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Keegan Leech

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I'm Keegan Leech! Researcher @africacheck.org. South African. You can follow me on some of the other websites too. Mutuals feel free to DM me. Personal site: https://keeganleech.co.za/ he/him

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Africa Check @africacheck.org · 2d

🚰 Johannesburg’s water crisis has become a political flashpoint. Veteran politician Helen Zille made 6 claims about Joburg & Cape Town’s water infrastructure.

We fact-checked them:
✅ 2 correct
❌ 4 incorrect

🔎 Read more: africacheck.info/zille_water

Fact-checking Helen Zille’s claims about Johannesburg’s water crisis

Zille clashed with radio host Anele Mdoda, making claims about water infrastructure. We tested them for accuracy.

africacheck.info

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 2d

Nah, it's not worth logging on today.

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 3d

This is such a great idea!!

Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 3d

I'm mostly not even joking. I love post!

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 3d

Postcards with charming watercolours on the front.

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 3d

What wood he do?

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Blade Wielding Bisexual (Lordean arc) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 3d

Putting aside the question of AI personhood, a slur requires a history of dehumanization.

In order to fuction, the slur has to call into being that history of dehumanization for its injurious force. There is no such history for LLMs, regardless of claims otherwise.

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 4d

Terminator, but I suspect that gut response is not actually the correct answer.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 4d

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags

Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

www.theguardian.com

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 4d

Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 4d

Tusk by Fleetwood Mac has entered the chat

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 4d

In defense of Taylor Swift...what's the best 12th album anyone has ever made?

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Isaiah D. Colbert @shineyezehuhh.bsky.social · Sep 9

Just saw these stills from Akira Kurosawa's High and Low and said "Good heavens" out loud.

Man peering out of a bed of flowers with a reflection shining back from his glasses.

Back facing shot of a man watching sail boats from behind a fence.

Silhouette of a man pulling a gun on another man as he looks at the backdrop of the mountains

Mustached man gripping his briefcase tightly, face scrunched up in a scowl, as he rides in a filled passenger car.

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 5d

@kafsofit.bsky.social

Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 5d

This is great! I've been saying to people since I got on here that "Bluesky's *theoretically* decentralised, but..."
But illustrating why and how, and why that problem is both so consequential and so entrenched... Like the blog post says, it's enough to put you to sleep. 😅 This does it so well.

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 5d

Honourable mentions would probably include:
Palm Springs
Problemista
Conclave

Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 5d

Some popular choices I agree with:
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Nope
Sinners
Godzilla Minus One
RRR
Past Lives (😭😭)

I'd also like to add the personal suggestion Drive My Car

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 5d

I think "of the decade" implies released in the 2020s, so I don't know if any of these count. 😅

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Daily Maverick @dailymaverick.co.za · 6d

South Africans sailing with the Gaza Sumud Flotilla describe the interception, as Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela calls for his ‘immediate release’ and the fleet’s organisers decry the Israeli navy’s action as a ‘war crime’.

Gaza flotilla: Mandela, 2 other S Africans detained by Israel

www.dailymaverick.co.za

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 7d

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 7d

Nosferatu Joseph is my favourite one. 😌 It gives off the vibe of, "Please, Count Orlok sounds so formal. Call me..."

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 7d

They're NOT?!

Spotlight @spotlightnsp.bsky.social · 7d

DID YOU KNOW? Medical devices aren’t regulated in SA. The country's regulator has however started down a road that should eventually lead to the regulation of all medical devices.

www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2025/10/01/m...

Medical devices aren’t regulated in SA, but that is set to change

Unlike with medicines, and with a few exceptions, South Africa’s regulator does not assess whether diagnostic tests and other medical devices on the market are safe and work as they are supposed to. T...

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 7d

Nashlasher

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Africa Check @africacheck.org · 7d

📍Dakar, Senegal

Day 1 of #AfricaFactsSummit2025 is underway!

Panels, keynotes & breakout sessions explore fact-checking, sustainability, AI tools & access to information.

Stay tuned for highlights as we strengthen information integrity & safeguard democracy.

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 7d

NJ must be able to stand for something spooky.
Unfortunately, all my under-caffeinated brain can offer up is "the Loch Ness Jonster".

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Keegan Leech @keeganleech.co.za · 8d

One Battle After Another spoilers without context.