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In this Q&A, I get into the rise of Zohran Mamdani, the influence of Peter Mandelson, what to actually watch ahead of the May elections, and whether Reform and the Greens signal a real change in the political landscape. youtu.be/A4eqiRSYIyE

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Dream Big when setting goals. Years ago I set a goal to own a studio and I'm sat in it now. After you watch this video, you'll dream big and set bigger goals too. Watch Here: vist.ly/4xirp

👋🏻 Hey Twitter — allow me to reintroduce myself. When I was younger, I just wanted to be great. I didn't know what that meant exactly. I just felt it... this deep pull toward something significant. As I've gotten older, I've realised that the most meaningful version of greatness isn't about how impressive your life looks from the outside. It's about what you gave yourself to. What you built. Who you served. So. My name is Mike Omoniyi. I'm the founder and CEO of The Common Sense Network @TCSNetwork — a media platform built on the belief that honest, balanced conversation still matters in a world that's increasingly allergic to nuance. I founded On Mission @weareonmission_ a leadership and discipleship organisation that has now reached over 14,000 young people in person. I run Common Sense Studios, a production studio in South East London where we help people tell stories worth telling. I've spoken at the United Nations. I've appeared on BBC Breakfast and GB News. I've been named by the Financial Times as one of the UK's 100 most influential leaders in tech. I've had conversations with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle that reached millions of people. And if I'm honest — I've spent most of those 15 years with my head down, building, and barely talking about any of it. That changes now. I believe faith should inform how we build. I believe ideas matter and that most people are capable of far more rigorous thinking than the algorithm gives them credit for. I believe the best organisations don't just solve problems — they change the conditions that create those problems in the first place. I'm not interested in how clean my life looks to people on the outside. I'm committed to submitting to God, knowing he is the true author of how it all turns out. If any of that resonates, follow along. I write every week at the link in my profile. Good to meet you. Let's build something.

It’s not what you play—it’s how you feel it. Music speaks louder than language ever could… if you let it. 🎶 Drummer Jon Onabowu walks us through the beauty of jazz and why people sometimes struggle to understand it

From gospel roots to discovering jazz… my ears had to grow before I could truly hear it. What some call “noise” is actually freedom, timing, and expression on another level. Jazz isn’t complicated—you just haven’t learned how to listen yet. 🎷

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Jazz isn’t dead—it’s just misunderstood. It’s not about playing it safe or sounding “old school.” It’s about freedom, risk, and real-time creation. Every note is a conversation, every performance a one-time moment that will never happen the same way again.

The self discipline fallacy

Last weekend, somewhere between 50,000 and 500,000 people marched through London. That's not a typo. The organisers and the Met Police are that far apart. The Together Alliance billed it as the largest anti-far-right demonstration in British history. The police said turnout was closer to 50,000. A few thoughts. 🧵 The first thing worth noting is that crowd counting is genuinely hard. There's no universally agreed methodology, satellite imagery takes time to process, and dense urban marches spread across multiple routes are notoriously difficult to estimate. Both figures may be offered in good faith. But the gap matters beyond logistics. When the same event is described as 500,000 by one side and 50,000 by another, people aren't just getting different numbers, they're getting different stories. One is a movement. The other is a protest. Its the same street but a completely different meaning. What does this tell us about the moment we're in? That political events are now immediately processed through narrative before they're processed through fact. The story of the story becomes the story. The march itself raises real questions worth sitting with. Reform is surging. Tommy Robinson drew 150,000 people last September. The Together Alliance says the majority of Britain rejects that politics. They may be right. But a majority on a march in London on a Saturday is not the same as a political majority in Stoke, Sunderland, or Swindon. Britain is genuinely divided — not just between left and right, but between people who feel heard and people who feel ignored. No march, from any direction, resolves that. The hard work is in the conversation after everyone goes home. @TCSNetwork for more!

Common Sense Pod Presents: Jon Onabowu Jon Onabowu is a British-Nigerian drummer, composer, and bandleader whose sound pulls from jazz, funk, hip-hop, and gospel into something distinctly his own.

Trump, Farage & The Truth: Mike Answering Your Toughest Questions In this episode, I sat down to answer your questions, and nothing was off limits. Full Episode: vist.ly/4vsc8

Artist stumbles across her ancestor's work in a gallery across the world. youtu.be/XvPQnOqnDWc

Instead of haggling her price down, Toyosi's client wanted to pay her more. youtu.be/XvPQnOqnDWc

Toyosi Olowe shares the story behind her leap from finance into the art world. We talk about risk, creativity, self-belief, and the unexpected moments that change how you see the value of your work. The full conversation is out now. youtu.be/XvPQnOqnDWc

Do more black men actually need therapy? youtu.be/OUZtZJZmvSw

The story of how I nearly missed out on being on the billboard. youtu.be/OUZtZJZmvSw

It's a shame that black men still have to do this. youtu.be/OUZtZJZmvSw