That period where you ask yourself whether you should have a cool (not cold) beer or red wine has arrived. I kinda miss the north coast of KZN where winter didn't really exist as it does in Cape Town. But then, these dreams and bills won't fulfill or pay themselves 🤷🏾‍♂️.

Dear #jazzsky How early (or late) can one buy a 6 year old an affordable brass trumpet? (Affordable by South African standards. Cyril's economy and all🤷🏾‍♂️.) I'm getting tired of the sound of the plastic trumpet and would much rather put up with a 'bad' imitation of Hugh Masekela on a brass trumpet.

When I was in school, I had to put my grades up for adoption because I couldn’t raise them

white house says the economy is trans and must be abolished

Faces Murals on the supports of the M1 double decker highway going through Johannesburg. #photography #grafitti #faces

Freedom is/used to be a liberatory concept. Under neoliberalism, the far right have taken ‘freedom’ as their play thing and run off with it. By freedom’, they mean freedom of the market and freedom for the market. They absolutely do not mean freedom for and of the ‘people’ around the world.

Reminds me of a colleague who once said their father was opposed to apartheid. In the same conversation they revealed that their father had served in the SADF for over 30 years and moved up the ranks (retired in the early 2000s). Couldn't help but wonder how exactly this made sense to him🤔

the twitter approach to downsizing is going great I see

Honestly, I really wouldn't be mad at a 10 part podcast series about this case.

The trouncing thar Orlando Pirates got from Sundowns really messed with my mood. Yerrr!!!

This has been an incredibly difficult week for my (paternal) family. We lost our youngest cousin. A 20 year old who just didn't wake up last Friday. She had upgraded her matric last year and had been accepted to both the universities she preferred. She had her bags pack to leave home on the 20th😔

Strange Fruit youtu.be/-DGY9HvChXk?... #jazzsky

Funny how little has changed in terms of the grievance-bait. "Pious divines and tender-hearted poetesses" is 18th century speak for virtue signalers and snowflakes.

30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel. Now no one dares.

Orlando Pirates are through to the knock-out stages of the CAF Champions League, after Relobohile Mofokeng & Thalente Mbatha scored against CR Belouizdad at Orlando Stadium #Onceapirate #Bucaneers

Boy am I glad to only be going to work next week. Completely feel like I need a few more days... or even weeks. ... But alas🤷🏾‍♂️

This is me...

A biographical picture

#GilScottHeron ✊🙏🕊️

Poetic Justice (1993) #Blackfilmsky #Filmsky

Should be in every newsagents window.

One of the greatest examples of neighborhood solidarity I’ve witnessed is the time when one of our neighbor’s cars was about to be repossessed. She was on the phone trying to make the payment and the tow truck driver wouldn’t give her time to complete the call.

This is the opposite of what Afro Man said. ... Maybe he was on a different strain🤔

It feels so good to be making money again. The job market is TRAAAAAAAAAAASH. Do not quit your job

And you had to decipher the lyrics yourself (or with friends). No stranger on the Internet to correct your misinterpretion on Genius.

When they used to put the lyrics inside the CD booklet >>>>>

On this here Steve Bantubonke Biko's birthday, this song is appropriate✊🏾.

I would rather spend my time... I don't know, watching the seasons slowly pass, than spend time arguing online with someone who has chosen to intentionally misunderstand me.

RP if you agree with this. ❤️🇳🇴

Nobody has ever dropped a more fire comeback than, “The bar is so low it’s a tripping hazard in hell, and yet here you are limbo dancing with the devil.”

If someone wishes you "happy holidays," it doesn't mean they hate Christmas. They're simply acknowledging that there are *many* sacred observances that take place this month, including the anniversary of Muntadhar al-Zaidi throwing a shoe at George W Bush on this date in 2008.

"According to NUSA, 127 Nigerians have lost their lives in the country over the past three years, with 13 reportedly killed by law enforcement. In 2019 alone, 10 Nigerians were killed in violent incidents." Xenophobia is a serious problem but this reporting is irresponsible.

😂 The way MAGA and the Blues use political words also seems divorced from any meaning they have outside the borders of the US. So maybe 'oligarch' just means 'billionaire who I personally don't like because they have come out in support for the other side.'

You know what's cute? All these blue Americans who think that the USA has only just become an oligarchy ...

This word describes where I am mentally. Will basically be dragging myself to work tomorrow.

The need for ad revenue has really messed with our ability to mindlessly play games on our phones.

Dear Capetonians. I know many of us, me included, bitch and moan about our DA run city. However, here in the City of Gold, the gold has long since vanished. It's 34 deg, humid as hell AND, there ain't no water coming out the taps.

It's been 15 minutes since I posted about my books, so it's GIVEAWAY TIME!!! If you want a FREE copy of my new @routledgelit.bsky.social collection (with @drmitchtravis.bsky.social & Kieran Tranter) Science Fiction as Legal Imaginary, like & reskeet this - winner chosen at random on 5 January. 1/2

Next time you have an idea that seems too crazy, just remember that John Woo once walked into an office and said "I wanna make a movie where Nick Cage plays John Travolta playing Nick Cage, and John Travolta plays Nick Cage playing John Travolta," and someone wrote him a check for 80 million dollars

intermittently fasting when i am asleep and unable to eat

Ah yes, the phenomenon of the 'temporarily inconvenienced millionaire'

Confession: It took me being on Bluesky to realise just how bad all other social networks are. Everything is ads or pages you don't follow or want to see.