BrYan Johnston

Husband, Dad, some sort of scientist, some sort of student, from Durban, in Cape Town. Born once, born again. Twit in my personal capacity. RT isn't endorsement

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@gavinjohncray @NapolitaKio @mybroadband @firepower66 Charles remembers you! Why not pop by for a coffee sometime? I'll make sure to be the middle man 😂

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@gavinjohncray @NapolitaKio @mybroadband @firepower66 Message delivered 😀

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@gavinjohncray @NapolitaKio @mybroadband @firepower66 He's one of my buddies! He's awesome!

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@CityofCT how do we request for a sidewalk / verge to be mowed and trimmed? We are finding our sidewalk becoming unusable from overgrowth. I can't seem to find the right section online if it even exists

[NSTF🇿🇦 @NSTF_SA]

Congratulations to Mr Bryan Johnston, on his extraordinary achievement as a finalist for the Science Diplomacy for Africa Award of the prestigious NSTF-South32 Awards the Science Oscars of South Africa (SA). The Awards recognise outstanding contributions to #science, #engineering, #technology (SET) and #innovation in SA since 1998.

He is a Senior High-Performance Computing (HPC) Technologist II: @CSIR .

For his work in advancing scientific computing and collaboration in Africa by deploying High-Performance Computing (HPC) systems and fostering a scientific computing community for emerging centres. He actively showcases the African scientific community to international stakeholders for funding and research partnerships. His initiatives have grown Africa’s largest virtual scientific computing community to over 350 members spanning five continents, contributing hardware, personnel, and resources to deploy 34 HPC systems in 11 African countries. His efforts have cultivated several global collaborations and trained more than 700 scientists in advanced research computing, making a significant impact on the continent’s scientific and technological capabilities.

See the list of all finalists who are contending as finalists for the best contributions to SET and innovation in SA under 16 different categories: https://t.co/TDNOjbQ0J8

@South32 @africascidip #NSTFawards2025 #scienceoscars #research #scientificresearch #development #KnowledgeBasedEconomy #sciencerolemodels #scienceexcellence #socioeconomicgrowth

[CSIR 🇿🇦 @CSIR]

The NSTF-South32 Awards, also known as the #ScienceOscars of SA, are set to take place on 31 July 2025. The awards serve as a platform to recognise the exceptional contributions made by individuals, teams and organisations in #STEMI. This year’s theme, ‘Quantum Science and Technology’ is in alignment with the United Nations (UN) proclamation of 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology.

Join us as we celebrate #TeamCSIR finalist: Senior Technologist, Bryan Johnston, in the Science Diplomacy for Africa Award category.

#InnovationforImpact #CSIR80Years
@NSTF_SA

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Use Signal

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

Trump 4 years. Vance 8 years. Musk 12 years.

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@African_Spring @geordinhl Well played 😅🫵

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

You are not your user. This is a motto so sorely lost by almost all of the new generation of software developers or "visionary disruptors". Introducing things we don't need or like isn't innovation, it's frustration. @CapitecBankSA why can't I disable the selfie "feature"?

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

So it seems our discounts on Vitality are reset to zero for the month we perform our Vitality Health Check?
@Discovery_SA
it feels like we are being penalised for checking out our health.

[HPCwire @HPCwire]

Congratulations to the HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards recipients! You can view all the winners here: https://t.co/eyu4qYuoGh
#SC24 #HPCwire #HPC

[HPCwire @HPCwire]

Congratulations to @TACC for being named a 2024 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award (ECA) recipient.

TACC won ECA: Workforce Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award. Read about this award here: https://t.co/rsrMfgHhtW #HPC #HPCwire

[HPCwire @HPCwire]

Congratulations to STEM-Trek for being named a 2024 HPCwire Readers’ Choice Award (RCA) recipient.

STEM-Trek won: RCA: Workforce Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Award

Read about the winners here: https://t.co/sG0VJeT3vs
#HPC #HPCwire

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

Mind blown!

A PowerPoint file is actually a ZIP file!

Rename it to ZIP and you can navigate it as a compressed file tree!

Wild!

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

Spare a thought for Glasgow Warriors 🤣

[Planet Rugby @PlanetRugby]

🦈 Siya Kolisi makes his Sharks return against Glasgow Warriors in an outrageously strong matchday squad that collectively holds 20 Rugby World Cup titles.

#URC #SHAvGLA

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

https://t.co/R1bbWOfIXu

Voting closes on 4 October (midnight) - only ONE nomination from Africa among the >200 nominees!

All categories are optional, but I encourage you to consider Category 22 (STEM-Trek) and Category 23...

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@RoryPetzer Evidently, when it comes to stationery truck puns there's a fine line between a road and a divider.

[BrYan Johnston @brattex]

@Brett_K73ll14 @RoryPetzer To be fair, Sharks made a similar blunder about 5 minutes earlier, when they had a penalty advantage in their half & decided to continue to bash it up instead of taking the better option of the penalty kick, lineout, bash it up in the Lions half. Pressure of the occasion.

[Rory Petzer @RoryPetzer]

How do you put a cork back into a champagne bottle?

Ask a Lions fan.

Sorry I love you.😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

#LIOvSHA #CurrieCupFinal