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Louis Oelofse

@loelof.bsky.social
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Journo at Deutsche Welle dw.com, Chevening alumnus, traveller, interested in some art and most history, wannabe baker, drinker of coffee. 🇿🇦 in 🇩🇪

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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
A jagged little pill last night.
Alanis Morissette singing on stage in Den Haag, Netherlands
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
This, is everything!!!
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Solid arguments and whitty writing. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
theatlantic.com
Mark Rutte Needs to Stop Talking
Flattering Trump will get Europe nowhere.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Tomorrow we go, let's do this #GMF26 @deutschewelle.dw.com
Louis Oelofse's badge for the DW Global Media Forum 2026
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I know people who have tackled this race, it is the sheer madness of it, that makes it so unique. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Sweat, tears and camaraderie as 20,000 runners take on world’s largest ultramarathon
For one day every June, South Africa’s searing racial inequality seems to melt away at Comrades race
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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Running the 55-mile Comrades ultramarathon is so normal in South Africa that it's hard to find someone who doesn't know a finisher. Covering the 12-hour race was one of the most life-affirming experiences of my career. Read my story here, with beautiful photos by James Oatway.
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Sweat, tears and camaraderie as 20,000 runners take on world’s largest ultramarathon
For one day every June, South Africa’s searing racial inequality seems to melt away at Comrades race
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GroundUp News @groundup.org.za · 04/06/2026
On 24 May SITA published a statement denying social media claims that “SITA and government infrastructure” had been hit by a “cyberattack or unauthorised access”. Read groundup.org.za/article/sita... by Joel Cedras and Nathan Geffen
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The state says its computer systems are secure. We looked. They’re not
SITA’s internet services have more than 5,000 security flaws
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Reuters Institute @reutersinstitute.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
NYT publisher A. G. Sulzberger on why (and how) publishers should fight AI platforms “Our profession has been too quiet, too passive and too fragmented in the face of these abuses,” he said at the World News Media Congress Read his speech in full reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/new-yor...
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New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger on why (and how) news publishers should fight AI platforms
“Our profession has been too quiet, too passive and too fragmented in the face of abuses by AI companies,” he says at the World News Media Congress
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Dean Wingrin @deanwingrin.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
SANDF is cash-strapped Military analyst, Dean Wingrin speaks to Joanne Joseph on #TheDailyDiscourse on South Africa’s military and the consequences of years of defunding, leading to loss of capabilities. omny.fm/shows/thedai...
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SANDF is cash-strapped - The Daily Discourse
South Africa’s military is reportedly cash-strapped. Reports say the South African National Defence Force has had to ground most of its Oryx helicopters except for one, because the fleet is old and th...
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Happy Africa Day
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
The number of executions worldwide reached its highest level in more than four decades in 2025, driven largely by a sharp increase in Iran, Amnesty International said. www.dw.com/en/execution...
dw.com
Executions worldwide hit 40-year high, Amnesty says
The human rights group Amnesty International confirmed that at least 2,707 people were put to death in 2025 but said the actual number was much higher. Despite these figures, there are indications of ...
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Have some fun and watch this: youtu.be/iU3PSAAgbrU?...
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Strike Force Five Is And Always Will Be: Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers, Oliver and Colbert
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Open Secrets ZA @opensecrets.org.za · 04/05/2026
The deadline for the Open Secrets internships has been extended! Are you interested in holding the private sector to account? APPLY HERE: www.opensecrets.org.za/https-form-j…
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Suid Africa munisipale verkiesings is op 4 November. www.netwerk24.com/nuus/politie...
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PAS BEKEND | Datum vir munisipale verkiesing aangekondig | Netwerk24
Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa het Donderdag aangekondig dat die munisipale verkiesing vanjaar op 4 November sal plaasvind.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
I was in the fetal position in the shower crying over the news that South Africa was losing a national treasure...but then 1/2
Picture of Chuckles chocolate sold by Woolworths in South Africa.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Viktor Orbán concedes defeat. www.dw.com/en/hungary-e...
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Hungary election: Orban concedes 'painful' defeat to Magyar
Veteran Prime Minister Viktor Orban has acknowledged the victory of Peter Magyar and his Tisza party in Hungary's parliamentary election. DW has the latest.
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European Space Agency @esa.int · 11/04/2026
🎉#Artemis II update: Integrity is back on Earth! At 01:07 BST/02:07 CEST, Orion and its crew splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. 🚀Our European Service Module propelled Orion over 1 million km through deep space, before burning up in Earth's atmosphere, its job complete 🔥 www.esa.int/Science_Expl...
NASA's Orion spacecraft and its crew splashed down safely in a deep blue Pacific Ocean, marking the successful end of the Artemis II mission.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
This headline is brilliant, it says so much in so few words: JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
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JD Vance accuses EU of ‘interference’ as he visits Hungary to help Orbán win election
US vice-president rails against ‘bureaucrats in Brussels’ interfering in Sunday’s vote as he arrives in Budapest
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Josef Aschbacher @josefaschbacher.esa.int · 02/04/2026
For the first time in more than half a century, humanity is reaching beyond Earth once again – not just to return to the Moon, but to redefine what is possible together. www.esa.int/Science_Expl... #Artemis
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Hell yes! #Artemis
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Godspeed, Artemis II
Artemis II mission launch
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The Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The autocrats are taking over the world bit.ly/4dckimc
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The autocrats are taking over the world | The Observer
Three out of four people now live under some kind of authoritarian rule, and the trend is growing. So how did we lose our love of liberties?
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Valid sentiment
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WIRED @wired.com · 13/03/2026
The company's generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers. www.wired.com/story/google...
wired.com
Google's AI Searches Love to Refer You Back to Google
The company's generative AI search tools increasingly cite its own services, like Google Search and YouTube, over third-party publishers.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
How the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them
Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ramaphosa’s decision to deploy the SANDF is deeply flawed. Here’s why www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...
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Ramaphosa’s decision to deploy the SANDF is deeply flawed. Here’s why
President Ramaphosa’s deployment of the SANDF against gangsterism overlooks critical issues, revealing the military's struggle against neglect and underfunding while failing to tackle the root cau…
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26/01/2026
Exclusive: Border Patrol “Commander at Large” Gregory Bovino has been removed from his role and is expected to retire soon, sources tell Nick Miroff.
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Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
"When people are determined they can overcome anything." - a quote by Nelson Mandela, feeling very relevant
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
New Year, new season of The Continent being published weekends, highly recommended!
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
There is a "deepening sentiment among NATO leaders and other longtime allies that they can no longer consider the United States a reliable ally." www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
politico.com
Trump steps back from the brink on Greenland. But the damage has been done.
The president’s effort to acquire Greenland, even with the threat of force off the table, has changed the way allies see the U.S.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump
In a speech at Davos, written by Carney himself, the Canadian prime minister laid out his doctrine for a world of fractured international norms
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WIRED @wired.com · 15/01/2026
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...
wired.com
Wikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than Ever
As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
This story absolutely broke my heart today www.dw.com/en/kenya-mou...
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Kenya mourns death of iconic elephant Craig – DW – 01/03/2026
Craig was one of the last remaining elephants identified as super tuskers in Africa, but also became a symbol for conservation.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
The news I need now!
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Nieman Lab @niemanlab.org · 25/12/2025
"We will lose. The public will lose." www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/we-g...
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We guarantee the death of most remaining newsrooms
"We're not learning from the past. Instead, we're approaching this new era of generative AI much like we did platforms."
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
For Americans, the Vietnam War might have been the first war they saw on TV, but for us in South Africa, it was the Iraq War and the 24-hour television news revolution brought to our homes by Peter Arnett and others at CNN. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
washingtonpost.com
Peter Arnett, Pulitzer winner who covered wars in Vietnam and Iraq, dies at 91
The New Zealand native reported live for CNN from Baghdad as missiles rained down on the city in 1991 and covered the Vietnam War for more than a decade.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Bypass censorship corporate.dw.com/en/dw-access...
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DW Access: New app counters global censorship
DW Access is a lightweight app designed to ensure access to independent information in regions where digital freedom is under threat. It provides users with a secure way to reach DW content even under...
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
What you need to know about the Russia-Ukraine war this week. www.dw.com/en/us-plan-t...
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US efforts to end the Ukraine war: Progress and roadblocks – DW – 12/12/2025
There has been a flurry of diplomatic activity between Washington, Kyiv, Moscow and European capitals to discuss a plan to end the war. But US President Donald Trump says he's tired of talking — he wa...
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Mexico will play South Africa in their opening match at the #FIFA World Cup they are co-hosting, just as South Africa did when they hosted the tournament.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Might be a fake radio station but its playing real bangers. I'm here for the 80s retro! Check out WSQK on Global Player - share-gp.globalplayer.com/live/wsqk/uk/
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WSQK - Listen Live | Global Player
The Squawk. Access your favourite WSQK shows now!
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
War inc.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 28/11/2025
It’s here: Our list of 100 Notable Books of 2025. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/b...
A collage of book covers. A headline reads: "The New York Times Book Review's 100 Notable Books of 2025."
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
I have previously seen the work of MSF in Haiti and in several conflict zones in Africa. They do great work, please support them if you can.
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Doctors Without Borders @doctorswithoutborders.org · 24/11/2025
What a two-week rotation at a hospital in Kherson, Ukraine looks like: The medical team doesn't leave the hospital because it's too dangerous. With near-daily bombing in the area, they create a basement shelter & gym, and deals with power cuts during surgery. The full doc: bit.ly/4py4pcP
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Worth a listen, from a guy who knows music better than most.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
We shall remember them p.dw.com/p/53RPF
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World War I Armistice Day remembered in Ypres and elsewhere – DW – 11/11/2025
World War I fighting officially stopped at 11 a.m. on November 11 in 1918. Ceremonies marking the anniversary took place around much of the world, including the Menin Gate at Ypres in Belgium.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Springboks!!!! Doing the captain and the country proud. #rugby
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Per the White House pool, Brazil’s Lula has become the first world leader (I believe) publicly to urge Trump to get the cameras out of the room so their private talks can begin. Amazing it has taken this long.
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Louis Oelofse @loelof.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Proud to have contributed to this important research on AI and news accuracy. www.reuters.com/business/med...
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AI assistants make widespread errors about the news, new research shows
Leading AI assistants misrepresent news content in nearly half their responses, according to new research published on Wednesday by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the BBC.
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