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[Makalaurë @Elvish_Harper]

This is because the showrunners don't really know the difference between right and wrong, and can't reason through how someone fighting for evil might defect to good.

In the original, none of the good people who influence Zuko try to do so by convincing him that he and his people are evil. They influence him by cultivating and appealing to his better nature. Obviously Iroh is the most significant, and in his years of mentoring Zuko he never once tries to even sow the seed of the idea that the Fire Nation might be in the wrong. Instead he just teaches Zuko to be honorable, brave, and kind. Kind doesn't take very well, but honorable does.

Over the course of the story, these principles he has been inculcated with come more and more into conflict with his loyalties, eventually forcing a confrontation. Even that confrontation is not "honor vs blood" - that's too simplistic. His crisis is the realization it is no longer possible to be loyal to his entire family. His father's dishonor has already divided the clan.

The new Zuko isn't honorable at all, because the showrunners don't understand how a "badguy" could have great moral qualities (and even be more moral than many of the "goodguys" in certain ways) that would ultimately lead him to become a hero. That is, Zuko in AtLA is already a "hero" before switching sides, in that his behavior is heroic. He's a brave warrior who fights for his family's honor and the success of his people. At least, he thinks that's what he's fighting for. In reality what he's doing isn't best for his people. That's the crisis. That's the change.

What they want new-Zuko to do is totally reject his own identity, rather than finding its real core. The Fire Nation feels a bit too much like "white colonizers." The original's idea that the Fire Nation was a truly great people who became misguided is no longer acceptable, so all virtue has to be stripped out of it. Note that Zhao, who was fearless in the face of death originally, is made a sniveling coward in the live-action. Examining the difference between courage and stubbornness is a bit too complicated for this "more mature" adaptation aimed at "adults." The badguys are all just thieving weasels now. Zuko suffers the worst because he was the best.

[Maxvayshia™ @maxvayshia]

Greatness!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

The outfielder lost the ball in the sun, put on his sunglasses while it was still mid-flight, then recovered in time to make the catch. Incredible

[Toni Kroos @ToniKroos]

Football won

[Tech Sphere Academy @TechSphereAcad]

Fits of the Day at TS Connect: Abuja Edition!

Safe to say, everyone understood the assignment. 😮‍💨🔥

[Sy Marcus Herve Traore @marcus_herve]

🛑🇧🇫- Captain Ibrahim Traore on why the government wants to control the flow of international students.

He said they are currently counting the number of Burkinabè students who are studying overseas. Out of 1000 students in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, over 800 of them left the country without the government knowing.

Our embassy over there has no record of them. And guess what those 800 people are studying? Charia law and Islamic laws and none of them is learning a trade.

So, he asked: where are they intending to apply those laws? In Burkina Faso 🇧🇫? Not here. Captain said he is going to bring them back home, and if they refuse, then they are no longer Burkinabè.

Will your country ever address this? Radical islam is a cancer that needs to be addressed. If we pretend as if it’s not a threat to Africa, we are just fooling ourselves. Terrorism started with them. Remember, the imperialists are always using religion and ethnicism to divide Africans.

[Biggest Mack @Big_Mck]

Even in FIFA there’s one rule for you (in Africa or the global south), there’s another for the West and there’s a special one for the United States.

On Sunday when Argentina face Spain in the final, FIFA will bend its rules once again to accommodate America.

This is why you should never feel any guilt breaching international rules.

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

That is precisely why a country going through a socioeconomic transition needs stiff, firm, authoritarian, nationalist bastards as its leadership - not "democratically elected" people who are subject to votes from these miserable idiots who go digging for gold on an expressway.

Lee Kuan Yew told us decades ago that when his government built high rise apartments to take poor Singaporeans out of bamboo shacks, they deliberately began peeing in the elevators and taking countermeasures against the government's attempts to stop them from messing up their own infrastructure. They had to humiliate and punish people brutally before they started acting in ways that were beneficial to their own lives.

If you want to uplift poor, colonised people, you will have to do it AGAINST THEIR WILL. Colonised people are not sane and a revolutionary must not pretend that he is up against sane, rational people who want a better life. A colonised man will steal expensive paint and empty it out into a river so that he can sell the plastic buckets and use the peanuts to play BetPesa. He will dig up his country's first high speed motorway that is going to add hundreds of millions of dollars to everyone's collective pocket, so that he can find gold nuggets and sell them for $650. He will vandalise railway lines that are meant to improve his own life so that he can sell the metal to a scrap dealer and use it to buy some pussy that night.

Colonised people are among the biggest dangers to themselves and the countries they inhabit, and any leader wishing to improve his country's material conditions despite the presence of millions of colonised people who are out of their natural minds, must be prepared to go the Stalin, Mao and Lee Kuan Yew way. Re-education camps, public flogging and forced labour so offenders can repay their debt to society.

China was once burdened with millions of useless idiots like this, but deliberate state policy removed them from the census and transformed China into the world's most successful civilisation. Hard decisions must be made in pursuit of development.

[Sir Dickson @Wizarab10]

Home of Peace and Tourism.

That is the nickname of Plateau State in North Central Nigeria. A state that used to pride itself with providing exotic vibes to residents and visitors, has been grossly violated by terrorists time and time again.

Peace in Plateau has become an old wives tale. The government whose primary responsibility to its citizens is to protect them, is rehabilitating criminals and releasing them into the society to commit more crimes. Kidnapping is at an all time high. Arson is at an all time high. Genocide is at an all time high. Even children and women are not spared. The street is filled with the blood of its own people while the elected officials are standing on a political mandate to reclaim office in 2027.

I’ve not seen this level of tone deafness in my entire life. The country is burning but the leaders are partying. In some countries, the country would be burning and politicians would be fleeing the country as citizens shut down and burn the country. When is enough going to be enough. Our death toll is reading war time numbers when we are in ‘peace’ time. Cost of living is already taking the lives of the living. Standard of living is at an all time low. HDI is embarrassing low. We are living like rats in 2026, running helter skelter for food and water while hoping not to be shot in the process.

Speaking in Nairobi in 2006, Barack Obama told the students of the University of Nairobi that, “if the people cannot trust the government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost, and that is why the fight against corruption is one of the biggest fights of our time.”

Nigerians, all else is lost. We are the horror story people in Cairo and Lusaka wake up to read about in the dailies. We need to wake up. Pleateau is bleeding and it is only a matter of time, the entire country is drained of blood.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

Remember “ineffectual buffon”? That was how the Economist magazine described the then-President of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Johnathan. Excerpt: Everyone in the know understood that the article was written by a Nigerian who later worked for the government

This is international lobbying 101

A white liberal American lady does not know Nigerian dog whistles like “Igbo trader”. Once I read that @nytimes article, I knew a Nigerian wrote it.

1. A lobbying group accepts a contract from the government

2. The lobby commissioned a Nigerian to write an article. In summary, the article is saying the co-operation of the Nigerian intelligence services and the President of Nigeria's prior authorisation to the Americans to bomb Sokoto was inconsequential. The US alphabet intelligence agencies read the posts of a trader in Onitsha, then bombed Sokoto.

3. The lobbying agency then finds a “credible” white liberal journalist who has written on the issue, gives her the Nigerian-written article, which she then publishes as hers. The New York Times then has the cover to publish a hit piece blaming a Nigerian “trader” in “Onitsha” for the executive decision to bomb Sokoto in the Week of January 15th. Date and locations are coincidental or randomly selected

4. Let's not mince words, someone wants a Nigerian “ trader from Onitsha” to take the blame for an action in Sokoto that the Government of Nigeria has already claimed responsibility for being aware of before, and authorised.

5. If you are not following yet, let me dumb it down. Christian Trader in Anambra State promoted the US military to bomb the Muslim caliphate in the week of January 15th”

It would not surprise me if I see another article from Vanity Fair saying the “Onitsha traders” are exporting gold from the NE

This is dangerous stereotyping, paid for with oil money. This is the way Africans muddy the waters, then blame the CIA

SHAME

[Emmanuel Echeta @PenTitan]

We are communal in nature. Or we were before the modern times.

However, because we are innately communal, a celebration for one is a celebration for all.

We didn't have single block houses where everyone kept to themselves. We lived in interconnected communities, and sometimes with extended families.

Ultimately, even when urban settings have changed much of the original living conditions, we are still communal unless you're just a loner or your family liked to keep to themselves.

So, when you do a wedding (a once in a lifetime event), your family will show up, your spouse's family will show up, your friends will show up, your spouse's friends will show up, your families friends will show up, your families friends friends will show up, your friends friends will show up.

Before you know it, you're feeding 300 people, because one way or another, you actually do know 300 people.

And it's not a bad thing. It's proof of good communal life.

And under normal economic conditions, you really wouldn't have much to complain about.

The tight-knit 25 attendee wedding ceremonies are usually done in countries that are not so communal. You don't see that much in Asia and South America.

We should do our own thing🙏

[Faithfulness Okom @AttorneyF_]

You mock the idea of a God who took on a human body; who cried, who hungered, who slept, who bled, who even had bowels. You find that ridiculous. I understand why. If I believed God was obsessed mainly with asserting dominance, enforcing submission, or staying untouched by our weakness, I would laugh too.

But maybe that reaction says more about us than about God.

The scandal of the Incarnation is not that God became “dirty with flesh.” The scandal is that God loved enough to step into the human condition instead of staying distant and comfortable. The God of Scripture did not hover above suffering and shout commands from a celestial throne; He entered the world we broke. He did not approach us wearing sterile gloves. He came as a child. He came hungry. He came vulnerable. He came into the full reality of embodied life, the beauty of it and the embarrassment of it.

And that tells you everything about His character.

If you were God, you would never stoop so low. You would never humble yourself like that. But YHWH did. And that shatters every shallow idea of God built purely on power and intimidation. Christianity says God’s greatness is not proven by how far above us He stands, but by how far He was willing to come down to redeem us.

Jesus didn’t come demanding empty ritual. He came demanding reconciliation, love, truth, justice, and relationship. That’s why He could say in the Sermon on the Mount that if you approach the altar to worship but your brother has something against you, leave the sacrifice and go make it right first. Only then come back to offer your gift. What kind of God says that? A God who cares more about hearts than gestures. A God who values restored people over robotic worship. A God who isn’t insecure about His throne and doesn’t need flattery to feel divine.

So yep, Christians believe in a God who entered flesh. A God who felt our weakness. A God who walked our streets and shared our humanity down to its most ordinary realities. And instead of making Him smaller, that makes Him infinitely more glorious.

Because the highest God chose the lowest road. And that is not ridiculous,
that is breathtaking.

[The Big Bird🦅⚽️ @c_mobike]

NFF has finished us!!! What is this wickedness and greed??? 😭😭
PLEASE SAVE NIGERIAN FOOTBALL !!!
@thenffofficial

[David Hundeyin @DavidHundeyin]

This "results" thing you people keep crediting to Rohr, what was it exactly? Between 1994 and 2018, Nigeria missed only 1 world cup and 2 AFCONs (1 of them because Abacha withdrew the team in 1996).

We made it to the 2nd round of the World Cup 3 times out of the 5 before Rohr, and we won the AFCON twice, came second once, and finished 3rd 3 times in that same period. We also won the Olympic football gold and every FIFA age grade tournament except the U20 world cup.

We were not Equatorial Guinea or Eswantini before Rohr - we were the Super fucking Eagles of Nigeria - even when we weren't winning, nobody on this continent ever wanted to play us. So where is this historical revisionism coming from regarding Gernot Rohr? So he qualified us to AFCON after NFF shenanigans made us miss 2, and he finished 3rd - whoop di fricken do! Christian Chukwu and Austin Eguavoen have also coached us to 3rd place finishes at AFCON! Where is their fan club?!

You people act as if this German crab "saved" a footballing minnow and overachieved with us, as if he didn't take over an absurdly stacked team (with UEFA Champions League players on the bench!) which happened to be underperforming, and then spent 4 years telling us that his miserable hoofed long ball trash was the best that anyone could do with a team that had a Man United striker, Chelsea winger, Chelsea and Arsenal midfielders, and Leicester City defenders.

You people should PLEASE low it with that Gernot Rohr nonsense. I do not want to hear that man's name!

[B. @InvertTheWing]

Don't think there are many redemption arcs better than Dembele's.

Started off as one of the most promising talents, highly toted at Rennes, Dortmund, and considered Neymar's heir by Barcelona, spending a near world record fee to bring him.

Completely flopped, dealt with so many injuries, got the nickname Dembulance, and endured so much abuse, pain. The worst was the World Cup 2022 final, where he comitted a penalty, and got substited off before half time.

Went to PSG, got abused for the decision, had an embarassing catapult out of the UCL knockouts to Dortmund the previous season.

But finally, 24/25 he has an injury free season, a historic treble season, and ends with a Ballon D'or.

[Real Madrid Fabrica @FabricaMadrid]

📊 | Real Madrid Academy (from Juvenil A - U19 to Prebenjamín B - U7) in 2024/25 (league only):

• 390 matches played
• 351 wins
• 26 draws
• 13 losses
• 2180 goals scored
• 236 goals conceded
• 90% win rate
• 13 out of 14 teams were league champions
🏆 𝐀 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐂 𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐁 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃

🔥 Complete dominance from 𝐋𝐀 𝐅𝐀́𝐁𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀.

[soham @soham_btw]

you didnt build shit in 4 days

you yoinked a gpl-v3 code, slapped an apache license on it, and called it a startup

here’s a quick 101 on how not to steal open source

@garrytan @ycombinator is this what you invest in? yuck

[Dr. Ose Etiobhio @osemagnum]

Pregnancy Is Not a Punishment: Why the Fear-Mongering Must End

She said it plainly. And I wish you had listened.
“Mummy Zee clearly said...Pregnancy is not a death sentence.”

Yet here you are, peddling fear like cheap perfume at a street market, choking every girl who dares to dream of motherhood. And I wonder...what happened to those sweet girls? The ones whose words made you pause mid-scroll, because they felt like warm water on tired skin. The ones who could ignite cerebral orgasms with just a sentence.

Where did they go?

What we have now is a chorus of bitterness masquerading as caution, voices dripping in toxicity, warning every womb to beware. And I say this with the deepest of sighs: stop it.

Stop making pregnancy sound like a death march lined with coffins and regret.
Stop weaponizing your pain and branding it as truth.

Because pregnancy, like any worthwhile journey, comes with its turbulence. And yet, we fly.

Pregnant women are like pilots. They soar, not because the skies are always clear, but because they know the destination is worth it. Sometimes there’s a bit of turbulence and shaking...yes. The clouds grumble, the plane jerks, and nausea kicks in like a protest song. But the flight doesn’t stop. It adjusts.
Sometimes, the pilot may need to land in an adjacent airport(maternity clinic)... It may even divert, seek shelter, pause at a maternity ward to catch its breath. And when necessary, it lands early...for safety.

Are there accidents? Yes.
But shall we cancel aviation because of them?

No one denies the risks. We acknowledge them...just as we acknowledge that crossing a road, falling in love, even sleeping, carries risk. But we do not live in fear. We do not drape our fears in feminism and parade them as power.

Because real power is in truth. And the truth is this: some women are trying to conceive. Some have husbands who kiss their bellies and hope. Some are yearning for that first kick, that quiet rhythm of new life.

Let’s not scar them with our bitterness.

Let’s not be the reason a girl chooses sterilization over motherhood because someone on the internet made childbirth sound like a horror film with no happy ending.

Your agenda is tired.
Your fear is not a virtue.

And to the women who didn’t make it before, during, or after labor, we remember you. We honor you. But we will not let your stories be twisted into weapons against hope.

Pregnancy is not a death sentence.
It is the beginning of everything.

So let’s speak like midwives, not mourners.
And let’s dead this stupid agenda already. It has expired.

And no, we won’t be renewing it!

[John H O N E S T Y (this is my only account) @JohnHonesty__]

D you know the story behind this iconic quote? Let me tell you why this phrase is so special, especially for me 🧵👇

[Magnus @Mxgnaeus]

@ilemidunf Impressive. Let's play whenever you're available.