Ntumbà ✨
@mwela.bsky.social
Neurodiverse African womanist. Formerly @aspiritualmood on various platforms.
Profile pic by Zwelethu Machepa
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Profile pic by Zwelethu Machepa
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Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
January 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Friends, for something to be open source, we need to see
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
1. The data it was trained & evaluated on
2. The code
3. Model architecture
4. Model weights.
DeepSeek only gives 3, 4. And I'll see the day that anyone gives us #1 without being forced to do so, because all of them are stealing data.
MIZIK A VIM, le break qui fait vibrer
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January 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I deleted all my IG accounts, and Facebook too. It's harder to quit twitter but I'll get there soo. Surprisingly, reddit has been some kind of safe haven (I do stay out of the main/popular subreddits though). I'd like to read more books this year, so this will help.
January 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I deleted all my IG accounts, and Facebook too. It's harder to quit twitter but I'll get there soo. Surprisingly, reddit has been some kind of safe haven (I do stay out of the main/popular subreddits though). I'd like to read more books this year, so this will help.
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Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more
January 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Fun fact: if you're buying from a creator on etsy, you can reduce their etsy selling fees from 6.5% to 2.5% by ordering via 'shopname.etsy.com' instead of 'etsy.com/shopname' or searching from the main site. It costs you the same but the creator makes more
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“I didn’t [write this book] out of desire; desire would never be enough to sustain such explorations. I did it to save my life.” — Toi Derricotte discussing the process of writing what became THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS
January 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
“I didn’t [write this book] out of desire; desire would never be enough to sustain such explorations. I did it to save my life.” — Toi Derricotte discussing the process of writing what became THE BLACK NOTEBOOKS
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Abandon the narrative of Zuckerberg capitulating to please Donald
And based it in the historical reality
Of someone who ran a racist abusive platform towards Black and Indigenous people was just waiting
And the reporting we had on tech and race for the past five years enabled it
And based it in the historical reality
Of someone who ran a racist abusive platform towards Black and Indigenous people was just waiting
And the reporting we had on tech and race for the past five years enabled it
January 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Abandon the narrative of Zuckerberg capitulating to please Donald
And based it in the historical reality
Of someone who ran a racist abusive platform towards Black and Indigenous people was just waiting
And the reporting we had on tech and race for the past five years enabled it
And based it in the historical reality
Of someone who ran a racist abusive platform towards Black and Indigenous people was just waiting
And the reporting we had on tech and race for the past five years enabled it
Also I really want to leave twitter but not all my mutuals have made it here. And nobody is live-posting my daily soapies here. I am bit bored on this app tbqh.
January 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Also I really want to leave twitter but not all my mutuals have made it here. And nobody is live-posting my daily soapies here. I am bit bored on this app tbqh.
I want to leave IG in light of recent developments but I don't know how else I can follow the various artists & cooks I subscribe to. There was a time when people had personal pages and blogs. Can we return to that please?
January 10, 2025 at 4:37 AM
I want to leave IG in light of recent developments but I don't know how else I can follow the various artists & cooks I subscribe to. There was a time when people had personal pages and blogs. Can we return to that please?
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Black people understand non-verbal communication deeply. Communication is more than just words, & taking kids to ABA isn’t the Black way forward; it’s rooted in white-centered practices that causes trauma and many of us consider abusive. Watch this 👇🏾 let me explain 1/9🧵
#nonverbal
#nonverbal
January 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Black people understand non-verbal communication deeply. Communication is more than just words, & taking kids to ABA isn’t the Black way forward; it’s rooted in white-centered practices that causes trauma and many of us consider abusive. Watch this 👇🏾 let me explain 1/9🧵
#nonverbal
#nonverbal
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Monstera Deliciosa 🍃
I normally start with a pencil sketch then go over with colour ink but with this one I kept sketching and loved where it went! #art #sketch #ProcreateArtist #pencil #monstera
I normally start with a pencil sketch then go over with colour ink but with this one I kept sketching and loved where it went! #art #sketch #ProcreateArtist #pencil #monstera
January 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Monstera Deliciosa 🍃
I normally start with a pencil sketch then go over with colour ink but with this one I kept sketching and loved where it went! #art #sketch #ProcreateArtist #pencil #monstera
I normally start with a pencil sketch then go over with colour ink but with this one I kept sketching and loved where it went! #art #sketch #ProcreateArtist #pencil #monstera
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I picked up this book randomly. I thought it would be a good way to start the year 😊 #BlackWomen #BlackWomenAlways
January 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I picked up this book randomly. I thought it would be a good way to start the year 😊 #BlackWomen #BlackWomenAlways
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10 years ago.
December 15, 2024 at 4:01 PM
10 years ago.
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“How do you live a digital life whose primary byproduct isn’t resentment? The most straightforward way: you stop posting. You leave the party.”
Posting Less
Everyone's Doing It
annehelen.substack.com
December 15, 2024 at 3:55 PM
“How do you live a digital life whose primary byproduct isn’t resentment? The most straightforward way: you stop posting. You leave the party.”
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My latest anthology is Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
You can find out more about my book plus a free plain language version and discussion guide on my website
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/disabil...
You can find out more about my book plus a free plain language version and discussion guide on my website
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/disabil...
November 17, 2024 at 4:28 AM
My latest anthology is Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire
You can find out more about my book plus a free plain language version and discussion guide on my website
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/disabil...
You can find out more about my book plus a free plain language version and discussion guide on my website
disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/disabil...
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'The Palais de Lomé, an exception to the norm, is the case study that tiny Togo is presenting to kickstart a conversation on resuscitating and archiving architecture in Africa.'
Restore, destroy or leave to rot? Battle lines drawn over west Africa’s architectural heritage
Uncompleted or abandoned buildings are a regular feature of the landscape. Now calls for restorations are increasing
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December 14, 2024 at 8:21 AM
'The Palais de Lomé, an exception to the norm, is the case study that tiny Togo is presenting to kickstart a conversation on resuscitating and archiving architecture in Africa.'
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When social media sites tell you moderation has limits I want you to know there was a time when you could only find the worst people on obscure forums created for being offensive because everywhere else moderated them into those corners.
December 13, 2024 at 7:20 PM
When social media sites tell you moderation has limits I want you to know there was a time when you could only find the worst people on obscure forums created for being offensive because everywhere else moderated them into those corners.
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Yeah that's why I wasn't getting all gung ho about "bluesky culture"
I'm just here for my people I'm never gonna get psychologically and emotionally invested in any platform itself bc these platforms don't care about us, they care about their bottom line
I'm just here for my people I'm never gonna get psychologically and emotionally invested in any platform itself bc these platforms don't care about us, they care about their bottom line
December 13, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Yeah that's why I wasn't getting all gung ho about "bluesky culture"
I'm just here for my people I'm never gonna get psychologically and emotionally invested in any platform itself bc these platforms don't care about us, they care about their bottom line
I'm just here for my people I'm never gonna get psychologically and emotionally invested in any platform itself bc these platforms don't care about us, they care about their bottom line
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We're cleaning out a storage space that hasn't been touched in years and discovered a relic
That's right, kids: you used to be able to repair mobile phones yourself!
That's right, kids: you used to be able to repair mobile phones yourself!
December 12, 2024 at 6:19 PM
We're cleaning out a storage space that hasn't been touched in years and discovered a relic
That's right, kids: you used to be able to repair mobile phones yourself!
That's right, kids: you used to be able to repair mobile phones yourself!
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I remember when you could just buy a computer program like Microsoft Word or Photoshop and just have it on your computer forever without having to pay monthly or yearly. What a time that was
December 8, 2024 at 3:21 PM
I remember when you could just buy a computer program like Microsoft Word or Photoshop and just have it on your computer forever without having to pay monthly or yearly. What a time that was
I think my ISP is throttling me and using a VPN doesn’t fix it. Very strange.
December 11, 2024 at 9:11 PM
I think my ISP is throttling me and using a VPN doesn’t fix it. Very strange.
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Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin. This piece is crucial.
Tomorrow will have been the 100th birthday of James Baldwin, so (because no one is infallible) here's him getting gently, lovingly, firmly schooled on the intersectionality of race and gender by one Nikki Giovanni
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Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin in conversation on 'SOUL!' (PART 2) | ALL ARTS Vault
Then 47-year-old novelist James Baldwin is interviewed by 28-year-old poet Nikki Giovanni in a two-part presentation of WNET’s “SOUL!" Taped in London in 197...
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December 10, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin. This piece is crucial.
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From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017:
December 10, 2024 at 3:17 AM
From an interview I did with Nikki Giovanni back in 2017: