It’s not okay to have to wait in the dark from early in the morning, for much of the day, to get access to an essential public service.

MAGA!! ✊

South African amateur radio organisation Sarl wants to extend its contributions to other parts of the continent.

Fascinating...

Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... cc @singe.bsky.social

South Africa has one of the world's dirtiest power grids - it's dominated by old coal plants built during the Apartheid era (and some new but problematic coal plants). But things are starting to change. December was the best month ever for solar (12% of the mix). That sent coal's share down to 77%.

Great cover!

How far the GOP has fallen.

Trump opens the door to Putin’s grandest ambitions https://www.ft.com/content/2bf263a0-9768-4049-8f7d-239940a49efb

This is the most shocking statement made by a democratic head of state in decades.

Is this a bug or a feature? #DeepSeek

youtube.com/watch?v=WEBi... Chinese breakthrough in AI? Interesting viewing. Big potential implications.

A team from Switzerland will next month begin a month-long road trip across South Africa in a solar-powered Tesla Model X.

Funny

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Good piece

What a load of self-serving BS! www.facebook.com/watch/?v=152...

In the evening, the Karoo always apologises for the day. - Sheila Snyman (via Carnarvon's wonderful Pieter Hoffman) #Karoo #travel

Marques Brownlee's annual smartphone awards are always worth a watch youtu.be/E76CUtSHMrU

Yes, I am one of the people who remain reasonably optimistic about the possible La Niña rains this 2024-25 summer season. We need the rains to improve agricultural production here in South Africa and across the Southern Africa region. 1/

Great new band discovery youtu.be/j0d7HE64frQ

When you can't let the cat go out because he might invade Poland

The precipitous fall of Intel, in one chart. Source: the Wall Street Journal.

Department assures Vaal Dam’s low level is ‘no cause for panic’ www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/...

Pat Gelsinger resigned after a board meeting at which directors felt his costly plan to turn Intel around was not working.

pca.st/episode/bc6d... Interesting podcast interview with the CEO of Bluesky

This Intel story is fascinating. The company probably should be broken up, but it's seen as too strategically important by the US government, for geopolitical reasons, for it to allow that to happen. So, does it stumble on as a zombie propped up by US taxpayers?

Seen on Facebook

A quick Google search shows Sterkfontein Dam can hold roughly the same amount of water as the Vaal Dam and is currently 98% full - may save Gauteng from Day Zero. (Article below is paywalled.)

People are often surprised when I tell them this: both Twitter and Facebook/insta/threads are now specifically engineered to downgrade, hide, suppress real journalism. If this platform is different, that's a huge change

The end is nigh!

Italian authorities shut down €3bn-a-year pirate TV ring https://www.ft.com/content/48f63457-9c6f-4d5e-adfb-d6d47fb71c66

Namibian election tomorrow, which Swapo - liberation party that's been in power since 1990 - might lose. Worth watching.

Judge Fisher found that the executives had “entered into an illegal scheme designed to appropriate for themselves a secret financial benefit which placed them in conflict with their boards”.

This is a really good documentary, made by a German guy who decided to ride his bicycle from Cape Town to Cairo. Well worth watching... youtu.be/KDOhQ-hyI5w?...

"Bluesky seems to have a real shot at becoming the next big place to get the pulse of the internet."

Magnificent! 👏

Great documentary about this crazy road trip I was involved in recently...

www.theverge.com/2024/11/19/2... This is interesting. I wonder how many people will be willing to rely on their internet connection to be able to use their computer. It also kinda changes what the definition of a computer is...

You might not see me for a few weeks 🧑‍✈️🌎✈️

Electric vehicle sales are heading for another record year in 2024, despite all the talk of waning interest.