One day, we’ll realise university rankings matter only to people hoping prestige is contagious.
The best university isn’t “the best”: it’s the one that gives you rich resources, sharp minds to grow with, and a clear path to a life you actually want; comparisons don’t matter.
This is the longest outage on @claudeai in recent memory, and our unstructured dependence on the platform is laid bare. Claude continues to label it a "partial" outage, while the rest of the world recognizes it is serious. What AI are you pivoting to, while you wait?
@BuyEnglishMade Windsurfing at Guincho.
The giant waves of Nazaré.
One of the world’s oldest borders.
Centuries of maritime resilience.
A global Portuguese-speaking community.
A culture of exploration, adaptation, and quiet endurance. (4/4)
@BuyEnglishMade Luís de Camões.
Fernando Pessoa.
José Saramago.
Sophia de Mello Breyner.
Eça de Queirós.
Fado.
Pastéis de nata.
Piri-piri cuisine.
Port & Madeira wines.
Azulejos.
Manueline architecture.
Sintra’s palaces.
The Douro Valley.
The Estoril Casino — inspiration for James Bond. (3/4)
“It is high time that we all stopped being tools and victims of totalitarian techniques—techniques that, if continued here unchecked, will surely end what we have come to cherish as the American way of life.”
- Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Back in the early days of commercial air travel, there were companies like Maddux airlines, Western airlines, and Transcontinental. I believe these three eventually merged an, for a good chunk of time, the result was glorious.
Your beloved White House, ladies & Gentlemen.
"Now treating the nation’s capital as his property, Trump appears to be leaning on his past role as a real estate developer as a solution in Iran remains elusive, inflation in the U.S. climbs, and his popularity drops." -HC Richardson