Dr Nechama Brodie
@brodiegal.bsky.social
South African journalist & academic. teach/research/publish on media, journalism, archives, public health, data & research methods. Strong sideline in homicide studies + forensic pathology. Writes books and sings songs. It’s not AI it’s automation
My book on Farm Killings in South Africa is available globally as an eBook, and if you are in South Africa you can purchase a physical copy directly from me if you can’t find it in store (most stores haven’t restocked; shelf space is competitive).
May 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
My book on Farm Killings in South Africa is available globally as an eBook, and if you are in South Africa you can purchase a physical copy directly from me if you can’t find it in store (most stores haven’t restocked; shelf space is competitive).
(barring musing on Trump’s motives) every question that every journalist has asked me so far about farm killings and alleged white genocide is expertly answered in detail in my book.
May 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
(barring musing on Trump’s motives) every question that every journalist has asked me so far about farm killings and alleged white genocide is expertly answered in detail in my book.
More reasons to read more books, use less ‘AI’
May 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
More reasons to read more books, use less ‘AI’
This week I’ve been ‘touring’ with Gary Rathbone and his band in Cape Town - here’s a clip of us performing live on morning TV from a few days ago 😎. We have one final gig in Cape Town at Alma Cafe on Sunday 11 May. 🎸
May 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This week I’ve been ‘touring’ with Gary Rathbone and his band in Cape Town - here’s a clip of us performing live on morning TV from a few days ago 😎. We have one final gig in Cape Town at Alma Cafe on Sunday 11 May. 🎸
Hear me out on this … all we need is a phone without social media (that includes chats/comments on Strava and all
of that)
of that)
April 6, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Hear me out on this … all we need is a phone without social media (that includes chats/comments on Strava and all
of that)
of that)
I do find this passage about Trump’s strategic bitcoin reserve very very funny. Digital wabbits.
March 8, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I do find this passage about Trump’s strategic bitcoin reserve very very funny. Digital wabbits.
On the back cover / blurb of my 2022 book on Farm
Killings in South Africa:
Killings in South Africa:
February 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
On the back cover / blurb of my 2022 book on Farm
Killings in South Africa:
Killings in South Africa:
I went to a screening of September 5 last night & it was a remarkable, harrowing glimpse of reporting under pressure - showing how a group of sports broadcasters unexpectedly had to cover (live) the terror attack at the Munich 1972 Olympics. So real I almost expected it to be in today’s headlines.
February 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I went to a screening of September 5 last night & it was a remarkable, harrowing glimpse of reporting under pressure - showing how a group of sports broadcasters unexpectedly had to cover (live) the terror attack at the Munich 1972 Olympics. So real I almost expected it to be in today’s headlines.
So many people said digitisation and the Internet were going to democratise information. But it’s really just for a few …
techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/h...
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December 13, 2024 at 9:22 PM
So many people said digitisation and the Internet were going to democratise information. But it’s really just for a few …
techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/h...
techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/h...
If you are in Johannesburg:
I’ll be playing a few songs as part of the opening act (and backup for the main show - Mr Gary Rathbone!) at The Radium Beerhall this weekend Saturday 14/09. Tickets are R100
I’ll be playing a few songs as part of the opening act (and backup for the main show - Mr Gary Rathbone!) at The Radium Beerhall this weekend Saturday 14/09. Tickets are R100
September 12, 2024 at 12:14 PM
If you are in Johannesburg:
I’ll be playing a few songs as part of the opening act (and backup for the main show - Mr Gary Rathbone!) at The Radium Beerhall this weekend Saturday 14/09. Tickets are R100
I’ll be playing a few songs as part of the opening act (and backup for the main show - Mr Gary Rathbone!) at The Radium Beerhall this weekend Saturday 14/09. Tickets are R100
Today I got the best coffee with the best company and a totally unexpected cute coffee cup face that honestly cheered me up so much!!! Thank you for the people who do things like this.
The right thing at the right time ✅
The right thing at the right time ✅
June 5, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Today I got the best coffee with the best company and a totally unexpected cute coffee cup face that honestly cheered me up so much!!! Thank you for the people who do things like this.
The right thing at the right time ✅
The right thing at the right time ✅
An unexpectedly lovely gift - my very first record player. And some jazz (my very first ever vinyl purchase! I came of age in the Time of Cassettes!!) 🦕
April 4, 2024 at 2:15 PM
An unexpectedly lovely gift - my very first record player. And some jazz (my very first ever vinyl purchase! I came of age in the Time of Cassettes!!) 🦕
Keeping with last weeks pics - Milky Way from my guy’s fridge 🌌
IPA from Aegir in Cape Town (El
Juicy neighbour from Durban).
IPA from Aegir in Cape Town (El
Juicy neighbour from Durban).
March 17, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Keeping with last weeks pics - Milky Way from my guy’s fridge 🌌
IPA from Aegir in Cape Town (El
Juicy neighbour from Durban).
IPA from Aegir in Cape Town (El
Juicy neighbour from Durban).
milky way and orion, from the middle of a forest in the western cape - understand how amazing the stars truly were, to capture these points of light as pixels on an iphone!
March 7, 2024 at 9:21 AM
milky way and orion, from the middle of a forest in the western cape - understand how amazing the stars truly were, to capture these points of light as pixels on an iphone!
You have offended my family. And you have offended a Shaolin Temple.
(we watched this last night - still
an exceptional piece of filmmaking and martial choreography. it ages well)
(we watched this last night - still
an exceptional piece of filmmaking and martial choreography. it ages well)
February 11, 2024 at 7:14 AM
You have offended my family. And you have offended a Shaolin Temple.
(we watched this last night - still
an exceptional piece of filmmaking and martial choreography. it ages well)
(we watched this last night - still
an exceptional piece of filmmaking and martial choreography. it ages well)
Watching a new (openly) AI generated news service in ZA… with its curious accompanying images:
December 26, 2023 at 6:15 AM
Watching a new (openly) AI generated news service in ZA… with its curious accompanying images:
Book launch: Blood has a voice by Hestelle van Staden / EB Rosebank, 12 October.
September 28, 2023 at 5:45 PM
Book launch: Blood has a voice by Hestelle van Staden / EB Rosebank, 12 October.
Joburg: Tonight my new book launches. It’s all about intimate partner murders and it’s horrible and important. If you’re in the city of gold* join us in Rosebank.
September 6, 2023 at 6:57 AM
Joburg: Tonight my new book launches. It’s all about intimate partner murders and it’s horrible and important. If you’re in the city of gold* join us in Rosebank.
Immediate aftermath for the survivors of a building fire in central Johannesburg that has left 73 dead and as many as 50 injured.
August 31, 2023 at 3:39 PM
Immediate aftermath for the survivors of a building fire in central Johannesburg that has left 73 dead and as many as 50 injured.
Please join us for the launch of my new book ‘Domestic Terror’, Wed 06 September, Exclusive Books, Rosebank.
August 21, 2023 at 1:36 PM
Please join us for the launch of my new book ‘Domestic Terror’, Wed 06 September, Exclusive Books, Rosebank.
Reading this piece today - it’s brilliant and timely. I want to quote-share about half the article! Starting with this, which really makes clear the false binary of the harms being caused *right now* via computational/algorithmic management, vs the alleged future harms of AGI…
July 30, 2023 at 7:22 AM
Reading this piece today - it’s brilliant and timely. I want to quote-share about half the article! Starting with this, which really makes clear the false binary of the harms being caused *right now* via computational/algorithmic management, vs the alleged future harms of AGI…
Read this on the flight from Mumbai. Now completely caught up in it … must get the rest!
July 20, 2023 at 7:33 PM
Read this on the flight from Mumbai. Now completely caught up in it … must get the rest!
Good morning Mumbai.
July 16, 2023 at 4:19 AM
Good morning Mumbai.