This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.

- On the left: Ypres' medieval cloth hall - at some point one of the largest civic buildings in medieval Europe - - On the right: the same building almost completely destroyed during #WWI

BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.

🤩📸🔭Très tôt ce matin, des collègues du STCE, le centre de la météorologie spatiale belge, ont eu la chance de voir des #AuroresBoréales depuis leur terrasse à #Bruxelles. 👁️‍🗨️Plus de détails dans notre article www.astro.oma.be/fr/...#AuroresBoréales#Bruxelles.rédit photo: Nancy Narang (ORB-KSB)

Enjoying the second day of the #BalticMSPForum in #Riga, diving into the ecosystem-based approach 🧭 to #MaritimeSpatialPlanning 🌊 🗺️ It would seem that love 🎼🎶is in the air between ❤️ @helcominfo.bsky.social & @vasaborg.bsky.social ❤️

Belgium-NL cooperation saving night train between France to Germany, gotta love Europe. 🇪🇺

Terrorizing citizens ain't cheap. theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...

The 'Westhoek' (the area including Ypres, Diksmuide, Passendale, Messines) in Belgium is one of those places where every inch reminds you of the horrors of World War I. Every town or every plot of land have a story to tell about #WWI Photo: Toerisme Westhoek #ArmisticeDay

🌊 The 5th Baltic MSP Forum “Navigate Planning Through Changes!” begins today in Riga, Latvia! This long-awaited event brings together Maritime Spatial Planning and coastal planning experts, policymakers, and practitioners across the Baltic Sea region and beyond. #BalticMSPForum #MadeWithInterreg

Recherche témoins accident 10/11 à Bruxelles - Sainctelette. Une cycliste qui a été percutée par un automobiliste en infraction grave recherche actuellement un cycliste qui s'appele Sven et qui l'aurait aidé hier matin. Si vous êtes Sven, ou connaissez un cycliste qui s'appelle Sven sur Bxl, >> DM.

EU's climate service now estimates global warming will breach 1.5°C in May 2029. When the Paris Agreement was signed, #Copernicus estimated it would not happen until March 2043. #COP30 #environment #globalwarming climate.copernicus.eu/rapid-approa...

Orkney Councillors will consider proposals for a 20mph speed limit in built-up areas today, which is a breakneck speed compared to the past limit of 4mph. Anything faster was considered 'Furious Driving'. 📷: Official notice issued by Stromness Town Council: Furious Driving.

Looking forward to tomorrow‘s opening panel of the 5th #BalticMSPForum in #Riga 🇱🇻 #MaritimeSpatialPlanning 🌊 🗺️ #BalticSea2Land

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

The last Belgian soldier to be killed during WWI was a private called Marcel Terfve. He was shot at 10.42 on 11/11 by a German machine gun near the Gent-Terneuzen canal. He in the Belgian army since 1914 and sadly almost made it throught the entire war #armisticeday #LestWeForget

This is such nonsense, Athanasius Kircher wrote a whole book about them showing that they are living creatures

🌊Join the session at the #BalticMSPForum (11–12 Nov 2025, Riga): Resilient and Liveable Coastal Communities - organised by @vasaborg.bsky.social 👉Register: www.BalticMSPforum.eu 🌐More about topic: tinyurl.com/cttxnktz #MadeWithInterreg #CoastalCommunities #ResilientCommunities #SpatialPlanning

🌊 Meet the voices shaping the 5th #BalticMSPForum! 🎤 Moderator: Natalia Zając 🗣️Keynotes: Diāna Rasuma, Kira Gee, Jan Schmidtbauer Crona Join us in Riga, 11–12 Nov 2025, to "Navigate Planning Through Changes!” ⚓ Register by 27 Oct 👉 www.BalticMSPForum.eu #MadeWithInterreg #MSP #BalticSea2Land

Looking forward to tomorrow‘s opening panel of the 5th #BalticMSPForum in #Riga 🇱🇻 #MaritimeSpatialPlanning 🌊 🗺️ #BalticSea2Land

The Anglo consensus of the first half of 2010s was that where continental Europeans were endemically subject to crises and demagoguery, "we" were distinctly were more enlightened. Cameron's Britain. Obama's America. Ponderous essays about Magna Carta and the "golden thread". How wrong it all was.

Der preußische Polizeibeamte Wilhelm Krützfeld ist 1938 Revierleiter in Berlin-Mitte. In der Nacht zum 10.11.1938 stellt er sich mit seiner Pistole den brandschatzenden SA-Männern entgegen – und bewahrt so die Neue Synagoge in der Oranienburger Straße vor der Zerstörung. 1/2

This morning, the burial ceremony for a Belgian soldier who fell during #WWI kicked off in Diksmuide. His remains were discovered in Sept 2025 during roadworks. Photo: Focus WTV #remembrance

"The fact that this is taking place in Ostend – Belgium's offshore hub par excellence – underlines our country's central role in this alliance."

Remember, kids: Nobody reads signs

"Es war nicht eine kleine Zahl von Verbrechern, es waren Hunderttausende einer sogenannten deutschen Elite, Männer, Jungen & entmenschte Weiber, die unter dem Einfluss verrückter Lehren in kranker Lust diese Taten begangen haben." Thomas Mann 9. November 1938

87 years ago, the Pogrom Night against Jews of 1938 marked a dark chapter in history. With antisemitism on the rise, the past is a strong reminder to act in the face of all forms of hate and violence. #NeverAgain

Der 9.11. erinnert uns an entscheidende Momente der Geschichte Deutschlands & der Welt: Wir gedenken u.a. d. Mauerfalls 1989 & d. Reichspogromnacht 1938. Ein Tag der Mahnung & Erinnerung: Freiheit & Demokratie sind nie selbstverständlich, sondern müssen jeden Tag verteidigt werden.

You might not think about the Ocean as much as we marine scientists do, but our modern life is enabled by the deep sea. Whether we're watching TikToks, Bluesky, streaming, video call across the globe or get the latest NYT recipe, most of our data are routed through cables on/in the seafloor.

Cyclist ca. 1926 Artist: Enzo Benedetto

Forgotten pedestrianisation. Square Ambiorix. Until the 1970s, this was a road.

⚡️Ukraine's state-owned energy company says all of its power plants are down after Russia's 'largest-ever attack.' The recent Russian attack destroyed all restored capacity, leaving the plants generating no power, the state-owned energy company Centrenergo said on Nov. 8.

On the military graveyard of #Margraten with over 8000 corpses in the most southern tip of the Netherlands, memorial plagues commemorating black soldiers and their selfless sacrifice in the fight against Nazi Germany have been removed #USArmy #Veterans #MemorialDay en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherl...

"Renewables are growing at record speed: the world installed 15 times more solar capacity in 2024 than the IEA had predicted it would in a forecast in 2015; wind has exceeded the forecast three-fold. Clean energy now employs more people than fossil fuels."

Monumental hubris, every detail is jaw dropping. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...

In the not too distant future, Neom -- and its predictable failure -- will be seen as the defining metaphor for our times.

Pierre Curie and Marie Skłodowska-Curie outside their house near Paris, 1895 #BicycleBirthday Marie Skłodowska-Curie November 7 (1867-1934)

Some of the earliest wave power devices constructed were built along this section of coastline.. to harness this wave power. 🌊 This wave machine used blow holes to hydraulically lift water to the top of a tower that could be used for dust control on the dirt wagon roads.

🌊 Europe’s waters are full of life — and a few oddballs! From seagrass meadows to deep-sea realms, explore how MARCO-BOLO helps protect aquatic biodiversity across rivers, coasts & oceans. 💙 Find out which aquatic oddball you are 👉 marcobolo-project.eu/the-waters-w...

MPA Ranger Station in Pemba 🇹🇿 — before and after restoration. Visible results in marine conservation are not always easy to show, so here’s a positive example: supporting infrastructure enabling monitoring of the adjacent MPA. #OceanOptimism implemented by @wcs.org, funded by @blueactionfund.org.

Check out our latest work, led by Jon Jung, Ph.D. student in the @amglab.bsky.social at @mpic.de: www.nature.com/articles/s41... Here we show that the supply of excess phosphorous from accounts for the majority of observed Sargassum variability since 2011. 🌊 🧪 #Paleosky #CoralReefs

So do the British people actually want to leave the European Convention on Human Rights? 🔗 theconversation.com/do-british-p... via @theconversation.com Spoiler alert: No #ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

I am not a lawyer, just a historian, but one fundamental problem with the political debate about the EU, especially in English publications is that the whole principle of the acquis communnitaire is not understood or taken seriously. The EU is a framework of rules, not an alliance.

I have read this. This plan would, in my modest opinion, blow up the EU. And reading about a collision course between France and Germany in days like these is profoundly disturbing. Remember how European integration started.

Monet stocked his Giverny pond with exotic lilies from Latour-Marliac, the nursery that unveiled new colorful hybrids at the 1889 Paris World’s Fair. 🌸 Pinks, yellows, and reds transformed his garden beyond Europe’s traditional white lilies.

It took me about three months to get here but... Here's a 🪶 for (nearly) every species of bird, with colors extracted from wikipedia descriptions. 10,151 species. #dataviz #birds #data

Here is a good explanation of ocean oxygen and why it’s more nuanced than often presented 🌊 theconversation.com/humans-will-...

As a result of the US shutdown curtailing services, American soldiers garrisoned in Germany are being advised to visit local foodbanks. home.army.mil/bavaria/abou...