Rokas

RHUL/KCL alumni. Interested in Baltic/energy security, cartography and international relations. Working with commercial analytics and data strategy.

[Rokas @Chlevickas]

Today I hold a sovereign Lithuanian passport which ranks 11th globally for freedom and the access it grants thanks to the sacrifices made 30 years ago. This is a something entire generations of Lithuanians were denied for the most part of two centuries under smothering occupation

[Linas Linkevicius @LinkeviciusL]

#OTD 30 y ago Lithuanian people defended their freedom. Unarmed they tried to stop Soviet tanks near #Vilnius TV tower. They showed distinct believe in freedom, knowing that it is not a gift. #Lithuania will remember forever heroes of #January13 1991.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Sure, GoogleMaps is cool but not half as cool as ORBIS. The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World allows you to check travel times during Roman times. You can choose your mode of travel too! Source: https://t.co/zgVnhUdbKh

[Owen Winter @OwenWntr]

This is a fun idea. The average amount of time taken to earn a pint on minimum wage has actually fallen from 32 minutes in 1999 to 25 minutes in 2024

[toomas hendrik ilves @IlvesToomas]

Some 20 years ago, the EU provided approximately 4 million euros to build a promenade on either side off the Narva river. Friendship of the peoples and all that.

The Estonians built a lovely parquet promenade that runs all along their side of the Narva. You can see a small part of it in the foreground.

The Russians simply stole their part of the EU grant. Nothing was ever built. And like the rest of what lies behind the river bank, it still looks like slum.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

This watershed map of Spain shows whether a drop of water ends up in the Atlantic or in the Mediterranean. Beautiful visualization by @joewdavies.

[World of Statistics @stats_feed]

When Sweden and Denmark play a football match, the names of the countries are shortened and we have SWE-DEN.

What’s more interesting, the remaining letters are DEN-MARK.

[Sam Greene @samagreene]

What this really means: The EU should be abolished so that great powers run by unaccountable oligarchs can better bully smaller countries.

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

The European Correspondent shows us how different bodies define "Western Europe". Each image is displayed for 4 seconds.

[Mikhail Samin @Mihonarium]

Amazing story: the Czech government spent six years planning a series of dams.

A family of beavers constructed the dams for free, in 1-2 says, in the same locations that human picked, accomplishing the goals set by the Czech government and saving humans $1.2 million

[Vintage Maps @vintagemapstore]

Poland through the time laid on top of each other . Work of: Dutch_Sharkie

[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

This appears on my timeline just as I am in the middle of writing a chapter on the origins of the Lithuanians…

[Auraja ‡ @Twee_Papillon]

📰 Newly Discovered Mention of Lithuania in 451 AD😲

In 2025, the Vatican Apostolic Library uncovered a new mention of Lithuania, dated to 451. It appears in Paolo Minorita of Venice’s Satirica historia rerum gestarum mundi, a 14th-century manuscript.
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[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

France opened a flurry of nuclear power plants in the 1980s and 1990s, giving it low-carbon electricity ever since—

At the turn of the millennium, France had one of the lowest-carbon electricity grids in Europe (and the world).

While countries like the UK and Germany emitted well over 500 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour of electricity, France emitted just 80 grams — six times less. This was mostly thanks to nuclear power.

In the 1980s and 1990s, France rapidly expanded its power grid, and almost all of this growth came from new nuclear plants. The chart shows this: in the 1980s alone, nuclear power grew from 60 to over 300 terawatt-hours.

By 2000, nuclear power supplied almost 80% of the country’s electricity, making it much cleaner than its neighbors, mostly relying on coal and gas.

France still has one of the cleanest grids in Europe, although it has added very little nuclear power in the 21st century. It has opened just one plant in the last 25 years, in Flamanville, following long delays and cost overruns.

In the last decade, solar and wind power have grown the most.

(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie.)

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

American magazine Harper’s publishes “Who Goes Nazi?” by Dorothy Thompson, asking who would collaborate in a Fascist takeover of the USA. “It’s an amusing game. Try it at the next big party you go to."

[owen cyclops @owenbroadcast]

never recovered from seeing this worldmap a chinese guy named hao xiaoguang made in like 2002:

[Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹 @Lithuanian_MoD]

💪🏻 On this Statehood Day, we honor King Mindaugas’ legacy and celebrate the strength, unity, and resilience of our nation.

🇱🇹 Lithuania stands proud and free — firmly committed to defending its people and values.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The complexity of the human brain and its functions in a neat infographic map

[zoomable version: https://t.co/4KyqZPbJ23]

[Vytautas Jokubauskas 🇱🇹 🇪🇺 @vytejok]

Last month 🇱🇹 generated 80% of it‘s used ⚡️from renewables, mostly wind and solar. With a new windmill park on the Baltic coast to be developed, we‘re on track to be fully 100% green powered by 2030.

Energy prices now are the lowest it‘s been 5 years and it‘s extra funny

[Michael Bennet Enjoyer @BennetEnjoyer]

BREAKING: Cuomo has fled the NYC mainland following its fall to socialist Zohran Mamdani. Sources say he will establish a new govt on Staten Island with the goal of eventually reclaiming the entire city. Mamdani has promised to purge all remaining Cuomintang on the mainland.

[Second World War tweets from 1941 @RealTimeWWII]

London's Daily Mail newspaper cartoon on German invasion of USSR- Hitler declares: "Forgive me comrade, but it seemed such a good opportunity!"

[Oz Katerji @OzKaterji]

- Divert all resources away from developing Iran for decades to build a state prepared for total war.
- Commit atrocities in at least 4 different neighbouring states for decades in order to build a militia network capable of waging a total war.
- Immediately lose the total war.