Wolfram Weimer hat die Buchhandlungen belogen, sagt der Rechtsanwalt, der die Schwankende Weltkugel vertritt. „Leider muss ich Ihnen mitteilen, dass Sie von der unabhängigen Jury nicht für eine Auszeichnung ausgewählt wurden“, wird eine Mail des BKM zitiert
www.prigge-recht.de/pressemittei...
I wonder why you don't mention Westminster Abbey, which charges £31 to enter, or St Paul's, where admission is £29?
Both are, of course, worth every penny.
There's no reason to insult Ramses like this! 🤨
Quote from @anneapplebaum.bsky.social
The American bombardment of Iran has been launched without explanation, ... Above all it has been launched without a coherent strategy for the Iranian people, and without a plan to let them build a legitimate Iranian state.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Der UK-Korrespondent der FAZ nennt Opfer sexueller Gewalt "minderjährige Gespielinnen". Vielleicht muss man Männern einfach mal 1 Jahr lang das Schreiben verbieten.
Ils devaient conduire au trône du roi sur... 442 mètres de long. Pendant plus de trois siècles, ils sont restés dispersés, protégés de la lumière et du regard. Aujourd’hui, ils apparaissent enfin, réunis pour la première fois au Grand Palais.
➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/SDR
It's actually a very interesting house and museum. merchantshouse.org/visit/
Don't forget Boris Becker who won Wimbledon at the ages of 17 and 18.
Oh, and a very good friend: Meissen Cathedral (Saxony), workshop of Peter Vischer, 15th century (for real, detail of a monumental brass).
I fear Frantiček (in the middle) might be involved. 🧐
With their State Bed, 18th century. 😉
Und in Dresden. 👋
Board of Peace - Season 1
Vue du cimetière du Père Lachaise
#Éphéméride : il y a 317 ans (1709) disparaissait le père de La Chaise, confesseur du roi (qui donna son nom au fameux cimetière parisien)
#OTD
Panel One. Two figures walk up a hill in a park. One walks in front and the other is walking a dog Front "My new year's resolution is to stop lending books" Dog-walker "Really?" Panel Two. Front, becoming agitated "It's just not worth the risk: cracked spines! Bent corners! Torn pages! Grubby fingers! Crumbs! Baths! Burglars! Rats! Children!! I can't allow such precious artefacts to fall into the careless hands of clumsy philistines!" Panel Three. Dog-walker "And how do the other librarians feel about this?" Front "Less supportive Than I'd hoped."
My books cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com
I'd wager this is the angriest statement ever issued by the Nobel Peace Prize people...
[1/6] A reminder: Europe has cards to use against the US. Lots of them.
To cite some examples:
- Tighten screws on US digital giants (taxes, fines, even bans)
- Export taxes disrupting US supply chains eg pharma
- Exclude US firms from European procurement, inc defence
ecfr.eu/publication/...
Und Nerven
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Have you seen this? bsky.app/profile/asha...
AI-generated!! bsky.app/profile/shay... @annettedittert.bsky.social
@anneapplebaum.bsky.social FYI
Maybe some are dumb, but even more they *benefit* from the racism.
#Sonnenaufgang in #Dresden am letzten Tag des Jahres. 🤩
NEW: last night, the US govt launched an assault on the ‘global censorship industrial complex’, aka European tech researchers/campaigners.
It’s a deeply chilling move & speaks as to why we need international solidarity more than ever.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
That Tom Gauld meme of the two opposing nations perfectly mirrored, but edited to be between archives and museums.
slow day in the office so figured we'd start some beef with museums
Not true! 🤬
