NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE
A woman in a cheap cotton dress and her husband in a humble suit got off the train in Boston and walked timidly (without an appointment) to the office of the secretary to the President of Harvard University.
The secretary guessed at one point that those peasants who had come from the forests had no business at Harvard.
"We would like to see the president," the man said gently.
"He's busy," the secretary replied.
"We'll wait," the woman replied. For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping the couple would finally lose heart and leave, but they didn't, and the secretary saw her frustration growing and finally decided to interrupt the president, even though it was a task she always avoided.
"Perhaps if you talk to them for a few minutes they'll leave," the secretary said to the University President. He grimaced but agreed; someone of his stature obviously didn't have time to deal with people in cheap dresses and suits. Nevertheless, the president, frowning but with dignity, strode arrogantly toward the couple.
The woman said to him:
We had a son who attended Harvard for only one year. He loved Harvard and was happy here, but he died in an accident a year ago. My husband and I would like to erect something somewhere on campus in our son's memory.
The president wasn't interested and said:
- Ma'am, we can't put up a statue for every person who attends Harvard and dies; if we did, this place would look like a cemetery.
"Oh no," the woman explained quickly:
We don't want to erect a statue; we think we'd like to donate a building to Harvard.
The president narrowed his eyes, glanced at the couple's dress and cheap suit, and then exclaimed:
"A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We've spent over $7.5 million on buildings here at Harvard!" For a moment the woman was silent, and the president was pleased because perhaps he could get rid of them now.
The woman turned to her husband and said softly:
*"Is it so little to start a university? Why don't we start our own?"* Then her husband agreed, and the president's face darkened with confusion and bewilderment.
Mr. Leland Stanford and his wife stood up and left, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university that bears his name, Stanford University, in memory of a son whom Harvard hadn't taken an interest in.
Leland Stanford Junior College was founded in 1891 in Palo Alto. It was named in honor of the deceased son of a wealthy landowner. That was his memorial, and today Stanford University is ranked number one in the world, ahead of Harvard.
How easy it is to judge by appearances, and how easy it is to be wrong when... judging by appearances!!!
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I ACCIDENTALLY UNLOCKED "GOD MODE" IN CHATGPT,
AND IT STARTED TEACHING ME THINGS I DIDN'T KNEW EXISTED.
HERE ARE THOSE 7 CHATGPT PROMPTS THAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING FOR YOU:
Every football club on earth exists because of this island. 🇬🇧
Kings banned it. The richest schools in England claimed it. They wrote the rules and locked the gates.
Then the working class stole it back.
In 1850, Parliament passed the Factory Act. Work stopped at two on a Saturday. Working men had free time. And they chose football.
Churches formed clubs to keep men out of pubs: Aston Villa, Bolton, Everton.
Factories formed teams from their own workers: West Ham from the Thames Ironworks, Arsenal from a munitions factory.
The FA Cup Final. Blackburn Olympic: weavers, spinners, a plumber. They beat the Old Etonians 2-1. No private school team ever reached the final again.
Then British workers carried it everywhere they went ⚽🌍
Scottish miners in Spain founded its oldest club. A Nottingham lace trader gave Juventus their black and white stripes.
A butcher's son from the same city founded AC Milan. British railway workers in Uruguay named their team after Stephenson's Rocket.
Cornish miners founded Mexico's first football club. A schoolteacher from Kent taught the game to his students in Argentina. His school produced Lionel Messi.
A boy from Southampton brought two footballs to Brazil. They call him the father of Brazilian football.
Real Madrid are said to wear white because of an English amateur team.
From Lancashire cotton mills to every continent on earth.
Three and a half billion people watch football. The most popular sport ever created. And it was created here. By the British people.
Every Saturday, three o'clock. That kickoff time exists because of the Factory Act of 1850. The moment working men were given an afternoon off.
They chose football. And the world followed.
No owners. No sponsors. Just supporters.
Be part of us. 👉 https://t.co/rih7iKwnvf 🙏
Be Proud Of Us. 🇬🇧
@renoomokri I am NOT even perturbed by your daily rants against Peter Obi. You said much more worse about Tinubu. Today, your vituperations and diatribe against Tinubu is what the opposition is using as material to campaign against him. Of you have Reno on your side, it's zero for you.
Reno Omokri, The Chameleon !
Reno Omokri, the self-proclaimed "Gospeller" and "Deep Thinker," is a notorious political chameleon whose entire career reeks of opportunism, hypocrisy, and unsubstantiated smears.
Once a vocal defender of Goodluck Jonathan (denying corruption scandals outright), he viciously attacked Bola Tinubu as a "drug dealer" and "most corrupt Nigerian"—only to flip spectacularly into Tinubu's most sycophantic cheerleader after gaining favor (including an ambassadorial nod). This isn't principle; it's survival-of-the-fittest bootlicking.
Nigerians have not forgotten the criminal discrepancies in Reno's claimed government role/pay (petitions to EFCC/ICPC over alleged misrepresentation), involvement in circulating forged documents to discredit opponents during Jonathan's era, and a pattern of peddling fake news or distorted "facts" for clout.
His rants often descend into unhinged insults, paranoid conspiracies, and selective outrage—defending power when it benefits him, attacking it when it doesn't.
Omokri's obsession with smearing Peter Obi isn't truth-seeking; it's the desperate flailing of a man whose credibility is built on sand. He preaches morality while embodying expediency, twists history for likes, and hides behind "TableShaker" bravado.
In short: a mercenary propagandist whose allegations carry the weight of his own flip-flops—zero. Nigeria deserves better than this serial hypocrite masquerading as a commentator.
Wike has destroyed @OfficialPDPNig, he is now moving to destroy @OfficialAPCNg....
At the rate things is going , the final crisis that will end democratic governance in Nigeria is being laid by the "untouchable" Wike.
I’ll never forget that quiet moment in class when everything shifted inside me.
The room was buzzing with chatter, young hearts full of certainty about love, until my professor’s voice cut through the noise:
“If you’re in a relationship… do you still get crushes on other people?”
Dead silence. You could hear hearts stuttering.
He walked to the board and slowly drew a heart. Inside it, in careful letters, he wrote two words: Loyalty. Faithfulness.
Then he turned to us and asked softly, “If love truly holds these things… why does someone else still turn your head?”
No one dared speak. We all felt exposed, like children who’d been caught pretending.
From the back row, I barely whispered, “Because… it’s not really love.”
He heard me.
He turned, looked straight into my eyes, and gave the gentlest, saddest smile I’ve ever seen.
“Exactly,” he said. “Being in a relationship doesn’t mean you’re in love. Sometimes… we’re just holding onto the warmth of someone who cares, because deep down we’re terrified of being alone. We love the feeling of being wanted more than we love the person.”
His words landed like rain on a wound I didn’t know I had. My throat tightened. A few seats away, someone sniffled. Eyes glistened all around the room.
In that moment, he wasn’t teaching a lesson from a textbook.
He was holding up a mirror to every lonely corner of our hearts, showing us the quiet truth we’d been too afraid to face: some of us weren’t in love… we were just in love with not being alone.
I walked out of that classroom with tears I couldn’t explain, carrying a heartbreak I hadn’t earned yet and a clarity I wasn’t ready for.
Some teachers change your grades.
A rare few change your soul.
That day, he did both. 🫶
Liam Rosenior first words as Chelsea head coach:
🗣️ "I am extremely humbled and honoured to be appointed Head Coach of Chelsea Football Club. This is a club with a unique spirit and a proud history of winning trophies.
My job is to protect that identity and create a team that reflects these values in every game we play as we continue winning trophies. To be entrusted with this role means the world to me and I want to thank all involved for the opportunity and faith in undertaking this job.
I will give everything to bring the success this club deserves."
~ @ChelseaFC
WILL PRESIDENT TRUMP TARGET AFRICA'S "MADUROS"?
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela and abduction of President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on January 3, 2026, under President Trump, marks a brazen escalation in American interventionism.
Framed as a response to alleged election rigging and narco-trafficking, Trump's declaration that the U.S. will "run" Venezuela signals a return to unilateral "regime change" tactics, echoing Iraq and Afghanistan but with faster, special ops-driven execution.
For African nations plagued by election manipulation, like Nigeria—where the 2023 polls were marred by irregularities amid economic woes—this sets a chilling precedent. Autocratic leaders in rigging hotspots (e.g., Nigeria's APC, Cameroon's Biya, or Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa) may face heightened paranoia over U.S. "decapitation" strikes.
It could deter overt fraud, pushing regimes toward subtler tactics like digital suppression or judicial capture, fearing Trump's "America First" doctrine might extend to Africa if tied to U.S. interests like oil or counter-China influence.
Geopolitically, it erodes international norms: If the U.S. kidnaps leaders without UN backing, it invites retaliation from powers like Russia or China, who back African strongmen (e.g., Wagner in Mali). Nigeria, with its OPEC ties and Venezuelan parallels in oil dependency, risks becoming a proxy battleground—U.S. sanctions could target "rigged" elections, crippling economies already hit by inflation (Nigeria's at 30%+).
Diplomatically, African Union unity fractures: Pro-West nations like Kenya might quietly applaud anti-rigging moves, while others decry imperialism, boosting Pan-Africanism or BRICS alliances.
For citizens, it inspires uprisings but also repression; rigged leaders may crack down harder, citing "external threats."
Economically, volatility spikes: Venezuela's chaos could disrupt global oil, hurting Nigeria's exports.
Long-term, it questions sovereignty—will Trump target Africa's "Maduros"?
This neo-Monroe Doctrine for the Global South amplifies instability, urging reforms to avoid becoming the next target.
Time to stop buying tickets and stop showing up to @ChelseaFC games. These new owners are totaly useless to every notion of a decent football. As a registered seasonal fan, it's time to hit them where it hurts.. empty seats and lost revenue.
#ClownsFc 🤡🤡🤡🤡 @BehdadsBlues @Clearlake