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dogs, lambs, road trips 🇿🇦🇳🇦🇩🇪 My stories: https://oppad.substack.com

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Bowie's dad@80incognito.bsky.social · 21h ago

Our Story, approved by Bowie: "Enjoying the Spring flowers: Kamieskroon region. Part 3 of our blommetjies road trip: From Kamieskroon, we took the Wildeperdehoekpas to Soebatsfontain, then a detour to Riethuis & back to Kamieskroon for a skaapkop dinner." oppad.substack.com/p/enjoying-t...

Enjoying the Spring flowers: Kamieskroon region

Part 3 of our blommetjies road trip: From Kamieskroon, we took the Wildeperdehoekpas to Soebatsfontain, then a detour to Riethuis and back to Kamieskroon for a skaapkop dinner.

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Bowie's dad@80incognito.bsky.social · 2w ago

Rigorous human checking of AI-generated research papers is creating bottlenecks as publishers strive to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. The challenge is requiring even more human effort, making the whole endeavour slower & more expensive. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive

There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...

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Bowie's dad@80incognito.bsky.social · 2w ago

“So Oupa would call the school principal, who would put my father on a train. He’d come & set up the pump, & with the water flooding through from the Great Karoo, they would irrigate the entire farm for three days & nights.” farmersweekly.co.za/lifestyle/agritourism/where-klein-karoo-legends-live-on

Where Klein Karoo legends live on

Historic Doornkraal offers visitors family legends, award-winning preserves, and a glimpse into the Klein Karoo’s feather-boom past.

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Bowie's dad@80incognito.bsky.social · 2w ago

"After three-and-a-half years, 389 camera traps and 5.2 million images, researchers found a wild population much smaller, more fragmented and more exposed than anyone had assumed." dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-07-19-the-south-african-cheetah-census-that-broke-the-population-illusion

The cheetah census that broke the illusion

After three-and-a-half years, 389 camera traps and 5.2 million images, researchers found a wild population much smaller, more fragmented and more exposed than anyone had assumed.…

dailymaverick.co.za

Bowie's dad@80incognito.bsky.social · 3w ago

This worries me: "By mid-2026, weather forecasts were signalling that the world was heading towards a severe El Niño... For southern Africa, it typically presents drought..." theconversation.com/will-el-nino-drought-hit-food-prices-in-south-africa-earlier-rains-and-grain-stocks-offer-hope-286373

Will El Niño drought hit food prices in South Africa? Earlier rains and grain stocks offer hope

Previous rains and grain stocks could reduce the impact of the expected drought.

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Bowie's dad@80incognito.bsky.social · 3w ago

"I hope the next global trend will be empathy and critical thinking. To pause before speaking. To wonder before assuming. To spend less time trying to win people over and more time trying to understand them." substack.com/@hasifff/not...

hasif 💌 (@hasifff)

I hope the next global trend will be empathy and critical thinking. To pause before speaking. To wonder before assuming. To spend less time trying to win people over and more time trying to understand...

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