Photo I took of Lula in Abuja, Nigeria in February 2014

As someone who lived in Nigeria during the country's greatest footballing triumphs, I can tell you this is the truest research paper on the internet!

How many will be able to live with the shame of everyone knowing they’re paying $20/month to keep their blue checkmark? theverge.com/2022/10/30/234…

Hold a cedi note in your hand and say to it - I love you baby

- James Kanagasooriam helpfully extends our understanding of the Vibes Theory of Politics [ thetimes.co.uk/article/its-vi… ]

Long term followers will know I have an irrational love for Diogo Dalot. This bit of his family history in a generally nice feature made me chuckle [ thetimes.co.uk/article/diogo-… ]

“At no time in the history of organized crime is there an example where a revenue stream has been taken over like this, and without a shot being fired,” propublica.org/article/china-…

Overheard - “Nigeria being a low trust society even shows up in dating. You meet a guy and ask him ‘are you married?’. If he says no, you then have to follow up with ‘ok but is someone married to you?’”

The Gray Man is so bad, best thing is to not start watching it at all. Once you start you will spend 2 hours watching in disbelief

Apple TV will make a really great show and be like ‘we don’t even care if you watch it. We have more money than Mansa Musa anyway’. I just started Bad Sisters and I’m wondering why I’ve never seen it talked about on twitter

“Last year, the chip industry produced more transistors than the combined quantity of all goods produced by all other companies, in all other industries, in all human history”