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Wouldn’t it have made more sense for Thragg to use fast-reproducing species early to rebuild numbers, Or am I missing something?

He is 31 years old At nine months old, a failed measles injection by a local nurse caused avascular necrosis, leading to lifelong hip pain and leg weakness until his hip replacement surgery Four of his siblings died in childhood (likely related to sickle cell trait in the family), making his survival a "statistical miracle" At age 10, he dropped out of school due to poverty but returned after his mother worked as a cleaner for six years to pay his fees He learned chess as a kid at a local barber's shop in a Lagos slum while playing video games with friends Barely spoke English when he started secondary school (mostly Yoruba at home) but quickly picked it up from classmates His mother was a petty trader (thrift clothes seller), and his father sold spare parts. They met in a Lagos market Chess helped him develop a strong photographic memory, which he used to cram for exams and survive without parental allowances He became Nigeria's No 13 ranked chess player and earned the National Master title at age 20 He won gold medals representing Yaba College of Technology in the Nigeria Polytechnic Games and the RCCG Chess Championship He also won the National Friends of Chess Tournament and the Chevron Chess Open He got a diploma in computer science and used chess winnings to support himself through school Founded Chess in Slums Africa in September 2018 as a volunteer-driven nonprofit after visiting slums like Majidun The organization has reached thousands of underprivileged kids, including producing a 10-year-old champion with cerebral palsy Tunde Onakoya broke the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon (over 60 hours) in Times Square, New York, in 2024 Featured in CNN African Voices for his work Tunde has a younger brother (two years apart) He credits chess with saving him from slum poverty and giving him an "intellectual identity" He once simultaneously won 10 chess games at the DLD Conference in Germany First African to win the Lideramos Youth Award for Social Impact in Spain. Won the Corporate Chess Championship in Malawi with a perfect 7/7 score Tunde dreams of building the world's biggest chess institute in Nigeria . . . . Tunde Onakoya has brought attention to Africa through Chess. He started teaching chess at a younger age to children. I'm talking of around 2013/2014 when he was meeting at parks around Lagos State, just to teach kids in the open (mostly after work hours) . . Today, I am more interested in telling you more about him, and how he has also risen from a place of deep poverty and struggles. He has done soooo much for people and it's only expected that these past impacts would show on him as well You might have your reservations about him, but you cannot downplay how he used the game of chess to bring great changes to children's lives. . . A lot of children now have access to education, purpose and meaning, thanks to Chess. You are also part of his story. Tunde didn't do all these alone. Your support, your accolades, your retweet, your reposts, everything So look at the bigger picture. Think of the kids whose lives have changed from taking alcohols and drugs on the streets of slums, to having regulated mental health and more purpose driven lives, due to Chess and the opportunity it brought. . . . . Tunde can't certainly please everyone, and yes, there might be actions that many people would attribute to him being human. But if children would smile again, because he created an opportunity for them to have their smiles again.... Then it's one of the best legacies anyone can ever have. And you also can create your own legacy to which nations would applaud, recognise and help preserve 🫂 The sky is big enough for you, I and Tunde to shine and shine bountifully well ❤️ . . . ✍️ Vincent the Therapist

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N’arrêtez jamais de prier et de partager sa récitation. Il y a 6 ans qu’il a laissé cette récitation derrière lui et elle continue de faire pleurer des gens qui ne l’ont jamais connu. Ça, c’est une sadaqa jariya vivante.

Make Shaytan Angry by Reposting/Sharing this Qur’an recitation

There’re two 2 type people. 1. The one who ignores Qur’an 2. The one who shares it

@justtemi__ Farm your engagements broski 😹

Very easy but a lot of people don't know, well; 👇🏾 Red snap = Individual streak sent to you directly from your camera. Purple snap = Sent to multiple people, could be from camera or memories.

@babypreshx Red pictures, purple videos

I am tired of pretending. What is the difference between these two snaps?

My name is Abdul Wahab. I am pleading with my Football Twitter (FT) family and everyone on this app to please RT. I am on the verge of losing a life-changing opportunity simply because of where I come from, and I have worked too hard to bottle it now. I grew up in extreme poverty in a small village called Kwabenantene in the Ahafo Region. I am the very first person in my family and my entire village to ever get a university education. My path was never easy. To survive undergrad, I literally had to drop out of classes mid-semester, pack my bags, and go back home to do heavy construction work just to raise enough money to survive the next term. I was laying bricks to pay for my textbooks. Despite having zero financial safety net, I poured my blood and sweat into my studies and graduated with First-Class Honours in Economics, ranking in the top 1% of my entire cohort of 435 students. But I didn’t just want to succeed alone; I went back to my village, gathered the youth, and started teaching and mentoring them. Because of that work, two students from my locality have now successfully made it into university too. I want to lift my people up. All this hard work finally paid off: I just received admission into the highly prestigious, integrated Masters/Ph.D. Economics program at Goethe University Frankfurt (GSEFM) in Germany! My tuition is officially 100% waived. However, I am facing a massive roadblock. Because the program is so competitive, I wasn't put directly into the fully-funded Ph.D. cohort right away. Instead, I was admitted to the MSQ track for Year 1. I will take the exact same rigorous classes alongside the Ph.D. students, and if I pass my Year 1 qualifying exams, I transition directly into the fully-funded Ph.D. I know I will pass those exams. The academics don't scare me. The finances do. My only problem right now is getting funding to cover my Year 1 living expenses in Frankfurt. If I can just survive these first 12 months, the Ph.D. funding takes over and my future is secured. To my FT family: you guys know my grind and my loyalty. If I get this lifeline, I promise I will proudly represent FT in every academic hall, conference, and research room I ever step into. I just need a chance to be in the room. I cannot let a lack of living expenses kill a dream I built with my bare hands. If you know of any scholarships, foundations, philanthropists, or anyone who can sponsor a village boy for just one year, PLEASE tag them or reach out. Please RT this until it reaches the right timeline. Let’s make this happen! 🌍📚🙏🏾

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DON'T STOP TALKING ABOUT GAZA 💔

WATCH: Declan Rice’s first and last ever trophy won as a professional player.

You see this particular post?? You must not understand, just reshare pls so it will get to the people who need it. You will be unconsciously saving a woman.

@MrBoldOne @EmiratesFACup Enjoy your quadruple, pal.

🇮🇷 A little girl at an Iranian rally has a message for the IRGC Aerospace Commander: "Strike Israel with a pink missile." The commander has been informed.

when you're 3 hours into doing absolutely nothing and God adds rain for aesthetic

@iamFerrisEisen @sir_whyte112 @BolanleCole This guy , I bin wan reply you for up come leave you you still come here comment again 😹💔

@sir_whyte112 @BolanleCole People who couldn't afford that car them are riding 18m cars today. I'm a living witness

How were Nigerians faring when a bag of rice was ₦6,800, a 4-liter container of vegetable oil was ₦1,200, fuel was ₦85 per liter, and a 2005 Toyota Corolla cost ₦1.2 million? Someone should please remind me.

@WestHam_Central Axel disasterr

I WAS SO WRONG ABOUT HIM WHAT A COLOSSUS AXEL DISASI, THANK YOU FOR CHANGING MY LIFE

@DanielIgey @_abu_bello @sojioguns @iam_eson This specific c300 is a 4 cylinder

@_abu_bello @sojioguns @iam_eson Yes I’m aware. It’s 63 or 43, at less this v6 c300 still pass the es350

Lexus ES350 or Benz C300????

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