kweku 

I'm the exception to all the rules and Follower of the Christ ✞ | Policy Nerd at Heart | Engineer&Entrepreneur by calling

[kweku  @agyenim]

Taking a 6month hiatus off social media in 2024. #selfimprovement #GoalSetting

[Zack D. Films @zackdfilms1]

How Comfort Zones Trap You 😵

[GHANA FACTS & HISTORY @GhanaianMuseum]

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Accra, July 1995 — Severe floods after torrential rains killed at least 20 people and caused widespread damage across the capital and nearby towns. As rescue and clean-up efforts continued, President Jerry John Rawlings visited the worst-hit areas.

[Football Tweet ⚽ @Footballtweet]

FIFA’s broadcast cameras appeared to avoid showing this moment, likely due to rules around political gestures and protests.

But today, Lumumba covered his mouth and mimed a gun to his head in a powerful protest against the silence surrounding the conflict in eastern DR Congo.

One of the world’s most active crises has displaced thousands, and he used the World Cup stage to make sure people could not look away.

This is what true influence looks like. 🇨🇩👏

[AUGUSTUS @Der_Augustus]

Will FIFA come out to explain why this wasn’t a penalty? There’s an entire VAR team being paid to review incidents like this, were they asleep? Funny how these calls always seem to go against the smaller sides.

[kweku  @agyenim]

@DontdoYawa I‘m interested in where these numbers are drawn from. Give me facts and proven evidence for the feasibility and I will be in support. These are not novel ideas just good marketing/presentation i.e. content

[Zyan @ZyanBizBoost]

A Harvard professor just revealed why nobody likes you.

She studied 1,000+ speed dates, parole hearings, and police body cam footage.

What she discovered about conversation will change how you see every interaction you've ever had.

Here's the science she just revealed on the latest Diary of a CEO:

Dr. Allison Wood Brooks has spent 20 years studying how humans talk to each other.

And it explains why you're probably making people dislike you without knowing it.

It starts with something called "boomeranging."

You say: "My favorite restaurant is Mr. Chows."

They say: "Oh I've been to Mr. Chows! Last time I went with friends and..."

They've just stolen your moment.

You shared something personal. They made it about themselves.

This happens constantly. And it's killing your relationships.

The fix? One follow-up question before you redirect.

"Who did you go with?" or "What did you order?"

That's it. One question. Then you can share your story.

But here's what really blew my mind:

Dr. Brooks studied 1,000 speed dates at Stanford.

She measured how many questions each person asked.

People who asked just ONE extra question per date converted way more second dates.

One question. That's the difference between connection and rejection.

Men were way worse at this than women.

Men asked fewer questions on average. But when they wanted the second date, they often didn't get it.

The solution was embarrassingly simple: Ask more questions.

Here's her framework for being instantly more likable:

T - Topics: Prep 2-3 talking points before any conversation. Even 30 seconds of forethought makes you smoother.

A - Asking: Ask more questions. Especially follow-up questions. This is where all the magic happens.

L - Levity: Humor and warmth prevent boredom. If people aren't engaged, nothing else matters.

K - Kindness: Use people's names correctly. Show respect. Small language choices compound.

The most powerful phrase she teaches?

"It makes sense that you feel X about Y."

Someone says something crazy? Don't attack it.

Say: "It makes sense that you feel that way. Tell me more."

This validates without agreeing. It keeps the conversation alive.

The moment you say "I disagree," their brain literally shuts down to your ideas.

Brain scans prove this.

But the scariest finding was about male friendship.

40% of men report having ZERO close friends.

Dr. Brooks watched hundreds of men try to make friends.

They talked about sports. Weather. Surface stuff.

None of them asked: "What have you been struggling with?"

None asked: "What do you hope to achieve?"

Women ask these questions in the first 3 minutes.

Men never got there.

Vulnerability is the doorway to real friendship.

And men have been socialized to see it as a weakness.

The result? An epidemic of loneliness.

Men are 4x more likely to say they have no one to turn to in a crisis.

One last thing that stuck with me:

If you walked into a room trying to be 1/10 likable, what would you do?

Ignore people. Stay on your phone. Get their name wrong.

5/10? Small talk. Bland. Disinterested but not offensive.

10/10? Completely focused on them. Remember details. Ask about their life.

Most people live at 5/10 without realizing it.

The gap between forgettable and magnetic is smaller than you think.

It's just attention. Curiosity. Follow-up questions.

Skills anyone can learn.

But almost nobody practices.

[Jason Kint @jason_kint]

Sorkin is especially good at giving interviewees room to breathe - really getting inside their thinking. Here's Newsom with arguably the most chilling two minutes, ending with a direct callout to a room full of wealth, power and influence on the markets and nation.

[Battalion 54 @54Battalion]

Look at their faces, they are ashamed because she's telling the truth.
AFRIKA MUST UNITE ECONOMICALLY ✊🏽

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

Life lessons you'll never find in books ‼️‼️

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

OH HE CLEARED HIM LMFAOOO😭😭😭

[Joey Yochheim @joeyyochheim]

Dr Rhonda Patrick reveals the exercise routine that can reverse ageing by 20 years.

[Better Men @Better_men]

This makes sense… when you’re dealing with your person, reaction and aggression aren’t the first go to…

[Candidly Tiff @tify330]

Zohran hitting NYC clubs was smart politics. You gotta meet people where they are to remind them get off their asses and vote. He hit a diversity of spots too.

[Buitengebieden @buitengebieden]

Road Runner in real life.. 😅

[internet hall of fame @InternetH0F]

"You only get to die for having lived" hits hard everytime

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

This realization helped this guy beat 6 years of depression‼️‼️

[African Stream @african_stream]

WHY CONGO IS BLEEDING

The Congolese people are living in poverty and dying at the hands of rebel groups thanks to Western greed. That’s the view political commentator Shahid Bolsen expresses in this clip.

He notes how the Congo is a treasure trove of all the minerals on which the modern world depends - sitting, for example, on 70% of global cobalt supplies. Makers of smartphones and e-cars would rather make a bigger profit by getting their minerals dirt cheap from conflict-marred supply chains than remove the incentive for militias like the M23 to keep on killing in their quest to capture ever more lucrative Congolese mines - while consumers of gadgets would rather pay less for them than pressure governments into forcing the big corporations to clean up their act.

This is not just about corporate greed, it is a neo-colonial economic war that benefits not only Western multinationals but also their regional allies. Since January, M23 have captured the two largest cities in Congo’s mineral rich east - Goma and Bukavu. At least 3,000 were killed in Goma, with 700,000 displaced. For years, the rebel group has served as a proxy for Rwandan and Ugandan commercial interests in DRC. Kinshasa claims to lose $1 billion a year to resource theft by its neighbours. M23 reportedly makes around $800,000 a month from taxation on mining in Rubaya, a town captured in 2024.

Video credit: Middle Nation (YouTube)

[Onye Nkuzi @cchukudebelu]

This guy is talented.