Just googled "Who is europe's Ibn Battuta" because I somehow for the life of me totally forgot the name of "Marco Polo"...

#traveller #longtime #travelgurus #ibnbattuta #marcopolo #zhenghe

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Battuta

New header photo.

Back in the days, I ended a writing project in Stewart Island/Rakiura, New Zealand.

I rented a place in Horseshoe Bay, and enjoyed view like this during the day.
Even by New Zealand high levels of beauty, the nature and landscape of Stewart Island are stunning.

Ended up writing a lot during the night hours.

🇩🇪🇺🇦Ukraine, Germany set up joint defense venture (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3777985-ukraine-germany-set-up-joint-defense-venture.html #Ukraine #Germany #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

🇩🇪🇺🇦PM Shmyhal, Chancellor Scholz discuss use of frozen Russian assets in Berlin (more) https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3777946-shmyhal-scholz-discuss-use-of-frozen-russian-assets-in-berlin.html #Ukraine #Germany #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

That morning biking into the Angkor Park in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Enjoying the morning silence and quiet except from birds and insects noising around.

Needed a cleanser from reading news of war and t*rr*r and meaningless violence and killing of innocent civillians.

Maybe you do too?

Katalin Karikó was the daughter of a butcher. She wanted to be a scientist, although she had never met one. She immigrated to the US in her 20s, but for decades never found a permanent position, receiving little support from the scientific establishment. Now she’s a Nobel winner!

You will experience climate change through a series of increasingly wild videos, until one day it's you taking the video.

#climatechange

At tonight's #GOPDebate we heard plans to expand the death penalty, send troops into Mexico, ban lifesaving medical care for trans kids, burn more coal, and eliminate the Dept of Education.

Did I miss anything?

“Nearly 100 Jewish organization leaders, journalists, and rabbis have signed onto a letter calling out Elon Musk for making X a ‘breeding ground for some of the most dangerous antisemitic discourse in America.’”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jewish-leaders-and-rabbis-call-out-elon-musk-for-spreading-overt-antisemitism

https://t.me/WarriorsUkrainian/11180
🇧🇬🇺🇦The Parliament of Bulgaria cancelled the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain.
- babel #Ukraine #Bulgaria #Press #News #Russia #RussiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #WantedDeadOrAlive
#SanctionChinaNow
#NoEUPrezForHungary

Kim Jong-un expressed unconditional support for Russia’s war in #Ukraine during his official visit to #Russia.

In return for this support, South Korea is worried that the advanced weapons Russia will give back to NK will be used against the South.

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-russia-kim-jong-un-putin-20aedd047c7112eeff2b8c77c7aa5e55

Here's what we are reading today:

A Russian Su-27 fired two missiles at a British surveillance plane last September due to miscommunication.

The first missile did not lock on and the second one fell from the wing when launched.
#Ukraine
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-66798508

Absolutely massive changes proposed to Dublin city centre transport. Closing Bachelors Walk and Aston Quay to private cars, redirecting traffic at Beresford Place and Westland Row, and more. Why? Because 60% of the private car traffic in Dublin city is through-traffic, bringing nothing to the city except pollution, noise, and danger to pedestrians and cyclists. This will need your support to implement, have your say here
https://consultation.dublincity.ie/traffic-and-transport/draft-dublin-city-centre-transport-plan/
#transport #Dublin #climate #pollution

I returned to Nicaragua, where I was born, and found a country steeped in fear https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/1198540870/nicaragua-ortega-repression-journalism

@cmyrland Mørke og Gromsdal.
Ikke engang lyspunkt som Rauma får meg til å tenke på og muligens kanskje vurdere å flytte tilbake dit.

Heller humanismestrikk i alle verdens farger enn bibelbeltet i mørkeblått med gusjebrune striper.

#finnesbaretofarger

Apple’s Tim Cook to unveil reasons why your current iPhone is already a piece of shit https://newsthump.com/2023/09/12/apples-tim-cook-to-unveil-reasons-why-your-current-iphone-is-already-a-piece-of-shit/

Absent any important changes in #COVID19 or effective vaccines, prepare for a decade of COVID outbreaks ahead: Researchers simulated COVID dynamics over the 10-year period beginning in 2021. “We find that SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks are likely to occur frequently, and that distribution of booster doses during certain times of the year-notably in the late winter/early spring-may reduce the severity of a wintertime outbreak depending on the seasonal epidemiology of the pathogen.” https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.08.29.23294791v1

Here’s a silly #George for you!