Sphesihle
@sphemakh.bsky.social
Astronomy Software, Astrophysics.
South African, doing very bad things.
#FreePalestine
South African, doing very bad things.
#FreePalestine
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AI is not useful.
I don’t think there’s a single serious critic who says AI’s not useful? The concerns I see are about content rights, worker impacts, environmental effects, epistemological threats, or media manipulation. But that’s all predicated on the idea that it *does* work, often too well for people to manage…
The NYT Magazine asked me and @caseynewton.bsky.social to open their AI issue by talking about how we use AI, why it's not going away, and how you can't be a serious critic if you're in denial about how useful it is. Bluesky's gonna love this one!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...
June 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
AI is not useful.
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Trump Repeats "White Genocide" Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
Trump Repeats “White Genocide” Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
President Donald Trump staged an extraordinary confrontation in the Oval Office on Wednesday, repeating his false claims about a “white genocide” taking place in South Africa during a meeting with...
www.democracynow.org
May 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Trump Repeats "White Genocide" Falsehoods in Meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
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Proudly so.
Yall are some ChatGPT haters 😂
May 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Proudly so.
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staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with video | CNN
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa sat in awkward silence as he listened to a video US President Donald Trump played in the Oval Office. CNN’s Larry Madowo reports that Trump was pushing debunked...
www.cnn.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
staging a show-and-tell about a fake genocide during a real genocide to the government that has done the most to seek justice for that real genocide is designed to break our brains. They know what they are doing. www.cnn.com/2025/05/21/w...
Is it true that #JDVanceKilledThePope ?
April 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Is it true that #JDVanceKilledThePope ?
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this is monstrous but it's also just not true. i know that gets lost but the permission structure here is "other countries do this," so it's at least worth acknowledging: no they don't.
Laura Loomer—who recently met with Donald Trump in the Oval Office and influenced the firings of top national security officials—suggests that removing people from the United States without due process isn’t so extreme when compared to the alternative: simply shooting them to death on sight.
April 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
this is monstrous but it's also just not true. i know that gets lost but the permission structure here is "other countries do this," so it's at least worth acknowledging: no they don't.
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NOW: Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in Sanaa’s Al-Sabeen Square today as part of a mass march in support of Gaza, condemning ongoing U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza and escalation in Yemen.
April 18, 2025 at 3:57 PM
NOW: Tens of thousands of Yemenis rallied in Sanaa’s Al-Sabeen Square today as part of a mass march in support of Gaza, condemning ongoing U.S.-Israeli genocide in Gaza and escalation in Yemen.
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NEW from @dropsitenews.com: BDS adds Microsoft as a "priority target" for boycott, zeroes in on Game Pass, XBox, Minecraft.
Microsoft's AI and cloud programs have been critical to Israel's genocide
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bds-calls-...
Microsoft's AI and cloud programs have been critical to Israel's genocide
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bds-calls-...
BDS calls for Boycott of Microsoft Game Pass, Minecraft, New XBox Consoles
No more Call of Duty. No more Minecraft. No more XBox (unless you already own one).
www.dropsitenews.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
NEW from @dropsitenews.com: BDS adds Microsoft as a "priority target" for boycott, zeroes in on Game Pass, XBox, Minecraft.
Microsoft's AI and cloud programs have been critical to Israel's genocide
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bds-calls-...
Microsoft's AI and cloud programs have been critical to Israel's genocide
www.dropsitenews.com/p/bds-calls-...
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Stop saying "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" about politicians who are absolute shit.
April 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Stop saying "don't let perfect be the enemy of good" about politicians who are absolute shit.
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We’re sharing below clips of journalist Hossam Shabat, whom Israel assassinated in northern Gaza earlier today.
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
We’re sharing below clips of journalist Hossam Shabat, whom Israel assassinated in northern Gaza earlier today.
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
He was a role model to Gaza’s children, especially those aspiring to become reporters.
Video from @ GazaMartyrs
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Hamdan Ballald, the Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of "No Other Land," was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Monday before he was arrested by soldiers.
Colleague Basel Adra describes the violent scene.
Colleague Basel Adra describes the violent scene.
March 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Hamdan Ballald, the Oscar-winning Palestinian co-director of "No Other Land," was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Monday before he was arrested by soldiers.
Colleague Basel Adra describes the violent scene.
Colleague Basel Adra describes the violent scene.
#Columbia University should be shunned. If we, as the academic community, exact a penalty for blatant fascist collaborations then we're also complicit.
March 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
#Columbia University should be shunned. If we, as the academic community, exact a penalty for blatant fascist collaborations then we're also complicit.
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“[White supremacy] is what is at the heart of the Trump movement.”
In tonight’s episode of America Unhinged, @samseder.bsky.social joins @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social to discuss his experience debating on Jubilee.
Watch the full episode:
youtube.com/live/3TAqlYK...
In tonight’s episode of America Unhinged, @samseder.bsky.social joins @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social to discuss his experience debating on Jubilee.
Watch the full episode:
youtube.com/live/3TAqlYK...
March 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
“[White supremacy] is what is at the heart of the Trump movement.”
In tonight’s episode of America Unhinged, @samseder.bsky.social joins @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social to discuss his experience debating on Jubilee.
Watch the full episode:
youtube.com/live/3TAqlYK...
In tonight’s episode of America Unhinged, @samseder.bsky.social joins @franifio.bsky.social and @wajali.bsky.social to discuss his experience debating on Jubilee.
Watch the full episode:
youtube.com/live/3TAqlYK...
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[if Chuck Schumer replaced Russell Crowe in Gladiator]
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I'm ready to work with you
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I'm ready to work with you
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Liam Neeson in Taken]
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
CHUCK SCHUMER: [on phone] I don’t know who you are or what you want, but I will find you and I will help you kill my daughter
March 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
[if Chuck Schumer replaced Russell Crowe in Gladiator]
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I'm ready to work with you
My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions and loyal servant to the TRUE emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I'm ready to work with you
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Allegations of fraud and corruption involving billions of rands have surfaced at PRASA. Senior officials have allowed two tenders amounting to almost R18-billion, to be awarded to a company, seemingly without the basic bid criteria being met.
Read groundup.org.za/article/alle... by Steve Kretzmann
Read groundup.org.za/article/alle... by Steve Kretzmann
Allegations of fraudulent payments amounting to billions at PRASA
A whistleblower report containing damning allegations is to be investigated
groundup.org.za
March 8, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Allegations of fraud and corruption involving billions of rands have surfaced at PRASA. Senior officials have allowed two tenders amounting to almost R18-billion, to be awarded to a company, seemingly without the basic bid criteria being met.
Read groundup.org.za/article/alle... by Steve Kretzmann
Read groundup.org.za/article/alle... by Steve Kretzmann
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Can the SRD grant court order be implemented? Activists say yes. The Department of Social Development is to appeal the recent ruling. But #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say it should and can be implemented
Read groundup.org.za/article/can-... by Marecia Damons
Read groundup.org.za/article/can-... by Marecia Damons
Can the SRD grant court order be implemented? Activists say yes
The Department of Social Development is to appeal the recent ruling. But #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say it should and can be implemented
groundup.org.za
February 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Can the SRD grant court order be implemented? Activists say yes. The Department of Social Development is to appeal the recent ruling. But #PayTheGrants and the Institute for Economic Justice say it should and can be implemented
Read groundup.org.za/article/can-... by Marecia Damons
Read groundup.org.za/article/can-... by Marecia Damons
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Imagine still believing that America is the land of the free when they’re doing this to a journalist at a press conference
January 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Imagine still believing that America is the land of the free when they’re doing this to a journalist at a press conference
Facts, facts, and more facts.
24-hour news is so grotesque in times of crisis. I don’t know how these people live with themselves.
January 11, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Facts, facts, and more facts.
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Zuckerberg Goes "Full MAGA" as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech
Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced major changes to what content is allowed on his company’s social media platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads, scrapping the system of independent fact-checkers...
www.democracynow.org
January 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Zuckerberg Goes "Full MAGA" as Meta Ends Fact-Checking in U.S. & Paves Way for More Hate Speech