Beverley
@bevfromcapetown.bsky.social
Lover of music and art. Servant to a rescue cat and dog. Mostly Cape Town. Flâneur. Crafty person. Istanbul-phile/bore. Warning - Posts might contain typos.
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We always knew FIFA were the shit on Satan's hoof, right? This is from 2011
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 AM
We always knew FIFA were the shit on Satan's hoof, right? This is from 2011
Christmas Craft workshops at Central Library. Mainly re-using old books, pamphlets, toilet roll inners.
December 6, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Christmas Craft workshops at Central Library. Mainly re-using old books, pamphlets, toilet roll inners.
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
The Great Derangement.
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The Great Derangement.
We truly are in the midst of (what Ian McEwan calls) the Great derangement.
I'm sure Vladimir can't wait
Imagine being the second person to get the FIFA Peace Prize
December 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We truly are in the midst of (what Ian McEwan calls) the Great derangement.
Could not have said this better.
I feel like every day I sound more and more like a censorious, self-righteous prude, but for the record I think the way sports betting has insinuated itself into everything is another sign of societal decadence and profound moral rot.
Wtf are we doing?
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
December 5, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Could not have said this better.
Spekboom!
With a miracle plant, an 800,000-hectare challenge and the promise of 100,000 green jobs, South Africa’s thicket restoration has been named a Unep World Restoration Flagship. This overlooked ecosystem is becoming a global model for climate resilience and community revival.
SA’s award-winning thicket project on track to create 100,000 jobs and revive 800,000 hectares | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 5, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Spekboom!
Hope from Van Gogh.
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Hope from Van Gogh.
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Thanks to a commnt from Domestic Goddess @nigella.bsky.social I found the delightful Podyssey .Spotify unwrapped announced that @Alex Andreou's Podyssey got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
My Top Podcast of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Thanks to a commnt from Domestic Goddess @nigella.bsky.social I found the delightful Podyssey .Spotify unwrapped announced that @Alex Andreou's Podyssey got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
My Top Podcast of 2025
Spotify
www.spotify.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Thanks to a commnt from Domestic Goddess @nigella.bsky.social I found the delightful Podyssey .Spotify unwrapped announced that @Alex Andreou's Podyssey got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped.
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
www.spotify.com/wrapped-shar...
Some (actually many) beautiful words, images and poems and stories from South Africa
“Do not let hatred make a home in your heart,” she would say. “Let the light do its work.”
The Battlefield Within: An Elder’s Journey from Struggle to Stillness - Jay Naido
KUDU Journal, issue 3, pg 10
kudujournal.wordpress.com/archive/
The Battlefield Within: An Elder’s Journey from Struggle to Stillness - Jay Naido
KUDU Journal, issue 3, pg 10
kudujournal.wordpress.com/archive/
Archive
KUDU Issue N. 3 December 2025 Free download (PDF) HERE Contributors Jay Naidoo Hamilton Wende Wandile Sihlobo Donvé Lee Cornelia Fick Martha Landman Warren Jeremy Rourke Mike Boyd Skyla Buchanan Fa…
kudujournal.wordpress.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Some (actually many) beautiful words, images and poems and stories from South Africa
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How gambling is stealing South Africa’s future, and how saving can win it back.
As gambling tears homes apart, savings groups are winning the real bet | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
How gambling is stealing South Africa’s future, and how saving can win it back.
Further updates from Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Further updates from Bellingcat www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
Listen to his music .. Ethiopian jazz. Fabulous.
#BlueZicos
#MusicChallenge
"Retro 2025"
3/12 : Jazz
Mulatu Astatke – *Mulatu Plays Mulatu (septembre)
youtu.be/WxNbcYv1tHA?...
#MusicChallenge
"Retro 2025"
3/12 : Jazz
Mulatu Astatke – *Mulatu Plays Mulatu (septembre)
youtu.be/WxNbcYv1tHA?...
Mulatu
YouTube video by Mulatu Astatke - Topic
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Listen to his music .. Ethiopian jazz. Fabulous.
Fascinating. Rebel governance, AQIM and the Sahel.
Islamophobia is rampant domestically, but the West's withdrawal from the international stage - in terms of military, but also aid and soft power - means more and more countries succumbing to militant Islamist regimes.
How do we square that circle? Absolutely fascinating discussion.
How do we square that circle? Absolutely fascinating discussion.
In Mali's capital, the city is surrounded by militants from an Al-Qaeda affiliate. But would the fall of a Russian-backed military govt be worse? And is this inevitable result of cutting aid to the world's poorest nations?
I spoke to Tessa Deveraux of #LSE.
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I spoke to Tessa Deveraux of #LSE.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
December 3, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Fascinating. Rebel governance, AQIM and the Sahel.
Appalling. My god.
Sipho, a bright and hopeful 14-year-old from Pretoria, faces daily torment at school through relentless bullying that threatens his confidence, safety and dreams. The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Basic Education has raised serious concerns about the prevalence of bullying in schools ...
Confronting the teenage bullying crisis - Sipho's tormented SA school life | Daily Maverick
www.dailymaverick.co.za
December 2, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Appalling. My god.
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📌 There are at least 27 journalists and media workers in prison in Turkey.
See the full list here ⬇️
expressioninterrupted.com/census.php
#JournalismIsNotACrime
See the full list here ⬇️
expressioninterrupted.com/census.php
#JournalismIsNotACrime
November 28, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📌 There are at least 27 journalists and media workers in prison in Turkey.
See the full list here ⬇️
expressioninterrupted.com/census.php
#JournalismIsNotACrime
See the full list here ⬇️
expressioninterrupted.com/census.php
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Not onlycooking. Crafter quickly have their posts copied by non real people. Literally within 24hrs IG is flooded with fakes using real people demos.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Not onlycooking. Crafter quickly have their posts copied by non real people. Literally within 24hrs IG is flooded with fakes using real people demos.
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This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
November 23, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This reminds me of Cardinal John Henry Newman's book Definition of a Gentleman. I often cite Newman's book because it's so instructive. The term gentleman is so overwrought and frequently abused, but to the degree it means anything at all, I think Newman captures it here:
Archive of Ingrid Jonker. Back in South Africa.
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Archive of Ingrid Jonker. Back in South Africa.