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Phumzile Van Damme Profile picture
@zilevandamme
Sep 24, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Ngakhuliswa boMasuku. Ngiyabonga bo Nhlane,
Mthondo wethusi uyacwebezela, Thunda bathole abafokazane,
Snqamu sobhedu,
Maphanjwa!
Mgano owamila emini ebusuku wawohloka,
Wena owaguda inkomo nethole layo,
Sihlahla esingahlalwa zinyoni,
Zwide KaLanga.

#HeritageDay
I always tell you about my maternal gran who I loved and miss daily. She is my hero.

But today I will tell you about my paternal grandad, Ethan Mayisela. I never met him, he passed on before I was born. A few years ago I decided to do some research about him & wow, what a man.
My grandfather, Ethan Zangeshane Mayisela was born in 1922. He grew up to be an Economist. He studied a BCom at Wits, Honours & Masters at University of Natal. A black man in the 1940s. I wish I had met him to hear the story of his university days. It must’ve been quite the tale
He went on to Lecture at Fort Hare, be the Commissioner of Budget in Tanzania, the City Treasurer of Soweto and then the first Reserve Governor of Swaziland. What a G, I mean who wears sunglasses indoors while meeting a King. Lala ngoxolo Gasolo!

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Aug 2, 2023
Now @helenzille. You & John have gotten into the habit of posting about me behind blocked accounts because you know you want none of this smoke. You’re dying for it clearly. K. First of all you are a LIAR, that’s besides everything else that wrong with you. I parted ways with YOU
That’s the first thing. You wanted to meet with me after to understand because you were so shocked I resigned. You told the media that I agreed to it because you were so desperate not to be the cause of yet another black person resigning.
I struggle to take you seriously. You are a sad old woman who has destroyed her legacy & only will be remembered for being divisive and spreading racist hatred and fanning the flames of swart gevaar. Your life is near over. You can’t fix it. That’s how history will remember you.
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Jun 20, 2023
I dunno, I’m kinda siding with the orcas. A friend of the orca, if you will. The water is their territory. We’re a land species. Plus, their friends have been captured for fun by our species. Eventually every creature gets their revenge. Survival of the fittest, Darwin etc. etc.
Homo sapiens really can’t let other species have their own things. Everything must be ours. We suck royally on water. Poor little weak sods us drown & die. Plus, we’ve still only seen 5% of the ocean. Let’s be shy more when on water, it’s not our strong suit. Leave the orcas be.
A healthy sense of thalassophobia over here. Nah uh, baby. ImageImageImageImage
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Jun 20, 2023
Some pedophila statistics, a thread:
- Over 80% victims younger than 18 are female
- The victim knows the perpetrators in 93% of the cases
- 1/3 the perpetrators are the child’s family members
- Males represent 96% of perpetrators 
- Around 500K predators are active online daily
- 1 in 10 children are sexually abused
- Almost 70% of all sexual assaults happen to minors
- 73% of child abuse victims don’t tell about the abuse for at least a year
- 20% of abusers have attacked between 10 & 40 children. 
- 30% of perpetrators are the child’s family members
Some studies:
- Only 21% of the perpetrators studied who assault young boys were exclusively homosexual.
- Nearly 80% of the men who assault boys were heterosexual or bisexual and most of these men were married and had children of their own

Statistics:

zeroabuseproject.org/victim-assista…
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Jun 20, 2023
Reddit users don’t play, y’all.

Ransomware group BlackCat, which hacked Reddit’s servers in February, is now threatening to release the data it stole unless Reddit rolls back its planned for payment for access to its API.
flip.it/XEUt7u
BlackCat claims to have “interesting confidential data” that allegedly includes information on how Reddit tracks users and censors people. BlackCat does not expect Reddit to cooperate and says that it expects to leak the data.
Despite protests from users and Reddit moderators that use third-party apps, Reddit has not dropped its plans to begin charging for access to its API.
The API changes have also resulted in protests in the form of subreddit blackouts.
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Jun 20, 2023
Voicebox produces speech audio clips in six languages and can perform tasks beyond its training. It replicates voices from 2s audio files but Meta says it won't be released yet due to potential disastrous consequences.

(It must be really f’ing bad, then)
flip.it/1Mtu2L
“Meta has unveiled a new AI tool, dubbed ‘Voicebox’, which it claims represents a breakthrough in AI-powered speech generation. according Meta - it’s the first AI model of its kind capable of completing tasks beyond what it was ‘specifically trained to accomplish’.”
“…it can spew out reasonably accurate text-to-speech replications of a person’s voice using a sample audio file as short as two seconds, a seemingly innocuous ability that holds a huge amount of destructive potential in the wrong hands.”
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Jun 19, 2023
Young people, please register to vote. Now I cannot tell you who to vote for, this is a decision you must make for yourself. I relate to the disillusionment with politics, I find myself in the same place. But, vote, I will. Even if it means pinching my nose shut while doing so.
I, like you will have to do, have decided what factors I deem important. I find the space of emerging political parties encouraging. Draw up a list of what matters to you & see if there is a party that fits as many as your requirements as possible. There’ll never be a perfect fit
Do not be deterred by the ridiculing, badgering and gaslight into voting. It is a turn off, I get it. And, only encourages doubling down in not voting. Shut out the noise and decide for yourself where you’ll place your vote. It’s a personal decision.
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