Stephen Forder

Three sisters near Rietriver, Eastern Cape South Africa

#photography #nature #landscape #beach #ocean

Who does the Strait of Hormuz matter to the most?

Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that: If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...

Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org

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Zapiro always draws it starkly.

That looks great!

The sweet, fragrant scent of the blooming acacia karoo pervades the air currently. It's wonderful.

Cattle lying down

Nguni bulls taking a rest #Bathurst #EasternCape #SouthAfrica

#photography

December dawn

#EastBeach #PortAlfred #EasternCape #SouthAfrica

#Nguni bull

#Bathurst #Ndlambe #EasternCape, #photography #southafrica

Great, thanks for that!

Proudly #EasternCape, the band Can of Worms from #EastLondon playing at Fergos in J-Bay tomorrow night and Crossways outside Gqeberha on Sunday at the morning market. This was them tonight in Bathurst

A young couple rushes to take a picture of their little one before the next wave washes in

East Beach, #PortAlfred last week. A young couple rushes to take a picture of their little one before the next wave washes in

#photography #beach #EasternCape #SouthAfrica

It's been an epic jacaranda season in Jo'burg.

Photo by Clare Appleyard via Johannesburg In Your Pocket.

Black-backed puffback bird

A black-backed puffback photographed in #Bathurst, #EasternCape #SouthAfrica

#ornithology #birding #birds

1. The name Bluesky was originally a placeholder for the project started by Twitter to build an open social protocol.

Purely by coincidence, my mother gave me the name Lantian, which translates to "blue sky."

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science - Mike Young Academy Scientific Twitter is about to find its true successor. And it is not X. This, our latest release, shows that the Bluesky network of scientists is growing — and growing.

Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science.

Indeed almost all people who used to be active on climate change on Twitter/X are now here.

To get more content: @katharinehayhoe.com has the complete overview and best starter packs, as usual 😀

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WE ARE SO BACK

Maybe I can safely post my drawing here…finally!!

Definitely not a keeper

Have a look at Ant's lists

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Hope I'm the first to post this all time classic on this platform

Thanks!

A bee with full pollen baskets #Bathurst #EasternCape #aloe

World’s most powerful onshore wind turbine turns on Machine can power 160,000 households with blades that are each comfortably longer than a football pitch

The world’s most powerful onshore wind turbine with a capacity of 15MW has been commissioned in China by manufacturer Sany

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This beauty was caught on the driveway and released on the #Bathurst commonage #puffadder #SouthAfrica #EasternCape

COP29: Eskom tells climate conference of plan for going green SA’s single biggest emitter has set up a new office to guide its shift towards cleaner energy sources

Lessons from Komati: 'Don’t shut down before social and recovery measures are in place,' says Eskom. Build renewable infrastructure — solar, wind, and battery storage — ahead of plant decommissioning to avoid past mistakes. 🌱⚡ #RenewableEnergy #JustTransition

www.businesslive.co.za/bd/national/...

Put your money where your (morals) are — where South Africa’s top five banks rank in climate policy A new report from Just Share evaluates the climate commitments of South Africa’s largest banks — Absa, FirstRand, Investec, Nedbank, and Standard Bank — revealing concerning gaps in climate risk manag...

South Africa's top 5 banks have pledged climate action, but a new Just Share report reveals their efforts fall short of limiting global warming to the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target. Actions speak louder than words. 🌍 #ClimateAction #ParisAgreement

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2024...

Make America Healthy Again lasted less than a Scaramucci

Full moon tides and a decent swell made for some smashing moments over the weekend where the Kowie meets the sea #PortAlfred #SouthAfrica

Driving the herd #Bathurst #EasternCape #SouthAfrica