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One dream ends

2025-05-16T15:44:00.000+01:00

I asked AI to make a flag. (Second attempt)

Twenty years ago, I was

living in California,

missing Nigeria, and

so I created this blog,

UpNaira, my second blog ever,

to get and share ideas and support

on money, career, business, and economic development,

basically a tend-and-befriend project around

making things materially better

for our own selves and our dear homeland.

Well, the Naira has refused to go up,

but the Naira is not the same as Naija :-)

I will continue to post at my first blog ever, LifeLib,

and may drop a post here and there,

but I will stop posting here at UpNaira

which sort of doesn't matter because the newsfeed/blogroll continues:

under

"Money Talk (from business sites and blogs)"

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"Show All" for all the best parts!

I asked AI to make a flag. (1st try)

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Science

2025-05-10T08:13:00.001+01:00

ADVENTURE!
Off the west coast of Greenland, a 17-metre (56ft) aluminium sailing boat creeps through a narrow, rocky fjord in the Arctic twilight. The research team onboard, still bleary-eyed from the rough nine-day passage across the Labrador Sea, lower nets to collect plankton. This is the first time anyone has sequenced the DNA of the tiny marine creatures that live here. MORE...

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tracking the numbers

2025-04-16T21:04:00.006+01:00

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yankee stories

2025-04-01T14:24:00.007+01:00

people are on the moove!

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Videos and vlogs

2025-03-31T22:01:00.029+01:00

Business-wise,

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international news these days

2025-02-24T11:35:00.001+01:00

case studies in bad leadership

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#WEF25

2025-01-31T21:49:00.001+01:00

January 2025

"Davos, Switzerland once again played host to the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, where many of the world's most influential voices convened to discuss the pressing global issues impacting global economies, ranging from geopolitics to artificial intelligence and the energy transition.

The theme of the 2025 meeting was Collaboration for the Intelligent Age." - CNBC International

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the new toys (for sale?)

2025-01-06T19:22:00.002+01:00

AI companions
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For laughs

2024-12-25T13:12:00.001+01:00

send presents hahaha, this is not the USA

more Nathan Macintosh comedy:

Happy Holidays!
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For Education

2024-12-15T09:12:00.002+01:00

Best education apps today

by Laptop Magazine

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land and country

2024-11-21T13:05:00.005+01:00

Because we need reminders about the scale of things... pic.twitter.com/ETFAT0Qxjr
— Icthyophaga vocifer (@tadepen) November 19, 2024

Population density thread because you and I both know you have nothing better to do.

Let's start with this cool way to visualize population density, by @undertheraedar. The height of each spike displays the population density in that location. pic.twitter.com/Y6lDpHjEga
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) July 20, 2022

Excellent meeting with 🇳🇬 President @officialABAT at the #G20 Summit. Commended Nigeria's decisive actions to reform the economy, accelerate growth and generate jobs for its vibrant population. The IMF strongly supports Nigeria on this journey. pic.twitter.com/48D8RdiJWP
— Kristalina Georgieva (@KGeorgieva) November 20, 2024

China's population pyramid through 2100 is quite wild - reflective of a population that's set to halve, from 1.4 billion to ~700 million, in that time frame. pic.twitter.com/r6kEk1Uqnw
— Hunter📈🌈📊 (@StatisticUrban) May 4, 2024

From dark blue to green this is how the global population pyramid changed from 1950 to today.
And in shades of yellow the UN projections for the change expected during our lifetimes.

My new visualization with a short text on this gigantic transformation https://t.co/ayR8vXzUN5 pic.twitter.com/2lehuk4H5I
— Max Roser (@MaxCRoser) April 18, 2019

Animation: Comparing China vs. India Population Pyramids https://t.co/tK6qyjngaG pic.twitter.com/Jhl1pYk6Gq
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) November 20, 2018

While we're in Bangladesh, there are an equal number of people in the red and blue regions [from Reddit user u/AndoMacster] pic.twitter.com/evYQec0R2G
— Tim Urban (@waitbutwhy) July 20, 2022

BONUS

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State of the World
POPULATION PYRAMIDS
COOOOLLL!!! Data Physicalization

MORE DETAILS about the 3D-printed sculptures

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Monday Moti...err...Advice

2024-11-11T09:37:00.006+01:00

An engrossing compendium of the best advice that people have ever received, with contributions from quite the lineup up incl @StephenKing Michael Caine, Joan Armatrading, @omid9 @wmarybeard and, er me. Respect to @MikeSegalov for pulling it together. https://t.co/QCgmrDDJtd
— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) November 10, 2024

UpNaira's advice: Choose THREE of these.

This piece about ‘the best advice I’ve ever been given’ features ⁦@StephenKing⁩, Michael Caine, John Lithgow, and me! https://t.co/9fTvhwzRmk
— Eva Wiseman (@EvaWiseman) November 10, 2024

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Next-Level in Naija: MAKING PRODUCTS

2024-10-03T11:43:00.002+01:00

Get inspired. Get practical. Make something.
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Your favourite things to do these days?

2024-09-30T22:46:00.007+01:00

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not impossible. actually.

2024-08-15T13:52:00.005+01:00

Nadeem’s throw of 92.97m broke the Olympic record and was Pakistan’s first gold since the 1984 Los Angeles Games, when it won the men’s hockey. The last individual medal – a bronze – was won in Seoul in 1988 in boxing. “It’s an amazing feeling … to win Olympic gold. I’m thankful to Allah for giving me the fruit of my labour and to all the people back home who prayed for me. I’ll try to do even better next time around,” he told reporters in Paris.

- Pakistan celebrates Arshad Nadeem's history-making Olympic gold

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come and see ooo

2024-07-30T10:49:00.002+01:00

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Next Gen

2024-06-11T17:27:00.000+01:00

Gemini season: for learning

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Oya, do something 😜

2024-06-05T16:38:00.007+01:00

music:

Do Something, by Koker

and

Bottom Belle, by Omawumi

💌OPEN

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keep on keeping on . . .

2024-05-22T13:37:00.001+01:00

Ireland, Spain and Norway have announced plans to formally recognise a Palestinian state on Wednesday, amid warnings from Israel that recognition will 'fuel extremism and instability'.

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Too many Problems Bruh

2024-05-17T19:41:00.000+01:00

Ludicrously complicated lighting systems; smart TVs that are v stupid; no plug sockets; glass walled bathrooms with doorles toilets; QR code menus and crap Nespresso knock offs producing a piddle of coffee. My rant about modern hotel rooms for @ObsFood https://t.co/ZwABrPwk8i
— Jay Rayner (@jayrayner1) May 16, 2024

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#leadership #WhereYouDey

2024-04-29T13:25:00.018+01:00

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After the reggae, play the blues

2024-04-17T10:21:00.001+01:00

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Monday Money Wealth

2024-04-15T13:56:00.004+01:00

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Bank Licensing: Minimum Capital Requirements

2024-04-02T15:37:00.003+01:00

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try advertising

2024-03-23T16:51:00.003+01:00

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