Thomas Venditti

interested in elections, business, PR, social media, tourism, international relations, diplomacy, economics, education. RTs/likes ≠ endorsements

[Financial Times @FT]

Over the past year, the number of Canadians visiting the US has dropped 25% compared with 2024. Are discounts enough to lure them back? https://t.co/xVGSEn5FJB

[Financial Times @FT]

Almost 53% of voters in Iceland have rejected reopening negotiations on joining the EU in a knife-edge referendum prompted by Donald Trump’s threats to annex Greenland https://t.co/0sHTTYREeM

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Iceland has voted against restarting accession talks with the European Union in a referendum held this weekend.

https://t.co/iaTgnXRdgH

[FRANCE 24 English @France24_en]

Icelanders vote in referendum on whether to resume EU membership talks
➡️ https://t.co/zzhki1nOlq

[Elijah Wood @elijahwood]

It’s called Lake Ontario

[NY NJ PA Weather @nynjpaweather]

Note: it is still Lake Ontario.

[Ryan Ewing @FlyingHighRyan]

.@United is adding 10 new international cities in 2027. Eight that no other U.S. airline serves nonstop from the U.S.

The new routes:

• San Francisco–Okinawa
• Washington Dulles–Toulouse
• Newark–Luxembourg
• Newark–Ljubljana
• Newark–Olbia
• Newark–Catania
• Newark–Ibiza
• Newark–Valencia
• Newark–Marseille
• Newark–Terceira

United is also adding three routes to cities already in its network:

• Los Angeles–Osaka
• Denver–Paris
• Washington Dulles–Milan

San Francisco–Tel Aviv will also return in March.
https://t.co/3vx2iH53PQ

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

Lake Ontario's name comes from the Wyandot word Ontarí'io, which is typically translated as "beautiful lake". The Kanienʼkéha called it Katarokwi.
Samuel de Champlain called it Lac de St. Louis.
The name Lacus Ontario was first recorded in 1660 by Francis Creuxius.

[Kyle Kondik @kkondik]

Crystal Ball Senate rating change

FL-SEN moves from Likely R to Safe R after Angie Nixon upsets Alexander VIndman in the Dem primary.

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

The @WorldBankGroup has released its 2026-2027 Country Income Classifications.

Six economies moved to a higher income category, and no countries moved down.

Behind those changes are different stories, from economic recovery to export-led growth and improved statistics.

Learn more: https://t.co/I2fgQ6Zpdp

[Embassy of Spain UK @EmbSpainUK]

🌑📸NASA chooses image of the solar eclipse from Zaragoza as its Picture of the Day.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

Many Americans are curious about their hometown history. Some answers can be found in a federal report more than a century old.

Use our map to see how American towns got their names: https://t.co/iDrEFQQa9B

[The Weather Channel @weatherchannel]

BREAKING: A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake has struck Colombia. Strong, prolonged tremors were felt across multiple cities, including the capital city of Bogotá, and have impacted neighboring countries.

[Hawaii News Now @HawaiiNewsNow]

Hawaii News Now has called the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.

After the first printout, Kauaʻi Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami established a commanding lead over second-place competitor, state Rep. Della Au Belatti.

On the Republican side, Daniel Anthony emerged as the early front-runner.

🔗: https://t.co/9dhXZ4gF2V

[Stereogum @stereogum]

MTV2 launched 30 years ago today. The spinoff was conceived as an all-music-video counterpart to MTV, which had shifted toward broader entertainment programming. It was aimed at a slightly more mature audience (“perhaps 23 years old, instead of 21,” as MTV Networks’ president put it at the time).

M2 featured both new and old videos from a broader array of artists than MTV. It was also the first cable channel to offer a 24-hour interactive computer service, letting viewers access synchronized artist and song information on a PC if they had an Intercast tuner card. The inaugural VJs were ‘Rolling Stone’ writer Jancee Dunn, KPNT DJ Kris Kosach, and Matt Pinfield, who had already been hosting ‘120 Minutes.’

Known as M2 for its first few years and initially available only via satellite, the network kicked off with Beck’s “Where It’s At.” MTV2 is still around, but it largely stopped airing music videos about a decade ago.

[Nicolas Malaboeuf @NMalaboeuf]

⚫️ Souvenir de la prestation iconique de Kavinsky sur son titre #Nightcall avec Angèle et Phoenix lors de la cérémonie de clôture des Jeux Olympiques de #Paris2024 au Stade de France

[𝑬𝑳𝑰𝑨𝑺 🇬🇷 @udolinho]

pour ceux qui ont l’oreille attentive, Kavinsky c’était aussi la musique d’entrée des joueurs de l’équipe de france !

« Roadgame »

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

I love this map! It shows all the US cities that used to have more than 100,000 residents but now don't anymore. Cool US history and geography trivia. Source: https://t.co/mod2rSM7Tb

[Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano]

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol