Sibusiso Biyela 🇵🇸🇿🇦
@astrosibs.bsky.social
Science communicator. Data journalist. Data visuals. I dabble in decolonising science. https://linktr.ee/astrosibs
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Momentum is building for a Brics bloc telescope network to track transient cosmic events.
@astrosibs.bsky.social has the story for Research Professional News
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@astrosibs.bsky.social has the story for Research Professional News
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Brics network to track cosmic events in near real-time - Research Professional News
Bloc’s astronomy project enters second phase, aiming for global sky coverage
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October 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Momentum is building for a Brics bloc telescope network to track transient cosmic events.
@astrosibs.bsky.social has the story for Research Professional News
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@astrosibs.bsky.social has the story for Research Professional News
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Universities body hits back at economist’s closure call www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
Universities body hits back at economist’s closure call - Research Professional News
Universities South Africa CEO says proposal to close most public universities is “misleading and damaging”
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June 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Universities body hits back at economist’s closure call www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
The latest graphic I designed for SABC News is this economic indicators card as heatmap design. I learned a little coding for the colour scaling in each of the cells in Flourish, and I chose accessible colours for colourblind readers. Full story: www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/min...
May 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The latest graphic I designed for SABC News is this economic indicators card as heatmap design. I learned a little coding for the colour scaling in each of the cells in Flourish, and I chose accessible colours for colourblind readers. Full story: www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/min...
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I'm constantly amazed at how vitriolic some anti-trans people can be about something that literally, and I'm using the dictionary definition of that word, has no impact on their lives at all. It's the epitome of punching down based on imagined scenarios and personal bigotry.
April 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I'm constantly amazed at how vitriolic some anti-trans people can be about something that literally, and I'm using the dictionary definition of that word, has no impact on their lives at all. It's the epitome of punching down based on imagined scenarios and personal bigotry.
Ramaphosa: Science to guide future government choices www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
Ramaphosa: Science to guide future government choices - Research Professional News
Science council to brief cabinet as South African president declares “war on outsourcing”
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April 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Ramaphosa: Science to guide future government choices www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
The Eskom loadshedding-related graphics keep coming as winter approaches and the power utility scrambles to maintain their generation fleet as winter approaches. I wrote a short explainer here for SABC News:
Eskom plagued by unplanned outages as winter approaches
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Eskom plagued by unplanned outages as winter approaches
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March 25, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Eskom loadshedding-related graphics keep coming as winter approaches and the power utility scrambles to maintain their generation fleet as winter approaches. I wrote a short explainer here for SABC News:
Eskom plagued by unplanned outages as winter approaches
www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/inf...
Eskom plagued by unplanned outages as winter approaches
www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/inf...
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First Night in the City
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
First Night in the City
🔓 African HIV vaccine trial stopped due to Trump cuts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
African HIV vaccine trial stopped due to Trump cuts - Research Professional News
Researchers are in a race against time to test shelved vaccine candidate before vials expire
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March 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
🔓 African HIV vaccine trial stopped due to Trump cuts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...
Data and funding gaps ‘limit Africa’s climate change response’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri... 🔒
Data and funding gaps ‘limit Africa’s climate change response’ - Research Professional News
Report stresses need for “accurate, localised and timely data” to mitigate health impacts
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March 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Data and funding gaps ‘limit Africa’s climate change response’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri... 🔒
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One thing that the general public is not that aware of re: Tesla is that *they do not manufacture their own battery cells*
They lease space in their factories for third-parties such as Panasonic.
A lot of people invested in Tesla because they thought Tesla was vertically integrated re: the cells.
They lease space in their factories for third-parties such as Panasonic.
A lot of people invested in Tesla because they thought Tesla was vertically integrated re: the cells.
March 10, 2025 at 4:28 PM
One thing that the general public is not that aware of re: Tesla is that *they do not manufacture their own battery cells*
They lease space in their factories for third-parties such as Panasonic.
A lot of people invested in Tesla because they thought Tesla was vertically integrated re: the cells.
They lease space in their factories for third-parties such as Panasonic.
A lot of people invested in Tesla because they thought Tesla was vertically integrated re: the cells.
keeping a tab open watching tesla stock and it might be the best mood enhancer i've ever experienced
March 10, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I often speak about this in public talks or dialogues but it still gets me every time. Every flight down to Cape Town or Johannesburg I sit by the window to remind myself just how persistent apartheid spatial planning remains 30+ years after democracy
March 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
In our #Changemakers series @nature.com, @vukosi.bsky.social (Vukosi Marivate) talks about why he's a connector of networks of AI researchers across Africa. As told to @sarahemilywild.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I want to ensure that Africans take part in the AI revolution
Vukosi Marivate learnt that communities, not just superstar individuals, can open doors in artificial intelligence.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Moon and Venus tonight from Johannesburg, South Africa.
January 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Moon and Venus tonight from Johannesburg, South Africa.
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“Stimming had a SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE impact on autistic adults’ self-rated self-efficacy”
“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
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“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
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Repetitive Behaviours in Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults: Associations with Sensory Sensitivity and Impact on Self-Efficacy - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Purpose: Restricted and repetitive behaviours are a core feature of autism diagnoses but have not been widely studied in adulthood. This study examined the rates of and associations between repetitive...
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December 3, 2024 at 2:30 AM
“Stimming had a SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE impact on autistic adults’ self-rated self-efficacy”
“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
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“Results CONTRADICT the negative view often expressed suggesting that stimming should be eradicated”
“Stimming has a POSITIVE effect and SUPPORTS autistic individuals’ ability to COPE with difficulties”
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A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
November 16, 2024 at 2:46 AM
A whiteboard from our Jan 2023 team retreat where I wrote down our goals, and the top one was “10k user signups.”
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
We’re growing by 10k users every 10-15 minutes right now.
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A miner drilling in a tunnel less than 18 inches (46cm) wide on a gold mine in South Africa.
It seems scarcely believable that people had to work like this. The slightest movement of the rockface would have killed him instantly.
It seems scarcely believable that people had to work like this. The slightest movement of the rockface would have killed him instantly.
November 15, 2024 at 3:07 PM
A miner drilling in a tunnel less than 18 inches (46cm) wide on a gold mine in South Africa.
It seems scarcely believable that people had to work like this. The slightest movement of the rockface would have killed him instantly.
It seems scarcely believable that people had to work like this. The slightest movement of the rockface would have killed him instantly.
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A record breaking day. Good job y’all
November 15, 2024 at 4:22 AM
A record breaking day. Good job y’all
This is blue sky, right?
November 13, 2024 at 11:04 PM
This is blue sky, right?
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if one of joe bidens dogs tried to bite me i would use jujutsu to leverage the biting jaw force and throw him 1000 feet across the room .
November 13, 2024 at 7:53 AM
if one of joe bidens dogs tried to bite me i would use jujutsu to leverage the biting jaw force and throw him 1000 feet across the room .
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Person: posts something cool or weird
Other people: *pedantic flex*
Person: COOL or WEIRD
Other people: MORE PEDANTRY and ALSO HERE IS HOW YOU ARE EATING BEANS WRONG AND WHY AREN'T YOU YELLING ABOUT THIS OTHER THING INSTEAD THIS IS VIOLENCE WHY DO YOU HATE DUCKS
Other people: *pedantic flex*
Person: COOL or WEIRD
Other people: MORE PEDANTRY and ALSO HERE IS HOW YOU ARE EATING BEANS WRONG AND WHY AREN'T YOU YELLING ABOUT THIS OTHER THING INSTEAD THIS IS VIOLENCE WHY DO YOU HATE DUCKS
November 12, 2023 at 2:46 AM
Person: posts something cool or weird
Other people: *pedantic flex*
Person: COOL or WEIRD
Other people: MORE PEDANTRY and ALSO HERE IS HOW YOU ARE EATING BEANS WRONG AND WHY AREN'T YOU YELLING ABOUT THIS OTHER THING INSTEAD THIS IS VIOLENCE WHY DO YOU HATE DUCKS
Other people: *pedantic flex*
Person: COOL or WEIRD
Other people: MORE PEDANTRY and ALSO HERE IS HOW YOU ARE EATING BEANS WRONG AND WHY AREN'T YOU YELLING ABOUT THIS OTHER THING INSTEAD THIS IS VIOLENCE WHY DO YOU HATE DUCKS
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minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less
November 11, 2023 at 8:23 PM
minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less
I took pictures of the moon last night and noticed a dove (pigeon) on the roof
October 28, 2023 at 10:21 AM
I took pictures of the moon last night and noticed a dove (pigeon) on the roof