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[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

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[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

Sasmējos par email no Biļešu Paradīzes...
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[Ananda @baidekalna]

Šis bija smieklīgi :)

[Daniel Foubert 🇵🇱🇫🇷 @d_foubert]

BREAKING: Iran says the strait is closed.
BREAKING: Trump says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.
BREAKING: Bloomberg says 3 ships crossed.
BREAKING: Iran says those 3 ships are Iranian.
BREAKING: Maersk says it needs clarity.
BREAKING: The strait is a philosophical concept at this point.

BREAKING: A fourth ship attempts to cross.
BREAKING: The fourth ship turns around.
BREAKING: The fourth ship's captain says he "needed to think."
BREAKING: Insurance for the fourth ship is now $47M.
BREAKING: The fourth ship is still thinking.

BREAKING: Trump posts on Truth Social that Hormuz is "TOTALLY OPEN, BEAUTIFUL, LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN."
BREAKING: 800 ships remain trapped in the Gulf.
BREAKING: Trump posts again that this is Biden's fault.

BREAKING: Iran announces tolls of $2M per ship.
BREAKING: Iran announces tolls must be paid in crypto.
BREAKING: Iran has not specified which crypto.
BREAKING: Someone on CT says it's XRP.
BREAKING: XRP is up 34%.
BREAKING: It is not XRP.

BREAKING: Russia and China veto the UN resolution on Hormuz.
BREAKING: Russia proposes an alternative resolution.
BREAKING: The alternative resolution does not mention Hormuz.
BREAKING: Nobody is surprised.

BREAKING: Israel bombs Lebanon.
BREAKING: Iran says this violates the ceasefire.
BREAKING: Trump says the ceasefire does not cover Lebanon.
BREAKING: Netanyahu says the ceasefire does not cover anything Netanyahu is currently doing.
BREAKING: Ceasefire is now 11 hours old.
BREAKING: Iran closes Hormuz again.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.

BREAKING: Trump floats joint US-Iran toll venture to manage the strait.
BREAKING: The White House clarifies Trump was "just thinking out loud."
BREAKING: Iran says it will consider the proposal.
BREAKING: Trump says Iran's 10-point peace plan is "not good enough."
BREAKING: Trump says it is "a workable basis."
BREAKING: Both statements were made within the same hour.

BREAKING: 20,000 seafarers are still trapped on ships inside the Gulf.
BREAKING: The IMO says the priority is evacuation.
BREAKING: Iran says passage requires "coordination with armed forces."
BREAKING: Nobody has coordinated with the armed forces.
BREAKING: Hegseth says the strait is open.

BREAKING: The strait remains closed.
BREAKING: This is day 41.
BREAKING: We will keep you updated.

[Joe Mitoshi 👨🏻‍🚀 @CryptoSays]

What a sight!!! 😍

[Physics & Astronomy Zone @zone_astronomy]

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

@antmillionsbot Add me

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

Statement from the Nobel Foundation

One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind," and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize. A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed.

For additional information, please refer to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: https://t.co/HqL1ZR8Bos

[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

@Mrcryptoxwhale Done

[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

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[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

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[toomas hendrik ilves @IlvesToomas]

For tomorrow:

US population: 340 million
EU Pop. 450 M
EU+UK+UKR 565 M
Russia 143M

US GDP 29 Trillion
EU GDP 20 T
EU + UK 24 T
Russia 2.2 T

What does neither the US nor Europe get?

Trump thinks Russia is the only other superpower.

Europe thinks it’s not a superpower.

[Richard Branson @richardbranson]

(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.

[Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 @IAPonomarenko]

I want to save time for those who are new to this conversation — the problem is not that Ukraine has to “give up” something to Russia “for peace.”

The problem is that no matter what Ukraine “gives up” now — be it Crimea, or Donbas, or Kherson, or Zaporizhia, or Odesa, or Kharkiv or anything — it will not give any sort of “peace” and will only strengthen Russia in its goal of defeating and eradicating Ukraine as a nation and incorporating its territory into its empire.

The rest is just idle talk.

[Raivis Chilipans @R_Chilipans]

Jebkuras ārprātīgākās fantāzijas vienkārši nobāl šo murgu priekšā...

[Senator Adam Schiff @SenAdamSchiff]

A day after Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine, and Trump is again attacking Zelenskyy – sounding indistinguishable from a commentator on Russian state TV.

And repeating the Kremlin lie that Ukraine started this war.

Trump casts shame on himself and our country.

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

A remarkable book, the oldest surviving manuscript of Claudius Ptolemy's Geography, was recently brought out of the Vatopedi Monastery on Mount Athos and made its debut in Cyprus. It was presented at the exhibition Cyprus Island – History – Memory – Reality, organized by the Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus in Nicosia. The exhibition offers a modern and interactive portrayal of life in Cyprus from ancient times to the present, with a central message about the island's unbreakable unity.

"By focusing on time, place, and people, relationships emerge and narratives are formed that highlight aspects of Cyprus' history and contemporary reality, which have contributed to shaping the unified Cypriot island identity," said Yiannis Toumantzis, director of the Cultural Foundation of the Bank of Cyprus and the first Deputy Minister of Culture of Cyprus. He, along with Dimitra Ignatiou, curated this unique exhibition. Interestingly, the original plan was for the exhibition to remain open until June, but due to its immense popularity, it has been extended until early 2026, as predicted by the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, during the opening ceremony.

The Vatopedi manuscript, known as Codex 655, consists of 296 parchment leaves, dates back to 13th Century, and is part of a small group of surviving secular manuscripts kept in the libraries of Mount Athos monasteries. Undoubtedly, it is one of the rarest manuscripts stored on the Holy Mountain.

The manuscript includes Ptolemy's Geographical Synopsis, the famous Greek philosopher and naturalist who lived in Alexandria during 127-151 AD, Strabo's Geographica and his Chrestomathy from the Geographical. Many of the texts in the manuscript are copies of other manuscripts, following lost originals.

According to archaeologist Dimitris Liakos from Department of Antiquities of Halkidiki and Mount Athos, "The most impressive and noteworthy element of the manuscript is the maps from 8th book of Geographical Synopsis, each depicting one or more countries from the known world of 2nd Century AD. The first map is of the Oikoumene (the known world), followed by 10 maps of Europe, four of Africa, and twelve of Asia. Of 27 bifolium maps that were originally included in manuscript, 24 are still intact, and three are half-preserved, as they were later detached in various ways." Ptolemy's Geography collected all the geographical knowledge of his time and enriched it with nautical descriptions, offering a relatively accurate portrayal of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Arabian Peninsula. Among these is one of the earliest cartographic depictions of Cyprus, a martyr island.

The Vatopedi manuscript was created between late 13th and early 14th Centuries, and the 42 maps are so meticulously drawn that they allow for identification of mountains, plains, seas, and a vast number of place names. A second, similar manuscript was created in 15th Century for Cardinal Bessarion and is now held at the Marciana Library in Venice.

© The Archaeologist

#archaeohistories

[Philip Ruff @RuffPhilip]

The oldest public garden in Riga. #Latvia

[Ole Lehmann @itsolelehmann]

They told Europe "you can't compete with SpaceX."

But a new Munich startup just raised €350M to prove everyone wrong.

Now their Spectrum rocket is set to make history as Europe's FIRST commercial orbital launch.

How Isar Aerospace is rewriting Europe's space future 🧵:

[TIME @TIME]

#Flow becomes first Latvian film to win Academy Award for animated feature https://t.co/7gIriRAgXH