@blasuc.ci.bsky.social
π³π± in πͺπΈ (Canarias). Former techie, former American.
The EU's economy is set to expand by 1.4 percent this year, driven in large part by Poland's and Spain's growth.
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My photo collage shows four pottery vessels, all a creamy yellow in colour, with black painted decoration depicting underwater sea-life featuring lively stylised octopuses with writhing tentacles (arms), All on display at Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. Top L - Minoan pithoid storage jar decorated in the βMarine Styleβ with wide-eyes octopus, argonauts, rocks, and coral. Rounded top tapering down to a narrower base. Short cyclindrical neck flaring out at the mouth with black wavy decoration reminiscent of waves. Loop handles attached to the shoulders of the body. Height 55 cm. From Zakros. 1500-1450 BC Top R - Minoan flask with a rounded body, short cyclindrical neck which flares at the rim, and two small curved handles attached between the top of the spout and the shoulders of the body. Decorated in βMarine Styleβ which depicts an almost cartoon-like octopus with wide eyes and sucker-lined tentacles which writhe around the vase. Other decorative sea-motifs include sea urchins, seaweed and rocks. Height 27cm. From Palaikastro, 1500-1450 BC Bottom L - alabastron, broad at the base, swelling outwards into a fuller belly before narrowing near the top with a very short cyclindrical neck and a wider flat rimmed mouth. Decorated in βMarine Styleβ with a wide-eyed octopus among rocks. From Knossos Little Palace, 1450-1370 BC Bottom R - krater with rounded body narrowing at the bottom towards the foot. Wide flaring mouth and rim with black painted wavy decoration, and two sturdy handles attached on each side between the top of the mouth and shoulders of the vessel. Decorated with a central very stylised wide-eyed octopus whose tentacles loop up and down around the body of the pot, 1370-1300 BC
Something lovely to start the week! ππΊβ€οΈ
Ancient clay pots with octopus decoration, made by artisans from Bronze Age Crete some 3,500 years ago!
Heraklion Archaeological Museum π· by me
#Archaeology
What happened to all the refugee children Trump tore from their families in 2017 and 2018--the ones for whom immigration officials never recorded the names or contact information of their parents, as if they were never intended to be reunited?
www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/u...
π§π½ Since 2008, vaccination against human papillomavirus #HPV is free for girls in Denmark
π Researchers looked at 16,955 cervical cell samples from 8,659 women over a 7-year study period
π #vaccination has reduced infections with cancerogenic HPV 16/18 types
#VaccinesWork #CervicalCancer π
I have never visited Albania (despite being just 1 mile from Corfu, Greece), but somehow Iβm crying of joy seeing this country that has suffered so much finding its way to become an EU member.
If someone has visited Albania, please share your experience!
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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Airlines in the US must refund passengers for canceled flights, but are not required to compensate customers for delays. The European Union, Canada, Brazil and Britain all have airline delay compensation rules.
https://cnn.it/4hXK2D0
In this weekβs EU Influence:Β
β How tech lobbies are seizing their moment to water down the EUβs digital rulesΒ
π₯Ά Amazonβs push to be let in from the coldΒ
π«Why the European Parliament wants to change voting rules for pregnant lawmakersΒ
Read the full newsletter π
Afrobeat icon Fela Kuti's legacy celebrated in Lagos show with photos, live music and bright underwear reut.rs/3JDc0aF
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Judges at the ICC do not want a repeat of the Netanyahu situation. All requests for arrest warrants are to be sealed unless a chamber authorizes them to be made public.
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#USA unlawful strikes on vessels ashore Latin-American coasts may amount to int'l crimes - say UN Experts.
@eudiplomacy.bsky.social shouldn't turn blind eye when Trump admin flouts int'l law, but press it to end unlawful attacks. EU's credibility is at stake.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
βYazzan, my nine-year-old son, asked me if the war had ended,β @mosababutoha.bsky.social writes, about Donald Trumpβs ceasefire announcement. βHe wanted to know if we could party. βYes, Yazzan,β I told him. βThey are just finalizing the deal. Letβs wait.β β
24.10.2025 19:50 β π 123 π 44 π¬ 6 π 4
UNβs top court tells Israel to stop blocking aid, end occupation www.courthousenews.com/uns-top-cour...
22.10.2025 20:28 β π 12 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0Please read this great and important thread.ππ»
18.10.2025 12:21 β π 25 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Six surgeons general...are coming late to the fight.
No paywall: archive.ph/cW4yJ
Microsoft said Israelβs use of Azure to store data obtained through mass surveillance of Palestinians violated its terms
26.09.2025 05:00 β π 244 π 68 π¬ 7 π 17Oh hey thanks! Forgot my Duolingo today. π π
23.09.2025 11:00 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Poland warns Russia not to 'whine' if its jets are shot down in NATO airspace
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NATO to beef up defence of Europeβs eastern flank after Poland shot down drones
13.09.2025 05:22 β π 24 π 7 π¬ 0 π 1So if it turns out that Charlie Kirkβs killer was a right-wing extremist, I assume that the people who declared all-out war on the left for killing Kirk will now declare war on the right.
Because Iβm sure it was a matter of principle.
Either way, maybe better not to declare war on fellow citizens.
To understand the enormous significance of the grave line the U.S. military crossed with the strike on the alleged Venezuelan drug boat
A must-read, brilliant and careful analysis by @martylederman.bsky.social
Article II, UCMJ, international and domestic law.
Old enough to remember the outrage in the United States when Serb forces killed Bosnian civilians fetching water during the siege of Sarajevo.
02.09.2025 15:52 β π 290 π 110 π¬ 5 π 0
9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nationβs public health system "should alarm every American."
It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...
New interview with Greta Thunberg in Barcelona yesterday by Middle East Eye.
The climate activist and arguably the leading humanitarian voice of our age is about to set sail along with dozens of ships from dozens of nations to bring urgent food and medical aid to millions of people in Gaza
We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.
29.08.2025 18:24 β π 16634 π 5251 π¬ 124 π 124The new games are fun, but nothing can top Zip in my world. :)
23.08.2025 16:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wheaton is THE LONGEST ESCALATOR IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
17.08.2025 02:07 β π 44 π 3 π¬ 6 π 0Programming languages *always* come with a culture attached.
The language's culture influences how most of the code is written, built, tested, and documented.
Most of the time (but not always) people are choosing a culture they vibe with. They are not making a strictly rational technical decision.
