The c. 3600-year-old Nebra Sky Disc is considered the oldest known realistic depiction of the night sky. Instead of portraying stars as gods or mythical creatures, it shows them as simple, shining points, a remarkably modern in concept. With a diameter of 32 cm, the bronze disc...🧵1/2 📷 me

'A statement that amounts to an admission of failure: Milo Rau and the other organizers of the Vienna Festival aren't canceling Peter Thiel's appearance because they've actually learned anything, but solely because the public outcry became so intense and other participants pulled out in protest.'

'Käte Rogalli had been persecuted for being transgender since the 1920s. She had two children with her wife. Under the Nazi regime, repression and violence intensified, leaving deep psychological scars. She was reportedly denounced by her own family multiple times before she took her own life.'

'Under Leopold Sailer, the Municipal and Provincial Archives of Vienna participated in the enforcement of Nazi racial laws and genealogical research. The Jewish population was banned from using the state archives.'

'Richard Mattis, the director of the Vienna City and State Archives, was forced into early retirement on May 31, 1938, by a decree from the new Nazi mayor Hermann Neubacher for being "politically compromised" (as a member of the Austria-Wien student fraternity and the Fatherland Front). 🧵'

'"Over the decades, liberalism has gradually been reduced to an economic remnant. The defense of individual freedom became the defense of economic freedom. A political philosophy became a tax doctrine." Clever post about the self-destruction of the FDP (Free Democrats).'

This week, the Prague locations behind one of the most audacious acts of resistance in the Second World War. #Anthropoid open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...

Another hot Saturday, but 7 Green & Grounds volunteers and 4 DofE volunteers were hard at work at Tamworth Road Narrows. Wildflowers were left for seed harvesting in a few weeks 🌿, and several passers-by stopped to thank the team for their efforts. #WeDigCanals #Lichfield #UKCanals

'At the AfD state party conference in MV, two interesting personnel developments showing that the common description of them as less radical is inaccurate: Dario Seifert, previously involved with the NPD Young Nationalists, was elected Secretary General with nearly 92% of the vote. And…

'"Long live the library card" Quote from @fraunora.bsky.social 👍😄 Regarding the upcoming new Google AI Search. Meaning, for the most part, what your answer should be is predetermined, enriched with metadata and product information 😏 will the library be the only source left then? 🤷'

'What a great speech @masz.bsky.social I'm currently reading so many speeches, letters, demands, and concepts from FDP women of the early Federal Republic, and the FDP would have so much to dig up and build on to become more than just the party of flimsy boys again'

Bananen-Berg am Rande des Hafen-City-Run.

Productivity grows where trust & cooperation are high. Lu & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social trace the post-2008 #productivity divide to the role of social #trust in their new @regionalstudies.bsky.social. Growth requires less technicalities & far more attention to #institutions. doi.org/10.1080/0034...

'A 17 year old stood trial in Feldkirch: Hitler worship, Nazi propaganda, fascination with Columbine, a plan for a school shooting including a death list he had already started. He received a lenient nine-month suspended sentence and remarkably little media attention outside of Vorarlberg.'

'Have we been living in a TikTok democracy for a long time now? Social media is no longer just about feeling good. It's about power, attention, and democracy. That's what I'm writing about in my new piece for @blaetter.bsky.social'

🎧 Listen to the full interview with Chloe on today’s episode of the Page 94 podcast. In feeds now. youtu.be/o6Dnm2wdXDw

'News like this shouldn't go unnoticed either: The World Cup group draw, among other things, took place at the John F. Kennedy Center. The so-called "FIFA Peace Prize" was also awarded to Trump there.'

'Great Britain is in the middle of a major government crisis. Heated debates over personnel won't solve the country's massive problems. @annettedittert.bsky.social on the »Blätter« podcast: www.blaetter.de/podcast'

Oops typo! 🤣 #UKCanals

Find your tag: lhcrt.org.uk/donate/pilin...

At Gallows Wharf (before the rain) Dave has nearly finished the support wall and the sheet pile backfill is progressing. So Simon has started fitting the name tags to the waling beam. (If you're waiting for yours to be fitted - watch this space.) #WeDigCanals #Lichfield #UKCanaks

Next week the team will test the tank wall and bypass pipe. They wanted to make sure the stopper would fit, so checked it against another section of pipe. It fits! 🥳 #Lichfield #WeDigCanals

Here's the commentary feed for Durham v Yorkshire in the T20. It's a joint commentary from BBC Radio Newcastle and Radio Leeds, with me, Dom James and the boy Doidgey: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke... #BBCcricket

Latest Graun toon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'How are the Hungarians doing after the big election party? My colleague Alex Rühle and I have been travelling through a country that is reclaiming its democracy www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...'

We still remember the London Blitz, which lasted eight months. Ukraine has been under attack for fifty-one months. You can help defend Ukrainians from missiles and drones. u24.gov.ua/news/timothy...

"I know there are lots of crises clamouring for your attention right now, but the threat posed by electoral funding should trump them all because without negating it, there is no way to solve the others." ✍️ @oliverbullough.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/05/29/h...

Full story here: www.perspectivemedia.com/thousands-wi...

...nothing has changed to this day, as more recent covers show.' 3/3

compiled, showing how even media outlets that consider themselves left-liberal have spent decades fearmongering against refugees, using suggestive photos, photomontages, and headlines that reframe persecuted people as a looming, foreign threat or simply as objects. And on that note 2

'Today, on the day that marks 33 years since the horrific Solingen arson attack was committed, is a good moment to remember once again that such acts are not planned and carried out in a vacuum. Eberhard Seidel once shared a selection of Der Spiegel covers on Facebook 1/2

Calling friends and colleagues in London, would be great to see you at the @mileendinstitute.bsky.social

It is the last Friday of the month, which means the Cathach of Columcille (RIA MS 12 R 33) is on display from 10am - 4.30pm. The Cathach is the oldest extant Irish manuscript of the Psalter and very likely the earliest example of the form of Irish writing known as insular majuscule script.

#TheatreFriday — The theatre at Hierapolis (Türkiye) was built under Hadrian in the 2nd century AD and later enlarged by Septimius Severus. Seating around 15,000 spectators, it is one of the best-preserved Roman theatres, famed for its richly decorated stage façade and spectacular setting.

'"Afterwards, the foundation board members enter a voting booth, making the act of voting itself secret. However, the ballots are marked by name." Peak Austria'

I joined as a volunteer first and then became a member, but I would have become a member anyway as I really want to help get the canal completed in anyway I can.

Proud to now be a member finally of @lhcrt.org.uk Wanted to join for so long but I kept forgetting!Well it’s now done and am so #excited to have #exclusive updates and also help them raise #funding for such an epic causeWe also owe #UKCanals tag/group to them. #Cruise it one day on our #narrowboat

Well that thunderstorm yesterday morning had an impact… it watered the canal at Gallows Wharf, albeit a little prematurely! Still, every cloud has a silver lining - at least we now know it’s watertight. #Lichfield #WeDigCanals #UKCanals

PLUS local election news from the Rotten Boroughs of Essex, Hounslow, Gloucestershire, Nottinghamshire, and Worcestershire in the new Eye. 🧵2/2

...Reunification. Then-Chancellor Kohl refused to attend the memorial service, as he had after the Mölln arson attack, on the grounds that he did not want to indulge in "condolence tourism." In response to the series of attacks, the federal government tightened asylum laws.' 2/2

33 years ago today, Gürsün İnce Hatice Genç Gülüstan Öztürk Hülya Genç Saime Genç murdered by right-wing extremists in Solingen. 14 other family members suffered injuries, some of which were life-threatening. The act was part of a series of pogroms and murders against migrants following the 1/2

We have a question for you: If you haven’t joined as a member yet - What would encourage you to join or what’s the biggest thing that holds you back? Your feedback will genuinely help us. ❓️❓️❓️ #Lichfield #UKCanals

'Why do AI and misogyny go so well together? A key aspect here is objectification. Women are often objectified in our society—and AI can make objectification easier. More on this in my new newsletter:'

One Prague street corner became the site of one of the most audacious acts of resistance in World War II. Operation Anthropoid reshaped memory, resistance, and how a city still carries history in plain sight. robjcameron.substack.com/p/anthropoid

'Today we remember Gürsün İnce (27), Hatice Genç (18), Gülüstan Öztürk (12), Hülya Genç (9), and Saime Genç (4). They were murdered 33 years ago, on the night of May 28th to 29th, 1993, in the racist arson attack in #Solingen. Memorial event: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Untere Wernerstraße.'

'And the Weimar-like role that Springer press and segments of the upper middle class are playing is also obvious. It's frightening how history reproduces patterns of failure. Not a one-to-one match, but the tendencies are recognizable—right down to the instability of the final Grand Coalition.'

Kostiantynivka, Ukraine. This is what Russia, a self-proclaimed defender of Christianity, does to our churches. Photo by NYT.

'Should social science research less into inequality, social cohesion, etc., just so it's right-wing enough for FAZ authors to be considered politically "neutral" again? My god, this paper is completely burnt out intellectually these days.'

'A German-Vietnamese journalist was targeted with the Predator state spyware. Now he is filing a criminal complaint, together with @freiheitsrechte.org. The public prosecutor's office should identify the perpetrators and protect fundamental rights. netzpolitik.org/2026/strafan...'

Privatisation has not only deepened inequality but has led basic human rights like access to housing and water to become private commodities