Minoan Ceramic Mugs (2200-1900 BC) :

Minoans, one of first advanced civilisations in Europe, used cup to drink wine in Crete, where they resided. Thousands of clay and ceramic cups have been discovered on archeological sites on island.

Minoan pottery is more than a useful tool

Celebrated postmodernist author Paul Auster, who wrote 'The New York Trilogy' and 'Leviathan', has died.
His books have been translated into more than 40 languages and he is a revered writer in France, which he considered his 'second home'.
In full ⤵️
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Free Congo from Western Imperialism, they say...

🇵🇹 The Portuguese marked the first Europeans to create an empire in Asia since Alexander the Great.

Map shows Portuguese possessions in Asia in 1580.

Pennsylvania, 1912 ~ for 10 hours a day, 6 days a week, “breaker boys”, typically 8-12 years old, separated impurities from coal, by hand, from a stream of coal as it passed under them by chute or conveyor belt (photo: Lewis Hine) theguardian.com/artanddesign/g…

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more. wired.trib.al/3e3RsaH

“For the first time, we’re seeing widespread disruptions in civil aviation, especially in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Baltics, and the Middle East.'

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. It's going to get worse.

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Tucker Carlson interviewing the Russian fascist Aleksandr Dugin, who believes that Ukrainians deserve to be killed in a 'holy war.' A step toward whitewashing his reputation for the MAGA crowd in the USA.

An anonymous group has funded and constructed a giant screen with loudspeakers outside the UCLA Pro-Hamas Encampments showing footage of the October 7 Massacre on loop.

Bravo to these geniuses.

#StandWithIsrael

New York Times writes much clearer negative headlines about a comedian than a wannabe dictator

This is Borgund Church in Norway, made entirely out of wood and built over 800 years ago.

It is a 'stave church', an incredibly unusual type of Medieval building.

What makes them so special? Well, there are only 30 original stave churches in the world...

The Cultural Tutor Kizhi Pogost Church on Kizhi Island, in Russia, is too built entirely out of wood
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Brilliant!

Då krävs bromsar, granskning och insyn. Hade Sverige haft ett system med undantagstillstånd under coronapandemin hade inskränkningarna garanterat varit mer omfattande.

Det hade inte förbättrat vår krisberedskap – snarare tvärtom.

Borde regeringen ha makten att utlysa undantagstillstånd?

7 av 8 partier har ställt sig bakom en grundlagsändring som skulle ge regeringen kraftigt ökade befogenheter att begränsa våra fri- och rättigheter händelse av kris.

Det är en riktigt dålig idé som måste stoppas.🧵

Super helpful when the accelerator gets stuck and you drive into a lake

Europe continues its steady march back to sanity

Top 10 countries in Debt to China:

🇵🇰 Pakistan: $26.6 billion
🇦🇴 Angola: $21.0
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: $8.9
🇪🇹 Ethiopia: $6.8
🇰🇪 Kenya: $6.7
🇿🇲 Zambia: $6.1
🇧🇩 Bangladesh: $6.1
🇱🇦 Laos: $5.3
🇪🇬 Egypt: $5.2
🇳🇬 Nigeria: $4.3

Source: World Bank

If the Baltic Jammer in Kaliningrad prevents transportation from and to European destinations, it is time for European countries to block transportation from and to Kaliningrad.
Not reacting forcefully here will just lead to more provocations elsewhere.

A woman from the Musgum tribe, Cameroon.🇨🇲

The musgum, an ethnic group in far north province in cameroon, created their homes from compressed sun-dried mud. the tall conical dwellings, in the shape of a shell (artillery), featured geometric raised patterns.

A characteristic