Emil

"I can become the sunset sky.”

[Emil @13thFool]

No despot stays in the sky forever. There is a day of reckoning for everything, for every life stolen and for every tear shed.

[Zack D. Films @zackdfilms1]

The Effort Paradox 🤔 (explained)

[☩ 𝕁𝕄𝕋 ☩ @SecretFire79]

Some walk with you for a while…

Others stay in your sky forever…

[Ryoomi78 @Rayoomi4]

تصدقون ان هالمكان حقيقي وموجود في تونس 🇹🇳

اسمه مطماطة

[Jo March @jomsksk]

i hate gay halloween wdym ikaw yung babae sa box ng kojic 😭😭😭

[‏﮼الأعرابي القديم . @radialpro]

أربعة آلاف خروف تُركت على جزيرة نائية: أربعون عامًا من العزلة والتطور
في عام 1931، تخلى مزارع مفلس عن نحو أربعة آلاف خروف على جزيرة كامبل، وهي جزيرة نائية في المحيط الجنوبي تابعة لنيوزيلندا، على بعد أكثر من ستمائة كيلومتر جنوب البر الرئيسي. كانت الجزيرة قد استُخدمت لتربية الأغنام منذ عام 1895، لكن انهيار أسعار الصوف واللحم، وصعوبات النقل والإمداد، وتأثيرات الكساد الكبير، جعلت المشروع غير قابل للاستمرار. غادر آخر المستأجرين، جون وارين، الجزيرة مفلسًا، تاركًا وراءه الأغنام وعشرات من الأبقار دون رعاية بشرية.
عاشت الأغنام عقودًا في بيئة قاسية تتميز بالرياح الشديدة والرطوبة الدائمة والتربة الحمضية. انخفض عددها في البداية بسبب الظروف الصعبة، ثم بدأ القطيع يتعافى تدريجيًا. مع مرور الأجيال، تطورت سمات وراثية مميزة: أصبحت الأغنام تتزاوج في سن أصغر، وتستطيع التخلص من صوفها بنفسها دون حاجة إلى جز، وتكيّفت مع نقص الغذاء والظروف المناخية القاسية. بحلول السبعينيات، كانت قد تحولت إلى قطيع بري يُظهر تكيفات نادرة ناتجة عن العزلة والانتقاء الطبيعي.
غير أن هذا التكيف جاء على حساب النظام البيئي للجزيرة. أكلت الأغنام النباتات المحلية الفريدة، بما في ذلك النباتات الكبيرة المميزة للمنطقة، وأضرت بمواقع تعشيش الطيور البحرية مثل طيور القطرس. أدى الرعي غير المنضبط إلى تدهور الغطاء النباتي والتربة، مما دفع السلطات في وقت لاحق إلى اتخاذ قرار بإزالة القطيع لحماية الجزيرة.
في الثمانينيات، نُفذت عمليات إزالة منظمة للأغنام من أجزاء من الجزيرة. أُنقذ عدد محدود من الأفراد بسبب سماتها الوراثية النادرة قبل إزالة البقية. بعد إزالة الأغنام والقوارض الغازية، بدأت النباتات والطيور في التعافي، وتحولت الجزيرة إلى مثال على استعادة النظم البيئية في المناطق النائية.
تظل القصة مثالًا على كيفية تأثير إدخال أنواع غير محلية ثم التخلي عنها على البيئات المعزولة، وعلى قدرة الحيوانات على التكيف عبر أجيال قليلة في ظل ضغوط بيئية شديدة.

[Emil @13thFool]

Inaatok sa MCLE, pero pag antik-antik buhay na buhay! 😂

Anyway, great to see so many friends and familiar faces from the art, collecting, and archaeology worlds!

Congratulations to the @ayalamuseum and @BangkoSentral for the successful conference!

[Emil @13thFool]

Celebrating the 80th year of the UK-Philippine diplomatic relationship with my fellow UK alumni!

All smiles as always with my Chevening sibs!

[Dax @daxlucas]

Wow! NOT AI-written! 👍🏼😝

[Emil @13thFool]

Mukhang more fashionable ang real name ko lately. 🙃

[Emil @13thFool]

What an exciting batch of art shows here in Makati!

[Emil @13thFool]

There is no perceptible real world difference between this and the old versions in terms of function, but version 18 has the worst build quality. Been using my iPhone naked, and after a few weeks I already got visible dents on the 18 which I have not experienced in older models.

[Emil @13thFool]

I "upgraded" to the newest iPhone 18 some weeks back. Got it in Seoul with no fuzz—went to the store, got offered to have my old iPhone 16 traded for P40,000 (which was subtracted from the cost), loaded my data, and went home. How I wish it is as uncomplicated as this in Manila.

[Emil @13thFool]

Timeline cleanse. 🙃

[Bulvar Medya @Bulvarpress]

Tayvan’ın Chiayi bölgesinde çay toplayan bir köylü, dağdan gelen çıtırtı seslerini duyunca cep telefonuyla kayıt almaya başladı. Kısa süre sonra dev kaya ve toprak kütlesi yamacı çökertirken, çevreyi yoğun bir toz bulutu kapladı.

[Emil @13thFool]

Blue Bottle’s latte is 👌🏼!

Definitely one of the highlights of this Seoul trip.

Looking forward to its Manila branch someday.

[Luwi @luwixxiv]

TANGINAAAAHAHAHAHAHA

[Emil @13thFool]

Seoul, again.

Love it still. 😉

[Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 @mrjeffu]

A video of Japanese conservators carefully removing papers that were recently discovered inside of a Buddhist statue dating back to the late Kamakura period (1280's-1330's).

[David Galbraith @daveg]

A reminder about the great things in France

[Mark Lambert @sitsio]

Cardinal Tagle is the new Dean of the College of Cardinals. But perhaps the most interesting question is why the cardinals chose him rather than Pietro Parolin.

At 69, Tagle is the youngest of the Latin-rite cardinal-bishops and a comparatively recent member of that order. He succeeds Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, 92, and becomes the first Asian Dean in the Church's history. The significance is considerable, the Dean is primus inter pares, first among equals and becomes an exceptionally prominent figure during a papal interregnum, presiding over the preparations for a conclave and if eligible, the election itself. Tagle is also one of the most recognisable figures associated with Pope Francis and his career has not been without controversy. In 2022, he lost the presidency of Caritas Internationalis when Francis replaced its leadership following a review of governance and working conditions. The intervention did not involve allegations of financial or sexual misconduct, but it nevertheless raised questions about institutional leadership. His election today suggests that his fellow cardinal-bishops retain considerable confidence in him.

There is a fascinating personal dimension too. Tagle and Robert Prevost have known one another for years, worked closely together in the Roman Curia, and actually sat beside one another during the conclave which elected Leo XIV. At Leo's inaugural Mass, it was Tagle who placed the Fisherman's Ring upon the new Pope's finger, an intensely moving occasion for the famously emotional Filipino cardinal. We should resist reading too much into that gesture, just as we should resist interpreting today's election as evidence of some new ideological alignment. Tagle was elected by his fellow cardinal-bishops, with Leo's approval so, importantly, this was not simply a papal appointment.

Nevertheless, the choice is intriguing. Parolin possesses enormous diplomatic and administrative experience, yet the cardinals have preferred a younger, missionary figure associated with the Church's growing centre of gravity outside Europe. Perhaps the most significant question is what this tells us about the College itself. At a time when there is so much commentary which seems to be aimed at dividing the Church into competing factions, the election of a prominent Francis-era cardinal under Leo XIV reminds us that ecclesiastical relationships and judgements of suitability are considerably more complex than the familiar progressive-versus-conservative narrative.

Tagle has moved from being widely discussed as a possible successor to Francis to becoming the man who may one day preside over the election of Leo's successor.