René Seindal

It was about time!

Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.

I never do the same tour twice. It's not fun that way.

È sempre il modo più sicuro per avere successo.

Thanks. It was a pleasure bumping into you like that.

I’m sitting on a bench in SS Giovanni e Paolo. The conversation behind me is fascinating; it sounds like a tour guide who really knows his stuff. He’s so good, I decide to tell him so. I walk up to him & glance at his name tag. “I know you!” It was René Seindal of @historywalksvenice.com in action!

Basta avere un giardino che si estende un paio di km in ogni direzione. Facile!

Quasi tutti i ricconi del mondo hanno fatto cosi. Il successo è quasi garantito.

Il modo più facile per avere mezzo milione, è iniziare con due o tre.

Been there, done that. You've deserved your rest.

Next time, get one of these, for up to 200kg, preferably with solid wheels (as opposed to inflatables). Much easier than a wheelbarrow, which easily tips sideways when heavy.

Nessuna democrazia è immune dalla corruzione. La differenza la fanno appunto gli anticorpi. In ogni caso che gli italiani stiano facendo gli indignati quando non muovono il culo manco quando gli viene smantellato a favore di privati il sistema sanitario nazionale fa veramente sbellicare dal ridere.

Giuoco del calzo — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 35 - History Walks in Venice "Giuoco del Calzo" from the "Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane", published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.

Did the Venetian nobility play rugby in the early 1600s?

Well, kinda.

#Skystorians #Sports #Venezia #Venice

When your boss calls you to a face-to-face meeting in his office, is it good of bad?

Knowing Salvini, given his level of incompetence, he'll supply canine lunch and dinner too, maybe even a nightcap.

Non perdonerò *mai* la parte (tutt'altro che marginale) di sinistra che si è venduta l'anima a Putin e alla retorica nazionalista dei regimi, strumentalizzando e manipolando perfino il concetto di pace.

Tra le tante vergogne della nostra epoca, questa è una delle più disperanti.

Grevembroch cover illustrations - History Walks in Venice The cover pages of each of the four volumes of Grevembroch's "

The Most Sacred Heart of Venice?

What's in the cover illustration of the fourth volume of an 18th century trilogy?

#venice #venezia #skystorians

Spent the night in the bomb shelter cause the peace negotiations were exploding over Kyiv just so damn loud

I Procuratori di S. Marcho — Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane — 3 - History Walks in Venice "I Procuratori di S. Marcho" from the "Habiti d’huomeni et donne venetiane", published by Giacomo Franco, c. 1610.

The position of Procuratore di San Marco was one of the highest honorifics of the Republic of Venice, ranking just below the Doge.

They were, as all other high-ranking magistrates of the Republic of Venice, dressed in the traditional toga or vesta.

#skystorians #venice #venezia

Nobile della Casa Trivisan — Nobleman of the House of Trivisan — Grevembroch 1-55 - History Walks in Venice "Nobile della Casa Trivisan" (Nobleman of the House of Trivisan) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

The stole was an important part of the dress of Venetian state officials, as a sign of dignity, but also used to indicate supplication, and even as a way of having informal votes.

#skystorians #venezia #venice

Russia has killed Natalia Khodemchuk,the widow of Valerii Khodemchuk -the first victim of the Chornobyl disaster -during the attack on Kyiv on November 14

Natalia was hospitalized with burns covering 45% of her body

She passed away in the hospital this morning.
Deepest condolences.

I find the typography profoundly convincing.

Nobile sopra l'incanto — Nobleman as Auctioneer — Grevembroch 1-81 - History Walks in Venice "Nobile sopra l'incanto" (Noble as Auctioneer) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

One of the many tasks Venetian noblemen could be charged with, was presiding over the state-run auctions of the unredeemed pawned goods of debtors, called the 'incanto'.

Taverns and inns also served as pawn shops, to ensure common people too had access to credit.

#Venezia #Venice #SkyStorians

Compari alla Malvasia — Malvasia Companions — Grevembroch 1-84 - History Walks in Venice "Compari alla Malvasia" (Malvasia Companions) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

How did the debut of young noblemen into political society work?

It involved togas, stoles, wine and cakes.

"Compari alla Malvasia" (Malvasia Companions) from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

#VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice #Malvasia

1/ In Rome the youth wing of Brothers of Italy commemorated a 17-year-old far-right activist killed in 1975 by the Red Brigades with the “chiamata del presente”, a ritual used by Mussolini’s Blackshirts.

During the 1400s, Venice had created defences against the recurring outbreaks of the plague, and they kept Venice mostly safe for the following centuries. Mostly safe.

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Nobles at the Café — Grevembroch 1-096 - History Walks in Venice "Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

Nobles at the Café

Ever wondered how a barista in the Florian looked in the mid-1750? Wonder no more!

"Nobles at the Café" from the Gli abiti de veneziani (1754) by Giovanni Grevembroch, translated by René Seindal.

#Coffee #VenetianNobility #Venezia #Venice
#Grevembroch

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None of us should put pressure on Zelenskyy when it comes to territorial concessions. We should all put pressure on Russia to stop its aggression. Appeasement never was a road to a just and lasting peace.

Giogio Vasari on Sanmichele and the Sant'Andrea fortress - History Walks in Venice Extract of Vasari, "Le vite de' più eelLe vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori", related to Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant'Andrea.

Giogio Vasari on Sanmichele and the Sant'Andrea fortress.

Extract of Vasari, "Le vite de' più eccellenti pittori, scultori, e architettori" (1568), related to Michele Sanmicheli and the Fortress of Sant'Andrea. #Venezia #Venice

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This isn’t just hypocrisy — it’s the collapse of every principle the UN was built on.