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Stuart Johnson
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Think southern Africa might just be far enough away.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 1h
Tempted to apply for the fun of it.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans
Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 1h
I still find it completely incomprehensible that the ANC has worked so hard to keep Apartheid crimes unpunished.

58-year-old lie shattered as court rules Nobel Prize winner Luthuli was murdered www.news24.com/southafrica/...
58-year-old lie shattered as court rules Nobel Prize winner Luthuli was murdered | News24
In a landmark ruling that shatters decades of official lies, the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday declared that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Chief Albert Luthuli was murdered by ...
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 6d
Think their main strategy is to wait until the kids are adults before hearing the case.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 6d
Hoo-boy, the Trump car crash Presidency really is gathering speed impressively.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 6d
He'll be a popular dinner guest in Afriforum circles.

Not so much for the rest of civilized South Africa.
chrismurphyct.bsky.social Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 6d
So you should really watch this. Just 2 minutes. But a window into the truly radical nature of the people Trump is nominating.

When pressed today, the nominee to be Ambassador to South Africa refuses to oppose reinstituting laws to prevent black people from voting in America.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 7d
Nobody is surprised that Trump has vandalized an iconic 200 year old historic building.

Because why would he not?
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
Satellite view of the White House showing an image on the left where the East Wing is still standing and an image on the right where it's completely demolished
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 7d
The question Americans should be asking is who got the White House ball room contract, how was it awarded, and how much are you paying for it.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 7d
Says the person who represents the people who lie compulsively about just about everything.
katie0martin.ft.com Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 8d
maybe what he said wasn't *that* bad and... oh nvm

'Maguire, who is close to Elon Musk, wrote that Zohran Mamdani “comes from a culture that lies about everything. It’s literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda. The West will learn this lesson the hard way.”'

on.ft.com/471ywmu
Sequoia COO quit over Shaun Maguire’s comments about Mamdani
[FREE TO READ] Sumaiya Balbale left the venture firm after it decided not to discipline outspoken investor for posts about New York mayoral candidate
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 10d
I underestimated Durban tonight.

More like this...

Diwali full bore.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 10d
Durban tonight.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 12d
Looks like more DOGE style cost-cutting to me.

Cut away what the country really needs, waste the "saving" on the king's court.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12d
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million because a $50k solid gold Rolex and a Birkin bag aren’t enough
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 12d
Yes, we are.

And we didn't need this tech to achieve it.

Just Fox News.

Fox was delivering what is now the mindless self-reinforcing tech soup-slop the good old fashioned way long before AI.

The machines are just accelerating the age of stupid.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 13d
It's challenging. Good luck with working in between 👊
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 13d
Whole town wakes up at first light to go swimming, running, cycling, paddling, surfing, fishing.

Demented.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 13d
Spatial apartheid, school sports coaches, and Durban are the reasons why.
hagenengler.bsky.social Hagen Engler @hagenengler.bsky.social · 13d
Spatial apartheid: South Africa has earliest average wake-up time in the world. 6.24am. Some workers must be up at 4am, even 3am to navigate unreliable public transport from remote areas to which their parents & grandparents were sent during apartheid

worldpopulationreview.com/country-rank...
Average Wake-Up Time by Country 2025
Discover population, economy, health, and more with the most comprehensive global statistics at your fingertips.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 13d
It's not healthy for anyone.
Kids are not designed for 12 hour plus school days.

Lots of kids' day starts at 6am with sport. Then more in the evening, especially indoor sports and extra-murals.

Still have homework to do.

Nuts.
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Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 13d
Torba is a piece of shit, but this idea that men talk like racist assholes by default and it’s somehow anti-masculine to criticize it is fucking untrue and men should push back against it. No, “male communication” is not racist and sexist and hateful when the conversation is being had by good men.
prchovanec.bsky.social Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13d
No, this is how Nazis talk in their own spaces. I don’t know abut this dude, but I never talked about gassing people and raping women when I was hanging out with my pals.
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Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 13d
No, this is how Nazis talk in their own spaces. I don’t know abut this dude, but I never talked about gassing people and raping women when I was hanging out with my pals.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 14d
"One million – the number of seconds that make up approximately 11.5 days.
One billion seconds, however, is approximately 31.7 years."

Some perspective on how big the R49bn the Zuma's and Gupta's stole from South Africa really is.

#dailymaverick
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 14d
#idiots

R48k for a hat? RAF officials ‘proud’ of marketing work by billion-rand media contracts www.news24.com/business/eco...
R48k for a hat? RAF officials ‘proud’ of marketing work by billion-rand media contracts | News24
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts questioned witnesses on the Road Accident Fund’s R1-billion media contracts on Wednesday.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 14d
On the R49bn he and the Guptas looted - it shouldn't really be an issue.

(Plus there is a good chance Gadaffi's missing gold is in the Nkandla basement)

‘How is Mr Zuma going to live?’: Judge questions impact of pension benefit attachment www.news24.com/southafrica/...
‘How is Mr Zuma going to live?’: Judge questions impact of pension benefit attachment | News24
A judge has questioned how former president Jacob Zuma will live if his entire pension benefit is attached to repay R28.9 million in taxpayer funds, which were unlawfully used to fund his corruption t...
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 23d
Not much point telling Trump because then Putin will know.

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...
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Trump says he would want to know Ukraine’s plans for Tomahawk missiles
WASHINGTON, Oct 6 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would want to know what Ukraine planned to do with U.S.-made Tomahawk missiles before agreeing to supply them because he doe...
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 23d
Nonsense that Zuma can't afford to repay this after his family and cronies ripped off R49 billion.

Thanks to his "10%" he's minted.

Zuma’s lawyers say he could never repay his R28.9m state-funded legal bill – even with pension www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Zuma’s lawyers say he could never repay his R28.9m state-funded legal bill – even with pension | News24
Former president Jacob Zuma’s lawyers say he will never be able to pay back the R28.9 million in taxpayer funds spent on his corruption trial legal costs – even if his presidential pension was forfeit...
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 25d
If ever there was reason not to select Oracle for your company's enterprise software supplier, its somewhere in here.

Pick any one.
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Stuart Johnson @stujohnson.bsky.social · 26d
Why is Zuma so keen to prevent the Madlanga commission proceeding?

And to keep Mchunu in place?

Zuma, MKP ConCourt challenge to Madlanga Commission ‘scant’, ‘devoid of material evidence’ www.news24.com/southafrica/...
Zuma, MKP ConCourt challenge to Madlanga Commission ‘scant’, ‘devoid of material evidence’ | News24
“Notably absent” from former president Jacob Zuma and his MK Party’s urgent Constitutional Court challenge to the establishment of the Madlanga Commission was “anything more than broad allegations tha...
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