Сред познатите ми такива се броят сигурно на пръстите на едната ми ръка!

What could possibly explain the intensity of Western interest, over the past century and more, in this region?

Някой познава ли живи хора (извън социалките), които се интересуват от международното положение?

The covers of three books. Left to right: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony, and the life of a legend, about the late Sopranos actor. The cover shows Gandolfini looking shy, peering offscreen with one unobstructed eye and another that peeks out between the fingers of his right hand. CENTER: The cover of Cinema Her Way, a coffee table book by Marya E. Gates about female directors. On the cover is actress Michelle Rodriguez as the boxer heroine of Karyn Kusama's sports drama Girlfight, about a woman boxer. RIGHT David Hockney's painting collection The Arrival of Spring in Normandy, showing a painting of a verdant field. In the background of the field is green grass. in the upper foreground are the branches of a tree sprouting white, cottony buds.

A screenshot of the pre-orders section at mzs.press. Three screenshots of books that have not yet been released. I Am The Night, Daniel Dockery's book about Batman the Brave and the Bold, has a silhouette of Batman stretching from the top to the bottom of the cover, with the title of the book and a nighttime Gotham skyline circumscribed by the borders of the Batman silhouette. CENTER The cover of The Ring Cycle, Matt Zoller Seitz and Odie Henderson's book on the Rocky and Creed films. The cover is white except for a pair of black boxing gloves floating there RIGHT The cover of Documentary Now!, the 600-page, 7-pound coffee table book celebrating the aforementioned IFC Channel series parodying classic documentaries.

Screenshot of three books carried at mzs.press arts bookstore: LEFT: Cover of Lead Sister, a biography of Karen Carpenter, featuring a closeup of Carpenter playing and singing with The Carpenters. CENTER: The cover of Anthony Hopkins' We Did OK, Kid, a memoir of his life and career. On the cover is Hopkins in closeup as he looks presently, narrowed blue eyes looking directly at the spectator. RIGHT: Cover of Louis Armstrong In His Own Words, a collection of the bandleader's correspondence. The cover image is a photograph of a probably fortysomething Armstrong seated at the wooden desk in his office where he often wrote letters.

Screenshot of the covers of 3 books carried at mzs.press Arts Bookstore. LEFT: The cover of Gotham City Cocktails, a book of mixed drink recipes inspired by Batman. Art deco-style flowing border lines flow around and around the interior of the dust jacket. At the center are drawings of two tall cocktail glasses and between them, a shot glass and a tumbler with a sword-pierced cherry in it. CENTER: The cover of Downton Abbey Afternoon Tea Cookbook. Green cover, white writing and graphics. The central image is a teapot with stem lines coming out of it, and at the pot's base, a teacup and saucer and a separate plate of biscuits. RIGHT: Bob's Burgers "The Re-Recipe Box," a set of recipe cards inspired by the joke hamburger names featured on the small board at the front of Bob's joint. Red sides with small graphics, cover image of the restaurant.

Greetings, new friends! You may know me as an author, a prolific Bluesky poster and 4th place finisher on So You Call That Dancing? But you might not know that my partner Judith (@mzpress) and I have an online arts bookstore that's growing every day. Full inventory here: mzs.press/EVERYTHING-W...

there's so much bad in the world but there's also people who lift up and carry an elderly bat around every day so he can pretend he's flying again, and that's the part of the world I think is worth fighting for

Spain is showing us the way morally right now, and it is no coincidence it’s a socialist-led coalition.

Може би тази с адаптацията наистина е по-близо до "любимите" приказки.

Цък, явно друга книга от "поредицата" гледаш, на тази нищо не пише.

This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left - BBC News A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.

Lovely story on the BBC about iceberg a23a, which has given us decades of fun but is now nearing its end…

Really enjoyed talking with Mark Poynting about this one-time behemoth.

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Те тези едва ли сами решават какво да обличат, обаче... УжасТ

Книга "Вълшебни приказки", издателство Посоки. Странни истории, като съшити от известни приказки. Нереалистични, грозни и несвързани илюстрации. Много грешки. Странни имена. Усещането е все едно книгата е една голяма ИИ халюцинация. Колко вероятно е, ако изданието е 2024?

Отивам да си купя ябълки за да си узрея кивитата

This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this.
The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”

Way mo’ crashes.

Много съм разочарована от вашето поведение, казах аз на студентите и съм сигурна, че се впечатлиха!

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Southern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of comments The opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.

Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Denmark for the elimination of mother-to-child transmission (EMTCT) of HIV and syphilis, recognizing the country's sustained commitment to ensuring ev...

Denmark becomes first country in the European Union to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis. This is testament to universal health access and a functioning public health system.
The US recorded 4000 cases of congenital syphilis in 2024.
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Chart showing greenhouse gas emissions by sector, 2010=100: UK The chart shows that agriculture and land use, which account for 12 per cent of the UK’s carbon footprint but has seen emissions fall by only 5 per cent over the past fifteen years – a smaller drop than any other major emissions source

The UK’s historical progress towards net zero has been impressive, but this effort has been uneven across the economy.

To meet our net zero targets, the pace of cutting carbon from agriculture and land use needs to increase.

Our report looks at the options ⬇️

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Frontiers | Characterization of subchronic lung and brain consequences caused by mouse-adapted SARS-CoV-2 and influenza A infection of C57BL6 mice IntroductionSARS-CoV-2 and, to a lesser extent, influenza A can lead to long-term complications in the respiratory and nervous systems. However, the mechanis...

Comparison of Covid vs flu in the experimental model:
Only Covid showed persistent brain inflammation
Repair of lung tissue impaired with Covid vs flu
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In other news, миналата седмица слушах интервюта със стопани на ски зони, които мрънкаха, че държавата не им позволява да качат цените, а тази година разходите им за изкуствен сняг били огромни.

On negative social ties.
The number of "hasslers" in your life—people who create problems or make life difficult, especially family members (not spouse)—and the link to promoting accelerated aging, inflammation, and adverse health outcomes
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Е, няма как да не припишем липсата на достатъчно медали от зимна олимпиада на лошите закони за опазване на биоразнообразието. Те Норвегия, Австрия, Швейцария за това имат много медали, заради липсата на биоразнообразие, не е до по-високи и снежни планини или умно инвестирани пари

Не мога да преценя кое е по-гнусно, зарязан до кофите мърляв кенеф или захвърлен петнист матрак.

Let’s do it

How propaganda works: Trump repeatedly emphasized the success of his last strike on Iran, saying the nuclear program was gone for good. Now, suddenly, Iran is a week away from making a nuclear bomb.

Sweden brings back traditional learning and gets better results Physcial books and handwriting are being prioritised in Swedish classrooms to get reading back up to scratch

Ако не са норвежците ще са шведите. Все някоя глупост ще измислят...
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Май (почти) единственото положително нещо, което мога да кажа за Мамник е колко приятно е добре забравеното усещане да чакаш по цяла седмица за следващия епизод!

CAP at the Crossroads - Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets - Foodrise CAP at the Crossroads: Reforming EU CAP subsidies to support healthy sustainable diets, a new report from Foodrise, reveals the scale of EU common agricultural policy (CAP) subsidies directed to meat ...

EU: Beef & lamb received an estimated 580 times more agricultural subsidies than legumes in 2020; dairy received 550 times more than nuts & seeds. The estimated €39 billion in subsidies spent on animal-sourced foods made up nearly a quarter of the EU's total budget: foodrise.org.uk/CAPCrossroads/ >>