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Hey @grok Is this true? 🤔

You cannot buy a new gas turbine until 2030. Order books at GE, Siemens, and Mitsubishi stretch to 2029. Turbine prices have nearly tripled since 2019. Every AI data center needs power and every gas plant needs a turbine. And every turbine has one part that bottlenecks the entire industry: The blade. It has to survive in gas 500°C above the melting point of the metal it's made from and spin at up to 20,000 RPM under 10,000 g of centrifugal force. Each blade is grown as a single crystal of nickel superalloy, pulled through a vacuum furnace at 3 mm per minute. A set of blades costs $600,000 and takes 90 weeks to grow. The same metallurgy powers modern jet engines. Only 3 companies on Earth can build one. China spent $42 billion trying to catch up. They bought a Russian fighter engine, took it apart, and copied every part. Their copy ran 30 hours between overhauls versus 400 for the original. Modern Western engines run 4,000. You can reverse engineer the shape of a turbine blade. You cannot reverse engineer 60 years of metallurgy.

“World War Eleven” Yes, that was deadly

The Tinubu Administration is spending millions lobbying Congress while failing to adequately address the genocide Nigerian Christians face daily. @HouseAppropsGOP just passed our annual State Department funding bill which takes serious steps to address this crisis. 🧵

It’s going to be a great time to be in the trades.   We’re launching the new Team Canada Strong — a nationwide program to recruit, train, and hire up to 100,000 Red Seal workers who will help build the new homes, railways, and ports that will build Canada strong.

WATCH:: “ Gregory Chagoury” The Lebanese Billionaire Who Owns Nigeria 🇳🇬 A Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire convicted of laundering a dictator's stolen billions has, three decades later, become the single largest private infrastructure contractor in the country - awarded Nigeria's second-highest honour by a president whose son shares a company with his “ Seyi Tinubu ”

“𝑷𝑬𝑷, 𝒀𝑶𝑼’𝑽𝑬 𝑹𝑼𝑰𝑵𝑬𝑫 𝑴𝒀 𝑳𝑰𝑭𝑬!” 😤 Arsenal fans went over to Wembley to beg Pep Guardiola to let the Gunners win the league 😂

“I can give commitment to the two presidents that were here, if they will support the refinery, we’ll build the identical one that we have in Nigeria." - Dangote plans to construct a refinery in Tanzania, akin to the 650,000 barrels per day plant in Lagos, as announced during a panel session at the Africa Finance Corporation summit in Nairobi, alongside Kenyan President William Ruto and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.

I’ve honestly stopped taking a lot of you seriously because of your double standard. You condemn people you don’t like using certain principles, then turn around and use those same principles to defend the people you do like. Tunde Onakoya is criticized for "dining" with the wicked government because he received an honorary invite for his Guinness World Records achievement that literally put Nigeria on the map. Yet Peter Obi is defended as “strategic” for aligning with politicians whose track records are far from clean. The moment you point out this inconsistency, you’re labeled a “Nigeria hater” or an APC supporter. Which is so dismissive especially when you know we hate this administration as much as you do! If you’re going to criticize, then be consistent. Hold everyone to the same standard. Otherwise, you're a silly hypocrite with only hate on your heart.

This is impressive

My brother, migration is a story as old as civilisation itself. Today, there are nearly 150,000 South Africans living in the United States. Does that warrant questioning the dignity or pride of South Africans? Of course not. Human beings have always moved toward opportunity. Even within South Africa, internal migration from Limpopo to the Western Cape in pursuit of better prospects is entirely normal. There are also roughly 10,000 South Africans living in Malawi, drawn by the same economic impulses. My own lineage reflects this reality. My great-great-grandparents migrated from KwaZulu-Natal and settled in Malawi, which means I carry South African roots. There is neither shame nor superiority in movement. It is simply the human condition. The only distinction is that, at times, movement requires crossing borders. Moreover, migrant labour from Malawi and other neighbouring countries has been instrumental in building South Africa’s economy and continues to sustain key sectors. That historical and ongoing contribution establishes a legitimate stake. Our economies are intertwined and mutually dependent. With approximately 500 million dollars in trade exchange annually, one cannot deny that we need each other. I hope this is something that your xenophobic mindset can comprehend. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

@Highteaspeaks Lol!!! Had the same headlight issue and the dealership quoted me 130 bucks. Bought the bulb from their store for about 19 bucks and fixed it myself in under 10 minutes.

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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

Best Rizz I've seen in a movie🙌🏼🙌🏼

You don’t need your pastor to experience the supernatural. You have as much access to Jesus as your pastors. There are no secr£t portals or dimensions exclusively reserved for your pastors. — Solomonbbuchi

Desde 1973, aviões comerciais são proibidos de voar acima da velocidade do som sobre a terra firme porque o barulho gerado é tão forte que pode quebrar janelas e assustar comunidades inteiras. É aqui que entra o NASA X-59, uma aeronave que parece uma agulha voadora e que tem uma missão quase impossível: quebrar a barreira do som em silêncio. Em vez de um estouro ensurdecedor, o X-59 foi projetado para produzir apenas um "baque" suave, semelhante ao som de uma porta de carro fechando ao longe. Mas a curiosidade mais fascinante desse projeto não está apenas na sua velocidade ou no som, mas em algo que você percebe ao olhar para o cockpit: o piloto simplesmente não tem uma janela frontal. Devido ao bico extremamente longo e fino (essencial para dissipar as ondas de choque), o cockpit fica posicionado de uma forma que é impossível enxergar o que está à frente. Para resolver isso, a NASA criou o eXternal Vision System (XVS). Em vez de um para-brisa comum, o piloto olha para um monitor de ultra-alta definição que combina câmeras 4K externas com dados de voo em realidade aumentada. Ou seja, o piloto voa em um "cockpit virtual", vendo o mundo através de olhos digitais para que a aerodinâmica seja perfeita. Nos próximos meses, a NASA planeja voar com o X-59 sobre várias cidades dos Estados Unidos para perguntar às pessoas no solo: "vocês ouviram algo?". Se a resposta for "não", estaremos presenciando o fim de uma proibição de 50 anos e o renascimento das viagens supersônicas, onde atravessar o oceano será tão rápido quanto um voo doméstico.

@kingalexdone Well, that’s your job now. Go for it I have chosen my own mountain.

And for the ones who continue to blab about “dining”, “frolicking “ etc. That’s a delusional narrative for honoring a president’s invite. But if we apply your “Dining” logic broadly to others, your hypocrisy becomes obvious and you will scramble to make excuses. The truth is I will continue to engage the government wherever necessary because it’s a duty of leadership. Not easy but necessary for the sake of the children and for solutions. Engagement is not endorsement. My fight is different, and your own fight is valid. But take it to the appropriate quarters and quit wasting your time here. My oga has said I should leave you people alone now, so, as you were…

Perfect case of a liar not remembering his lies.