Carsten Führmann
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Such a big playground, so little time.
Such a big playground, so little time.
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A great article about how Brexit might impact the thriving European "Erasmus" student exchange program. It is worth noting how huge that program is, and how important the role of Britain, see the quotes below.
'Now including adult learners, vocational students and those on work placements, in addition to university students, it has created an “Erasmus generation”, having been responsible for more than a million babies born from couples who met as part of the scheme.'
'In addition, the UK is one of the most popular destinations for European students, with these study placements becoming part of Britain's cultural and educational ‘soft power’ by creating thousands of de-facto UK alumni across Europe.'
'Now including adult learners, vocational students and those on work placements, in addition to university students, it has created an “Erasmus generation”, having been responsible for more than a million babies born from couples who met as part of the scheme.'
'In addition, the UK is one of the most popular destinations for European students, with these study placements becoming part of Britain's cultural and educational ‘soft power’ by creating thousands of de-facto UK alumni across Europe.'
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I just verified this, and it made my day. (Via +Matthew J Price)
Taxonomy, go home. You're drunk.
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+Frau M and I hiked along the river Danube today, near Kehlheim, Bavarian. The weather was hot, so people canoed or roasted on the river's pebble beach, watching tourist boats go by. The whole day felt Mediterranean. This impression was cemented by the great Croatian restaurant we chose for dinner.
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About that wealth disparity problem...
Want the wealth disparity problem brought starkly home? Look at this chart. Then ponder what one worried analyst wrote, in late April:
" what is interesting is that whereas Mr. Trump was elected (partly) because he promised to improve the condition of the American worker, since his election the 0.1% have gained the most as the stock market capitalization has increased by over $2 trillion. Therefore, by now the wealth of the top 0.1% should exceed the wealth of the bottom 90% for the first time since 1941. Remarkably, the recent pronouncements by Trump and coterie suggest that they equate the stock market strength with a strong economy as well…."
Notice how the blue line started surging upward, in tandem with the red line's fall, with the arrival of Ronald Reagan's tax cuts on passive capital gains.
Tell me. Do you actually think the crushed middle class will continue to drink the plantation lords' koolaid -- that the beneficiaries of this trend aren't the ones to blame for it?
" what is interesting is that whereas Mr. Trump was elected (partly) because he promised to improve the condition of the American worker, since his election the 0.1% have gained the most as the stock market capitalization has increased by over $2 trillion. Therefore, by now the wealth of the top 0.1% should exceed the wealth of the bottom 90% for the first time since 1941. Remarkably, the recent pronouncements by Trump and coterie suggest that they equate the stock market strength with a strong economy as well…."
Notice how the blue line started surging upward, in tandem with the red line's fall, with the arrival of Ronald Reagan's tax cuts on passive capital gains.
Tell me. Do you actually think the crushed middle class will continue to drink the plantation lords' koolaid -- that the beneficiaries of this trend aren't the ones to blame for it?
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The renowned Turkish journalist Ece Temelkuran, writing for the Guardian, shares her view of the situation in her country. I think the hugeness of the problem hasn't sunk in with everyone yet.
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Color photographs from a hundred years ago.
What the world looked like 100 years ago: World's first color photos from Auguste and Louis Lumière (France).
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+Frau M and I discovered this little fellow in the forest the other day, a fire salamander. Because of their stealthy life style, one doesn't see them often.
Fire salamanders have become gravely endangered. "The fire salamander is under threat or has been extinct in certain regions such as the south of the Netherlands and the East of Belgium by the propagation of mycose Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans origin." (Wikipedia)
Fire salamanders have become gravely endangered. "The fire salamander is under threat or has been extinct in certain regions such as the south of the Netherlands and the East of Belgium by the propagation of mycose Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans origin." (Wikipedia)
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John Harris, writing for the Guardian, seems to have read my mind here. He contrasts the grim political present with the counter-culture exemplified by the Beatles' epochal "Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band". That narrative had emerged in my mind in nearly identical form. That albums was made in 1967. How could half a century pass since then and we're back in an age of nationalism? Seriously, how the fuck could it come to this? (Via +Hartmut Noack)
"[P]olitical success now often goes to people whose values appear the polar opposite of the old counterculture."
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