CIRE

Endlessly curious about people, stories, ideas, and the world we live in.

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

“I was overwhelmed by the backlash, it was disappointing to see some people who I thought were on my side, jumping over to AKA’s side, and it was too much for me to bear, so I took a step back.” – iFani https://t.co/rfbPLUhYoJ via @YouTube

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

@sikimsuseni Intercept how?

[Alex Prompter @alex_prompter]

Let me trace the timeline here because nobody's connecting it.

Step 1: Scrape the entire internet. Every book, every article, every conversation, every piece of art, every forum post. Do it without asking. Do it without paying.

Step 2: Train a model on all of it. Call it "artificial intelligence."

Step 3: Go to BlackRock's Infrastructure Summit and announce: "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter."

Step 3 is where you sell people's own knowledge back to them. On a meter.

They took the collective output of human thought, compressed it into a model, and now they want to charge you by the token to access a version of what you and everyone you know already created.

One Reddit user put it perfectly: "They stole all this data from us, the people, our life's work, creativity, art, by devouring the internet and blowing through all copyright laws. Now they want to sell it back to us in the form of a utility."

Imagine if someone photocopied every book in the public library, burned the library down, and then opened a subscription service for the copies.

That's the metered intelligence business model.

And they're pitching it to infrastructure investors as though they invented water.

[Sibu Mabena @sibumabena]

A little while ago, Duma Collective was invited to a pitch for a big corporate’s annual hackathon by a former client who had left where we serviced her account and recently joined this new corporate.

Okay sharp, walk into the venue and I see 2/5 agencies there are people I know and have been agencies partners with on jobs on various jobs. One of those two agencies is Beanstalk.

At the end of the briefing, Alain and I just looked at each other and said dude, let’s just do this together. “You lead and I’ll support” is what I said to him and he graciously agreed.

I’ve learnt so much from working on a tech event of this nature, coordinating multiple sponsors and individuals in the client team whilst Alain and the team focused on the event build and experience and together, we executed what the clients have been calling the best code fest they’ve ever experienced.

48 consecutive hours of coding by 30 teams of 4-5 people each and we can close the week saying… WE DID IT!!!

What a dope thing it is to know that where we could’ve competed and one of us would’ve “failed”, we chose to collaborate and succeed TOGETHER instead!

This week was a good week at work ❤️🌟🙏

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

Epod.

[Titanium @akinkunmi]

Introducing Avnac — opensource local-first Canva alternative.

[Koshiek Karan @iamkoshiek]

for the first time in its 76 year history, Formula 1 has an official gambling sponsor in Betway 🏎️ 🎰

even the world’s most prestigious, family friendly & luxurious sports isn't safe from the claws of gambling

an entire generation will experience live sport as betting events

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

@PMakgari No you're right. Its just funny to think about, he really is everywhere he shouldn't be.

[🐂 @Lonz_Sigabi]

Hmmm

[simple boi: mabele & amabele @Queen_Finxa]

The Coloured community solved this

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

@sboshmafu @lulushezi Yoh

[Yana Boyko @_yanaboyko]

Please help spread the word:

I’m honestly shocked to see my illustration being used on T-shirts sold at the Monte-Carlo Masters without my permission or a licence.

I never expected something like this from such a major tournament.

If someone from the organisers sees this, please contact me so we can resolve this properly.

@montecarlorolex @atptour

[‏ً @BALUCIAGA]

you enjoy a little hobby and people will say you need to make it into a business. we’re in capitalist hell.

[RH @RihYe_]

This will go down as one of the greatest live shows in history

Ending it in the best way possible way, 12 minutes of Runaway

45 perfect songs, thank you Ye.

[Member @ThabisoMosia]

"I've never changed as a person. I was lucky to be brought up in a liberal household. My Dad was a member of the ANC.. We were brought up with an objective view of the world. That's why I didn't think twice about supporting the Black Lives Matter movement in 2021"

[Athlete Vanity @AthleteVanity]

Co Gauff for Miu Miu (2026)

[Truethingz™️ @Manlike_Solz]

Flex with Denzel Washington in the 90s. Denzel shirt 🔥

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

@Sunflowerreal You're hard on your fav and he's drowning in the deep end.

[CIRE @ericsaysso]

On paper, South Africa is liberal. Socially, we tend to be more conservative.

[Sgaps @OfentseZA]

They are jacking his entire flow bar for bar, even the creative direction is the same, mind you they had 4 years to come up with something else but they were like “Nah, Kabelo ke snaai sa rona, do it like he did”

[Kumi Naidoo @kuminaidoo]

These old photos remind me how many of us stood up in those days—not because we were brave, but because the times demanded it.

If there is anything “progressive” about those pages of history, it’s because so many ordinary people chose courage over comfort.

The struggle continues, and I’m grateful to walk it with the many people who are fighting for justice, peace, dignity, and sustainability.