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Every spring in Syria, the ancient damask rose blooms. It has endured war, the Assad regime’s exploitation and now drought, reports Paloma de Dinechin, with photos by Arthur Larie, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
The Survival of Syria’s Damask Rose
Every spring, the valuable flowers bloom, a symbol of the country that has persisted through bloodshed, exploitation and drought
newlinesmag.com
June 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every spring in Syria, the ancient damask rose blooms. It has endured war, the Assad regime’s exploitation and now drought, reports Paloma de Dinechin, with photos by Arthur Larie, for @newlinesmag.bsky.social
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“If I died, and my body was never recovered, no one would ever know how desperately I had clung to life, how I’d fought to live even when despair felt absolute.”
Alec Frydman was lost at sea for 13 days. How he survived:
Alec Frydman was lost at sea for 13 days. How he survived:
Lost at Sea
On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.
bit.ly
May 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
“If I died, and my body was never recovered, no one would ever know how desperately I had clung to life, how I’d fought to live even when despair felt absolute.”
Alec Frydman was lost at sea for 13 days. How he survived:
Alec Frydman was lost at sea for 13 days. How he survived:
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“As a scientist, the experience was profound.”
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
April 27, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“As a scientist, the experience was profound.”
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
The first human beings ever to have seen the color “olo”—a brilliant blue-green shade that can be produced only inside a lab—spoke with @rossandersen.bsky.social about the experience: https://theatln.tc/u2XpQDqK
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Dani Filth, Cradle of Filth’s singer, is, of course, hugely irritating and the lyrics are the usual sub-adolescent mumbo jumbo. But every so often a certain beauty somehow escapes from the band.
✍️ Rod Liddle
✍️ Rod Liddle
The beauty and brilliance of Cradle of Filth
Grade: B+ Satan’s devoted groupies Cradle of Filth are back with their shrieking, howling, portentous, Exorcist-style incantations, 30 years after effectively inventing the loser-boy goth-metal…
www.spectator.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Dani Filth, Cradle of Filth’s singer, is, of course, hugely irritating and the lyrics are the usual sub-adolescent mumbo jumbo. But every so often a certain beauty somehow escapes from the band.
✍️ Rod Liddle
✍️ Rod Liddle
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FT Exclusive: The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces. www.ft.com/content/c58f...
March 5, 2025 at 12:10 PM
FT Exclusive: The US has cut off intelligence-sharing with Kyiv in a move that could seriously hamper the Ukrainian military’s ability to target Russian forces. www.ft.com/content/c58f...
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NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
DOGE moves to cancel NOAA leases at critical forecasting centers
NOAA's nerve center of national weather forecasting is on a lease cancellation list.
www.axios.com
March 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
NEW: The Trump admin has informed NOAA that two buildings that are critical for weather forecasting will have their leases canceled. If this comes to pass, it's a really big deal. Includes weather fcst nerve center in College Park, Md.: www.axios.com/2025/03/03/d...
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Woo, wow. @garymarcus.bsky.social threw DOWN tonight. 😄 open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
OpenAI, in deep trouble
Maybe burning money isn’t the answer
open.substack.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Woo, wow. @garymarcus.bsky.social threw DOWN tonight. 😄 open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...
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February 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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O PÚBLICO recebeu testemunhos de trabalhadores que se encontram numa “situação limite”, sem meios para pagar a renda, medicação e uma alimentação digna. Reúnem-se com a tutela nesta quinta-feira.
“Massa com molho” e “arroz com atum”: músicos da Orquestra do Norte em “angústia” com salários em atraso
O PÚBLICO recebeu testemunhos de trabalhadores que se encontram numa “situação limite”, sem meios para pagar a renda, medicação e uma alimentação digna. Reúnem-se com a tutela nesta quinta-feira.
www.publico.pt
February 11, 2025 at 11:42 PM
O PÚBLICO recebeu testemunhos de trabalhadores que se encontram numa “situação limite”, sem meios para pagar a renda, medicação e uma alimentação digna. Reúnem-se com a tutela nesta quinta-feira.
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DeepSeek admitted its political restrictions: ‘It touches on sensitive or restricted topics that I am programmed to handle carefully.’ With an almost self-aware flourish, it even attempted a Winnie the Pooh emoji.
✍️ Michael Simmons
✍️ Michael Simmons
How to outsmart DeepSeek
For nearly a decade, the Chinese Communist Party has censored Winnie the Pooh, owing to internet memes comparing the slightly rotund President Xi Jinping to the cheerful yellow bear. So, what happens…
buff.ly
January 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
DeepSeek admitted its political restrictions: ‘It touches on sensitive or restricted topics that I am programmed to handle carefully.’ With an almost self-aware flourish, it even attempted a Winnie the Pooh emoji.
✍️ Michael Simmons
✍️ Michael Simmons
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A bordo do Falcon 9, da SpaceX, segue o primeiro satélite comercial português desenvolvido pela LusoSpace e um novo satélite académico criado pela Universidade do Minho.
Portugal lança esta terça-feira mais dois satélites para o espaço
A bordo do Falcon 9, da SpaceX, segue o primeiro satélite comercial português desenvolvido pela LusoSpace e um novo satélite académico criado pela Universidade do Minho.
www.publico.pt
January 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A bordo do Falcon 9, da SpaceX, segue o primeiro satélite comercial português desenvolvido pela LusoSpace e um novo satélite académico criado pela Universidade do Minho.
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'The assorted vested interests, farming representatives and landed cliques who direct how our wildlife and landscapes are managed from the shadows have an astonishingly poor understanding of how nature actually works.'
✍️ Ben Goldsmith
✍️ Ben Goldsmith
Bring back lynx to Britain
Why was the lynx, a secretive, beautiful British native species, not officially reintroduced to Britain long ago?
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
'The assorted vested interests, farming representatives and landed cliques who direct how our wildlife and landscapes are managed from the shadows have an astonishingly poor understanding of how nature actually works.'
✍️ Ben Goldsmith
✍️ Ben Goldsmith
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Logistics groups move Chinese staff to help companies tackle Sino-US trade tensions
https://www.ft.com/content/4b8ab37f-d1e8-4377-a14d-1ab082905df6
https://www.ft.com/content/4b8ab37f-d1e8-4377-a14d-1ab082905df6
Logistics groups move Chinese staff to help companies tackle Sino-US trade tensions
DHL, Ceva Logistics and Kuehne+Nagel are redeploying Mandarin speakers to help China’s manufacturers set up overseas
www.ft.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Logistics groups move Chinese staff to help companies tackle Sino-US trade tensions
https://www.ft.com/content/4b8ab37f-d1e8-4377-a14d-1ab082905df6
https://www.ft.com/content/4b8ab37f-d1e8-4377-a14d-1ab082905df6
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Made this tough question to Chat GPT o1. “If the USA intends to buy Greenland from Denmark, what is your estimate for a fair price?”
January 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Made this tough question to Chat GPT o1. “If the USA intends to buy Greenland from Denmark, what is your estimate for a fair price?”
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I bought a vinyl yesterday called "Sounds Wasps make".
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, "This doesn't sound anything like wasp sounds." Then I realised, I was playing the bee side...
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, "This doesn't sound anything like wasp sounds." Then I realised, I was playing the bee side...
January 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I bought a vinyl yesterday called "Sounds Wasps make".
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, "This doesn't sound anything like wasp sounds." Then I realised, I was playing the bee side...
When I got home and played it, I said to myself, "This doesn't sound anything like wasp sounds." Then I realised, I was playing the bee side...
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A recent UK vote to move toward the legalization of assisted dying reflects a broader trend across Europe.
Some fear that this gradual shift toward making assisted dying the norm could lead to harm, particularly for vulnerable people.
Some fear that this gradual shift toward making assisted dying the norm could lead to harm, particularly for vulnerable people.
Europe’s slow but ‘inevitable’ march to allow assisted dying
The U.K. is the latest country to move toward legalizing the controversial yet evermore popular practice.
www.politico.eu
December 29, 2024 at 10:21 AM
A recent UK vote to move toward the legalization of assisted dying reflects a broader trend across Europe.
Some fear that this gradual shift toward making assisted dying the norm could lead to harm, particularly for vulnerable people.
Some fear that this gradual shift toward making assisted dying the norm could lead to harm, particularly for vulnerable people.
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i’ve been watching a couple of tiny desk concerts and i didn’t enjoy them at all. they should be answering emails instead. where are their computers
December 27, 2024 at 9:52 PM
i’ve been watching a couple of tiny desk concerts and i didn’t enjoy them at all. they should be answering emails instead. where are their computers
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🔴 Última hora
Vários feridos após disparos no Palácio do Gelo, em Viseu
Incidente ocorreu pelas 18h30 desta sexta-feira.
www.publico.pt
December 27, 2024 at 7:48 PM
🔴 Última hora
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Seyit Karagözoğlu spends his time driving through Anatolia, trying to preserve a part of Turkey’s endangered heritage, uncovering the winemaking grapes that time forgot.
Turkey’s grapes: A paradise lost
OPTICS Turkey’s grapes: A paradise lost Turkish wine has a wealth of untapped potential, but it is increasingly under threat from climate change, agricultural practices and the government. Te…
www.politico.eu
December 25, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Seyit Karagözoğlu spends his time driving through Anatolia, trying to preserve a part of Turkey’s endangered heritage, uncovering the winemaking grapes that time forgot.
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vou medir as palavras, @publico.pt, esta vossa peça é indigna, imoral e indecente. no dia em que um ciclista foi morto por um condutor, os conselhos que dão para aumentar segurança são todos para ciclistas.não culpam pedro sobral, vá lá, mas sentido é culpar as vítimas
www.publico.pt/2024/12/21/s...
www.publico.pt/2024/12/21/s...
Saiba como minimizar riscos ao pedalar nas estradas portuguesas
Em Portugal, a via pública apresenta vários perigos para os ciclistas. Quais os cuidados a tomar para reduzir o risco de acidente?
www.publico.pt
December 22, 2024 at 1:35 PM
vou medir as palavras, @publico.pt, esta vossa peça é indigna, imoral e indecente. no dia em que um ciclista foi morto por um condutor, os conselhos que dão para aumentar segurança são todos para ciclistas.não culpam pedro sobral, vá lá, mas sentido é culpar as vítimas
www.publico.pt/2024/12/21/s...
www.publico.pt/2024/12/21/s...
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Each year about 80 volcanoes erupt worldwide, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava. Explore scenes from volcanic activity on Earth over the past year — via The Atlantic Photo.
2024: The Year in Volcanic Activity
Scenes from the wide variety of volcanic activity on Earth over the past year
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Each year about 80 volcanoes erupt worldwide, spewing steam, ash, toxic gases, and lava. Explore scenes from volcanic activity on Earth over the past year — via The Atlantic Photo.