We had to euthanize one of our cats today. She had a good life and made it to 21 years old. We still cried our eyeballs out. It's always sad to say goodbye to our companions 🙏😓

I started listening to some TED talks. Some are really inspiring. So I configured the App on my TV and when I opened it, this showed up and I was wondering: How to raise kids who question AI. I haven't watched it. Maybe it's fantastic. But the title told me: Hjalmar, you are the old guy now 😅

⚽🇩🇪🇨🇮 Great goal by Germany - in overtime. Well deserved. Great match and effort by both teams.

Soccer world cup: Of course as a German born and now US citizen I am biased. Both teams today make a genuine effort. IMHO (and I am not a soccer expert): Ivory Coast's defense is strong, forward weaker. The opposite for Germany: weak defense and decent forward. I enjoy watching it. ⚽🇩🇪🇨🇮

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There are great players ... and there are great teams. Not only in soccer.

Identity crisis?? 🤣

Is it just me or has soccer become more rough ? I can hardly watch anymore, so maybe it has been like this for a while. But looking at how the players behave in this World Cup, too rough IMHO. And bless those referees 💪

I don't have Fox One, so I am watching soccer on Peacock, with Spanish commentators. Unfortunately I don't speak Spanish but I love that rolling R and then of course the Gooooooaaaaal which takes them 30 seconds+ to say. ⚽ 😅

I love it when Apple updates their developer agreements. So happy to read 50 pages of legal jargon, I am sure we all do it before accepting 🤭

German fan, returning home after the Worldcup. 😂😂😂

Good bye lovely Austin. Welcome home in Greenville. Glad to be home.

I am sure if Israel is not abiding by a peace deal, the US Congress will swiftly eliminate funding, right ? Right ?

One thing about watching soccer matches on TV, it is vastly different when you are actually playing it. Same for most other sports. The camera view points are fantastic nowadays but they don't convey the athleticism, speed and complexity involved. I tried it and was quickly humbled 😅

I started watching some soccer world cup matches. Despite the totally understandable concerns, it seems like soccer fans don't give a damn about politics and high ticket prices. Stadiums seem to be packed or am I wrong ?

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time — we are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." --President Barack Obama

Tonight at a Joe Jackson concert (the UK musician) in Austin TX. It was very good. Joe is now 71 and after growing up with his music in the 1980s in Europe, I was excited to finally see him live for the first time. It was also a realization of my age which left me with a bit of a somber feeling 🤔

Arrived in Austin. Police are wearing proper Texas hats.

Early morning for me with a 5:40 AM flight. I haven't been to this concourse in Atlanta. Looks nice. I was surprised to see so many people at the airport at 4:30 AM on a Saturday morning 🧐. Now on the way to Austin. Free Wi-Fi on Delta. No more offline break.

I am heading to Austin, TX early tomorrow morning (Saturday). Will visit my adult daughters and we all go see Joe Jackson in concert Sunday. I have always wanted to see him live and it just never worked out. So happy ☺️

She is brilliant 🤞

One of those mornings in South Carolina where the humidity demands taking a shower after walking 30 ft to the mailbox. Any volunteers for mowing the lawn ? 🥵

Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water "conveyor belt" in the Atlantic is slowing down www.newscientist.com/article/2529...

I dislike repeating myself and this will be the last time I am sharing this thought but it's relevant: How did we get from millions, tens of millions, to billions and even tens or hundreds of billions? This was not linear. It contributes greatly to the corruption we experience nowadays 🤔🧐🤨

Why do home appliances need Internet connection to communicate inside my house 🤨 We have a power outage and the Internet is down too. The generator is running, Wi-Fi is up but none of the devices can be reached. That's really bothersome. They should just communicate on the local Wi-Fi network 😡

During this Pride Month, I hope one day soon our society will treat our LGBTQ community with the respect and love they deserve. 🏳️‍🌈 💙

Not sure if this should surprise us but holy sh... 🤨

It appears as if Zohran Mamdani is actively embracing diversity and pays equal attention to as many New Yorkers as he can, regardless of who they are. What a concept 🧐🤔💙

Having seen several absolutely false posts purporting to show how great Trump's economy is compared to Biden's. The last one I saw, threw in statistics from 2020 (the last year of Trump's first term) and tried to pass that off has Biden's fault. Here's an honest comparison.

Rescue mission in Laos. Videos of these narrow caves are making me claustrophobic just watching them. Local folks are supported by brave men and women from around the world. The locals thanked all people from other countries for helping, never mentioning specifics. Just humans helping each other 💙

so, this is deeply, deeply horrifying thedreydossier.substack.com/p/i-found-a-...

I listen to this and my heat stops: youtu.be/NlwIDxCjL-8?...

I love Supertramp. Still one of the greatest bands. youtu.be/qYQABJXHfpE?...

Steely Dan is inseparable from NYC and the US. Love these guys reminding us: youtu.be/m7EJGXa-5Rc?...

How fragile we are.

Do I have a crush on Emma Bunton or the dancer with the black glasses? I know the answer 😅 youtu.be/xME-klHV81Q?...

So many things could and should be said about Memorial Day. Most of the current generation, other than those who have actively served or are serving in the military, can't imagine what our service members and their families endured. Today, my thoughts are with you. Let's never repeat that 🙏

I came to the conclusion that we laugh at sitcoms not because we know this is unrelated to reality, but because deep inside we would love to act like that sometimes 😅

I went to church with my wife today since... it must have been 8 years ago. In South Carolina. I was pleasantly surprised to be greeted with this sign. Nothing major, but the sermon even positively highlighted diversity. I found out the sign is actually from letsbeneighbors.org, still... 🧐😊

Key excerpt from the court hearing in Chicago “Broadview 6” case. Worth a read. For a federal prosecutor, this is shocking misconduct. They are destroying our beloved DOJ.

Gold is the most noble of all known metals – it doesn't react readily with substances like the oxygen to form rust or tarnish. Now, scientists have discovered why. www.sciencealert.com/scientists-f...

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Two role models for me personally.

After auctioning Late Night Show memorabilia, Stephen Colbert raised nearly $2.5 million for @wck.org and the humanitarian efforts of José Andrés and chefs feeding victims of war and disasters around the world. 👏🕊️❤️ latenighter.com/news/late-sh...

US Politics: I like the intersection of Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie. Aside from the firm common ground of pushing full Epstein record disclosure & investigations, I would hope they could work together and form coalitions... Like in the old days 😅 Surely there are more courageous representatives 🧐

Zero tolerance machining is a high-precision manufacturing method that maintains extremely tight dimensional limits to deliver exceptional accuracy and uniformity in machined parts. Measurements are often controlled at micrometer levels or finer. IG: globalgistx

Incredible performance by David Byrne on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert! Dance, Stephen, Dance!

Maybe an unpopular opinion for my European friends: Eurovision has gone downhill since Alexander Rybak who won in 2009. I miss the uniqueness in the compositions, not just in costumes and choreography. I also don't understand why Russia and other adversary countries are allowed to participate 😓

The first known aerial photo of New York — taken by James A. Hart (from a hot air balloon) in 1906.