Senior Data Scientist @fathomData | Herpetologist | Student at heart | He/his #rstats #snake #reptile #SouthAfrica #Africa #Sweden
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Conservation biologists be like "I know a spot" then tell you they can't show you because the species is critically endangered and highly sought after in the pet trade.
Vamos! @carlosalcaraz just did the hardest thing in tennis. Served for the Championship against the most successful player of all time. Absolutely huge congratulations! May there be many more 💪#Wimbledon
This is rich given that Sweden's birth certificate is basically a printout from a dot matrix printer.
I had to get the stupid thing verified with an apostille stamp. 🤪
7 teens' dreams shattered as Sweden denies entry to 'fatherless' kids 702.co.za/articles/478699/7-… via @Radio702
Gavin Masterson, PhD 📊🐍🐸🇿🇦🇸🇪 retweeted
(🧵) This is the story of how far-right snowflakes afraid of free speech and facts—obsessed, instead, with their Big Important Feelings and using speech to brutalize others—destroyed Twitter.
I hope you’ll follow along and share this to the extent the Musk Algorithm allows it.
Hi @StandardBankZA
I just got a cold call claiming that you want me to talk to a financial advisor. The person wanted me to set up a Teams meeting with someone. I hung up on them as I assume this is a phishing scam. Can you please confirm this?
In today's episode of "Things That Shock No-One Other Than @CyrilRamaphosa ..."
#Eskom #Loadshedding
Forensic investigator Calvin Rafadi said Eskom managers and employees had been involved in sabotage at power stations for years.
dailyinvestor.com/energy/193…
Gavin Masterson, PhD 📊🐍🐸🇿🇦🇸🇪 retweeted
We need to normalise mentioning the name 'ANC' when telling stories about the economic and deeply personal impact of blackouts- such as a child dying because of lack of oxygen when an inverter runs out of backup power.
The effects of blackouts aren't random natural events. They are the foreseeable consequences of corruption, state capture, technocratic ineptitude, and unethical and ineffectual leadership *by the ANC-misled government."
Make it a habit to tie the story of Eskom to the ANC.
It is perfectly on brand for Home Affairs to be three years late on a deadline to do something.
You are an embarrassment. Do better @HomeAffairsSA.
dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
Gavin Masterson, PhD 📊🐍🐸🇿🇦🇸🇪 retweeted
Extraordinary numbers of rare succulent plants being stolen from SA “The entire global population of an endemic plant can be wiped out from their wild habitat in a single day by illegal plant collectors." dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
So basically he's saying:
"Billionaires using private planes is morally wrong because other people can't".
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Owner of several transport-related companies wants to make everyone waste time in traffic.
cnbc.com/2023/05/16/elon-mus…
Gavin Masterson, PhD 📊🐍🐸🇿🇦🇸🇪 retweeted
I live in the Joburg CBD in a big old apartment with loads of sunlight and old wooden floors in a gorgeous old building. I pay a fraction of what I would pay for the same place in Killarney. I worked in housing and evictions for two and a half years. Also in the CBD
[PRESS STATEMENT] SERI condemns unlawful raids and war on the poor by @CityofJoburgZA Acting Mayor, Kenny Kunene. We call upon the City to rectify its course and refrain from unlawful conduct.
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Can we remind @CyrilRamaphosa who runs the public health system? He seems to have misplaced his notes.
There's a 'gap between public and private health systems': Ramaphosa
enca.com/news/theres-gap-bet…
Medical graduates are sitting at home with no jobs, while the health system is facing a shortage of workers. One young doctor told News24 that his community refers to him as the doctor waiting for the Social Relief of Distress Grant of R350.
news24.com/news24/health/the…
