L.A. Fatzinger

Escapes To: Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic A tucked-away spa town of secrets, where hot springs and echoes of the Habsburg Empire offer travelers a measured sip of stillness.

“The setting feels like a dream Vienna once had. Or perhaps the dream belonged to Karlovy Vary once, imagining itself into the Habsburg court it served until the empire unraveled in 1918. Grand hotels and gingerbread apartments, painted in shades of spun sugar and antique postcards.”

Why Record Numbers of Americans Are Considering a Move to Europe How fresh incentives, shifting politics, and the allure of new horizons are coaxing successful Americans to convert what was once a traveler's dream into their own long-term story.

Hello there! We're new to Bluesky, and Substack, and we have a funny name...but we have big aspirations to help people make a transition to living their best lives on the European continent.

“There is only one thing worse than fighting with your allies, and that’s fighting without them.”

—Victor Hugo

We’re entering the “worse” phase.

You can't win a tariff fight with Trump for three simple reasons The Australian government after May 3 will no doubt want to try to negotiate with the Trump administration about our 10 per cent tariff, but they might be better off to just work around it and move on...

Candid assessment from Australia.

The question of if a country could fuck itself harder than the UK did with Brexit has today been answered.

a man in a suit and tie is wearing a red hat that says make america great again ALT: a man in a suit and tie is wearing a red hat that says make america great again

Today is “Liberation [From Your Life Savings]” Day

Lots of global stock markets are higher this morning. Just not ours.

@mikezaccardi.bsky.social

European pharmaceutics will not be subject to the 20% reciprocal tariffs amounted today.

Looks like they are Excempic.

Salman Rushdie to publish new collection of stories, The Eleventh Hour The first fiction the author has written since he was attacked in 2022 comprises three novellas and two shorter works set across India, England and the US

A literary treasure...

Salman Rushdie to publish new collection of stories, The Eleventh Hour

Again, may I remind you, the European Union is not a country.

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started | Alexander Hurst The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want out, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

A French university is offering ‘scientific asylum’ for US talent. The brain drain has started

First day of spring. Salzburg, Austria.

Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True. A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

Bono on DOGE: “The bludgeoning of PEPFAR and U.S.A.I.D., one of the most eloquent expressions of American values ever created, might be America’s most spectacular act of self-sabotage in generations.”

US turns to Denmark as it hunts for eggs despite Trump’s threat over Greenland Danish Egg Association says US asked if it could export eggs as prices surge despite president’s promise to lower them

Denmark should send a goose egg.

Please like this post if you're as tired of "winning" as I am.

#IncompetentKrasnov

Austrian Parties Reach Deal to Form Government Without Far Right The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down.

Breaking News: Three mainstream political parties in Austria have agreed to form a government that excludes the far-right Freedom Party.

Some sound advice:

Your CT and MRI machines are about to get 25% more expensive, America. I’m sure hospitals (and insurance companies) will just eat those costs.

on.ft.com/3XlzIMh Trump says he will impose 25% tariffs on imports from the EU

Hintergrundaktualisierung

Certainly the most interesting German word I learned this week.

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

Wherever possible please buy your books directly from authors and/or publishers. Even ebooks (then Amazon can't delete them either). We make a better cut and you get the same thing or better, plus Bezos and ilk don't get richer. Win win win.

Remember when StumbleUpon was the most addictive app? Those were the days.

Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"

Just switch your iPhone to German language. Problem solved. 🏌️🇲🇽

Sign of these crappy times: this week Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, now 40 years old, is back on the Canadian bestsellers list.

A.J. Brown reading a book on the sideline, his teammates check in with him

A.J. Brown holds the Super Bowl trophy for the Philadelphia Eagles

A.J. Brown reading a book on the sideline

A.J. Brown holds the NFC trophy and smiles

Read books everywhere! Book joy all the time because you never know… you could become a Super Bowl champion 📚💭🏆

📸: Ryan Kang

Fabulous 🇺🇸💥

Sage to this day.

This is a photo of two goats.

Tonight’s sunset was the goat.