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Dear “Nique at Nite,” or whatever you call yourself, If you think footage of me talking to an officer somehow proves that I lied, and you genuinely believe this is some sort of “gotcha” moment, you are gravely mistaken. Almost to the point that I feel sorry for you. The fact that I apparently left this much of an impression on you is becoming bizarre. I got underneath your skin because I did my job, I did it well, and my reporting went further than yours. Further than anyone’s. The truth went further than YOUR narrative. And when the trial finally happened, what came out in that courtroom lined up with what I had been reporting for the entire past year. That really made you angry, didn’t it? Because MONTHS later, you are still sitting around replaying footage of me at the courthouse and pretending that a video of me TALKING TO AN OFFICER is somehow evidence that I lied. It’s called main character syndrome. And you have it bad. So since you’re apparently still obsessing over this interaction, let me explain what was actually happening. A bunch of people were talking to this officer. I spoke to him and told him that I understood it was still early in the trial, but the judge’s order stated that no one was supposed to be on the premises before 6:00 AM. I FOLLOWED THE JUDGE’S ORDER. When I arrived, people were already crowding in front of the building well before that restriction was up. So which is it? Do you want people to follow the rules? Do you want the law and the judge’s orders followed correctly? Or do you only care about those things when they benefit you? Wasn’t your entire argument supposedly about EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL? Then everyone should be held to the SAME rules. I wasn’t the only person who was cut out that morning. And when I spoke to that officer, other people were AGREEING WITH ME because I specifically brought up the judge’s order and said that the people who actually followed the rules deserved a fair chance too. And no, I never brought up color. That’s what YOU do. And guess what happened? I stayed. I waited. I was let in not long afterward. And I never experienced another issue while I was there. Why? Because I followed the rules. I was getting up at 2–3 AM every single day to make sure I had an opportunity to get into that courtroom. I put in the work. I followed the rules. I showed up. And I reported what happened. So please, get over yourself. Find someone else to obsessively pick apart, because if THIS is the “evidence” you have been reduced to months later—footage of me calmly speaking to an officer about people following a judge’s order—you have done absolutely nothing to prove your ridiculous narrative about me. You’ve only proven how badly you still need that narrative to be true.

Dear “Nique at Nite,” or whatever you call yourself, If you think footage of me talking to an officer somehow proves that I lied, and you genuinely believe this is some sort of “gotcha” moment, you are gravely mistaken. Almost to the point that I feel sorry for you. The fact that I apparently left this much of an impression on you is becoming bizarre. I got underneath your skin because I did my job, I did it well, and my reporting went further than yours. Further than anyone’s. The truth went further than YOUR narrative. And when the trial finally happened, what came out in that courtroom lined up with what I had been reporting for the entire past year. That really made you angry, didn’t it? Because MONTHS later, you are still sitting around replaying footage of me at the courthouse and pretending that a video of me TALKING TO AN OFFICER is somehow evidence that I lied. It’s called main character syndrome. And you have it bad. So since you’re apparently still obsessing over this interaction, let me explain what was actually happening. A bunch of people were talking to this officer. I spoke to him and told him that I understood it was still early in the trial, but the judge’s order stated that no one was supposed to be on the premises before 6:00 AM. I FOLLOWED THE JUDGE’S ORDER. When I arrived, people were already crowding in front of the building well before that restriction was up. So which is it? Do you want people to follow the rules? Do you want the law and the judge’s orders followed correctly? Or do you only care about those things when they benefit you? Wasn’t your entire argument supposedly about EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL? Then everyone should be held to the SAME rules. I wasn’t the only person who was cut out that morning. And when I spoke to that officer, other people were AGREEING WITH ME because I specifically brought up the judge’s order and said that the people who actually followed the rules deserved a fair chance too. And no, I never brought up color. That’s what YOU do. And guess what happened? I stayed. I waited. I was let in not long afterward. And I never experienced another issue while I was there. Why? Because I followed the rules. I was getting up at 2–3 AM every single day to make sure I had an opportunity to get into that courtroom. I put in the work. I followed the rules. I showed up. And I reported what happened. So please, get over yourself. Find someone else to obsessively pick apart, because if THIS is the “evidence” you have been reduced to months later—footage of me calmly speaking to an officer about people following a judge’s order—you have done absolutely nothing to prove your ridiculous narrative about me. You’ve only proven how badly you still need that narrative to be true.

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"When I married, I was a virgin, I promise you, and sex has never interested me much. I don’t understand how people can waste so much time over sex: sex is for kids, for movies, a great bore." --- Alfred Hitchcock Full Excerpt: "Hitchcock: I’m sixty-four now, and I can swear that I’ve never known any woman other than my wife—neither before nor since our marriage. When I married, I was a virgin, I promise you, and sex has never interested me much. I don’t understand how people can waste so much time over sex: sex is for kids, for movies, a great bore. And since I’ve always avoided anything boring.. [remember the day I had to write the screenplay for the movie 'Woman to Woman' (1923): the story of a man who has a mistress in Paris who bangs his head, loses his memory, and starts going with another woman, who gives him a child. Well, I was twenty-three years old, I’d never been with a woman, and I didn’t have the slightest idea what a woman did to have a child. I had even less idea what a man did when he was with his mistress in Paris or when he was with another woman who was giving him a child. And so... Interviewer: Now you know, Mr. Hitchcock? Hitchcock: Now I know. I have a daughter of thirty-five and three little grandchildren. Between you and me, I’m a grandfather. Still, when I think that my daughter was born when I was nearly thirty, and it was only then that I realized that babies aren’t found under gooseberry bushes. You won’t believe it—no one ever believes it, they say it’s an act to make myself a character—but until I was twenty-four, I had never tasted a drop of alcohol; until I was twenty- five, I had never smoked a cigar. I was very shy, more shy than I am today. If people told dirty stories, I used to blush like a rose. So my friends would always tell them when I wasn’t there, and if I arrived, they’d say, “Silence, Hitchcock’s coming.” As for my wife, I married her because she asked me to. We’d been traveling around and working together for years, and I’d never so much as touched her little finger. Interviewer: But why on earth? Don’t you like women, Mr. Hitchcock? Hitchcock: Indeed I like them, more than men. In point of fact, I feel less shy with them than with men. For example, I could never talk like this to a man. But I like them to talk to, to dine with, not for sexual reasons. When people ask me, “Mr. Hitchcock, why are the stars in your movies always blondes? Is it because you have a weakness for blondes?” I tell them I don’t know, it must be coincidence or the fact that they are ladies; I’ve thought since I was a child that ladies are blonde, my wife is blonde. I don’t have a weakness for anyone, neither for blondes nor redheads nor brunettes nor sexy women... You know who are the sexiest women, I mean the most wrapped up in sex? Nordic women. Evidently the cold makes them hot. Consider Englishwomen: they all look like schoolmistresses, but heaven help the poor fellow who finds himself in a taxi with one. At best he’ll get out of it minus his clothes. Interviewer: Forgive my asking, but how do you know these things, Mr. Hitchcock? Hitchcock: What a question! I listen to what people say, I find out about things. Obviously the information is secondhand. Scientists know that if you mix one powder with another powder, you'll be blown up. But they don’t have to be blown up in order to know it." (Alfred Hitchcock's interview with Oriana Fallaci, 1963) Clip from: North by Northwest (1959) Director: Alfred Hitchcock

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Namjoon about Swim💜 🐨: Next is “Swim,” and honestly, I really love this song. I think a lot of people were probably disappointed by it. Like, it’s not exciting in the way “Dynamite” was, and it’s not an intense hip-hop performance track like “Hooligan” or “2.0,” so some people probably thought, “Why did they release such a subdued, low-energy song?” 🐨: But the reality is simple: No better song than “Swim” came out. We never originally intended for “Swim” to be the title track. But we had to think about radio play too, whether the song would have longevity, versatility, and lasting appeal. And in the end, “Swim” was the only song that checked all those boxes. 🐨: Honestly, I think title tracks themselves barely mean anything anymore these days. There’s more of a “lead single” concept now. Especially in American pop music, there really isn’t this rigid “title track” idea anymore. 🐨: So what made me really happy after “Arirang” came out was that it wasn’t just “Swim” getting attention. Of course Jungkook charting happened and ARMY worked incredibly hard streaming and supporting, but I also loved seeing “Body to Body” becoming a hot topic “Hooligan” getting talked about, “2.0” getting attention, even “Normal” being discussed. For an idol group album, it’s honestly really hard for so many tracks from the same album to all get talked about and chart simultaneously. 🐨: Maybe “Swim” felt less sonically stimulating compared to the others, but I was still so happy that the album as a whole was getting that much discussion and love. 🐨: Writing the lyrics for “Swim” took a really long time. And honestly, it feels sad to say this in 2026, but I wanted this to become a meaningful song too. Since it became the title track — because no stronger radio song than “Swim” came out — I wanted it to carry meaning. 🐨: The truth is, I’m actually not very good at swimming. But I think I started seeing life itself as swimming. Even during military service, counting down days one by one… waiting, wandering, just swimming forward through each day, one breath at a time. That’s why this song feels really sad to me. To me, it feels like the song of BTS in their thirties: becoming more mature, building deeper rapport with fans, living more adult lives, each person carrying their own life forward. 🐨: So lyrically and emotionally, this song means a lot to me personally. Of course, maybe it would’ve been nice if there had been an even better title track. But I think this is the kind of song that will stay with me for a very long time. Honestly, I wish it received even more love. 🐨: Of course, performance is such an important part of who we are, and BTS grew from intense hip-hop sounds and powerful performances, so I understand why some people might find “Swim” underwhelming. 🐨: But for me… “Swim” is the kind of song I’d want to hear at my own grave someday. It sounds like a love song, but it’s also about life itself. I wanted it to feel open enough to be interpreted both ways. Looking at “you” beneath the moon and the sharks — that “you” could be someone I love, the fans, myself, or even my own life. 🐨: I think it’s a very rare song that contains all kinds of emotions together, joy, anger, sorrow, happiness. So yeah… that’s what “Swim” is to me. Personally, I just wish more people would love it a little more. And honestly, after finishing this album, I think I came to a sad conclusion: people don’t really listen to lyrics anymore. So if anyone hears what I’m saying now, I hope they’ll go back and look a little more deeply at what we were trying to say through this album. That’s my personal wish. 🐨: I still have a lot more I want to say about “Swim,” and I think I’ll probably keep talking about it in the future too. But anyway, I really love this song. I also really loved the “Keep Swimming” campaign. Because honestly, life isn’t all that extraordinary. There are happy days, sad days… and all of us are just swimming forward one day at a time.

Namjoon about Swim💜 🐨: Next is “Swim,” and honestly, I really love this song. I think a lot of people were probably disappointed by it. Like, it’s not exciting in the way “Dynamite” was, and it’s not an intense hip-hop performance track like “Hooligan” or “2.0,” so some people probably thought, “Why did they release such a subdued, low-energy song?” 🐨: But the reality is simple: No better song than “Swim” came out. We never originally intended for “Swim” to be the title track. But we had to think about radio play too, whether the song would have longevity, versatility, and lasting appeal. And in the end, “Swim” was the only song that checked all those boxes. 🐨: Honestly, I think title tracks themselves barely mean anything anymore these days. There’s more of a “lead single” concept now. Especially in American pop music, there really isn’t this rigid “title track” idea anymore. 🐨: So what made me really happy after “Arirang” came out was that it wasn’t just “Swim” getting attention. Of course Jungkook charting happened and ARMY worked incredibly hard streaming and supporting, but I also loved seeing “Body to Body” becoming a hot topic “Hooligan” getting talked about, “2.0” getting attention, even “Normal” being discussed. For an idol group album, it’s honestly really hard for so many tracks from the same album to all get talked about and chart simultaneously. 🐨: Maybe “Swim” felt less sonically stimulating compared to the others, but I was still so happy that the album as a whole was getting that much discussion and love. 🐨: Writing the lyrics for “Swim” took a really long time. And honestly, it feels sad to say this in 2026, but I wanted this to become a meaningful song too. Since it became the title track — because no stronger radio song than “Swim” came out — I wanted it to carry meaning. 🐨: The truth is, I’m actually not very good at swimming. But I think I started seeing life itself as swimming. Even during military service, counting down days one by one… waiting, wandering, just swimming forward through each day, one breath at a time. That’s why this song feels really sad to me. To me, it feels like the song of BTS in their thirties: becoming more mature, building deeper rapport with fans, living more adult lives, each person carrying their own life forward. 🐨: So lyrically and emotionally, this song means a lot to me personally. Of course, maybe it would’ve been nice if there had been an even better title track. But I think this is the kind of song that will stay with me for a very long time. Honestly, I wish it received even more love. 🐨: Of course, performance is such an important part of who we are, and BTS grew from intense hip-hop sounds and powerful performances, so I understand why some people might find “Swim” underwhelming. 🐨: But for me… “Swim” is the kind of song I’d want to hear at my own grave someday. It sounds like a love song, but it’s also about life itself. I wanted it to feel open enough to be interpreted both ways. Looking at “you” beneath the moon and the sharks — that “you” could be someone I love, the fans, myself, or even my own life. 🐨: I think it’s a very rare song that contains all kinds of emotions together, joy, anger, sorrow, happiness. So yeah… that’s what “Swim” is to me. Personally, I just wish more people would love it a little more. And honestly, after finishing this album, I think I came to a sad conclusion: people don’t really listen to lyrics anymore. So if anyone hears what I’m saying now, I hope they’ll go back and look a little more deeply at what we were trying to say through this album. That’s my personal wish. 🐨: I still have a lot more I want to say about “Swim,” and I think I’ll probably keep talking about it in the future too. But anyway, I really love this song. I also really loved the “Keep Swimming” campaign. Because honestly, life isn’t all that extraordinary. There are happy days, sad days… and all of us are just swimming forward one day at a time.

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52,883 views • 2 months ago

This is such a difficult watch ☹️ Amanda Abbington, "I have a 30 page report.. Nearly half of the allegations were upheld" "What's being said in the tabloids is just not true.. There were five breaches of the code of conduct within the organisation" Victoria Derbyshire, "What have the last 12 months been like for you since you left last year's Strictly?" AA, "One of the worst years of my life... Unpleasant.. Turbulent.. Relentless time in my life.. Because I alerted people of bad behaviour" VD, "In terms of the complaints against Giovanni Pernice that were upheld, what happened in rehearsals?" AA, "Verbally abused.. Sexual innuendos.. Sexual gestures.. A 35 min rant at me calling me names.. This went on for 7 hours a day for 7 weeks.. I was called mad.. Unstable" VD, "How did you respond?" AA, "I'm open to criticism.. I've worked 32 years as an actress and I've never had to leave a job or experience anything like I experienced in that rehearsal room.. I not only did it for myself but for the contestants partnered with his previously.. I wasn't the only person that complained" "When you're constantly told that you're not good enough and you're going to make a fool of yourself.. I don't respond well to that sort of teaching" VD, "Papers reported there was a crotch incident" AA, "There were two allegations of inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature and they were upheld.. One was physical.. One was verbal" "When I got a dance step right, he would outline an erection in his trousers and tell me my dance move made that happen" "They weren't isolated one off incidents.. Over a period of 7 weeks" VD, "How did you react to that?" AA, "Because you were in a bubble.. I was either being called names.. Or worked without a break.. When you're in that bubble for 7 hours a day you lose all sense of reality.. I kind of just looked and sort of went, ok.. Only when I got home did I realise.. You lose all sense of reality" "In hindsight, you walk out and you don't look back" VD, "When did you first tell someone at BBC and how did they respond?" AA, "I told producers after 3 or 4 days of being in the rehearsal room.. They said sorry and said they would monitor the situation.. This wasn't an isolated incident, I know that it happened before to other contestants" VD, "You met up with other previous dance partners" AA, "Yes.. We all found each other.. I was put in touch with a few of them through mutual friends.. We just wanted to make sure we weren't on our own thinking this just happened to us.. All of us.. Have said the same thing.. It wasn't pleasant.. It wasn't isolated.. It happened to all of us" VD, "When you first met" AA, "We all cried, we burst into tears.. It was managing the room and our own mental health and emotional well being" VD, "Sarah Vine wrote: women like AA are part of the reason other women who find themselves in worse situations dont get taken seriously. What do you say to that?" AA, "I'm always shocked when women throw other women under the bus for standing up for what they think is wrong" "So many other women have thanked me for giving them the strength to speak up in similar situations" VD, "Strictly is a family show.. Some of the things do not appear to be very wholesome" AA, "I loved Strictly.. I never wanted to cause trouble.. All I did was experience something in a workplace environment.. And I didn't want anybody else to go through what I had gone through, and what people went through in the past before me" VD, "How do you feel you have been treated by the BBC throughout this process?" AA, "It's still ongoing.. There are things in the 30 page report that are unresolved.. I'm taking guidance from my lawyer who has been so amazing" VD, "BBC says it takes allegations seriously.. We want thank AA for coming forward as its not an easy thing to do.. Do you feel the BBC were as concerned for your well being as they were for the program?" AA, "I think they tried.. But I wouldn't be sitting here if they tried harder.. I got an apology.. And a lot of the allegations were upheld.. Everybody has to be looked after so things like this don' t happen" VD, "You talk about rape and death threats" AA, "Over the last eight months, hundreds.. I had a credible death threat.. The police had to be called.. A bomb threat to my place of work.. Death threats to me, my family.. Rape threats to my 15 year old daughter" "I've got screenshots that I've sent to the Met police" VD, "Did you do the right thing speaking up?" AA, "Oh My God, yea.. All I did was ask the BBC to address inappropriate bad behaviour"

This is such a difficult watch ☹️ Amanda Abbington, "I have a 30 page report.. Nearly half of the allegations were upheld" "What's being said in the tabloids is just not true.. There were five breaches of the code of conduct within the organisation" Victoria Derbyshire, "What have the last 12 months been like for you since you left last year's Strictly?" AA, "One of the worst years of my life... Unpleasant.. Turbulent.. Relentless time in my life.. Because I alerted people of bad behaviour" VD, "In terms of the complaints against Giovanni Pernice that were upheld, what happened in rehearsals?" AA, "Verbally abused.. Sexual innuendos.. Sexual gestures.. A 35 min rant at me calling me names.. This went on for 7 hours a day for 7 weeks.. I was called mad.. Unstable" VD, "How did you respond?" AA, "I'm open to criticism.. I've worked 32 years as an actress and I've never had to leave a job or experience anything like I experienced in that rehearsal room.. I not only did it for myself but for the contestants partnered with his previously.. I wasn't the only person that complained" "When you're constantly told that you're not good enough and you're going to make a fool of yourself.. I don't respond well to that sort of teaching" VD, "Papers reported there was a crotch incident" AA, "There were two allegations of inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature and they were upheld.. One was physical.. One was verbal" "When I got a dance step right, he would outline an erection in his trousers and tell me my dance move made that happen" "They weren't isolated one off incidents.. Over a period of 7 weeks" VD, "How did you react to that?" AA, "Because you were in a bubble.. I was either being called names.. Or worked without a break.. When you're in that bubble for 7 hours a day you lose all sense of reality.. I kind of just looked and sort of went, ok.. Only when I got home did I realise.. You lose all sense of reality" "In hindsight, you walk out and you don't look back" VD, "When did you first tell someone at BBC and how did they respond?" AA, "I told producers after 3 or 4 days of being in the rehearsal room.. They said sorry and said they would monitor the situation.. This wasn't an isolated incident, I know that it happened before to other contestants" VD, "You met up with other previous dance partners" AA, "Yes.. We all found each other.. I was put in touch with a few of them through mutual friends.. We just wanted to make sure we weren't on our own thinking this just happened to us.. All of us.. Have said the same thing.. It wasn't pleasant.. It wasn't isolated.. It happened to all of us" VD, "When you first met" AA, "We all cried, we burst into tears.. It was managing the room and our own mental health and emotional well being" VD, "Sarah Vine wrote: women like AA are part of the reason other women who find themselves in worse situations dont get taken seriously. What do you say to that?" AA, "I'm always shocked when women throw other women under the bus for standing up for what they think is wrong" "So many other women have thanked me for giving them the strength to speak up in similar situations" VD, "Strictly is a family show.. Some of the things do not appear to be very wholesome" AA, "I loved Strictly.. I never wanted to cause trouble.. All I did was experience something in a workplace environment.. And I didn't want anybody else to go through what I had gone through, and what people went through in the past before me" VD, "How do you feel you have been treated by the BBC throughout this process?" AA, "It's still ongoing.. There are things in the 30 page report that are unresolved.. I'm taking guidance from my lawyer who has been so amazing" VD, "BBC says it takes allegations seriously.. We want thank AA for coming forward as its not an easy thing to do.. Do you feel the BBC were as concerned for your well being as they were for the program?" AA, "I think they tried.. But I wouldn't be sitting here if they tried harder.. I got an apology.. And a lot of the allegations were upheld.. Everybody has to be looked after so things like this don' t happen" VD, "You talk about rape and death threats" AA, "Over the last eight months, hundreds.. I had a credible death threat.. The police had to be called.. A bomb threat to my place of work.. Death threats to me, my family.. Rape threats to my 15 year old daughter" "I've got screenshots that I've sent to the Met police" VD, "Did you do the right thing speaking up?" AA, "Oh My God, yea.. All I did was ask the BBC to address inappropriate bad behaviour"

Farrukh

434,875 views • 1 year ago

That's because my personal Substack ( is a completely separate entity to West Africa Weekly. WAW started off on Substack, but the moment you guys invested in 2023, you made it very clear that WAW would be a standalone website ( and the Substack platform would revert to me, which is why I changed the name from ' to ' Yes, I have 160 paid subscribers there, which is the sole result of the sweat of my own brow, without your help or involvement. I built that subscriber base while writing dangerous stories inside a safe house in Central Accra with armed police patrolling outside. Were you bunch of barawos under the impression that you were entitled to what I built without you that was not covered by the purchase agreement? What did you think you were paying for? A slave? I left WAW since last year and I didn't make a song and dance about it, but since you people want to behave like a scorned ex on the internet, let me remind you that I still own half of this company, and in fact I still control many of its digital assets. Its Instagram page is literally under my personal Meta accounts centre. Ditto its LinkedIn page. I took these screen recordings less than 10 minutes ago showing that as of right now, I still have full access to the WordPress backend, Zoho email suite and Zoho Cliq workplace. If you "disengaged" me for "financial irresponsibility", kindly explain why I still have full access to all of your backends? Because you know what actually happened - I left WAW to found The Spearhead in August 2025, and you are angry because everything useful about the platform left with me, including its 2 best reporters, and in just 6 months of operation, we have created much better material and outperformed post-2023 WAW by every metric available. You know that I was right about everything. I was right about pivoting away from Nigerian news and Obidient-slop to focus on more important African geopolitical content. I was right about investing real money in creating visual content. I was right about looking beyond Nigeria for an audience. I was right about hiring a full time Sahel reporter. I was right about the fact that you needed to let go of the dream of WAW becoming a mainstream media outlet making money the conventional Nigerian media way, because the gatekeepers would never let you in simply based on the platform's association with me. I was right about boosting reporters' pay instead of expecting miracles from somebody's child whom you're paying N110,000/month to be a field reporter in Lagos. And now, instead of accepting that I was right about everything and that you know nothing about journalism or media business, your petulant response to your own horrible failure is to try to throw mud on my name and to destroy the platform in the process - a platform that you did create and whose value you cannot possibly understand because you're so poor that all you have is money. Well, you can't destroy a reputation that you didn't build. Many before you have tried. You won't be the last. The Mayowa and Kangmwa that you used to mock for being broke and unpolished have now traveled and seen the world perhaps more so than you have. They now create great material that the whole world now sees and engages with. You're still there paying people peanuts and looking for NNPC advert gigs that you will never get. Like many diasporans, once you have some small $5 in your pocket, you think everyone back home should kneel before you. After dealing with racism and insults to make your 2 kobo in Houston, you now come to reflect the same energy back to your people in Lagos because that makes you feel good about your life. Whatever floats your boat. But from the bottom of my heart, I don't care. I am better than you and there's nothing you can do about it. My offer remains open: if you can, buy me out and do what you want with WAW. I have moved on.

That's because my personal Substack ( is a completely separate entity to West Africa Weekly. WAW started off on Substack, but the moment you guys invested in 2023, you made it very clear that WAW would be a standalone website ( and the Substack platform would revert to me, which is why I changed the name from ' to ' Yes, I have 160 paid subscribers there, which is the sole result of the sweat of my own brow, without your help or involvement. I built that subscriber base while writing dangerous stories inside a safe house in Central Accra with armed police patrolling outside. Were you bunch of barawos under the impression that you were entitled to what I built without you that was not covered by the purchase agreement? What did you think you were paying for? A slave? I left WAW since last year and I didn't make a song and dance about it, but since you people want to behave like a scorned ex on the internet, let me remind you that I still own half of this company, and in fact I still control many of its digital assets. Its Instagram page is literally under my personal Meta accounts centre. Ditto its LinkedIn page. I took these screen recordings less than 10 minutes ago showing that as of right now, I still have full access to the WordPress backend, Zoho email suite and Zoho Cliq workplace. If you "disengaged" me for "financial irresponsibility", kindly explain why I still have full access to all of your backends? Because you know what actually happened - I left WAW to found The Spearhead in August 2025, and you are angry because everything useful about the platform left with me, including its 2 best reporters, and in just 6 months of operation, we have created much better material and outperformed post-2023 WAW by every metric available. You know that I was right about everything. I was right about pivoting away from Nigerian news and Obidient-slop to focus on more important African geopolitical content. I was right about investing real money in creating visual content. I was right about looking beyond Nigeria for an audience. I was right about hiring a full time Sahel reporter. I was right about the fact that you needed to let go of the dream of WAW becoming a mainstream media outlet making money the conventional Nigerian media way, because the gatekeepers would never let you in simply based on the platform's association with me. I was right about boosting reporters' pay instead of expecting miracles from somebody's child whom you're paying N110,000/month to be a field reporter in Lagos. And now, instead of accepting that I was right about everything and that you know nothing about journalism or media business, your petulant response to your own horrible failure is to try to throw mud on my name and to destroy the platform in the process - a platform that you did create and whose value you cannot possibly understand because you're so poor that all you have is money. Well, you can't destroy a reputation that you didn't build. Many before you have tried. You won't be the last. The Mayowa and Kangmwa that you used to mock for being broke and unpolished have now traveled and seen the world perhaps more so than you have. They now create great material that the whole world now sees and engages with. You're still there paying people peanuts and looking for NNPC advert gigs that you will never get. Like many diasporans, once you have some small $5 in your pocket, you think everyone back home should kneel before you. After dealing with racism and insults to make your 2 kobo in Houston, you now come to reflect the same energy back to your people in Lagos because that makes you feel good about your life. Whatever floats your boat. But from the bottom of my heart, I don't care. I am better than you and there's nothing you can do about it. My offer remains open: if you can, buy me out and do what you want with WAW. I have moved on.

David Hundeyin

194,798 views • 4 months ago

[Trans] #OneDayWithWin #winmetawin️ TikTok Post 🐰: One Day with Win – Let’s see what I did in one day. This is actually my very first vlog, and it’s another part of my life that I’d like to share with you all 🥹💚 09:58 AM 🐰: On days when I don’t have showbiz work or series filming, I’ll be here at my office 😊. It feels like my second home already. 10:30 AM 🐰: When I arrive, I clear some tasks, and my team updates me on business matters and other important issues. 10:45 AM 🐰: After that comes the part where I have to use my brain the most—having long meetings 🥺 with several teams to get detailed insights and updates. 12:05 PM - 3:40 PM 🐰: After the meetings, I interview candidates because #SOURIBKK is currently expanding the team. If you’re interested in joining our family, please feel free to submit your resume to hr@souribkk.com. 4:07 PM 🐰: After the interviews, I had to rush to get groomed and ready for work in the evening. Of course, I also continued work discussions because my time for the day was quickly running out. 4:44 PM 🐰: Before heading to my evening work, I stopped by to taste new flavors of Souri products. Before releasing each menu, we have to ensure we choose the ones that will impress our customers the most. 5:21 PM 🐰: Still at the office, I had to shoot some content with P’Ming & P’Ice 🥹 5:40 PM - 6:38 PM 🐰: Here we are at the biggest branch of #Souri! I’m here for a business talk to promote Souri—please keep an eye out for the article. 8:30 PM 🐰: Before heading to a live show, I had to stop and grab some food. I hadn’t had a proper meal all day 😓🥺 9:30 PM 🐰: After eating, I brought some #Souri treats for the show’s MCs. It’s been a while since I’ve been on this TV show, and I feel like I made a lot more sense this time compared to the last visit 😅😂😆 10:30 PM 🐰: That’s a wrap! Last but not least, there were beloved fans waiting to see me off, and just like that, all my exhaustion disappeared 🥺💚 🐰: Gotta go….see you….bye bye 👋🏻 👋🏻 Please visit the post 🫶🏻 📌 Win Metawin 💚 Winmetawin

[Trans] #OneDayWithWin #winmetawin️ TikTok Post 🐰: One Day with Win – Let’s see what I did in one day. This is actually my very first vlog, and it’s another part of my life that I’d like to share with you all 🥹💚 09:58 AM 🐰: On days when I don’t have showbiz work or series filming, I’ll be here at my office 😊. It feels like my second home already. 10:30 AM 🐰: When I arrive, I clear some tasks, and my team updates me on business matters and other important issues. 10:45 AM 🐰: After that comes the part where I have to use my brain the most—having long meetings 🥺 with several teams to get detailed insights and updates. 12:05 PM - 3:40 PM 🐰: After the meetings, I interview candidates because #SOURIBKK is currently expanding the team. If you’re interested in joining our family, please feel free to submit your resume to [email protected]. 4:07 PM 🐰: After the interviews, I had to rush to get groomed and ready for work in the evening. Of course, I also continued work discussions because my time for the day was quickly running out. 4:44 PM 🐰: Before heading to my evening work, I stopped by to taste new flavors of Souri products. Before releasing each menu, we have to ensure we choose the ones that will impress our customers the most. 5:21 PM 🐰: Still at the office, I had to shoot some content with P’Ming & P’Ice 🥹 5:40 PM - 6:38 PM 🐰: Here we are at the biggest branch of #Souri! I’m here for a business talk to promote Souri—please keep an eye out for the article. 8:30 PM 🐰: Before heading to a live show, I had to stop and grab some food. I hadn’t had a proper meal all day 😓🥺 9:30 PM 🐰: After eating, I brought some #Souri treats for the show’s MCs. It’s been a while since I’ve been on this TV show, and I feel like I made a lot more sense this time compared to the last visit 😅😂😆 10:30 PM 🐰: That’s a wrap! Last but not least, there were beloved fans waiting to see me off, and just like that, all my exhaustion disappeared 🥺💚 🐰: Gotta go….see you….bye bye 👋🏻 👋🏻 Please visit the post 🫶🏻 📌 Win Metawin 💚 Winmetawin

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29,682 views • 1 year ago

I just got back from a 5 day trip to visit San Francisco. I met 1 billionaire, 30 founders and startups execs from Google, Meta and Apple. 11 honest observations from having 50+ meetings in San Francisco this week: 1. Bryan Johnson is a hero in SF. The guy who spends $2M/year on “not dying”. I met lots of people who were on his “blueprint” and drizzling his $60 olive oil over everything. He has obtained cult-like status in SF. Literally zero people talk about Bryan where I live. 2. People are still drunk on venture capital. A buddy of mine recently moved to SF from Florida. This is a guy who runs a bootstrapped 7 figure year cash-flowing tech-enabled business. Now, all of a sudden he’s got a term sheet from a leading VC. And he’ll be on the VC treadmill. Forget dividends, pray for exit, my guy. He’ll probably take the deal too. Most founders I spoke to mentioned valuation more than profit. Most founders I spoke to name dropped VCs who they work with. It’s a status thing. Somehow VCs made it fashionable to be in the VC-backed world. Even with 2023 being a bloodshed with VC funding. It doesn’t matter. My takeaway: if you’re in SF long enough (even if you’re a bootstrapper), you’ll probably raise a round. Everyone wants to raise money and optimize that valuation. 3. Everyone is “crushing it” but not really at all. It was hard to find people who would actually tell me how things are going. Virtually everyone I spoke to told me they were “crushing it” or some version of that. The reality is being an entrepreneur is 3% crushing it and 97% being crushed (if you’re lucky). What is it about SF that makes people do this? 4. There is renewed interest in hardware. Maybe thanks to products like the Humane AI pin, Rabbit R1 etc. I met some cool 19 year old founders who are 3D printing a device and partner with creators for distribution with a 30% affiliate cute. Probably will do $2M this year. They raised $100k for some odd reason. But, I chatted with a bunch of founders interested in experimenting with hardware that would cash-flow and would be relatively asset light businesses. I expect to see more interesting low-cost ($50-$200) pieces of hardware with software subscriptions ($9-$29/month) coming up with startups who haven’t raised a ton. 5. Uber/Lyft drivers are confronting Waymo. I was at a stoplight in a regular uber with a guy 70 year old driver named Pedro. Pedro looks to his right. It’s a self-driving Waymo car. He goes: “my days are numbered. He puts his foot on the gas and tries to cutoff the Waymo and starts laughing. This human vs robot saga is probably going to get weirder. 6. It’s AI-mania. I thought just from being on X that I knew, but you really get sense for how many people are building in AI. It feels like almost everyone. 7. Most people think I’m crazy for running cash-flowing businesses. BUT there is growing intrigue about owning a portfolio of cash-flowing internet assets. It’s still fringe, but I threw an event and 600 people showed up to talk about multipreneurship. Lots of those people felt like outsiders in the land of VC. It turns out, not everyone's sold on the VC dream. 8. Very few people drink alcohol. I lived in SF from 2012-2019. Probably 10x the amount of people drinking alcohol drinking 3x the amount of alcohol. Everyone is “sober” but everyone is on some form of “organic” drug like mushrooms. 9. I asked a billionaire what his biggest regret was: His response was short and sweet: "I wish I wrote more down". You'll never remember all the ups and downs. Write it down. Got me thinking – you'll appreciate it in 5 years. Even more in 25. 10. Lots still think content creators are low status. In SF, running a unicorn is high status, creating content is still pretty low status. 11. People are going into offices. I work remote, but lots of the fast-growing startups offices I went to were packed with people and buzz. It was a vibe. Lots more observations. But these were top of mind. Love to hear what you think. I don't know if SF is “back” but it’s definitely a dose of inspiration. I had a really good time. – I share what I’m learning in real-time about startups. Follow along GREG ISENBERG.

I just got back from a 5 day trip to visit San Francisco. I met 1 billionaire, 30 founders and startups execs from Google, Meta and Apple. 11 honest observations from having 50+ meetings in San Francisco this week: 1. Bryan Johnson is a hero in SF. The guy who spends $2M/year on “not dying”. I met lots of people who were on his “blueprint” and drizzling his $60 olive oil over everything. He has obtained cult-like status in SF. Literally zero people talk about Bryan where I live. 2. People are still drunk on venture capital. A buddy of mine recently moved to SF from Florida. This is a guy who runs a bootstrapped 7 figure year cash-flowing tech-enabled business. Now, all of a sudden he’s got a term sheet from a leading VC. And he’ll be on the VC treadmill. Forget dividends, pray for exit, my guy. He’ll probably take the deal too. Most founders I spoke to mentioned valuation more than profit. Most founders I spoke to name dropped VCs who they work with. It’s a status thing. Somehow VCs made it fashionable to be in the VC-backed world. Even with 2023 being a bloodshed with VC funding. It doesn’t matter. My takeaway: if you’re in SF long enough (even if you’re a bootstrapper), you’ll probably raise a round. Everyone wants to raise money and optimize that valuation. 3. Everyone is “crushing it” but not really at all. It was hard to find people who would actually tell me how things are going. Virtually everyone I spoke to told me they were “crushing it” or some version of that. The reality is being an entrepreneur is 3% crushing it and 97% being crushed (if you’re lucky). What is it about SF that makes people do this? 4. There is renewed interest in hardware. Maybe thanks to products like the Humane AI pin, Rabbit R1 etc. I met some cool 19 year old founders who are 3D printing a device and partner with creators for distribution with a 30% affiliate cute. Probably will do $2M this year. They raised $100k for some odd reason. But, I chatted with a bunch of founders interested in experimenting with hardware that would cash-flow and would be relatively asset light businesses. I expect to see more interesting low-cost ($50-$200) pieces of hardware with software subscriptions ($9-$29/month) coming up with startups who haven’t raised a ton. 5. Uber/Lyft drivers are confronting Waymo. I was at a stoplight in a regular uber with a guy 70 year old driver named Pedro. Pedro looks to his right. It’s a self-driving Waymo car. He goes: “my days are numbered. He puts his foot on the gas and tries to cutoff the Waymo and starts laughing. This human vs robot saga is probably going to get weirder. 6. It’s AI-mania. I thought just from being on X that I knew, but you really get sense for how many people are building in AI. It feels like almost everyone. 7. Most people think I’m crazy for running cash-flowing businesses. BUT there is growing intrigue about owning a portfolio of cash-flowing internet assets. It’s still fringe, but I threw an event and 600 people showed up to talk about multipreneurship. Lots of those people felt like outsiders in the land of VC. It turns out, not everyone's sold on the VC dream. 8. Very few people drink alcohol. I lived in SF from 2012-2019. Probably 10x the amount of people drinking alcohol drinking 3x the amount of alcohol. Everyone is “sober” but everyone is on some form of “organic” drug like mushrooms. 9. I asked a billionaire what his biggest regret was: His response was short and sweet: "I wish I wrote more down". You'll never remember all the ups and downs. Write it down. Got me thinking – you'll appreciate it in 5 years. Even more in 25. 10. Lots still think content creators are low status. In SF, running a unicorn is high status, creating content is still pretty low status. 11. People are going into offices. I work remote, but lots of the fast-growing startups offices I went to were packed with people and buzz. It was a vibe. Lots more observations. But these were top of mind. Love to hear what you think. I don't know if SF is “back” but it’s definitely a dose of inspiration. I had a really good time. – I share what I’m learning in real-time about startups. Follow along GREG ISENBERG.

GREG ISENBERG

456,862 views • 2 years ago

Sunday, June 21, 2026 9:31 AM PST / 12:31 PM EDT: A mini heatwave starts Tuesday into Thursday, with temperatures of 100F - 105F and humidity primarily for San Fernando, Simi, and Santa Clarita and Moreno Valleys. This also includes Palmdale, Lancaster, and Barstow. The main 594 DM heat axis will, unfortunately, affect Palm Springs, Coachella Valley, and Imperial. These areas will see temperatures of 115° to 120° during this time, especially on Wednesday and Thursday, which will be the hottest days of this year, and humidity will come in from the southeast, possibly bringing the first real taste of some monsoon moisture into our region. There are also new changes in the last 24 hours of the Baja low axis and embedded early Wednesday morning hints of unstable parameters for Los Angeles to San Diego counties. This includes the high desert communities, something to keep an eye on. Because it’s been so cool along the coastal zones and valleys for the past several months, please make sure to drink plenty of water and wear light clothing. Also, please check on the pets and elderly, as now we are on the first day of summer, and this means that more heat will be in our future. Temperatures in Phoenix will reach 115 to 119° heat by Wednesday and Thursday. This will be the hottest temperature so far this year. If you are traveling on the I-10 or the I-15, please make sure that you are not traveling during peak hours in the sun, as this could cause your automobile to overheat, especially if your radiator is not working properly with its cooling system. This is a real situation that can occur with older cars, and even some newer cars can have issues, as the extreme heat could be very dangerous in the desert communities. Tropics off the coast of Mexico continue to be monitored as more of an uptick in showers and thunderstorms organization falling into more favorable conditions, warmer sea surface temperatures 85.4F to 91.4F already due to ongoing strengthening of El Nino. Another factor is less shearing in the lower levels and mid levels of the atmosphere, giving opportunity for development in the next 2 weeks. The latest EU1 has not changed anything about tropical moisture coming into Southern California, Arizona, and Las Vegas teleconnecting July 1 - 4, 2026. #CAwx #AZwx #heatwave #monsoon #hurricaneseason #ElNino #Summer2026

Sunday, June 21, 2026 9:31 AM PST / 12:31 PM EDT: A mini heatwave starts Tuesday into Thursday, with temperatures of 100F - 105F and humidity primarily for San Fernando, Simi, and Santa Clarita and Moreno Valleys. This also includes Palmdale, Lancaster, and Barstow. The main 594 DM heat axis will, unfortunately, affect Palm Springs, Coachella Valley, and Imperial. These areas will see temperatures of 115° to 120° during this time, especially on Wednesday and Thursday, which will be the hottest days of this year, and humidity will come in from the southeast, possibly bringing the first real taste of some monsoon moisture into our region. There are also new changes in the last 24 hours of the Baja low axis and embedded early Wednesday morning hints of unstable parameters for Los Angeles to San Diego counties. This includes the high desert communities, something to keep an eye on. Because it’s been so cool along the coastal zones and valleys for the past several months, please make sure to drink plenty of water and wear light clothing. Also, please check on the pets and elderly, as now we are on the first day of summer, and this means that more heat will be in our future. Temperatures in Phoenix will reach 115 to 119° heat by Wednesday and Thursday. This will be the hottest temperature so far this year. If you are traveling on the I-10 or the I-15, please make sure that you are not traveling during peak hours in the sun, as this could cause your automobile to overheat, especially if your radiator is not working properly with its cooling system. This is a real situation that can occur with older cars, and even some newer cars can have issues, as the extreme heat could be very dangerous in the desert communities. Tropics off the coast of Mexico continue to be monitored as more of an uptick in showers and thunderstorms organization falling into more favorable conditions, warmer sea surface temperatures 85.4F to 91.4F already due to ongoing strengthening of El Nino. Another factor is less shearing in the lower levels and mid levels of the atmosphere, giving opportunity for development in the next 2 weeks. The latest EU1 has not changed anything about tropical moisture coming into Southern California, Arizona, and Las Vegas teleconnecting July 1 - 4, 2026. #CAwx #AZwx #heatwave #monsoon #hurricaneseason #ElNino #Summer2026

Jason D Farhang

11,098 views • 2 months ago

Zack Polanski humiliates Ed Balls and Susanna Reid by calling them out for not talking about actual local election issues, days before the local elections, Zack Polanski, "Someone pretending to be a journalist the leader of a political party having a very strong association with a Labour government that are currently in power" "Is very different to asking me about a story, when I wasn't a politician from 13 years ago that I apologised for repeatedly" "I'm not sure what value your audience are getting from this conversation" Ed Balls, "You didn't finish that sentence. I said asking you about questions about you ten years ago pretending to increase the size of women's breasts" Zack Polanski, "Of which I said I apologised, many times and I stand by my apology" "I'm not sure how many times you want me to say on this program that I apologise for that" "Most of the audience would think, he's apologised for that why are you still talking about it" Susanna Reid, "You said you apologised for it a day later but then a week later said you still believed that" "You can accuse us as much as you like about not asking the questions you want to answer that is your prerogative" "I think it is reasonable to ask you about something back that that is demonstrably untrue. And to ask you when you did actually change your mind" Zack Polanski, "Let me answer that question even though I've already answered it several times over the last few weeks" "I didn't ever believe that. It was a Sun journalists idea. I shouldn't have ever gone along with it. That was a mistake. It was 13 years ago before I became a politician. I stand by that apology" "I also apologised years and years ago, before I became deputy leader of a political party and an elected member of the London Assembly, and then the leader of the Green party" "I've apologised for this over and over again" "What I'm more concerned about right now is that Donald Trump killed 158 girls in Iran and we are calling a special relationship with Donald Trump" "This feels very much like this has been a setup where the Green party haven't been given the opportunity to talk about our actual plans at these local elections" "Of course you're able to ask me questions, of course you're able to scrutinise me, but why not scrutinise me on what's on this election that people are voting for, rather than these silly side stories that don't make a meaningful difference" Susanna Reid, "Don't you think it's unreasonable for you ask you about your integrity about your beliefs, about what you say and whether that is the case or not" "You can be as angry as you like at the media" Zack Polanski, "I'm not angry" Susanna Reid, "You used the phase, that is why people hate the media. That is not the words of someone who is not angry" Zack Polanski, "I'm not angry, this is what I expect some times when I come on your program" "But also speaking to the public, over and over again, they think political discourse in this country has been eroded and debased" "Because far too often we're talking about Westminster bubble stories, or things that are a distraction or gossip" "Apart from the fact that people can't heat their homes, they can't put food on the table, they can't afford the bus to work" "We live in the fifth wealthiest country in the world" "Where the 50 wealthiest families have more wealth than 34 million people" "These are the things we should be talking about"

Zack Polanski humiliates Ed Balls and Susanna Reid by calling them out for not talking about actual local election issues, days before the local elections, Zack Polanski, "Someone pretending to be a journalist the leader of a political party having a very strong association with a Labour government that are currently in power" "Is very different to asking me about a story, when I wasn't a politician from 13 years ago that I apologised for repeatedly" "I'm not sure what value your audience are getting from this conversation" Ed Balls, "You didn't finish that sentence. I said asking you about questions about you ten years ago pretending to increase the size of women's breasts" Zack Polanski, "Of which I said I apologised, many times and I stand by my apology" "I'm not sure how many times you want me to say on this program that I apologise for that" "Most of the audience would think, he's apologised for that why are you still talking about it" Susanna Reid, "You said you apologised for it a day later but then a week later said you still believed that" "You can accuse us as much as you like about not asking the questions you want to answer that is your prerogative" "I think it is reasonable to ask you about something back that that is demonstrably untrue. And to ask you when you did actually change your mind" Zack Polanski, "Let me answer that question even though I've already answered it several times over the last few weeks" "I didn't ever believe that. It was a Sun journalists idea. I shouldn't have ever gone along with it. That was a mistake. It was 13 years ago before I became a politician. I stand by that apology" "I also apologised years and years ago, before I became deputy leader of a political party and an elected member of the London Assembly, and then the leader of the Green party" "I've apologised for this over and over again" "What I'm more concerned about right now is that Donald Trump killed 158 girls in Iran and we are calling a special relationship with Donald Trump" "This feels very much like this has been a setup where the Green party haven't been given the opportunity to talk about our actual plans at these local elections" "Of course you're able to ask me questions, of course you're able to scrutinise me, but why not scrutinise me on what's on this election that people are voting for, rather than these silly side stories that don't make a meaningful difference" Susanna Reid, "Don't you think it's unreasonable for you ask you about your integrity about your beliefs, about what you say and whether that is the case or not" "You can be as angry as you like at the media" Zack Polanski, "I'm not angry" Susanna Reid, "You used the phase, that is why people hate the media. That is not the words of someone who is not angry" Zack Polanski, "I'm not angry, this is what I expect some times when I come on your program" "But also speaking to the public, over and over again, they think political discourse in this country has been eroded and debased" "Because far too often we're talking about Westminster bubble stories, or things that are a distraction or gossip" "Apart from the fact that people can't heat their homes, they can't put food on the table, they can't afford the bus to work" "We live in the fifth wealthiest country in the world" "Where the 50 wealthiest families have more wealth than 34 million people" "These are the things we should be talking about"

Farrukh

34,235 views • 3 months ago

This is Zambia’s current president, Hakainde Hichilema, when he was an opposition leader up against former president Edgar Lungu. He was being chased from a radio station by members of former President Lungu’s party, PF. He had to use the roof to escape. Now I have some questions for Zimbabwe’s opposition politicians. What is your role in society? What do you think you should be doing? What do you believe your role is when the media exposes corruption? What do you think your responsibility is when you find out that billions have been stolen? Do you think your role is to fight in all available spaces, as Hichilema did, or is it to post selfies and remind us how good you will be once in power? Should your timelines read like those of motivational speakers or of opposition politicians? Do you think it is normal that people are building on top of railway lines while key opposition players remain silent? What are you there for, then? Do you think your role is simply to appear during election time, ask for votes, and then disappear into hibernation until the next election? Do you think you have a role to play in mobilising resources in the constituencies where you were voted into power, or do you believe your role is to say one or two things over a five-year period in Parliament while collecting your cars and other trinkets on offer? I want every opposition politician to ask themselves this question; are you there because you should be there and have the competence, or, like Mnangagwa, are you merely a product of unfortunate historical circumstances? Do you have leadership qualities? Do you ever ask yourselves this central question: “Am I a real leader, or am I just there?” To the Zimbabwean populace, my question is very simple: do you understand the role of the opposition in politics? Is it true, as Dr Solomon Guramatunhu once said, that our leaders are a reflection of the communities they come from? If a journalist can mobilise money to bury opposition victims of state brutality, fundraise for your election campaign, bring goods worth millions into hospitals, and expose corruption and more, what stops you, as a leader, from doing that and even more? Should we just vote for you simply because we do not like ZANUPF? It seems there is nothing else on offer beyond that. How can leaders who claim to have millions of supporters fail to address those millions on meaningful issues, like Hakainde Hichilema did? With that level of opposition support, what stops you from declaring that you will ensure every child has books, and using your star power to fundraise so that the suffering who support you can see you are indeed a leader? I hope this is a small way of starting a big conversation that leads somewhere. We are now in a situation where citizens are looking for salvation from Blessing Geza, a ZANUPF factional leader, who is doing what real opposition leaders should be doing. Does that not embarrass opposition politicians? Until when will you keep using lame excuses to justify failed leadership? To the youths, I say; in the absence of real leadership to turn around your fortunes, get a passport and go. You will not be the first to do it, and you will not be the last either. Donald Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, left Germany for America. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, left Scotland in 1930 for America, they were all looking for better opportunities in life. That is how nations evolve, go to places that offer you better opportunities in order to be able to fight another day. I left Zimbabwe when I was 23 years old. Today, I can live in any country I want because moving to Britain gave me the necessary foundation and economic strength to live as I do now. If we are in times where there is zero capable leadership, both in the opposition and in ZANUPF, do not sacrifice your future by sitting and rotting away doing nothing. You can’t spend your life defending politicians who have failed you dismally! It is madness!

This is Zambia’s current president, Hakainde Hichilema, when he was an opposition leader up against former president Edgar Lungu. He was being chased from a radio station by members of former President Lungu’s party, PF. He had to use the roof to escape. Now I have some questions for Zimbabwe’s opposition politicians. What is your role in society? What do you think you should be doing? What do you believe your role is when the media exposes corruption? What do you think your responsibility is when you find out that billions have been stolen? Do you think your role is to fight in all available spaces, as Hichilema did, or is it to post selfies and remind us how good you will be once in power? Should your timelines read like those of motivational speakers or of opposition politicians? Do you think it is normal that people are building on top of railway lines while key opposition players remain silent? What are you there for, then? Do you think your role is simply to appear during election time, ask for votes, and then disappear into hibernation until the next election? Do you think you have a role to play in mobilising resources in the constituencies where you were voted into power, or do you believe your role is to say one or two things over a five-year period in Parliament while collecting your cars and other trinkets on offer? I want every opposition politician to ask themselves this question; are you there because you should be there and have the competence, or, like Mnangagwa, are you merely a product of unfortunate historical circumstances? Do you have leadership qualities? Do you ever ask yourselves this central question: “Am I a real leader, or am I just there?” To the Zimbabwean populace, my question is very simple: do you understand the role of the opposition in politics? Is it true, as Dr Solomon Guramatunhu once said, that our leaders are a reflection of the communities they come from? If a journalist can mobilise money to bury opposition victims of state brutality, fundraise for your election campaign, bring goods worth millions into hospitals, and expose corruption and more, what stops you, as a leader, from doing that and even more? Should we just vote for you simply because we do not like ZANUPF? It seems there is nothing else on offer beyond that. How can leaders who claim to have millions of supporters fail to address those millions on meaningful issues, like Hakainde Hichilema did? With that level of opposition support, what stops you from declaring that you will ensure every child has books, and using your star power to fundraise so that the suffering who support you can see you are indeed a leader? I hope this is a small way of starting a big conversation that leads somewhere. We are now in a situation where citizens are looking for salvation from Blessing Geza, a ZANUPF factional leader, who is doing what real opposition leaders should be doing. Does that not embarrass opposition politicians? Until when will you keep using lame excuses to justify failed leadership? To the youths, I say; in the absence of real leadership to turn around your fortunes, get a passport and go. You will not be the first to do it, and you will not be the last either. Donald Trump’s grandfather, Friedrich Trump, left Germany for America. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, left Scotland in 1930 for America, they were all looking for better opportunities in life. That is how nations evolve, go to places that offer you better opportunities in order to be able to fight another day. I left Zimbabwe when I was 23 years old. Today, I can live in any country I want because moving to Britain gave me the necessary foundation and economic strength to live as I do now. If we are in times where there is zero capable leadership, both in the opposition and in ZANUPF, do not sacrifice your future by sitting and rotting away doing nothing. You can’t spend your life defending politicians who have failed you dismally! It is madness!

Hopewell Chin’ono

77,416 views • 1 year ago

Zack Polanski on BBC Radio 4's Today prog calmly knocking back everything Nick Robinson throws at him across 17 minutes NR (00:00.2), "Delighted to say that Zach Polanski is here in the Today programme studio, for the latest, indeed, for the last of our party leader interviews. Morning to you and thanks for coming in." ZP (00:09.2), "Thanks for having me." NR (00:09.8), "Nick, I want to talk to you about what your party would do if it does indeed gain some power after the votes on Thursday. But I want to begin by putting to you one of the latest storeys about you. A Times investigation says that you've made a series of false or disputed claims about jobs you've had in the past with." NR (00:31.8), "Why, for example, did you say you were a spokesperson for the British Red Cross when they are absolutely clear that, though a supporter of theirs, you were never a spokesperson for them?" ZP (00:42.3), "So I hosted, various fundraisers for the British Red Cross and indeed I would go on stage and speak for them about the amazing work they do tackling humanitarian crises, on the climate crisis and indeed for refugees all around the world. I use the wrong word and I accept that." ZP (00:57.5), "But I would essentially take words on stage with me and speak. It's important, though, and I accept this, that, you know, I don't support any political party and I've made sure that's been taken down." NR (01:06.5), "You say this sort of storey is a fuss about nothing, that you get your facts wrong because it comes up with other examples." ZP (01:11.7), "Well, I think it's totally fine to ask me questions about my past. I would also say in the same breath, though the Times published a pretty anti Semitic cartoon of me last week. I asked them to apologise. And it feels some of these storeys feel like scraping the barrel to kind of go back 10, 15 years. I've had so many friends, I'm literally talking maybe 20 or 30 in the last few weeks who have phoned me and said, a Times journalist has been phoning and they've been desperately trying, trying to find things about your past." ZP (01:36.5), "They asked me lots of questions and seemed disappointed that I didn't have some juicy, dirty gossip." NR (01:41.6), "Yeah, well, there was. Whether you call it juicy or dirty, and it wasn't gossip, it was a fact. The fact that you claimed that as a hypnotherapist, you could enlarge women's breasts using the power of thought. People are entitled to say, what's this guy really about?" ZP (01:57.2), "People are totally entitled to say that. And that's an important part of politics, that people ask you questions. What I would say is that, you know, this was 13 years ago. It was a Sun journalist's idea. I've apologised for that. Because even though it was a son journalist idea, I was an adult and I should have said no, you went along with it." NR (02:12.6), "Yeah." ZP (02:12.9), "It's important to say I wasn't a politician. And I've apologised for it repeatedly." NR (02:16.7), "And the BBC showed that some days later, in fact, you repeated the claim that you could do it. But let us not get bogged down in the past. It is striking, though, that on X last night, when, let's be honest, people who are critics of you are having a go. The Daily Mail calls it the Green Menace on its front page." NR (02:34.1), "How did you react? You said you were under relentless attacks because they, your critics don't want a wealth tax, don't want public ownership. They're trying everything in their power to stop us, you said. It's a curious thing to say, isn't it? Ahead of local elections, Green councillors will not have the power to implement any of those policies, will they?" ZP (02:54.8), "Well, I think the relentless attacks on the Green Party in this election, for a local election have partly been about the local election, but really they're about the bigger picture right now. The bigger picture is when I ran to be leader of the Green party, we had 50,000 members, we've now got 225,000 members. So we are rising." ZP (03:11.1), "And I think lots of people are worried about the prospect. And when I say people, people who own, right wing media, multimillionaires and billionaires who are worried about the prospect that they might have to pay a little bit more tax. And so I think it's important that I focus on the vision and the hope and our actual plan." ZP (03:27.4), "I also think it's a complete reality, though we've seen it in the past before with left wing leaders, that there's no secret, there's no love lost between me and the right wing media. And almost every single day they print things that just aren't true." NR (03:38.8), "But just address the point I raised. Wealth tax councils won't get to do that. Public ownership councils don't get to do that. Well, not entirely. We'll come to that in a second. You are running on a national platform of change that the people who are elected on Thursday, whether in the Welsh Parliament, you don't run candidates in the Scottish one, or in English, local councils simply cannot do." ZP (04:03.2), "Well, I think it's about what are your values as a party? And whilst other party leaders and other parties take donations from oil and gas companies or arms trade companies, private healthcare or gambling, Green Party councillors only have two vested interests and Those vested interests. We want to protect the communities we seek to serve and we want to protect the environment." NR (04:21.6), "Well, let's come to that, then, because most interesting, perhaps, is to look at what Greens say who are running for office. You are not. You are a member of the London assembly, you're not a Member of Parliament, you're not running in these elections. Now, you live in Hackney. Hackney happens in northeast London to be a top Green target for taking control from the Labour Party." NR (04:41.9), "So let's look at protecting communities. For example, on crime, the manifesto calls the Metropolitan Police institutionally racist, homophobic, sexist and misogynists. It goes on to say, greens cannot accept this system. It calls for safe spaces for, heroin users to shoot up, to end cautions for street prostitution and to end what the manifesto calls discriminatory policing of delivery riders." NR (05:08.8), "This is an agenda for an endless fight with the police, isn't it?" ZP (05:12.0), "I don't think so. Baroness Casey, in the last couple of years, did a review into Metropolitan Police and it was actually the findings that found it institutionally racist and misogynistic. Something that Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, to his credit, accepts. It is noticeable that Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Police, doesn't accept that, yet they continue, to work together in that way." ZP (05:31.1), "On the issue of drug harm, we have the highest drug deaths, of any country in Europe. And every single year for the past 13 years, drug deaths have increased. So I think the question anyone has, and we have in Hackney, is that the war on drugs has clearly failed. It's failed in cities right across this country, and more and more people are, often taking dangerous drugs." ZP (05:50.3), "So do we want people to buy them on the black market or on street corners? Or do we want people to go to a pharmacy or a medical health professional where, if they have an addiction to dangerous drugs, we can work with them to take a public health approach based in harm reduction." NR (06:02.7), "Public health approaches to. Is to legalise hard drugs and to legalise prostitution, you say to legalise and regulate and the regulators. It's still legalised, isn't it?" ZP (06:11.5), "No, the point is you can't just go into a shop and buy drugs, which is how it's presented in the press. Again, because I can keep talking about what councillors can do, rather than what" NR (06:18.3), "you would do if you were Prime Minister, because that's for another interview. Are you saying councillors should cut the police budget? Because that's what it seems to imply when you say, we cannot accept this system, let the council spend Money on crime reduction. Don't give that money to the police." ZP (06:33.7), "It's about reprioritizing. So it's." NR (06:35.5), "Does that mean cut in English?" ZP (06:36.7), "No. So let's look at example. We're straight back onto drugs. A lot of police time is spent on stop and search for cannabis use, for instance. It doesn't escape people's notice that that is often, in the politics of racism, if you're a young black person, I think it's something like you're 18 times more likely to be stopped and searched than your white peer, despite the fact there's no evidence that they're more likely to be dealing or using drugs." ZP (07:00.8), "And so I think it's important that we make sure the police time is spent properly, which I think is about community prevention, about cohesiveness and bringing communities together, particularly in, like, whether it means redirecting the budget." NR (07:11.4), "Does it mean the police budget?" ZP (07:12.9), "Well, it means redirecting within the police budget, so making sure that the time police are spent is spent on community safety." NR (07:18.2), "Well, it's interesting that we talked about police because, as you know, you've come under serious criticism for retweeting criticism of the action of the police officers who stopped the alleged attacker of Jews in Golda's Green. Now, you apologised for retweeting that." NR (07:34.1), "You said you should have a meeting with the head of the Met. You sent him a letter. I want to ask you a different question. You've not apologised for the content of that. Why did you empathise with the attacker, and not with police officers who feared for their own lives and were trying to protect other people's lives?" ZP (07:53.3), "I think there's two things in that that I, really clearly want to say. The first is my very first response to the attack was to be horrif, as everyone was, I'm sure. And the first thing I posted was solidarity to the victim, to the family and indeed, to people who are suffering right now, including as a Jewish man, where Jewish safety is not abstract." NR (08:12.0), "But then you posted that officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was incapacitated by a Taser, caused extreme offence to those officers, to the head of the Met and to many people. I ask you again, why did you empathise, Empathise with the attacker, not with the police officer." ZP (08:28.9), "As I said, there's two things I wanted to say, so that was the first. The second, what I want to say is two things can be true at the same Time officers are incredibly brave when they run towards scenes of crimes that most people, including myself, would want to run away from. At the same time, I think it is accurate, and that I was also traumatised, by seeing, someone handcuffed and completely, repeatedly kicked in the head." ZP (08:51.7), "Now, sure, if you'll forgive me, it is an answer," NR (08:54.4), "but it's not an answer to the question. You posted something with the power that you have, with the number of people who follows us, and not empathising in that post with the Jewish community or critically with the police officers, you empathise with the attacker. Look what they're doing to the alleged attacker." ZP (09:11.1), "I don't think it was your choice. As I say, the first thing I did was show solidarity to the victims and I thank the officers. Second, though, I think the sign of a compassionate society is how we treat people, even people who have done horrific things, because actually, the way we do justice in this country is in court." NR (09:26.0), "You said a key value of the Greens was protecting communities. What are your proposals for protecting the Jewish community?" ZP (09:33.5), "The Jewish community is not safe right now. And as I said, as a Jewish man, this isn't abstract for me. In fact, in the last six weeks alone, two people have been arrested. So how would you protect anti Semitic attacks towards me? I think there's lots that needs to happen in this country. The first is community cohesion and community building. Some of the work that I'm proudest of in London, that I see Londoners do, is where I see the Jewish community working alongside the Muslim community." NR (09:55.1), "What would you do? What would Zach Polanski do in order to reduce attacks on the Jewish community?" ZP (09:59.9), "So, first of all, to invest in that work, that community, faith work, to make sure communities stand together. Second, to make sure that the Jewish community, give them the investment that they need. In fact, what the Prime Minister has been doing to make sure that happens. I do think a police response is the last response when everything before it has failed." NR (10:17.6), "I still think you're not really answering the question about what you would do. Let me ask you this." ZP (10:21.0), "I think I do." NR (10:21.6), "Would you deal with, for example, a candidate who says Jewish people fear hate because they know they should be hated. Another one who suggested that the attacks on the ambulances was a false flag and carried out, presumably by Israel. Another of your candidates who blamed Israel for the Bondi beach terrorist attack." NR (10:41.0), "A fourth candidate who said Donald Trump was, quote, owned by Jews. And most horrifying of all, although this individual has now been arrested, one of your candidates who Reposted something saying ramming a synagogue isn't anti Semitism, it's revenge." NR (10:56.8), "What are you, Zach Polanski doing to end these disgusting messages?" ZP (11:03.5), "Those messages are all unacceptable and it's important to condemn that. The Green Party are an anti racist party and it's important that we stick to our values." NR (11:11.0), "We can't just say the words were an anti racist bar to. And I've just read you out five of the most revolting comments at a time when, according to an independent advisor, we face a national emergency of anti Semitism. I'm asking you, you're not responsible for everything they say. Of course you're not." NR (11:26.3), "You can't be." ZP (11:27.3), "I am responsible, actually." NR (11:28.2), "What are you going to do about it?" ZP (11:29.0), "I am the leader of a party. I was about to finish my sentence." NR (11:31.5), "Forgive me. Go on." ZP (11:32.4), "We're an anti racist party. And so what I've already committed to doing is making sure that we have a standardised vetting process in future. And also make sure that we have compulsory training of all our candidates to make it clear that anti Semitism is completely unwelcome in the Green Party as it is in society. It is also important to say one case of anti Semitism is one too many." ZP (11:50.5), "This is a handful of cases and actually we have over 4,500 candidates, the vast, vast majority of which are doing amazing work in their communities right now, going out there to tackle the cost of living crisis, to make sure that we're funding public services and making sure that it's about people power and community, grassroots power." NR (12:05.1), "You can dismiss one or two as, just, unrepresentative. I've just read five. I could have read 20 cases of revolting anti Semitism posted by your candidates. Now you're a new leader, how are you going to avoid becoming the new Jeremy Corbyn of British politics?" ZP (12:21.5), "Well, I think me and Jeremy are very different people and there's much, you know, the question was almost inviting me to condemn Jeremy Corbyn. I think there was lots that Jeremy Corbyn was putting forward to this country that I think was really positive. We've talked about wealth taxes, about public ownership. I also think it's important, speaking, for myself right now, that we make sure that we have this vetting process, that it's really clear that anti Semitism, Islamophobia, any form of hatred or hate, crime is not welcome." NR (12:47.3), "Do you believe that Palestine is, to coin a phrase, on the ballot this Thursday?" ZP (12:52.3), "I think lots of things are on the ballot this Thursday." NR (12:54.6), "But is Palestine on the ballot? This." ZP (12:56.2), "I think it's one of the elements, as is the climate crisis. As is." NR (12:58.7), "What does it mean Palestine is on the ballot? Because. The reason I ask you is because your candidate for mayor of Lewisham says Palestine is on the ballot this Thursday. Haringey Green Party campaign launch video. You might think it'd be about bins, you might think it'd be about schools, hospitals, it might be about cleaning up the roads." NR (13:17.2), "It is a series of councillors saying, as a council, I will take all appropriate steps to, uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Do you think council elections really should be about Palestine?" ZP (13:29.8), "I think they can be about all of those things. And I think what people have seen in this country is a genocide for two and a half years that our government is still arming, are still sharing intelligence with. And I think lots of people feel very strongly both about their local services, as they should do, and feel equally strongly about the fact that there's a reprehensible genocide happening." ZP (13:48.5), "And they vote, but the way they vote in local elections" NR (13:52.6), "should be determined by their views of Israel and Palestine." ZP (13:56.0), "I wouldn't tell anyone how their vote should be determined, but I think it's an element for lots of people in how they vote." NR (14:00.1), "And do you think that will contribute to community cohesion? Do you?" ZP (14:02.7), "I think yes, because I think, we shouldn't pit Jewish safety against a genocide in Gaza. That's conflating anti Semitism and criticism of the Israeli government. That's something Benjamin Netanyahu does regularly. And as a Jewish person, that makes me feel less safe." NR (14:16.4), "Sure. But there are lots of Jewish people who would say to you they feel unsafe if they feel that their counsellors are motivated first and foremost by Palestine. And if somebody gives that speech, for example, about Palestine being on the ballot, they are likely to think that." NR (14:34.6), "We looked for, example at Barnett Greens, where one in seven residents identify as Jewish. And it includes in its manifesto the fact that, you're standing up for Palestine. Do you think that's going to help?" ZP (14:49.0), "Well, I walk regularly on Palestinian marches with hundreds and hundreds, in fact, thousands of people, many of whom are Jewish. And there have been rabbis who have spoken out on this too. I accept, though, there are Jewish people whose views are equally as valid who, don't agree with those views." ZP (15:04.0), "And I think the job of all of us who are in public life right now is to de. Escalate tensions. And look, how do we bring people together? And I accept that's a huge challenge. And I think one of the ways we could do that is by ending our complicity in the genocide." NR (15:15.4), "Let's turn finally to another issue. We'll talk at greater length when, we're talking about the possibility of you being Prime Minister, which you have said that you would like to do. One thing that is very high on the agenda now is the soaring cost of government borrowing. What would the Greens do to cut it?" ZP (15:30.6), "Well, I think we need to make sure that we're investing. So I think there's two ways of doing that. The first is, wealth taxes, which I know we've rehearsed before, but I'll just say that's for first place." NR (15:38.4), "How does that cut government borrowing?" ZP (15:40.2), "Because ultimately it means you need to borrow less if you're." NR (15:43.0), "If you're ultimately about cutting the cost of government borrowing." ZP (15:45.5), "Yes." NR (15:45.8), "Which is soaring. It's higher than it's been any time this century because people are nervous about high spending, high taxing governments that are politically unstable." ZP (15:54.7), "I think someone who speaks brilliantly on this, who I've spoken to, is the economist Mariana Matsicatu, and she talks about the fact that a government should have a mission that should be a very clear plan of how you tackle the climate crisis, how you reduce inequality. Now, if you have a clear plan and you're borrowing for that, you're taking the market with you because they can clearly see what the return on investment is and how you're bringing money back into the." ZP (16:15.2), "That's how you reduce borrowing levels. If we don't have a plan and continue to borrow, then it feels very, very scattered, and that's why things are getting worse. We need to make sure that there's a consistent plan in place that's set out carefully that can make sure we're putting money back into our communities and investing in those communities." NR (16:29.3), "Do you think you're ready to be Prime Minister?" ZP (16:31.1), "I'm not ready right now, no. I've been leader for eight months, and there's lots of skills and lots of knowledge to get, and I think that's fine. I think I'm a human being. I'm not perfect." NR (16:38.5), "But give it two years, you will be." ZP (16:40.0), "Well, we'll see in two years time, won't we? But I'll certainly be putting in the work." NR (16:43.2), "Zach Polanski, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, thanks very much for coming into the." ZP (16:46.3), "Thank you, Nick."

Zack Polanski on BBC Radio 4's Today prog calmly knocking back everything Nick Robinson throws at him across 17 minutes NR (00:00.2), "Delighted to say that Zach Polanski is here in the Today programme studio, for the latest, indeed, for the last of our party leader interviews. Morning to you and thanks for coming in." ZP (00:09.2), "Thanks for having me." NR (00:09.8), "Nick, I want to talk to you about what your party would do if it does indeed gain some power after the votes on Thursday. But I want to begin by putting to you one of the latest storeys about you. A Times investigation says that you've made a series of false or disputed claims about jobs you've had in the past with." NR (00:31.8), "Why, for example, did you say you were a spokesperson for the British Red Cross when they are absolutely clear that, though a supporter of theirs, you were never a spokesperson for them?" ZP (00:42.3), "So I hosted, various fundraisers for the British Red Cross and indeed I would go on stage and speak for them about the amazing work they do tackling humanitarian crises, on the climate crisis and indeed for refugees all around the world. I use the wrong word and I accept that." ZP (00:57.5), "But I would essentially take words on stage with me and speak. It's important, though, and I accept this, that, you know, I don't support any political party and I've made sure that's been taken down." NR (01:06.5), "You say this sort of storey is a fuss about nothing, that you get your facts wrong because it comes up with other examples." ZP (01:11.7), "Well, I think it's totally fine to ask me questions about my past. I would also say in the same breath, though the Times published a pretty anti Semitic cartoon of me last week. I asked them to apologise. And it feels some of these storeys feel like scraping the barrel to kind of go back 10, 15 years. I've had so many friends, I'm literally talking maybe 20 or 30 in the last few weeks who have phoned me and said, a Times journalist has been phoning and they've been desperately trying, trying to find things about your past." ZP (01:36.5), "They asked me lots of questions and seemed disappointed that I didn't have some juicy, dirty gossip." NR (01:41.6), "Yeah, well, there was. Whether you call it juicy or dirty, and it wasn't gossip, it was a fact. The fact that you claimed that as a hypnotherapist, you could enlarge women's breasts using the power of thought. People are entitled to say, what's this guy really about?" ZP (01:57.2), "People are totally entitled to say that. And that's an important part of politics, that people ask you questions. What I would say is that, you know, this was 13 years ago. It was a Sun journalist's idea. I've apologised for that. Because even though it was a son journalist idea, I was an adult and I should have said no, you went along with it." NR (02:12.6), "Yeah." ZP (02:12.9), "It's important to say I wasn't a politician. And I've apologised for it repeatedly." NR (02:16.7), "And the BBC showed that some days later, in fact, you repeated the claim that you could do it. But let us not get bogged down in the past. It is striking, though, that on X last night, when, let's be honest, people who are critics of you are having a go. The Daily Mail calls it the Green Menace on its front page." NR (02:34.1), "How did you react? You said you were under relentless attacks because they, your critics don't want a wealth tax, don't want public ownership. They're trying everything in their power to stop us, you said. It's a curious thing to say, isn't it? Ahead of local elections, Green councillors will not have the power to implement any of those policies, will they?" ZP (02:54.8), "Well, I think the relentless attacks on the Green Party in this election, for a local election have partly been about the local election, but really they're about the bigger picture right now. The bigger picture is when I ran to be leader of the Green party, we had 50,000 members, we've now got 225,000 members. So we are rising." ZP (03:11.1), "And I think lots of people are worried about the prospect. And when I say people, people who own, right wing media, multimillionaires and billionaires who are worried about the prospect that they might have to pay a little bit more tax. And so I think it's important that I focus on the vision and the hope and our actual plan." ZP (03:27.4), "I also think it's a complete reality, though we've seen it in the past before with left wing leaders, that there's no secret, there's no love lost between me and the right wing media. And almost every single day they print things that just aren't true." NR (03:38.8), "But just address the point I raised. Wealth tax councils won't get to do that. Public ownership councils don't get to do that. Well, not entirely. We'll come to that in a second. You are running on a national platform of change that the people who are elected on Thursday, whether in the Welsh Parliament, you don't run candidates in the Scottish one, or in English, local councils simply cannot do." ZP (04:03.2), "Well, I think it's about what are your values as a party? And whilst other party leaders and other parties take donations from oil and gas companies or arms trade companies, private healthcare or gambling, Green Party councillors only have two vested interests and Those vested interests. We want to protect the communities we seek to serve and we want to protect the environment." NR (04:21.6), "Well, let's come to that, then, because most interesting, perhaps, is to look at what Greens say who are running for office. You are not. You are a member of the London assembly, you're not a Member of Parliament, you're not running in these elections. Now, you live in Hackney. Hackney happens in northeast London to be a top Green target for taking control from the Labour Party." NR (04:41.9), "So let's look at protecting communities. For example, on crime, the manifesto calls the Metropolitan Police institutionally racist, homophobic, sexist and misogynists. It goes on to say, greens cannot accept this system. It calls for safe spaces for, heroin users to shoot up, to end cautions for street prostitution and to end what the manifesto calls discriminatory policing of delivery riders." NR (05:08.8), "This is an agenda for an endless fight with the police, isn't it?" ZP (05:12.0), "I don't think so. Baroness Casey, in the last couple of years, did a review into Metropolitan Police and it was actually the findings that found it institutionally racist and misogynistic. Something that Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, to his credit, accepts. It is noticeable that Mark Rowley, the Commissioner of the Police, doesn't accept that, yet they continue, to work together in that way." ZP (05:31.1), "On the issue of drug harm, we have the highest drug deaths, of any country in Europe. And every single year for the past 13 years, drug deaths have increased. So I think the question anyone has, and we have in Hackney, is that the war on drugs has clearly failed. It's failed in cities right across this country, and more and more people are, often taking dangerous drugs." ZP (05:50.3), "So do we want people to buy them on the black market or on street corners? Or do we want people to go to a pharmacy or a medical health professional where, if they have an addiction to dangerous drugs, we can work with them to take a public health approach based in harm reduction." NR (06:02.7), "Public health approaches to. Is to legalise hard drugs and to legalise prostitution, you say to legalise and regulate and the regulators. It's still legalised, isn't it?" ZP (06:11.5), "No, the point is you can't just go into a shop and buy drugs, which is how it's presented in the press. Again, because I can keep talking about what councillors can do, rather than what" NR (06:18.3), "you would do if you were Prime Minister, because that's for another interview. Are you saying councillors should cut the police budget? Because that's what it seems to imply when you say, we cannot accept this system, let the council spend Money on crime reduction. Don't give that money to the police." ZP (06:33.7), "It's about reprioritizing. So it's." NR (06:35.5), "Does that mean cut in English?" ZP (06:36.7), "No. So let's look at example. We're straight back onto drugs. A lot of police time is spent on stop and search for cannabis use, for instance. It doesn't escape people's notice that that is often, in the politics of racism, if you're a young black person, I think it's something like you're 18 times more likely to be stopped and searched than your white peer, despite the fact there's no evidence that they're more likely to be dealing or using drugs." ZP (07:00.8), "And so I think it's important that we make sure the police time is spent properly, which I think is about community prevention, about cohesiveness and bringing communities together, particularly in, like, whether it means redirecting the budget." NR (07:11.4), "Does it mean the police budget?" ZP (07:12.9), "Well, it means redirecting within the police budget, so making sure that the time police are spent is spent on community safety." NR (07:18.2), "Well, it's interesting that we talked about police because, as you know, you've come under serious criticism for retweeting criticism of the action of the police officers who stopped the alleged attacker of Jews in Golda's Green. Now, you apologised for retweeting that." NR (07:34.1), "You said you should have a meeting with the head of the Met. You sent him a letter. I want to ask you a different question. You've not apologised for the content of that. Why did you empathise with the attacker, and not with police officers who feared for their own lives and were trying to protect other people's lives?" ZP (07:53.3), "I think there's two things in that that I, really clearly want to say. The first is my very first response to the attack was to be horrif, as everyone was, I'm sure. And the first thing I posted was solidarity to the victim, to the family and indeed, to people who are suffering right now, including as a Jewish man, where Jewish safety is not abstract." NR (08:12.0), "But then you posted that officers were repeatedly and violently kicking a mentally ill man in the head when he was incapacitated by a Taser, caused extreme offence to those officers, to the head of the Met and to many people. I ask you again, why did you empathise, Empathise with the attacker, not with the police officer." ZP (08:28.9), "As I said, there's two things I wanted to say, so that was the first. The second, what I want to say is two things can be true at the same Time officers are incredibly brave when they run towards scenes of crimes that most people, including myself, would want to run away from. At the same time, I think it is accurate, and that I was also traumatised, by seeing, someone handcuffed and completely, repeatedly kicked in the head." ZP (08:51.7), "Now, sure, if you'll forgive me, it is an answer," NR (08:54.4), "but it's not an answer to the question. You posted something with the power that you have, with the number of people who follows us, and not empathising in that post with the Jewish community or critically with the police officers, you empathise with the attacker. Look what they're doing to the alleged attacker." ZP (09:11.1), "I don't think it was your choice. As I say, the first thing I did was show solidarity to the victims and I thank the officers. Second, though, I think the sign of a compassionate society is how we treat people, even people who have done horrific things, because actually, the way we do justice in this country is in court." NR (09:26.0), "You said a key value of the Greens was protecting communities. What are your proposals for protecting the Jewish community?" ZP (09:33.5), "The Jewish community is not safe right now. And as I said, as a Jewish man, this isn't abstract for me. In fact, in the last six weeks alone, two people have been arrested. So how would you protect anti Semitic attacks towards me? I think there's lots that needs to happen in this country. The first is community cohesion and community building. Some of the work that I'm proudest of in London, that I see Londoners do, is where I see the Jewish community working alongside the Muslim community." NR (09:55.1), "What would you do? What would Zach Polanski do in order to reduce attacks on the Jewish community?" ZP (09:59.9), "So, first of all, to invest in that work, that community, faith work, to make sure communities stand together. Second, to make sure that the Jewish community, give them the investment that they need. In fact, what the Prime Minister has been doing to make sure that happens. I do think a police response is the last response when everything before it has failed." NR (10:17.6), "I still think you're not really answering the question about what you would do. Let me ask you this." ZP (10:21.0), "I think I do." NR (10:21.6), "Would you deal with, for example, a candidate who says Jewish people fear hate because they know they should be hated. Another one who suggested that the attacks on the ambulances was a false flag and carried out, presumably by Israel. Another of your candidates who blamed Israel for the Bondi beach terrorist attack." NR (10:41.0), "A fourth candidate who said Donald Trump was, quote, owned by Jews. And most horrifying of all, although this individual has now been arrested, one of your candidates who Reposted something saying ramming a synagogue isn't anti Semitism, it's revenge." NR (10:56.8), "What are you, Zach Polanski doing to end these disgusting messages?" ZP (11:03.5), "Those messages are all unacceptable and it's important to condemn that. The Green Party are an anti racist party and it's important that we stick to our values." NR (11:11.0), "We can't just say the words were an anti racist bar to. And I've just read you out five of the most revolting comments at a time when, according to an independent advisor, we face a national emergency of anti Semitism. I'm asking you, you're not responsible for everything they say. Of course you're not." NR (11:26.3), "You can't be." ZP (11:27.3), "I am responsible, actually." NR (11:28.2), "What are you going to do about it?" ZP (11:29.0), "I am the leader of a party. I was about to finish my sentence." NR (11:31.5), "Forgive me. Go on." ZP (11:32.4), "We're an anti racist party. And so what I've already committed to doing is making sure that we have a standardised vetting process in future. And also make sure that we have compulsory training of all our candidates to make it clear that anti Semitism is completely unwelcome in the Green Party as it is in society. It is also important to say one case of anti Semitism is one too many." ZP (11:50.5), "This is a handful of cases and actually we have over 4,500 candidates, the vast, vast majority of which are doing amazing work in their communities right now, going out there to tackle the cost of living crisis, to make sure that we're funding public services and making sure that it's about people power and community, grassroots power." NR (12:05.1), "You can dismiss one or two as, just, unrepresentative. I've just read five. I could have read 20 cases of revolting anti Semitism posted by your candidates. Now you're a new leader, how are you going to avoid becoming the new Jeremy Corbyn of British politics?" ZP (12:21.5), "Well, I think me and Jeremy are very different people and there's much, you know, the question was almost inviting me to condemn Jeremy Corbyn. I think there was lots that Jeremy Corbyn was putting forward to this country that I think was really positive. We've talked about wealth taxes, about public ownership. I also think it's important, speaking, for myself right now, that we make sure that we have this vetting process, that it's really clear that anti Semitism, Islamophobia, any form of hatred or hate, crime is not welcome." NR (12:47.3), "Do you believe that Palestine is, to coin a phrase, on the ballot this Thursday?" ZP (12:52.3), "I think lots of things are on the ballot this Thursday." NR (12:54.6), "But is Palestine on the ballot? This." ZP (12:56.2), "I think it's one of the elements, as is the climate crisis. As is." NR (12:58.7), "What does it mean Palestine is on the ballot? Because. The reason I ask you is because your candidate for mayor of Lewisham says Palestine is on the ballot this Thursday. Haringey Green Party campaign launch video. You might think it'd be about bins, you might think it'd be about schools, hospitals, it might be about cleaning up the roads." NR (13:17.2), "It is a series of councillors saying, as a council, I will take all appropriate steps to, uphold the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people. Do you think council elections really should be about Palestine?" ZP (13:29.8), "I think they can be about all of those things. And I think what people have seen in this country is a genocide for two and a half years that our government is still arming, are still sharing intelligence with. And I think lots of people feel very strongly both about their local services, as they should do, and feel equally strongly about the fact that there's a reprehensible genocide happening." ZP (13:48.5), "And they vote, but the way they vote in local elections" NR (13:52.6), "should be determined by their views of Israel and Palestine." ZP (13:56.0), "I wouldn't tell anyone how their vote should be determined, but I think it's an element for lots of people in how they vote." NR (14:00.1), "And do you think that will contribute to community cohesion? Do you?" ZP (14:02.7), "I think yes, because I think, we shouldn't pit Jewish safety against a genocide in Gaza. That's conflating anti Semitism and criticism of the Israeli government. That's something Benjamin Netanyahu does regularly. And as a Jewish person, that makes me feel less safe." NR (14:16.4), "Sure. But there are lots of Jewish people who would say to you they feel unsafe if they feel that their counsellors are motivated first and foremost by Palestine. And if somebody gives that speech, for example, about Palestine being on the ballot, they are likely to think that." NR (14:34.6), "We looked for, example at Barnett Greens, where one in seven residents identify as Jewish. And it includes in its manifesto the fact that, you're standing up for Palestine. Do you think that's going to help?" ZP (14:49.0), "Well, I walk regularly on Palestinian marches with hundreds and hundreds, in fact, thousands of people, many of whom are Jewish. And there have been rabbis who have spoken out on this too. I accept, though, there are Jewish people whose views are equally as valid who, don't agree with those views." ZP (15:04.0), "And I think the job of all of us who are in public life right now is to de. Escalate tensions. And look, how do we bring people together? And I accept that's a huge challenge. And I think one of the ways we could do that is by ending our complicity in the genocide." NR (15:15.4), "Let's turn finally to another issue. We'll talk at greater length when, we're talking about the possibility of you being Prime Minister, which you have said that you would like to do. One thing that is very high on the agenda now is the soaring cost of government borrowing. What would the Greens do to cut it?" ZP (15:30.6), "Well, I think we need to make sure that we're investing. So I think there's two ways of doing that. The first is, wealth taxes, which I know we've rehearsed before, but I'll just say that's for first place." NR (15:38.4), "How does that cut government borrowing?" ZP (15:40.2), "Because ultimately it means you need to borrow less if you're." NR (15:43.0), "If you're ultimately about cutting the cost of government borrowing." ZP (15:45.5), "Yes." NR (15:45.8), "Which is soaring. It's higher than it's been any time this century because people are nervous about high spending, high taxing governments that are politically unstable." ZP (15:54.7), "I think someone who speaks brilliantly on this, who I've spoken to, is the economist Mariana Matsicatu, and she talks about the fact that a government should have a mission that should be a very clear plan of how you tackle the climate crisis, how you reduce inequality. Now, if you have a clear plan and you're borrowing for that, you're taking the market with you because they can clearly see what the return on investment is and how you're bringing money back into the." ZP (16:15.2), "That's how you reduce borrowing levels. If we don't have a plan and continue to borrow, then it feels very, very scattered, and that's why things are getting worse. We need to make sure that there's a consistent plan in place that's set out carefully that can make sure we're putting money back into our communities and investing in those communities." NR (16:29.3), "Do you think you're ready to be Prime Minister?" ZP (16:31.1), "I'm not ready right now, no. I've been leader for eight months, and there's lots of skills and lots of knowledge to get, and I think that's fine. I think I'm a human being. I'm not perfect." NR (16:38.5), "But give it two years, you will be." ZP (16:40.0), "Well, we'll see in two years time, won't we? But I'll certainly be putting in the work." NR (16:43.2), "Zach Polanski, leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, thanks very much for coming into the." ZP (16:46.3), "Thank you, Nick."

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[eng trans] Gunil's 11-Minute Concert Ment at Summer Xcape 2026 🐹 hello, it's gunil. so, did something happen yesterday? firstly, i'd just like to share a few thoughts about how i felt during today's show. i'm always the type to talk for a long time, so i'm trying to be careful because i'm worried some of you might fall asleep. but if you want to sleep, that's okay. you have the freedom. 🐹 anyway, the thing i felt while performing today was that... honestly, i think yesterday we were all still a little shy around each other. i know some of you were here yesterday too. because of that, i was honestly really worried about today. ah, but still, we only had two days to begin with, so since this is the second and final day, we really have to enjoy ourselves and have fun without any regrets. i wanted Xdizzto have fun, and i wanted villains to have fun too. but i kept thinking, will that really work out? i was really worried about it a lot. 🐹 but the moment today's first performance started, you all welcomed us with such loud cheers that i think those worries just disappeared. and honestly, today, even when we made our silly jokes, you reacted so well. you cheered like this even when jooyeon was just tuning his guitar. ah, i'm really, truly grateful for that. so, in conclusion, i had a great time today. 🐹 i think it's almost been five years since our debut now, right? five calendar years, right? anyway, some time has passed, and while we've stood on countless stages during that time, i think yesterday and today, Xcape 2026, will remain one of those performances that i'll remember for a very long time. 🐹 today's concert was really fun. but when i think to myself whether that means it was a perfect performance... personally, i don't think so. while i was playing the drums and listening through my in-ear monitor, there were parts i felt like were lacking. and the more i perform, the more ideas i have about areas we can improve so we can make our concerts even more enjoyable. i've noticed a lot of those things myself, and found parts i wanted to improve. so yes, although today's concert was really fun, i won't let us become satisfied with just this. i want us to continue creating performances that are even more fun and have better quality. that's something i really wanted to tell all of you. 🐹 did you all have fun? you all traveled such a long way to get here. for a lot of people, yeongjongdo is actually pretty far away. so the fact that you came all the way here just to see xdiz, is really an act of love. thank you once again, from the bottom of my heart, for loving us so much and coming all this way to support us. i'm not crying. my nose isn't stuffed either. can you hear my sniffling? when i talk quietly, I don't think you can hear me. 🐹 anyway, along time ago, i made a promise to you all, didn't i? i said that xdiz would always be the kind of team that keeps simmering bone broth. [see reply for the context of his "real bone broth" ment] of course, if you eat bone broth every single day, eventually you might start doubting and think "is this really bone broth?" because you get so used to it. but i really cross my heart on this. i'll bet everything on this. without lying, i'll always give my absolute best. i think that's only natural. isn't it wrong to not give your best? 🐹 anyway, i hope you'll continue to believe in us. i hope you keep trusting xdiz. we'll also keep working hard so we can live up to that trust. i believe that precious relationships, as they get deeper, will have more crises/problems. because, well, think about your precious friends. or maybe a neighborhood friend you're close with. or a classmate you were incredibly close to. haven't there been incidents where suddenly that relationship becomes strained because of a crisis? but i believe that a crisis can become an opportunity. so even if there are any of you who may have doubted us, i want to use that as an opportunity to keep proving ourselves to you. 🐹 i hope you know that we're never the kind of people, or the kind of team, that would carelessly take you for granted or treat your love half-heartedly. and i'm so grateful that there are far more people who don't think that way. we really love you all so much. we'll keep talking together after every show, giving each other feedback among ourselves, adressing the areas we fell short on today, and working hard to show you performances that are even more fun and with higher quality. 🐹 oh, right. earlier, when i talked about that promise while mentioning the bone broth, there was something else i said back then too. do you remember me saying the bigger this group gets, as more and more new villains join us, i mentioned that i was afraid some of you may leave so i said i wanted to protect all of you no matter what. nobody actually says things like "what will you protect? protect yourself first." but i think you all understand what i feel. 🐹 honestly, every single one of you is genuinely precious to me. whether there's just one villain or 200,000 villains, you're all still villains. but as our fandom keeps growing, it naturally starts feeling like one huge group. so because of that, i think we might stop feeling like we're seen as an individual person anymore. once again, what i want to tell you here is that every single piece of love that each of you sends us is incredibly precious. really. every single one of you. everyone here, from zone 1 all the way to zone 7000 is so incredibly precious to us. 🐹 when one person comes together... ah no, not just one person. when one person, then another person come together, sometimes they become ten thousand people. that's how it goes, doesn't it? 🐹 anyway, you all know the song "one candle", right? oh, i'm sorry. this is really the last one... actually, you all know i'm a tmi talker. you know, a too much talker. so for a while, i've been telling myself, "ah, i need to restrain myself" and holding back but it's been a while, so, i'll loosen up my mouth a bit more. 🐹 i really love the song "one candle" it talks about how when one candle joins another, then another, and so on, they become one really great light. you are every single one of those lights. when you're standing alone, in a way, you might sometimes feel insignificant. but truly, every one of you is not insignificant. not at all. 🐹 we will become xdiz that grows by constantly reflecting on ourselves, growing through self-reflection, and will never lose our humility so we can become a team that doesn't feel insignificant even if there's just one of us, and even if there were only one of you, we'd still give everything we have until the very end. we would be really grateful if you'll keep believing in us until the very end. and i'll keep believing in our villains until the very end too. thank you. 🐹 also, wasn't this concert amazing? the drums came down from the sky. the instruments came down too. so many incredible things prepared for this show, but this concert couldn't have happened through our efforts alone. there are so many staff members working behind the scenes, and honestly, i think they worked even harder than we did. please give our staff a huge round of applause. and finally, villains, please give yourselves a round of applause too.

[eng trans] Gunil's 11-Minute Concert Ment at Summer Xcape 2026 🐹 hello, it's gunil. so, did something happen yesterday? firstly, i'd just like to share a few thoughts about how i felt during today's show. i'm always the type to talk for a long time, so i'm trying to be careful because i'm worried some of you might fall asleep. but if you want to sleep, that's okay. you have the freedom. 🐹 anyway, the thing i felt while performing today was that... honestly, i think yesterday we were all still a little shy around each other. i know some of you were here yesterday too. because of that, i was honestly really worried about today. ah, but still, we only had two days to begin with, so since this is the second and final day, we really have to enjoy ourselves and have fun without any regrets. i wanted Xdizzto have fun, and i wanted villains to have fun too. but i kept thinking, will that really work out? i was really worried about it a lot. 🐹 but the moment today's first performance started, you all welcomed us with such loud cheers that i think those worries just disappeared. and honestly, today, even when we made our silly jokes, you reacted so well. you cheered like this even when jooyeon was just tuning his guitar. ah, i'm really, truly grateful for that. so, in conclusion, i had a great time today. 🐹 i think it's almost been five years since our debut now, right? five calendar years, right? anyway, some time has passed, and while we've stood on countless stages during that time, i think yesterday and today, Xcape 2026, will remain one of those performances that i'll remember for a very long time. 🐹 today's concert was really fun. but when i think to myself whether that means it was a perfect performance... personally, i don't think so. while i was playing the drums and listening through my in-ear monitor, there were parts i felt like were lacking. and the more i perform, the more ideas i have about areas we can improve so we can make our concerts even more enjoyable. i've noticed a lot of those things myself, and found parts i wanted to improve. so yes, although today's concert was really fun, i won't let us become satisfied with just this. i want us to continue creating performances that are even more fun and have better quality. that's something i really wanted to tell all of you. 🐹 did you all have fun? you all traveled such a long way to get here. for a lot of people, yeongjongdo is actually pretty far away. so the fact that you came all the way here just to see xdiz, is really an act of love. thank you once again, from the bottom of my heart, for loving us so much and coming all this way to support us. i'm not crying. my nose isn't stuffed either. can you hear my sniffling? when i talk quietly, I don't think you can hear me. 🐹 anyway, along time ago, i made a promise to you all, didn't i? i said that xdiz would always be the kind of team that keeps simmering bone broth. [see reply for the context of his "real bone broth" ment] of course, if you eat bone broth every single day, eventually you might start doubting and think "is this really bone broth?" because you get so used to it. but i really cross my heart on this. i'll bet everything on this. without lying, i'll always give my absolute best. i think that's only natural. isn't it wrong to not give your best? 🐹 anyway, i hope you'll continue to believe in us. i hope you keep trusting xdiz. we'll also keep working hard so we can live up to that trust. i believe that precious relationships, as they get deeper, will have more crises/problems. because, well, think about your precious friends. or maybe a neighborhood friend you're close with. or a classmate you were incredibly close to. haven't there been incidents where suddenly that relationship becomes strained because of a crisis? but i believe that a crisis can become an opportunity. so even if there are any of you who may have doubted us, i want to use that as an opportunity to keep proving ourselves to you. 🐹 i hope you know that we're never the kind of people, or the kind of team, that would carelessly take you for granted or treat your love half-heartedly. and i'm so grateful that there are far more people who don't think that way. we really love you all so much. we'll keep talking together after every show, giving each other feedback among ourselves, adressing the areas we fell short on today, and working hard to show you performances that are even more fun and with higher quality. 🐹 oh, right. earlier, when i talked about that promise while mentioning the bone broth, there was something else i said back then too. do you remember me saying the bigger this group gets, as more and more new villains join us, i mentioned that i was afraid some of you may leave so i said i wanted to protect all of you no matter what. nobody actually says things like "what will you protect? protect yourself first." but i think you all understand what i feel. 🐹 honestly, every single one of you is genuinely precious to me. whether there's just one villain or 200,000 villains, you're all still villains. but as our fandom keeps growing, it naturally starts feeling like one huge group. so because of that, i think we might stop feeling like we're seen as an individual person anymore. once again, what i want to tell you here is that every single piece of love that each of you sends us is incredibly precious. really. every single one of you. everyone here, from zone 1 all the way to zone 7000 is so incredibly precious to us. 🐹 when one person comes together... ah no, not just one person. when one person, then another person come together, sometimes they become ten thousand people. that's how it goes, doesn't it? 🐹 anyway, you all know the song "one candle", right? oh, i'm sorry. this is really the last one... actually, you all know i'm a tmi talker. you know, a too much talker. so for a while, i've been telling myself, "ah, i need to restrain myself" and holding back but it's been a while, so, i'll loosen up my mouth a bit more. 🐹 i really love the song "one candle" it talks about how when one candle joins another, then another, and so on, they become one really great light. you are every single one of those lights. when you're standing alone, in a way, you might sometimes feel insignificant. but truly, every one of you is not insignificant. not at all. 🐹 we will become xdiz that grows by constantly reflecting on ourselves, growing through self-reflection, and will never lose our humility so we can become a team that doesn't feel insignificant even if there's just one of us, and even if there were only one of you, we'd still give everything we have until the very end. we would be really grateful if you'll keep believing in us until the very end. and i'll keep believing in our villains until the very end too. thank you. 🐹 also, wasn't this concert amazing? the drums came down from the sky. the instruments came down too. so many incredible things prepared for this show, but this concert couldn't have happened through our efforts alone. there are so many staff members working behind the scenes, and honestly, i think they worked even harder than we did. please give our staff a huge round of applause. and finally, villains, please give yourselves a round of applause too.

ten 🪐

30,206 views • 1 month ago

Recently I got some hands-on time with Crimson Desert and below are my first impressions as well as some of the gameplay I was able to capture. Crimson Desert is a good game, but it won’t be for everyone. I know the devs claim this isn’t an RPG, but I don’t know any other way to describe this game other than a HARDCORE action RPG. If you need the yellow paint to know where to climb this game isn’t for you. But if you love getting lost in a whimsical world with a boat load of content this game is going to be right up your alley. I think what impressed me most is the attention to detail. There’s so many little things the dev team took into consideration that I think people who enjoy being immersed into a world are going to appreciate. Even if you aren’t that person; on a basic level I think most will enjoy the game's combat. It’s fast, fluid and provides a ton of player expression with its deep skill tree. The world of Pywel is vibrant, large in scale and full of life. It’s easy to get lost off the main quest line as there’s always something to do and someone to speak to. An example being I was wandering through the open world and encountered a distressed woman seeking help. I agreed to follow her only to find out moments later she was with a gang and they were trying to back door me. That had me cracking up. I think if the open world is consistently full of fun, unique side content like that & the main quest line is fire this game has a lot of potential to impress. It’s just a shame that I didn’t get to spend more time with the main quests as I kept getting side tracked with cool stuff to do in the open world. So I can’t give you much insight into that. What I can say is after the opening section there’s NEXT TO NO tutorials in this game, the puzzles are hard & the default controls are a bit clunky. You will be getting lost and I can see that frustrating some people who aren’t interested in a challenge. That’s why I mentioned earlier that this is a hardcore RPG. It does not do a lot of hand holding. Because of that I predict you and your friends will be sharing tips and tricks similar to when Elden Ring first launched and nobody knew what they were doing. If you are a patient person and take the time to learn the game's systems I promise you will be able to put together some awesome combos that will make you feel like the main character. My biggest fear for this game is that I won't finish it. Not because it’s a bad game, but I can just tell from my brief time with it that it’s next level massive. As someone who's been gaming for 30+ years it’s very rare you’ll hear me say a game was overwhelming, but this game is. For people who lack a ton of free time I can see that being a turn off because once again the game doesn’t give much direction or tutorials outside the opening area. Not to mention this game could be big just for the sake of being big. I was curious to know how much of the content was engaging versus just open world bloat? Hard to tell because I only got a few hours with the game. I also fear that the Ai isn’t the best in this game. The Ai issues I encountered zapped all immersion away for those moments. I’m not sure if the final build will differ from the vertical slice we played, but what I can tell you is that on the build we played I wasn’t impressed by the Ai. Several times I attacked enemy camps and they never reacted to me attacking them. They just stood there and took it which made the world feel less alive. There were also times where enemies were looking dead at me just standing still as the battle music played threatening to beat me up, but they never did anything. It was 3 or 4 times I encountered this poor Ai which is a red flag for me because I only got two hours of hands on time with the game. Mind you in those two hours a good portion of it was just me working my way through the prologue and the early quests, so I didn't spend a ton of time in the open world. What I'm trying to get at is the janky ai was very noticeable. It wasn't something that took long to find. I will say when the game works it's great, but when I tell you the Ai was bad at times it was bad. It reminded me of the dumb NPC’s often found in Ubisoft open world games. I’m not looking for this to be a Souls game but I want some level of challenge in the combat. Hopefully that stuff gets patched out. That being said, I’m confident in saying this game is good. I just didn’t have enough time with it to determine if it’s good, or GREAT. Only time will tell when Crimson Desert drops on March 19th, 2026 for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series. Pros —---------- - Combat makes you feel like demon - Deep Skill tree - Vibrant world - Solid voice acting - Fire OST - The little details (trust system, you can commit crimes ect.) - No Fall damage - Puzzles are creative & challenging - Game doesn’t hold you hand (some people will hate this) - You can swap in and out of 3rd and 1st person at will. Wasn’t able to explore much of how that changes the game, but it’s nice that it's an option. - EASILY over 100hrs of content (some will hate this though) Cons —---------- - Clunky controls (Default controls take some time adjusting too. I hope there’s other control schemes at launch) - Inconsistent Ai (Ubisoft bad at times. sometimes the enemies wouldn’t attack during combat or act like they never saw you) - Long load times (we were playing on PC’s, but idk the specs) - Your horse can faint & when they do traveling the large world wasn’t as fun (and I couldn’t figure out how to get him back - most likely a skill issue) - Early stamina management is OD. Early game it’s easy to drown & get tired running. I’d imagine it gets better late game, but early game it’s frustrating trying to explore. - Camera takes some getting used to in combat. Sometimes its too close and others too far. - Early arrows have no impact. Felt useless. Hoping later upgrades fix that

Recently I got some hands-on time with Crimson Desert and below are my first impressions as well as some of the gameplay I was able to capture. Crimson Desert is a good game, but it won’t be for everyone. I know the devs claim this isn’t an RPG, but I don’t know any other way to describe this game other than a HARDCORE action RPG. If you need the yellow paint to know where to climb this game isn’t for you. But if you love getting lost in a whimsical world with a boat load of content this game is going to be right up your alley. I think what impressed me most is the attention to detail. There’s so many little things the dev team took into consideration that I think people who enjoy being immersed into a world are going to appreciate. Even if you aren’t that person; on a basic level I think most will enjoy the game's combat. It’s fast, fluid and provides a ton of player expression with its deep skill tree. The world of Pywel is vibrant, large in scale and full of life. It’s easy to get lost off the main quest line as there’s always something to do and someone to speak to. An example being I was wandering through the open world and encountered a distressed woman seeking help. I agreed to follow her only to find out moments later she was with a gang and they were trying to back door me. That had me cracking up. I think if the open world is consistently full of fun, unique side content like that & the main quest line is fire this game has a lot of potential to impress. It’s just a shame that I didn’t get to spend more time with the main quests as I kept getting side tracked with cool stuff to do in the open world. So I can’t give you much insight into that. What I can say is after the opening section there’s NEXT TO NO tutorials in this game, the puzzles are hard & the default controls are a bit clunky. You will be getting lost and I can see that frustrating some people who aren’t interested in a challenge. That’s why I mentioned earlier that this is a hardcore RPG. It does not do a lot of hand holding. Because of that I predict you and your friends will be sharing tips and tricks similar to when Elden Ring first launched and nobody knew what they were doing. If you are a patient person and take the time to learn the game's systems I promise you will be able to put together some awesome combos that will make you feel like the main character. My biggest fear for this game is that I won't finish it. Not because it’s a bad game, but I can just tell from my brief time with it that it’s next level massive. As someone who's been gaming for 30+ years it’s very rare you’ll hear me say a game was overwhelming, but this game is. For people who lack a ton of free time I can see that being a turn off because once again the game doesn’t give much direction or tutorials outside the opening area. Not to mention this game could be big just for the sake of being big. I was curious to know how much of the content was engaging versus just open world bloat? Hard to tell because I only got a few hours with the game. I also fear that the Ai isn’t the best in this game. The Ai issues I encountered zapped all immersion away for those moments. I’m not sure if the final build will differ from the vertical slice we played, but what I can tell you is that on the build we played I wasn’t impressed by the Ai. Several times I attacked enemy camps and they never reacted to me attacking them. They just stood there and took it which made the world feel less alive. There were also times where enemies were looking dead at me just standing still as the battle music played threatening to beat me up, but they never did anything. It was 3 or 4 times I encountered this poor Ai which is a red flag for me because I only got two hours of hands on time with the game. Mind you in those two hours a good portion of it was just me working my way through the prologue and the early quests, so I didn't spend a ton of time in the open world. What I'm trying to get at is the janky ai was very noticeable. It wasn't something that took long to find. I will say when the game works it's great, but when I tell you the Ai was bad at times it was bad. It reminded me of the dumb NPC’s often found in Ubisoft open world games. I’m not looking for this to be a Souls game but I want some level of challenge in the combat. Hopefully that stuff gets patched out. That being said, I’m confident in saying this game is good. I just didn’t have enough time with it to determine if it’s good, or GREAT. Only time will tell when Crimson Desert drops on March 19th, 2026 for the PC, PS5 and Xbox Series. Pros —---------- - Combat makes you feel like demon - Deep Skill tree - Vibrant world - Solid voice acting - Fire OST - The little details (trust system, you can commit crimes ect.) - No Fall damage - Puzzles are creative & challenging - Game doesn’t hold you hand (some people will hate this) - You can swap in and out of 3rd and 1st person at will. Wasn’t able to explore much of how that changes the game, but it’s nice that it's an option. - EASILY over 100hrs of content (some will hate this though) Cons —---------- - Clunky controls (Default controls take some time adjusting too. I hope there’s other control schemes at launch) - Inconsistent Ai (Ubisoft bad at times. sometimes the enemies wouldn’t attack during combat or act like they never saw you) - Long load times (we were playing on PC’s, but idk the specs) - Your horse can faint & when they do traveling the large world wasn’t as fun (and I couldn’t figure out how to get him back - most likely a skill issue) - Early stamina management is OD. Early game it’s easy to drown & get tired running. I’d imagine it gets better late game, but early game it’s frustrating trying to explore. - Camera takes some getting used to in combat. Sometimes its too close and others too far. - Early arrows have no impact. Felt useless. Hoping later upgrades fix that

The Black Hokage

1,175,183 views • 5 months ago

Steve Jobs once told a room full of people: "I don't give a F**k what the students want, the parents think, or anybody thinks. It's what I want. They don't know what they want till I tell them what they want." Kevin looked Jobs in to the eye and said: "Steve, you sound like such an a**hole." Jobs did not flinch. "Are you making money with me? Have we not been wildly successful? Then shut up and do what I say." That was Steve Jobs. Not a nice guy. Not even a little. But here is what that man learned from working with him. And it is the only success formula that actually holds up. Kevin worked for Steve Jobs in the early 1990s, building educational software. One day he walked into a meeting and told Jobs they needed to do market research on Oregon Trail. A massive title. Running in 110,000 school buildings across the country. An update would cost 12 to 15 million dollars. He wanted to know what students wanted. What teachers wanted. What parents wanted. Jobs stopped him cold. He did not want surveys. Did not want focus groups. Did not want to know what anybody thought. Because in his mind, none of that mattered. What mattered was signal. Here is the concept Jobs understood that almost nobody else did. Every person alive is swimming in two things at all times. Signal. And noise. Signal is the three to five things that absolutely must get done today. Not next week. Not next month. Not someday. Today. The things that if done, move everything forward. The things your mission cannot survive without. Noise is everything else. The unnecessary meeting. The email that can wait. The social media scroll. The small talk. The market research nobody asked for. The decisions that feel urgent but are not. Everything that fills your hours without filling your purpose. Jobs ran at 80% signal, 20% noise. Every single day. Kevin knew this because Jobs would email him at 2:30 in the morning and expect a response. Not because he was unreasonable. Because for Jobs, 2:30 in the morning was still signal hours. He was still working. Still moving. Still locked in. The 18 hours he was awake were 18 hours of signal. Kevin says the only person he has ever seen operate at a higher ratio than Jobs is Elon Musk. Musk has almost no noise. Sixty seconds of every minute. Sixty minutes of every hour. Every waking hour pointed at whatever the signal is that day. And the results, like Jobs, speak for themselves. Jeff Bezos had his own version of this. He would not make a single decision after 1pm. Not because he was lazy. Because he understood that by afternoon, the noise had accumulated enough to cloud his judgment. His signal hours were in the morning. So that is when he decided things. And he protected those hours like they were sacred. Because they were. Here is the uncomfortable truth buried inside all of this. Noise is not always bad things. Sometimes noise is your family. Sometimes it is a friend calling to catch up. Sometimes it is a guitar sitting in the corner of the room. Sometimes it is rest. The people running at 100% signal, Jobs, Musk, the geniuses of history, paid a real price for it socially. Relationships suffered. Normal life suffered. Warmth suffered. Jobs himself was famously difficult to be around. But here is the question worth sitting with: Most people are not choosing between 100% signal and a balanced life. Most people are choosing between 30% signal and 70% noise. They are not sacrificing family time for focus. They are sacrificing focus for nothing. For scrolling. For distraction. For busy work that feels productive but produces nothing. That is the real problem. Kevin now tells every CEO he works with the same thing. It does not matter if you run an S&P 500 company or you are three weeks into your first business. The formula is the same. Identify the three to five things that must get done today. Not tomorrow. Not eventually. Today. Then protect those things with everything you have. If you can spend 80% of your waking hours on signal, you are operating at the level of the most successful people who have ever lived. If you drop to 50/50, signal and noise in equal measure, you will fail. It is, Kevin says, that simple. Jobs was not successful because he was a genius. He was not successful because he was charismatic or visionary or ahead of his time, though he was all of those things. He was successful because when he woke up every morning, he knew exactly what mattered. And he refused, sometimes rudely, sometimes brutally, sometimes at the cost of every relationship in the room, to let anything else in. Most people spend their whole lives reacting to noise and calling it work.

Steve Jobs once told a room full of people: "I don't give a Fk what the students want, the parents think, or anybody thinks. It's what I want. They don't know what they want till I tell them what they want." Kevin looked Jobs in to the eye and said: "Steve, you sound like such an ahole." Jobs did not flinch. "Are you making money with me? Have we not been wildly successful? Then shut up and do what I say." That was Steve Jobs. Not a nice guy. Not even a little. But here is what that man learned from working with him. And it is the only success formula that actually holds up. Kevin worked for Steve Jobs in the early 1990s, building educational software. One day he walked into a meeting and told Jobs they needed to do market research on Oregon Trail. A massive title. Running in 110,000 school buildings across the country. An update would cost 12 to 15 million dollars. He wanted to know what students wanted. What teachers wanted. What parents wanted. Jobs stopped him cold. He did not want surveys. Did not want focus groups. Did not want to know what anybody thought. Because in his mind, none of that mattered. What mattered was signal. Here is the concept Jobs understood that almost nobody else did. Every person alive is swimming in two things at all times. Signal. And noise. Signal is the three to five things that absolutely must get done today. Not next week. Not next month. Not someday. Today. The things that if done, move everything forward. The things your mission cannot survive without. Noise is everything else. The unnecessary meeting. The email that can wait. The social media scroll. The small talk. The market research nobody asked for. The decisions that feel urgent but are not. Everything that fills your hours without filling your purpose. Jobs ran at 80% signal, 20% noise. Every single day. Kevin knew this because Jobs would email him at 2:30 in the morning and expect a response. Not because he was unreasonable. Because for Jobs, 2:30 in the morning was still signal hours. He was still working. Still moving. Still locked in. The 18 hours he was awake were 18 hours of signal. Kevin says the only person he has ever seen operate at a higher ratio than Jobs is Elon Musk. Musk has almost no noise. Sixty seconds of every minute. Sixty minutes of every hour. Every waking hour pointed at whatever the signal is that day. And the results, like Jobs, speak for themselves. Jeff Bezos had his own version of this. He would not make a single decision after 1pm. Not because he was lazy. Because he understood that by afternoon, the noise had accumulated enough to cloud his judgment. His signal hours were in the morning. So that is when he decided things. And he protected those hours like they were sacred. Because they were. Here is the uncomfortable truth buried inside all of this. Noise is not always bad things. Sometimes noise is your family. Sometimes it is a friend calling to catch up. Sometimes it is a guitar sitting in the corner of the room. Sometimes it is rest. The people running at 100% signal, Jobs, Musk, the geniuses of history, paid a real price for it socially. Relationships suffered. Normal life suffered. Warmth suffered. Jobs himself was famously difficult to be around. But here is the question worth sitting with: Most people are not choosing between 100% signal and a balanced life. Most people are choosing between 30% signal and 70% noise. They are not sacrificing family time for focus. They are sacrificing focus for nothing. For scrolling. For distraction. For busy work that feels productive but produces nothing. That is the real problem. Kevin now tells every CEO he works with the same thing. It does not matter if you run an S&P 500 company or you are three weeks into your first business. The formula is the same. Identify the three to five things that must get done today. Not tomorrow. Not eventually. Today. Then protect those things with everything you have. If you can spend 80% of your waking hours on signal, you are operating at the level of the most successful people who have ever lived. If you drop to 50/50, signal and noise in equal measure, you will fail. It is, Kevin says, that simple. Jobs was not successful because he was a genius. He was not successful because he was charismatic or visionary or ahead of his time, though he was all of those things. He was successful because when he woke up every morning, he knew exactly what mattered. And he refused, sometimes rudely, sometimes brutally, sometimes at the cost of every relationship in the room, to let anything else in. Most people spend their whole lives reacting to noise and calling it work.

Yasmine Khosrowshahi

1,162,102 views • 3 months ago

$how I’m building fractl for a $10M exit in 6 months, so I can produce my dream musical 🎤🎬 I don't know how 🤷🏼‍♀️ That's what the show is about ha. Figuring it out, in real time. Wish me luck lol fractl's new docu-series ‘‘The Crypto Hustle’ launches feb 26. Final-fucking-ly. thank you Superteam Canada & Solana for the funding and for making Episode 1 possible 🥰 For those of you who are new here, hiiii 🙋🏼‍♀️ my name is Rime Salmi, I'm an artist who accidentally built the biggest investor network in web3. And now we're producing a 12 episode documentary about how I'm working my way back to being an artist, with funding. the origin story. when I crashed with the last crypto cycle, back to zero (plus tax) at my grown age, I had to ask myself what the hell I was gonna do with my life. I always just wanted be an artist. With agency. So i worked and paid for everything, studio, music videos, started a record label, all that to keep my artistic freedom, for my entire career. Had some success, lots of failed experiments, lots of tears, and lots of fun. After I lost everything to the terra luna crash (mistakes were made 🥲), I had to figure out how I would fund the dream next. I needed a break from the emotional roller coaster of trading crypto, so I went back to school for the grant money (thank you government of Canada). I relocated to madrid for a change, and started making tiktoks. Skits that I thought were funny. Skits that i thought were risky but honest and necessary. I’ve always loved saying out loud what others are ashamed to even think 🤓 if you follow me on ig or tt you know ha I was having a blast. Creating all day. Some tiktoks took off. Ones that felt very personal. I felt seen. I was at my happiest, filming, editing, singing and pretending to listen in class, for the grant money. Then it hit me. That's what i want. I wanna be telling stories. I dont wanna be just a singer, just a songwriter, just an actress waiting for auditions to come my way. I wanna do it all, tell more stories, write and produce them. so…A musical? But I hate musicals 😭 why do they start singing in the middle of a conversation?!? whyyyyy A musical for people who don't like musicals??!!! 🥹 That’s it!! A MUSICAL FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT LIKE MUSICALS 🤩 DONE. So from the lowest of my finances, in the middle of career confusion, with a bruised ego from failing so miserably at my first crypto cycle, I found something great to get excited about for the rest of my life. I needed to validate the feasibility… because I know I’m a dreamer who gets shit done, but I’m very much a idealist. so I asked my good friend of mine and the producer of my first 2 albums Benny Adam (now a rising star, this is me clout chasing) for advice. I asked him: ‘is this too much? For me to wanna produce a whole as* Netflix series, music and all?? He’s the most talented, ambitious yet realistic guy I know. And I knew he would tell it to me like it is, but kindly. Because he’s also a nice human 🫶🏽 ‘So?? Is it too big of a project??’ He paused… I looked at him, hopeful 🥹 ‘Ya. It’s a reeeally big project 😕’, he said. Fuck. and then he paused, again. Just tell me, I thought. Tell me aaaall the reasons this is a bad idea… 😞 beat. ‘But if anyone can do it, it’s you’ cue inspiring battle field music Reeeallyyyyy? 🥹 I teared up. I’m tearing up now writing this. Because at that low point in my life, that’s what I needed. Just one person who really knew me, to remind me, despite my circumstances, of who I am and what I’m capable of. That I’m crazy, yes, but in a good way 👉🏽👈🏽 Shokran Benny. I don’t think you know how much that meant to me (I’m gonna tell him again because he’s on episode 4 of the Crypto Hustle ha) Ok. So. Musical it is. When I ran out of back-to-school government money, and needed to be an adult again, I reintegrated the crypto space, with a purpose. I called my friend and mentor Armando Pantoja and asked him what he thought I should go for in terms of job (I needed a break from entrepreneurship). He said ‘I’ve seen you at conferences, you’re really good with people, you know marketing, and you actually understand crypto. He said go to conferences, you’ll figure it out. Just show up’ I did. I showed up to eth denver 2022 and I started the first iteration of what became fractl as an influencer marketing agency, because I saw a good skill-market fit and because I couldn't find a job lol but I hated it. I dont wanna manage influencers, I don't wanna manage artists. I’m an artist, I would never manage me, that's crazy 😂 One thing led to the other I became a fractional CMO. An opinionated one 🤓 I found myself always trying to lead founders towards personal storytelling… suggesting they put themselves out there more. I really believed that it would help them build trust in a space that so desperately needs it. Then, I started hosting our investor events (to get leads for the agency), and saw the struggle of founders building and fundraising at the same time and the original idea for this show started to form. We need bolder marketing in this space. What if we followed these founders around the world at all these conferences and followed their journey, building a company, raising, launching a token, failing. In these ruthless markets, with the drama of personal sacrifices… I could see it so clearly 😃 So I started pitching it. THE BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN EVER GUYS!! WHO'S IN?? No one. I couldn't convince a single founder of the vision.🥲 Maybe I wasn’t qualified enough in their eyes to carry out such a big vision, following multiple founders on a 6 month production around the world. They were probably right lol But I’m also a little crazy. And really really stubborn. That's something right?? A few months later, inspiration still strong, I told pablo erminy who's worked on multiple Netflix shows about it and he said: ‘why dont you just tell YOUR story? You have a great story, people will wanna watch you build in public to fund your artist dream. As a first reality tv production, one story is more than enough to handle.’ Wise man. Maybe i did underestimate how complex a multi-lead, international, real-time, film production would be 😬 Done. because I know great advice when I hear it. PIVOT! 🛋️ So that’s how ’The Crypto Hustle’ was born. This journey I was trying to sell to other founders, I would do it for myself. show not tell. Now the funding. I tried selling the project to sponsors on and off for over a year, between the normal fractl operations, hiring, training, firing, messing up, learning. And only ended up spreading myself so thin, that I neglected the core business. Company became a mess (for others reasons too, that I will come up on the show, hint: boys) Bottom line is, we lost more money than we made, trying to sell a show. I should've known. Film fundraising is a producer’s full time job lol Fast forward 1 year, 2 pilots and a near bankruptcy later, I’m now launching Episode 1 from Korea and just wrapping episode 2 from Hong Kong. No funding. (except for Episode 1, thank you again Superteam Canada 🥰) Fuck it. Might not be the big production I had envisioned, but all the core principles and the emotions, and team talent is there.. An MVP. Now. because waiting for things to align would just delay this indefinitely. And because I have more conviction than ever. not only in authentic storytelling as the best marketing, but also because my soul needs this. I need creativity to keep going. If i stay too long in business mode without publishing art, stories, songs, dances, funny skits, I find no reason to wake up in the morning. Not to be dramatic, but I really only wanna be an artist 😂 Also, the timing IS ideal. because in my mess, I got lucky 🥰 I found a production team that felt right instantly. Love at first meeting. not only are they aligned with the docu-series concept, but with the end vision too. The cultural impact I wanna have with the musical. vegetable Badr, Momo, @JuicySocialAgency, you're my favorite part of 2026 🫶🏽 So here we are. About to launch episode 1. Documenting the process of building fractl for a $10M exit in 6 MONTHS, so i can produce my dream musical 🥰 It’s about to be epic. Or a massive failure, in public. can girl with the pink hair make this happen? 👀 let the adventure begin 💚☺️ full episodes will be on my youtube channel. go subscribe ok?$

how I’m building fractl for a $10M exit in 6 months, so I can produce my dream musical 🎤🎬 I don't know how 🤷🏼‍♀️ That's what the show is about ha. Figuring it out, in real time. Wish me luck lol fractl's new docu-series ‘‘The Crypto Hustle’ launches feb 26. Final-fucking-ly. thank you Superteam Canada & Solana for the funding and for making Episode 1 possible 🥰 For those of you who are new here, hiiii 🙋🏼‍♀️ my name is Rime Salmi, I'm an artist who accidentally built the biggest investor network in web3. And now we're producing a 12 episode documentary about how I'm working my way back to being an artist, with funding. the origin story. when I crashed with the last crypto cycle, back to zero (plus tax) at my grown age, I had to ask myself what the hell I was gonna do with my life. I always just wanted be an artist. With agency. So i worked and paid for everything, studio, music videos, started a record label, all that to keep my artistic freedom, for my entire career. Had some success, lots of failed experiments, lots of tears, and lots of fun. After I lost everything to the terra luna crash (mistakes were made 🥲), I had to figure out how I would fund the dream next. I needed a break from the emotional roller coaster of trading crypto, so I went back to school for the grant money (thank you government of Canada). I relocated to madrid for a change, and started making tiktoks. Skits that I thought were funny. Skits that i thought were risky but honest and necessary. I’ve always loved saying out loud what others are ashamed to even think 🤓 if you follow me on ig or tt you know ha I was having a blast. Creating all day. Some tiktoks took off. Ones that felt very personal. I felt seen. I was at my happiest, filming, editing, singing and pretending to listen in class, for the grant money. Then it hit me. That's what i want. I wanna be telling stories. I dont wanna be just a singer, just a songwriter, just an actress waiting for auditions to come my way. I wanna do it all, tell more stories, write and produce them. so…A musical? But I hate musicals 😭 why do they start singing in the middle of a conversation?!? whyyyyy A musical for people who don't like musicals??!!! 🥹 That’s it!! A MUSICAL FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT LIKE MUSICALS 🤩 DONE. So from the lowest of my finances, in the middle of career confusion, with a bruised ego from failing so miserably at my first crypto cycle, I found something great to get excited about for the rest of my life. I needed to validate the feasibility… because I know I’m a dreamer who gets shit done, but I’m very much a idealist. so I asked my good friend of mine and the producer of my first 2 albums Benny Adam (now a rising star, this is me clout chasing) for advice. I asked him: ‘is this too much? For me to wanna produce a whole as* Netflix series, music and all?? He’s the most talented, ambitious yet realistic guy I know. And I knew he would tell it to me like it is, but kindly. Because he’s also a nice human 🫶🏽 ‘So?? Is it too big of a project??’ He paused… I looked at him, hopeful 🥹 ‘Ya. It’s a reeeally big project 😕’, he said. Fuck. and then he paused, again. Just tell me, I thought. Tell me aaaall the reasons this is a bad idea… 😞 beat. ‘But if anyone can do it, it’s you’ cue inspiring battle field music Reeeallyyyyy? 🥹 I teared up. I’m tearing up now writing this. Because at that low point in my life, that’s what I needed. Just one person who really knew me, to remind me, despite my circumstances, of who I am and what I’m capable of. That I’m crazy, yes, but in a good way 👉🏽👈🏽 Shokran Benny. I don’t think you know how much that meant to me (I’m gonna tell him again because he’s on episode 4 of the Crypto Hustle ha) Ok. So. Musical it is. When I ran out of back-to-school government money, and needed to be an adult again, I reintegrated the crypto space, with a purpose. I called my friend and mentor Armando Pantoja and asked him what he thought I should go for in terms of job (I needed a break from entrepreneurship). He said ‘I’ve seen you at conferences, you’re really good with people, you know marketing, and you actually understand crypto. He said go to conferences, you’ll figure it out. Just show up’ I did. I showed up to eth denver 2022 and I started the first iteration of what became fractl as an influencer marketing agency, because I saw a good skill-market fit and because I couldn't find a job lol but I hated it. I dont wanna manage influencers, I don't wanna manage artists. I’m an artist, I would never manage me, that's crazy 😂 One thing led to the other I became a fractional CMO. An opinionated one 🤓 I found myself always trying to lead founders towards personal storytelling… suggesting they put themselves out there more. I really believed that it would help them build trust in a space that so desperately needs it. Then, I started hosting our investor events (to get leads for the agency), and saw the struggle of founders building and fundraising at the same time and the original idea for this show started to form. We need bolder marketing in this space. What if we followed these founders around the world at all these conferences and followed their journey, building a company, raising, launching a token, failing. In these ruthless markets, with the drama of personal sacrifices… I could see it so clearly 😃 So I started pitching it. THE BEST MARKETING CAMPAIGN EVER GUYS!! WHO'S IN?? No one. I couldn't convince a single founder of the vision.🥲 Maybe I wasn’t qualified enough in their eyes to carry out such a big vision, following multiple founders on a 6 month production around the world. They were probably right lol But I’m also a little crazy. And really really stubborn. That's something right?? A few months later, inspiration still strong, I told pablo erminy who's worked on multiple Netflix shows about it and he said: ‘why dont you just tell YOUR story? You have a great story, people will wanna watch you build in public to fund your artist dream. As a first reality tv production, one story is more than enough to handle.’ Wise man. Maybe i did underestimate how complex a multi-lead, international, real-time, film production would be 😬 Done. because I know great advice when I hear it. PIVOT! 🛋️ So that’s how ’The Crypto Hustle’ was born. This journey I was trying to sell to other founders, I would do it for myself. show not tell. Now the funding. I tried selling the project to sponsors on and off for over a year, between the normal fractl operations, hiring, training, firing, messing up, learning. And only ended up spreading myself so thin, that I neglected the core business. Company became a mess (for others reasons too, that I will come up on the show, hint: boys) Bottom line is, we lost more money than we made, trying to sell a show. I should've known. Film fundraising is a producer’s full time job lol Fast forward 1 year, 2 pilots and a near bankruptcy later, I’m now launching Episode 1 from Korea and just wrapping episode 2 from Hong Kong. No funding. (except for Episode 1, thank you again Superteam Canada 🥰) Fuck it. Might not be the big production I had envisioned, but all the core principles and the emotions, and team talent is there.. An MVP. Now. because waiting for things to align would just delay this indefinitely. And because I have more conviction than ever. not only in authentic storytelling as the best marketing, but also because my soul needs this. I need creativity to keep going. If i stay too long in business mode without publishing art, stories, songs, dances, funny skits, I find no reason to wake up in the morning. Not to be dramatic, but I really only wanna be an artist 😂 Also, the timing IS ideal. because in my mess, I got lucky 🥰 I found a production team that felt right instantly. Love at first meeting. not only are they aligned with the docu-series concept, but with the end vision too. The cultural impact I wanna have with the musical. vegetable Badr, Momo, @JuicySocialAgency, you're my favorite part of 2026 🫶🏽 So here we are. About to launch episode 1. Documenting the process of building fractl for a $10M exit in 6 MONTHS, so i can produce my dream musical 🥰 It’s about to be epic. Or a massive failure, in public. can girl with the pink hair make this happen? 👀 let the adventure begin 💚☺️ full episodes will be on my youtube channel. go subscribe ok?

🌸 Rime Salmi 🌸

10,291 views • 5 months ago

WILLIAMEST PRESSTOUR #WilliamEstFanconPressTour #Flex1045xWilliamEstFANCON 🎤: was there ever a moment when you were deeply touched by something he did but never told him? 🦈: actually, i can think of two things: one work-related and one personal. on the personal side, ever since we first met during songkran last year, i was out partying, right? and i went to sleep at his place. at the time, he couldn’t go out yet cause he wasn’t of age. but like, it was 3 a.m. and he still came down to pick me up even though he had already gone to sleep. and we had just met. i felt really touched. 🎸: at the time we went out together and i wasn’t old enough to go party, so i just went to some place that kids could go in during the day. then i went home to sleep and phi went out partying. 🦈: yes and i didn’t just stay for one night. i stayed like three nights, didn’t even book a hotel, just stayed at nong place. 🎸: and my eyes were like 😵‍💫 🦈: i started to feel bad. do you know what i did in return? 🤣 🎤: what did you do? 🎸: no, because i had to go downstairs, press the elevator, do a bunch of stuff, so i had to wake up. i went down to pick him up and he was just sitting there on the floor 🤣 🎤: sitting on the floor waiting? 🎸: yes, just sitting and resting there, waiting for me to come down. so we went back up. help him upstairs. not that i helped him up, he could walk by himself 🤣 then i went to bed and from my room, if the door wasn’t fully closed, you could see the sink. i’m the type who eats and washes dishes later. 🎤: you soak them first so they’re easier to clean later? 🎸: yes and then i saw him standing there at 3 a.m. doing the dishes 😭 🎤: washing dishes at 3 a.m.? 🎸: yes 😭 i was like, why did he do that? like it was fine, seriously. it wasn’t a big deal. but maybe he felt a bit guilty or something. but for me, i literally set an alarm, like, “okay, he’ll probably be back around this time,” so i set it and went down to get him. 🎤: maybe that was his version of saying thank you, right? 🦈: yes and the thing is, he never even told me that he saw me! like, i knew he’d probably fallen asleep or something, so i left the door cracked open because the lights were off just in case he could see. and yeah, turns out he did see. but he only told me months later, like way after songkran. 🎤: so he only just revealed now that he saw you washing the dishes? 🦈: i only found out because he teased me later, like, “you’ll end up washing dishes again soon” 🤣 that was how he teased. and back then i genuinely felt a bit bad, so i just wanted to do something to give back a little. and looking back, it’s so funny. 🦈: and then in thamepo, there was literally a dishwashing scene, so i joked like, “guess i can’t escape doing dishes for real.” 🤣

WILLIAMEST PRESSTOUR #WilliamEstFanconPressTour #Flex1045xWilliamEstFANCON 🎤: was there ever a moment when you were deeply touched by something he did but never told him? 🦈: actually, i can think of two things: one work-related and one personal. on the personal side, ever since we first met during songkran last year, i was out partying, right? and i went to sleep at his place. at the time, he couldn’t go out yet cause he wasn’t of age. but like, it was 3 a.m. and he still came down to pick me up even though he had already gone to sleep. and we had just met. i felt really touched. 🎸: at the time we went out together and i wasn’t old enough to go party, so i just went to some place that kids could go in during the day. then i went home to sleep and phi went out partying. 🦈: yes and i didn’t just stay for one night. i stayed like three nights, didn’t even book a hotel, just stayed at nong place. 🎸: and my eyes were like 😵‍💫 🦈: i started to feel bad. do you know what i did in return? 🤣 🎤: what did you do? 🎸: no, because i had to go downstairs, press the elevator, do a bunch of stuff, so i had to wake up. i went down to pick him up and he was just sitting there on the floor 🤣 🎤: sitting on the floor waiting? 🎸: yes, just sitting and resting there, waiting for me to come down. so we went back up. help him upstairs. not that i helped him up, he could walk by himself 🤣 then i went to bed and from my room, if the door wasn’t fully closed, you could see the sink. i’m the type who eats and washes dishes later. 🎤: you soak them first so they’re easier to clean later? 🎸: yes and then i saw him standing there at 3 a.m. doing the dishes 😭 🎤: washing dishes at 3 a.m.? 🎸: yes 😭 i was like, why did he do that? like it was fine, seriously. it wasn’t a big deal. but maybe he felt a bit guilty or something. but for me, i literally set an alarm, like, “okay, he’ll probably be back around this time,” so i set it and went down to get him. 🎤: maybe that was his version of saying thank you, right? 🦈: yes and the thing is, he never even told me that he saw me! like, i knew he’d probably fallen asleep or something, so i left the door cracked open because the lights were off just in case he could see. and yeah, turns out he did see. but he only told me months later, like way after songkran. 🎤: so he only just revealed now that he saw you washing the dishes? 🦈: i only found out because he teased me later, like, “you’ll end up washing dishes again soon” 🤣 that was how he teased. and back then i genuinely felt a bit bad, so i just wanted to do something to give back a little. and looking back, it’s so funny. 🦈: and then in thamepo, there was literally a dishwashing scene, so i joked like, “guess i can’t escape doing dishes for real.” 🤣

𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑎 ◡̈

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That was an interesting interview between myself and The Glarer tonight, as always. "If Aidan Kearney recorded Karen Read, and Kate Peter wants people to support Aidan, then I'm backing Karen." "So, I think Kate Peter, Brian Tully, Jen McCabe, Michael Morrissey—whatever—psychologically profiled Aidan and used Lindsey as an unwitting honeypot. She wasn't an agent. Kate Peter was the state agent. Lindsey was the honeypot who didn't know she was the honeypot, and Aidan fell victim to it because he doesn't think straight when he has a woman in front of him for some reason." FULL TRANSCRIPT: Will: You're on. Who is calling? Grant: Will, it's Grant. How you doing? Will: Grant. Is this Grant Smith Ellis, the Towel? Grant: Yes, it's Grant Smith-Ellis. Will, I told you [in the comment section] I'd call in, so I called in. Will: What's up, homie? Grant: Well, we got some stuff going on, and I don't know how I found myself in the position where I'm defending Karen Read. But here we go. Will: Of course you are, because you hate TurtleBoy, bro. Like, it's not rocket science. Grant: That's not really what it comes down to. I just don't like people... Will: Isn't it though? Come on. Grant: I don't like people who take advantage of women and who look at women as less intelligent than men. That's what it's about. Will: Okay. That's... that's all that's about, okay? So why... why... why are you exactly Team Karen Read right now? Because, actually, I'm still Team Karen Read, believe it or not. I'm just telling her: if she's accusing people, accuse them and show proof. That's all I'm saying. Is that unfair, Grant? Grant: No, I think you're right to ask her for the receipts. But then you have to consider the implications of if she actually shows up and proves that he was doing this to her—not just recently, but for a year and a half. What the hell was going on, Will? Why was he doing that, and why was she tolerating it? Will: Why do you care? Grant:* Because I think that it's completely inappropriate for people to leverage a criminal trial for political purposes. Will: Would you care if it was two other people in the movement? Like, anybody. Like, just random. Would you care if it was Erica Walsh and Dina? Grant: I would care if it was Kate Peter, Jason Broyles. It doesn't matter. It's the principle. You've seen me call them all out equally. Will: I mean, sure, fair enough. But I mean, I stand by my position that it's a personal thing between the two of them, and it's not my fucking business. And I'm not gonna be dragged into it. Grant: Yeah, that's fair. And it's a zero-sum game, Will, right? So I really do believe that the filings by Bederow are true: there is an ongoing investigation of Karen and Aidan, and Kate Peter wants Aidan to flip on Karen. Okay, and so it's a zero-sum game. Someone's getting charged. Is it gonna be Karen or Aidan? I think it should be Aidan. Will: How do you know someone's gonna get charged? Grant: Because look at the filings. Look at what Bederow said. Look at the.... Will: What did Bederow say exactly? That... that said that somebody's gonna be charged? What are you talking about, Grant? Come on. Grant: Bederow, in the affidavit that I found on Defense Diaries's X within the past two days, said that there is a 2025 active investigation of Karen Read and Aidan Kearney. Thus, if one of them flips... Will: You don't know how to say Kearney yet. It's Carney, dude. Let's pronounce... Grant: Oh, I've always said Kearney. Will: I know, but it's actually pronounced Carney, dude. I just... I just... I just want you to look good when you're doing your live streams, dude, with all your fucking epilepsy-inducing shit that you got going on in your stream. That's fucking scary, dude. Like, I'm not even epileptic, and I go into seizures every time I watch your streams, bro. Grant: Hey, I remembered your name, Will, right? I try to remember how to pronounce names that matter. Will: I appreciate that, man. Appreciate that. Um, let me ask you this since I got you on the phone. Like, uh, what happened, dude? Why didn't you, uh, attend the deposition, bro? What happened? Grant: No, last week was terrible, Will. I was out in the sun and collapsed, and I'm working on actually getting a lawyer for that. So there's some rule about when you're getting counsel—there's a little bit of a delay. Will: So are you gonna sue God for Him being hot? Grant: I don't know how to respond to that question. Will: That's because it's sarcasm, my friend. Grant: Oh yeah, autistic people don't always pick up on sarcasm. Will: Fair enough, fair enough. Grant: Did you see me down at the Moakley courthouse the other day? Miss Leslie's mom called me a towel. Will: Wow. Wow. Um, I don't know who Miss Leslie is exactly, but... Grant: Oh, Jessica Leslie was the person on the Karen Read federal grand jury who leaked information to a friend, who then sent it to TurtleBoy via DM on X. Will: Oh, okay. Oh, okay. All right. Um, yeah. So I mean, are you... are you stoked for this deposition? Are you gonna... like, are you like... are you ready for it, bro? Are you ready to drop some bombs or what? Grant: I think I'll have to wait till I talk to my counsel to give you an answer on that, Will. Will: That's actually a very, very intelligent response. I agree with you. You should probably... I mean, because, you know, let's... let's just hear real quick. Grant: Will, [on the other topic], what it really comes down for me...it really comes down to; if Aidan recorded Karen, and Kate Peter wants people to support Aidan, I'm going to back Karen, alright? Will: Okay. So, say that one more time, please. Grant: So, if Aidan Kearney recorded Karen Read, and Kate Peter wants people to support Aidan, I'm backing Karen. Will: Okay. If Kate... if Kate Peter wants people to support Aidan, you're backing Karen out of the principle that Kate Peter is backing Aidan. So, you're backing— Grant: Out of the principle that I think the criminal charges brought against Aidan were brought by Kate Peter working as a PI for Marty Kraft and Brian Tully, not to actually convict Aidan, but to actually get him to flip on Karen from the jump. That was the whole point. That's why she's trying to get the Free Karen Read movement to turn on Karen now, and I think it's bullshit. Will: I mean, Grant, I think that what you're thinking is absolute bullshit, bro. I don't know how you're so smart and you just miss shit. It's crazy to me. You're fucking incredibly intelligent. Grant: So, what if I'm right on this, Will, and that the charges against Aidan were brought... the criminal charges... against Aidan weren't a setup by Lindsey; they were a setup by Tully, Kate, and Marty Kraft to flip Aidan on Karen? I'm going to be right about that. Will: But there's evidence—evidence that dictates that Lindsey worked as an agent and was used—used, by the way, by Tully and Mello to have Aidan's bail revoked. There's evidence to prove this. Grant: Yeah, but let me lay it down like this. Do you know what a psychological profile is? Will: Uh, I've heard of them. I've heard of them, yes. Grant: So, I think Kate, Tully, Jen McCabe, Morrissey—whatever—psychologically profiled Aidan and used Lindsey as an unwitting honeypot. She wasn't an agent. Kate Peter was the state agent. Lindsey was the honeypot who didn't know she was the honeypot, and Aidan fell victim to it because he doesn't think straight when he has a woman in front of him for some reason. Will: Grant, you're projecting, my friend. I mean, that. To be fair, though. [what you just said] might be true. But, homie, you're not thinking straight because you are fucking blinded by Lindsey. What is it with your fucking... Do you not see how crazy she is, dude? I feel like she should throw you a piece. Personally, I feel like with all the work that you're doing to support her, I feel like she should throw you at least a handy, bro. Like, come on. Grant: Well, let me back it up. Two questions. One, have you ever spoken to the girl for ten minutes? Will: No, no, I wouldn't. Grant: Two --well, okay-- two, the other thing is, I think we live in an overly sexualized culture. Okay, I really feel... Will: Is that just because you're not getting any? Grant: No, let me finish. I really like what Erika Kirk has been saying, and I really think that if we're going to focus on the American family and the values that made this country great, then we have to get away from this bullshit that every human interaction is about sex. That's bullshit. That's wrong. It degrades women and it degrades men. Will: Doesn't it always boil down to sex, though? Doesn't it always boil down to sex? Grant: Maybe for 97% of the population, but you want to make policy, reform the justice system? Will: 70%? That's generous. I'd say a good 90%. Grant: Yeah, but you want to reform the justice system, write policy, do good things, and do good work? You cannot be focused on sex. That's why priests don't get married. It's about more than sex. Will: Yeah, but priests fuck kids. So... Grant: Some of them do, but, listen, those people are the most egregious sinners because they take advantage of a sacred trust. Will: I agree. I agree. They're the worst. Absolutely, [punish] them all. Grant: Yeah, of course. More than [punish] them all, [punish] the people who moved them around. Will: Exactly. Grant, I knew I liked you, bro. I knew I did. Grant: Well, we're on the same page about a lot of stuff, and I'm telling you, Karen Read was... We may not agree on what happened [to John O'Keefe], but she was treated wrong by those cops as to how they texted about her. They were misogynistic, and she was treated wrong by Aidan. And I back her as to how Aidan treated her. That's the bottom line. Grant: Okay, so you support Karen Read because she's at odds with Aidan, basically? Will: Because she was treated as less than a human being by Aidan. She was degraded. She was dehumanized. Grant: How do you know that? Will: I got good sources. Grant: Okay. All right. Will: Grant, I'm going to take the next caller. Dude, thank you for calling in. Seriously, I really enjoyed our conversation. I always enjoy our conversations, dude. I appreciate you calling in. Grant: Anytime. We'll talk soon. Will:** All right, bud. I'm giving Grant Smith-Ellis the Towel a fucking round of applause."

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