The most famous warm-up in football history. On this day in 1989, Napoli faced Bayern Munich at Olimpiastadion in Munich and Diego (inadvertently) created a piece of art for the ages 🥹

This guy

"I don't like the system", Dorottya Karsai It's been 14 years since this banger came out. It's been relevant every day since then and today it feels that this ever-lasting frustration is finally over (at least for a while until the euphoria inevitably ends) www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSP8...

I believe the phrase is "Hang it in the Louvre"

I am looking for a postdoc to join my team at the University of Bremen. 5-year-contract, top-up to 100% possible for most of the contract period. Apply by 04 May 2026. If you have questions about the position, send me an email! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

Very good account of what's just happened

This is Hungary's new electoral map. What a day!

The long-delayed 1954 victory

The best Hungarian election day thread

Where the wise men live: a view of #Persia from #Antwerp, ca. 1570 "Persici Sive Sophorum Regni Typus", an highly detailed map, part of Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598), Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Antwerp: Gillis Coppens van Diest, 1571). NB: including the island of "Carge", i.e. Kharg.

Every single article covering Israel should start by mentioning that they dubbed yesterday's operations in Lebanon "eternal darkness." You know that so much has already been normalised when this isn't even a cause for outrage. 303 people, at least, were murdered yesterday by Israel.

Like… We cannot go ahead and have the World Cup now like nothing is going on. Regardless of what does or doesn’t happen tonight. Countries should simply refuse to send teams. The rest of the world cannot treat us as a remotely normal country after this

A potential explosion in a country neighboring Hungary? That's unprecedented! Definitely requires emergency security measures!

NASA just dropped this image of Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch looking back at us. The first woman to ever see our planet in its entirety. I’m not crying you’re crying 🥹🔭🧪 📸: NASA

We are recruiting two postdoctoral researchers (2.5 years, full-time) 📢 Preference for candidates working on the Caucasus and/or Central Asia, but applications focusing on other regions of the late Romanov Empire are also encouraged. 📅 Deadline: 4 May 👉 Apply: lnkd.in/dPejtfYs

As one lawyer from Chicago used to say, 'don't do stupid shit'.

Open call for the full ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza on the Jerusalem Post. This is Israeli political culture, and as the author note: “This is not radical right-wing radicalism. It is merely sound and sober political science.” Genocide as as a science.

“We already know there’s a lot of dangerous objects out there – rockets and mines, drones and other explosives” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

“We always say our biggest defence is the water around us”. @berkenboschk.bsky.social Have you seen them playing? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

You know who actually supports my work? Daycare workers. That's the industry that needs billions poured into, not tech and slop AI.

A comparison of pre-election opinion polling in Hungary now and 4 years ago: in 2022, all polls predicted a Fidesz victory (but underestimated the margin); In 2026, most polls show Tisza in the lead and only pro-Fidesz polls predict a Fidesz victory.

La photo immortalise l'échappée belle de trois soldats ukrainiens d'une position dans le secteur de Kostyantinivka. Ils y sont restés pendant 224 jours, sous le feu et les assauts ennemis, ravitaillés par drones. Ce n'est qu'hier qu'ils ont enfin eu l'occasion de s'en échapper.

From our FirstView article: Storm from the Steppes: Warfare and Succession Institutions in Pre-Modern Eurasia, 1000–1799 CE by DANIEL STEVEN SMITH. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Trump’s foreign policy has been described as imperialistic. “But what’s striking about Trump is his shrugging indifference to overseas outcomes,” Daniel Immerwahr writes. “You could call this regime-change nihilism; you can’t call it imperialism.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/aBr9i7

I've been reading James Bond novels again and I think I've cracked the formula. Amazon, please take note for any movies you plan on making:

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Just published a new article in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Topic is "Military Frontline Cities: Spatial and Temporal Perspectives on Urban Life under Enemy Threat" and it is based on observations in near-frontline areas of Ukraine (OA) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Brilliant and timely. This 👇🏻 is 👌🏻

Your reminder that polar bears are marine mammals. 🐻‍❄️ They spend much of their lives on sea ice, swim long distances, and depend on the ocean for survival. Scenes like this—gliding among belugas—are a beautiful glimpse of just how connected Arctic life really is. 🌊🐋

END/ 2 wars in 4 years. This war will accelerate Solar +Batteries + EVs as real Energy Security "rest of the world will learn an important lesson from China. Build out your renewables so you aren't as dependent on imported fossil fuels & the whims of idiots" Be like Spain. bsky.app/profile/jere...

I blame the Norwegian Nobel Committee for Trump bombing Iran and everyone else. www.ft.com/content/e990...

back to the roving bandit era

Interesting paper, especially interesting it's coming from researchers at Anthropic arxiv.org/pdf/2601.20245

Today in @theguardian.com, I argue that Donald Trump’s foreign-policy playbook is increasingly about attention capture, or what I call geopolitical clickbait. Plus I outline why this matters for Europe & what to do about it. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Fantastic second issue of DeCode magazine on the Black Sea www.flipsnack.com/A6E67D99E8C/...

Big Bad Wolf attacking Finland from the east. "They suspect that Russian wolf numbers have exploded after hunters were sent to the frontline in Ukraine, driving the predators to search for new territory in Finland". www.theguardian.com/environment/...

OPEN ACCESS -The visual conquering of the Portuguese sea, by Pedro Figueiredo Neto www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

NEW | Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in the EU power sector 🇪🇺⚡️ Our @ember-energy.org European Electricity Review is out today, showing wind and solar reaching 30% of EU power, compared to 29% for fossil fuels. Here's what happened in EU electricity generation in 2025 🧵

"people are so conditioned by the now dominant projection that the idea that maps can use a projection other than a Mercator has been lost on the public at large" www.ft.com/content/ab27...

21.01.2026: LNG tanker Vladimir Rusanov is currently delivering 172,000 m³ of LNG from Sabetta (Yamal LNG), shitnya, to Zeebrugge, Belgium 🇧🇪. The cargo's value is approximately €35 million. #BloodGas #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦

Beyond lies, fantasies and insults that make up 95% of every Trump speech, what stood out for me in today's speech, on Greenland, was Trump's repetitive description of the territory as ice ('a very big piece of ice') and emphasis on its location in the Western hemisphere (he did so at least twice).

"if the EU sidesteps the ACI, Trump will be even more disrespectful toward Europe than he already is; the EU will lose all credibility; and European citizens will be even more disillusioned with European institutions unwilling to protect them and their dignity." www.politico.eu/article/this...

"Power that rests on the performed compliance of others is more fragile than it looks. The strong do what they can, until the moment they discover that “what they can” was always bounded by what others were willing to tolerate. Athens found out in Sicily; the question is where America finds out."

"Some are aghast that the United States is seemingly contemplating military action against its allies. But Donald Trump does not believe in allies. For Trump, there are no allies, only enemies and marks—and of those, only enemies can deserve respect." musgrave.substack.com/p/the-old-wo...

This was a very informative interview on EU, China, trade and competitiveness with @aligarciaherrero.bsky.social youtu.be/75leMrth9Ns?...

"If Ukraine’s military might were to be included, when added to that of France, Germany, Poland and the U.K., among others, the potential armed power of the coalition of the willing would be vast, and would include both nuclear and non-nuclear states."

"Countering this trend demands interventions and the creation of alternatives. These include a reassessment of evaluation metrics, a reduced reliance on commercial publishers, and greater global equity in research." theconversation.com/the-5-stages...