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Three little borbs 🪶
Three southern cordonbleus on a concrete post that's lying in a patch of green green grass
November 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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The flamboyants are joyous
A tree with bright red flowers in full bloom on a city street A closeup of masses of red flowers on many branches
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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With alt
6 NOVEMBER November FROM THE EARTHLY PARADISE Are thine eyes weary? is thy heart too sick To struggle any more with doubt and thought, Whose formless veil draws darkening now and thick Across thee, c'en as smoke-tinged mist-wreaths brought Down a fair dale to make it blind and nought? Art thou so weary that no world there seems Beyond these four walls, hung with pain and dreams? Look out upon the real world, where the moon, Half-way 'twixt root and crown of these high trees, Turns the dead midnight into dreamy noon, Silent and full of wonders, for the breeze Died at the sunset, and no images, No hopes of day, are left in sky or earth - Is it not fair, and of most wondrous worth? Yea, I have looked, and seen November there; The changeless seal of change it seemed to be, Fair death of things that, living once, were fair; Bright sign of loneliness too great for me, Strange image of the dread eternity, In whose void patience how can these have part, These outstretched feverish hands, this restless heart? William Morris (1834-1896)
November 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Drongos are a fav, but this one wouldn’t say much 🪶
November 4, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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A hoopoe
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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A bright reddish-brown bird with dramatic black-and-white wing and tail feathers and a spectacular crest with black tips. It has a very long curved beak that it’s using to dig around for insects. It’s on the ground between two poles, and there’s some grass and a few leaves around it.
November 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Not the bestest pic, but thar it be 🪶
A tiny grey and white bird sitting on a very lichenous branch. Its back is to the viewer so you can see its wing and tail feathers clearly.
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Playing
Foreground: A doodled pattern in white gel on black paper with pens nearby. Background: An orange cat napping.
November 2, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Latest @davepell.bsky.social 🔥
The Democracy Chainsaw Massacre We're not even a year into the second Pumpkinhead presidency and you already want to Scream. You Saw it coming and you've considered whether you should Get Out of the country (or at least root for the Canadian team in the World Series) as you witness Frankenstein's re-animated political Psycho-along with the nonstop Creepshow from the Right of the Living Dead-orchestrate The Vanishing of our democratic norms. Are we as Hellbound as we feel? Will the constant Howling that has turned the news cycle into a Nightmare on Overwhelm Street from Dusk to Dawn ever offer us the respite of a Quiet Place? Or is that quiet we hear coming from the Silence of the Lambs who have long ignored The Omen and think this will all pass without a political Exorcism? It turns out you're not the only who's noticed an American Werewolf trying to turn our democracy into the Don of the Dead. The NYT Editorial Board (Gift Arti-cle) has a handy, if scary, horror-card. Are We Losing Our Democracy? "Countries that slide from democracy toward autocracy tend to follow similar patterns. To measure what is happening in the United States, the Times editorial board has compiled a list of 12 markers of democratic erosion, with help from scholars who have studied this phenomenon. The sobering reality is that the United States has regressed, to different degrees, on all 12." (This Halloween, I thought about dressing up as the Constitution, but I was afraid no one would recognize me...)
November 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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A post by Sophie Mokoena of The SABC on X shows the damage
Text says: The building that was going to host a media briefing in Zimbabwe was burned down last night.
October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Text from whatsapp screenshot: • Forwarded They have just attacked SAPES Trust premises shortly at midnight and the restaurant is on fire right now. This is hardly a coincidence since the National Press Conference is scheduled for 11 am at SAPES Trust premises today. 10:09 • Forwarded The SAPES Trust Seminar Room, the usual venue for public meetings, has been completely gutted by fire. That appears to have been the main target of the arsonists who have since abducted the security guard. 10:09 • Forwarded Yes! It was an organized attack at 12:40 am today: the main target was the SAPES Trust Seminar Room, the usual venue for meetings, which has been completely gutted to the ground by fire; they failed to access the main door to the restaurant, leaving it bashed; and after tying up the security guard at the gate, they abducted him after locking up the gate with new locks - making it clear that there should be no access to the premises. The staff within managed to escape by scaling the security walls to safety. 10:09 • Forwarded ZRP are now heading for SAPES Trust where at least 4 persons attacked the premises with a petrol bomb at 12:40 am today, leaving the SAPES Trust Seminar Room completely gutted to the ground by fire, and then abducting the security guard on duty after locking the gate with two padlocks. A post by Job Sikhala on X says On Tuesday the 28th of October 2025, two crucial press conference addresses are taking place simultaneously in Harare at SAPES Trust and in Bulawayo at the Bulawayo Club. All members of the press are invited. Zimbabwe is at the crossroads. All hands on the deck!!!
October 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Regular jacs, for tis the season
Purple jacaranda up close
October 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Three of its flowers on a cutting mat
October 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Saw a white jacaranda on our walk today! When I tell you we gasped
A jacaranda tree with white flowers
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The worst thing that ever happened to Tesla - The Atlantic apple.news/AqtI0Rx2aRC2...
“The “vegan leather” seats are now partially cloth. The sound system isn’t as nice, and the side-view mirrors now have to be manually folded. Cheaper shock absorbers mean a harsher ride. Compared with their more nicely equipped siblings, these new cars are more Temu than Tesla.”
October 24, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Pleased to find out yesterday that I'm still able to use this quite effectively :)
A mercurial sphygmomanometer with a stethoscope next to it
October 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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October 4, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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A screenshot from a post by ZimLive over at the bad place:

Robert Tinotenda Mugabe, 33, is back at the Harare Magistrates Court where his lawyers will seek bail following his arrest on Wednesday for drug possession.
A picture of Robert Mugabe junior shackled to another prisoner. Text reads: Robert Tinotenda Mugabe, 33, is back at the Harare Magistrates Court where his lawyers will seek bail following his arrest on Wednesday for drug possession. The son of the late former president was arrested opposing morning traffic in a Honda Fit on Harare’s 2nd Street 12:48 PM · Oct 3, 2025 · 3,336 Views
October 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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If Trump has been right about anything, it is that there is a deep rot in the upper echelons of American society, among people who have been put in positions of power and leadership. Trump understands that many of these people are weak, that their public commitment to civic principles can crumble under sustained pressure.
September 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Haze over Harare
A photo taken from a plane cabin window showing a very hazy sky over land stretching off into the distance
September 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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"We definitely have a really better way of living and eating here," Natalie said. "In the UK we did have a cleaner once a week but decided we were moving cut the cleaner out. "But it's not like here - the maids will clean the house every single day, mop and clean. It's a huge difference. "I sent my main maid - the reason I say this is because we have one set of maids for the house, and one for the annex - I sent her on a cooking course so she can cook for us. "They get a salary increase too. She cooks most of our meals for us - like tonight we're having homemade pizza.
September 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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It's really straight outta Rh#desia
The couple - who have two children, Isabella, nine, and Harvey, seven - sent the rest of their belongings over in a 40ft shipping container for £8k and have now "settled in" to life in Harare. They say it has given them a "better standard of living" - with their children able to attend private school for £8,750 each per year. They said they had also sent one of their maids on a cookery course and she now cooks "most" of their meals.
September 25, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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#Caturday
An orange cat is curled up and asleep with her chin up
September 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Archives!
A photocopy of a newspaper clipping about Tsitsi Dangarembga ("Top Prize for Zimbabwean") from 1989, and some scribbled notes on a mini clipboard (with two pencils) that I probably will never be able to decipher
September 16, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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"When we decline to speak ill of the dead, it’s because we have compassion for the living. In this respect, I am sorry for Kirk’s children. I don’t know if Kirk was a good father, but if he was, that does little to mitigate the damage he did to other people’s children. I can only hope for the sake of his kids that they have role models who will teach them that it is wrong to profit off the dehumanization of people because of who they are."
September 13, 2025 at 6:05 AM