It was around 11:00 PM (WAT) when I first saw a cast from Downshift, which quoted someone with a funny meme essentially saying, “I’m always exasperated because people are idiots.” I checked out the quoted cast, and what I saw made me burst into laughter. It was a cast from Zinger which read:Zinger (@zinger) on Farcaster/new-york 🗽 • /untzuntz 😈 • /tastebuds 🍕 Fan of eating tacos and bringing people together, often at the same time 🌮Farcaster “So Popfi made an entire mini app and spent wee...

It was around 11:00 PM (WAT) when I first saw a cast from Downshift, which quoted someone with a funny meme essentially saying, “I’m always exasperated because people are idiots.” I checked out the quoted cast, and what I saw made me burst into laughter. It was a cast from Zinger which read:Zinger (@zinger) on Farcaster/new-york 🗽 • /untzuntz 😈 • /tastebuds 🍕 Fan of eating tacos and bringing people together, often at the same time 🌮Farcaster “So Popfi made an entire mini app and spent wee...

It’s 1960. Nigeria has exploded into joy — flags waved in school fields, fireworks lit the Lagos night sky, children marched in parades eating akara, and the Union Jack finally came down as the green-white-green rose in its place. A nation of 45 million people had been given independence, and for a moment the air was thick with the promise of freedom: freedom from decades of humiliation, from being treated as tenants in their own land, and from labouring in a system designed to enrich another...

It’s 1960. Nigeria has exploded into joy — flags waved in school fields, fireworks lit the Lagos night sky, children marched in parades eating akara, and the Union Jack finally came down as the green-white-green rose in its place. A nation of 45 million people had been given independence, and for a moment the air was thick with the promise of freedom: freedom from decades of humiliation, from being treated as tenants in their own land, and from labouring in a system designed to enrich another...

The end of the civil war did not bring the self-determination Nigerians had hoped for. Instead, it marked the beginning of a new dependency. Victory cemented the federal government’s power, but it also locked Nigeria more firmly into Britain’s orbit. The war had been settled on terms that safeguarded British oil companies. When peace returned in 1970, Nigeria found itself standing on oil — the “black gold” that was supposed to rebuild the nation. But oil quickly became both a blessing and a c...

The end of the civil war did not bring the self-determination Nigerians had hoped for. Instead, it marked the beginning of a new dependency. Victory cemented the federal government’s power, but it also locked Nigeria more firmly into Britain’s orbit. The war had been settled on terms that safeguarded British oil companies. When peace returned in 1970, Nigeria found itself standing on oil — the “black gold” that was supposed to rebuild the nation. But oil quickly became both a blessing and a c...

Conspiracy theories occupy a peculiar space in society. They are either ridiculed as wild fantasies or clung to with cult-like devotion. Some are dangerous to ignore; others, dangerous to believe. This series explores both edges of that knife. In this first part, we examine a theory once dismissed as fringe paranoia—and how its rejection revealed a blind spot in how we confront uncomfortable truths. Panic breaks out: People look for answers. In 2020, a deadly virus swept across the planet, sh...

Conspiracy theories occupy a peculiar space in society. They are either ridiculed as wild fantasies or clung to with cult-like devotion. Some are dangerous to ignore; others, dangerous to believe. This series explores both edges of that knife. In this first part, we examine a theory once dismissed as fringe paranoia—and how its rejection revealed a blind spot in how we confront uncomfortable truths. Panic breaks out: People look for answers. In 2020, a deadly virus swept across the planet, sh...

Not Every Theory Is Harmless — and Not Every Thinker Is Immune The beginning of sorrows Bonnie Nettles was born on August 29, 1927, and raised in Houston, Texas, into a Baptist family. As an adult, she moved away from the religion. After becoming a registered nurse, she married businessman Joseph Segal Nettles in December 1949, with whom she had four children. Their marriage remained mostly stable until 1972, at which time, according to The New York Times, she began attempting to contact dece...

Not Every Theory Is Harmless — and Not Every Thinker Is Immune The beginning of sorrows Bonnie Nettles was born on August 29, 1927, and raised in Houston, Texas, into a Baptist family. As an adult, she moved away from the religion. After becoming a registered nurse, she married businessman Joseph Segal Nettles in December 1949, with whom she had four children. Their marriage remained mostly stable until 1972, at which time, according to The New York Times, she began attempting to contact dece...

As at the time I’m publishing this, it’s Nigeria’s 65th birthday. It is also our independence day, but very few people are actually saying “Happy independence day!”. The silent reality pervades the atmosphere, and although no one is saying it, everyone knows. We’re not independent. What everyone is also quietly trying not to pay attention to is that we have a new master now, and they’re ruling from the east. When Western creditors grew weary of Nigeria’s constant defaults, China stepped forwa...

As at the time I’m publishing this, it’s Nigeria’s 65th birthday. It is also our independence day, but very few people are actually saying “Happy independence day!”. The silent reality pervades the atmosphere, and although no one is saying it, everyone knows. We’re not independent. What everyone is also quietly trying not to pay attention to is that we have a new master now, and they’re ruling from the east. When Western creditors grew weary of Nigeria’s constant defaults, China stepped forwa...

So I was scrolling through Facebook the other day, and I came across a Screen Rant post Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was at a press roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter, and someone asked him about the chances of Miles Morales—yep, the star of that amazing, award-winning Spider-Verse trilogy—making his way into the MCU. Feige’s answer? “That is nowhere… Sony has their brilliant, genius, incredible Spider-Verse animated franchise going, and until that finishes, we’ve been told to sta...

So I was scrolling through Facebook the other day, and I came across a Screen Rant post Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige was at a press roundtable with The Hollywood Reporter, and someone asked him about the chances of Miles Morales—yep, the star of that amazing, award-winning Spider-Verse trilogy—making his way into the MCU. Feige’s answer? “That is nowhere… Sony has their brilliant, genius, incredible Spider-Verse animated franchise going, and until that finishes, we’ve been told to sta...