Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A sober long deep read. Fascinating and needs a few readings. 000
Reposted by BeverleyKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776432129
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Interesting post. AI rhetoric that's hard wired into the algorithm. 020
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's a gift article and I'm enjoying reading and listening along. 000
Reposted by BeverleyNew Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · 24/09/2026NEW: New U.S. visa restrictions are deepening tensions with South Africa, as false claims of “white genocide” continue to shape Washington’s policy and fuel disputes over race and land, reports Nick Alexandra from South Africa for @newlinesmag.bsky.social newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...newlinesmag.comThe False ‘White Genocide’ Claim Reshaping US-South Africa RelationsNew visa restrictions introduced by Washington are raising the stakes in a yearlong dispute over allegations of white persecution 044
Reposted by BeverleyPast Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026🚨 Check out the new courses we've just launched to accompany our Philosophers and Great Essays series! For anyone wanting to go deeper into some of what we cover. Completely free for anyone to use. And more to come. Do please spread the word! www.ppfideas.com/coursesppfideas.comCourses | Past Present Future 2229
Reposted by BeverleyRest of World @restofworld.org · 23/09/2026The AI infrastructure boom hits the same wall in Africa that it’s hitting in Northern Virginia: local resource limits restofworld.org/2026/south-africa-a…restofworld.orgSouth Africa joins the global resistance against American data centers“A massive data center is trying to jump the queue and take our land, water, and energy.” 12414
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026... Emily Hobhouse... a pacifist, feminist, humanitarian, and most of all, a whistleblower. At great personal cost, she exposed the falling conditions in the British concentration camps run by men. Alone, she challenged a powerful empire .dailymaverick.co.zaBloemfontein event to re-enact state funeral of pacificst Emily Hobhouse 100 years laterA century after the state funeral of British pacifist, feminist and humanitarian, Emily Hobhouse, in Bloemfontein, the Emily100 movement is planning to re-enact the event. The recreation, taking place... 020
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Reading (thanks to Cape Town Library Libby) the latest New Scientist. The sorry, "sordid" AI in mathematics issues. 010
Reposted by BeverleyPatrick Iber @patrickiber.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Sounds like somebody has been reading @simontorracinta.bsky.social dissentmagazine.org/article/arti...dissentmagazine.orgOur Technological Wager - Dissent MagazineThe AI investment boom is a gamble of epic proportions. Yet on both sides of the wager, it seems, the house wins. 0143
Reposted by BeverleyJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026681410
Reposted by BeverleyMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This ancient Roman marble is a delicate representation of four sleeping puppies. It was found in Pompeii's Casa del Fauno (House of the Faun), and dates back to the first century CE. Today in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale of Napoli. [📷 Davide Ferro] Original post 524852
Reposted by BeverleyFranglaise @franglaise.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This deserves to be reposted widely 68431
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Read this. I have thoughts. I would like to be positive but... 000
Reposted by BeverleyNezaroo. I'm not an ism or an ist. @nezaroo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026You may want to start using this, pass it on. noai.duckduckgo.comnoai.duckduckgo.comDuckDuckGo No-AI: Private Search Without AIDuckDuckGo private search with all AI features turned off. The classic results you expect. Always private. 612546
Reposted by Beverleykottke.org @kottke.org · 10/09/2026The Chicago Public Library informs patrons of how much money they’ve saved borrowing from the library instead of buying. “You just saved $58.94 by using your library. You have saved $231.79 this past year and $1,107.24 since you began using the library!” [salon.com]salon.comMy library card has saved me $1,330 — and I want moreChicago Public Library tells patrons exactly what they’ve saved. I’ve become obsessed with running up the score. 27822
Reposted by BeverleyBowie's dad @80incognito.bsky.social · 09/09/2026An incredibly interesting article, by Vivienne Gunning: "The Islands That Insects Built." "I want you to understand it. It is this: the Okavango does not have a single author. Nobody planned it. Everybody built it." viviennegunning.substack.com/p/the-island...viviennegunning.substack.comThe Islands That Insects BuiltThe Secrets of the Okavango Delta — Article No. 10 251
Reposted by BeverleyJeffrey Wuhl @jeffreywuhl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026@brianbeutler.bsky.social it is WILD that the Democrats can’t muster 1/100th of this outrage and seem to be unable to understand how much righteous anger like this inspires people. Whoever this guy is should be out there every day saying this stuff somewhere 311435
Reposted by BeverleyHoward Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The more that I read about the "Hugging Face" AI hack, the more I feel like we are on the precipice Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...nytimes.comWhy the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves. 255
Reposted by BeverleySky News @news.sky.com · 04/09/2026Countries vote at UN to back new world map that shows Africa's true sizenews.sky.comCountries vote at UN to back new world map that shows Africa's true sizeOver 160 countries have voted at the United Nations to move away from a traditional global map that is nearly 500 years old towards a newer one that more accurately reflects Africa's true size. 2369
Reposted by Beverleyderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I like this Japanese artist that hand paints vintage American clothes. He turns things such as vintage hunting jackets into “animal appreciation” jackets using motifs that celebrate animals. Some of his stuff is currently up for sale at Maiden's Shop in Tokyo. IG takuro917 and maidens_shop 413239323
Reposted by BeverleyThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The wonderfully talented Marsh Family has a new parody of Alanis Morissette's song "Ironic." This will piss off Crybaby Caligula yugely. Isn't he moronic? Don't you think?😅 18737801540
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 02/09/2026A profoundly disturbing and devastating read. The first chapter on Prussian Blue has taken me a week to read in small doses because , well, just read this page for example. Borrowed from CT library via Libby. 020
Reposted by BeverleyAlison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Roman clay hot water bottles in the shape of human body parts used for therapeutic purposes some 2,000 years ago! Found in a building which may have been a healing centre. Paphos Archaeological Museum, Cyprus 📷 by me #Archaeology 23773229
Reposted by BeverleyJason Song Quinn (Comms Open) @hulkhoquinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Think about Miss Piggy. She lost a best friend and now an ex-lover in matter of 24 hours. 117313028382
Reposted by BeverleyKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/08/2026In a world of dreadful billionaires, be Dolly 332960
Reposted by BeverleyJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Left to their own devices, tech giants would capture every last second of our attention, drawing us down rabbit holes of endless doomscrolling and envy-scrolling. We have the right to rein them in and a recent wave of lawsuits shows that we can.jacobin.comDo Not Go Gentle Into Silicon Valley’s Dark NightSilicon Valley has built platforms that colonize our attention, prey on children’s vulnerabilities, and damage mental health. Lawsuits that could cost Meta as much as $1.4 trillion are showing that society can use state power to fight back. 1183
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Ella Baron on AI and the drought – cartoon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comElla Baron on AI and the drought – cartoonWhile the use of water-hungry AI becomes normalised, many areas of Britain are suffering from drought 010
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The ocean woke up soft today. Misty at the edges, flat like a secret. But the ocean isn't empty... Dolphins laughing below and she's in it now. Free. Wild. Home. Missing. Remembering. Becoming. 020
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Sober, respectful. And a call to action. Needed this calm island of decency. 0132
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 15/08/2026The levels of vileness was staggering. So very sad, for his friends and family. 010
Reposted by BeverleyACLU @aclu.org · 14/08/2026Colin Kaepernick said it best: Our freedoms won't defend themselves — it will take all of us to protect our civil rights and liberties. The future we deserve is worth fighting for. 6605159
Reposted by BeverleySholto David @sholtodavid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A tool used to rephrase plagiarised text changed "final solution" to "mass killing of an ethnic group" in a chemistry paper. Now retracted thanks to a PubPeer user who spotted this. pubpeer.com/publications... 271037404
Reposted by BeverleyKanchan @kayehm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026There's also a massive knowledge gap: 66% of drivers didnt know large SUVs pose higher risks for VRUs More shockingly - 86% of current SUV owners don't know that a child hit by an SUV is 82% more likely to die than one struck by a smaller car, with the risk increasing to 130% for under 10. 1698
Reposted by BeverleyGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 05/08/2026"The best thing for being sad is to learn something. This is the only thing that never fails." I swear I'm going to memorize this quote (and possibly also reread The Once and Future King) 36522
Reposted by Beverleyavidreader8.bsky.social @avidreader8.bsky.social · 31/07/2026#booksky #books #Kindleunlimited #thriller #suspense #romance #novels #geopolitical #mythological #darkromance #women #contemporary #fiction #fantasy #crime #amazon #sifi #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #author #readers #indie 454095314
Reposted by BeverleyRichard Stupart @richardstupart.com · 28/07/2026This has been a rough week for AI submissions at the journal, but it's also led to some reflection around why I seem to react so strongly to academics using AI to write their papers and make up references for them. 1/9 1158
Reposted by BeverleyTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Lecture 2: "A World of Empire" Totalitarianism did not emerge from nowhere. It was a response particularly to empires that Europeans had created. Free online course: "Hitler and Stalin Today" Hosted by the Munk School @utoronto.ca Full lecture: youtu.be/PDOGV5Gl6SE?... 21880357
Reposted by BeverleyKaren K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I keep thinking about how often the mass layoffs in media, government and big companies, especially women and people of color, will lead to poorer outcomes for years because the people who would point out potential problems or blind spots were deemed non-essential, a "bad fit", and/or too expensive. 171786396
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 25/07/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgjs... My prediction. Like many former ANC supporters couldnt hold their nose and vote ANC many Capetonians who supported the DA and G Hill Lewis, will not vote DA and rather stay away. Citizens have been sidelined & suffer the questionable planning tribunal decisions.youtube.comClean Break: Inside the Capture of Cape Town’s Planning TribunalYouTube video by Daily Maverick 140
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Nelson Mandela held a mirror to humanity – and showed us what solidarity means | Zohran Mamdani www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comNelson Mandela held a mirror to humanity – and showed us what solidarity means | Zohran MamdaniIn a speech given on Wednesday in honor of Nelson Mandela Day, New York’s mayor reflects on what Madiba can teach us in a fractured era 000
Beverley @bevfromcapetown.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Our household enjoyed and were enlightened by the History of The Ukraine. Look forward to this lecture series. 020