as funny as the kirk memes are, the fact that we stopped hearing about his killer once we found out he was white speaks volumes. if he were black, we’d still be seeing his face everywhere. no black person would’ve been allowed to forget him. that’s painful to think about.
"I have nothing to hide."
False.
You have medical history
You have financial behavior
You have location patterns
You have political views
You have relationship data
Privacy was never about hiding crimes. It was always about owning your life.
For how technically big MTN is in Naija - they produce poor tech products.
From apps to websites to payments etc. their technology experience is very subpar
I've seen a handful of people who hit a big bag in crypto. Reminds me of those hey days of Bitcoin. If you find yourself suddenly with a $100K, $500K or even $1M or above bag from trading or crypto (or really anything else) here are some tips I'd love to share with you.
First: do not tell majority of the people around you. In fact, it's a bit better to post it on X where you can always delete it. But for those who know you in person, only tell extremely few people and let them be people to whom that money is no big deal. Write it in your journal or share with only your closest people, who can keep a secret.
The unspoken thing here is that the jaw drop is not actually due to the scale of the dust plume but specifically because it is happening in New York. The same video taken in Beirut or Tehran would never get the same reaction from the viewer.
Re-watching videos of 9/11 on IG & it’s always so heartbreaking; the recorded 911 calls from the towers, those last messages from United Airline passengers💔
It also changed aviation security forever, I learnt pre 9/11 people used to smoke on planes, escort passengers to the runway, carry knives on board, even easily enter cockpit for photos etc etc passports weren’t even scrutinized heavy.
After 9/11: bullet proof cockpit doors, no sharp objects, security screening x1000, extra passport scrutiny, restricted zones etc etc.
Twenty-five years ago today, four aircraft crossed the eastern United States and literally changed world politics.
But 9/11 was also a story very much shaped by geography as well as ideology: flight routes, fuel, cities, borders.
Here's some geography of 11 September 2001.
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Jet fuel in open air burns at temperatures ranging from 800-1500°F.
Structural steel loses >50% of its structural capacity at ~1100°F.
Structural steel loses 90% of its structural capacity at temperatures above 1200°F.
Everything is a conspiracy when you understand nothing.