The University of Cape Town's library and residences and upper campus building are currently burning as firefighters battle to contain the fire on the slopes of Table Mountain . #capetownfire Picture: @armandhough & Tracey Leigh Adams

Evacuate the books.

You can rebuild a lecture hall. You cannot completely rebuild a library. Devastated. Thoughts with my colleagues and friends at UCT. 😞

Thank you to the Cape Town Firefighters who been working all night and their work is getting more and more tough this morning.... #CapeTownFires

Come on, Cape Town. Let's do our best by animals in distress.

In line for routine thing at hospital. Doctor to nurse: 'Pop die derm in en uit?' Want to run. Now.

If they don't find Chauvin guilty, I'll lose my faith in the human race #justiceforgeorgefloyd #chauvintrial

A funny thing happened on the way to the old-age home. Biden slayed the Orange Dragon and with an approval rating of 59%. He got better at 78. Writing someone off simply for their age is the last acceptable prejudice. The younger generations hate every ism except ageism #OKBoomer

If you look up ‘longevity’ in a dictionary, it’ll just say... Rafael Nadal.

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Happy Birthday Wyatt Morgan Cooper and congratulations Anderson Cooper! "We could not be more happy for both of you," says John Berman.

Cryptocurrency is like Tinkerbell's light - its power source is based solely on enough children believing in it. And unfortunately what is real is that its growth could single-handedly push global temperatures above the tipping point of 2°C. #Bitcoin #Mining #ClimateChange

Had no idea that cryptocurrency transactions used so much energy. Shocking.

“Your body is not a temple, it’s an amusement park. Enjoy the ride.” ANTHONY BOURDAIN

The Indian variant has now been detected in SA, infections are on the rise and we only managed to vaccinate 1 309 people yesterday. Many of the future deaths will have been entirely preventable had we actually had a functional vaccine programme by now.

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Shout out to @ElonMusk for being a stand-up guy and suspending Tesla's Bitcoin investment due to the horrible environmental effects: respect! Now hopefully other corporations will follow.

These dangerous lines in Rome a disgrace. What if an athlete like Rafa breaks something before the French? #ATPMasters1000

Explosion of passion! 💥 Rafa Nadal #IBI21