Gavin Chait;
@gavin.whyqd.com
I am a data scientist, researcher, engineer, sometime-traveler, and African SFF author.
I am fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty, migration vs stasis.
I also drink a great deal of coffee.
I am fascinated by the frontiers of human progress: innovation vs ignorance; wealth vs poverty, migration vs stasis.
I also drink a great deal of coffee.
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Gavin Chait;
@gavin.whyqd.com
· Nov 11
What gifts hath Fate for all her chivalry?
Even such as hearts heroic oftenest win;
Honour, a friend, anguish, untimely death.
Not sure I entirely agree with Homer. Anguish, yes, but we will endure. Not because we believe in an inevitably better future, but because we believe in living a better us.
Even such as hearts heroic oftenest win;
Honour, a friend, anguish, untimely death.
Not sure I entirely agree with Homer. Anguish, yes, but we will endure. Not because we believe in an inevitably better future, but because we believe in living a better us.
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I mean you wanna talk about a language that created an artificial sense of unity that enabled most of the colonial crimes of the past 300 years?
תסתכל במראה, אנגלו
תסתכל במראה, אנגלו
October 2, 2026 at 4:45 AM
I mean you wanna talk about a language that created an artificial sense of unity that enabled most of the colonial crimes of the past 300 years?
תסתכל במראה, אנגלו
תסתכל במראה, אנגלו
"Fascinating" how RN repeatedly aggressively declares immigrants, Muslims, black French are sub-human & should be forcibly expelled from France or put in concentration camps & *that* is "just politics". Rude remarks about Jews? My fuck is that beyond the pale ... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
National Rally’s Jordan Bardella rails at ‘war’ on party after antisemitism claims
President of Marine Le Pen’s far-right party faces calls to resign over comments he allegedly wrote as a teenager
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2026 at 10:54 AM
"Fascinating" how RN repeatedly aggressively declares immigrants, Muslims, black French are sub-human & should be forcibly expelled from France or put in concentration camps & *that* is "just politics". Rude remarks about Jews? My fuck is that beyond the pale ... www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever.
A Genocide.
A Genocide.
September 27, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever.
A Genocide.
A Genocide.
The UN updated its UNHCR-mandated shit list of companies profiting from the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
There's not a lot we can do about Israeli-businesses, but these should know our displeasure:
Airbnb
Booking.com
Expedia
Motorola
Re/Max
TripAdvisor
There's not a lot we can do about Israeli-businesses, but these should know our displeasure:
Airbnb
Booking.com
Expedia
Motorola
Re/Max
TripAdvisor
www.ohchr.org
September 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
The UN updated its UNHCR-mandated shit list of companies profiting from the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...
There's not a lot we can do about Israeli-businesses, but these should know our displeasure:
Airbnb
Booking.com
Expedia
Motorola
Re/Max
TripAdvisor
There's not a lot we can do about Israeli-businesses, but these should know our displeasure:
Airbnb
Booking.com
Expedia
Motorola
Re/Max
TripAdvisor
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Oh fuck off, Rowling.
The South African constitution and bill of rights protects trans people. It was drawn up during Mandela's Presidency.
It is EXPLICIT.
The South African constitution and bill of rights protects trans people. It was drawn up during Mandela's Presidency.
It is EXPLICIT.
September 25, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Oh fuck off, Rowling.
The South African constitution and bill of rights protects trans people. It was drawn up during Mandela's Presidency.
It is EXPLICIT.
The South African constitution and bill of rights protects trans people. It was drawn up during Mandela's Presidency.
It is EXPLICIT.
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The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
September 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
September 22, 2026 at 8:12 PM
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
September 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
“You are not numbers or case files.
“You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.”
— Pope Leo XIV
So, let me see if I understand the new US visa requirements for South Africans. If you can demonstrate that you are:
a) white, and
b) a racist
You may be eligible for a visa. Or refugee status. Whichever you prefer.
That about it?
bsky.app/profile/caro...
a) white, and
b) a racist
You may be eligible for a visa. Or refugee status. Whichever you prefer.
That about it?
bsky.app/profile/caro...
Rubio plans to "revoke or reject visas from [those] found to be responsible for...uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination and the incitement of violence against minority racial/ethnic groups in South Africa."
Easy enough. Since they aren't happening.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
Easy enough. Since they aren't happening.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people
The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against White people and other minority groups in South Africa.
www.cbsnews.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:22 PM
So, let me see if I understand the new US visa requirements for South Africans. If you can demonstrate that you are:
a) white, and
b) a racist
You may be eligible for a visa. Or refugee status. Whichever you prefer.
That about it?
bsky.app/profile/caro...
a) white, and
b) a racist
You may be eligible for a visa. Or refugee status. Whichever you prefer.
That about it?
bsky.app/profile/caro...
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Rubio plans to "revoke or reject visas from [those] found to be responsible for...uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination and the incitement of violence against minority racial/ethnic groups in South Africa."
Easy enough. Since they aren't happening.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
Easy enough. Since they aren't happening.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
U.S. slaps South Africa with new sanctions due to alleged discrimination against White people
The Trump administration has announced that it will impose travel bans on officials it claims are responsible for discrimination against White people and other minority groups in South Africa.
www.cbsnews.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Rubio plans to "revoke or reject visas from [those] found to be responsible for...uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination and the incitement of violence against minority racial/ethnic groups in South Africa."
Easy enough. Since they aren't happening.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
Easy enough. Since they aren't happening.
www.cbsnews.com/news/us-sout...
I did my electrical engineering degree so long ago, I coded with Java SDK1.
The point of deterministic structured coding languages is so fabulously non-deterministic "human" ways of communicating may proximate predictability so that equally fabulously literal computers can produce expected outputs.
The point of deterministic structured coding languages is so fabulously non-deterministic "human" ways of communicating may proximate predictability so that equally fabulously literal computers can produce expected outputs.
September 17, 2026 at 2:41 PM
I did my electrical engineering degree so long ago, I coded with Java SDK1.
The point of deterministic structured coding languages is so fabulously non-deterministic "human" ways of communicating may proximate predictability so that equally fabulously literal computers can produce expected outputs.
The point of deterministic structured coding languages is so fabulously non-deterministic "human" ways of communicating may proximate predictability so that equally fabulously literal computers can produce expected outputs.
Remember when EU carmakers lobbied for rules on electric cars to be loosened, & Chinese manufacturers went "we make cheap electric cars now, & they get 400km range & recharge in 5 minutes"?
Anyway, so now US-techbros want to avoid mutually-assured carnage by calling for an LLM investment halt.
Anyway, so now US-techbros want to avoid mutually-assured carnage by calling for an LLM investment halt.
September 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Remember when EU carmakers lobbied for rules on electric cars to be loosened, & Chinese manufacturers went "we make cheap electric cars now, & they get 400km range & recharge in 5 minutes"?
Anyway, so now US-techbros want to avoid mutually-assured carnage by calling for an LLM investment halt.
Anyway, so now US-techbros want to avoid mutually-assured carnage by calling for an LLM investment halt.
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“Guys, they want us to go home.”
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
September 13, 2026 at 1:22 PM
“Guys, they want us to go home.”
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
🔥 🇫🇷 French short film about what would happen to society if all the immigrants listened to angry old racist white men and left (aka the Republican agenda)
Reposted by Gavin Chait;
Having reported on the climate crisis for 20 years I am here to inform you that warnings we've unleashed something with a >10% of destroying humanity will have less of an impact than you'd expect.
September 9, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Having reported on the climate crisis for 20 years I am here to inform you that warnings we've unleashed something with a >10% of destroying humanity will have less of an impact than you'd expect.
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A reminder: Rabbi Mirvis studied in an illegal West Bank settlement between 1976 and 1978.
It is not surprising that for him, today is a dark day.
For many many other Jews in the UK, today's statement is long overdue.
It is not surprising that for him, today is a dark day.
For many many other Jews in the UK, today's statement is long overdue.
September 8, 2026 at 4:55 PM
A reminder: Rabbi Mirvis studied in an illegal West Bank settlement between 1976 and 1978.
It is not surprising that for him, today is a dark day.
For many many other Jews in the UK, today's statement is long overdue.
It is not surprising that for him, today is a dark day.
For many many other Jews in the UK, today's statement is long overdue.
Reposted by Gavin Chait;
This is an overtly political statement unbecoming for a chief rabbi that conflates Jews and Israel and does not represent the views of me or people like me
I could say more, but it’s almost Rosh Hashanah and I don’t want to start the new year badly - and, frankly, its awfulness speaks for itself
I could say more, but it’s almost Rosh Hashanah and I don’t want to start the new year badly - and, frankly, its awfulness speaks for itself
September 8, 2026 at 4:53 PM
This is an overtly political statement unbecoming for a chief rabbi that conflates Jews and Israel and does not represent the views of me or people like me
I could say more, but it’s almost Rosh Hashanah and I don’t want to start the new year badly - and, frankly, its awfulness speaks for itself
I could say more, but it’s almost Rosh Hashanah and I don’t want to start the new year badly - and, frankly, its awfulness speaks for itself
Reposted by Gavin Chait;
Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal according to international law.
The hysterical response today to this common-sense move by the UK government is an indication to the level of impunity the settlement project has enjoyed.
The hysterical response today to this common-sense move by the UK government is an indication to the level of impunity the settlement project has enjoyed.
September 8, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal according to international law.
The hysterical response today to this common-sense move by the UK government is an indication to the level of impunity the settlement project has enjoyed.
The hysterical response today to this common-sense move by the UK government is an indication to the level of impunity the settlement project has enjoyed.
Reposted by Gavin Chait;
September 6, 2026 at 8:51 PM
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A canoe glided slowly across the waters of Lake Togo, carrying the mystical Aklima tam-tam drum to a sacred wood to herald a momentous event: the 363rd unveiling of the sacred stone.
September 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A canoe glided slowly across the waters of Lake Togo, carrying the mystical Aklima tam-tam drum to a sacred wood to herald a momentous event: the 363rd unveiling of the sacred stone.
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Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... hold a piece of paper supporting #palestine, get sent to prison; block roads, and the police "engage" with you...
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... hold a piece of paper supporting #palestine, get sent to prison; block roads, and the police "engage" with you...
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A placard with "LEGITIMATE CONCERNS" in 24 point font and "about Netanyahu/climate change" in 10 point font might be worth a try
So if they'd called it Palestine Platform and all worn black balaclavas would that have been fine?
September 5, 2026 at 10:44 AM
A placard with "LEGITIMATE CONCERNS" in 24 point font and "about Netanyahu/climate change" in 10 point font might be worth a try
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1 año en 100 viñetas
71- Jaakko Seppälä
71- Jaakko Seppälä
September 1, 2026 at 5:25 PM
1 año en 100 viñetas
71- Jaakko Seppälä
71- Jaakko Seppälä
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Francisco J. Olea
August 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Francisco J. Olea
Reposted by Gavin Chait;
Frankly I'm shocked the British Museum - that bastion of moral standing and respect for minorities - would do this
The British Museum pandering to the über wealthy as they alway have done
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
British Museum hosted Palantir founder Peter Thiel in private viewing of Bayeux tapestry
Concern among staff that fragile artwork’s scarce ‘light hours’ given to someone with no known interest in museum
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Frankly I'm shocked the British Museum - that bastion of moral standing and respect for minorities - would do this