I wish everybody a pleasant Newtonmas!

I bought one of these ages ago in the singularity point of German-American Christmas stuff that is Frankenmuth, Michigan. Still have it and in years when we have a tree, it’s dangling.

If European Digital Sovereignty is to mean anything, it ought to mean NOT posting on a platform owned and run by a fascist intent on undermining the EU! And don't give me the bullshit you have to be there for "balance" or "reach" - the rules are stacked against you from the outset

"No, they are going to a science conference, bro. Trust me bro, please. They're discussing universal grammar, bro. You must trust me, bro."

1/ Über Weihnachten fahre ich nach Süditalien, natürlich mit ein paar Umwegen auf dem Hin- und Rückweg 😁 Los geht's um 06:05 vom frühmorgendlich-mystischen Zürich HB mit dem IR46 "Treno Gottardo" bis Arth-Goldau.

All of these skills built up on the project will be scattered to the winds because we have cancelled a chunk of the project and we're not building any more high speed rail.

Die Diskussion ist zunehmend sinnlos, weil wir uns in irgendwelchen Details fünfter Ordnung verlieren. Fakt ist: Nachtzüge in Finnland sind recht fair bepreist, was doch im ziemlichen Gegensatz zu dem steht, was man in Mitteleuropa inzwischen zahlt. Und damit: Gute Nacht.

I will ignore any piece that supports this damn Santa nonsense, but the last paragraph caught my eye: "A two-person cabin on the Santa Claus Express from Helsinki to Rovaniemi starts from €239 one way" That's about the maximum price. It starts at €49.

Nächste Station: Mönchengladbach Hbf, change here for the Piccadilly Line wild #CrossBorderRail connections available these days, didn't even know about this one...

I raise you VR who have up to 10 sleepers (plus seaters), real sleepers, real beds and a full fledged dining car with just 3 staff. At a very competitive price point.

Breaking News: Workers began adding President Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center, despite no action by Congress to legally rename it. This sparked outrage among the Kennedy family, since it was built to be a living memorial to the 35th president.

A historic vote at a historic moment. @europarl.europa.eu has just voted for Europe to break free from Russian gas. Because a smarter, stronger and safer Europe starts with energy independence.

London St Pancras revamp aims to cut Eurostar waiting time to 15 minutes ft.trib.al/MyUfNg2

Habemus Mini Cabin! 🥳 Finally, the new Nightjet Stock has been deployed to the Zurich-Hamburg route. This calls for a little pre-Christmas trip! #NebulousNorth

Putin reassured Orbán that if he votes correctly, no harm will come to him The Hungarian Prime Minister shared this with his entourage while he was en route to Brussels.

If you look him up, be aware that there are two chaps called Julian Teare. One is an eminent gastroenterologist, one is a former digital officer for the Conservative Party. One Julian Teare has a career dealing with poorly performing arses, the other…

”Hynninen korostaa, miten poikkeuksellista on, että osittain suomalainen tv-tuotanto saadaan Japanin lähes 125 miljoonan ihmisen markkinoille. Tuotantoyhtiö on nyt japanilaisten kollegojen kanssa päättänyt lykätä muiden, uusien suunnitelmien ja yhteistyöhankkeiden esittelyä maassa.” Kiitos Orpo&co🤬

Se on tosi hyvä, että Garedew ei pyydä anteeksi, koska jos hän olisi tehnyt niin, PS:n eduskuntaryhmä olisi voinut jotenkin käyttää sitä argumenttina, miksi häntä ei pitäisi rangaista. Nyt tämä tie on suljettu pois.

Män! Nämn fem kvinnliga artister du lyssnar på: Bat for Lashes Aldous Harding Eva Dahlgren Lana Del Rey Donna Summer

"It's too hard to get trains approved in many European countries!" scream many railway companies And here's SŽ 🇸🇮 signing a deal with Magyar Vagon 🇭🇺 (yep, I bet you'd never heard of them either) to operate up to 200km/h in 🇸🇮🇭🇷🇷🇸🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇿🇭🇺🇮🇹 #CrossBorderRail www.railjournal.com/fleet/sloven...

These are pillars at Crewe station being held together with scaffolding. Tell me again how HS2 is an extravagant waste of money and we can just patch up the existing network and that'll be fine 🤔

It’s funny how Trump will cheerfully sue you on the spot for any defamation no matter how slight, but not any of the hundreds of people that daily call him a paedophile. 🤔

So it unfortunately seems it's time for another #Finland Explainer thread about the most right-wing government in our history. Sigh. This time, the government that chases record unemployment, record indebtedness, and record fall in the young people's willingness to defend Finland, insults Asians.

Trumpin kabinettipäällikkö on näköjään lähdössä (ihan vaan allaolevien sitaattien perusteella). Olisikohan kunnon kirjadiili jo valmiina, ja juristi tulevia oikeudenkäyntejä silmälläpitäen? Tämähän ei siis tarkoita, että seuraaja olisi "parempi..." ja jos ei ole lähdössä niin 🫣

Eines der besten Dinge im neuen Fahrplan: Das Esszimmer von @jaroslavrudis.bsky.social, auch bekannt als WRmz 815, ist jetzt bei uns unterwegs. Im EC 206 und EC 207 Porta Moravica gibt es zwischen Graz und Krakau gibt's nun frisch gekochtes Essen im 🇨🇿 @diningcar.at

🚨 THE BATTLE BEGINS 🚨 Your favorite year-end contest is back. It’s time to choose who will be this year’s Worst Person In Tech for 2025! Each day of this week new matchups will drop until we choose the winner on Friday. 🗳️ Cast your ballot: twsu.forms.app/worst-person...

I remember when the rightwing rags used to say how Princess Charlotte was so clever speaking more than one language at a young age- Spanish at 2, I think it was. Speaking languages is another thing that’s “eeewww” when you’re poor or not white and “wow” when you’re rich or white. 🙄

It's fine to be skeptical of this, but some folks don't understand what this information means. It may sound silly, but oceanic freedom of navigation is predicated on "flying the flag of a sovereign state." Any ship caught flying false colors can be legally fucked with by any state's navy.

I'm not quite sure where to start

Zum Unabhängigkeitstag gibt es Rentier, so will es das Gesetz.

"there's a new serif in town"

Jenna Simula (ps.): ”On eläinlajien etu, että niitä metsästetään” PS:n aivan poikkeuksellisen erityinen luontosuhde kiteytettynä.

As opposed to extremely serious parties who base themselves wholly on real issues like, say, Reform who claim that all of the country's ills are caused by a few thousand refugees and want to solve this by deporting every Brown person in the country.

A landmark moment for Europe. We have sealed a deal to ban imports of Russian gas to EU. This decision strikes at the heart of Russia’s war-financing machine & boosts Europe’s long-term energy security. This is how we safeguard Europe’s energy future & what real support for Ukraine looks like.

🚆✨ Seit heute setzen SBB & ÖBB auf der Nachtzuglinie Zürich–Hamburg durchgehend den Nightjet der neuen Generation ein! Ab 2026 folgen schrittweise auch die Verbindungen Zürich–Wien & Zürich–Amsterdam. Die Garnitur 8091 720 trägt nun stolz den Namen „City of Zürich“. 🌙 Fotos: © SBB CFF FFS

So Deutsche Bahn is finally, after all these years waiting, going TO RUN TRAINS FROM GERMANY TO LONDON! #CrossChannelRail

Liikahtaako tämä asia lopulta Suomessakin?! Syytä olisi, sillä nyt kilpaillaan siitä, onko Suomi vai Kreikka viimeinen merkittävä turkistarhausta harjoittava EU-maa! Ja vain meillä tarhataan myös kettuja ja supikoiria. www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...

The US government is now targeting anyone applying for a H-1b visa that have worked on "activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others." www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

✨ A few years back I stood outside Wells Cathedral for a full day and photographed the impact of the light on the front facade. I was amazed at the outcome - at how a single entity could morph and change under the changing light. 🌅 #thread

A tough week for Ukraine, here’s hoping tomorrow’s meeting between Presidents Volovdymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron in Paris leads to progress. www.reuters.com/world/europe...

"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.

Kids and dogs alike enjoy desecrating columns in Delft's Oudekerk,1652. Church graffiti was a popular children's hobby, shown by many artists; here by Emanuel de Witte, whose day is today.

Tänään täyttyy monen vuoden unelma: istua tässä tuolissa Akateemisessa - ikonisella kohtauspaikalla. Aiheena kirja jossa tulevaisuutta ja kansainvälistä politiikkaa käsitellään vähän eri tavalla - keskustelujen kautta. Tule kuuntelemaan mitä se tarkoittaa käytännössä!

My #CrossBorderRail trip from Brugge 🇧🇪to Nuits-sous-Ravières 🇫🇷has gone so badly, and will leave me €59.94 out of pocket So Alberto Mazzola of @cer-railways.bsky.social is getting an open letter and an invoice for €59.94 from me Here's the letter 👇 jonworth.eu/an-open-lett...

Starmer’s government, all is perhaps forgiven, for that glorious line ”We are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets. But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the honourable member for Clacton."

That doesn't mean you should repeat the crap. And no, they are not talking about it. They are talking about laying 80km or so of standard gauge track.

In honour of its proponents, I suggest that the Dmitriev-Witkoff proposal should henceforth be called the Dim-Wit Plan

This genie is out of the bottle now, whether Musk has removed the feature or not. All MAGA trolls can now be accused of being in Russia etc.

I think there should be a tax on people going to the papers to complain about tax