Graeme

YouTube video by Graeme Sacks Truth is the Daughter of Time

My new song. Please have a listen :-)

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Such a tough thing to go through. Wishing you happy memories of Steve. Sorry for your loss

Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants

Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world.

It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists

From Silence to Song: How Music Gave Scotty His Voice Back When a fall on Table Mountain changed everything for Scotty Joscelyne, it was music, not medicine, that helped him find his voice again.

Some beautiful work by a colleague of mine ❤️🎵
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YouTube video by Steve Martin Atheists Don't Have No Songs - Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers feat. Edie Brickell

And then there's the classic Steve Martin song youtu.be/xmwAD7nHqaY?...

photo of a magnet. the magnet is watercolor background with the words support neurotypical disorder awareness with a monarch butterfly on a pink flower

A reminder that if you support neurotypical disorder awareness, I have a cute butterfly for you and you can get it as a magnet, postcard, vinyl decal, or deck of playing cards.

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🤣 That is awesome

My uncle is 97, a pianist living in London. He only stopped gigging when covid hit. He still has a couple of students.
Music keeps you young (I hope 😊)

Grey and white cat on a yellow bookshelf staring at a bird perched on scaffolding outside

Grey and white cat on yellow bookshelf showing he fangs, with bird outside in the background

Grey and white cat on yellow bookshelf with paw stretched out to try and open a window

Blossom Dearie 🌸 is thrilled with the temporary scaffolding outside. She just needs to figure out how to open the window

Gold beneath the gloom: 5 amazing things to explore in Jozi It’s good to be reminded that alongside the urban decay, there are vibrant attractions too.

Johannesburg can be a frustrating place to live. But then there are amazing pockets of creativity that exist and thrive alongside the chaos
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Rasool ‘stands by’ remarks on Trump administration Just more than a week after he was declared ‘persona non grata’ in the US, the former South African ambassador has arrived at Cape Town International Airport.

Rasool ‘stands by’ remarks on Trump administration upon arrival back in SA.
"We were analysing a political phenomenon. Not a personality, not a nation and not even a government. And so I stand by that.” www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Since I started using Brave browser and Duck Duck Go I get much less target advertising.

‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly

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Stand with South Africa against Trump’s wrath To allow South Africa to be isolated and punished would be to surrender to the imperial logic that seeks to divide and conquer all who resist.

“The answer will determine not only South Africa’s future but the possibility of a truly democratic international order. The choice is ours.” — @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social

I just listed some new postcards that I made from a watercolor and color pencil painting of a bi pride flag.

Now I have made three kinds of pride flags! I think next I am making Cuban and Puerto Rican flags.

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I love these!

Grey and white cat's face peeking out from inside a black cello bag

Blossom Dearie 🌸 wears an all black outfit designed by Stradivari of Italy

View from the couch: therapists on sessions in new Trump era Some mental health professionals are incorporating political views into the healing process: ‘I want to let them know it’s really safe’

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We will now refer to it as The Enola Straight.

Headstock of a Telecaster guitar with uncut strings, with a grey and white cat in the background ready to pounce

Pictured: a fender Telecaster and a cat under the table playing with a loose guitar string

Changing strings is always more fun with Blossom Dearie around. (It also takes twice as long).

SA Jewish organisation condemns Israel's Gaza humanitarian aid block | News24 South African Jews for a Free Palestine has strongly condemned Israel's decision to block humanitarian aid to Gaza following a ceasefire impasse.

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YouTube video by NPR Music Abel Selaocoe: Tiny Desk Concert

Tiny Desk Concerts continue to make magic
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Rooster crowing on a table

This was my alarm clock today

Close up of the back of a moth with its wings folded and 3 black spots on its back that look like eyes and a mouth

A rooster with a red crop, yellow feathers on top of black feathers

Lush, dense green trees and bush and a moody sky

Things I've seen today

Note from Brad — Brad Mehldau Thank you for taking the time to read this. This is addressed not just to my fellow Americans, but perhaps more urgently, to my friends and listeners around the world, everywhere. For those of you w...

“The universals still hold … because we all want the same thing. We want harmony with our fellows, and we do not want to suffer. We wish, likewise, that our fellows will not suffer, so that harmony may hold among all of us.” —Brad Mehldau www.bradmehldaumusic.com/news-post/20...

Mingus! Ah um

Photo of a blue lip balm with the words "Zydus" and "dedicated to life" printed on it.

When you are receiving cancer treatment that costs tens of thousands and the drug company gives you a gift of lip balm and a beanie. So grateful 🙏
#fuckcapitalism #fuckcancer

This Psychologist Is Challenging the Way We See Mental Illness | Novara Media Do psychiatric diagnoses obscure the impossible circumstances many of us find ourselves in? Harriet Williamson spoke to Dr Lucy Johnstone about why we can’t separate psychological suffering from its c...

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Buwa Basebetsi S1 Ep 1: Strike Barometer | ‘Why I’ll strike again’ Over the past few years the number of strikes in South Africa has gone down. With the help of the just released annual Strike Barometer we explain why. Also, a worker who was on strike at Mr Sweet, te...

Proud to share our first ever current affairs podcast at the Casual Workers Advice Office here in South Africa — it is called Buwa Basebetsi and deals with workers’ news, issues and stories.
Please give it a listen.

"How can I help neurodivergent communities? It’s so overwhelming.” A brainstorming session. | Jessica Leza Get more from Jessica Leza on Patreon

Someone asked how they could help Autistic and disabled communities in times like this, and since I've been asked before, I did 6+ pages of brainstorming and shared it on patreon as a free post. You have to be a member, but you don't have to be a paid member.

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