Pragmatic; I say things as they are; You know...Facts; Science; You're offended we don't share the same opinion...good, grow-up snowflake. 🚶🏾 Traveller
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Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
The word you are looking for is Water Privatization, and yes, the World Economic Forum, World Bank, Pepsi and Coca Cola, are pushing this through FLLoCA and Greenspace Action and Network.
Both hosted a summit at the Villa Rosa Kempinski a week ago to plot community water take over.
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It is important to note the very first marathoner, was a Greek soldier who ran to report the victory at the Battle of Marthon, and then promptly died. Endurance sports are popular because like traveling, it is a status symbol for the striver class. Endurance sports are hard on people’s bodies. Extreme endurance sport athletes have a much lower life expectancy than sedentary people
NYC Marathon runner Rachel Apa dies after collapsing in Central Park two miles from finish line trib.al/vaGtb6A
Life is truly brutal, here you are pushing yourself to the limit, then you body chooses to break down and off you go to the other side.
No dramatic event leading up to the death, just sheer grit & determination as has been pushed by the hustle culture...and then it all just ends
🚨 TRAGIC ENDING for 24 year old NYC marathon runner, Rachel Apa
24-year-old Rachel Apa collapsed at Mile 24 of the NYC Marathon and died after six hours of life-saving efforts at Mount Sinai.
Parents tracking her on the marathon app noticed she stopped moving just shy of the finish. Bystanders, including a social worker, performed CPR until an ambulance arrived.
Doctors later determined she died of rhabdomyolysis, a rapid muscle breakdown from extreme exertion that releases toxins into the blood.
The Bucknell field hockey alum had been in excellent health and was running the race in memory of her grandfather, who died of Parkinson’s.
Her father called it unfathomable 💔🙏
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
Every litre of petrol or diesel you buy carries Sh25 for road maintenance 😂😂🙄 I know!!! Last year, it collected Sh127.4 billion.
Now the government plans another levy, because of electric vehicles.
Just curious: which roads is the current levy maintaining? Kwenyu hakuna potholes and open manholes?
Take Chiromo Road to Riverside Drive. The same very big pothole has been there for ages. On a good day, inafunikwa kidogo with something temporary. Then we are back to dodging potholes.
Majority of what's told as "success stories" are just survivorship bias...not enough emphasis is placed on finding out what happened to "the planes that didn't make it back."
And thats where the real/better lessons can be learnt.
Let me tell you about a cognitive bias called survivorship bias and how it affects the way we see and understand success.
We often study successful people, examine their habits, decisions and strategies, and assume those things explain why they succeeded. But we rarely study the people who made similar decisions, worked just as hard, took the same risks and still failed.
The problem is that we draw conclusions from the people who succeeded while ignoring the many others who followed similar paths but didn't get the same results. It makes success look more predictable than it actually is.
This is why I think we somehow overestimate the role of hard work, discipline and intelligence in success. Sometimes, what separates two people isn't necessarily intelligence, discipline or hard work. It could be timing, access to resources, circumstances or sheer luck.
There is a lot to learn from successful people, but there is also a lot to learn from those who tried and failed. Studying only the winners gives you an incomplete picture.
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
Let me tell you about a cognitive bias called survivorship bias and how it affects the way we see and understand success.
We often study successful people, examine their habits, decisions and strategies, and assume those things explain why they succeeded. But we rarely study the people who made similar decisions, worked just as hard, took the same risks and still failed.
The problem is that we draw conclusions from the people who succeeded while ignoring the many others who followed similar paths but didn't get the same results. It makes success look more predictable than it actually is.
This is why I think we somehow overestimate the role of hard work, discipline and intelligence in success. Sometimes, what separates two people isn't necessarily intelligence, discipline or hard work. It could be timing, access to resources, circumstances or sheer luck.
There is a lot to learn from successful people, but there is also a lot to learn from those who tried and failed. Studying only the winners gives you an incomplete picture.
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
Imagine:
> being a good person
> following the rules your whole life
> never hurting anyone
And one day a learjet nose dives on your car
Oh and to add salt to this injusry, there's a quote that says:
"If you don’t make it, nobody gives a shit about how hard you tried. If you don't succeed, you don't succeed—end of story." -☠️
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
Your parents won't see you grow old. Your partner never knew you as a child, and your children won't remember you young. You are the only person who witnesses every version of yourself. Take care of yourself, value yourself and love yourself. You are your lifelong companion.
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
It funny how many women don’t realize much of their life is on easy mode because they’re a pretty girl.
She tried to pick up some of that sweet male privilege only to realize it doesn’t exist.
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
BREAKING: Goldman Sachs has restricted most staff from using AI tools designed for coding due to productivity and risk concerns, per Bloomberg.
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
You won't find the same person twice, not even in the same person.
Nom de Plume: Mimi Kijana retweeted
One of the most effective ways to keep people from questioning an unjust system is to convince them that their ability to survive it makes them morally superior to those who can't.
