Ben Kelly 🌐

A collection of random things. Expect to see a higher proportion of cycling and technology-related tweets.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@Discovery_SA Are there no bonus points for finishing the @RideJoburg this weekend?
You have no cycling events on the calendar for October or November.
We got 600 the last 2 years (which is a joke anyway it used too be 1500).
Surely we should get more...

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

Kudos to @Seattlecoffeeco.
This is exactly what we need. I never carry cash and I always feel bad not tipping the people who work at the garage stores.
Integrating Apple Pay into the payment options is amazing. Scan, select the amount, tap Apple Pay, FaceID and you're done.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@HomeAffairsSA Is there something wrong with your call centre. Been trying to call and I get a "this number is not available" message.
Trying to follow up on an application for a death certificate.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@sarstax have been verifying my banking details for 26 (working) days and each week they send me a message saying my refund is on hold for said verification.
I guess they're not striving hard enough to get it done in 21 working days as their message says.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@WanjiruNjoya I'm not sure if those replying are dumb or just full of shit. It's 30% of the local operating company.
Lots of countries have local ownership rules. And that 30% don't have to have anything to do with the people in power.
Stop making it out to be something it's not.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@DeanOelsch Waterfall City with a dedicated Gautrain station. Take the train walk to the stadium.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@Arfness @JCharlesLeonard I would love to know if he's actually evil or just stupid.
The same goes for all those alt/far right sympathisers (are we allowed to call them nazis?).

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@mayornay @delaneyartist @ferialhaffajee 1. Don’t try and fight with the artist I think they know if they are sculptures or not.
2. The definition of a sculpture is a piece of artwork that is three-dimensional. Sculptures come in many forms and can be made using several methods.

[The Left Bible @theleftbible]

This.

[Tamaryn @HellaTamaryn]

This little Dave STILL hasn’t been adopted yet! If you want to give him a home in JHB, please WhatsApp Belinda (Kempton Ferals NPO) on 0832715956 to request forms.

Adoption is subject to home check + adoption fee.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@CivicLilly1 @janrosenow Maybe they thought Hell's Gate has less negative connotations...

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[Daz @DazMSmith]

“It is with such a heavy & broken heart that I am sharing this news with the permission of Sean’s mom. Our beloved friend @SeanBacher passed away last night. Sean has been in hospital for a while & passed away due to cardiac arrest on 22 July 2024.” 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@SimonDingle @elonmusk I suspect the hummus and the cottage cheese in my fridge would have more enlightening conversations that those two gentlemen.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@RealEmirHan Grease

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

And then, as if by magic, it's available for collection today. Complaint mostly withdrawn about the inability to tell time in takealot land.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

Does "In stock: Get It Tomorrow!" mean something different in @TAKEALOT land. I ordered some stuff 2 days ago (all "In stock") and the initial collection date was tomorrow. But now it's moved out to Tuesday.
Every item is still listed as "In stock: Get It Tomorrow!"

[Chris Alvino @ChrisAlvino]

I still can't get over how bad AI has become. And this is coming from a computer scientist who spent over a decade studying and programming AI.

I fucking LOVE AI, but here are 10 reasons I absolutely fucking hate it now, a 🧵 ...

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@GarethCliff As we in SA have learned the hard way it's easy to make the numbers look good, only to see the lie in hindsight.
I don't trust populists, but yes, businesses creating jobs is the only way to lift people out of poverty.
Capitalism has many face, not all of them pretty.

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@Ashy_slashee Ms Trunchbull

[Ben Kelly 🌐 @benedictkelly]

@Ashy_slashee Mrs Coulter from His Dark Materials