This. Precisely why BeReal is so great.

Incredible story in Australia where the last PM secretly made himself a minister in multiple departments and made lots of ministerial decisions without telling people. Absolute scenes. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Argentina investigates outbreak of unidentified illness: at least 9 cases, 3 dead bnonews.com/index.php/2022…

Controversial take: this place is the best it’s ever been

Macron, the oracle. He predicted that France would beat Poland 3-1 with Mbappé and Giroud scoring in an interview yesterday in Le Parisien | Paris

What Autogrill has done to the Eataly at FCO is a stain on the brand's name. Staff at an international airport don't speak a word of English and have zero interest in serving you. Just got bottled water served to me in a pint glass. 😂

Good read.

Went and ordered a Chartreuse delivery immediately upon reading. Seems to still be readily available in Europe. Phew.

The so-called “Flowers Bridge” on 6th May 1990, at the Romanian-Moldovan border of Ungheni. This was the first time in 45 years that Romanians and Moldovans freely spoke to each other. My parents were also there. Pic by Nicolae Pojoga

One Minute Brief of the Day: Create posters to spread the word about NumaStays- the new innovative travel concept with digital check-in, keyless entry & 24/7 guest experience via Whatsapp. #numastays Brief: bankofcreativity.co.uk/blog/omb-numa TOP 3 PRIZES: FREE numa stays + CASH!! RT!

The king is back.

In case anyone pays for seats on Swiss Intl Air Lines or Lufthansa please note their policy: if you pay for a specific seat and the airline then decides to allocate you a different one, they also keep your money. 👏🏻👏🏻

Also allow me to be the umpteenth person noticing this but hoo boy is Twitter full of scammers now. My tweets to the airline have a whackamole of replies from fake accounts asking for my contact details for presumably nefarious ends. If you’re still on this site, be careful!

In the latest issue of my newsletter, The Lekton, I talk about increasing cultural homogenisation and what it means for travel. Also a quick review of Mickey 17. open.substack.com/pub/lekton/p/t…?

Hey Marriott Bonvoy - is 4pm late checkout guaranteed for platinum status holders or is it subject to availability?

Never again with Amazon Fresh - delivery late, I have to leave home and no customer support available. Exactly the type of chaos you don't want with grocery deliveries. I appreciate they're having an outage but an open support channel is a must if you want to retain business.