No one should be surprised at this. It's a genocide, for crying in a bucket! These organisations are trying to keep alive people the Israeli government wants dead. Of course they have to go. Israel moves to shut down humanitarian aid groups in Gaza www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Christmas present for you (or a child you know): My ebooks on Smashwords are available free to the first 5 takers between now and the end of the 2025. Take your pick, and just enter coupon code DUXWW when asked to do so. See them all here: www.smashwords.com/profile/view... #booksky #kidlit

Also, the impermanence of the digital really bothers me. Sure, paper burns and libraries and archives are susceptible to fire, water, and neglect. BUT so much of the early Internet is gone and we're supposed to just ignore that. We must continue to use analog communication alongside digital.

In the late 1970s, Carolyn Lougee of Stanford was doing early digital history work, creating a database of her research. In 1980, Stanford's IT dept *erased* her database. #Oops. And they couldn't restore it. (how do I know this? from a paper archive at Stanford. don't just worship the digital!) 🗃️

The essence of factoids.

Fifteen people killed on Bondi Beach is a massacre. 400 people killed in Gaza is a ceasefire. #language #usage #AllLivesMatter

Expect the unexpected -- four kids on holiday are whisked off on adventure none of them could have imagined: "Cross Purposes" by Stephen Hayes books2read.com/u/mZnXk2 #childrensbooks #kidlit #Booksky

Insanity goes viral ondermynende.wordpress.com/2013/03/13/i... #literature #memes

Lobengula's treasure and the legacy of St George: "The Year of the Dragon" by Stephen Hayes books2read.com/u/mVkDq5 #booksky

Forty years ago it was Christian civilization to the West, & godless commies to the East. Has that now become Christian civilization to the East, & godless capitalists to the West, or something else? Generation Z and Religion methodius.blogspot.com/2025/12/gene... #GenZ #missiology

Do persons exist? khanya.wordpress.com/2011/12/03/a... #persons #personality #Christianity #Buddhism

Lobengula's treasure and the legacy of St George: "The Year of the Dragon" by Stephen Hayes at #smashwords www.smashwords.com/books/907935 #reading #fantasy #booksky

My new piece for @smashmammon.bsky.social introducing R.H Tawney's Christian socialism christiansocialism.com/2025/12/08/h...

Is anyone else having problems with @GoodReads? I tried to write a review, but it kept saying "The review draft could not be saved". There's no point in trying to write reviews if it's going to lose everything you type; time to look at @StoryGraph maybe? #readingcommunity #BookSky

Looking for a Christmas gift for a kid aged 9-12 who likes reading? They might enjoy "The Enchanted Grove" -- see here: methodius.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-... #kidlit #mglit #xmasgifts #books #reading

I call it bigotry. What do you call it?

Appreciated talking about liberal socialism and postmodernity with Path to Episteme youtu.be/EQEIWVYSou0?...

It seems that many people do not know the difference between Zionist Christians and Christian Zionists khanya.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/z... #religion #Christianity #Zionism

Best fantasy books: two lists ondermynende.wordpress.com/2019/07/16/b... #reading #literature #fantasy #booksky

‘Trump has a 4-year-old mentality’: Economist Jeffrey Sachs slams Trump’s G20 snub as a ‘tantrum’ www.msn.com/en-za/news/o... #economics #Africa #G20 #Trump #tantrum

G20: Does Africa even need Trump? -- US Economist iol.co.za/business/eco... #economics #Africa #G20SouthAfrica

Four children who have become friends through riding horses in the mountains go on a seaside holiday, but are swept off into a new adventure with horses & magical reindeer & even stranger creatures from myth and folklore. "Cross Purposes" methodius.blogspot.com/2022/10/cros... #booksky #kidlit

Secular psychotherapists, like Jonathan Haidt and Jordan Peterson, seem to be giving some people weird ideas about the Christian faith khanya.wordpress.com/2019/06/09/c... #Christian #psychotherapy

This looks interesting -- anyone here read/reviewed it? www.achristianending.com/about #death #burial #Christian #booksky

Someone posted a note about the historic Alexandra Bus Boycott of 1957 on exTwitter. Comments showed that many people knew very little of the history, and much of that little they had got wrong. So here are some memories. methodius.blogspot.com/2025/11/memo... #Joburg #history #transport

As long as it gets countries to increase their military spending so the arms industry can prosper.

Against Christian civilization, by Paul Kingsnorth firstthings.com/against-chri... #Christianity #Western #civilization #modernity #theology

As African book publishers build a literary ecosystem of their own, they say they're fighting a stubborn perception problem, with too many international publishers treat the continent's 54 countries as one homogenous entity. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... #booksky #publishing

Three kids looking forward to a carefree horse-riding holiday in the Drakensberg encounter bullies, poachers, the apartheid regime's dreaded Security Police, and then a witch: "The Enchanted Grove," an adventure/ fantasy novel by Stephen Hayes. For kids aged 9-99. books2read.com/u/31lVDW #BookSky

Leaked documents show Meta makes billions from scam ads: Report thehill.com/policy/techn... #Facebook #Meta #ScamAlert #Scams&Fraud

Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/... #socialmedia #advertising #Facebook

Four children who have become friends through riding horses in the mountains go on a seaside holiday, but are swept off into a new adventure with horses & magical reindeer & even stranger creatures from myth and folklore. "Cross Purposes" methodius.blogspot.com/2022/10/cros... #booksky #kidlit

Dr Imtiaz Sooliman accuses politicians of 'serving themselves, not the people' www.msn.com/en-za/news/o... #politics #politicians

Three kids looking forward to a carefree horse-riding holiday in the Drakensberg encounter bullies, poachers, the apartheid regime's dreaded Security Police, and then a witch: "The Enchanted Grove" by Stephen Hayes at #smashwords smashwords.com/books/1072405 #booksky #kidlit #mglit

A southern African twist on the legend of St George & the dragon: "The Year of the Dragon" by Stephen Hayes at #smashwords www.smashwords.com/books/907935 #booksky #reading

Should the South African government offer to take 7500 refugees from school shootings in the USA each year?

When I was younger, my generation was called "war babies". Now they want to call us "silent". But as far as I am concerned, we are the Beat-Hip generation -- we were the bridge between the Beat Generation and the Hippies. khanya.wordpress.com/2019/02/02/s... #generations #socialmedia

Halloween and cultural appropriation khanya.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/h... #Halloween #culturalappropriation

Why do some Evangelicals get their knickers in a knot over #Halloween? khanya.wordpress.com/2009/09/18/e... #Evangelicals #theology

To all my #Antifa friends: Happy OXI Day! #OXIDay #OchiDay

Three kids on holiday have to cope with bullies who are into drugs and witchcraft, poachers, and a secret government project the cops think they know too much about. "The Enchanted Grove" by Stephen Hayes. #kidlit #MGlit #childrensbooks #booksky www.amazon.com/Enchanted-Gr...

The Rise and Fall of Russian Historical Determinism open.substack.com/pub/landmark...

The UK media and UK government now seem to equate being anti-football hooliganism with being antisemitic. #UKpolitics #UKsport #antisemitism

I can't remember things being so bad in the world in my lifetime. One can cut Trump some slack, because he is so obviously insane, but Vance, Netanyahu and Starmer don't have that excuse.

Students wager NSFAS book allowances and their futures at online betting sites www.msn.com/en-za/educat... #education #gambling

The legend of Lobengula's treasure meets the legend of St George and the Dragon: a historical fantasy on the end of apartheid #books #fantasy #ReadingCommunity #BookSky books2read.com/u/3n7Nle

If you can read this message, it's proof that there's life after death. For weeks now messages on Facebook have been warning me that 14 October 2025 was the "end of life" for Windows 10. Behold! A message, typed on my Windows 10 at 07:24 am on 15 October -- proof that there's life after death.

Patronal festival of St Sergius Orthodox Cathedral in Midrand, Gauteng. Procession around the church with Bishop Konstantin. #Orthodox #RSA #Africa

@Charlotte Riggle I responded to your comment on Steinbeck on Facebook, but Facebook rejected it as spam. Here's as much of it as will fit in Bluesky: I've read 4 of his books, and here's how I rated them in percentages -- all in the 4-star range on GoodReads. I didn't loathe them, I didn't love th