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“…I’m not a worthy socialist.”
Fortis anybody? Perhaps they can create an international consortium to repeat the 200x takeover..
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about 2 months ago
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New bollards being put in in front of the tower of Pisa access road!
#WorldBollardAssociation
about 2 months ago
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Conrad Hackett
about 2 months ago
We often worry about the wrong things. People killed annually by Sharks 10 Elephants 100 Hippos 500 Snails 10,000 Dogs 25,000 Snakes 50,000 People 475,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 🧪
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Hearing Things
4 months ago
Just when you think there couldn’t possibly be any more reasons to quit Spotify, the brutal news keeps coming
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Why We Quit Spotify
Enough is enough
https://www.hearingthings.co/why-we-quit-spotify/
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Rob Bluebird
4 months ago
Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse ..climatologists are calling a “catastrophic” tipping point in the global climate system. Potential to accelerate global warming & destabilize weather patterns worldwide.
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Southern Ocean current reverses for first time, signalling risk of climate system collapse
A major ocean current in the Southern Hemisphere has reversed direction for the first time in recorded history, in what climatologists are calling a ...
https://www.intellinews.com/southern-ocean-current-reverses-for-first-time-signalling-risk-of-climate-system-collapse-389540/
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@huibmodderkolk.bsky.social
ik denk dat je dit al kent, anders bij deze
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4 months ago
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Could not resist this album with the beautiful Jackson Pollock print inside. At some point during playing of Side A my room turned incredibly silent, and I really thought we had a power outage in the building, but it was just the end of the track!
5 months ago
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Patrick Jansen 🐾
5 months ago
Er was eens een land dat half onder de zeespiegel lag.
showyourstripes.info/c/europe/net...
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Show Your Stripes
Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe
https://showyourstripes.info/c/europe/netherlands/all
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Google AI strikes again: Rome’s newest boutique hotel, right in the heart of.. a Schiphol airport business park. Or some great trolling of a recently dismissed employees, 5 stars
5 months ago
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Life goals..
5 months ago
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Noah Shachtman
5 months ago
America companies are *still* benefitting from Chinese forced labor. It's fucking vile.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Uyghur Workers Are Moved to Factories Across China to Supply Global Brands
China’s persecution of Uyghurs prompted the U.S. to ban Xinjiang imports. China found a way around it — by shipping more Uyghurs across the country.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/29/world/asia/china-uyghur-xinjiang-labor-transfers.html
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Why i should stop listening to podcasts and get a coffee
6 months ago
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chapeau!
#chateaupromenade
6 months ago
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Dom Evans
6 months ago
I have completely deleted my Duolingo. I was informed by one of my kids that the company has removed most of its employees and 70% of the company is run by AI. I urge everyone to delete their app.
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Duolingo CEO says he's getting rid of contract employees and replacing them with AI
Duolingo employees can also expect their AI use to be graded in their performance reviews.
https://fortune.com/article/duolingo-ceo-says-getting-rid-of-contract-employees-replacing-them-with-ai/
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Henk Groeneveld
6 months ago
Er loopt al een actie. Hen er net aan gedoneerd
gofund.me/fb6f12c3
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Donate to Gun kinderen uit een AZC een onvergetelijk dagje uit!!, organized by Aad Brinkman
Ben je ook het beleid van Minister Faber helemaal zat dan is dit k… Aad Brinkman needs your support for Gun kinderen uit een AZC een onvergetelijk dagje uit!!
https://gofund.me/fb6f12c3
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PlainSite
7 months ago
According to our database, Elon Musk and his businesses have crossed the 4,000-lawsuit mark.
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ᠮᠥᠩᠬᠡ ᠨᠠᠷᠠᠨ / Münkhnaran Bayarlkhagva
7 months ago
NHK reporting that the Tenri museum in Nara, Japan recently discovered after a lengthy analysis, that the 5.5m circular family tree held at the museum is of Chinggis Khan and his 12000 descendants, over 14 generations. (Yes, you read that right.)
#mongolsky
#tengri
www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/nara/2...
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博物館の家系図 チンギス・ハンの子孫のものと確認 天理|NHK 奈良県のニュース
【NHK】奈良県天理市の博物館が所蔵する家系図を分析したところ、モンゴル帝国の初代皇帝、チンギス・ハンの子孫から始まる14世代およそ1万2000人の…
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/lnews/nara/20250416/2050018089.html
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@niedermeyer.online
I heard this credit-swap before, another nice side-effect
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8 months ago
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POLITICO Europe
9 months ago
Within his first month back in power, US President Donald Trump has repeatedly taken Russia's side on a host of issues. But Trump’s world moves fast, and it’s hard to remember everything. So here’s our recap. 👉
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
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An interesting assessment on Ukraine from 2009, unfortunately not at all mentioning what the Ukrainians might want..
www.eastisread.com/p/ukraine-as...
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Ukraine as a Solution (2009) by Tang Shiping
One of Asia’s most influential and innovative social scientists wrote "diplomacy is not to search for the emotionally gratifying, but the rationally possible, within geographic constraints."
https://www.eastisread.com/p/ukraine-as-a-solution-2009-by-tang?utm_source=substack&publication_id=1151841&post_id=157395219&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=true&r=pcqd3&triedRedirect=true
9 months ago
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News Eye
9 months ago
A historic graphic of corruption. The 11 federal agencies so far targeted for firings or dismantling by Elon Musk have more than 30 ongoing investigations into his companies. (📸 Malika Khurana for NYT)
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You know that the flu-season has started when even the espresso-machine has an opinion about it
9 months ago
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𝙱𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊
10 months ago
I've seen multiple variations, but in video
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Led By Donkeys
10 months ago
Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with
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Ryan Reads and Writes 📚✨
10 months ago
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
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Kevin McShane (Verified)
10 months ago
"Masculine Energy"
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When a bookstore becomes a concept: everything wrapped in plastic, nothing to peruse or smell: a discomforting experience.
10 months ago
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POLITICO Europe
10 months ago
Belgium’s Federal Food Agency (FASFC) issued a warning today against eating Christmas trees after the city of Ghent recommended that people do so to cut back on waste.
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Don’t eat your Christmas trees, Belgium’s food agency warns
The cautionary note comes after the city of Ghent promoted eating Yuletide trees to reduce waste.
https://www.politico.eu/article/dont-eat-your-christmas-trees-belgium-food-agency-warns/
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Sense Hofstede
11 months ago
More aircraft, more ships, more often: how the Chinese PLA is pressuring Taiwan’s defences – SCMP
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‘Patience has a limit’: PLA boosts presence near Taiwan after leadership change
Six months after island’s new leader took over, PLA tracking data shows growing numbers of military exercises and sorties are getting closer to more of Taiwan.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3290310/more-aircraft-more-ships-more-often-how-pla-pressuring-taiwans-defences
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Lucy Antal aka Grab Your Spoon
11 months ago
Because I am *that* person, am enjoying date symmetry of 12/12/24
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Interesting exhibition at the Princessehof in Leeuwarden, NL about the only official female empress of China in tang/zhou dynastie: Wu ZeTian
12 months ago
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about 1 year ago
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Todays culture
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/o...
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Opinion | The Junkification of American Life
Why we want the wrong things.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/opinion/entertainment-junk-psychology.html?unlocked_article_code=1.I04.inhf.dus2wmYd_JtI&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
about 1 year ago
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How to use in a proper manner:
chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/06/book...
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Bookstores Become Sites of Subtle Protest Against Xi Jinping
Chinese bookstore shelf arrangements rarely go viral—that is, unless they contain a hidden message calling for Xi Jinping to step down. Since Xi has risen to power, placing Xi’s works next to other bo...
https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/06/bookstores-become-sites-of-subtle-protest-against-xi-jinping/?amp
over 1 year ago
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Tom Gauld
over 1 year ago
Monkeys! Fighting! Magic! Monks! Pigs! My french publishers gave me a copy of their amazing new book. 800 pages of adventure with hundreds of woodcut illustrations by disciples of Hokusai. Have a look inside here:
www.editions2024.com/livres/pereg...
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China Heritage: Other People’s Thoughts, XLV Half Full The difference between a Jewish optimist and a Jewish pessimist? The pessimist says, “It can’t possibly get any worse than this.” The optimist replies, “Oh, yes it can.”
over 1 year ago
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Allie Alvis 🌷
over 1 year ago
I’m visiting the Lawrence Public Library and found what is possibly the strongest opener for any book ever
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Maria Farrell
over 1 year ago
Thank you
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. Your précis of the new piece lists all my passions! "draws on the work of James C. Scott, Elinor Ostrom and ecologists to think about how we might reclaim the internet from the tech oligopoly that has turned it into a small number of gated ad-mills"
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We Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMA
The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.
https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/
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