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politics
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Jimmy Manyi—A Primer
Jimmy Manyi is a controversial South African figure who just keeps messing up, now more than ever Jimmy Manyi. Image source Race-obsessed mampara Jimmy, or Mzwanele as he now likes to be called, Manyi
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poetry
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Unladylike verse from the past
A poem written by a woman some 400 years ago may not be as polite as you would have thought. Penning A Letter, George Goodwin Kilburne. Image: WikiCommons Lovely ladies all Women are usually portrayed
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space
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Brian May Rocks!
Brian May is an internationally famous rock star. He was Queen's lead guitarist. But he's rocking to a different tune nowadays. Brian May. Image source Rocky Horizons The Kuiper belt is a very rocky place.
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gaming
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Beating the Lottery Odds - Part Five
A retired couple had quite legally made millions after finding a flaw in a lottery game, but things would turn sour from an unexpected source. Marge and Jerry Selbee. Image: BBC In Part 4, retired couple
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gaming
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Beating the Lottery Odds - Part Four
When a retired couple were making millions from a math error in a lottery game, they suddenly found they had stiff competition. Four-times winner of the Texas lottery, Joan Ginther. Image source In Part
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gaming
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Beating the Lottery Odds - Part Three
A retired couple had found a math error in a lottery game, making hundreds of thousands of dollars out of it. Then it was shut down. Image source In Part 2, retired couple Jerry and Marge Selbee formed
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gaming
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Beating the Lottery Odds - Part Two
The continued story of how a retired couple found a math error in a lottery game and capitalised on it. Image source In Part 1, we were introduced to Jerry and Marge Selbee who owned a convenience store
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gaming
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Beating the Lottery Odds - Part One
The lottery always wins—the odds of winning are minuscule. Yet one retired couple found a way to beat them. Image source The lottery: a mug's game What are the odds of winning the lottery? The usual answer
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music
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It's Raining, It's Pouring...
What to do on a miserable, rainy New Years Day morning? Why, listen to rain songs, of course. Image source Happy New Year to you! It has been raining in our part of the world for almost the entire year.
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science
8y
Marie Curie's Radioactive Notebook
Marie Curie was a double Nobel-prize winning scientist who literally died for her work. Pages from one of Marie Curie's notebooks. Image source A job to die for In order to page through one of Marie Curie's
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music
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The Beatles' “Big Bang”
The Beatles appeared on the Ed Sulivan show in 1964, igniting a whole new generation of pop and rock music bands. The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, 1964. Image Source Musician (and actor) Stevie Van
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music
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Stand by Me
Stand By Me, a song originally performed by Ben E, King in 1961, has been covered more than 400 times. This is the story of a memorable cover. Image: Amazon.com The making of a spiritual rock 'n roll song
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history
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Boxing Day Tsunami! A Close Escape
The Indian Ocean tsunami occurred on Boxing Day, 15 years ago. This is a story of a lucky escape. The Boxing Day tsunami strike Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand. Image source On the morning of 26 December
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history
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A Christmas Turning Point
1968 was a tumultuous year—a year of protest, violence and carnage. But also hope. Image credit: TIME 1968 - 50 years on In yesterday's post, Apollo 8—50 Years On, I wrote about how one iconic photograph
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space
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Apollo 8—50 Years On
The Apollo 8 mission took place fifty years ago. It carried the first humans to the Moon and into lunar orbit. The famous “Earthrise” photo from Apollo 8 captured by Anders. Image credit: NASA Three brave
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home
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Books, books, books
What do you do when you simply have too many books. Sometimes you have to part with some old friends. Boxes of books @kiligirl and I moved to a new house some three years ago. Packing up the books was
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politics
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Floyd Shivambu's “Superior Logic”: Part 2
Floyd Shivambu, who styles himself on having “superior logic”, has a long history of strange logic. Floyd throttling a journalist, image: 2oceansvibe.com In yesterday's post, I tried to illustrate that
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politics
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Floyd Shivambu's “Superior Logic”: Part 1
Floyd Shivambu is a populist South African politician who prides himself on having “superior” logic. Just how superior is it? Floyd Shivambo, Image: Chronical Floyd, Economic Freedom Fighter Floyd Shivambu
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news
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Did Facebook Cause the Violent “Yellow Jacket” Protests?
Protests have erupted all around France. How Facebook's change of algorithm caused that to happen. Image: ABC News Violence on the Champs-Élysées Mouvement des gilets jaunes, commonly known in English
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writing
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ReasonCheck: A Blast from the Past
Finding an old blog site has reminded me of what was on my mind nine years ago. Lost! Isn't it great—and infuriating—when you find something you've spent ages searching for, and it was right there, under
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