JustTired

📝 I scribble from the overflow of my thoughts || 🧑‍💻 I kinda have a thing for code || Jer. 29:11

[JustTired @uh_femi]

Uh, thread of all my scribbles so far:

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

This will radically change the way you see church and your service to God.

[JustTired @uh_femi]

@VOdulate Tenk you.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

The American economy has depth, and a lot of things are better to do there as a business, but I don't think it is the best place to live as someone of African origin. This is why I am surprised that a significant number of younger relatives and friends still dream of a life there.

I believe that a richer life is more than hustling for money, but that argument is hard to make to a younger person who sees other younger people making money and living a seemingly lavish lifestyle. Even when I was younger, I never loved to live in America. I had all the opportunities to become a citizen, but I decided against it. My mother and kids are American citizens, but I am not.

I figured out early that you can run an American business from anywhere in the world and get the benefits of living elsewhere but still benefit from participating in the American economy. I may not be building the relationships there that others do, but I also realized that most really wealthy Americans want to make more money from the world than within America. There is less competition outside.

When I decided to move back to Africa after school in the UK, people didn't understand until the 2008 financial crisis. My friends were losing jobs there, and I was having my best year in Africa until I realized that healthcare was non-existent. That was what made me rethink everything and have serious deliberations on where I would eventually live.

Before marriage solidified the decision to move to Ghana, I came here from the UK and fell in love. I liked the UK and all the lifestyle benefits, but there was resentment towards immigrants simmering and a lot of covert racism. I wanted to live free and work to the fullest potential. I was able to do that around Africa and in many countries thanks to MTN.

I think many young Africans don't know Africa, and that is why they think the promises are elsewhere. Yes, there is xenophobia by small-minded people, but I still think there is more opportunity to make significant wealth long-term in Africa for Africans than elsewhere. The only problem is that life is short and people want to be rich quickly. Too many believe America provides that path.

My thinking about America is that it is a great place for high earners or great investors in specific sectors, but I don't think it works for everyone, and you also don't have to live there permanently for it to work for you. I always preferred Canada and once dated someone who lived there for 8 years. I just never saw myself living outside Africa, and I'm glad I made my choice.

The world is bigger than one country, no matter the PR. There are smaller countries with better advantages, but you wouldn't know until you find them. I may laugh at my Igbo brothers for their proclivity towards global procreation, but they understand the game of global living. I found it too.

[Ayooluwaposi Olomo @posi_olomo]

Tried again to unlock it but via security questions. Got them right. Created a new password, got to verification via text message and I’m getting
“-24054 -> This phone number cannot be used at this time. Please try again later.”

IT’S BEEN 4 DAYS!!!!

@AppleSupport HELP!!!!

[Brivael Le Pogam @brivael]

This is a superficial and ultimately destructive way of framing the problem.

Women deal with the profound biological burden of reproduction: menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause. That is real, costly, and non-negotiable. No serious person denies it.

But the complementary burden that has fallen on men for the entire history of our species is equally non-negotiable and far more lethal.

Men have been the ones who die in war — by the tens of millions. Conscription, combat, and the obligation to stand between the tribe and existential threat have been almost exclusively male responsibilities.

Men occupy the overwhelming majority of the most dangerous occupations on the planet: commercial fishing, logging, mining, roofing, heavy construction, oil-rig work, long-haul trucking. The workplace fatality statistics are not subtle. Year after year, 90–95 % of occupational deaths are male.

Men also take more physical and psychological risks. That is why they invent more, explore more, and die younger — from accidents, from violence, from suicide. The male suicide rate is not a minor footnote; it is a catastrophic and chronic reality.

These are not interchangeable complaints. They are complementary sacrifices. One sex carries the primary cost of creating new life. The other sex carries the primary cost of protecting that life and extracting the resources necessary to sustain it from a dangerous and indifferent world.

To reduce the entire male side of this ancient division of labour to “what do men deal with?” as if the answer were “nothing of consequence” is not compassion. It is a deliberate refusal to look at the hierarchical and sacrificial structure of reality itself.

The proper response is not grievance. It is gratitude for the complementary burdens that have kept the species alive, and the individual responsibility to carry one’s own share of them without self-pity.

[BeksFCB @Joshua__Ubeku]

Messi, a World Cup winner is a fraud for losing a World Cup final.

Ronaldo is the GOAT for having ZERO appearances in a World Cup final.

[Wolf of NGX @ngx_wolf]

If you plan to take the CIS exams, I have a gift for you.

I have painstakingly collated the audio lessons I made to pass the Level 1 exams in one sitting (3 weeks of prep)

Each topic is covered by a lesson, and there are revisions for each subject.

Link below. ❤️

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

I have concluded that we Africans are delusional about technological innovation, but my fellow Nigerians are especially unrealistic. There is no realistic or sustainable ecosystem-building strategy because we are living in denial.

First, nobody living in the slums wants to make money and continue living there, not even drug dealers. They always move up. If you think of this deeply, you will understand why certain things keep happening.

Most people investing in the tech sector should ask themselves one question: if this founder or startup succeeds at what they are doing, will it make life in Africa better? Will it make you as an investor more willing to live there?

I no longer live in Nigeria, and I made that decision even before I started investing in technology. I almost moved out of Africa completely when I was almost assassinated during an acquisition conversation for a publicly listed company. I left, but I still moved back, only safely away from Nigeria.

There are real issues with living in Nigeria that technology won't fix in a hurry, but there are many things that tech innovation can fix, and people are taking the lead. My problem is that far too many of them are working remotely because it is very difficult to function amid the chaos.

I am seeing ideas that were heavily funded in the frothy 2021 era being pitched again by a new set of younger founders after the previous ones took the money and relocated. I don't blame those who have relocated, because even their investors can't live under current local conditions. I moved too.

We trained 120,000 people in Benin at Edo Innovates, and they all left. There were no jobs for them there, and even if there were, they didn't want to live in Benin. I saw a chilling video of an armed robbery attempt by a gang yesterday and understood perfectly why they would choose to leave.

Our best and brightest have left, and many are still leaving to help others cover their talent deficit. They are suffering indignities abroad, but they remain because the quality of life is much better and life can be planned.

You can't build an ecosystem remotely from abroad. It is not done by magic or spells. People who do serious need to worry less about other things and deserve to live well. I said this long ago during the craze about Yaba in Lagos and wrote this article about it 9 years ago. It is not just about money - https://t.co/5doBcplpB0

The retinal surgeon who fixed my eye 5 weeks ago used to live in Canada and moved back to Ghana. I am seeing many others doing the same despite the difficulties. The oncologist treating my relative in Lagos didn't leave; both doctors are overwhelmed by patients. They are both outliers and there are only very few of them coming back home for a reason. It is not just compensation but also living and working conditions.

It took me over an hour to get to the hospital at Mataheko in Accra for a checkup last week because of flooded roads. I saw pictures of Nigerian doctors doing surgery inside a flooded theater and I just sighed. We have a very long way to go.

[Doctor X @doctorxisme]

Some can act but have no script!!
Some have script but cannot act!!

WE HAVE SCRIPT AND WE CAN ACT, GLORY BE TO THEE, OH LORD
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[aether @bluewdrift]

ways to start feeling again.

- sit in the sun without anything to do.
- walk around barefoot and try to feel the ground.
- drive around aimlessly and blast some of your favorite songs.
- eat a few meals without any distractions, notice every bite.
- sit quietly for a while and notice the touch of breath in your nostrils.
- look up at the stars and the moon, understand how small we all are and how immense the universe is.

[Apostle Emmanuel Iren @pst_iren]

“Posterity will judge our generation for entertaining the faux comparison between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as though it were a genuine rivalry.”

[👑S.A.L.A.K.O🕊 @UnkleAyo]

You people don't know what strength is.

Strength isn't in height, abs (Messi is equally jacked), or toned quadriceps.

Strength and physicality is in bone density.

See prime Ramos and Pepe holding their legs.

We've allowed that stupid agenda to run for too long.

[JustTired @uh_femi]

@VOdulate 🌚🌚

[JustTired @uh_femi]

Haven't tasked my brain in forever. Sucks.

[Nairametrics @Nairametrics]

If you had ₦500,000 sitting in your account right now, would you lend it to the Federal Government?

With the government raising trillions through bonds, we are breaking down what this means for the economy and, more importantly, your personal finances. Is it a smart, secure investment, or are there better ways to put your money to work?

Join our co-host Divine Alex andguest Victor Odulate Esq (Wolf of NGX) as we dive deep into the world of government bonds, risk vs. reward, and savvy wealth creation strategies.

🗓️ Today, Thursday, July 9th, 2026
⏰ 6:00 PM
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Set your reminders and bring your questions!
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[Bambulu @Bqmbulu]

"If you're so smart, why do you find it hard to take your own advice"

Dostoevsky: "It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently"

[234DRIVE @234Drive]

This not the Flood your car was designed to handle 👇

Make sure every car owner sees this 🔁

[JustTired @uh_femi]

Feels like a good day to just go sit by the pool. Not swim. Not train anyone. Just sit.

[JustTired @uh_femi]

@VOdulate I detest it so much that I've honestly not been able to watch any of the interviews with the NGN Billionaires except Dangote's own.

[JustTired @uh_femi]

@VOdulate 😏