Fortis anybody? Perhaps they can create an international consortium to repeat the 200x takeover..

New bollards being put in in front of the tower of Pisa access road! #WorldBollardAssociation

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 🧪

Just when you think there couldn’t possibly be any more reasons to quit Spotify, the brutal news keeps coming

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. www.intellinews.com/southern-oce...

@huibmodderkolk.bsky.social ik denk dat je dit al kent, anders bij deze

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!

Er was eens een land dat half onder de zeespiegel lag. showyourstripes.info/c/europe/net...

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

Life goals..

America companies are *still* benefitting from Chinese forced labor. It's fucking vile. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Why i should stop listening to podcasts and get a coffee

chapeau! #chateaupromenade

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.

Er loopt al een actie. Hen er net aan gedoneerd gofund.me/fb6f12c3

According to our database, Elon Musk and his businesses have crossed the 4,000-lawsuit mark.

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...

@niedermeyer.online I heard this credit-swap before, another nice side-effect

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...

An interesting assessment on Ukraine from 2009, unfortunately not at all mentioning what the Ukrainians might want.. www.eastisread.com/p/ukraine-as...

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)

You know that the flu-season has started when even the espresso-machine has an opinion about it

I've seen multiple variations, but in video

Tesla Gigafactory, Berlin (Collaboration with @politicalbeauty.bsky.social )

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! 🐟👋

"Masculine Energy"

When a bookstore becomes a concept: everything wrapped in plastic, nothing to peruse or smell: a discomforting experience.

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.

More aircraft, more ships, more often: how the Chinese PLA is pressuring Taiwan’s defences – SCMP

Because I am *that* person, am enjoying date symmetry of 12/12/24

Interesting exhibition at the Princessehof in Leeuwarden, NL about the only official female empress of China in tang/zhou dynastie: Wu ZeTian

Todays culture www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/o...

How to use in a proper manner: chinadigitaltimes.net/2024/06/book...

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...

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.”

I’m visiting the Lawrence Public Library and found what is possibly the strongest opener for any book ever

Thank you @crookedfootball.bsky.social. 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"