Ifeanyi Uddin
@ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social
Bolshevik | Fond of the price mechanism | Critical of the living | I also speak ill of the dead | Leader Writer/Columnist @PremiumTimesng.
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"Given the pharmaceutical industry’s weird economics—putative drugs entering clinical trials have a 90% failure rate, bringing the cost of developing a successful one to a whopping $2.8bn—even marginal improvements in efficiency would offer big gains." | The Economist
An AI revolution in drugmaking is under way
It will transform how medicines are made—and the industry itself
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:46 AM
"Given the pharmaceutical industry’s weird economics—putative drugs entering clinical trials have a 90% failure rate, bringing the cost of developing a successful one to a whopping $2.8bn—even marginal improvements in efficiency would offer big gains." | The Economist
Coordinating the military takeover of Greenland (waging war, that is, on a non-belligerent European country in the process) ought to strain the U.S.'s own cohesion to a breaking point.
Impossible?
I'm not betting against the possibility.
Impossible?
I'm not betting against the possibility.
January 6, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Coordinating the military takeover of Greenland (waging war, that is, on a non-belligerent European country in the process) ought to strain the U.S.'s own cohesion to a breaking point.
Impossible?
I'm not betting against the possibility.
Impossible?
I'm not betting against the possibility.
"China’s all-weather partners may start to ask if it really is willing to protect them against fierce storms—or just to be their chum when the sun is shining." | The Economist
January 6, 2026 at 8:05 AM
"China’s all-weather partners may start to ask if it really is willing to protect them against fierce storms—or just to be their chum when the sun is shining." | The Economist
"China’s main concern is whether an invasion of Taiwan would be successful. In that sense the Venezuelan case is not particularly instructive." | The Economist
America’s raid on Venezuela reveals the limits of China’s reach
It is not a template for Taiwan but a reality check on China’s global power
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:58 AM
"China’s main concern is whether an invasion of Taiwan would be successful. In that sense the Venezuelan case is not particularly instructive." | The Economist
"In America, the past has become a matter of partisan preference." | The Economist
The world in brief | The Economist
Catch up quickly on the global stories that matter
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:51 AM
"In America, the past has become a matter of partisan preference." | The Economist
"Mr Trump’s economic return from snatching Mr Maduro will be neither spectacular nor swift." | The Economist
The world in brief | The Economist
Catch up quickly on the global stories that matter
www.economist.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:59 AM
"Mr Trump’s economic return from snatching Mr Maduro will be neither spectacular nor swift." | The Economist
From The Economist's Espresso.
January 6, 2026 at 6:17 AM
From The Economist's Espresso.
Hypothetically, if courts in the U.S. were to find Nicolás Maduro Moros "not guilty" of all the charges against him, would the U.S. Government "uncapture" him?
January 5, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Hypothetically, if courts in the U.S. were to find Nicolás Maduro Moros "not guilty" of all the charges against him, would the U.S. Government "uncapture" him?
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is a practiced taker of the Trivela shot (or pass).
January 5, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is a practiced taker of the Trivela shot (or pass).
It would be okay for Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly to swap shirts with Mattéo Ahlinvi at the end of this match.
January 5, 2026 at 6:40 PM
It would be okay for Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly to swap shirts with Mattéo Ahlinvi at the end of this match.
Les Guépards bite back most viciously.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Les Guépards bite back most viciously.
Regardless of the result, this game has not been a walk in the park for The Pharaohs.
January 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Regardless of the result, this game has not been a walk in the park for The Pharaohs.
Gernot Rohr hurls the kitchen sink in.
January 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Gernot Rohr hurls the kitchen sink in.
Marwan Attia Fahim Ghallab's shot was always curling away from Marcel Soukè Dandjinou's flailing fingertips.
January 5, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Marwan Attia Fahim Ghallab's shot was always curling away from Marcel Soukè Dandjinou's flailing fingertips.
WSCIJ's Biodun Jeyifo@80.
January 5, 2026 at 5:25 PM
WSCIJ's Biodun Jeyifo@80.
WSCIJ's Biodun Jeyifo@80.
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 PM
WSCIJ's Biodun Jeyifo@80.
Career-threatening orthopaedic tackles such as Marwan Attia Fahim Ghallab's on Sessi Octave Emile D'Almeida should attract more severe sanctions.
January 5, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Career-threatening orthopaedic tackles such as Marwan Attia Fahim Ghallab's on Sessi Octave Emile D'Almeida should attract more severe sanctions.
A player of Omar Khaled Mohamed Abdelsalam Marmoush's calibre ought to have done way better after receiving that through-pass.
January 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
A player of Omar Khaled Mohamed Abdelsalam Marmoush's calibre ought to have done way better after receiving that through-pass.
The Indomitable Lions compensated for a technical deficit against Bafana Bafana with physical play that didn't give the South Africans much thinking room.
Les Guépards need to do the same today.
Les Guépards need to do the same today.
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 PM
The Indomitable Lions compensated for a technical deficit against Bafana Bafana with physical play that didn't give the South Africans much thinking room.
Les Guépards need to do the same today.
Les Guépards need to do the same today.
"Despite all Cuba’s woes, and Mr Trump’s menacing new aspect, expectations among its exile population in Miami are dampened by six decades of disappointment." | The Economist
Cuba’s regime is now in Donald Trump’s sights
Excited Cuban exiles are comparing the capture of Nicolás Maduro to the fall of the Berlin Wall
www.economist.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"Despite all Cuba’s woes, and Mr Trump’s menacing new aspect, expectations among its exile population in Miami are dampened by six decades of disappointment." | The Economist
Les Guépards are unlikely to rub The Pharaohs the wrong way this evening.
January 5, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Les Guépards are unlikely to rub The Pharaohs the wrong way this evening.
"Mr Trump’s snatching of Mr Maduro was spectacular and swift. The economic reward from it will be neither." | The Economist
Donald Trump’s great Venezuelan oil gamble
The country has the world’s largest petroleum reserves. Getting them out of the ground will be tortuous
www.economist.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
"Mr Trump’s snatching of Mr Maduro was spectacular and swift. The economic reward from it will be neither." | The Economist
The loss of Venezuelan oil at bargain basement prices will hurt Cuba a great deal.
January 5, 2026 at 3:23 PM
The loss of Venezuelan oil at bargain basement prices will hurt Cuba a great deal.
Having won the Nobel Peace Prize that he coveted, in the year that he so wanted it, María Corina Machado Parisca was never going to be in Donald John Trump's good books.
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Having won the Nobel Peace Prize that he coveted, in the year that he so wanted it, María Corina Machado Parisca was never going to be in Donald John Trump's good books.
WSCIJ's Biodun Jeyifo@80.
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
WSCIJ's Biodun Jeyifo@80.