“I do not wish to invite hordes of wild Irishmen, nor the turbulent and disorderly of all parts of the world” who might come here with a view to disturb our tranquility”
- Harrison Gray Otis of Massachusetts
House of Reps, 1797

A racist spawn of the “turbulent and disorderly”👇

Always happy with Verstappen’s misfortunes. I pray he has zero grip for the rest of the year and his tires get replaced by regular tires.
Yeah, you can call ma a hater 🤣 🤣
#F1
F1 Miami Grand Prix

I’m 5’11 but I find that everyone walks faster than me. At the airport everyone’s fast paced and I’m always trying to catch up.
My gait is leisurely and my Gen Z kids always ask me to double up with a sprinkling of “old man!”

I’m flat footed so maybe walking fast is not my thing

The Tanaka doctrine. Japan to conquer China and use its human and material resources to conquer the world.
(It all ended disastrously in Manchuria and the puppet state of Manchukuo)

The multiplier case of a long term govt spending project is a bit overstated

“Saudi Arabia Is Betting Billions on A.I. Dominance”
NYT, 28/04/2024.

Nigeria: daily bread, tribalism, kidnapping, religion.
No big ideas. No vision.

Africa is falling behind.
The children of a lesser god will soon fit into the world like a subordinate clause

Thinking about Nigeria’s oppressive systems and inability to muster a coherent developmental energy one is possessed by an ineffable, listless sadness

A higher consciousness and feudalistic norms locked in eternal conflict

On X channeling this sorrow daily into calls for change

Bruce Onobrakpeya, The Mask and the Cross

U.S Solo Exhibition, National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. 20560

June 21, 2023 - January 21, 2025

The legend lives! Be there!
Ikhide R. Ikheloa

Since the end of the Civil War, NdiIgbo have mostly coughed up dark phlegms to Nigeria as politicians. Every vapid village bumpkin ends up serving the Federal Government and doing what comes naturally: “animal talk.”

I’m very grateful that Alex Otti is changing this narrative

Philippians 2:3
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves.”

The choice is not always stark or binary, neither are the issues black and white

“Mob”
The irony of calling your fellow citizens who want change “mobs” when you’re queuing to buy 1 liter of fuel for N1,000, the money in your pocket losing value by the day, you’re continually in darkness and have a high chance of being kidnapped.

No be juju be that?

“You fell to the mob”

Impetuous reactionaries imposing a tyrannical demand on victims to justify their despair to themselves.

A condescension trampling upon the fragile harmony and social cohesion essential to nation building.

A grotesque fascist devise to nullify opposition

Young Nigerians,
I take pride in the fact that you consider me a role model, and will always strive to earn your trust.

My not wanting Tinubu to fail comment expresses my deep concern for the country. I understand your anger. One cannot but abhor what he represents.

I apologize

Public praise is “a vain and deceitful phantom.”
I prefer to tell you the truth and take the insults.
(And no, neither Tinubu nor your country has anything that I’m interested in other than securing a hopeful future for our young generation).

#NowPlaying 🎶
Setting the evening mood with
Rachmaninov “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”
(London Symphony: Andre Previn).

It’s difficult to express the joys and consolations that one gains from Rachmaninov’s music.
And I think this profundity is what sets great composers apart

And it ends 3-2.

London is Red. Kiss the ring Londoners! The Arsenal rules the roost.
#COYG
#ARSTOT