I walked home from Portofino. Because it was there. nicholaswalton.substack.com/p/because-it...

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What are the big issues behind the #DutchElection headlines? I say fairness, housing, foreigners and the environment. Plenty more here: nicholaswalton.substack.com/p/a-piece-of... #Netherlands

My walk across the #Netherlands: Zuid Holland and the Maeslantkering, and why the #Dutch make sure everything has its place.

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The #Dutch secret sauce: how the polder system makes the Netherlands' flood defences work. My latest #tenwalksexplain video, from my walk across Zeeland.
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I saw #Warfare a day or two ago. Superb film, but 2 points struck me:

1. It shows intense sensitivity to casualties. Compare to (similar) 'Life & Fate' set in Stalingrad - or anything in Ukraine. Is the West so weak? These were SEALs, too!

2. Drones change everything. Ramadi was a lifetime ago.

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So far I'm seeing lots of crappy political takes (just like old Twitter!) and some nice photos of landscapes. So I'll stick with this for now. #Genoa tonight, from up on Albaro. #Genova.

Yikes 🇫🇷

Looking forward to the day I have even time and space to get my head around this new thing.

Until then, this was the view this morning when I took the dogs out.