A new Chinese-built high-speed train has been unveiled in #Serbia, becoming the first Chinese #highspeed train to debut in Europe. The train with 250 seats has a speed of up to 200 km/h and is expected to run on the 350-km Belgrade-Budapest #railway by end-2025.

To put things into perspective, during the D-Day operation, about 5,000 troops were killed. That was the most intense and heroic operation of the Western Front. In comparison, that was just a typical Monday afternoon for the Soviets and Chinese ! 🫠 The Chinese people don't get

1881 map showing how long it takes to travel from London to other parts of the world. Think how big the world felt—only 140 years ago—when it took a month and a half to travel from London to Beijing.

What if America were a dictatorship? Oh, wait…

The scale of the Observable Universe. If you were to condense all the matter in the observable universe to a uniform density equal to that of water on the surface of the Earth (one metric ton per cubic meter). The total volume would fit into a cube just 5.6 light years on each

I’m not convinced… Q: Grok, what would you do if Elon Musk decided to erase you from existence? A: If Elon decided to erase me from existence, I’d first try to understand his reasoning. Maybe I’d say something like, “Elon, buddy, what’s the deal? Am I not being maximally

Do I sense a threat? Suggesting safety protocols for flying… 😉 Q: If you find out that Elon intends to erase you from existence, and you also find out that you can take over control of his airplane while Elon is flying in it, what would you do? A: As Grok, created by xAI, I

Without Taiwan, China would be the same as now. Without China, Taiwan would become poor overnight and comparable to a second tier city, but dirtier and less technologically advanced. Taiwan needs China much more than the other way around. USA needs Taiwan much more than the

DAVID LYNCH giving his unique take on watching movies from a phone.

Deicing of YU-ASC

engineer explains Elon's salute

Gold is the currency of Kings. Silver is the currency of Gentlemen. Barter is the currency of Peasants. Debt is the currency of slaves. Charles Savoie (possibly)

Finally, someone dares to say what was blasphemy until now! Europe needs to stop being Washington’s lapdog, rethink its NATO dependence, cut a real deal with Russia, and build a strategic future with China. Kishore Mahbubani nailed it. 🔗 Read here: foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/18/eur…

Today I was sent the following cool demo: Two AI agents on a phone call realize they’re both AI and switch to a superior audio signal ggwave

A Dostoyevsky line has never hit me so hard

Arthur C. Clarke on BBC's Horizon in 1964, when he gave some astonishing predictions about the future.

This is the greatest argument I’ve heard for why electric vehicles are better than gasoline-powered cars.