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The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
The Guardian long read this week: Whether it’s the financial crash, the climate emergency or the breakdown of the international order, historian Adam Tooze has become the go-to guide to the radical new world we’ve entered. Source: The crisis whisperer: how Adam Tooze makes sense of our bewildering age
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Kruger park – Letaba and other camps flooded
Far cry from what it looked like two years ago when we were last there. Hope everyone’s evacuated safely. Poor animals 🙁 Source: Staff evacuated from Kruger Park as weather service says things to get worse
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Ryanair doesn’t want Starlink…
…and the camps are divided 😉 Informative bit on how Ryanair works. And how Musk may or may not get it. Wonder what the outcome will be in 5 years’ time?
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There he goes!
It’s with a full heart and bittersweet emotions that I sent out my “so long, and thanks for all the fish” email today (if you know, you know). The past few weeks have been a whirlwind, and truthfully, it’s been hard not being able to share this transition the way I’d hoped—with the time, space,…
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The horse and rider
Lovely little illustration on how best to approach seemingly invincible habits. From Unwinding Anxiety by Dr Judd Brewer. There’s a relief on the Parthenon in Greece — one of these ones I think he’s referring to — from like 450AD or something, a very very old relief that depicts a horse and a rider, and…
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Castellers of London
From Wikipedia: A castell (Catalan pronunciation: [kəsˈteʎ]: literally, castle) is a human tower built traditionally at festivals in a part of Catalonia (Spain), now also found in the rest of Catalonia, in the Balearic islands and in the Valencian Community. At these festivals, several colles castelleres (teams that build towers) attempt to build and then dismantle a tower’s structure. On 16 November 2010, castells were declared by UNESCO to be amongst…
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Castellers Of London Calçotada this weekend!
The calcotada is this weekend (22 March 2025)! See you there! Details at Castellers Of London. Check out the castellers page if you don’t know what this fun activity is about! What is a calçotada I hear you say? It looks like a spring onion vegetarian braai, to be honest — the food at the…