Ali

Manchester United...

chaos is a ladder

[Sky Sports F1 @SkySportsF1]

Lewis Hamilton wins his first Grand Prix with Ferrari 🤩🏆

[King.sol 🇶🇦 @teddi_speaks]

Elon becoming a trillionaire after space x launches isnt the best news today, the fact that a welder is also becoming a millionaire after working for 28$ an hour while receiving $10,000 worth of shares as payment all those years.

[Veloria 🌊 @veloriahq]

“𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪��� 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺”

— 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘕𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘻𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦

[Veloria 🌊 @veloriahq]

𝘐𝘯 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺, “𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳.”

𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘦���𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺, “𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴.”

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

The moment Maikel Melero reminded everyone why he’s got 5 world titles and absolutely zero fear.

That level of control is honestly ridiculous.

[Harry Kent @ITFCHIBBZ]

I don’t care who they are, whenever English teams play in Europe I want them to win!

So come on Villa, palace and PSG !

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

A psychologist explained:

"Travel breaks the illusion that your current life is the only one possible."

[Wode Maya ® @wode_maya]

Zambia is the real garden of Eden 🇿🇲😍

[Africa Facts Zone @AfricaFactsZone]

African Countries That Contribute The Most To Intra-African Trade

1. South Africa - $39.2 billion

2. Egypt 🇪🇬 - $10.5 billion

3. Cote d'Ivoire 🇨🇮 - $8B

4. Morocco 🇲🇦 - $7.4B

5. Namibia 🇳🇦 - $7.1B

6. Zambia 🇿🇲 - $6.2B

7. Tanzania 🇹🇿 - $5.8B

8. Nigeria 🇳🇬 - $5.2B

9. Ghana 🇬🇭 - $4.7B

10. Kenya 🇰🇪 - $4.6B

[Farai Mazhindu @FaraiMazhindu]

The world does not owe Africa a head start, nor will it stand still to let us catch up.

While some societies have effectively conquered Earth, mastering healthcare, stable currencies, high-speed rail, and skyscrapers, they are now looking past the horizon.

As they build colonies for the stars and explore outer galaxies, they aren't looking back to see if we're keeping pace.

They have earned the beauty of life through centuries of systems building. We, meanwhile, are still struggling with the basics.

It is 2026. In much of the world, the conversation is about AI and interstellar travel. In Africa, the conversation is still about government officials looting the national treasury.

We have nations without running water, cities without reliable electricity, and children dying of malnutrition in the shadows of empty luxury developments.

We cannot expect the world to pause its evolution out of pity. African problems are African problems. No one is coming to save us, and no one is obligated to.

Until we prioritize building our own systems over stealing from our own futures, the gap will only grow wider.

[Poetic Outlaws @OutlawsPoetic]

“We have the money, the power, the medical understanding, the scientific know-how, the love and the community to produce a kind of human paradise. But we are led by the least among us – the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary."

--Terence McKenna

[Jasmin @AI_with_jasmin]

🚨 BREAKING: Passive studying is dead!

Claude can train your brain harder than most professors ever will.

Here are 10 Claude prompts to learn anything 10× faster

[Diggers.News @DiggersOfNews]

PPP roads are looking like public scams https://t.co/sn2XMamXXJ

[EQUITY AXIS @EquityAxis]

Africa's largest Copper producer, First Quantum Mining, with an annual turnover of US5 billion, says its ore quality in Zambia has depleted significantly thus increasing costs (AISC). It said only innovation will save it. FQM is partnering ZCCM to explore new mining areas @MiningIndaba

[Joe Biden @JoeBiden]

What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans. We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized. The people of Minnesota have stood strong — helping community members in unimaginable circumstances, speaking out against injustice when they see it, and holding our government accountable to the people. Minnesotans have reminded us all what it is to be American, and they have suffered enough at the hands of this Administration. Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it’s our own government targeting American citizens.

No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we — all of America — stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It's time to show the world. More importantly, it's time to show ourselves.

Now, justice requires full, fair, and transparent investigations into the deaths of the two Americans who lost their lives in the city they called home. Jill and I are sending strength to the families and communities who love Alex Pretti and Renee Good as we all mourn their senseless deaths.

[tyro @DoubleEph]

Told you Carrick is a good lad. You just don’t rate him because he’s so chilled and his name is “Michael”. If his name was Miguel Carrique, everyone would be falling over themselves for him.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I remember telling my Zambian friends that the Chawama by-election was a waste of money and completely unnecessary. They argued that the government was simply following the law.
Some went on to say that PF, the former ruling party that was once led by the late Edgar Lungu, who died more than seven months ago and is still not buried because President Hichilema insists on presiding over the funeral, was going to lose the seat to the ruling party.

I remember, and some of you here also remember, that some of my Zambian friends who support President Hichilema’s party said they were going to win the constituency. The by-election was won by Bright Nundwe who was previously associated with the Patriotic Front (PF) before winning the Chawama by-election under the FDD banner.

My argument was that the ruling party would lose. My views on PF are well known. I said the UPND would lose because this was a backlash, a reaction to everything that is happening around Edgar Lungu’s burial and to the sense of victimhood that has been created around the by-election itself.

My UPND friends on this page said I was talking nonsense and that their party was going to win. I do not want to say I am having the last laugh or that I told you so. I just want to say this.

When we argue about politics and focus on personalities and hero worship, we lose sight of the serious political analysis that is required. The real issue was that what is happening around Lungu’s burial is an embarrassment, but more importantly, it is turning PF into a victim. The by-election itself added another layer to that victimhood.

What I find fascinating, and frustrating, about our politics in Africa is that people always argue from the position of personality and loyalty. Just yesterday I was talking about the Botswana issue.

It is always the same pattern. People defend individuals, not ideas or consequences, and they end up failing because they refuse to listen. Not just to advice, but to good advice.

I want to predict that if President Hakainde Hichilema does not do the sensible thing, and does not follow his moral compass by allowing Edgar Lungu to be buried without his presence, the level of victimhood that PF will derive from this intransigence is going to be enormous and politically damaging to his party.

When you hold state power as a president, you should be humble. You should be dignified. You should not be arrogant. You should not behave as if power is something to be exercised simply because you have it, or as if your past persecution justifies present excesses.

The psychology of voters does not work that way. This is not guesswork. It is well documented in political psychology and behavioural studies.
There is a well-known concept called the underdog effect and a related one called reactance. When people see a powerful actor using the full weight of the state against someone who is weaker, or against a grieving family, they instinctively sympathise with the weaker side.

The person or group being pushed around begins to be seen as a victim, and victims attract emotional and political support, even from people who do not actually like them or agree with them. At the same time, psychological reactance kicks in. Voters resent being shown raw power and being told, directly or indirectly, “this is happening because we can do it”. They push back emotionally and, later, politically.

This is why magnanimity in power matters. When you control the levers of the state and you show restraint, generosity of spirit, and humility, you disarm your opponents and win over the middle.

Nelson Mandela understood this better than most. He had every reason to be vindictive, yet he chose reconciliation and restraint. That is why, decades after leaving power, he is still revered across the world. He showed people that power should not be used simply because it is available, but only when it is necessary and just.

If you are magnanimous and you show your people that you do not govern through spite, score-settling, or humiliation, you are far more likely to ride the wave of elections. But if you govern arrogantly, and if you become divisive, as President Hichilema is now doing by insisting on presiding over a funeral and burial where he is clearly not wanted by the family, you create backlash. You manufacture martyrs. You turn your opponents into victims.

And victimhood is politically powerful, even when the victims are deeply flawed. Bookmark this post.
Under Zambia’s constitutional and parliamentary framework, the Speaker did have discretion and was not operating on a purely mechanical or automatic trigger. While the Constitution empowers the Speaker to declare a seat vacant if an MP is absent for a prolonged period without permission, it also leaves room for judgment in how that rule is applied in exceptional circumstances.

The Speaker could, in principle, have allowed more time, accepted or regularised an explanation for the absence, or interpreted the situation with greater flexibility, especially given the extraordinary context surrounding the death and unresolved burial of a former president.

In other words, the law gave her the power to declare the seat vacant, but it did not compel her to do so in a rigid, unavoidable way. It was a discretionary decision, not a purely automatic one.

You see, great leadership is not about using the power that you have simply because you can. Leadership is about looking at a situation, applying emotional intelligence and common sense, and then acting with restraint and wisdom.

If I had been the Speaker from the ruling party, as the current Speaker of the Zambian Parliament is, I would have said this. Our former president died in a foreign country. He died with his family, including his daughter, who is a Member of Parliament for Chamawa.

The circumstances that have led to his daughter not attending Parliament are obvious and are known to the whole nation. In such a context, I would have said, let us extend the grace period by another three months.
By doing so, the Speaker, and indeed the President, who is the leader of the Speaker’s party, would have shown magnanimity to the Lungu family and, more importantly, would have denied them the political oxygen of victimhood. As things stand now, the family, rightly or wrongly, is using the persecution card, and it is working.

And the fact that the seat was won again by PF, whether Chawama is a PF stronghold or not, is neither here nor there. Everyone knows that PF was not a great party. Edgar Lungu was not a great president. That is precisely why he lost the 2021 election. But what President Hichilema and his subordinates are now doing is something politically foolish. They are manufacturing victimhood for PF and for the Lungu family.

In politics, you can defeat your opponents and still lose the narrative. That is exactly what is happening here. And for that, they will pay.
You see, there should be a clear difference between how cadres behave and how leaders behave. Leaders are supposed to lead with wisdom, restraint, and a sense of responsibility.

Sycophants, bootlickers, and cadres are not expected to think. People do not have any expectations of them beyond being what they are, cheering on anything, defending anything, and going with the wind. That is their political function.

But leaders must be different. Leaders are expected to rise above impulse, above factional excitement, and above the cheap thrill of exercising power. They are expected to think about consequences, about the country, and about the long term. When leaders start behaving like cadres, the country pays the price.

President Hichilema should not behave like a cadre. He should let the Lungu family bury former President Edgar Lungu the way they want to, and the way the former president asked them to. Do not use power irresponsibly simply because you have it. Ask yourself what Nelson Mandela would have done if he were in your position.

Focus on the business of governing Zambia, Mr President, not on settling old scores.

[Divine Manhood | Self Improvement @DivineManhood]

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