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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 7h

In case you missed it, the price of petrol in South Africa surpassed R30 per litre today. The highest in history. And it shows no sign of slowing down. As Daily Maverick says, this is absolutely going to affect every supply chain […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 12h

The 2026 the*gamehers Awards winners are out: thegamehers.com/awards/2026/winners… If you know any of these people, congratulate them! If they're on the Fediverse, follow them if you don't already. And if they're *not* on the Fediverse, pester them until they join. :) […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 13h

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 14h

"Your worth is worth nothing, when it's at someone else's cost." -- The Parolotones (Push Me to the Floor) #quotes #music #selfworth

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Bedfordview Methodist Church @bedfordviewmc.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 14h

AN OPEN INVITATION TO FOLLOW CHRIST JESUS If you do not yet know Christ Jesus, or if you have wandered from God, the invitation is open to all. God’s grace is drawing all to turn to Christ, confess our sins, trust in His death and resurrection, and receive forgiveness and new life. Speak with […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

The OfferZen 2026 Salary and Benefits report is out: www.offerzen.com/resources/develope… * 49% of developers feel underpaid, with juniors feeling it most * 36% report increased earnings potential thanks to AI * 50% say AI frees them up […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

An interesting case study on whether a company can be held liable for incorrect information that its AI chatbot serves to customers: gadget.co.za/blamechatbot32t/?utm_s… #AI

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

Do you think that people should have the right to jailbreak or otherwise bypass any locks or restrictions on hardware that they own? techcentral.co.za/jailbreak-digital… A prominent South African thinks we definitely […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026

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Bedfordview Methodist Church @bedfordviewmc.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

"May these words of my mouth and this meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer." Psalm 19:14 #Bible #Faith

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Also, here's how blind and visually impaired people (or anyone with a disability) in South Africa can get a special vote in next month's local government elections: retinasa.org.za/local-government-el… #SouthAfrica #LGE2026 #accessibility

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Garden's aren't just for looking at. Plant a Sensory Garden, so that blind and visually impaired people in your family don't feel left out: retinasa.org.za/a-garden-you-can-fe… #gardening #accessibility

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

Anyone in South Africa doing or interested in diamond dot? A friend of mine is holding a raffle, where you can win diamond dot painting kits. Tickets are R10, and she's only selling 100. The prize is worth about R1000. If you're interested, please message her (Michelle) on 083 721 0059 to find […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

"If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know." -- Thomas Wolfe #quotes #motivation

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

Meta's smart glasses are coming to South Africa: techcentral.co.za/meta-smart-glasse… Meta's glasses are rather expensive, and not really marketed towards the visually impaired. But no matter how much people hate them, they have had […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Heard on the radio: "That's not a real job!" "Well, it's a job, and he makes a lot of money doing it, so it must be a real job." :-P #work

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Michael Thomas @michael.mstdn.thms.uk.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Okay, Silly mastodon spammers targeting Eugen is just amazing 😂

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

If you still have a green ID book in South Africa (like me), you will now have until March 2028 to switch over to a Smart ID card: techcentral.co.za/home-affairs-gree… What shocks me is that they are actually still producing *new* […]

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Daniel Lakeland @dlakelan.mastodon.sdf.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Fediverse, the social media system for 40+ year old people who built the world wide web and regret it.

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

Author friends: Joanna Penn is busy revamping her amazing "How to Market a Book" (it's already had three editions over the years), and she wants to hear about your struggles with book marketing […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

I took some inspiration from a friend of mine, who did this using Grok, against his X account. I asked ChatGPT to analyse my public Mastodon profile, and based on the information contained therein, to generate an image of a fictional kingdom that I would […] [Original post on mastodon.africa]

A fantasy-style image of a beautiful kingdom with winding dirt roads, a Copernican observatory, a telescope, a castle, etc. It also features what looks like a Wizard's Tower, along with several people clustered around a table, as if playing a TTRPG. Prominently displayed, right at the entrance, is a banner showing a Christian cross with an open book (obstensibly a Bible), and symbols of scientific connections below it.

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Allen but one of the bad ones, woooo @uastronomer.mastodon.monoceros.co.za.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

If you ever want to explain the concept of Technical Debt to a linguist, just tell them "It's like why English is the way it is"

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

"You, who are so-called illegal aliens, must know that no human being is "illegal." That is a contradiction in terms. Human beings can be beautiful or more beautiful, they can be fat or skinny, they can be right or wrong, but illegal? How can a human being be illegal?" -- Elie Wiesel #quotes […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Some guy paid a ransom, but the attackers leaked his data anyway. Now he wants us to ban ransomware payments: techcentral.co.za/should-south-afri… No, dude. If you were dumb enough to pay, and you got burnt, it's your problem […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Oh my WORD! I've just seen an email talking about the approaching Festive Season. It's a shop with a special on Christmas Trees! :-O #Christmass

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

The Wiktionary Word of the Day today is "jocoserious". I never knew there was a word for it, because it describes what I am pretty much 99.9% of the time! :D en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jocoserious?… #English #words

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

It's almost time to wake up that dude from Green Day.... #music #jokes

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Unless they've been living under a rock, no-one in South Africa could be forgiven for not knowing about ProNutro being discontinued. It really is very sad, peeps. There's not a single person over 21 who doesn't have fond memories. I know I do. And we were led to believe that the problem was […]

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

On this day in 1992 (44 years ago!), Cheers first aired on US television. It came to South Africa for the first time sometime around 1983 or 1984. #OnThisDay #TV

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

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Graham Downs @grahamdowns.mastodon.africa.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@hfalcke/1173078322… I have scientific proof now, that roughly 40% of Mastodon users are either logically challenged or have a decent sense of humor. I have a strong inclination towards the latter interpretation, which makes me smile 😊. (Note, that some users […]

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