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@colmflynnire Not to be mistaken for this one that on first viewing looks like a seagull but which turns into an ice-cream thief when you look away

One of my favourite pieces in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican: a statue that first appears to be a beggar, transforming into an angel as you move around it - by Timothy Schmalz.

If schedule holds, these 3 giant rockets will launch in the next 3 weeks. From left to right: New Glenn - satellite launch now, planned for the Moon Starship - test flight 12 now, planned for the Moon Artemis - to the Moon and back with 4 crew aboard Pushing the very edge of our capability as we learn how to more safely & cheaply reach space, to explore all that exists beyond. @nasa @SpaceX @blueorigin

@wol Jammer dat de bot stopt!

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De keuze van #NOS om nog enkel op links-progressieve social media actief te zijn is gewoon onverstandig. Juist in tijden van polarisatie is contact met, en informeren van, alle stromingen in de samenleving essentieel in het tegengaan van die polarisatie. Het wegduiken in één (in dit geval de links-progressieve) bubbel jaagt die polarisatie juist aan.

last year we had some massive billboards next to the highway/airport if you guess how many signups we got from it you get a free hat

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Goed gedaan ⁦@LUMC_werkenbij⁩ Hulde! De aanvraag moet natuurlijk uiterlijk overmorgen ingeleverd worden.

@TheBabylonBee NEW is not OLD Testament...

Pope Leo Explains God Does Not Listen To People Who Wage War So Long As You Don’t Count Moses, David, Joshua, Elijah, Saul, Gideon, Samson, Or Anyone Else In Bible buff.ly/tWfpECv

$GRML Greenland Mines ...caveat emptor. Read the actual SEC filings before "investing".

The Republican Party needs free-market, pro-trade, anti-war voices. I’ll keep fighting for those principles no matter what.

Wordt hier om de hoek razzia-scene gedraaid. Precies voor de deur vanwaar oud-oom van mij is weggevoerd. De verhalen moeten we blijven vertellen.

Following a productive meeting between the Israel Police and Latin Catholic Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, a mutual framework has been established for upcoming Easter ceremonies. Due to the complex security reality of Operation “Roaring Lion,” ceremonies including the “Holy Fire” will be held in a symbolic, limited format. This coordination ensures that freedom of worship is maintained alongside our shared, primary duty: the protection of human life. In the past few weeks, Iranian missiles and debris have impacted within the Old City. These life-saving restrictions are a direct response to a real and present danger to all worshippers

That's it. I give up.. Donald Trump is a time traveler. 20/20 interview 1987. Wtf.

my quantitative found out buying at peak drawdown had a 100% win rate ex post

Destination Tokyo 🗼 🇯🇵 pour y accueillir le Président 🇫🇷 @EmmanuelMacron . Mon fidèle compagnon m'a toujours suivi, depuis 37 ans, en 🇫🇷🇯🇵🇫🇷🇯🇵🇺🇸🇻🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷🇯🇵🇨🇿. Il est revenu en 🇫🇷 encore une fois. Toujours ensemble.

🇯🇵On the Background of the Emergence of This Very Peculiar “Japanese Sense of Values” Japan is an island nation that, over its long history, has formed a relatively homogeneous society. A polytheistic animism runs deep, and the belief that spirits dwell in all things in nature lies at the foundation of everyday aesthetics and patterns of behavior. Moreover, Japanese people have long placed greater importance on the harmony of society as a whole and on “reading the air” than on strong personal assertion, regarding the avoidance of causing trouble to others as one of the highest virtues. For this reason, the sense of rejection toward those who deliberately break rules or disrupt the unspoken understanding of the community can at times be intense. This is arguably one of the underlying reasons for the strong aversion many Japanese feel toward illegal immigration. In many countries around the world, “the individual” is thought to exist first, with “society” then being constructed upon the agreements and rights of those individuals. In Japan, by contrast, the “world” (seken) and the order of the community already exist prior to the will of the individual. This distinctive sensibility has quietly taken shape amid the geographical conditions of an island nation, a long history of homogenization, and a spiritual climate in which Shinto, Buddhism, and Confucianism have become intricately interwoven. For example, in a Japanese Starbucks, one can leave a wallet on the table while going to the restroom and it will almost certainly remain untouched. This is evidence that an intangible order — the “society that is watching” — functions with considerable power, taking precedence over individual desire. Even when many Japanese find themselves in financial hardship, the fact that theft remains extremely rare stems from this “invisible justice” having taken deep root within people’s inner lives. Its influence extends far beyond crime prevention; it is also clearly visible in the film industry. One reason Japanese distributors deliberately delay a film’s release in Japan by a beat after its U.S. opening is to be able to use the catchphrase “No. 1 in America.” Rather than going to see “the movie they want to see,” Japanese audiences still tend strongly to go see “the movie they are supposed to see.” This is one manifestation of the Japanese collective fantasy — a sensitivity to “the rightness endorsed by society.” Even to me, as a Japanese person, these values sometimes appear very strange. Nevertheless, I love this Japan — peculiar and at times even suffocating as it is — from the bottom of my heart.

"If all languages become compatible with automatic translation and people around the world can communicate seamlessly, the traditional framework of nation against nation will collapse, and it will turn into a framework of common sense against nonsense, I suppose."

I have instructed the relevant authorities that Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch, be granted full and immediate access to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Over the past several days, Iran has repeatedly targeted the holy sites of all three monotheistic religions in Jerusalem with ballistic missiles. In one strike, missile fragments crashed meters from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. To protect worshippers, Israel asked members of all faiths to temporarily abstain from worshipping at the Christian, Muslim and Jewish holy sites in Jerusalem’s Old City. Today, out of special concern for his safety, Cardinal Pizzaballa was asked to refrain from holding mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Even though I understand this concern, as soon as I learned about the incident with Cardinal Pizzaballa, I instructed the authorities to enable the Patriarch to hold services as he wishes.

Strong words from Pope Leo on Palm Sunday in which he repeated that Jesus is the “King of Peace” 7 times in his homily. “Christ, King of Peace, cries out again from his cross: God is love! Have mercy! Lay down your weapons! Remember that you are brothers and sisters,” the pope said.