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  1. Busy researching for my attempt at writing a blog a day, at least about Poisons.
    Here is a video about what I shall publish about today.
    (My Wordpress is the free one right now and cannot put videos in a blog post. Warchest... empty)
    youtu.be/ynwY2C5ikFY?si=X8Olkm
    #nature #biodiversity #poison #wine #CapeTown #southafrica #socialmedia #theartofwar #tsusun

  2. On the streets in Cape Town, voted one of the most dangerous, not cities, but places on the planet. Just me and my camera...
    #journalism #danger #CapeTown #socialmedia

  3. Table Mountain on fire.
    And the fire season hasn't started yet which means no helicopters so he fire is being fought on foot.

    #TableMountainFire
    #tableMountain
    #fire #fireseason
    #Capetown

  4. I'm moving on from the City of #CapeTown in just under a month. It's been a wild ride, and in the fullness of time, I'll definitely write something long form on my experience.

    However, if I owe you something City-related, now is the time to ask before the train leaves the station!

  5. New at my Patreon... When I was visiting Cape Town in 2018, I caught a local train to Muizenberg. This attractive seaside district has a beach which is popular with both swimmers and surfers - and, on occasion, sharks. Hence Cape Town's Shark Flag system:

    See the full photo and read the post at patreon.com/timrichards/posts/

    #CapeTown #flag #shark #sharks #beach #travel

  6. Great news for Capetonian lovers of theatre and former patrons of the old Alexander Bar: something very exciting and brand spanking new, yet classic: it is The Antique.
    theantique.co.za/ #CapeTown #whatToDoInCapeTown #WhatsOnInCapeTown #theatre #KloofStreet #theAntique

  7. On this personalized private tour that may be as long as you like, explore the Cape Peninsula's breathtaking scenery and unique fauna.
    pirsik.com/tours/t-91280
    #CapeTown #SouthAfrica #Africa #travel #tours

  8. Great to see my talk from @pyconafrica 2025 is up! youtu.be/XztfWbKkZvQ?si=NsJ8_K

    It's a bit of a long watch, but hopefully conveys how we tried to take a thoughtful approach in building a product that uses #GenAI, in this case an internal bot that answers questions about City of #CapeTown policies.

    #LLMs #RAG #civictech

    (Note for readers - for 2025, @pyconza joined forces with @pyconafrica, to great success)

  9. About 300km north of #CapeTown, there is a ridge of mountains, separating out #Namaqualand from the southern biome.
    The pass through the mountains is Piekeneerskloof.

    #SouthAfrica #Photography #BlackAndWhite

    deviantart.com/africanobserver

  10. Had a lovely visit to the #CapeTown Science Centre yesterday. Not too overwhelming, but plenty to expend a little person's energy and pique their curiosity! There is also a very good board game library. Highly recommended for a spare afternoon or two. The annual membership rates are very reasonable, so suspect we'll be back

  11. I had a good day yesterday, watching 4 films :)

    "The Last First: Winter K2" (imdb.com/title/tt39150288/) - a rather heavy one to start with, about an expedition up the #mountain #K2 that goes badly wrong.

    Next was "The Wind's Thirst" (imdb.com/title/tt39172060/), about some indigenous Colombians at the mercy of #coal extraction and #WindFarm projects redirecting river water and subjecting them to violence.

    "Hell's Army" (imdb.com/title/tt39830102/) - was very interesting - about the origins of the #WagnerGroup and their involvement in various wars.
    In the Q&A afterwards, they said that some former Wagner Group members are now security on #Russia's "Shadow Fleet" (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_).

    Last was "Notes From The Underground" (sheffdocfest.com/film/notes-un) about the #HipHop music scene in #CapeTown and how it developed under #apartheid up to the present day.
    In their Q&A they said they spent 34 days in 2017 filming, but lost all the footage in the burglary :( After mourning for a while, they then had to go back and shoot it all again.

    There were loads of other interesting-looking films I would like to watch, but I could only make the Sunday :(

    There was also a #BurningMan series on #HBO (imdb.com/title/tt29033873) that they showed a couple of episodes from, but I was too late to get tickets. I really need to look out for that as my mate said it was good!

    #FilmFestival #Documentary #Sheffield