South Africa

I wrote the below article in September 2022, but only posting it now for reasons that aren’t important. In one calendar month from today, I will board a Qatar Airways flight bound for Gatwick airport in London. My sister, who lives in Kent, will fetch me from the airport, and…

20 March 2023 AD It’s a scheduled looting day in the holy land. Like with electricity and recently the water supply, the idea that these public goods and services are always available has been dismantled. We now have scheduled bouts when we have both and we’re learning to live with…

The metal is synthetic and does not occur naturally in the Earth’s crust. — Claims that Californium has been discovered in Nigeria are FALSE. The claims were made on various platforms — here, here, and here — and all state that the rare metal had been discovered in the West African country. …

Here are some of the cities in the USA that offer Non-Stop Flights to Johannesburg (JNB), South Africa: New York City (JFK) Washington, D.C. (IAD) Atlanta (ATL) Houston (IAH) Please note that the availability of non-stop flights can vary depending on the airline, time of year, and demand, so it’s…

The existence of the patch has, however, been confirmed by scientists and clean-up crews. — A claim that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not real is FALSE. Patrick Moore, a member of CO2 Coalition board of directors, alleged in a tweet that the patch does not exist because it cannot be seen in a satellite image of the Pacific Ocean. “The Great Pacific Garbage…

The Artificial Intelligence language model says the scientific consensus is that climate change is happening. — Claims that ChatGPT has said climate change is a hoax are FALSE. Various tweets — here, here, and here — alleged that the Artificial Intelligence (AI) language model said climate change is a hoax or is not real.

A little bit of around the world. In response to JoAnn Ryan’s A-Z In Living Color challenge, I’ve spent time in South Africa, the USA, Canada, Thailand, and Europe. Time to mix a few of those places together (plus an addition) as I tackle aging. Grilled Cheese and Green School Uniforms in South Africa From an early age, I…