Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear:
Full many a flow'r is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert
"Look at Nigeria with 45 million people, yet they don't enjoy our standard of living despite their vast natural resources...." -Former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, around 1965.
Singapore observed the madness in Nigeria as an example of how not to be a country. 😭
🚨Jorge Jesus on Cristiano Ronaldo’s role for Portugal against Denmark:
🗣️ Jorge Jesus: “I respect Cristiano Ronaldo enormously, but respect does not mean he has to be the main character every time Portugal plays. Cristiano is 41 now. He is not the same player he was at 25, 28 or even 32, and pretending otherwise would be unfair to him and unfair to the team. I didn’t call him up because I believe Portugal must play every match around him. I called him because he still has experience, personality and a level of leadership that can be valuable to this group.
“But against Denmark, if I need players to press for 90 minutes, run behind the defence, recover the ball and constantly change positions, I will choose the players who can give me that today. I am not going to put Cristiano on the pitch simply because his name is Ronaldo. That would be managing the reputation of a player rather than managing the national team. If I need him for 20 minutes, he plays 20. If I need him for 30, he plays 30. And if I don’t need him, he can sit beside me and help the younger players understand what it means to represent Portugal.
“Cristiano has already had his time as the player everyone had to build around. He doesn’t need me to pretend otherwise. His greatest contribution now may not be scoring the winning goal or playing every minute. It may be walking into that dressing room, looking at the younger players and telling them what he learned after 20 years at the highest level. That is leadership too. I want him to understand that being important doesn’t always mean being on the pitch.
“And I know some people will be angry because they hear ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ and immediately think he must play. But I cannot select a player because of his history. I select him because of what he can give me today. Cristiano gave Portugal extraordinary moments, but those moments belong to the past. Against Denmark, I need to win the match in the present. If that means Cristiano starts, he starts. If it means he sits, he sits. Portugal owes Cristiano respect, but Portugal owes the team the truth.”
Is there any way to get this video in front of everyone living in Nigeria? Nigerians in the diaspora, please help circulate it widely. Abeg, this message needs to reach as many people as possible.
I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.
TENSION IN UNIBEN AS CHAPLAIN RESIGNS OVER ALLEGED THREATS, CULTISM HANDLING
The Chaplain of All Saints’ Chapel, University of Benin, The Venerable Egbenusi Osazee David, has resigned as Chairman of the Cult Renunciation, Reconciliation, Reformation, Rehabilitation and Interfaith Committee (CR4IC), citing alleged institutional inaction and threats from the Vice Chancellor following a deadly cult-related incident on campus.
In a strongly worded resignation letter dated May 10, 2026, addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, the cleric alleged that several proposals submitted by the committee to tackle cultism and restore peace within the institution were ignored, making the committee ineffective in carrying out its mandate.
According to the letter, the immediate trigger for his resignation was the events surrounding an alleged cult clash near the university gate, where a life was reportedly lost.
The Chaplain stated that after forwarding video clips related to the incident to the Vice Chancellor for “necessary action,” he allegedly received a furious phone call demanding that the videos be deleted.
The cleric further alleged that threats were made against him, including possible removal from the Chapel Vicarage and escalation of the matter to Anglican authorities if he failed to comply.
The Venerable Egbenusi maintained that he would not delete the clips, insisting that evidence connected to the loss of human life must be preserved for possible investigations and justice.
He also stressed that the office of the Chaplain operates with ecclesiastical independence and should not be subjected to intimidation or administrative pressure in matters concerning conscience, pastoral duty, and truth.
Despite stepping down as Chairman of CR4IC, the cleric reaffirmed the commitment of the chapel to continue praying, advocating, and speaking against cultism and violence within the university community.
As of the time of this report, the University of Benin management has not officially responded to the allegations contained in the resignation letter.
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@BlessedGirl001@Debbiektcha_ You've said it all. Perez's free transfer policy is outdated, priotizing profit over team building. We need to buy Rodri and a player like Stiller from stuggart to balance the midfield and bring in experienced defenders.
Let's call a spade a spade. Real Madrid are in this mess because of the following reasons.
1. Florentino Perez Sacked Ancelloti too early and brought in Alonso.
2. He refused to buy quality defenders when Ancelloti was using Midfielders as defence.
3. Perez refused to sign one more year contract with Luca Modric, but allowed him leave without having any replacement for Modric and Toni Krooz.
4. He signed Xabi Alonso and didn't give him full backing and control over the dressing room.
5. In the match today,, those players have no tactics, no plan, they just went to play with absolutely zero tactics in an El clasico match. Now xabi Alonso has been vindicated. Those players are bunch of kids on the field of play.
Now We are trophyless back-to-back.
PATHETIC!!! 📌
24 years ago at my Mum’s 70th birthday in Epe, you said I would be a great man. Your wisdom, mentoring and guidance have stayed with me ever since.
Today, on your 73rd birthday, I celebrate you Otunba Dr. Mike Adenuga, GCON. A true African icon whose vision continues to inspire us all.
Wishing you good health, strength and many more wins ahead 🙌🏾 …F.Ote💲
Hi Hamid,
I am Yusuf. I came across your mountains post from yesterday 25/4, and it stopped me completely. I decided to push myself to the limit and implement your formula from scratch, pixel by pixel, as a personal mathematical challenge.
After careful study of the image, I have successfully identified and understood 12 of the 14 mathematical objects:
✓ F(x) — color compression to [0, 255]
✓ N_s(x,y) — fractal noise with 6^5 * 5^(-s) frequency scaling
✓ E(x,y) — fractal envelope as a 50-term weighted sum
✓ Z_s(x,y) — layer occlusion product
✓ S(x,y) — sky value
✓ R(x,y) — layer depth value
✓ T(x,y) — distance to mountain center
✓ B(x,y) — slope angle via arctan
✓ A(x,y) — layer brightness
✓ H_v(x,y) — final color channel for v = 0, 1, 2
✓ Coordinate mapping: x = (m-1000)/600, y = (601-n)/600
✓ The full N_s structure
The two I cannot read precisely enough from the image are:
✗ J_s(x,y) — the mountain shape indicator
✗ K_v(x,y) — the lighting kernel
I can see the general structure of both. J_s uses a double exponential with cosine products and E(x,y)/1000 in the exponent, and K_v sums 50 terms of (91/100)^s weighted by cosines involving T, B and v. But the exact coefficients inside the ridge shape term of J_s and the cosine arguments of K_v are too dense to read at the resolution I have.
What I am currently seeing in my attempts: the layering and occlusion work correctly and the fractal texture E renders as expected, but without the exact J_s the mountain silhouettes are wrong. Peaks appear at incorrect positions and the snow and rock boundary does not match your image.
This is purely a personal challenge. I am not doing this for any commercial purpose.
Could you point me to where the full formula is published, or share a higher resolution crop of the equation panel from that post? Even just confirming those two functions would be enough to complete the implementation.
Thank you.
Yusuf
@OlaniyanAb95458@JohnFanimokun Lol, he wouldn't die with the honor he once held ke? Were you the one who conferred him with the honor in the first place. 😂😂😂 Dem call person Nobel laureate she say him no go die with honor. Person wey dey relevant in top echelon of global academia and in the Arts.