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[culture @notgwendalupe]

the way this music video ran Tumblr

[. @ctrl_sedgrick]

YALL I CANT PINK REALLY RUINED ED SHERRANS CAREER THIS IS CRAZY JDJDFJFJFKDKDK

[Pop Base @PopBase]

All three remaining opening acts and Ed Sheeran’s touring band have announced that they are dropping out of the remaining dates of his ‘Loop’ tour in solidarity with Palestine and Macklemore.

[Nicholas M. Kimani @SankarasGuitar]

The average Palestinian child has seen 10 times worse

[Janée Aiko @JaneeBri_]

I have AI fatigue and the 80’s pics on Instagram is my last straw

[tomb @TurmShrub]

It's still unfathomable to me. Just downplaying gun violence underneath a sign that confidently says "prove me wrong!!!" And getting executed mid sentence. Its too on the nose

[Covie @covie_93]

Jailing another country's president for breaking US law while refusing to hold the US president accountable for breaking US law is.......strange.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

The biggest mass funeral in Gaza was held this week for 112 people (including 44 children) that were killed in an Israeli strike on a residential block in 2023.

Their bodies were only recently recovered from the rubble in an operation that spanned across two weeks.

[mel @Me3ll__]

Prefiero un tiro en la frente

[vuyi qotoyi @justvuyi_]

R100’s worth of electricity can’t be 13 units you bastards @CityofCT @Eskom_SA

[DP 🐐 @dptheog]

At this rate, all y’all flyers look the same. We don’t know if you’re selling food, promoting a party, or doing taxes. 😭

[blanc @dqveed]

Sorry but you can’t chat about things like digital ID when dressed as if you’re living in the 16th century

[Meh 🇵🇸 @MaxSee7]

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[Pop Base @PopBase]

FIFA is proposing that the opening match of their upcoming under-15s football festival should be Palestine against Israel. (via The NYT)

(https://t.co/YYTjRRIk9N)

[Tara Roos @tarathinks]

A few days ago, I tweeted that I think the DA will lose its majority in the City of Cape Town. That opinion has resulted in me receiving thousands of DMs containing rape and death threats from DA members/supporters.

You are welcome to disagree with my opinion. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But threatening me with sexual violence because you disagree with my view is disgusting.

In addition, I have been threatened with having my job as a journalist made “difficult”. I have been told I will not be given comment when I ask for it and that my editors will be contacted and pressured to remove me from stories.

This is a tactic many of my colleagues warned me about. I have told me to avoid talking about the DA altogether because of threats like these.

Twitter is not journalism. My journalistic integrity is measured by the articles I write, not by the opinions I share on social media. A tweet is not a news article. I did not publish a piece of reporting; I expressed an opinion.

In a country where GBV claims the lives of hundreds of women yearly and has been declared a national crisis, it is completely unacceptable that I am receiving rape threats for expressing a political opinion. This is not simply another aspect of my job. While threats and attacks against journalists are sadly common, nobody would be threatening me with rape if I were a man.

I will not be silenced because I expressed a view.

In 2023, I publicly stated that I believed the ANC would lose its majority in 2024. Many people disagreed with me, but I did not receive a single rape threat from ANC members or supporters.

I do not speak about the DA more than any other political party. Analysing political parties is literally my job as a political analyst. What disgusts me is that in a country with constitutional protections for freedom of expression, a young woman can be threatened with rape and violence simply for making a political prediction.

Disagree with me if you want. Argue with me. Tell me I am wrong. But do not threaten my safety because you dislike my opinion.

[🔴renée🕯️🌕🌳🌈 @rainsister_3]

#CapeTownIsNotTelAviv

[DENETRIC MALOPE 🇿🇦 @denetric_malope]

The Idea of me paying R15k for a UK visa when they can just come in our country for free still doesn’t make sense to me.

[Dr. Najat Abdul-Aziz @theafroaussie]

I cannot emphasise how BATSHIT FUCKING CRAZY this is

[St.Brigette @saintBrigettee]

The Strokes displaying last university in Gaza bombed as they finish their set in Coachella.

[eNCA @eNCA]

South Africa's history curriculum is set to undergo an overhaul.
The changes aim to make the subject more African-centred in classrooms. The proposed curriculum, which would be compulsory, includes teaching South African history from before 1652. https://t.co/gKT6rKMHbH