Scott in Zürich
@scottinzurich.bsky.social
The Artist formerly known as Scott in London
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
@bahnansagen.bsky.social im IC2163 mit Zugchef in Happy-Halloween Stimmung🎃: wir erreichen nun Nürnberg, Stadt der Tausend Lebkuchen. Nächste Ansage begann mit einem kräftigen "Buuuuuuh!!"
October 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@bahnansagen.bsky.social im IC2163 mit Zugchef in Happy-Halloween Stimmung🎃: wir erreichen nun Nürnberg, Stadt der Tausend Lebkuchen. Nächste Ansage begann mit einem kräftigen "Buuuuuuh!!"
@shteyngart.bsky.social have you ever been to Petrified Forest National Park? People steal rocks, later conclude that this has cursed them, and mail them back to the park, with cover letters. One poor schmuck attributes his failed vasectomy to this curse. So by analogy...
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
@shteyngart.bsky.social have you ever been to Petrified Forest National Park? People steal rocks, later conclude that this has cursed them, and mail them back to the park, with cover letters. One poor schmuck attributes his failed vasectomy to this curse. So by analogy...
@jfallows.bsky.social democracy lives!
Zurich residents vote by substantial majorities to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and to restrict electric ones to autumn.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich-laub...
Zurich residents vote by substantial majorities to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and to restrict electric ones to autumn.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich-laub...
Abstimmung 28. September: Zürcherinnen und Zürcher verbannen benzinbetriebene Laubbläser aus der Stadt
Die Stimmberechtigten der Stadt Zürich haben sich mit 61,7 Prozent für ein Verbot von benzinbetriebenen Laubbläsern entschieden.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@jfallows.bsky.social democracy lives!
Zurich residents vote by substantial majorities to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and to restrict electric ones to autumn.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich-laub...
Zurich residents vote by substantial majorities to ban gas-powered leaf blowers and to restrict electric ones to autumn.
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich-laub...
How much money can I make if I generate a viral hit with a "Ballad of Charlie Kirk," set to the tune of the Horst Wessel Lied?
September 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
How much money can I make if I generate a viral hit with a "Ballad of Charlie Kirk," set to the tune of the Horst Wessel Lied?
Two Vilnius coffee shops glare at each other across the street, locked in a battle over which is true to the spirit of coffee. The last time I saw such intense rivalry was in 1985, when two cheese-steak meccas duked it out at 9th and Passyunk.
June 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Two Vilnius coffee shops glare at each other across the street, locked in a battle over which is true to the spirit of coffee. The last time I saw such intense rivalry was in 1985, when two cheese-steak meccas duked it out at 9th and Passyunk.
A graffitist in Vilnius has captured the Zeitgeist.
June 28, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A graffitist in Vilnius has captured the Zeitgeist.
In Vilnius, the Bronx gets the respect it sometimes misses at home
June 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In Vilnius, the Bronx gets the respect it sometimes misses at home
You don't say?
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
You don't say?
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
@nytpitchbot.bsky.social
@iandunt.bsky.social did the City of Paris consult with you on this signage in its _Coulée verte_, a green corridor à la High Line or Mile End Park?
April 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@iandunt.bsky.social did the City of Paris consult with you on this signage in its _Coulée verte_, a green corridor à la High Line or Mile End Park?
A sentence I did not have on the bingo card of my life: "The USA is not yet East Germany."
Philip Loser in the Tages Anzeiger (Zurich)
Philip Loser in the Tages Anzeiger (Zurich)
April 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A sentence I did not have on the bingo card of my life: "The USA is not yet East Germany."
Philip Loser in the Tages Anzeiger (Zurich)
Philip Loser in the Tages Anzeiger (Zurich)
So predictable. The populist right in Europe is many things, and one of them is a fifth column helping Russian divide and destabilize the continent.
Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Parts Used In Weapons to Russian Supplier www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Parts Used In Weapons to Russian Supplier www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Major Reform U.K. Donor Sold Weapons Parts to Russian Supplier
The aerospace company H.R. Smith Group was an early backer of the party after Nigel Farage became leader. Reform has faced criticism over comments seen as supporting Moscow.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:10 PM
So predictable. The populist right in Europe is many things, and one of them is a fifth column helping Russian divide and destabilize the continent.
Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Parts Used In Weapons to Russian Supplier www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Major Donor to Reform U.K. Party Sold Parts Used In Weapons to Russian Supplier www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
Exclusive for subscribers: NYT news is now published in both active and passive voice. The body of saintly Mrs. Kelly, my high-school English teacher, is rolling in her grave.
March 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Exclusive for subscribers: NYT news is now published in both active and passive voice. The body of saintly Mrs. Kelly, my high-school English teacher, is rolling in her grave.
Welche Schweiz wollen Ihre Enkelkinder in 75 Jahre, die 10-Millionen Schweiz oder die 5,7-Millionen Schweiz?
February 18, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Welche Schweiz wollen Ihre Enkelkinder in 75 Jahre, die 10-Millionen Schweiz oder die 5,7-Millionen Schweiz?
It seems like the only people who can still write longhand are crazed killers.
Live Updates: Police Arrest ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in Health Care C.E.O.’s Killing www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Live Updates: Police Arrest ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in Health Care C.E.O.’s Killing www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Police Arrest ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in UnitedHealthcare CEO's Killing: Live Updates
The man, Luigi Mangione, was arrested in Altoona, Pa., on gun charges after he was spotted in a McDonald’s. He was carrying a handwritten manifesto criticizing health insurance companies, law enforcem...
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:55 PM
It seems like the only people who can still write longhand are crazed killers.
Live Updates: Police Arrest ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in Health Care C.E.O.’s Killing www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
Live Updates: Police Arrest ‘Strong Person of Interest’ in Health Care C.E.O.’s Killing www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/w...
The NYT covers today's big story with a misleading headline and lead, burying until paragraph three that this was the second reading and substantive changes may be made before the final passage. Grrr!
The NYT covers today's big story with a misleading headline and lead, burying until paragraph three that this was the second reading and substantive changes may be made before the final passage. Grrr!
UK Lawmakers Vote to Legalize Assisted Dying After Emotional Debate
In a landmark decision on Friday, Parliament voted in favor of allowing assisted suicide for the terminally ill in England and Wales.
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2024 at 3:33 PM
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/29/w...
The NYT covers today's big story with a misleading headline and lead, burying until paragraph three that this was the second reading and substantive changes may be made before the final passage. Grrr!
The NYT covers today's big story with a misleading headline and lead, burying until paragraph three that this was the second reading and substantive changes may be made before the final passage. Grrr!
Reposted by Scott in Zürich
Happy Army of Northern Virginia Surrender Day to all who celebrate
April 9, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Happy Army of Northern Virginia Surrender Day to all who celebrate
Der EuroCity von Zürich nach München wird an der deutschen Grenze in "EuroCity Express" umgetauft, um das Verlangsamen der Fahrt anzuerkennen.
March 30, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Der EuroCity von Zürich nach München wird an der deutschen Grenze in "EuroCity Express" umgetauft, um das Verlangsamen der Fahrt anzuerkennen.
Also known as the Epistle of St. Paul on the Programmesians.
February 27, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Also known as the Epistle of St. Paul on the Programmesians.