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Going to be another scorcher today in Nagoya. I thought I would die yesterday, 37 C and absolutely stamping.

🧵Here’s the extraordinary story of a Frenchman who came up with an invention that changed the world, before events took a twist. It’s a rollercoaster story that just might help us solve one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. Sounds far-fetched, I know, but read on…

Sadly, happening in France too these days…

When a piece of news from major news outlets like Bloomberg, Reuters, CNN, whatever, is delivered in video form here on X, I pretty much never watch it. I’ll read an article though. Is it generational or is it the fact that I don’t have time to sit through a five or 10’ video?

The colours of Nagoya

Smooth classic on 45.33 KNGO

Already seeing lots of "Japan gets yet another new leader 🙄" takes. Let's take a look at the number of leaders since 2012 shall we? Japan seems to be no standout among parliamentary democracies.

What I resent the most, perhaps, about X v. Twitter, is that it now takes a 21-tweet thread to say the same thing as a 280-character tweet, and that is every bit as laborious as it sounds. Keep it brief, blue marks, I implore you.

Germany is the Japan of Europe, exhibit No. 248

Amen

📌Let me tell you why the traitor, Trump, has NO SHOT in Wisconsin this year: 📌Where I live in Madison, we had a 45% turnout yesterday — the highest for a fall partisan election EVER. This is an obscenely high number. The state overall was at 26%, the highest in 60 yrs. 🧵

German poet Heinrich Heine was once asked why men no longer build great cathedrals. He replied: "People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral."

“70 percent of the 10 longest-lasting vehicles on the road are #Toyota products,” says this article. Study comprises 400 million vehicles. roadandtrack.com/news/a61864653…

I find it brilliant

Antiquated and lovely

One trick pony this Trump guy

Excelllent thread on why Paris looks the way it looks with some interesting tidbits about a French American dialogue at the time on bicycle lanes (parkways)

The UK’s been an importer’s market for a long time, so it’s very possible they’ll succeed… BYD aims to become UK’s best-selling car brand by 2030 autocar.co.uk/car-news/busin…’s-best-selling-car-brand-2030 via Autocar