Greek living in Germany, studied History and Archaeology but always worked in the Finance Sector (in a way). Writing in 3 languages, but mostly here to read.
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Friday I tried to read Trump's mind: "I figured Bobby might get the message to ease up. Instead he decided to melt down his whole goddamn agency!" Trump's 8:15 am Monday post suggests I may not have been wrong to think Trump is losing patience with Bobby. www.thebulwark.com/p/camelot-fo...
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I think now would be the right time to remind people about the last 18 months or so of the life of Woodrow Wilson.
I guess Newsom is not afraid of smart people.
It is, however, remarkable that he has not made a public appearance in 5 days. We are talking about the most narcissistic, publicity-addicted person in the world. And his TS posts are definitely not written by him, so...
That was not written by Trump. It is coherent, somewhat informed, bears resemblance to a rational argument, has no capital letters and no insults. Definitely written by someone who can spell too, so no.
A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons. thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice
Συν Αθηνά και χειρα κίνει, as the Ancient Greeks used to say-meaning, "Goddess Athena will help you if you use your own arms to help yourself first". It fits for You too.
An interesting reef on the Fermi paradox. Perhaps we are observing it but are not capable of recognising it as such.
“The Ladies of Folegandros” 📷 John Giannatos
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first? (Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
Strange. The scenery is identical to this picture from 2018. What are the odds he would be wearing the same clothes, shoes etc? What are the odds the secret service car has the same plate number?
1/8 Why is Putin just buying time instead of seeking peace? Simple: russia is losing. Any peace deal now would lock in failure. russia hasn’t reached its goals—and is further from them than in March 2022
so many babies are going to be born exactly 9 months from today
No one is against people praying, but it can’t be the only thing you do, as is usually the case
I saw them live a few months ago. What a great ensemble.
It's my favorite symphony by Mozart. I must have a dozen interpretations, but I think Böhm with Berlin Phil is still the best one.
Oder auch so etwas … 👇 Wie kann jemand der bei uns aufgewachsen und sozialisiert wurde, Sympathien haben? Wie, geht das!? Und wie kann man als ÖRR so solchen Individuen Sprechzeit in Sendungen geben!? WIE!?
3/Όλο αυτό το διάστημα οι ασφαλιστική θα πρέπει να πληρώνει στον πελάτη το ενοικιαζόμενο αυτοκίνητο, όπως είναι υποχρεωμένη. Αυτό το κόστος μπαίνει στον υπολογισμό του ασφαλιστικού κινδύνου./End
2/Γιατί οι Κινέζοι δεν έχουν υποδομή: εξουσιοδοτημένα συνεργεία, αποθήκες ανταλλακτικών στην Ευρώπη, τεχνικούς κλπ. Αν πάθει βλάβη ή ατύχημα, το αμάξι μπορεί να μείνει και 6 μήνες στο συνεργείο περιμένοντας το ανταλλακτικό από κάποια επαρχία της Κίνας-αν υπάρχει ανταλλακτικό.
1/Ειδικά για την BYD, ένας πελάτης τηλεφώνησε και ζήτησε προσφορά για Dolphin. Η συνάδελφος που το υπολόγισε μας έστειλε όλους ένα screenshot για να την πιστέψουμε. Το σύστημα υπολόγισε 5500€ ετήσιο ασφάλιστρο. Ανάλογες τιμές ισχύουν σε όλη τη γερμανική αγορά. Γιατί;
Όλα καλά με τα κινέζικα μέχρι να έρθει η ώρα να το ασφαλίσεις. Μπορεί να σου έρθει άνετα το διπλάσιο ή τριπλάσιο από ένα αντίστοιχο ευρωπαϊκό ή αμερικανικό- τουλάχιστον στη Γερμανία όπου εργάζομαι.
He specifically mentioned WW2 though, which did not end in a negotiated settlement.
It's not ignorance, it's bullshiting. He knows the truth, just doesn't care about it.
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Yeah, go ahead, demonize and anger the largest demographic in your country, that's the way to win elections, stop the dictatorship taking over. After all, it worked so well in 2024, 2016...
@bobkopp.net and I even co-wrote a chapter of the US National Climate Asst on what we know we don't know -- and what we don't know we don't know. Bottom line? It's real, it's us, and it's bad. In fact, it's probably worse than we think.
So in conclusion: Anyone who says humans aren't causing today's warming is making a statement that does not have a single factual or scientific leg to stand on. Not even a toenail of legitimacy. Yet many are saying exactly that today. As Isaac Asimov said in 1980,
Σκίτσο του Δημήτρη Χαντζόπουλου (24/08/25)
What was the context?
A PHD should not be necessary for a historian to attain a basic level of scientific integrity. BTW, there are many conservative historians, just not MAGA historians, like there are no serious fascist historians-but I am repeating myself.
Everyone who was wrong about Trump — please say so openly to those who trust you and follow you. You have influence and thus bear responsibility.
Το καημένο το κοτόπουλο.
Yes, for a price.
A photo you took that brings you inner peace.
ΤΙ ΕΙΠΕ Ο ΘΕΟΥΛΗΣ
"For reasons I don’t fully understand, educated elites are more socially progressive than non-elites." You are almost there David, you are almost there...the clue is in educated, as in "they know more stuff"
Dieses Foto von gestern macht die Runde. Dazu gibt es allerlei Kommentare. Auf diese will ich nicht weiter eingehen. Wie kam es zu diesem Foto? Und was ist die Geschichte dahinter? Warum ist es für die Ukraine eine gute Sache? Und nur das interessiert uns - dass es etwas gutes für die Ukraine ist.
1. Lindsey Graham says he believes Donald Trump is ready to “crush” the Russian economy if that country’s leader, Vladimir Putin, doesn’t agree to peace talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. apnews.com/article/russ...
A Greek expression for this is: ειναι από τζάκι, "he comes from a fireplace ". In Greece a fireplace was a big luxury that only the richest could afford, most people could only had a brazier at home.
In Athens 🇬🇷 we rally again for Ukraine 🇺🇦 on August 24th. Celebrating The Ukrainian Independence day. Join you local rally and raise your voice for the heroes. #NAFO #OFAN #GloryToUkraine Слава Україні
So, Chris Pratt is a good actor but an ignorant idiot. What else is new?
Η κόρη γύρισε προχτές από Ισπανία - είχε πάει με δύο συμμαθήτριες στο εξοχικό σπίτι της μιας. Είμασταν λίγο αγχωμένοι για το τι εξαλλιές θα έκαναν τρία 16χρονα που πρόσφατα ανακάλυψαν το αλκοόλ. Να μην τα πολυλογώ - γύρισε και μας είπε ότι η οικογένεια τους έβαζαν να προσεύχονται πριν το δείπνο 🤣
Τα γνωστά. Δεν είναι νεαροί, είναι νεαροί Ρομά και έχουν απόλυτη ασυλία.
My favourite Finnish way of saying “there’s no place like home” is oma maa mansikka, muu maa mustikka. It means “own land strawberry, other land blueberry.”
A new Bad Ancient article is now out. This one has been a while in the making! www.badancient.com/claims/roman...
I miss the context here. What happened to the homeless people? where were they taken before Gavin started theatrically cleaning their camp?
Yes. Trump's incoherent diplomacy in pursuit of a prize for himself means previous predictions of instant Ukrainian demise have not come true. Domestically he is the front man for an ideological war on the constitution. Which I think will fail but with huge damage done. And it might succeed.
1. You may have noticed something. I used to talk about the president’s dementia pretty regularly, but haven’t in months. That’s because I’ve lost faith. I used to believe the Washington press corps would see the plainly obvious. I no longer believe that. The hypocrisy is too baked in.
Donald Trump is a goddamn moron who knows nothing about anything. So are his voters.
TBF, she is probably trolling him-but not very good.
1. The president is doing what he can to demonstrate his sincere belief that he’s the God-Emperor of the United States. But to hear some tell it, it’s still an open question as to whether Donald Trump is “extreme.”
The art of bullshiting. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Bull...
Κάθε χρόνο με τις πυρκαγιές αναβιώνει ο μύθος του μπεριεφ.
Μα αυτό δεν είναι το ζητούμενο;
Rofl 😂
This one was an aggressive atheist.
BlueSky bonus. Victor Hugo’s cat, from his house in Guernsey.
I have better things to do with my time. If you don't get it, you don't get it.
Ehmm, it was a joke. You might have heard of them, even if you can't recognize them when you meet them.
Apparently Victor Hugo had back problems and so for the fifteen years he lived in Guernsey he wrote at this little standing desk, changing the slant from time to time to bring him relief from pain.
Meanwhile, all non-Americans reading this are like "what the fuck is he on about?. If you live in a democracy when you reach the age of eligibility you are included in the voting registry and that was it. Why is it so difficult for you guys?"
Good morning. Trump is protecting Epstein files. The confederacy lost and they were traitors, mRNA vaccines are the future, cops shouldn’t wear masks, Trump cut taxes for the rich and ripped benefits from the poor. Have a weekend
Δεν υπήρχε καμιά "woke" ανίδραση στη διαφήμιση της American Eagle, όπως διαπιστώνει έρευνα των ΝΥΤ. Την κατασκεύασαν λίγοι λογαριασμοί στα σόσιαλ, ώστε να προκαλέσουν αγανάκτηση των "μπουχτισμένων με το woke" Αμερικανών www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...
The picture above is not Gaza in 1944, it is Tel Aviv in the fifties.
Of course not, I'm just saying if you watched it now you would be very disappointed. P.S. as a kid I was terrified by the Cassandra Crossing, that last train wreck scene gave me nightmares. When I saw it again as an adult I was bored to death.
You must have been 6 at the time. I saw it on TV in my twenties and found it completely ridiculous.
“Both of them.”
Εγώ όμως ξέρω πολλούς που δεν ξέρουν καν για τη Μαριούπολη, ή νομίζουν ότι είναι ψέματα, ή λένε ότι καλά τους κάνανε γιατί ήταν όλοι Ναζί. Επίσης, η Χαμάς, που ως γνωστόν κυβερνά τη Γάζα, ξεκίνησε τον πόλεμο, σε αντίθεση με την Ουκρανία.
Όπως συνυπάρχουμε και μετά τη Μαριούπολη.
It's not the EU, it's Merkel. Van der Leyen is the last of her legacy, an incompetent politician who was forced to us by M's Byzantine machinations. A Delors or Barozo would have been very different.
Because no man goes around saying "I have raped a woman"
1. Liberals should bear in mind that recent revelations by the Wall Street Journal would *not* have the impact they are currently having if the president had not already triggered a crisis of faith in the cult of maga.
Drop a bad guy you actually love.
The problem is not even capitalism. Every country in the EU, Japan, S.Korea, they have universal healthcare and they are all capitalist countries. Social Security was invented by Bismarck FFS, who was a brutal nationalist and capitalist. It is your completely twisted notion of individualism.
We do get that. What we don't get is that you put up with this situation and even consider it normal.
Και η δική μου ελιά εδώ στη Γερμανία έβγαλε καρπό πέρυσι. Έτσι ανακάλυψα ότι είναι ποικιλία Χαλκιδικής.
Ξέρω τι σημαίνει ειρωνεία και χιούμορ, απλά δεν είστε πολύ καλός σε αυτά.
Ποια φήμη και ποιους άγνωστους τσαμπουνάς; Είσαι σε ΜΚΔ και ξέρουμε γραφή και ανάγνωση.
Γιατί να απαντήσει; Θα ανταπαντήσεις με κάτι άσχετο, κοινώς, πετώντας τη μπάλα στην εξέδρα.
If the Trump admin continues to follow the Russian authoritarian scripts he loves, Maxwell will exonerate Trump, incriminate Dems, get a pardon, and fall out a window. Not necessarily in that order.
That is what you get when you don't punish traitors. The Germans did this mistake with Hitler.After his Beer Hall Putsch they didn't put him to death, they gave him 9 months in jail. 9 years later he came to power and sent his judges to concentration camps. The Democrats will regret Merick Garland.
Respectfully, go find a large cucumber and stick it up your anus.
Why don't you link the bill, and prove what you are saying. Am I your secretary or something?
She just said she did not do what she is accused of.
Yes, and he is replaced by his Vice President per the 14h ammendment. So, a woman of colour (shock, horour) becomes President.
Και πάλι δεν θα πάω.
Όχι στο Saarland. Όλα τα γυράδικα που ξέρω είναι αραβικά/τουρκικά/κουρδικά και σερβίρουν μόνο μοσχάρι ή κοτόπουλο.
17/20. Δεν είχα ποτέ Walkman και ενώ είχα boombox, δεν το έπαιρνα στον ώμο.
1. All right, I confess. When people began talking about how the Epstein scandal was going to break maga from the inside out, I was skeptical.
Μαλάκας γιατί είναι με τον Πούτιν και κατά της Ουκρανίας, Μαλάκας γιατί αμφισβητεί την 07/10 κλπ.
Εγώ πάλι συμφωνώ απόλυτα, τυχαίνει όλα όσα λέει για τον Roger Waters να ισχύουν. Μεγάλος καλλιτέχνης, άλλο τόσο μεγάλος μαλάκας.
Taco 🌮
The wildest thing about this insanity is that he thinks the food is high quality. BTW, German McDonalds are also efficient, clean and quiet, although the workers there are 80% migrants.
Ναι, ξέρουμε. Όχι, δεν είναι.
It is incredible what an economic fool this fellow is, I get how he managed to bankrupt a casino He sincerely believes tariffs are a form of national income, rather than a tax. But for reference, the United States actually makes about $2,542 billion ($2.5tn) a month. In GDP. You know, production.
