hesgen @hesgen@social.cleverlibre.org

"Hypocrisy has, it would seem, no limits when it comes to South Africa’s foreign policy. Exactly a week before the country was due to accuse Israel of genocide before the International Court of Justice on January 11th, President Cyril Ramaphosa played host to Muhammad Hamdan Dagalo, a Sudanese warlord whose Janjaweed militia and its successor are accused of genocide and war crimes in Darfur... The ANC is trying to elevate this [allegation of genocide] into an election issue, to potentially try and distract from some of the core economic issues."

https://archive.is/boEVL
#SouthAfrica #Corruption #ANC #ICJ #Genocide #Hamas #Israel

♟️ Chess in Medieval Times: Look at the details of this beautiful 13th c. mirror case made of ivory showing 2 chess players.

🎥 Find out more about the fascinating history of chess & its remarkable impact on culture, art, science & more: https://ideasroadshow.com/chess/

@histodons @whencyclopedia #histodons @academicchatter @academicsunite #history #chess #arthistory

Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre #OTD in 1904.

Written in 1903, it was first published by Znaniye (Book Two, 1904), and came out as a separate edition later that year in Saint Petersburg, via A.F. Marks Publishers. Chekhov described the play as a comedy, with some elements of farce, though Stanislavski treated it as a tragedy.

Cherry Orchard at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7986

#books #literature #theatre

#Jenrick debating the #Rwanda bill

"The law is our servant, not our master "

That's Fascism

“The Kremlin has told state-controlled news outlets to emphasize that the LDPR’s platform consists of ‘conservatism and patriotism, the defense of the Russian world, and a peaceful return of all territories of the former USSR to Russia through referenda.’”
https://t.co/YC0yiaXsCQ

@7ikozu tres, tres zen!

As someone who spent a large portion of '98 and '99 making sure shit didn't break on Y2K, I'd like to extend a very heartfelt FUCK YOU to HBO for greenlighting a piece of shit documentary that suggests that effort wasn't necessary.

Anyone who thinks the route to a just resolution to the #HorizonIT crisis lies with a massive fine & compensation paid by #Fujitsu is letting the UK's political class & legal system off the hook.

Certainly, making Fujitsu pay is a necessary element to a just resolution but it is hardly sufficient.

The political class' scramble for cover will be masked if we focus primarily on the #software itself.

There were/are plenty of people who need to be held to account & only a minority are IT folk!

"DU LIEGST im großen Gelausche,
umbuscht, umflockt.

Geh du zur Spree, geh zur Havel,
geh zu den Fleischerhaken,
zu den roten Äppelstaken
aus Schweden –

Es kommt der Tisch mit den Gaben,
er biegt um ein Eden –

Der Mann ward zum Sieb, die Frau
mußte schwimmen, die Sau,
für sich, für keinen, für jeden –

Der Landwehrkanal wird nicht rauschen.
Nichts
stockt."

Celan schrieb 1967 in Berlin dieses Gedicht zur Erinnerung an die Ermordung Luxemburgs und Liebknechts am 15. Januar 1919.

"there are only 2 sexes" then please explain this?

My Daughter managed to photograph hummingbird bird breath!
it's really cold out and she grabbed the camera because she saw him dancing, flicking his tongue in and out.
Anna's hummingbird #birds #photography #wildlifephotography #photography

Today is #BlueMonday: the day when it is SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN that we all feel an utter sense of despair about the bullshit pseudoscience stories about "Blue Monday" appearing in the tabloid press

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/25358882/beat-blue-monday-tips-depression/