As a non-native English speaker I must say Marlene’s list is a great showcase of how tricky English can be at times.

Top trade partners of the European countries. Germany as a major exporter and major consumer market dominates this map.

not sure if for Ukraine the main trade partner is still China, perhaps things have changed

Farming began in the Fertile Crescent and spread steadily into Europe between 9600 and 4000 BCE. The map shows this slow wave of expansion, bringing crops, settlement, and population growth, and laying the foundations for European civilisation. Source: buff.ly/d32q85T

What language did they speak? There's a hypothesis that one of them could have been something that the Abkhaz language is related to as well, based on links to Hattic, an Anatolian language documented in Hittite writings www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQSx...

This map shows Egypt and Kyrenaica around 600 BC, when Greeks established colonies like Cyrene. Early contact with Ancient Egypt wasn’t just trade, it sparked a cultural exchange that shaped Greek art, science and philosophy for centuries.

-thorpe= village/hamlet as German Dorf in Düsseldorf -by = farmstead village -toft = homestead / court as German Gehöft / Hof, e.g. the M in KTM motorbikes stanting for Mattighofen -ham = home -ton = town -ford = ford, location where a stream is shallow, equivalent to German Furt as in Frankfurt

You can still “see” a 1100-year-old Viking frontier in England through place names. “-by” and “-thorpe” cluster in the former Danelaw, while “-ton” and “-ham” dominate elsewhere. Not a clean border, but a lasting cultural imprint. Source: buff.ly/NlTRNKY

Steven Mithen interview by David Pompeani #Göbekli Tepe, Natufians, language, shamanism, animals, agriculture etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeMG...

When I started reading about economics as a teenager around 2000 all I found was stuff saying how outdated GDP was as an indicator. Today I am still reading the same type of articles. GDP is just so easy to explain while other stuff is complex. Source: buff.ly/T7BUssO

As major news outlets cut off the Wayback Machine, journalists and advocacy groups are rallying to protect the Internet Archive’s vast collection of web pages www.wired.com/story/the-in...

Montenegro orf.at/stories/3421...

Hussein di Giordania #PassatoePresente Nel 1953 a 17 anni diventa re di un paese disegnato a tavolino dagli inglesi, attraversato dalla frattura più esplosiva del Medio Oriente: la questione palestinese In studio con Paolo #Mieli la prof.ssa Alessia #Melcangi RAIstoria www.raiplay.it/video/2026/0...

Germany doubled its solar capacity in last 5 years. It must double it yet again in the next 5 to meet its targets. Motivation should be high to minimise dependence on energy imports. The majority of panels is imported from China. Source: buff.ly/Nqzap5e

I know this isn’t funny but it made me laugh…

Aug 1977: 127 ad from Fiat (+Handbag) «"IT'S SO WELL EQUIPPED, IT'S EVEN GOT A HANDBAG"»

IVECO National Geographic December 1977

thoughts on a windy, shanky match and goats trading places defector.com/jannik-sinne...

H2H Alcaraz-Sinner 12-9 total 10-7 ATP 11-7 official 1-2 exo 4-2 major 5-4 finals 0-2🟢grass 4-2🔴clay 7-2🔵hard 1-1🟣indoorHard 7-4 slams 8-8 masters1000 26-27 titles 🥈-0 Olympics 0-2🥗 DavisCup 2-1🍓 2-0🐌 2-1🍎 1-2🐨 0-2🎱YearEnd 2-1🌴 1-2🐬 1-1🎲 2-0📦 1-0🍝 0-1🍁 1-1🎢 0-1🥢 0-1🥐 2-1 YearEnd1️⃣ 66-67 weeks@1️⃣

From 2028 on an ATP grass tournament in Italy Work on renovation of Rome center court starts in June 2026 www.livetennis.it/post/461708/...

je vous ai déjà dit que j'étais autiste et que j'aimais aussi les trains ? #teletext

3°titolo ITF per Tyra Grant🇮🇹 dopo quelli di Antalya Series terra rossa 10 Marzo 2024(Adalia🇹🇷) e Val Gardena Südtirol🇮🇹 Raifessen cemento 30 Novembre 2024(Selva Gardena) @instagram,@spaziotennis.com

BEST OF THREE tennis podcast Monte Carlo www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQtv...

It's Friday, so we're allowed to bring games into work.

Sinner-Alcaraz da record su Sky e TV8: la finale di Monte-Carlo supera i 3,2 milioni di spettatori www.livetennis.it/post/461643/...

This map shows the increase in gasoline prices since the Iran War began. A catastrophic economic event. Australia hit really hard but as a nation is rich enough to absorb the pain for quite a while. Source: buff.ly/SJkBMZq

Teoderico il Grande #PassatoePresente Capo degli ostrogoti, educato alla corte diCostantinopoli, viene mandato in Italia per sconfiggere Odoacre. Ultimo fragile equilibrio prima della guerra greco-gotica. In studio con Paolo Mieli, il professor Umberto Roberto #RAI www.raiplay.it/video/2026/0...

I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition by Swedish Sámi textile artist Britta Marakatt-Labba, which opened at @modernamusement.bsky.social a few days ago. The first picture skowcases her interpretation of the Utøya tragedy, embroidered on flour sacks from the Nazi occupation of Norway during WWII.

Moderna Museet does not appear to be on Bluesky yet. But here's a link to the exhibition: www.modernamuseet.se/stockholm/en...

Monday innit.

A new service has been recovered by Tomsonic41: Sky Movies from 07 March 1990 2224:21 https://www.teletextarchive.com/Pages/List/3302

#OnThisDay 2003 : The final Digitiser ws broadcast on Teletext which saw @mrbiffo.bsky.social rbiffo ending it in style with a goodbye from Turner the Worm.

🟩 TELETEXT | On This Day 1980 | The first experimental "in-vision" transmission of a selection of Ceefax pages airs on BBC One. >> ENJOY PAGES FROM CEEFAX LIVE: www.youtube.com/@AvroVulcanX...

Mar 1989: VR6182 video recorder ad from Philips (+Teletext TV's) «Now you can get Teletext on any old telly.»

Marie-Louise Eta has become the first woman appointed to manage a men's team in one of Europe's top five leagues after being named interim head coach of Bundesliga side Union Berlin.

Union Berlin hat sich nach dem 1:3 in Heidenheim von Steffen Baumgart getrennt. Bis zum Saisonende übernimmt U19-Trainerin Marie-Louise Eta – und schreibt damit Geschichte als erste Bundesliga-Trainerin.

🇭🇺 The latest election results in Hungary. Péter Magyar is the Tisza Party. Viktor Orbán is the Fidesz Party.

Pollster results in Hungary -

Anti-Orban protests are still going in Hungary. Around 100,000 rallied in Budapest, urging a vote against Orban and chanting "Ruszkik haza".

"Ich habe Viktor Orban in die Hose geschissen."

Orbán right now:

Anti-Orban concert in Hungary with the audience chanting “Russians, go home”

Cartoon by Gábor Pápai, a well-known Hungarian political cartoonist.

So great to be at Barnes Tennis Center, with no chain link fences impeding viewing. Beautiful morning to start 1st rd of J300 NA Regional. Teodor Davidov, who I first saw here in 2021, still doing his no-backhand thing #ITFSanDiego

ambidextrous Teodor Davidov is now first in the NextGen race based on age, meaning he's youngest inrankings. On the ATP website at "plays" it aptly states: unknown backhand (although he actually can play backhands with the left and right hand, he just doesn't do it) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Haq3...

Teletext of Servus TV the Austrian TV of Red Bull

Yeman Crippa ha vinto la maratona di Parigi: è il primo italiano della storia

Valentine’s Day, isn’t that cheesy? Well, yes… 🐭❤️🧀 Yle Teksti V-Day Pixel Festival yle.fi/aihe/tekstit...

This is awesome! Teletext art history right here. First Excursions in #Teletext in Norway. Norjalaisen taiteilija/tutkija Arild Bomanin Media Culture -projekti vuodelta 1979. yle.fi/aihe/tekstit...