Fiona Zerbst

This is wonderful!

Authoritarians like Manuel Noriega and Abiy Ahmed use awards to airbrush human rights abuse - Coda Story For years, authoritarian leaders like Manuel Noriega and Abiy Ahmed have been garlanded with prestigious international awards by foreign governments and institutions. Why does this happen and what goo...

I remembered this article from a few years ago, about authoritarians and dubious honours. It's a trend. www.codastory.com/disinformati...

This is insane.

Agreed. My extended family is Iraqi and...this isn’t accurate. I visited Malaysia and...this isn’t accurate. Iran and Afghanistan I would agree with, but...there's no nuance here and it is absolutely used to promote Islamophobia.

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There is something deeply and fundamentally wrong with society when people in their 80s are forced to work. This is structural failure. www.businessinsider.com/80-over-80-w...

I dumped them around the time they gave Andrew Tate a platform. Or perhaps before that. I can't recall now.

Yes, thanks - Genie had a burst abscess, so we are doing weekly wound checks! Poor kitty.

Still more vet cushions!

Cushions at the vet!

This is horrifying! These children (and their parents) will be traumatised for life. 😡

Fund the arts because they are a source of joy and human happiness and thought. Not just because a scientist may get an idea off a line in a play. (Though that's great too.)

The gaslighting is unbelievable!

Sometimes you eat the bear. No mistakes! 😮

Nothing will restore my faith in humanity faster than its rejection of AI.

Life goals... 😉

lolz

These are lovely!

I love Lake Ontario! I was last there in 2018. 💙

I suppose people wonder why they should learn when they can grift their way through life. Corruption pays - hard work doesn't. It's part of a larger ethical deficit - but it won't end well, since we do in fact need expertise, thoughtfulness and depth to make anything in society work well.

I have lived among Russians (and Ukrainians). They are a lot of things, but 'anti-woke' isn't one of them. 🤣

Cupcake! 🤣🤣🤣

Also not shabby, but I missed a lot of opportunities. 😖

A solid game, albeit against a weaker opponent. I've been muddling along, but now is the time to start serious book study if I want to improve.

Our neighbour spent time with the cats while we were away, but last night they were IMPOSSIBLY needy: crying, cuddling close, etc. at all hours. It feels like we can never go away again. 😖

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They are SO dull. All that money and they do such tedious things with it.

This is such a good point! I need to get a new phone *before* AI-first phones are available in my part of the world. 🤮

South Korea's Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.

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South Korea's Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.

Did you see this story? Stupid games, stupid prizes, etc. 😆 futurism.com/future-socie...

Trump’s fresh white genocide claims are ‘blatant misinformation’ — Ramaphosa | Daily Maverick <p>Despite the ‘challenges and misunderstandings’ that have arisen between SA and the US, the President says SA remains a ‘firm and unwavering friend to the American people’.</p>

Cyril comes out swinging. THIS is how you handle a bully. www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...