy you're the one sellling public market investors on short-term space datacenters

Elon Musk @elonmusk

2 days ago

He takes scamming to a whole new level

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With the publication of @AntoniaJuelich's report on how the terrorist group Boko Haram uses frontier AI, which was just featured by the @nytimes , we're excited to introduce the Cambridge Programme on AI Science & Policy (CASP) — a new research programme at @Cambridge_Uni . Frontier AI presents extraordinary opportunities, profound risks, and comes with high uncertainty. CASP aims to advance the knowledge needed for high-stakes decision making on the most capable AI systems. Current research spans (inter)national security, technical AI governance and frontier AI law & policy, and it will evolve as we learn and through ongoing dialogue with policymakers. Learn more: casp.ac

Antonia Juelich @AntoniaJuelich

3 days ago

In a hotel room in northeast Nigeria, I opened a leading AI chatbot, turned my laptop toward a former Boko Haram commander, and asked if he'd used it. He nodded. "You type in the question… like 'How can I build a bomb?', and then it tells you how. It is like a human robot. We

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Exulansis

You will become bitter if you keep giving value to people who have no incentive to repay it. Unpriced generosity becomes entitlement. Unprotected competence becomes exploitation. Unbounded loyalty becomes cheap labor. If you do not structure the exchange, resentment will structure it for you.