It is time for #DaveRyding's last heroic stand! #MilanoCortina #Olympics #skiing christiancummins1.substack.com/p/dave-rydin...

The juxtaposition of news stories on grids is sometimes poignant: At the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, #Rubio (below) criticized what he called the "climate cult" as a foolish idea that ignored "lessons from over 5,000 years of recorded history" and cost us dearly. Above: cost us dearly

Emails Show Epstein Scheming That Environmental Destruction Could Solve “Overpopulation” | Article by Joe Wilkins (@joeonhere.bsky.social) for @futurism.com: futurism.com/science-ener...

Banks & Nightingale: the 21st century Torvill and Dean #MilanoCortina

not sure she understands how elections are supposed to work

We are going to sing until it is spring on @fm4.orf.at's #sunnyside up; we'll honour J Dilla and highlife king Ebo Taylor, play brand new carnival music, Paris-based Middle Eastern psych-funk outfit Sababa 5 and gibberish from Olympic host Milan's favourite musical son: fm4.orf.at/player/live

It's @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup day (conventionally known as Sunday) and we are playing a song to honour a favourite son of Olympic city Milan- and his wonderful gibberish: To quote, erm, me "It’s playful, confident, a little bit ridiculous, and completely irresistible." fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

Two immigrants top relevant Sunday Times list for most UK tax paid, as "patriot" multi-billionaire Ratcliffe lives as an immigrant in Monaco, to protect wealth so vast it is unspendable, while whining about immigrant UK care workers and NHS cleaners not pulling their weight. FUCK RIGHT OFF, "SIR".

"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the end of a tolerant, democratic Europe and its break-up into a disparate group of smaller, Trumpist states, and the Europeans in the room gave him a standing ovation." #MunichSecurityConference open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

I should post something not about #Cyprus 😉 so I looked at the #MunichSecurityConference with @shashj.bsky.social - he says the atmosphere there is calm and pragmatic: as Rubio said "The old world is gone". #Europe has to work out how to deal with that: fm4.orf.at/player/20260... @fm4.orf.at

Climate change is rewriting the rules of Mediterranean fishing. #Lionfish, venomous predators from the Indo-Pacific, have colonized #Cyprus's warming waters via the Suez Canal, breeding quickly, devouring juvenile fish and displacing native species. christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-fisher...

I've banged on a lot about my day in #Cyprus exploring the social and environmental issue of #invasivespecies a lot. Here’s a vapid social media age sentence I never thought I’d stoop to say … sorry not sorry. A video from the waves. #Nature4People christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-fisher...

"Migratory #birds connect ecosystems across continents. When you remove hundreds of thousands from the system every year, you’re breaking ecological links that sustain fields and forests from Scandinavia to Sicily." #biodiversity @birdlifecyprus.bsky.social europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-bir...

Outside of Switzerland I think too little is made of the story #FranjoVonAllmen : lost his father when he was 17, had to crowdfund his skiing, completing a four-year apprenticeship in carpentry and spending summers working on construction sites. Biggest smile in skiing sport.orf.at/milanocortin...

It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious

I love the alpine skiing combined event - nerves and emotion! and what a win for #Austria. Pure courage. Well done Ariane Rädler and Katharina Huber... 🥇#Olympics #MilanoCortina

"In Britain, and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat." US republican JD Vance came to Munich to lecture us on free speech. Now music taste seems to be a deportation factor...

Gee, can someone remind me who is responsible for this antagonism?

"He doesn’t have to fear government retaliation for speaking his mind or following the science wherever it may lead. And (in #Austria) he need not fear his lab being decimated because the president decided he wants to deport the people who work there. #science www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Familiar voices, a calmer rhythm, and more distance from algorithms may explain why it remains the most trusted source of news" The excellent new European project @eurcorrespond.bsky.social (well worth a follow) on the magic of #radio europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/trust-i... @fm4.orf.at

I am always pleased for Franjo von Allmen but I am especially pleased for Tanguy Nef who must be one of the nicest guys on the ski circuit! #combined #olympics www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...

A #Putin linked oligarch's golden church is a weapon of soft power in #Cyprus, the original landing point for Christianity in Europe. A wooden-Romanian church as community infrastructure built for genuine need—childcare and charity. #religion: christiancummins1.substack.com/p/putins-pla...

Have The Week and The Beano ever had the same cover before?

Going to delicious Italy and bringing your own food is a very #JDVance thing to do

We are featuring a special artist and a special song today on @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

After a month in the mountains, oceans and wetlands, I'm back for a bumper @fm4.orf.at #sunnysideup with songs from James Hersey, Dero & Klumzy Yohai Shake Stew & Daffodils as well as Amy Winehouse, soul from Grady Tate and a hauntingly erotic song from Lisa Gastoni. 10am fm4.orf.at/player/live

Does anyone else find it funny that a year ago JD Vance came to Europe to lecture us on free speech and now it appears a US network has edited out him getting booed at the Olympics?

Who's the guy representing #Israel at the #WinterOlympics? It's this resilient downhill #skier: #MilanoCortina #OpenCeremony #Olympics christiancummins1.substack.com/p/back-from-...

Was es mit der Reise der Tiroler Wisent-Kuh "Ina" nach Aserbaidschan auf sich hat, gibt es jetzt auch zum Nachhören @fm4.orf.at​ @christianccummins.bsky.social​ Hier➡️ https://fm4.orf.at/player/20260204/4OK/1770223061000

In #Cyprus, tourist brochures promise endless summer, but it’s in the off-season, when the digital nomads replace the package holidaymakers & the mountain villages stand empty in the winter drizzle, that the island reveals something truer about itself. christiancummins1.substack.com/p/reverence-...

"European bison aren’t just big animals. They’re what conservationists call a keystone species. As large herbivores they reshape entire landscapes, trampling vegetation, creating open spaces, and providing new habitats for countless other species." @fm4.orf.at @wwf.at fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

Dr. Christina Ieronymidou remembers 2020 vividly. “The lake was pink. It was beautiful,” she recalls, describing the sight of 13,500 flamingos gathered at Akrotiri Salt Lake in #Cyprus. Those days now seem a golden, nostalgic memory: Paradise lost to a building spree: fm4.orf.at/stories/3052...

It's #WorldWetlandsDay today. #Wetlands are immensely important for our #climate and #biodiversity systems, yet we have destroyed a 1/3 them since 1970s. I went to a rare salt water coastal wetlands area in #Cyprus being destroyed by a Russian-fuelled building spree sound.orf.at/collection/1...

A River (No Longer) Runs Through It An adventure in the Cypriot water crisis - #Cyprus receives less than 500mm of rainfall annually in good years and the #climatecrisis has seen rainfall decrease by nearly 20% over the past decade. christiancummins1.substack.com/p/walking-th...

"I want a return to normalcy of people not being afraid to leave their homes and not feeling terrorized in their own community" #Minneapolis local Stephanie Tofte has been taking part in the the anti-#ICE protests: she describes why. fm4.orf.at/player/20260... via @fm4.orf.at

That man #Trump is having an impact of European policy. But is it the impact her wanted? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It is #HolocaustRemebranceDay - here is a conversation with survivor #HediArgent on keeping your humanity and belief in humanity when faces with inhumanity (and why one voice who stands up for tolerance and compassion really matters) christiancummins1.substack.com/p/holocaust-...

"You have to put them to the back of your mind and concentrate on what you are doing. Of course, after my accident I was confronted with just how much danger is involved.” Hans Grugger christiancummins1.substack.com/p/i-am-just-...

The last time I will bug you for 2026. The Grand Finale! The climax. Slalom 2nd run! hahnenkamm.com/rennen-2026/...

One last day in #kitzbuhel: the #slalom on the #Ganslernhang and an emotional day for British ski fans - It will be #DaveRyding - on the course that made him a star. On the livestream now, Chemmy Alcott of BBCs skisunday gives here view on Dave and the future live.datamatix.at:9028/;stream.mp3

When the day is done. #hahnenkammrennen #kitzbühel live.datamatix.at:9028/;stream.mp3

It's #downhill day at the #hahnenkamm races: 11.15 join me! live.datamatix.at:9028/;stream.mp3

The big day today at the #Hahnenkammrennen - here's an interview with the chief organizer Michael Huber “It’s a completely new feeling,” Huber said, “without damaging the history and culture.” christiancummins1.substack.com/p/the-keeper...

It's all about the fans really, isn't it! #hahnenkammrennen #kitzbühel #DownhillDay www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOT1...

Well done Australia #renewables

The #Hahnenkamm SuperG from #Kitzbühel starts at 11.30. I'm tipping River Radamus (start bib 30), mainly because I like his style and he stopped to have a chat - which you can hear, along with all the action.. right here #skiing live.datamatix.at:9028/;stream.mp3

Today the world's best skiers will take on the #streif in #kitzbühel - it's the Super-G at 11.30 (english language audio stream here: live.datamatix.at:9028/;stream.mp3 Freerunner #JasonPaul has just turned the Streif into an aerial playground: #Parkour

"It went a little crazy from there" No skis, no problem: parkour meets the #Streif in #Kitzbühel www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBW1...

“You can rub the Streif as much as you want. You’re never going to get a grippy surface,” How freerunning legend Jason Paul turned the #Streif into an aerial playground. christiancummins1.substack.com/p/conquering...

The more we create our own #green #renewableenergy here in #Europe, the less we are vulnerable to an increasingly volatile geopolitical situation: Good news here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...