After kefir, I'm experimenting with other forms of fermentation. Here, I'm turning the kids into pickles with a salinity of 19°Be.

7:50 and already read several pages today.

wisevis@wisevis.eu · 5d ago

Amateur. My plan is to read the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire while I'm waiting for my family.

Impressionante a quantidade de alforrecas no Guadiana.

Fui ao Aldi porque alguém disse que havia óculos para o eclipse. Comprei umas coisas mais para ter desculpa para lá ir e surpreender a família. Esqueci-me completamente de ver se havia óculos.

Tourism: discovering AI in other countries.

Working on my post on LinkedIn about my cruise abroad.

Fabric beach. Better than any other forms of Fabric.

Beach is full, please don't come.

@miskaknapek.bsky.social EN: I want to travel between municipalities in Algarve. There is a bus that takes an hour and a half to cover 40 km. It leaves VRSA at 1:00 p.m. and returns at 8:00 a.m. the following day. A taxi costs €50. Welcome to mobility in inland Portugal! (I rented a car for €50.)

wisevis@wisevis.eu · 2d ago

Quero ir de Vila Real de Santo António a Alcoutim. Há um autocarro que demora hora e meia para fazer 40km. Parte às 13:00 de VRSS. Regressa às 8:00 do dia seguinte. Um táxi custa 50€. Bem vindos à mobilidade no interior! (Aluguei um carro por 50€).

Quero ir de Vila Real de Santo António a Alcoutim. Há um autocarro que demora hora e meia para fazer 40km. Parte às 13:00 de VRSS. Regressa às 8:00 do dia seguinte. Um táxi custa 50€. Bem vindos à mobilidade no interior! (Aluguei um carro por 50€).

Nothing prepared me for how bad this is. Do people drink it of their own volition?

Guess which country in Iberia has a terrible train network.

Amateur. My plan is to read the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire while I'm waiting for my family.

Looks nice from afar. Never been here this time of year, and to be honest don't really appreciate it.

Boliquei-me mas já estou melhor. O melhor é não dar cavaco.

I am a Calvinist (of the C&H persuasion) re: waking up early during weekends and vacations. Can't convince the other family members, though.

Pedro Sánchez could do the funniest thing: give Ceuta back to Portugal.

Dois cafés na praia do Barril são mais caros que a viagem para quatro pessoas de Lisboa a Tavira.

Já mudavam isto para bitola europeia.

Birds.

Visiting an old (2000yo+) friend.

75% da família está há uma hora no Lidl. Temo que tenham sido raptados, é a única explicação possível para uma visita ao Lidl superior a 10 minutos.

Estás feliz por me ver ou andas a passear as embalagens do Volta?

Por caridade, já nem pedimos que não estacione no passeio. Seria muita bondade da sua parte. Muito agradecidos.

[La Haine] C'est l'histoire d'un homme qui tombe d'un immeuble de 50 étages. Le mec, au fur et à mesure de sa chute, il se répète sans cesse pour se rassurer : “Jusqu'ici tout va bien... jusqu'ici tout va bien... jusqu'ici tout va bien.” Mais l'important, c'est pas la chute. C'est l'atterrissage.

Never saw so many swimming pool charts in a single report (this is what I call charts with 4+:1 aspect ratio). Also unreadable. One of those reports I want to redesign every single chart. Which I could find someone to pay me for that. www.oecd.org/content/dam/...

I tried several times but was unable to get the paper version. Bought the e-book. Not surprisingly, looks great. Weekend reading.

Juuso Koponen@juusokoponen.bsky.social · 2w ago

📊 My and @jhilden.bsky.social’s book has been out of print for some time, as our publisher closed down its general publishing arm. We are working on a 2nd edition, but it is not going to be ready anytime soon, so we’re making the current edition available as an e-book for €9.90. payhip.com/b/zbl43

I dislike all. Birds are nice. Some buildings look like the Ministry of Love (MiniLuv). Leave people to country versions like the euro coins. Julius Caesar is acceptable.

European Central Bank@ecb.europa.eu · 2w ago

Ten selected design proposals for the next series of euro banknotes have been unveiled. Explore the proposals and tell us which ones you prefer. Have your say surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/ecbeuro/

To be honest, I'm fighting schadenfreude.

tony romm@tonyromm.bsky.social · 2w ago

New: As renewed fighting with Iran sends oil and gas prices soaring once again, President Trump has imposed new global tariffs -- a series of shocks that could push up prices further at a moment when Americans are frustrated by the cost of living www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...

I'm a big fan of Lisa and Datawrapper (who isn't?) but I'm not sure this is a good example of breaking a rule. I believe that dual-axis tend to be bad, with a few exceptions: equivalent units (euro/dollar, ºC/ºF) or Pareto (bars and cumulative values in line). 1/

Lisa Charlotte Muth@lisacmuth.bsky.social · 2w ago

This week, we at @datawrapper.de launched two new chart types: waterfall charts and dual-axis charts. “Dual-axis charts?” I see you thinking. “What? Didn’t you write an article on why they are bad?” I did. Then, @jburnmurdoch.ft.com changed my mind. Here's how: www.datawrapper.de/blog/why-i-c...