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South Africa is the future of Western countries if they don’t wake up.

If you don’t want anyone to be able to lock you out (or price you out) of super intelligence you need to take running local models seriously

Ah, but remember, they live in a “full democracy” and we live in a “dictatorship”. 
I’m sure the people who make the freedom and democracy indexes will be updating them immediately.

woke up and my mentions are full of these Both me and @davemorin tried to talk sense into Anthropic, best we managed was delaying this for a week. Funny how timings match up, first they copy some popular features into their closed harness, then they lock out open source.

It’s happened. Mac Studio is here. Gemma 4 31b @GoogleDeepMind installed, chatting with my main @openclaw for $0 in token expenses now... I've burned $5-6k on tokens on my crazy ideas over past few months, so this mac studio should pencil out for me within 3 months or so 🤓

Indian engineer gets laid off. Boss: “We’re replacing your whole team… with Indians.” Him: “Bro I’m Indian??” Boss: “Nah. Indians from India. Cheaper.” Bro instantly turned into every Indian dad on Earth: “These goddamn Indians are taking our jobs!!” 💀😭 Circle of life hit different 🇮🇳

Imagine boko Haram in Windhoek 😭

Nike wiped out $200B+ in market cap since November 2021. And the chart actually understates how bad it is. This company made one bet that destroyed everything: the direct-to-consumer pivot. During COVID, Nike's online sales surged, and management convinced themselves the stay-at-home economy was permanent. They pulled product from Foot Locker, Dick's, and thousands of wholesale partners to push buyers through Nike.com and Nike stores. That ceded physical shelf space to On Running, Hoka, New Balance, and every competitor happy to fill the void. By the time Nike brought Elliott Hill in as CEO, customers had already moved on. The China numbers are staggering. Seven straight quarters of declining revenue. Greater China sales dropped 17% last quarter. Next quarter Nike expects a 20% plunge. Meanwhile Lululemon is posting double-digit growth in the same market. Anta and Li-Ning are eating Nike's share from below. Nike's China revenue contribution fell from 18.6% in 2021 to 14.2% in 2025. Yesterday Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Bank of America all downgraded the stock on the same day. Net income fell 35% year over year. Gross margin has declined for seven consecutive quarters. And the stock still trades at 38x forward earnings, a premium over the S&P 500 average of 22x. This is what a slow-motion brand collapse looks like with a luxury multiple attached to it. The turnaround keeps getting pushed further out. Management promised growth by early 2027. Wall Street priced that in. Now it's late 2027 at best. The scariest part: Nike is still the #1 sportswear company by market cap. If this is what #1 looks like, the rest of the industry is running a different race entirely.

Panyaza Lesufi's education department fumigated schools at R100/sqm (when the actual cost is R3/sqm) for a total of R431 million and not a single person was fired or prosecuted.

History will not look kindly on South Africa for their systemic anti-White racism. It is a genocide.

@Anunakin What is it about facts that blacks always turn their face against?

We won’t be told by a Dutchman who is a native and who isn’t. That’s for myself and other black people to discuss. You must go home!

@safercapetown Peak black excellence!

None of the PPE fraud money went to anything philanthropic or worthwhile. Not one community borehole. Not even a footbridge. Nada. Niks. Just blew the money on themselves.

NYC forgot what Islam did.

Countries that live in the real world: Israel, Ukraine, Poland, America Countries that live in La La Land: Britain, France, Germany, Spain

The best “propaganda” is literally just showing people what the West used to be like.

🇿🇦Trump Prepares to Sanction ANC, MK, EFF Gangsters‼️ The United States government has compiled a list of over 40 South African politicians, cronies and radical ideologues - each of them under consideration for targeted sanctions. #USA #Trump #anc #sanctions #justice

Somalians, Ethiopians, Congolese, Pakistani, Nigerians etc. all fighting tooth and nail to stay in South Africa. Why don’t these people want to go home?

Javier Milei: “I thought being on the left was a mental problem. The empirical evidence is so overwhelming that it never worked anywhere, and they refused to accept it.” “But what I discovered is that being on the left is a disease of the soul. The left is built on envy, hatred, resentment, and unequal treatment under the law. They are very violent, and since they have no way or arguments to answer, they go for physical violence.”

I can't stop laughing. Mayor Mamdani is proposing the estate tax be raised to 50% and to kick in at anything above $750k. Boy, are you New Yorkers about to FIND OUT. I'd move NOW. What dummies you are for electing this communist.