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Expat, looking for that 'Final Frontier'. Mostly busy repairing transponders and warp coils for various species in my own Starbase on an island in the Atlantic.
Mourners sing praises of 'beautiful man' Glen Hansard at funeral
Mourners sing praises of 'beautiful man' Glen Hansard
Oscar-winning singer Glen Hansard's funeral has taken place at St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
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Is that soo... So, tell me then what happened on the Grassbrook in Hamburg the October 20, 1401 - huh?
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d agoTrump: "I know Europe better than anybody. Better than the people that run it."
A historic weather day: 41.0°C in Vienna Stammersdorf – the highest temperature ever recorded/all-time temperature record in Austria since the beginning of meteorological measurements [...]
Kachelmannwetter@kachelmannwetter.com · yesterdayEin historischer Wettertag: 41,0°C in Wien Stammersdorf - höchste je gemessene Temperatur/Allzeit-Temperaturrekord in #Oesterreich seit Beginn der meteorologischen Messungen (bisher: 40,5°C/8.8.2013 in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg). Weitere Station mit über 40°C - siehe Tabelle. /PH
First 13,000 words are done, so much sand and no shovel and back to my shop tomorrow. If I keep going like that I will need a publisher kinda soonish.
Five water-dropping planes and another five helicopters took off at first light Monday to help hundreds of firefighters battling a major wildfire west of Athens, Greece.
« Il défend l’unité du football mondial » : Emmanuel Macron s’est impliqué en coulisses pour lutter contre le projet de Gianni Infantino ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/5XX8
The announcement comes after a loss of confidence in Infantino's leadership after an attempt to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private investors. #EuropeNews
Welsh FA withdraws support for Infantino's FIFA re-election bid
The announcement comes after a loss of confidence in Infantino's leadership after an attempt to sell stakes in FIFA competitions to private investors.
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Nuttin better for a successful campaign then belittleling women on national TV on a Sunday morning. uo
Two firefighting helicopters collided while battling a forest fire in Greece. Both helicopters crashed into a ravine. Two pilots from one of the helicopters were rescued. No information has been released so far about the fate of the crew of the second helicopter.
Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday. #EuropeNews
AI-generated label becomes mandatory in the EU
Companies creating or using AI-generated content have to label it clearly for users to know, as part of an EU guideline implemented on Sunday.
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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits east coast of North Island in New Zealand, GFZ says reut.rs/4yUrtb5
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits east coast of North Island in New Zealand, GFZ says
An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.9 struck off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island on Sunday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
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"Two impressive photos taken near Rüdesheim and Bingen (at the mouth of the Nahe River) showing the record low water levels on the Rhine and the unusually large sandbanks. Thanks to Christian. /LD"
Kachelmannwetter@kachelmannwetter.com · 3d agoZwei eindrucksvolle Bilder bei Rüdesheim bzw. Bingen (Nahemündung) mit dem Rekordniedrigwasser am Rhein und auffällig großen Sandbänken. Danke an Christian. /LD
I am going to head, past 4:30am over here, off tomorrow and the August bank holiday on Monday over here. Will be a rough night in Spokane. The biggest problem is with large fires is that the trees are gone which will heat up the area even more and it will take decades for them to re-grow ♻️
🚨 Multiple dead, others injured in shooting at In-N-Out in Twin Falls, Idaho.
Reminds me that the Bundesliga season is starting again on August 28, with the DFB Cup games as usual a week earlier on August 21st. And no, not all games have goals like those and we have bloopers too...
Moments that Can't be Repeated in Football - Bundesliga Edition
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#Trumpflation price rises since the start of the year. Rice: +45% Cotton: +27% Wheat: +25% Wool: +21% Rubber: +20% Cheese: +16% Tea: +15% Sunflower oil: +15% Palm oil: +15% Lumber: +14% Soybeans: +13% (The Spectator Index)
🔴NonStop Local KHQ | BREAKING WILDFIRE COVERAGE | Old Trails Fire in Spokane County
NonStop Local KHQ | BREAKING WILDFIRE COVERAGE | Old Trails Fire in Spokane County
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🚨 Historic U.S. Wildfire Crisis | 4.9 Million Acres Burned & First-Ever Red Flag Emergency
🚨 Historic U.S. Wildfire Crisis | 4.9 Million Acres Burned & First-Ever Red Flag Emergency
YouTube video by Severe Weather USA
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"Due to low Danube water levels, Hungary is preparing to shut down its only nuclear power plant. This could happen as early as this weekend, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said on Saturday."
Oh and Fall of Civilizations has just released the latest episode. The video version will come, as usual a few years later...if you need something to zone out... 21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands
21. Majapahit - Empire of the Islands
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Writing is in a way like making love when you are getting older...at first you need real good stimulation to start at all and later you can't make it stop 😎. Still lightyears away from finishing it but I see a clear path now, difficult to find time but at least today I had a productive day 😀.
„Heiß war es früher auch schon“ - wer sowas noch sagt braucht ernsthaft Hilfe - denkt an Eure Mitbürger…!
Nahel Belgherze@wxnb.bsky.social · 5d agoBordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
🚨 Oregon & Washington Wildfires Reach Historic Crisis | Over 2 Million Acres Burned
🚨 Oregon & Washington Wildfires Reach Historic Crisis | Over 2 Million Acres Burned
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U.S. national debt just passed $40 TRILLION for the first time in history. Crazy how a country $40 trillion in debt gives you a credit score.
This is an image from a super cell (not quiet a Tornado yet but not far from it), not in rural 'Merica but just touch south of Hamburg, Soltau isn't too far there, just minutes ago. This isn't the only cell across Germany this afternoon.⛈️
Large crowds busked yesterday evening in Dublin in honor of Glen Hansard 🙏🏻🎶 RIP via conorpope on IG
🇮🇷 Iran's Persian Gulf Waterways Authority (PGSA) announced a complete cessation of vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.