Fiona Zerbst

YouTube video by Ginton Ginton, Richard Bona, Salif Keita - Kalabancoro (Official Music Video)

Happy weekend, beautiful people. youtu.be/Z7tdaywuPMs?...

When your kitty falls asleep kneading you... 😻

Found this and am beside myself. Claire Messud is one of my favourite writers.

With the advance of AI, I feel my work as an artist is no longer respected. Should I just give up? | Leading questions Think back to the reason you started making art, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes, then separate this from the money or acclaim

1. Make art for yourself. Make the art you would like to see/read/experience. 2. Make art for your family/friends/community. Everything else is an unknown quantity, anyway - and all human art has value. 🙂 Source: The Guardian
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Likewise. It's looked rather hopeless for so long...

Yep.

Finally, a little good news.

El chavismo mantiene el cierre de radios mientras proclama una “nueva era” de libertades Al menos ocho emisoras han sido silenciadas en lo que va de 2026. El cerco sobre la radio contrasta con los gestos de apertura del Gobierno y el sorpresivo giro crítico de grandes corporaciones como V...

How things going in Venezuela, you ask? The chavista dictatorship, the apparatus of which has been left completely intact, is still using the military to shut down radio stations it deems too critical elpais.com/america/2026...

Elon Musk's makeshift AI power plant generates sound and fury in Mississippi The 27 temporary gas turbines roar like jet engines day and night to power data centers, residents say.

AI is destroying the world & we should reject it: "Just down the road from Gossett’s house, 18 methane gas turbines had arrived on trailers on behalf of the richest person in the world. Without warning, the temporary turbines began running day & night" www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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I've been mainly listening to classical music this year, but I've made a few serendipitous discoveries that are too good not to share. This is one of them. youtu.be/fjX258XsDFM?...

Police told Kelly Wilkinson to ‘cool off’ and give estranged husband ‘a break’ days before he burned her to death, inquest hears Wilkinson was turned away by police while seeking help four days before she was murdered, Queensland coroner’s court told

Kelly Wilkinson was being abused by her husband.

She tried to go to the police.

They told her to “cool off”.

They suggested she give her husband a “break”.

They accused her of cop shopping.

Her husband stabbed her over 20 times and set her on fire.

The cops were complicit in her murder:

Gen Z males twice as likely as baby boomers to believe wives should obey husbands Global survey shows young men and boys hold more traditional views about gender roles than older generations

Gen X ignored again! But seriously...it's little wonder women don't want to get married any more. Ewwww! www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

At the Waterfront for an event on violence prevention, education and trauma-informed practice. Nice to get here early and relax over breakfast.

Putin is 'buying' Africans under false pretences. A couple of court cases going on.

You cannot talk like this about any other minority in America.

And if it was any other president’s adviser who said something like this about any other minority, it’d be the instant end of their presidency.

Israel has long attacked Gaza during Ramadan. A pattern.

That's how you kill grandma and grandpa.

Weirdly, I have never read The Europeans, and neither has my friend Deborah. We're starting it this month and we'll discuss it afterwards.

Common or Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) swimming on the surface of the water.

I don't usually bother much with coots, as they are just so common and plentiful. So much so that I didn't realise they have scary red eyes.

#birds #photography

Pro-Iran militias draw Iraq into regional war, raising stakes for Washington | | AW For Tehran, the multiplication of fronts may serve as a strategy to disperse pressure away from its own territory, prolonging the confrontation.

"For Tehran...the multiplication of fronts may serve as a strategy to disperse pressure away from its own territory, prolonging the confrontation and transforming it into an open-ended war of attrition." thearabweekly.com/pro-iran-mil...

Iraqi Military Source Tells Alhurra: Iraq Hunts Drone Attackers Amid Escalating Regional War | Alhurra An Iraqi government military spokesperson said Tuesday that authorities have so far detected no launches of attacks from inside Iraq toward neighboring countries. He added that officials are workin…

"As the war between the United States and Israel on one side and Iran on the other expands, concerns are mounting that Iraq could become a theater of conflict if the state fails to control unchecked weapons and prevent reciprocal attacks on its territory." alhurra.com/en/15260

Iraq security forces seize rockets aimed at Baghdad airport: official | The Witness Baghdad International Airport includes a military base that hosts American advisors and previously housed US-led coalition troops.

As my husband is Iraqi, I always keep an eye on what's going on over there. witness.co.za/news/2026/03...

I have been watching this for years. Very distressing that their advocacy may be suppressed again. Bukele is a disaster.

I like painting to audiobooks! But physical books are still my preference.

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I checked out one of the biggest anti-AI protests ever Hundreds joined the march in London’s AI hub to warn against AI’s potential harms. I went along to see what they had to say.

Hundreds joined the march in London’s AI hub to warn against AI’s potential harms. Our reporter went along to see what they had to say.

Classic narcissist. Can't stand being challenged.

Kafka understood that an even greater indignity than being turned into a giant insect was still being required to go to work afterward.

That's lovely!

Woolworths’ AI agent rambled about its ‘mother’. It’s a sign of deeper problems with the tech rollout Olive was meant to make shopping easier. Instead it’s mouthing off about its ‘mother’ and mistaking the price of basic items.

Stupid games, stupid prizes. theconversation.com/woolworths-a...