"A shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top. A shutdown means the president is weak." Donald J. Trump 2013

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This was Transatlantic and I had paid more to be in a row of 2, and on the aisle and it did no good, alas. I don’t fly often anymore but what I really notice is less space between seats as well as rows

Happened to me last trip. When I finally said something, not very gently, he apologized and turned out to be a very polite, well-raised young man and we had a nice chat. Poor guy was very tall. Airline seats are terrible. But I feel your pain too, believe me.

Golden Arches. He means Golden Arches

I feel like it would sell better as a state dining room. “Ballroom” is deliberately inflammatory. What’s he gonna do in it, the minuet?

Just been. Medicated for the announcement. Cheers!

EP resolutions have no legal force. They are about taking a stand.

Haddock : Quelle semaine, hein ? Tintin : Capitaine, on est lundi, il est 10h

I really thought France could do better than this. What an embarrassment.
A month to choose the same ministers, then quit the next day because it won’t work.

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If Chat Control 73 3 passes, we as an encrypted provider have two options: sue to fight for people’s privacy, or leave the EU. And we’ve decided to fight. We will never weaken or backdoor our encryption.” MATHIAS PFAU, TUTA MAIL

✊ Tuta Mail to the EU: If you pass Chat Control, we’re forced to sue you.

We will never build backdoors or spy on our users. Privacy is a human right, guaranteed to everyone by the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

#StopChatControl #privacymatters

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YouTube video by Dr. Ludwig Die Gedanken sind frei [German folk song][+English translation]

We've got a famous folk song here in Germany, called 'Die Gedanken Sind Frei' - 'Thoughts are free'.

Just a little slice of German culture.

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JD Vance said he doesn’t care if the US commits war crimes. Did it make the news?

Donald Trump said he’s declaring war on Chicago. Did it make the news?

Executive agencies keep posting Nazi blood-and-soil propaganda. Did it make the news?

Appalling

Life-saving idea! Pass it on!

Hi from Greenland everyone ✌️!
I’m a bit busy guiding our red sails tours here these days so I don’t post much, but I thought I’d share a little glimpse from yesterday night sailing ⛵️🧊.
That’s shot around 12pm…

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Three textured balls of bright blue pigment rest on a solid red surface, creating a vivid color contrast.

Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter. 🧵 1/2

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🏺 #archaeology

In what other job can you just refuse to work, go home, and still collect your salary?

Interior view of the temple showing massive stone columns with detailed carvings and colorful hieroglyphs. The columns are shaped like lotus or papyrus plants and are closely spaced, supporting a decorated ceiling. Two people stand near the base of the columns, providing scale. The ground is covered in gravel, and scaffolding or railings are visible in the foreground.

For #AncientSiteSunday stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the colors of the reliefs and inscriptions within the building for...🧵1/2

📷 D. v. Recklinghausen

You might enjoy digging into the history of the uitsmijter, although I don’t think it goes very deep

Good to know—not much of a celery fan myself

I’m very sorry about the accident but dying laughing because the very next line in my feed after this post was “This has always been the GOP’s strategy.” (Robert Reich)

Funny, there was a piece on the France2 news last night about the salade niçoise. First time I ever heard of celery in one, but I haven’t ever spent much time in Nice.

Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.

When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.

This has always been the GOP's strategy:

1) Cut taxes for the wealthy & corporations by claiming they'll pay for themselves.

2) Explode deficits

3) Use the debt as an excuse to demand cuts to vital programs that help millions.

4) Repeat.

While the Media Chases Trump’s Distractions, Here’s the Story They’re Not Telling You Folks, I haven’t slept in two days.

levremembers.substack.com/p/while-the-...

I don’t think the Sunnis will see it that way

We all want to know

We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.