Sean Walsh

@EmilSutovsky S increases “real chess fans” by 100%, passive audience by 10%. Chess remains a niche sport, poor sponsorships, etc. G increases passive audience by 100%, “real chess fans” by 10%. (Much harder to do). Chess becomes mainstream, which is what happened. You choose.

I think there is another aspect to it, often neglected. Say, youtuber G vs youtuber S. G has three times more subscribers, but how many of them become real chess fans? Play regularly? Start following events, take chess lessons, become a part of chess ecosystem? S may have much less subscribers, but they become hardcore chess fans, and not just consumers of the channel's content. Who's contribution to the chess world is more important? I go with S.

@MrTladiSir @YouDunnoVusi Bring back Neil Tovey!!

Proteas got their First World Cup and the captain is black. NO DNA JUST RSA🇿🇦

@Jimbo_Cricket @Russell12A Most cricket fans don't even realize what happened. They just see their country's Test cricket deteriorating. Personally, I hardly follow Test cricket any more, having been a massive fan. But I'll always hold a grudge against those 3 countries.

@Jimbo_Cricket @Russell12A Articles like this are SO ironic. AUS, ENG & IND effectively destroyed Test cricket by ganging together to play each other more often, for the lucrative gains involved. Every other nation suffered financially. Yet players from those other countries are branded 'greedy'... 🤦

Enjoyed talking to Andre Russell about his cricketing journey and the one six to rule them all 🧨 @Russell12A #ENGvWI theguardian.com/sport/2025/jun…

@Leon_Schreib Have you tried booking a home affairs appointment?

I strongly support the comments by President Ramaphosa’s delegation in the Oval Office, calling for technological investment to support our existing drive to digitally transform civics services and immigration. Let’s work together to supercharge digital reform! 🇿🇦

@Rolandschoeman All those aid cuts and the associated suffering and death, directly attributable to Julius Malema, and he’s proud of what he has done.

No one needs intelligence reports to see the consequences of your hate speech. Farmers are being butchered while you play victim in designer shoes. You’re not a revolutionary, Julius, you’re a thug with a microphone.

@TamiTamijack7 Trump literally gave you everything you need to show who is responsible for the aid cuts and you guys are floundering around like headless chickens.

@TamiTamijack7 The fact that the ANC and DA aren’t turning this into a string social media message attacking the EF speaks volumes about the ineptitude of your communications teams. If the score was on the other foot, they’d be rubbing your nose in it for months.

Forget the ANC for one moment. I think we can all agree that Julius Malema and the EFF undeniably give South Africa a bad reputation. Those videos played by Trump’s team ARE ALL EFF rallies that informed their perception of SA. This party needs to be dealt with decisively!

Republican thoughts and prayers working as well as ever…..

@FidelityAdt how the f*ck do I get off your mailing lists? I've used the link in your mails, I've used Gmails unsubscribe, I've sent you a mail to ask to get off - but you keep sending me spam. I'm going to block you as a sender which is not ideal for a security company, but 🤷

@XTERRASA wen sprint results?

@Marston1889 Anything to own the libs.

@gelezi @xJx17x @stats_feed This is the correct answer. 😞

@xJx17x @stats_feed Apartheid.

Average wake-up time: 🇿🇦 South Africa - 6:24 AM 🇨🇴 Colombia - 6:31 AM 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - 6:38 AM 🇮🇩 Indonesia - 6:55 AM 🇯🇵 Japan - 7:09 AM 🇲🇽 Mexico - 7:09 AM 🇦🇺 Australia - 7:13 AM 🇺🇸 United States - 7:20 AM 🇸🇪 Sweden - 7:21 AM 🇩🇪 Germany - 7:25 AM 🇵🇭 Philippines - 7:28 AM 🇧🇷 Brazil - 7:31 AM 🇨🇦 Canada - 7:33 AM 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - 7:33 AM 🇮🇳 India - 7:36 AM 🇰🇷 South Korea - 7:38 AM 🇲🇾 Malaysia - 7:41 AM 🇨🇳 China - 7:42 AM 🇦🇪 UAE - 7:43 AM 🇫🇷 France - 7:51 AM 🇮🇹 Italy - 7:52 AM 🇹🇷 Türkiye - 8:02 AM 🇪🇸 Spain - 8:05 AM 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - 8:27 AM According to World Population Review

@EpsilonTheory As a South African, we know well about State Capture. It’s incredible to watch it unfold in another country, driven by completely different forces.

I rest my case.

@AbsaSouthAfrica You're sorry I feel this way, ok, but are you going to fix it? Why send an email with incorrect information, and have a chatbot that can't answer a simple, common question? Doesn't EVERYONE have to update FICA annually? So this issue affect EVERY CUSTOMER?!

@capesean Hi Sean, we are sorry you feel this way and we want to help. Please follow the below steps once you log into your Banking App to update and upload your FICA documents: 1/2

@AbsaSouthAfrica is so frikken useless. I get an email saying I need to update FICA, log into the app and click the FICA notification. No such thing when I login. Ask Abby, the chatbot - it has no idea how to submit FICA. Great.

All this after I *went into the branch to close my account* about a year ago, and they just never closed it. @Discovery_SA bank is just 1000x better.

.@DStv must die. The customer experience is just appalling. 🤮

Congratulations to every single person on the left who’s been campaigning to destroy women’s and girls’ rights. Without you, there’d be no images like this.