A new YouGov survey suggests support for populist beliefs in Europe has fallen markedly over the past year. There are exceptions, but let’s hope they’ll follow suit. We need serious politicians dealing with real problems.
BBC News has the answer.
Think this is so cool. Humanity at its best!
Christian Davenport of the Washington Post writes:
The space station is old. It leaks from time to time, requiring patches like the ones the astronauts installed last month. The toilet breaks. The batteries need to be replaced. It has to dodge micrometeorites - this year alone the station has had to maneuver three times to avoid getting hit. And sometimes it does get tagged, like the time in 2016 when a piece of space debris cracked a window.
But despite the inherent dangers of space, the airless void, the radiation, the bits of debris shooting around in orbit several times faster than a speeding bullet, astronauts have somehow managed to live aboard the outpost continuously for 20 years.
Palmitos Park is an example of both fascinating civil disobedience and sickening animal treatment.
What makes people think destroying things is a good way to make your opinion heard?
How can you hate something you don’t believe exists? I guess it’s a bit like hating unicorns and trolls? 🦄👹
Austrian police says people were injured. Jewish community leader has tweeted that it was unclear if the synagogue was targeted in the attack as it was closed at the time.
Update: Police say the death toll rose to four people. Islamist shoot dead by police. Read about it at The Local.
Kujtim Fejzulai, the terrorist who opened fire near a synagogue in Vienna, had announced his attack on Instagram and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State terror organisation.
I’m reading about a murder where the perpetrator attacked a friend after realising he had a large penis. Take note! If you’re big, avoid urinating with others nearby.
Biden’s politics is not perfect, but he’s a welcome relief after four years of “alternative facts”, outright lies, and an American president with Putin as puppet master. It’s time for America to be great again!
For the first time in four years, dogs are heading back to the White House thanks to president-elect Joe Biden.
The 74-year-old loser behaves like a child. Pathetic!
“Postmodernists believe they can rule merely through the manipulation of language and will power,” Richard Bledsoe writes. “It is the governing philosophy of globalism.”
The Saudi Arabian embassy was sprayed with gunfire early today, leaving bullet holes across the facade and in several windows, Haaretz reports.
It’s no secret that the Saudi regime is hated by many Islamist. I wouldn’t be surprised if there’s a link to al-Qaeda.
A leaders of the Proud Boys, the far-right group that Trump told to “stand back and stand by” during a presidential debate, is trying to rebrand the organisation as explicitly white supremacist, anti-Semitic, and homophobic, Haaretz reports.
More: Colby Hall of Mediaite writes about the debunked claims here.
This is how I keep a personal record of noteworthy things. I make stuff for myself and share it with anyone who wishes to see. Entries tend to have a short sell-by date and shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
Dominic Cummings is out. Perhaps sanity will now make a return to Downing Street.
“The head of an ancient statue of the Greek god Hermes has been unearthed during excavations for sewage system improvements in central Athens,” Microsoft News reports.
Fanny Sanín is an artist I like.
More of Sanín’s work on her website.
“Study shows homicides five times more likely than for white people and up to 24 times in 16-24 age group,” the Guardian reports. 😢 Not news, but still a sad fact.
I guess the old fool wants to leave with a big boom. Wouldn’t shed any tears for Iran’s despicable regime, though.
Experts say effect of dog ownership is comparable to office work, Daily Mail reports. 🐶 Woof!
More people hold a favourable view of the European Union than not in every member state surveyed by the Pew Research Centre.
It’s Friday and my first week in the new job at the Malmö Police is coming to an end. I’m tired, but happy, because I think this is the right place for me. With my head filled with new information, I need Shabbat.
The novel Shuggie Bain was written over twelve years while Stuart was working as a fashion designer. Cool! Love when people live their dream!
It being his mind and hair colour. 😄 Shouldn’t laugh. #sad
State-sponsored hackers from Russia are engaged in concerted attempts to steal coronavirus vaccine secrets, the Guardian reports. I’m not surprised. Russia has never managed to produce anything useful on its own.
The upcoming Dexter revival is set to take place a decade after the show’s final season, NME reports. I can’t wait for Dexter’s return!
An interesting idea, perhaps not a viable one, but still…
I haven’t written anything online the past few days. Haven’t had the motivation. Besides, I’m too tired after work. There are so many new things to learn in the new place. But I can’t complain. I love it.
Nicholas Barber of BBC writes hilariously on a disastrous Broadway musical:
While swinging from wires in rehearsals, one performer broke his toe and another broke both his wrists. During the first preview, a carabiner was hurriedly unclipped from a cable and dropped on the head of Natalie Mendoza, the actress playing Arachne, leaving her concussed. Saturday Night Live responded on 12 February 2011 with a sketch about a law firm that specialised in Spider-Man-related workplace injuries. The front cover cartoon of The New Yorker on 17 January 2011 depicted a hospital ward full of battered and bandaged Spider-Men.
Dave Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died at age 85. May the force be with him!
I read about shopping centres advertising for costumers to stay away due to Covid-19. It’s an odd time we’re experience. But even without pandemics, I buy most things online to avoid people.
Pupils at a school in Östersund are deliberately trying to get Covid-19 to achieve immunity in time for spring parties. Ah, young people…
