elbows up: Trump threatens to impose a fifty percent tariff on a range of Canadian export, claiming that the country discriminates against American dairy products, alcohol and automobiles
ashurbanipal: massive stele discovered by the Sun Gate of Nineveh in Mosul
no mutation without representation: the 1974 manuscript, The Periodic Table of Energy, authored by Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson during their unfortunate incarceration inside Vacaville Prison—via Boing Boing
the old man and the strait: with apologies to Ernst Hemingway on his birthday
calves and calves nots: guides’ exodus over global warming tourism
fungus among us: mapping the underground of rhizomal networks—see also here and here
ziwiye horde: actor Zendaya, in the role of Athena, sharply criticised for wearing three-millennia old Assyrian earrings to an event promoting Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey—see previously
fellow travellers: US department of state continues Red Scare on left politicians as Cuban agents
synchronoptica
one year ago: Trump’s push to bring back the Redskins (with synchronoptica) plus Appetite for Destruction (1987)
two years ago: an entrepรดt on the Seine, assorted links worth revisiting, more from Marshall McLuhan plus Joe Biden steps down as the Democratic presidential nominee
three years ago: more links to enjoy
four years ago: a concert in Potsdamer Platz to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall plus meandering along the Spey
five years ago: a nuclear powered cruise ship, the Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) plus the outskirts of Gรถteborg
six years ago: the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World plus remote screaming into the void
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