Nicholas DR Shepherd

Creative Director of Machete, a clutter-cutting brand communications agency based in Cape Town, South Africa.

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

@CryptoKevvvv @elonmusk What was Elon thinking?

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@VicarsAnn22647 @HashtagTrump Or Mars. Hitch a ride with your pall @elonmusk.

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

RIT, blue bird of chirpiness

[Gus Silber @gussilber]

I really miss that little blue bird. A symbol, instantly recognisable, of fleeting thoughts taking flight & alighting in flurries of chatter and song. Now forever erased, replaced by the mark of an unknown mathematical variable. Rest in tweet, winged messenger of the skies!

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@EnobotAgboraw @LeilaRBenali @CNESTEN1 Wonderful news! Congratulations @afcone @EnobotAgboraw

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

Classic! Must-watch SA humour.

[Karyn Maughan @karynmaughan]

The South African sense of humour is unmatched.

This “ESKOM looking for love” video is HILARIOUS.

[Malume Oom Oupa @WINSTON74502263]

@RassieRugby Also Rassie, your answer is a bit skeinheilig. Rather deal with the problem, ie these youngsters need better mentors assisting them with fame & fortune

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

Frowing him wiv a ball? Jinne piet! It’s sad when a journalist’s language attracts more attention than the incident he’s reporting…

[SA Rugby magazine @SARugbymag]

Renowned referee Nigel Owens yellow-cards a young touchline assistant for throwing him with a ball during a clash between Leinster and Scarlets. https://t.co/p9FSygozRY

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My thoughts?
A) Why is Faff de Klerk on the bench?
B) Why is Warrick Gelant NOT on the bench?
Surely we have seen enough of Willie Won't He Le Roux!

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

Classic!

[Darrel Bristow-Bovey @dbbovey]

Right now I would be more comfortable with Elton John in the 10 jersey.

[Kanyi Zondo @KanyiZondo]

@helenzille And then we complain about homelessness, unemployment and poverty. How do you fix all this problems? INVESTMENT which creates work!!! We need to really decide what we want… vacant pieces of “sacred” land or the ability to feed our families.

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

.@ADMupdates @fundacaobunge @cargill: don't be an accessory in the destruction of #AmazonRainforest and its traditional peoples. Do not give any support to the Ferrogrão railway project. https://t.co/xE55HkoWLu

[Anonymous TV 🇺🇦 @YourAnonTV]

JUST IN: #Russian state TV channels have been hacked by #Anonymous to broadcast the truth about what happens in #Ukraine.

#OpRussia #OpKremlin #FckPutin #StandWithUkriane

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

TOTAL DISGRACE! Total is the only western energy giant that hasn’t announced plans to quit Russia. Shell is shedding its ties, BP is going beyond Putin, and Exxon announced it's exiting too. Sign the petition to get Total to drop Putin! https://t.co/12jOcOnZuJ #Ukraine

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Gemma’s first #investecartfair Can’t wait to see the real thing! #gemmasis ! @ Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) https://t.co/zo9grv41mu

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

It’s everywhere: in the rain, our food, even in the human placenta! But now more than 100 countries are calling for a new global treaty to end plastic pollution! Governments are meeting in days - sign to demand a #PlasticsTreaty to #BreakFreeFromPlastic https://t.co/Jpn1ja4Did

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

@alanwinde Great! But what about #pringlebay?

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

I just added my name to this emergency appeal for climate action by Greta, Vanessa, Mitzi, and Dominika. Sign now and share, and they'll deliver our voices directly to governments at the @COP26 #climate summit. https://t.co/ndxtCk2zZu

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

Join @Malala and Afghan women's rights advocates @ZarqaYaftali & @ShaharzadAkbar's urgent call to world leaders to get Afghan girls back in school #LetAfghanGirlsLearn https://t.co/kykRkZuRFT

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

@John_C_Robbie @AllBlacks @Springboks Win or lose, next week should be regarded as the acid test for the Erasmus Nienaber brains trust. Because we can rely on the @MacheteCreative AllBlacks to come up with something different. Question is, can the @Springboks?

[Nicholas DR Shepherd @ShepherdsEdge]

@mark_keohane @Zels77 @AllBlacks Yes, but if we had an iota of on-field IQ and final-minute game management common sense, we could have been one match away from adding the Rugby Championship to the trophy cabinet!