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@DAngeloColter @clnfairfax Exactly. Let’s unpack that decision!

This is lip service. She should have never been invited in the first place.

@OnlyOneRhonda How difficult was it to train her or was she pre-programmed?

Office V2 is available on my pages. Link in bio.

@jeremic_vuk @CIRSD Well written.

HORIZONS Vol. 34 SPRING 2026 CONNECTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE MARVELS OF THE FUTURE WORLD @CIRSD WHEN Marco Polo returned from his quarter-century-long travels across the Silk Road in 1295, he described a world so densely connected and abundant in its marvels that few of his contemporaries chose to believe him. The routes he traversed were not merely commercial arteries—they were the foundations of an emerging world order, binding civilizations together through the exchange of goods and ideas. Today, humanity stands before what this issue of Horizons calls the “Marvels of the Future World”: a new age of connectivity and sustainability whose ambitions are no less extraordinary than Marco Polo's own discoveries, and whose realization is no less uncertain. THE energy transition is perhaps the most visible of these marvels. The disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz have exposed with extraordinary clarity what years of analysis had failed to convey: a global system still tethered to fossil fuels and concentrated supply routes is deeply fragile. Countries that invested in renewable infrastructure entered this crisis with resilience; most of those that deferred found themselves at the mercy of chokepoints they could not control. The lesson is unsparing—the grid, not the pipeline, is the infrastructure of the future. YET building that future requires materials whose geography is itself a source of tension. Lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements are the new strategic commodities, and the capacity to refine and distribute them remains asymmetrically concentrated. ASEAN sits atop extraordinary reserves; Africa holds critical minerals whose value the world is only beginning to reckon with. But endowment is not leverage. Converting natural wealth into strategic power requires investment, regulatory clarity, and regional coordination that has so far proved elusive. For hundreds of millions of households, meanwhile, the most fundamental connectivity gap is measured not in gigawatts but in the smoke rising from an open cooking fire every day. CONNECTIVITY is not only physical. It is digital, institutional, and deeply political. Artificial intelligence is now infrastructure in the fullest sense—material, energy-intensive, and contested. The race to build sovereign AI systems, smarter power grids, and resilient pharmaceutical supply chains is a race to determine who designs the architecture of the next century and on whose terms. These are among the defining “Marvels of the Future World”—not spectacles to be admired, but transformational systems to be built and made to work for the many rather than the few. SUSTAINABILITY has outgrown the vocabulary of environmental policy. It is now a question of whether the systems we are building are capable of enduring the pressures placed upon them. The SDGs were conceived as a roadmap; a decade on, they read more like a rescue plan. Development finance remains insufficient. Corporate sustainability too often stops at compliance. The multilateral architecture, designed for a world that no longer exists, struggles to channel the investment that the transition demands. MARCO Polo's marvels were not as much about any particular destination as about the fact of connection itself. The “Marvels of the Future World” are by all means attainable. Whether we seize them depends on choices being made now, in government ministries, corporate boardrooms, regional blocs and international institutions. The contributors to this issue map those choices with clarity and without illusion. The road ahead is open. The question is who will travel it, and how fast.

@contramordor @AP What vision is that sir?

@AP This is good of course but we have a long way to go to heal as a nation from the Civil Rights Act so we can return to the original Constitution and the vision of our Founders. The Dems are the true tyrants!

BREAKING: The Supreme Court struck down a majority Black congressional district in Louisiana, weakening a landmark voting rights law’s protections against discrimination in redistricting. apnews.com/article/suprem…

@EarnYourLeisure When will you guys discuss the UAE leaving OPEC?

Kenya 🇰🇪 we’re back! We made our way to East Africa to explore new business ventures. This country is extreamly promising—stay tuned

@AdamFinkelstein @CoachDavidSisk Isn’t he another JBB? Young and full of upside.

Better long-term prospect than any incoming freshmen big man from the high school ranks.

@GoodmanHoops @TheFieldOf68 In the words of Al Pacino in Heat…”Large type a$$hole.. - Goodman

North Carolina coach Michael Malone has landed international big man Sayon Keita, source told @TheFieldOf68. The 18-year-old 7-footer is raw, but has high upside. One college coach involved in recruiting process about Keita: "He's long and talented, just raw and young. Has the size and athleticism to play in the NBA one day. Just think he may have trouble with physicality this season in college."

@allenanalysis Dammit Brian.

When Trump signed the executive order approving AI chip exports to the UAE over the Pentagon's objection, that was not a policy decision. That was the consideration in a transaction. When the UAE bought half of World Liberty Financial, that was not a crypto investment. That was a down payment. Today's OPEC exit is the UAE telling the world they expect to be paid in full. Here is what the next 90 days will look like. The Iran war will continue until a settlement is negotiated. The settlement will determine who controls the Strait of Hormuz. The UAE has positioned itself to be the largest beneficiary of any settlement that allows them to ramp production. ADNOC is close to 5 million barrels per day in capacity. They have been holding back 30 percent. When the Strait reopens, they will be the supplier of choice for the global market.

🚨 The United Arab Emirates is leaving OPEC. After 59 years of membership. After being the cartel's third-largest producer. The country that controls 12 percent of OPEC's oil announced this morning that it is walking out on May 1. This is not just some routine policy adjustment. This is the largest geopolitical realignment in the global oil market since the 1973 oil embargo. Trump is turning Iran into a global superpower capable of rerouting the petro-dollar structure.

@kamiskilled @Kurrco I don’t think the list is ranked. If so, Babyface and Valerie Simpson would be at or near the top.

@Kurrco Why is the top 4 all rappers. Kendrick is the only one who deserves to be in that T4 Jay could be like top 10

The New York Times published an unranked list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters, voted on by over 250 music insiders and six NYT critics 🏆 ▫️ Jay-Z ▫️ Young Thug ▫️ Kendrick Lamar ▫️ OutKast ▫️ Missy Elliott ▫️ Mariah Carey ▫️ The-Dream ▫️ Bad Bunny ▫️ Babyface ▫️ Stevie Wonder ▫️ Nile Rodgers ▫️ Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis ▫️ Smokey Robinson ▫️ Lionel Richie ▫️ Taylor Swift ▫️ Lana Del Rey ▫️ Dolly Parton ▫️ Bob Dylan ▫️ Bruce Springsteen ▫️ Paul Simon ▫️ Carole King ▫️ Willie Nelson ▫️ Diane Warren ▫️ Fiona Apple ▫️ Lucinda Williams ▫️ Romeo Santos ▫️ Valerie Simpson ▫️ Brian & Eddie Holland ▫️ Stephin Merritt ▫️ Josh Osborne, Brandy Clark & Shane McAnally

@isthat_travis @Kurrco This is a list of artist that have written not only for themselves but many others….

@Kurrco No eminem no drake?? Top 5 rappers of all time not in the list that babyface and missy elliot are in lmfao😭yeah oky

@InsideCarolina @TAshleyIC @MattNorlander He can pull out of the draft by a certain time right?

Henri Veesaar plans to depart UNC and enter the NBA Draft, per @MattNorlander. Story: on3.com/teams/north-ca…

@WashWizards Do the needful…

@CoachDavidSisk @TarHeel_247 He’s a pick and roll problem.

Maxim Logue has a high motor, and he goes after every missed shot like it’s his last. He is in the 99th percentile in offensive rebounds. Logue also shot 67.4% from two. He had lots of shot attempts at the rim off put backs. @TarHeel_247

@nia_cele Love a good game of monopoly. It’s friendly until it’s not

Currently mid game of Monopoly… so just know friendships are on thin ice and I’m one bad roll away from becoming a villain

@chrismithunc Either money or a better offer somewhere else.

Interesting development for Coach Malone’s coaching staff.

@BleacherReport They gotta find a way to start Coby White. Sit who you must.

LaMelo Ball in the first half of the Play-In 😳 2 PTS, 1-6 FG, 0-2 3PT, 3 fouls

@discogs @skyzoo In my LS500 nothing sounds better than CD.

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@discogs @skyzoo This ☝🏽

@Armandoavenu3 On sight

Tommy Lloyd when I find you

@JacobTurnerNC Louisville is going to be a real problem.

#UNC target, but I would not classify this as a big miss. Pat Kelsey’s cooking in the portal, though. Respect.