After winning Nobel Prize, Joel Mokyr says: 'I'm still Israeli' and 'hostages return meant more than prize' Although he has lived and taught in the United States for 50 years, Professor Joel Mokyr, one of three recipients of this year’s Nobel Prize in Economics, says he is far more moved by the return of Is...

“Maybe he deserves a Nobel in medicine for his insights on the link between Tylenol and autism.... I look at what he does, he holds grudges forever. I also think his role in the hostages’ release was smaller than people think.

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#TrumpAmerica

Rediscovering & Embracing the Fading Art of Meaningful Boredom “…the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing” (Eccl 1:8)

Yes, our world is overflowing with content, yet we are drowning in discontentment and dissatisfaction. Now, you can rediscover and embrace the joys of living this ordinary but satisfying boring life - yours. Here 👇

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"Qatar's bitch" (via Instagram)

A nation that allows its president to accept lavish gifts from foreign powers that treats $400 million aircraft as personal perks rather than matters of national security, has begun its slide into the “trivial empire” phase of decline brianiselin67.medium.com/the-1-billio...

#leadership #integrity

The Fallacy of Collective Culpability “…those who are at ease have contempt for misfortune…” (Job 12:5, NIV)

There are definitely more resistances to progress if you were born to a middle-class Somalian or Ugandan family instead of a middle-class Emirati or Qatari family.

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#Growth #development #poverty #life #people

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Romans 2:24 (NLT) - No wonder the Scriptures say, “The Gentiles blaspheme the name of God because of you.”

#ChristianLiving
#exhortation

From the aNewNigeria community on Reddit: Nigerians wake up: Unbridled "Prayers Pacifism" is a Sure License for Mass Murderers to Kill us all Explore this post and more from the aNewNigeria community

Christians are to pursue peace and ensue it. That is our calling.

But, unbridled "Prayers Pacifism" from Christians only emboldens malevolent actors. Prayers pacifism will surely hasten the destruction of our country - Nigeria.

#Nigeria

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Twenty Lessons for Fighting Tyranny | Carnegie Reporter Winter 2022 | Carnegie Corporation of New York Historian and Andrew Carnegie Fellow Timothy Snyder suggests ways to defend democracy with individual actions

Stand out. Someone has to. It is easy to follow along. It can feel strange to do or say something different. But without that unease, there is no freedom. Remember Rosa Parks. The moment you set an example the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow
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“The current oil price levels are a death sentence for the Russian economy. “As expected, stagflation has arrived in Russia. Welcome, make yourselves comfortable. Russia is facing an economic tsunami, a perfect…

A future full of poverty and torment is the reward for the blind, slavish, and obedient worship of authority.

#history

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No matter what, ugly is ugly.

“The world is being inundated by the brazen conviction that power can do anything, justice nothing. The price of cowardice will only be evil; we shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.”
©Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russia on fire; refineries, oil depots, and weapon production facilities are set ablaze, Chornobyl… The Ukrainian spirit of defiance and our will to victory and freedom is unbroken. We must stand more united than ever side by side with…

Like any empire in its dotage, the US suffers from overconfidence, arrogance, strategic blindness and overboarding greed. Waging power without wisdom is deadly dangerous
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#UkraineWar

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The UK remembers and is thankful.

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Black & White headshot of Zelensky with a Ukraine flag in the background having the caption, "I stand with Zelensky."

Picture of Zelensky with a Ukraine flag background with the caption, "I stand with Zelensky"

We stand with Zelenskyy

After Trump and Vance embarrassed America live on Television yesterday, I can say the real grownup and hero was President Zelensky.

Sadly, the world had to witness how America is failing under this racist, corrupt, incompetent and money hungry Administration.

I still stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦

Bookcover of Anne Applebaum's Autocracy Inc

By the time Putin became president, he was well acquainted with the double standards of Western democracies, which preached liberal values at home but were very happy to help build illiberal regimes everywhere else.
©Anne Applebaum

#readinglist

Energy Transitions: Measuring Motivations & Persuasions Synopsis The main motivation behind most energy strategies stem from necessity and expediency Countries are inherently protectionist. There are very few altruistic intents and actions And then, even t...

... while every nation certainly has some part to play in the global energy story, it is (in some instances) apparent that not all players can or should be accused of equal culpability.

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#goinggreen

10 Life-Changing Lessons from Susan Cain’s “Quiet” “Don’t mistake assertiveness or eloquence for good ideas.”

Extroversion and introversion are not set in stone. The challenge lies in being true to oneself. Only then can you present your best to the world without compromising your authenticity.

#BooksInsights

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THISDAY Awards:Winners of Titans of the Year….Dele Farotimi – THISDAYLIVE

Farotimi’s ordeal exposed the weaponisation of the legal system against dissent.

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#Nigeria #DeleFarotimi

Tinubu’s Buharization of the NNPC A blog by Professor Farooq Kperogi about Nigeria, America, politics, education, culture, identity, media, language, English grammar, and much more.

This cycle of ethnic favoritism must end if Nigeria is to realize its full potential as a nation. To grow and thrive, we need leaders who can transcend the narrow confines of ethnocracy.

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#Nigeria #tribalism

Criminals chasing a book

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#DeleFarotimi #Nigeria

Yes, Ayah Hirsi Ali is a woman of heart, courage, & steel

You don't have to be tough, and you don't have to be proud, but you do have to know when to stand up.
~ Johnny Cash ( paraphrased).

Thank you Dele Farotimi #DeleFarotimi #Nigeria

Thanks for the invitation.

You already are now.

#nigeriasky for the #nigeria communities. Please repost so others can see and follow each other 🇳🇬

These are the pastors rubishing Christianiry and making it difficult for others to believe. Fake pastors pedling "snake oil fetishized Christianity."