Ava Schiffer
@avaschiffer.bsky.social
Expert-Generalist. Investor. There's a mighty big difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
re: Music
"Soft French jazz, poetic lounge, and relaxing ballads designed for peaceful moments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
"Soft French jazz, poetic lounge, and relaxing ballads designed for peaceful moments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
The Elegance of Silence - Relaxing French Songs 🇫🇷
YouTube video by Musical Salon de la France
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November 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
re: Music
"Soft French jazz, poetic lounge, and relaxing ballads designed for peaceful moments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
"Soft French jazz, poetic lounge, and relaxing ballads designed for peaceful moments.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5x6...
re: Between Ape and Human. homo floresiensis. the search for evidence of a continually living human-like species.
Gregory Forth, a retired professor of anthropology "believes the tiny humanoid species Homo floresiensis may still exist in Indonesia.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
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Gregory Forth, a retired professor of anthropology "believes the tiny humanoid species Homo floresiensis may still exist in Indonesia.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
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A Tiny Apelike Humanoid May Still Be Living in Plain Sight, Scientist Says
Don’t be shy, little guy.
www.popularmechanics.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:57 PM
re: Between Ape and Human. homo floresiensis. the search for evidence of a continually living human-like species.
Gregory Forth, a retired professor of anthropology "believes the tiny humanoid species Homo floresiensis may still exist in Indonesia.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
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Gregory Forth, a retired professor of anthropology "believes the tiny humanoid species Homo floresiensis may still exist in Indonesia.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/arch...
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re: Chess
Bobby Fischer was in White. White to play. Checkmate in 7. Ultra brilliant!
Chess Puzzle |
Bobby Fischer was in White. White to play. Checkmate in 7. Ultra brilliant!
Chess Puzzle |
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
re: Chess
Bobby Fischer was in White. White to play. Checkmate in 7. Ultra brilliant!
Chess Puzzle |
Bobby Fischer was in White. White to play. Checkmate in 7. Ultra brilliant!
Chess Puzzle |
Macau: Where Portugal Meets Vegas 🇵🇹🇺🇸🇲🇴🇨🇳 S2, EP121
YouTube video by Little Chinese Everywhere
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November 19, 2025 at 2:24 AM
re: Food/Fruits/Grapes
Green Maska Shine grapes. Developed in Japan.
Size: Unusually large compared to other grapes.
Flavor: A high sugar content creates a sweet, sugary, and mild taste with low acidity.
Aroma: A robust, sweet, floral, and fruity scent when ripe.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jwMjb...
Green Maska Shine grapes. Developed in Japan.
Size: Unusually large compared to other grapes.
Flavor: A high sugar content creates a sweet, sugary, and mild taste with low acidity.
Aroma: A robust, sweet, floral, and fruity scent when ripe.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jwMjb...
Italians try VIRAL JAPANESE GRAPES @GoldenGully
YouTube video by Lionfield
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November 18, 2025 at 9:32 PM
re: Food/Fruits/Grapes
Green Maska Shine grapes. Developed in Japan.
Size: Unusually large compared to other grapes.
Flavor: A high sugar content creates a sweet, sugary, and mild taste with low acidity.
Aroma: A robust, sweet, floral, and fruity scent when ripe.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jwMjb...
Green Maska Shine grapes. Developed in Japan.
Size: Unusually large compared to other grapes.
Flavor: A high sugar content creates a sweet, sugary, and mild taste with low acidity.
Aroma: A robust, sweet, floral, and fruity scent when ripe.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jwMjb...
re: Business 101
* Operating income is a company's profit from its core business operations, calculated as total revenue minus all operating expenses (COGS, SG&A, depreciation). Also known as operating profit or EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)
* Operating income is a company's profit from its core business operations, calculated as total revenue minus all operating expenses (COGS, SG&A, depreciation). Also known as operating profit or EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
re: Business 101
* Operating income is a company's profit from its core business operations, calculated as total revenue minus all operating expenses (COGS, SG&A, depreciation). Also known as operating profit or EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)
* Operating income is a company's profit from its core business operations, calculated as total revenue minus all operating expenses (COGS, SG&A, depreciation). Also known as operating profit or EBIT (Earnings Before Interest and Taxes)
re: Chess
Death by a Rook. nice one.
[This position illustrates a classic rook infiltration tactic, emphasizing how temporary sacrifices can create lethal back-rank mates in endgames.]
Chess Puzzle |
Death by a Rook. nice one.
[This position illustrates a classic rook infiltration tactic, emphasizing how temporary sacrifices can create lethal back-rank mates in endgames.]
Chess Puzzle |
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
re: Chess
Death by a Rook. nice one.
[This position illustrates a classic rook infiltration tactic, emphasizing how temporary sacrifices can create lethal back-rank mates in endgames.]
Chess Puzzle |
Death by a Rook. nice one.
[This position illustrates a classic rook infiltration tactic, emphasizing how temporary sacrifices can create lethal back-rank mates in endgames.]
Chess Puzzle |
No One Drives Forever
YouTube video by Hans Zimmer - Topic
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November 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
re: Travel/Islands/Indonesia/Raja Ampat Islands
One of the last paradises in the world, where mass tourism has not yet arrived.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvCO...
Diving | Sailing | Wayag Islands
One of the last paradises in the world, where mass tourism has not yet arrived.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvCO...
Diving | Sailing | Wayag Islands
The MOST Biodiverse Place in Our Oceans | Raja Ampat | Indonesia
YouTube video by SAM INDOWILD
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November 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
re: Travel/Islands/Indonesia/Raja Ampat Islands
One of the last paradises in the world, where mass tourism has not yet arrived.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvCO...
Diving | Sailing | Wayag Islands
One of the last paradises in the world, where mass tourism has not yet arrived.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvCO...
Diving | Sailing | Wayag Islands
re:
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
---Amelia Earhart
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
---Amelia Earhart
November 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM
re:
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
---Amelia Earhart
Adventure is worthwhile in itself.
---Amelia Earhart
re: Travel/Austria/Salzkammergut
* Traunsee
a lake in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria. surface: 24.5 km2. max depth: 191m
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6W...
Salzburg | Salzkammergut
* Traunsee
a lake in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria. surface: 24.5 km2. max depth: 191m
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6W...
Salzburg | Salzkammergut
Majestic Alps || Traunsee Austria
YouTube video by Ervinslens
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November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
re: Travel/Austria/Salzkammergut
* Traunsee
a lake in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria. surface: 24.5 km2. max depth: 191m
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6W...
Salzburg | Salzkammergut
* Traunsee
a lake in the Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria. surface: 24.5 km2. max depth: 191m
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw6W...
Salzburg | Salzkammergut
re: Cocktails
DANTE MARTINI
ford’s gin. absolut. noilly prat. dolin blanc.
nardini cedro. olive & lemon bitters
www.youtube.com/shorts/-NxCx...
DANTE MARTINI
ford’s gin. absolut. noilly prat. dolin blanc.
nardini cedro. olive & lemon bitters
www.youtube.com/shorts/-NxCx...
Martini Hour at Dante West Village 🍸 #cocktail #shorts #nyx
YouTube video by James Witty
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November 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
re: Cocktails
DANTE MARTINI
ford’s gin. absolut. noilly prat. dolin blanc.
nardini cedro. olive & lemon bitters
www.youtube.com/shorts/-NxCx...
DANTE MARTINI
ford’s gin. absolut. noilly prat. dolin blanc.
nardini cedro. olive & lemon bitters
www.youtube.com/shorts/-NxCx...
re: Food/Desserts
Dulce de leche.
Origin: Latin America, where it's called "milk jam"
made by slowly heating sweetened milk until it thickens and caramelizes to a golden-brown color. It has a rich, milky caramel flavor and can be made with just one ingredient: sweetened condensed milk.
Dulce de leche.
Origin: Latin America, where it's called "milk jam"
made by slowly heating sweetened milk until it thickens and caramelizes to a golden-brown color. It has a rich, milky caramel flavor and can be made with just one ingredient: sweetened condensed milk.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
re: Food/Desserts
Dulce de leche.
Origin: Latin America, where it's called "milk jam"
made by slowly heating sweetened milk until it thickens and caramelizes to a golden-brown color. It has a rich, milky caramel flavor and can be made with just one ingredient: sweetened condensed milk.
Dulce de leche.
Origin: Latin America, where it's called "milk jam"
made by slowly heating sweetened milk until it thickens and caramelizes to a golden-brown color. It has a rich, milky caramel flavor and can be made with just one ingredient: sweetened condensed milk.
re: Plan C
"Plan C is for combat"
---F1
build a car for fighting, not for safety, and go for a ruthless and combative style of racing to win.
Music |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6Z...
"Plan C is for combat"
---F1
build a car for fighting, not for safety, and go for a ruthless and combative style of racing to win.
Music |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6Z...
Hans Zimmer - F1 Main Theme Extended
YouTube video by Melodic Music Extension
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November 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
re: Plan C
"Plan C is for combat"
---F1
build a car for fighting, not for safety, and go for a ruthless and combative style of racing to win.
Music |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6Z...
"Plan C is for combat"
---F1
build a car for fighting, not for safety, and go for a ruthless and combative style of racing to win.
Music |
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6Z...
re: Travel/Ireland/Countryside
The Wicklow Way
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4j...
Dublin | Hiking | Outdoors | Trails
The Wicklow Way
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4j...
Dublin | Hiking | Outdoors | Trails
Wicklow Way | Hiking 100km in Ireland
YouTube video by Eliel Herlevi Photography
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November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
re: Travel/Ireland/Countryside
The Wicklow Way
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4j...
Dublin | Hiking | Outdoors | Trails
The Wicklow Way
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu4j...
Dublin | Hiking | Outdoors | Trails
re: Wellbeing/Resveratrol
Antioxidant | Immunity | Anti-Aging | Supplements | Health | Polyphenol
Antioxidant | Immunity | Anti-Aging | Supplements | Health | Polyphenol
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
re: Wellbeing/Resveratrol
Antioxidant | Immunity | Anti-Aging | Supplements | Health | Polyphenol
Antioxidant | Immunity | Anti-Aging | Supplements | Health | Polyphenol
re: Islands/Belize
A private island in Belize that’s been the longtime tropical getaway of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has sold for $1.8 million. the island hit the market in 2022 for $2.2 million.
www.mansionglobal.com/articles/fra...
A private island in Belize that’s been the longtime tropical getaway of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has sold for $1.8 million. the island hit the market in 2022 for $2.2 million.
www.mansionglobal.com/articles/fra...
Francis Ford Coppola’s Belize Island Getaway Has Sold
“The Godfather” director leased the 2.5-acre island for close to a decade
www.mansionglobal.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
re: Islands/Belize
A private island in Belize that’s been the longtime tropical getaway of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has sold for $1.8 million. the island hit the market in 2022 for $2.2 million.
www.mansionglobal.com/articles/fra...
A private island in Belize that’s been the longtime tropical getaway of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola has sold for $1.8 million. the island hit the market in 2022 for $2.2 million.
www.mansionglobal.com/articles/fra...
re: Names/Cassandra
The name has become a metaphor for anyone whose dire warnings are ignored. In Greek mythology, Cassandra/Kassandra/Casandra, was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never be believed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
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The name has become a metaphor for anyone whose dire warnings are ignored. In Greek mythology, Cassandra/Kassandra/Casandra, was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never be believed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
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Cassandra - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
re: Names/Cassandra
The name has become a metaphor for anyone whose dire warnings are ignored. In Greek mythology, Cassandra/Kassandra/Casandra, was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never be believed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
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The name has become a metaphor for anyone whose dire warnings are ignored. In Greek mythology, Cassandra/Kassandra/Casandra, was a Trojan priestess dedicated to the god Apollo and fated by him to utter true prophecies, but never be believed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandra
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Re: prodigious thinker
November 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Re: prodigious thinker
re: Movies
The Devil Wears Prada 2. May 1, 2026.
Starring: Anne Hathaway!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c-D...
The Devil Wears Prada 2. May 1, 2026.
Starring: Anne Hathaway!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c-D...
The Devil Wears Prada 2 | Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by 20th Century Studios
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November 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
re: Movies
The Devil Wears Prada 2. May 1, 2026.
Starring: Anne Hathaway!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c-D...
The Devil Wears Prada 2. May 1, 2026.
Starring: Anne Hathaway!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c-D...
re: Food/Italian
Making tomato sauce (10 tomatoes, 2 celery, 4 carrots, 1 onion) + recipe of Pasta Amatriciana
Ingredients: homemade rustic tomato sauce, half sleeve pasta, chili pepper and olive oil, meat, pecorino and parmesan cheese, salt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CI...
Rome | Italy
Making tomato sauce (10 tomatoes, 2 celery, 4 carrots, 1 onion) + recipe of Pasta Amatriciana
Ingredients: homemade rustic tomato sauce, half sleeve pasta, chili pepper and olive oil, meat, pecorino and parmesan cheese, salt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CI...
Rome | Italy
Amatriciana - Chef Legend in Rome shares Pasta Recipe
YouTube video by Aden Films
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November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
re: Food/Italian
Making tomato sauce (10 tomatoes, 2 celery, 4 carrots, 1 onion) + recipe of Pasta Amatriciana
Ingredients: homemade rustic tomato sauce, half sleeve pasta, chili pepper and olive oil, meat, pecorino and parmesan cheese, salt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CI...
Rome | Italy
Making tomato sauce (10 tomatoes, 2 celery, 4 carrots, 1 onion) + recipe of Pasta Amatriciana
Ingredients: homemade rustic tomato sauce, half sleeve pasta, chili pepper and olive oil, meat, pecorino and parmesan cheese, salt.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6CI...
Rome | Italy
re: Travel/Tibet
Forget tea with sugar. It's tea with salt in Tibet.
* A traditional Tibetan drink called po cha that translates to "Tibetan tea". It is made with tea leaves, yak butter, salt (often Himalayan salt), and sometimes milk or half and half.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wet...
Forget tea with sugar. It's tea with salt in Tibet.
* A traditional Tibetan drink called po cha that translates to "Tibetan tea". It is made with tea leaves, yak butter, salt (often Himalayan salt), and sometimes milk or half and half.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wet...
First Day in Lhasa, Tibet
YouTube video by Where's Poppy
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
re: Travel/Tibet
Forget tea with sugar. It's tea with salt in Tibet.
* A traditional Tibetan drink called po cha that translates to "Tibetan tea". It is made with tea leaves, yak butter, salt (often Himalayan salt), and sometimes milk or half and half.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wet...
Forget tea with sugar. It's tea with salt in Tibet.
* A traditional Tibetan drink called po cha that translates to "Tibetan tea". It is made with tea leaves, yak butter, salt (often Himalayan salt), and sometimes milk or half and half.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Wet...
re: Travel/Macau/Dining/Dinner Buffet
The Hampton Court Buffet at The Londoner Hotel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFBS...
The Hampton Court Buffet at The Londoner Hotel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFBS...
MACAU'S MOST EXTRAVAGANT $120 Buffet - The Londoner - Lobsters, Truffles, Prime Rib, Caviar & More!
YouTube video by Tim Lee
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November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
re: Travel/Macau/Dining/Dinner Buffet
The Hampton Court Buffet at The Londoner Hotel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFBS...
The Hampton Court Buffet at The Londoner Hotel.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFBS...
re: Food/Italian/Lasagna
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbF3...
Florence | Dining | Restaurants | Recipe | Italy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbF3...
Florence | Dining | Restaurants | Recipe | Italy
The perfect Lasagna - Chef in Italy shares Recipe
YouTube video by Aden Films
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November 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
re: Food/Italian/Lasagna
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbF3...
Florence | Dining | Restaurants | Recipe | Italy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbF3...
Florence | Dining | Restaurants | Recipe | Italy