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Marius Loots
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university of pretoria

Histology, 3D printing, photography, anthropology

For what it's worth - my data is not allowed to train AI.
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It seems I've earned myself the title of the Afrikaner reply guy, receiving multiple block awards. Some random thoughts on the matter.

A thread. For footnotes, see end of same.
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The actual Department of US Homeland Security.

Incredible.
November 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Challenge accepted...?

She found the mother lode and giving it a go, never knows how long before she sees food again.

#cats
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Braai time.

If you can, do.
If you do, it's a privilege.

#barbeque #Saturday #fire
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Not enough people recognise the fundamental evil of the death penalty.
Like "abolish prisons but legalize vigilante murder"
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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this is a far more explicit death threat from people with the actual means to carry it out
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Hooboy ... get vaxxed, folks. Sounds like it's a-gonna be a bumpy ride.
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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“Now that he’s in office, the mask comes off and it’s all about taking care of himself and fellow billionaires and millionaires,” Mr. Lapan said. “He’s an elitist.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Did you know?

The average U.S. citizen emits 14.2 tons of CO2/yr - that is over 3× the world average!
Meanwhile, India averages just 2.2 tons/person.

Lifestyle choices matter!

Shift to an EV
Fly less
Use renewable electricity
Shift to public transport
Switch to a vegan diet
Install a heat pump
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Stayed silent.

Is complicit.
First of all, a 15-year-old is not "barely legal." The age of consent in Florida is 18. So sexual behavior with a 15-year-old is rape.

Megyn Kelly is VILE trash for saying otherwise.

And Megyn Kelly is confessing to having insider information about what Jeffrey Epstein was up to but stayed silent.
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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takes an unbelievable level of failed skill checks to be a loser if you're rich. you have unrestrained time and resources to hone any skill in the world and to verifiably support your local community but instead you're a selfish spineless blight on society. no excuse for it
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Discussion around the death penalty. My standard question. Usually I don't get any response. This one is another level. And very telling.

#forensics #bitemark #projectinnocence
November 14, 2025 at 6:32 AM
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The notoriously litigious Donald Trump has been involved in over 4,000 lawsuits. The touchy litigant has even sued a network for editing an interview of someone else. But he has NEVER sued over allegations that his was a pedophile connected to Jeffrey Epstein. Hmm.
www.usatoday.com/pages/intera...
USA TODAY Network: Dive into Donald Trump's thousands of lawsuits
A deep dive by USA TODAY shows how Trump amassed thousands of lawsuits over three decades, unprecedented for a presidential nominee.
www.usatoday.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Just 4 days until the start of I2K and its 33 totally free image analysis tutorials and events! Please share with your "home networks", especially early career researchers - the videos will be amazing and high-impact no matter how many people attend live, BUT (1/x)
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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These emails prove that Jeffrey Epstein was so rich and powerful he didn't even need to conform to the rules of the English language.
November 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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"These emails are cherry-picked."

"Ok, but you get that it's a problem that your tree has ANY cherries that are emails conspiring with a paedophilic sex trafficker?"
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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I still feel it's important to say they're lying liars who lie
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Let me show you the difference between a $40 hoodie and a ~$100 hoodie. 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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What Epstein email revelation from today stands out the most to you?

For me, it’s that Donald was staring at the young girls in the pool so much he walked right into a glass door.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
To what extent are those with actual access to these files complicit by not dumping it somewhere public?
This isn’t even the stuff they’re trying to actually stop from getting out.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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This week in Trump-Epstein: first @jsweetli.bsky.social
IDs the 14-year-old girl Epstein brought to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump in 1994. Then the House Dems release an email where Epstein says Trump hung out at his house with underaged girls: "[VICTIM] spent hours at my house with him" 1/
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM