The sun hits the Earth with 10,000 times more energy than we use.
Every. Single. Day.
We're not running out of power.
We're just stuck using the wrong kind-because billionaires don't own sunlight.
Everyone's talking about our former presidents so let me give my unsolicited take on the subject:
Ameen Didi wrote the constitution in a way in which there would be no contest to his power and where only Male' citizens had any rights, DESPITE getting advice from foreign parties which had better democratic frameworks that he could've modeled our constitution after.
Ibrahim Nasir gave out most of our land to friends and family, and did little to change the constitution that was still severely undemocratic. Let's also not forget that he Massacred an entire population for revolting instead of taking a more civil approach.
Maumoon came to power using propaganda and political satire, and yet immediately iron gripped the spread of media within the country to make sure the same tactics couldn't be used against him. He also did little to fix the constitution and rigged votes so severely that he got nearly 100% votes for 30 years straight. Ontop of that, we saw the worst cases of authoritative military rule in our country's history with the NSS arresting and torturing anyone and everyone that even slightly bothered/stood against the now growing elite corrupt class.
Nasheed came into power on the backs of activists who sought real change from Maumoon's era. The 2008 constitution was a step forward in our history and yet Nasheed still couldn't betray his own class of the elites and unlawfully sold entire islands and land to his friends and family. He failed to prosecute the actual ruling class in Maldives at that time and he misused his power over the branches of government by unlawfully arresting a supreme court justice stepping over the parliaments decision. This set the precedent for the dwindling fracture of checks and balances in the country following his rule. Let's also not forget the political unrest that he failed to control because of his rash actions as well.
Yameen, while hailed as the president who brought the most development, did that on the backs of loans and debt that we've been paying for since. He held his position through pure authoritative control of government offices by bribing and threatening political appointees and by consolidating power within the executive branch. His rule also saw an extensive centralization effort, and the now common place trope of using large scale projects as money laundering and corruption schemes to feed the rich. Insert the MMPRC scandal here.
Ibu's presidency vowed to bring justice to those who looted the country during the previous presidency, and to focus the country's trajectory into decentralization. However, both of these were unachieved as he ended up pardoning the highest ranking members of government scandals. His decentralization work also only amounted to projects in islands managed through the central government instead of empowering local councils. He actually began the work of disempowering councils by moving many of their functions into the central government. Even though he's hailed as holding the front line during the COVID crisis, his government, whether he knew or not, used the opportunity to steal from everyday people, mainly by misusing funds given for ventilators which led to multiple deaths that are still to be properly investigated.
Starting with Version -3 (read negative 3) of a floating waste interception solution.
Next we'll see photos of fish, turtles and dolphins entangled in this net.
Knee jerk reaction to social media uproar is not how a 3000+ employee SOE should operate.
Thank you city council for the ramp. And thanks to the construction company that added this beautiful protective barrier around it. Ensuring no wheelchair or mobility assistance device could use the ramp.
Amazing.
Unable to access the building today because this car decided to park inside of the building boundary. @PoliceMv just told me they will not be penalizing the owner neither towing the vehicle. They will call the owner to remove the car in their own leisure and that leaves us either to climb over this car or to stay on the road until the owner wakes up from his nap at home. Thank you MPS and thank you @MMuizzu@presidencymv@ameen3d@MoTCAmv
Dear Minister Muththalib,
@muththo
The biggest challenge facing Maldivian families is not housing.
It’s inequality & injustice.
The real estate that the gov is envisioning is to create gated communities for the elites or to enrich a few with the land that’s been reclaimed.
@shadazubair@aikey@adamazim@MaleCitymv The whole #savefunvaa should be protected and kept as a nature reserve for the whole Greater Malé area. The space is used for schools various activities and nature Field trips too. @MoEdumv
There are alternative spaces in Villimale to construct housing, not 17 storeys though.
173 (fenunu) candidates used our fonts during #LCE2026.
5 paid upfront. 42 paid after we chased them down. 126 just… didn’t.
Democracy in kuriah. 🫡
#AkuruWrapped#LCE2026
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