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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I need Oct/Nov Elections both here & internationally to be done. It's a good idea to see levels to which people will stoop for money; removes a cloak? Somewhat amusing. BUT, more importantly: there's the very real realities of ordinary folks they affect. Entirely irksome.

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

At the risk of overexplaining: hopefully it goes without saying that adults inevitably *do* harm each other. But, that we should try not to in what/how we say; do. That it won't all be halcyon on the porch or whatever — but that there eventually is value in that.. endeavor.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

There's validity in using descriptive language for cases involving harm. But: we must guard against not reducing the natures thereof. Won't keep harmony but, we just shouldn't harm each other. I feel like, that's a big part of what most of us were taught as kids?

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The concept of an "AI Agent" has been bandied about lately. Suggesting AI acts on its own. To be clear: that's always going to be bullshit. A human element will have always been involved at part of a process that led to [insert thing threatening form of function we value].

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Our differences are our strength; not a weakness. Let's remain focused on building together. Happy Heritage Day, South Africa.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This week has been a year, right? Emotionally tiring. Physically, we're still here, though. I'm at a point where I need things/people to mean something? In this context: maybe we get to be of use to someone in need going forward? By something we do/say. Let's keep going.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A lot is happening all at once right now. If it feels overwhelming? It's not wrong. You're not weird. How you feel, is valid. Whatever it is you need to do right now to balance your sense of self? Do. Do so in a healthy way. Look after yourself and your emotional health.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Sometimes you don't survive whole, you just survive in part. But the grandeur of life is that attempt. It's not about that solution. It is about being as fearless as one can, and behaving as beautifully as one can, under completely impossible circumstances." — Morrison

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nothing happens in a vacuum; everything is connected. And, as eloquently illustrated by Dr Assal Rad over the past few years in particular, joining those dots isn't a complicated endeavor. This book is a valuable contribution to society. One for which I'm thankful.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The idea of 'freedom', the very reality thereof, is inextricably linked with- and to that of folks in Palestine. Folks in Sudan. Folks in Congo, etc. Being receptive to understanding why that is, *that* — is a meaningful way by which we go forward from whatever *here*, now, is.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

"Mostly, we don't want to harm each other..." Small Kindnesses by Danusha Laméris. Read by Helena Bonham Carter

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Also: an opportune time for a reminder that English is a language, folks — a vehicle for communication. It is not a measure of intelligence.

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

No media platform with a backbone, mindful of the everything that has been everything in particular 2026 — and, with specific reference to Venezuela and the US, should be using words like "deal" or, "pact" when it comes to their resource of oil.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

That's 1% of what was sought. 1%. Meta reported $59.89bn in revenue for *just* the 4th quarter of 2025 (The Guardian, Jan 2026) Also: this is specific to the 29 States that brought the case; not applicable worldwide. This victory feels simultaneously important & hollow.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

80 isn't "gone too soon". Dolly Parton lived a full life. I think what makes this loss noteworthy, is that in this life, we don't ever truly know what's going on in a person's heart? But, I think Dolly gave folks a pretty good glimpse into hers. And, it was beautiful.

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Skyfall by Adele is such a beautiful song. And, it is a beautiful moment in time. There is nothing that is "the perfect" whatever, but to the extent of Bond, it's close to the concept thereof.

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The reality of what it means to be a woman today, is being chipped away at, systematically. And, it's not coming from a space of believing in equality and basic decency. It's coming from a space of willful ignorance and greedy vested interests. We must all guard against it.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Apropos of nothing: "if you can't beat them, join them" is widely known. Being a fellow human being in 2026, I can appreciate that line of *thinking* making sense at times? But: I want us to remember that we get to hold ourselves accountable to a higher standard *in practice*.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

This is the kind of thing for which vested interests get mad at Mamdani. Him and his administration just doing their damn jobs: being of service to average folks in New York City. Nothing about any of what he's done is "controversial". Not unless you're lost as a human being.

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Being open to *constructive* criticism & accountability is never a reduction to your.. being; it's an addition. At numerous points in time, I have/will have been wrong; unseemly — and hopefully called-out/corrected on it. That's a good thing. Unlearn; mature. (Continuously).

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 24/07/2026

Wife: Just take the 10-year-old to the pool party and don’t make a scene with the other parents. Me:

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I love learning things I didn't know from folks who are knowledgeable on it. Oh, word, so *that's* a common architectural technique? Hmm, *that's* an interesting economic concept? The dung beetle does *what*? A whale feeds its babies *how*? Makes life feel a little less kaka.

Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

As weary as we get as South Africans from the everything that are politicians / public officials (Madlanga Commission, etc.) and geopolitics, it is incumbent on us to never completely tire of progressing our country. Nobody is coming. *We're* the us we need, folks. Focus.

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

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Feel like "every Jessica is a good Jessica" is one of those slogans that can work on multiple levels

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

And getting the same treatment as a decade ago. Because, conflicted interests. 😩

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AC Fick 📚 @acfick72.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Read at least 20 of these authors' books: Margaret Atwood Gore Vidal Muriel Spark Philip Roth Joyce Carol Oates Gabriel García Márquez J. M. Coetzee Toni Morrison André Brink Philip K. Dick Ursula K. Le Guin Doris Lessing Nadine Gordimer Graham Greene Julian Barnes Italo Calvino Umberto Eco 🫅🏾📚🤓📖🗝🚪

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anotherhuman.bsky.social @anotherhuman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Earthquakes in #Venezuela Wildires in #Spain Typhoons in the #Philippines Climate change is happening RIGHT NOW

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I don't know why I don't want to start. It's because it's the final. What's your call?

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Duncan @duncanh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

To be clear: convicted felon. An international airport. Named after a convicted felon. America is okay with this.

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To be clear: ending this post with "Testing?" was a comment on how not okay the everything of this is? That much is clear, right?

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WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram.. Is it too much to say: This is not not good. This should not happen. Any of it. Testing?

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Good for E. Jean Carroll that she has received [legal] justice. I wish her well. Sad, that: 24 hours from this: that the President of the United States *did this*, will have been a story that's buried in him saying/doing something "shocking" about Iran or, being bigoted. Or, or. Again. Lapped up.

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Go see and follow the South African page @groundup.org.za They do exceptional Journalism in what one would expect the field to be. Literally from the ground, up.

AC Fick 📚 @acfick72.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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From gerontocracy to kakistocracy to necrocracy: imperial apocalypse via the morally cheapest but consequentially most expensive route . . . To invoke Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies, American dream turned global nightmare, indeed.

Still from THE GAY DECEIVERS (1969) showing Michael Greer as Malcolm looking at Sebastian Brook as Craig who is saying, "I detest cheap notoriety."

The wall behind them is decorated with a variety of flowers made of elaborately folded paper.

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I'm a one woman. This is it. Type of person. So, it is a type of thing? Doing like 3-8? I mean, I know of them? But, in 2026, still?

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It is now TWICE this week I've casually heard that being unmarried by a certain age of 30, is an "unokay?" It is? Y'all have married 1, 2, 3 people by that age & gone: yup, Lifetime? Each time? And, by, 70? Y'all okay with saying y'all have been 7 times? Absolutely no judgment? This is a thing?

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Tell people when they're being awful. Tell people when they're being amazing. Say when you're thankful. Say when you're sorry. Not *for* anything? Just be.. human? There is so little left of it.. out there?

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We often read essays about / hear talk shows speak of how, when bad things happen in the United States go: "This is not who we are". But, when.. the everything.. encountered not only *is* currently rooted there — but mostly "accepted"?, questions gotta be asked about that statement's sensibility?

The Balogun case being in the news now, has piqued my interest; only one of which actually relates to soccer: 1. Seeing replays of that moment, absolutely warranted an instant red card. 2. The birthright citizenship question currently in America? 3. Disregard/corruption of procedure in channels?

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