Mandy J Watson

Nederland steunt genocidezaak die Zuid-Afrika tegen Israël aanspant bij VN-hof Nederland sluit zich aan bij de genocidezaak die Zuid-Afrika tegen Israël startte in 2023. Volgens het Genocideverdrag kunnen gedwongen ontheemding en uithongering daden van genocide zijn, stelt Neder...

Reports breaking that the Netherlands has decided to support South Africa’s genocide case filed against the Israeli state in 2023.

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Map showing a ship dropping off oil in the UAE. Next there is a picture of a 12.8" bendy straw and text reading ~385,920 interconnected bendy straws. Next there is a ship on the eastern shore of the UAE at the pickup point.

Could this be a solution?

Each bendy straw is 12.8" long when extended. If we assume an overlap of 0.9" on each side, that leaves 11" per straw.

It's 67 miles from the port of Dubai to the port of Fujairah. That means we need ~385,920 interconnected bendy straws to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.

Real Housewives couple arrested in $5K Publix theft scheme, Boca Raton police say A couple featured on the Real Housewives of Pretoria reality franchise was arrested Tuesday by the Boca Raton Police Department.

12News is on it:

"Items reported stolen included sparkling water, wine, soda, toilet paper, produce, and other groceries, often with only a small portion of the order actually paid for."

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Florida.

I laughed at every paragraph, even though it was very badly written and kept going round in circles, plus it didn't answer any of the truly pressing questions, such as what, exactly, were they stealing?

Real Housewives of Pretoria Star and Husband Arrested After Allegedly Shoplifting Thousands of Dollars in Groceries from Publix The Real Housewives of Pretoria star Melany Viljoen and her husband, Petrus Viljoen, were arrested on Tuesday, March 10, and charged with larceny coordinated with another person, totaling greater than...

"When South Africa sends its people, they're not sending the best. They're sending people with a lot of problems and they're bringing those problems to us."

people.com/real-housewi...

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I'm watching local media houses increasingly creep towards generative "journalism" and it infuriates me. Many have dabbled with images but that's just a gateway to the inevitable.

retaliate so you can say and do whatever you need to just to keep the moment positive and then go on with whatever plan you want to go on with once you're out of the room. Bonus points if you've used a flattering technique that makes him say yes to something he wouldn't have otherwise.

You're starting to talk in specifics that are well beyond my knowledge but I'm also not sure that any of that matters. It's about using tools to win in a moment and then getting the hell out of there. He only remembers when someone was "mean" to him and the harbours that for eternity until he can

Apology accepted. Sorry for being brash. It is just so frustrating seeing journalism crash and burn everywhere.

I wouldn't call Mamdani's approach delicate. His team is on the ball. It's just psychology.

Yes, thank you. I'm an unemployed journalist and most of the people I knew in journalism 10 years ago are gone. I am very aware of this.

predictive text when the song and dance is drowning out the small amounts of accurate messaging?

Also, though, people are willfully ignorant and lazy, which is why they happily sacrifice their data (and other people's data) to these companies and other bad actors.

It's because of a lack of education and that's because people like me don't have jobs. Big Tech has always been shoveling something at people. How are people to know that "AI" is intentionally an obfuscating term applied to many different things and the one they're actually in contact with is

**A listener very rightly emailed to say that [analytical AI] was what we just used to call "programs" (or "software" - I forget his exact word now) and his comment was dismissed.

Anyway I'm going to switch off the radio now.

*He didn't distinguish between analytical and generative AI and only almost got there in response to a listener comment but didn't quite.

His great conclusion was that some "AI"** is very good and it's going to find a cure for cancer soon but autonomous weapons are frightening.

They had an "expert"* (from UJ) and now vox pop conversations on the radio about "AI" and I just want to break things. People are so uninformed and so confused and every time this happens it just makes it worse.

Who wants to pay me to do this journalism? I need a job.

I don't think it needs to be so graphic. We just need to draw lines and stand firm. There are ways to deal with a narcissist. Mamdani does it.

We're likely too BFF with Russia to draw missiles our way.

A google maps view of the area around the Strait of Hormuz, with crude markup showing the 4 steps to successfully clearing the strait: 1. Build up speed 2. Hit Trampoline 3. Cool backflip 4. Nail the landing The boat is illustrated using a clip art yacht, and the trampoline is also just kind of floating there.

wait. wait. everyone hold on. i've solved it

Could this be any more a headline from The Onion?

In fact, we didn't have to accept him as ambassador in the first place.

I had the same thought but we only like to rock the boat indirectly (and very gently) with that country, for some reason.

‘Light in this darkness’: communities push back against Cape Town gang culture Volunteers are working to carve out safe spaces in townships with initiatives such as football training and dance classes

‘Light in this darkness’: communities push back against Cape Town gang culture

obligatory reminder that if you're a leftist and you don't mask in public spaces: no you're not

Ok. For me red flags are red flags, though. I don't shrug it off.

Every country should withdraw from the World Cup.

I reposted something about four months ago - when he was being interviewed/chosen/whatever by the USA authorities - that pointed out he's a massive racist and Apartheid fan etc etc. It's not new news. I don't know why people are suddenly only realising now. This was all inevitable.

Reclaiming the Land: 15 Years Later, Fukushima's Massive Cleanup Continues - Unseen Japan Japan says it's dedicated to decontaminating the land spoiled by the Fukushima nuclear accident. But most residents still haven't returned.

The town of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture once had 7200 people. Today, 15 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, it only has 190. Here's how Japan continues to work to clean up the region - and the story of one survivor who came home.

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okay maybe people will get it this way:

alt text is not “something nice and extra you do to help blind people”

alt text is praxis. alt text is putting your money where your mouth is when it comes to inclusion. alt text is how you prove you’re not even a little with the Nazis

It's something people always mention. It's a nice human touch.