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Sieraaj Ahmed

@sieraajahmed.bsky.social
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#CapeTownBoy. 🇿🇦, 👶🏾, 🏳️‍🌈, movies, Mariah. Works for junk food, school fees & occasional veggies bc #adoptivedad. Columbia Journalism MA 2016, Stellenbosch Journalism Honours 2004, UWC BCom 1998. 🇵🇸 ✊🏾

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Sieraaj Ahmed @sieraajahmed.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: awethu.amandla.mobi/petitions/de...
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Demand President Ramaphosa Shut Down Embassy of Genocidal Israel Now!
Sign this petition to demand that the President Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa, Minister of International Relations and Cooperations, Ronald Lamola, and the Government of South Africa, to cut all diplomatic...
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Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Bluesky, I need your help. Or rather, my friend Makgosi does. She's trying not to get evicted from her place - as a wheelchair-user, accessible accommodation is so difficult to find - and is in a huge pickle this month. If you've got anything to spare, her PayPal is mletimile@gmail.com ❤️
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Not just Unpopular! He's also the Most Unworthy-Unqualified-Unethical-Uneducated-Unprepared-Undemocratic-Unfortunate-Unhinged-Unjust-Unread-Unappealing-Unconscionable-Untrustworthy-Unscrupulous-Unstable-Unbearable-Unlikable-Unreliable-Unsound & Unctuous President in Modern American History. 🇺🇸 🙄
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated. Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms. Collective boycott. Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
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FlaRainne @flarainnen.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Feel like I’m going insane with the revisionist history that Charlie Kirk fostered open debate. He chilled speech and his targeting of professors for wrongthink led to threats, harassment, and being forced out of their jobs. His legacy is chilling speech right now, about him
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13/09/2025
Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
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Universities around the world cut ties with Israeli academia over Gaza war
Educational bodies from Europe to South America are boycotting Israeli institutions, though Universities UK said it did not support the action A growing number of universities, academic institutions and scholarly bodies around the world are cutting links with Israeli academia amid claims that it is complicit in the Israeli government’s actions towards Palestinians. According to Gaza’s health ministry, more than 63,000 people have been killed in the territory – the majority of them civilians – with the true toll likely far higher. UN-backed experts have confirmed parts of Gaza, much of which has been reduced to rubble, are now in a “man-made” famine. Continue reading...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 12/09/2025
They can’t stop lying about Charlie Kirk…
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Sean Fay-Wolfe | Diamond Axe Studios @seanfaywolfe.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life. The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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Natasha Joseph @tashjoeza.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
I love the South African Constitution.
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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Sieraaj Ahmed @sieraajahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Love this! "The ruling comes after two Free State women and their husbands challenged the constitutionality of the act and won in the lower court. They then decided to take the matter to the apex court, saying the act is, among other things, archaic and patriarchal." #SouthAfrica
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Husbands can now legally take wives' surnames
Men can now assume their wives' surnames after the Constitutional Court ruled on Thursday that section 26(1) of the Registration of Births and Deaths Act is unconstitutional as it unfairly discriminat...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2025
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Sieraaj Ahmed @sieraajahmed.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Smartphone addiction among kids: How SA parents are fighting back
As smartphone use becomes a rite of passage for children, parents face growing challenges managing mental health, social pressures and online dangers. Discover how South African families are pushing b...
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jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
More than 300k Black women being pushed out of the labor market while white men gained 365k more jobs is what we mean when we refer to racism as systemic.
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StBH @heinekensdaily.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
mg.co.za/thought-lead... Interesting article by Professor Leslie London who teaches at UCT in Cape Town.
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Crying ‘antisemitism’ at UCT a smokescreen to suppress criticism of Israel
Inconsistent definitions and selective reporting on anti-Jewish sentiment by the board of deputies and David Saks obfuscate the real war going on at the university
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AMPHIFA @eaglerock92.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
At the upcoming UN General Assembly, by a vote of two-thirds present and voting, the UNGA should suspend Israel from the UN until it lifts its murderous siege on Gaza, based on the precedent of suspending South Africa during its apartheid regime. Remember: the US has no veto in the UNGA.
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How to stop Israel from starving Gaza
Israel has crossed the clear line into the darkest crimes.
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
*I eat half a "Party Size" bag of tortilla chips* "God, I hate myself. I'm so gross. I gotta change things up." *I eat half a "Party Size" bag of tortilla chips but dip the chips in hummus first* "I am the healthiest snacker there is. Such a good boy I am."
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Your periodic reminder that mRNA vaccines are a scientific and public health game-changer. Those that have been approved have passed stringent efficacy and safety checks. They protect you and your child against potentially fatal diseases. You may, however, get a sore arm.
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James Gunn @jamesgunn.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Man of Tomorrow. In theatres July 9, 2027
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 04/09/2025
In 1900, 31% of all deaths were children under the age of 5.  Today it’s 0.7%.  Vaccines, medications, and modern science are the reason why.  Trust the science, it’s been proven to work safely and efficiently time and time again.
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John Bailey @isucceed.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
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Denmark Makes History: Your Face and Voice Are Now Your Intellectual Property
Europe's First Digital Identity Protection Law Tackles the Deepfake Crisis Denmark is poised to become the first European nation to grant citizens copyright control over their own faces, voices, and ...
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
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Sieraaj Ahmed @sieraajahmed.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Ukraine has currently disrupted 17% of Russia’s oil refining production. If they can get the level to 30%, domestic demand would far exceed supply. That’s when things start to fall apart. (Data by Rochan Consulting)
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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
In the bookshop this morning: PARENTS: “Okay, we’re leaving now.” CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down * CHILD: “Then I guess this is goodbye.”
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks ⁦‪Prem Thakker,‬⁩ in the wake of Israel’s killing of ⁦‪Anas al Sharif. ‬⁩
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BREAKING: Israel Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-Sharif
Journalists in Gaza continue to be murdered in record numbers, while Western media outlets and reporters show little or no outrage.
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Sieraaj Ahmed @sieraajahmed.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
LOL. Google “Jacob Zuma firepool” cos this 💩 sure sounds like that 💩
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Edge O. Erin @edgeoerin.com · 04/08/2025
Hitler watching Netanyahu right now...
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a man with a beard is sitting in a car .
ALT: a man with a beard is sitting in a car .
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
POLITICO compiled a list of all the Washington Post staffers who have left in the past eight months. It’s at least a hundred names, many of them among the biggest names in journalism. This is the fastest erosion of a major outlet ever.
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
These people are beyond depraved: Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss plans to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from Gaza, annex the territory and turn it into a hi-tech, luxury resort. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Far-right Israeli politicians and settlers discuss luxury ‘Gaza riviera’ plan
Legal experts say scheme to annex territory and forcibly displace Palestinians is tantamount to ethnic cleansing
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
If this isn’t genocidal, nothing is.
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Slow-motion denialism — our leaders are allowing the HIV response to collapse. South Africa is staging a sequel to Mbeki-era denialism, only this time the science, solutions and costs are clearer. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Slow-motion denialism: SA’s leaders allowing HIV response to collapse
South Africa is staging a sequel to Mbeki-era denialism, only this time the science, solutions and costs are clearer.
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You Call Yourself a Film Critic @filmcriticmaybe.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
(Freddie was bi but) A huge facet of Queen going to Live Aid was the reputational hit they took performing in apartheid South Africa Yes it was incredibly political lol
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 13/07/2025
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Sieraaj Ahmed @sieraajahmed.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Saw #superman & loved it. Have loved 🦸🏽‍♂️ since I was 5, 44 yrs ago. My fave part of the film: That people cheering/ keeping 🤐 about Israel’s genocide won’t be able to cheer Superman’s side. Imagine not being able to cheer SUPERMAN & still fooling yourself you are NEAR the right side of history. 🤡🧌. 🇵🇸
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Shayne OBrien @jshayneo.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
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💥LazarTagWolf💥 @lazartagwolf.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
All of this.
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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 08/07/2025
Here’s the bottom line for what’s going on with Grok - if the owner of the website is putting his thumb on the scale hard enough for the chatbot to turn into Goebbels, you should be deeply concerned about what he’s doing to the algorithm that you can’t so easily see, and what it’s doing to you
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This is not a SPAM account! It’s me, Dennis‼️ @dennispr.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
What’s it going to take, 6 million brown people slammed into a gas chamber and then cremation ovens? Maybe we all should say something?
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
🔒Shivambu blasts party’s regional, ethnic limitations. On Thursday, he told a press conference that there was no tribalism in former president Jacob Zuma's party, but days later, he wrote about "Zulu nationalism" in the party. www.news24.com/politics/mkp...
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‘MKP grounded in Zulu nationalism’: Shivambu blasts party’s regional, ethnic limitations | News24
MK Party member Floyd Shivambu’s “consultations” are likely to call for the establishment of a new “liberation movement” that will stage a coup d‘état, according to a 14-page document exclusively obta...
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Cinjaa @cinjaa.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
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Gracie12 📎 @gracienlucy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
A cartoon drawing of children in a class room looking at tablets on the wall between two the American flag and another flag. On the tablets are the words, "Thou shalt not impose your religion on others"
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Pierre de Vos @pierredevos.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
We ignore the reality that in South Africa today, only those with resources to fly to Switzerland can access assisted dying legally, while everyone else must either suffer or hope their doctor is brave enough to risk imprisonment. www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/...
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Beyond false choice: Why SA needs both palliative care and assisted dying
At 3am, when even the best care teams are not present, the hardest conversations happen. It’s time we faced them honestly.
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