I would not have expected this

They placed just as many sanctions on Russia as the rest of after the direct conflict with Ukraine began, so “Swiss neutrality” was already dead. Latest round in December of last year, in lockstep with

Hubris as high as the Zagros Mountains

“Rock” and “Roll”… Next you’re gonna tell me one of the authors is called Dr. Light.

But why Garlic bread of all things?

Can someone explain what the deal is with garlic bread, I don’t get it

From what I’ve seen in similar articles the people interviewed usually moved out from Tier-1 cities in 2020-'21, just before things like an overheated housing market and 996 started being addressed.

Imagine an army of blue-footed boobies

The only thing I want to know about Danish politics is what the logic is behind the single-letter abbreviations

The “MAGA ziofascist” CEO is also Larry Ellison’s son

Meanwhile the president is someone who endorsed Obama in 2008 and was chairman of the board that directs all the “Radio Free” propaganda outlets.

When you’re the fifth boss in Kirby’s Return to Dreamland:

I’m the opposite: I live in the Netherlands and am drawn to hilly/mountainous places

Um… kudos on adding alt text?

Hard to take the article seriously with that name

It’s possible that in the case both parents were sent away they also sent their kids along as to not separate them from their family, with the kids exempt from forced labour. From what I understand Gulag sites were more like forced labour villages than conventional prisons.

North Korean urban planning and architecture fascinates me as someone with a deep interest in urban planning. If I go there I wish I could study their guidelines and have discussions with planners.

The architecture feels almost cartoony with its designs and bright colours. This district feels modern but not sterile by being all white, glass and steel, I love it.

I do hope they extend a metro line to it, it badly needs it.

From Wikipedia, which cites Business Insider and the BBC:

As of May 2023, OnlyFans [claims] 3 million registered creators and 220 million registered consumers.

Here the “Prinsenvlag” doesn’t even have that progressive backstory, the Dutch “Republic” was basically a confederacy that got consolidated into an elected-but-in-fact-hereditary head of state from the House of Orange-Nassau. It’s the flag of the “Dutch Golden Age” when Dutch imperialism was at its peak.

Wait, his actual name is “Kim Dotcom”? You’re telling me a Mega Man Star Force mafia boss named “Rich Dotcom” is halfway there to being real!?