vladimir lenin had this painting framed above his bed, hitIer bought one of the originals, freud had a print hanging in his study, rachmaninoff composed a musical piece inspired by it, & it influenced salvador dalí. nabokov wrote the painting “could be found in every berlin home”

Today in Proximities: - Rescuers search for survivors after Indonesia school collapse - Taliban cuts internet off in Afghanistan citing “immorality” - Nepal chooses two-year-old as new living goddess As always, you can read it in under two mins. proximities.news/p/indonesia-af…

It’s hilarious that NYTimes is suing OpenAI for copyright infringement given that there’s hardly a journalist alive or dead who hasn’t had their work stolen from them and printed in the The New York Times without attribution, as a matter of editorial policy

How power works.

Kallas causing all sorts of foot-in-mouth incidents. Fair play to Finbarr and those colleagues standing up for him. Solidarity is a rare thing in journalism.

Fully respect Obama's cultural significance (and Obamacare), but his levitation into lucrative ivory-tower 'moral universe' BS has been way too easy, given what he actually did. Guy pulled off the emotional equivalent of selling oil to the Arabs.

Now tell me about European values, principles, human rights and democracy.

Hey Ken Ken Dilanian, we now know that this guy was not the source for the fabricated Intelligence Community Assessment aka the Obama Dossier. In fact, the fake "sources" were Christopher Steele and Stefan Halper. So why were you clowning around for John Brennan and

Hamas agrees to release all Israeli hostages to end the genocide and allow the flow of humanitarian aid. It agrees to a Palestinian technocratic body to rule Gaza. As for Gaza's future, Hamas says this is a matter for Palestinians to discuss, and Hamas will participate in this.

We’ve the most expensive electricity prices in Europe, ESB networks made nearly a billion in profit in 2023 & any time there’s a storm thousands of homes lose power. Call me crazy but it feels like Irish people are getting slightly short changed on electricity. #StormAmy

What ChatGPT says, when Ireland (and most of Europe) moved to break up state monopolies and introduce competition, the promise was simple: more players, lower prices, better service. But what actually happened is more complex — and in many ways, the opposite.

More Shockwaves from Germany? A recent article from Germany highlights a troubling omission: when German media covered the 2025 Pulitzer Prize winners, they mentioned every recipient and their work, except one. Mosab Abu Toha The article’s title in English: “A Pulitzer Prize

Imagine this, right, and I know its a stretch, for sure, but Her Majesty's British Army knew that loyalist paramilitaries often linked to HM's very own security forces, were behind actual false-flag bombings in Northern Ireland in the 1970's, before most of you were born.

New Europe

The most dependent companies in Europe for components from frozen and sanctioned Nexperia are VW, BMW, Stellantis, Bosch, ASML, Siemens, and Airbus. Germany wasn’t deindustrialising fast enough to please the Trump administration? Substitution of alternatives will take 12-18

Was a big thing in Moscow in the 90's. Now in California

Potential art scam warning: I found these five accounts yesterday. They all share the following characteristics: - contact email: pencilxstudio@gmail(.)com - order from: artxx.gumroad(.)com/l/Sketches - monetary support: http://artxx.gumroad(.)com/coffee - all artworks I checked

Incredible. The media and government lied to you: "Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters were banned from watching their game against Aston Villa after police intelligence concluded the biggest risk of violence came from extremist fans of the Israeli club." theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/o…

What I enjoy so much about Pat's show is that it reminds me of how many interesting humble creative normal people absolutely adore music. There's a lovely storytelling yarn spun through all of this.

Yasha is and has been consistently ahead of his time. His Surveillance Valley book remains a must read to critically understand what came after. This will be the same.