This is Today

Oslo via Brooklyn via ... via Kaapstad. Views, posts and opinions shared are my own.

[This is Today @roaldv]

I wished @AmericanExpress Platinum Spain had an online chat option for basic questions. Their "phone-call only" customer service is not working.

[Guardian sport @guardian_sport]

Former South African cricketer Dale Steyn went unrecognised by staff at a street cricket set-up in the US at the T20 World Cup.

Steyn took 439 Test wickets, but listened patiently to the instructions he was given before demonstrating his talents. Even then however, he was still given pointers on how to improve …

[kepano @kepano]

@tim_cook I think the ad would work much better if it was reversed. All the objects should be expanding out of the iPad rather than being crushed into it

made this edited version in five minutes (thanks iMovie!)

[This is Today @roaldv]

Can't wait to watch this via all the @WeTransfer and @googledrive links outside South Africa since @SuperSportTV will prob not make this available to be purchased or streamed like last time. #ChasingTheSun2 #StrongerTogether

[Springboks @Springboks]

Witness the unbreakable spirit of SA as it rallies behind the #Springboks. Journey with us on this five-part series, giving you access to all the untold stories of courage and unity that inspired our nation 🇿🇦
#ChasingTheSun2 #StrongerTogether

[WPP @WPP]

As part of @WPP's #WelcomeTalent campaign to reach a more diverse talent pipeline in Belgium, hairdressers around Brussels have been turned into 'HR-dressers' 💇‍♀️✂️

Discover opportunities for creative minds 👉 https://t.co/dFN7b1yDNT

[This is Today @roaldv]

@SuperSportTV should only make it available on their platform so that all the thousands of fans overseas willing TO PAY for it are forced to watch it for free via @WeTransfer and @googledrive links. Oh wait… #GoBokke #ChasingTheSun2

[Jared Wright @jaredwright17]

This is going to be so good!

March 2024, #ChasingTheSun2

[This is Today @roaldv]

@DAZNFootball @DAZNFootball pls make English commentary available on @PrimeVideo in Spain!

[Jared Wright @jaredwright17]

Hulle weet nie wat ons weet nie!

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

This is *peak* ingenuity 🏔️

Obsolete satellite antennas are being repurposed into giant solar panels that can generate energy from high in the Swiss Alps. One antenna can meet the energy needs of 25 households, according to energy services provider CKW Group, via Reuters.

[Emmanuel Macron @EmmanuelMacron]

Le XV l’a bien montré : la France est une grande nation du rugby mondial.

Merci d’avoir fait vibrer tout le pays et d’avoir porté nos couleurs avec panache. À jamais derrière vous !

Bravo à l’Afrique du Sud et aux demi-finalistes de cette Coupe du monde.

[Jared Wright @jaredwright17]

So much to love about this try. 🔥🇿🇦

Libbok’s hit. 👊
Andre’s hands. 👏
Kriel and Moodie passes. 🙌
Le Roux’s finish. 🤌

#RWC2023 #RSA #Springboks

[Bloomberg Pursuits @luxury]

A movement known as Architectural Uprising is pushing back against Scandinavian design trends — and sometimes forcing architects back to the drawing board https://t.co/4kbRPQeRNf

[radarboy3000 ⚫️ @radarboy3000]

Music for Blockchains is a set of 64 dynamic ordinals - a constantly evolving generative artwork and soundscape, visualising and playing data from each new #Bitcoin block mined.
Launching on @generative_xyz tomorrow...

Here's how they work...

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[CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ @CBSSportsGolazo]

🗣 "I think you’re the only one that knows how to score a lot of goals..."

Five-goal scorer @ErlingHaaland is full of praise for Thierry and tells @MicahRichards and @Carra23 the areas where he can still improve. 👀

[Tansu Yegen @TansuYegen]

A crab in a jar and a octopus🐙🦀

[STEM @stem_feed]

This is how electric vehicles were recharged by a battery swap in Spain, 1943.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

In 1995, 14 wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park. No one expected the miracle that the wolves would bring

[video, HD: https://t.co/rsjS56OYHG]
[read more: https://t.co/p3YBOCf9qd]

[beIN SPORTS @beINSPORTS_EN]

"I've never seen anything like it!"

Andy Gray and @JohnTerry26 are in complete awe of Erling Haaland after that first half!

#beINPL #MCIMUN 🔵👹

[Will Davis @wlldvs]

Bedford Ave (Brooklyn, New York)