Mike Schorah
@mikeschorah.com
Name sounds like 'scorer', but I've never won a single sports game (I run instead)🇬🇧🇵🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷🇮🇹🇩🇪 Currently in Lisbon
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Mike Schorah
@mikeschorah.com
· Nov 19
EN 🇬🇧 Wait and hope
FR 🇫🇷 Attendez et espérez
DE 🇩🇪 Warte und hoffe
IT 🇮🇹 Aspetta e spera
PT 🇵🇹 Espere e espere
SP 🇪🇸 Espera y espera
PT & SP teach us that hope requires waiting; and (patient) waiting shows hope
FR 🇫🇷 Attendez et espérez
DE 🇩🇪 Warte und hoffe
IT 🇮🇹 Aspetta e spera
PT 🇵🇹 Espere e espere
SP 🇪🇸 Espera y espera
PT & SP teach us that hope requires waiting; and (patient) waiting shows hope
Living in a foreign country is like scuba diving: you can see the fish, even touch the fish, but can’t become one!
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Living in a foreign country is like scuba diving: you can see the fish, even touch the fish, but can’t become one!
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"Between 2014 and 2024, house prices in Lisbon rose by 176%, and by more than 200% in its central historic districts. The home price to income ratio, a key indicator of housing affordability, reflects this shift with stark clarity: today, Lisbon tops Europe’s housing unaffordability rankings."
June 25, 2025 at 11:14 AM
"Between 2014 and 2024, house prices in Lisbon rose by 176%, and by more than 200% in its central historic districts. The home price to income ratio, a key indicator of housing affordability, reflects this shift with stark clarity: today, Lisbon tops Europe’s housing unaffordability rankings."
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Good visual showing the churn of UK voters since last year’s General Election.
May 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Good visual showing the churn of UK voters since last year’s General Election.
Fomos forçados a comer todo o sorvete do nosso freezer! Mas agora voltou a energia, graças a Deus
April 28, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Fomos forçados a comer todo o sorvete do nosso freezer! Mas agora voltou a energia, graças a Deus
Electricity and internet have just returned to our part of Portugal. We have been without electricity across the whole(?) of Portugal and Spain since 11:30 this morning - All shops, banks, etc closed and trains/traffic lights not working. We were forced to eat all of the ice cream in our freezer!
April 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Electricity and internet have just returned to our part of Portugal. We have been without electricity across the whole(?) of Portugal and Spain since 11:30 this morning - All shops, banks, etc closed and trains/traffic lights not working. We were forced to eat all of the ice cream in our freezer!
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Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
April 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Popes are chosen by God, making them the ultimate Dei hire
Inspired! And very funny!!
April 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Inspired! And very funny!!
I like the pea analogy: individually with no impact, but collectively great
I see no need to pay for this bag of peas when any individual pea could be removed without me noticing
Nasty work. www.vanityfair.com/news/story/m...
April 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I like the pea analogy: individually with no impact, but collectively great
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People need to be hearing about this shit every single day. Zoom in on literally anything here.
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 AM
People need to be hearing about this shit every single day. Zoom in on literally anything here.
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BREAKING: Extremely important song, hat, and footsie situation.
March 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
BREAKING: Extremely important song, hat, and footsie situation.
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"Fuel company with ethics" isn't something I'd even considered before but the times are decidedly strange. Go Norwegians! ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...
Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine
Haltbakk Bunkers will cease supplying fuel to U.S. forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
March 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"Fuel company with ethics" isn't something I'd even considered before but the times are decidedly strange. Go Norwegians! ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fu...
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I strongly recommend reading this thread to understand the geopolitical moment. When order reorganises, it happens fast. We may not be facing a shift in EU/China relations that will reshape the world, the situation is unpredictable, but things are possible that weren't just weeks ago.
Just translated a super popular 10 minute Chinese video that’s been seen millions of times and shared tens of thousands of times.
If you think the Chinese don’t have a very clear perspective of what’s happening, you aren’t paying attention.
Read this:
If you think the Chinese don’t have a very clear perspective of what’s happening, you aren’t paying attention.
Read this:
March 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I strongly recommend reading this thread to understand the geopolitical moment. When order reorganises, it happens fast. We may not be facing a shift in EU/China relations that will reshape the world, the situation is unpredictable, but things are possible that weren't just weeks ago.
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Just translated a super popular 10 minute Chinese video that’s been seen millions of times and shared tens of thousands of times.
If you think the Chinese don’t have a very clear perspective of what’s happening, you aren’t paying attention.
Read this:
If you think the Chinese don’t have a very clear perspective of what’s happening, you aren’t paying attention.
Read this:
March 1, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just translated a super popular 10 minute Chinese video that’s been seen millions of times and shared tens of thousands of times.
If you think the Chinese don’t have a very clear perspective of what’s happening, you aren’t paying attention.
Read this:
If you think the Chinese don’t have a very clear perspective of what’s happening, you aren’t paying attention.
Read this:
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
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From Goldman Sachs' "Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?"
www.goldmansachs.com/images/migra...
www.goldmansachs.com/images/migra...
February 25, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From Goldman Sachs' "Gen AI: Too Much Spend, Too Little Benefit?"
www.goldmansachs.com/images/migra...
www.goldmansachs.com/images/migra...
It seemed like a good day to update my profile pic
February 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
It seemed like a good day to update my profile pic
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And the US is about to prove why they matter, just as it’s already a case study for the value of governance and compliance (just not in the way you might want)
Economic Implications of Data Regulation
lnkd.in/deN3BtpB.
Cross-border data flows are the lifeblood of today’s social and economic interactions, but they also raise a range of new challenges, including privacy and data protection, national security, and cybersecurity.
lnkd.in/deN3BtpB.
Cross-border data flows are the lifeblood of today’s social and economic interactions, but they also raise a range of new challenges, including privacy and data protection, national security, and cybersecurity.
February 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
And the US is about to prove why they matter, just as it’s already a case study for the value of governance and compliance (just not in the way you might want)
I couldn’t make it through the first podcast episode and this thread has saved me wasting time on the book
This weekend I've decided to finally read Balaji Srinivasan's terrible fucking book, "The Network State."
I've put this off for as long as I possibly could. Here goes.
thenetworkstate.com/book/tns.pdf
I've put this off for as long as I possibly could. Here goes.
thenetworkstate.com/book/tns.pdf
thenetworkstate.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I couldn’t make it through the first podcast episode and this thread has saved me wasting time on the book
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oh fuck all the way off 🙎♂️ (gift link 🙆♂️) wapo.st/4k2AF5Z
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
wapo.st
February 7, 2025 at 1:38 PM
oh fuck all the way off 🙎♂️ (gift link 🙆♂️) wapo.st/4k2AF5Z
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Wow. There have been fears of the UK government using a technical capability notice to demand encryption backdoors for years.
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts
Secret order requires blanket access to protected cloud backups around the world, which if implemented would undermine Apple’s privacy pledge to its users.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Wow. There have been fears of the UK government using a technical capability notice to demand encryption backdoors for years.
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
Now it’s happened. UK is demanding Apple provide access to encrypted cloud backups
Great @joemenn.bsky.social scoop
So many good lines here: Trump is “the Persian cat to Musk’s Blofeld”; the”Plaza Strip”; the “Coup Klux Klan”…
February 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
So many good lines here: Trump is “the Persian cat to Musk’s Blofeld”; the”Plaza Strip”; the “Coup Klux Klan”…
Something to bring amusement and a little joy
Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...
A thread. 🧵
February 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Something to bring amusement and a little joy
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If you're protesting tomorrow:
"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present."
MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.
"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present."
MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.
February 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you're protesting tomorrow:
"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present."
MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.
"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present."
MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.
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I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I asked Elon’s Grok 2 the question of whether and how you could destroy the country through insane trade wars and hijacking Treasury’s payment system.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.
And I must say, what I got back seems to be a fairly good analysis.