mhendrikse.bsky.social
@mhendrikse.bsky.social
South African
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I don’t like that just needing basic necessities feels like being bad with money now
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 PM
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Whoa!
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 31, 2026 at 12:17 AM
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This is of course intensely relevant to South Africa too.
We know how to cool our cities and towns. So why aren’t we doing it?
Cities swelter in heatwaves - they heat up faster and stay hotter. But Australia has few strategies to cool them. Here’s how we could shift from laggard to leader.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2026 at 7:06 AM
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little girl named Nina Simone
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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"Technology has stolen us from each other and in many ways from ourselves, and then tried to sell us substitutes." Marvellous essay.

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit
The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Exposure to frigid temperatures or freezing cold water are the most common causes of hypothermia.

#frosts #survivingwinter #homeless #animals
January 29, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Neil Young Trashes Amazon, Gives His Complete Musical Catalog to Greenland for Free - Rolling Stone
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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A Cemetery in Galicia, from Au Pied du Sinaï
January 12, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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Morgan Russell, Color Form Synchromy (Eidos), 1922-23
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1134606
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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its just a database of words and an engine that picks the next word in sequence based on formulation of the prompt balanced against historical probability i know that might sound complicated but what im really saying here is if you believe a computer program has feelings you need to go to therapy
January 26, 2026 at 5:29 AM
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Self portrait - Edward Hopper, 1925-30.
Source : Whitney Museum, New York 🇺🇸
January 25, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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I think it's cute that anyone thinks cold weather can stop Minnesotans.
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 5:32 AM
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Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876- 1907) was an early German Expressionist painter #WomensArt
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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January 23, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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"What will stop Trump?"
If you follow French media, you know how much fun cartoonists have been having at Trump's expense. It may not change facts on the ground, but it makes me feel better.
Qu'est-ce qui arrêtera Trump ?
✏️ par Coco
January 22, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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That anxiety about being "in trouble" doesn't mean you're "immature." It most likely means you've had uncertainty & the potential of serious consequences used to influence your behavior in the past-- especially in situations where you were relatively powerless.
January 21, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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modern american politics consists of experts patiently explaining why something insane that people are talking about could never happen, followed by that exact thing happening
January 20, 2026 at 1:11 AM
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They say when the US sneezes, the whole world catches a cold. I have to say, it feels a lot more like herpes.
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 AM
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Greenlandic politician and former MP Tillie Martinussen: “We do not want to be rich like [USians]. Look how greedy they are, even trying to invade their friends. We would not sell ourselves.”
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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I'd really like to change "This not who we are" to "this is how we need to stop being who we are."
January 19, 2026 at 4:28 AM
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South African trade union leader Zwelinzima Vavi says Ramaphosa should not to accept the credentials of the newly appointed US Ambassador Brent Bozell III.

👏And so say all of us.
January 19, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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#Justice4ReneeNicoleGood ⚖️
BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross

KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement

BRENNAN: His name is public

NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 19, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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When did police start dressing like Fortnite characters? And what is camouflage good for in a city?

Dress is a form of speech and we need to pay attention to the message we’re being sent.
January 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM