Louis Rossouw
@louis.unsupervised.online
Actuary and hobbiest, from Cape Town, South Africa, interested in lots of things:
#rstats, #covid19, #analytics, #reinsurance, #photography, #bitcoin, #programming, #hiking, #travel, #wine, #capetown, #mortality
#rstats, #covid19, #analytics, #reinsurance, #photography, #bitcoin, #programming, #hiking, #travel, #wine, #capetown, #mortality
I'm new to #birding but found this interesting. Watched a Half Collared Kingfisher #kingfisher #blouvisvanger fishing from a rock in the surf in a small bay near Victoria Bay. Have you seen similar?
July 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm new to #birding but found this interesting. Watched a Half Collared Kingfisher #kingfisher #blouvisvanger fishing from a rock in the surf in a small bay near Victoria Bay. Have you seen similar?
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Calvin refuses to learn his lesson… by dramatically sulking in front of the TV he’s not allowed to watch.
#CalvinandHobbes #ProtestMode
#CalvinandHobbes #ProtestMode
July 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Calvin refuses to learn his lesson… by dramatically sulking in front of the TV he’s not allowed to watch.
#CalvinandHobbes #ProtestMode
#CalvinandHobbes #ProtestMode
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In one of the most flagrantly homophobic Supreme Court opinions in recent memory, Samuel Alito gave a big win to bigoted parents—and changed the nature of public education. Here, @elienyc.bsky.social takes the whole thing apart. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Samuel Alito Takes Pride in Gay-Bashing
With his majority opinion in Mahmoud v. Taylor, Alito gave bigoted parents a big, fat kiss—and changed the nature of public education.
www.thenation.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
In one of the most flagrantly homophobic Supreme Court opinions in recent memory, Samuel Alito gave a big win to bigoted parents—and changed the nature of public education. Here, @elienyc.bsky.social takes the whole thing apart. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Over 100,000 people are marching through The Hague against Israel's war on Gaza.
Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel.
It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.
Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel.
It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.
May 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Over 100,000 people are marching through The Hague against Israel's war on Gaza.
Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel.
It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.
Wearing red clothing and forming a line, they are demanding the government draw a red line in its stance against Israel.
It's the largest protest in the Netherlands in 20 years.
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Yet another UNRWA school-turned-shelter was hit twice by the Israeli Forces on 6 May.
At least 30 displaced people were reportedly killed, among them women and children.
The school was home to 2,000 displaced.
Humanity must prevail before losing all moral compass.
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
At least 30 displaced people were reportedly killed, among them women and children.
The school was home to 2,000 displaced.
Humanity must prevail before losing all moral compass.
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
May 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Yet another UNRWA school-turned-shelter was hit twice by the Israeli Forces on 6 May.
At least 30 displaced people were reportedly killed, among them women and children.
The school was home to 2,000 displaced.
Humanity must prevail before losing all moral compass.
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
At least 30 displaced people were reportedly killed, among them women and children.
The school was home to 2,000 displaced.
Humanity must prevail before losing all moral compass.
www.unrwa.org/newsroom/off...
From the Financial Times Editorial Board:
"[US and European countries] should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity."
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
"[US and European countries] should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity."
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
The west’s shameful silence on Gaza
The US and European allies should do more to restrain Benjamin Netanyahu
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
From the Financial Times Editorial Board:
"[US and European countries] should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity."
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
"[US and European countries] should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity."
www.ft.com/content/f5fd...
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Bitcoin breaking free of traditional finance gravity is supposed to be hard, but Donald Trump trying to hitch a ride on the crypto rocket to the moon is adding unnecessary drag.
STRESS TEST: Why Bitcoin’s growing pains are exactly what it needs
www.dailymaverick.co.za
May 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Bitcoin breaking free of traditional finance gravity is supposed to be hard, but Donald Trump trying to hitch a ride on the crypto rocket to the moon is adding unnecessary drag.
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TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said micahflee.com/the-signal-c...
The Signal Clone the Trump Admin Uses Was Hacked
TeleMessage, a company that makes a modified version of Signal that archives messages for government agencies, was hacked.
micahflee.com
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 PM
TeleMessage, the Israeli company that makes the modified Signal app used by Trump officials, was hacked. “I would say the whole process took about 15-20 minutes,” the hacker said micahflee.com/the-signal-c...
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New report from @independentsage.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
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Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2
May 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
New report from @independentsage.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2
Everything you ever wanted to know about mRNA vaccines including how they work, debunking myths & their exciting future.
As misinfo about mRNA vax ramps up in US, this report is sorely needed!
independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2
Very interesting article on LLMs and how it changed thr field of NLP.
When ChatGPT Broke an Entire Field: An Oral History | Quanta Magazine www.quantamagazine.org/when-chatgpt...
I was interviewed as part of this piece. Worth a read, especially due to #NAACL2025 happening this week.
I was interviewed as part of this piece. Worth a read, especially due to #NAACL2025 happening this week.
May 1, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Very interesting article on LLMs and how it changed thr field of NLP.
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Pepfar was a game-changer and a lifesaver, which had also boosted Africa’s economic development. Now lives are being cruelly lost because of its termination.
BUSINESS REFLECTION: Loaded for Bear: 100-plus deaths an hour — the toll of Trump’s gutting of Pepfar and USAid
www.dailymaverick.co.za
April 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Pepfar was a game-changer and a lifesaver, which had also boosted Africa’s economic development. Now lives are being cruelly lost because of its termination.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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It’s wildly insufficient to call Trump the most corrupt president in U.S. history.
It’s more correct to say he’s a convicted criminal running a criminal operation from the White House, with “corruption” being a term reserved for actual presidents.
It’s more correct to say he’s a convicted criminal running a criminal operation from the White House, with “corruption” being a term reserved for actual presidents.
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm
World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It’s wildly insufficient to call Trump the most corrupt president in U.S. history.
It’s more correct to say he’s a convicted criminal running a criminal operation from the White House, with “corruption” being a term reserved for actual presidents.
It’s more correct to say he’s a convicted criminal running a criminal operation from the White House, with “corruption” being a term reserved for actual presidents.
The impact of of abrupt changes in US policy.
Projected deaths from cessation of USAID PEPFAR funding
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths
www.thelancet.com/journals/ecl...
a 90-day freeze is expected to result in ~60,000 excess deaths
The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
The sudden cessation of PEPFAR funding likely results in tens of thousands of HIV
deaths and new infections. These losses of life and health should compel the United
States government to rapidly and f...
www.thelancet.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The impact of of abrupt changes in US policy.
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Nick Hudson has been charged with misconduct by the UK Actuarial professsion and fined £2k plus costs (£13.6k).
I've not read yet but this looks like it's concerning Tweets being offensive, rather than his pushing of misinformation.
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
I've not read yet but this looks like it's concerning Tweets being offensive, rather than his pushing of misinformation.
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
actuaries.org.uk
April 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Nick Hudson has been charged with misconduct by the UK Actuarial professsion and fined £2k plus costs (£13.6k).
I've not read yet but this looks like it's concerning Tweets being offensive, rather than his pushing of misinformation.
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
I've not read yet but this looks like it's concerning Tweets being offensive, rather than his pushing of misinformation.
actuaries.org.uk/document-lib...
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I find it so weird that so many bitcoiners seem to be in favor of authoritarianism as long as its their guy.
April 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I find it so weird that so many bitcoiners seem to be in favor of authoritarianism as long as its their guy.
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Eskom se push being a little comedian:
April 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Eskom se push being a little comedian:
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ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
April 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn
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Today, the International Court of Justice began a 5-day hearing into Israel’s breaches of its legal obligations through its denial of food and aid to the Gaza Strip. The hearing takes place 8 weeks into Israel’s total blockade of ALL humanitarian aid and supplies to Gaza. (1/7)
April 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Today, the International Court of Justice began a 5-day hearing into Israel’s breaches of its legal obligations through its denial of food and aid to the Gaza Strip. The hearing takes place 8 weeks into Israel’s total blockade of ALL humanitarian aid and supplies to Gaza. (1/7)
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Hope everyone realizes that Gaza is running out of food, and fast.
April 28, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Hope everyone realizes that Gaza is running out of food, and fast.
He's being anti-woke
April 28, 2025 at 10:25 AM
He's being anti-woke
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The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
The documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him …
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done before
Sunset at our cabin at Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve.
April 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Sunset at our cabin at Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve.
Some might recognise Scorpio near the rising moon. Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve
April 28, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Some might recognise Scorpio near the rising moon. Storms River Mouth, Tsitsikamma Nature Reserve