M.S. Jackson

If anyone wants to watch my 1st movie - my practically-zero budget GIRL FROM NOWHERE - here's a link. Enjoy! (Also available on Amazon Prime) #filmmaking #indiefilm #undergroundfilm #movies #CapeTown tubitv.com/movies/465921/…

Claude is asked how it feels being used by the U.S. military.

@pookiepolls fyi @dailymaverick @MaxduPreez @kretz @IOL @amaBhungane

I saw this on FB and it made me very sad. Is their absolutely NOTHING that this criminal government can do properly. Written by James Deacon. I am about to write what has to be one of the most difficult and painful posts for me to write on Facebook. On Friday I was given news which unfortunately I cannot disclose yet that has forced me to turn my back on something I truly love with all my heart: Kirstenbosch Garden. I have been involved there for 19 years due to my love and passion for the garden. However Kirstenbosch is no longer a place that brings me joy and happiness but rather pain and sadness. When I walk through nursery now I see neglect, decay and death. The amazing plant collections that have taken decades and more to establish sit neglected slowly dying. The Protea collection is less than a third of what it was and only a fraction of the Ericas remain. One plant has gone from extinct in the wild to completely extinct purely due to lack effort to keep it going. Places once full of plants sit empty and in some cases full of weeds because the production of plants is so diminished. Great plantsmen and women like Ernst van Jaarsveld, Monique McQuillan , Louise Nurrish , Cherise Viljoen , Anthony Hitchcock who I admired and looked up to all left way before they should have because working there had become so unpleasant and because things like procurement made it impossible for them to do their jobs. One told me when they tried to order pots the response they got from the management of SANBI the SOE that runs many of the country's botanical gardens was what were they cooking. Another ordered pots and three years later they yet to arrive. Poor financial management has resulted in the organisation having to use funds donated for educational purpose to pay staff salaries. Kirstenbosch no longer has a Protea or an Erica expert and hasn't had either for years. Staff morale is at an all time low and respect for the leadership of the garden has broken down. The garden cannot produce metal labels to tell visitor what the names of the plants are. I say all these things not out of animosity to anyone or with the desire to see people in trouble. I say these things because I love the garden and what I am seeing is breaking my heart. I am also saying these things because after all the friends, experiences, knowledge and memories the garden has given me I feel I have a duty to speak out for the garden in difficult times such as these. I don't know what will happen to me for saying all this. Maybe I will be banned from the garden or get into trouble. However I refuse to stay silent and standby while the things and people that I care about suffer. I also feel that we the current custodians of the garden have a duty to preserve and protect the work of those custodians of the past for the custodians of the future. We have two choices to be remembered as those who fought for Kirstenbosch during its most difficult and challenging times or as those who sat idly by and allowed it break down and be ruined. I don't know if anyone will read this or if it will achieve anything but I will not keep silent while the place I love suffers and will continue to speak out against what is happening.

@luketress if only they were also protesting the 70,000+ innocent women and children killed in Gaza recently?

Several hundred demonstrators outside the New York Times to protest Kristof column

Shark Tank Billionaire Kevin O'leary says 2 people fighting data centers in Utah are Chinese agents. Turns out its just 2 local girls in Utah, they make a hilarious video calling him the fuck out

@benpooler Time to raise the height of the Berg River Dam, rather than rushing into expensive and risky schemes for desalination and ‘reuse’ (sewage-to-drinking-water)

CAPE TOWN DAM LEVELS Tuesday: 61.2% Monday: 50.9% 10% increase in 24 hours!

@Kenya_Scrabble Last time I was in Nairobi, I was amazed (and very impressed) to see Scrabble sold at traffic lights. If anyone wants to practise their word spotting skills, try my free game - words90.com?

Scrabble Kenya 2026 calendar of events

@davo_arid Awesome! But have you tried Words90.com to speed up your scrabble word finding skills? (Though yes, you probably don’t need it)

I’ve won $380 playing Scrabble tournaments! How much have YOU won playing Scrabble tournaments? What’s that? Zero dollars? Because you were too busy having a career and spending time with your family? LOL ok loser.

#Scrabble fans! Try my new word game #Words90? Will definitely speed up your Scrabble word-spotting skills. And it’s totally free! (One day... one day when it has 100million users, maybe it’ll make money. Until then, it’s free as a bird) Words90.com

@Variety He’s made his name/money, and is moving on...

Peter Jackson on AI being used in film: “I don’t dislike it at all. I mean, to me, it’s just a special effect.”

@MOSSADil @NickKristof 2 wrongs don’t make a right.

@NickKristof Why didn’t the Israeli civilian hostages get any visits from the Red Cross? Why didn’t they get lawyer visits? The allegations you make are absurd and libelous! The burden is on you to prove your case. You failed to do that part.

I appreciate the intense interest in my column. For skeptics, why not agree on Red Cross and lawyer visits for the 9,000 Palestinian "security" prisoners? If you think these abuse allegations are false, such monitoring visits would be protective. So why not?

@liron @NickKristof I expected more of you Liron. Thanks for revealing your true self. Unfollowing.

@NickKristof Why not agree to resign in disgrace if it's confirmed that Israelis didn't rape Palestinians with dog dicks?

@Plinz @AI_in_LEO Awesome, will check it out.

@AI_in_LEO Peter Watts: Blindsight

I'm getting back into Sci-Fi, which should be the next read?

@KenNagel5 No, I genuinely thought you might well just be a Russian bot. I’ll be glad if you’re not, but with AI today, I’m still not convinced.

@TheOracleM The term "Russian bot" is a lame insult that uniformed people use when someone says something that threatens the legitimacy of their opinion. So to answer more directly "Russian bot" is a political construct. No one is a "Russian bot".

Today the Venice Biennale opens and Russia has spent millions parading their “culture” at a shiny pavilion. In reality, they bombed over 2,600 hospitals, maternity wards, and schools since 2022. That’s Russian culture.

@KenNagel5 @CaolanReports Are you a Russian bot?

@CaolanReports The Ukrainian dictator publicly announced that they were building drones in schools there by making them legit military targets. Ukraine has also attacked civilian targets. That's Ukrainian culture.

@BladeoftheS I recall Bernie Sanders making the same point about Republicans’, the party of the super rich, the 1%’s... How does the 1% take power? By splitting everyone else into small groups, and getting them to turn on each other...

In the USA in 1943 they produced a film 'Don't be a Sucker' about fascism. It perfectly explains Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Elon Musk and the entire Right.

@RusChiefWhip @CaolanReports No, I think he made a great point. something is clearly very wrong with Russian people. They seem quite heartless.

@CaolanReports Caolan-Borat achieved 'great success'! So, tell me, son, what have you achieved? Any changes? Any movement in powers? Kremlin destroyed? You nazi friends won? No? Then you only made yourself look like a clown.

I confronted the russian ambassador at Venice Biennale because no one else did. In the last 24 hours russia bombed city centres & a kindergarten. Dozens murdered in the streets. The russian pavilion here is filled with free champagne & art to whitewash their war crimes.

I found this graphic interesting. For example, SA’s economy is smaller than Bangladesh’s. Who would have guess that? fyi @MichaelJordaan @nickhedley

@HermLategan But this image is not the Garden Centre...?

THE GARDEN CENTRE: THE MIDDLE-FINGER FROM HELL substack.com/home/post/p-19…