David 🇿🇦 🇿🇼 🇿🇲
@zidhiva.bsky.social
Views owe more to Methodism, looks owe more to Marx
Environmental geochemist
(I use the same handle or my real name on other platforms)
Environmental geochemist
(I use the same handle or my real name on other platforms)
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My default position on TikTok is that every video I see is someone saying whatever shit they think will go most viral with 0% overlap with their actual beliefs and information levels
All right, this just about wrecked me
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 AM
My default position on TikTok is that every video I see is someone saying whatever shit they think will go most viral with 0% overlap with their actual beliefs and information levels
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The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
February 4, 2026 at 2:14 AM
The wonderful thing about Tyggers
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
Is Tyggers are burning bright
Their tops are made out of rubber
In the forest of the night
What bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy,
Immortal hand or eye
Did frame the most wonderful thing about Tyggers,
Their fearful symmetry!
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slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
Physically incapable of analyzing politics outside of this insipid frame.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
slavery is one of the rare things historically where the more you learn about it the more you realize your initial assessment was correct and it was in fact one of the most evil things ever to occur
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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The Onion straight up reporting the news now
February 1, 2026 at 1:16 PM
The Onion straight up reporting the news now
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The President and the Min of Defence have acknowledged that an instruction was given "to all parties concerned" for Iran to downgrade to Observer status. Instructions were given, they were not followed. Now you're attempting to shift blame.
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The President and the Min of Defence have acknowledged that an instruction was given "to all parties concerned" for Iran to downgrade to Observer status. Instructions were given, they were not followed. Now you're attempting to shift blame.
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Iranian warships leave Cape Town. Having completed the maritime Exercise Will for Peace last Friday, Iranian navy corvette Naghdi has only this morning departed Simon's Town harbour. At the same time, forward base ship Makran departed Table Bay Harbour in Cape Town.
January 21, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Iranian warships leave Cape Town. Having completed the maritime Exercise Will for Peace last Friday, Iranian navy corvette Naghdi has only this morning departed Simon's Town harbour. At the same time, forward base ship Makran departed Table Bay Harbour in Cape Town.
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Trump is just a symptom of our having created a completely untouchable class of billionaire overlords. If we do not eliminate obscene wealth, the world will continue to be at their mercy.
It's a nice idea, but fails to address (or understand) the underlying conditions that fuel the rise of populism and slide into authoritarianism -
As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership | Gordon Brown
The idea that the liberal rules-based order can survive his presidency now seems complacent. This is a historic moment – and a time to act, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Trump is just a symptom of our having created a completely untouchable class of billionaire overlords. If we do not eliminate obscene wealth, the world will continue to be at their mercy.
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Gordon Brown is right, we need a new global framework that rejects coercion and restates values in a 21st century setting (probably therefore also has to say something about company responsibilities too).
Hard to see it happening though.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hard to see it happening though.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As Trump menaces Greenland, this much is clear: the free world needs a new plan – and inspired leadership | Gordon Brown
The idea that the liberal rules-based order can survive his presidency now seems complacent. This is a historic moment – and a time to act, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Gordon Brown is right, we need a new global framework that rejects coercion and restates values in a 21st century setting (probably therefore also has to say something about company responsibilities too).
Hard to see it happening though.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hard to see it happening though.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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He’s seizing Trumps Scottish golf course and turning it into a wind farm? 😏
January 19, 2026 at 8:57 AM
He’s seizing Trumps Scottish golf course and turning it into a wind farm? 😏
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Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
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Star Trek has always been political. On The Lieutenant, Gene Roddenberry's series before Trek, scripts on racial bigotry and the inhumanity of warfare met network censorship. GR designed ST to use s-f allegory to tell stories that wouldn't otherwise be allowed on network TV.
January 17, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Star Trek has always been political. On The Lieutenant, Gene Roddenberry's series before Trek, scripts on racial bigotry and the inhumanity of warfare met network censorship. GR designed ST to use s-f allegory to tell stories that wouldn't otherwise be allowed on network TV.
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How warm was Europe in 2025? 🔍 It was the third‑warmest year on record for Europe, with an average temperature of 10.41°C, 1.17°C above the 1991–2020 average and 0.30°C below the record year of 2024. #CopernicusClimate #GCH2025
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
January 17, 2026 at 10:20 AM
How warm was Europe in 2025? 🔍 It was the third‑warmest year on record for Europe, with an average temperature of 10.41°C, 1.17°C above the 1991–2020 average and 0.30°C below the record year of 2024. #CopernicusClimate #GCH2025
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
@ecmwf.int
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Holy hell, what an obituary
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Holy hell, what an obituary
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
Dion George resigned from DA over:
1 Steenhuisen is financially compromised, cannot quit the GNU if he wants to because without his minister's salary he cannot service his debts and maintain his lifestyle. He thinks investigation that cleared Steenhuisen is a whitewash.
www.enca.com/news-top-sto...
1 Steenhuisen is financially compromised, cannot quit the GNU if he wants to because without his minister's salary he cannot service his debts and maintain his lifestyle. He thinks investigation that cleared Steenhuisen is a whitewash.
www.enca.com/news-top-sto...
January 15, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Dion George resigned from DA over:
1 Steenhuisen is financially compromised, cannot quit the GNU if he wants to because without his minister's salary he cannot service his debts and maintain his lifestyle. He thinks investigation that cleared Steenhuisen is a whitewash.
www.enca.com/news-top-sto...
1 Steenhuisen is financially compromised, cannot quit the GNU if he wants to because without his minister's salary he cannot service his debts and maintain his lifestyle. He thinks investigation that cleared Steenhuisen is a whitewash.
www.enca.com/news-top-sto...
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America bringing back the dompas. Your revival of apartheid is well on its way, with "cops" harassing and attacking people on the streets and demanding their ID. #AmericanApartheid
January 14, 2026 at 7:17 AM
America bringing back the dompas. Your revival of apartheid is well on its way, with "cops" harassing and attacking people on the streets and demanding their ID. #AmericanApartheid
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2025 has been confirmed as the third warmest year on record, following 2024 and 2023, in a series stretching back to 1850.
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
January 14, 2026 at 5:30 AM
2025 has been confirmed as the third warmest year on record, following 2024 and 2023, in a series stretching back to 1850.
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
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Zapiro today. www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026...
Northern bloc
www.dailymaverick.co.za
January 14, 2026 at 6:09 AM
Zapiro today. www.dailymaverick.co.za/cartoon/2026...
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2025 has been confirmed as the third warmest year on record, following 2024 and 2023, in a series stretching back to 1850.
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
Data from the Met Office, @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and @ncas-uk.bsky.social shows 2025 was 1.41 °C above the average for 1850-1900.
Read more 👉 bit.ly/3NkfQH9
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
Art Show - Comic-Con
2026 Comic-Con Art Show JULY 23 through JULY 26 The Comic-Con Art Show is open to the public—you do not need a badge to come in and enjoy or purchase artwork. However, everyone entering the Art Show i...
www.comic-con.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Comic-con deciding to allow GenAi imagery in the art show —giving valuable space to GenAi users to show slop right NEXT to actual artists who worked their asses off to be there— is a disgrace!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
A tone deaf decision that rewards and normalizes exploitative GenAi against artists in their own spaces!
Mood:
January 14, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Mood:
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*laughs in South African* do it
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM
*laughs in South African* do it