“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián

Chemistry cat meme with white cat cat with glasses and a bow tie. Of course He is risen. Helium is lighter than air

Happy Easter, #chemsky 🧪

Ihr habt ja auch kein Verbotsschild aufgestellt. Woher soll es dann wissen, dass es seins ist?

21/03/2026 – Everybody needs a chum from time to time 🦖

📷 – 20/03

#aberystwyth #ceredigion #canolbarthcymru #cymru #wales

The last days of #Manchester Docks

📸 Shirley Baker

Gerade den ultimativen Tipp zum reich werden gehört: „Du brauchst viel Geld und machst eine sichere Wette …“

Wissta Bescheid.

A man is standing indoors, holding a large, round, metallic plate with a radial pattern. He is wearing a black long-sleeve shirt and glasses. The background features a light-colored wall with a geometric design and a colorful abstract painting. There are wooden cabinets below, with a green vase and some decorative items on them. The lighting is soft, coming from a skylight above.

I confess.

The vinyl hype finally got me.

Rentenlücke schließen.

Und Sie so?

Information panel - The Roman Eifel Aqueduct The aqueduct from the Eifel region to Cologne is the largest ancient engineering structure north of the Alps. As one of the most popular archaeological monuments in the Rhineland, it can still be experienced in many ways along the Roman Aqueduct Trail. From the 1st to the 3rd centuries AD, the 95.4 km long aqueduct ensured the water supply of the Lower Germanic provincial capital Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Cologne) for at least 190 years. It replaced the foothill aqueducts that had existed since 30 AD and supplied the city daily with 20 million litres of the finest drinking water from the "Sötenich Limestone Basin" near Kall. The planning, route design, and construction are masterpieces of ancient engineering. Along its route, the aqueduct overcame an elevation difference of approximately 350 m as well as all natural obstacles. As a gravity sewer, its route was adapted to the terrain and featured a varying gradient between 0.1% and 4.5%..

Information panel Construction of the Aqueduct The so-called Roman aqueduct, constructed of solia stone and cast masonry, was lined internally with a sealing red water-repellent plaster. Its hydraulic properties were achieved through the addition of brick dust instead of volcanic ash, as used in other Roman aqueducts. A layer of blackish-gray wood ash, whose function was described by the Roman engineer Vitruvius in the 1st century AD, served to seal the finest hairline cracks. The largely accessible, U-shaped aqueduct was covered with a vault and featured inspection shafts that allowed access for cleaning, inspection, and repairs. Construction likely took less than five years, as work was carried out simultaneously on several sections.

Roman Eifel Aqueduct, Köln, Germany

This section, with sediment, was erected near the Cologne Roman city wall in 2020

Discovered 2016 in Hürth-Hermülheim, Rhein-Erft district.

At 95.4 km (c. 60 miles) it carried water to the city from the Eifel region.

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#RomanSiteSaturday

In Europe they‘ll get nowhere near the funding they need to continue this business model.

always loved this book

Beim ersten Mal den Plastikchip benutzen sparst du 1€. Beim zweiten Mal 2€. Beim dritten Mal … na, fällt der … Plastikchip?

"Denen, die für 530 Euro im Monat arbeiten, muss man doch mal die Frage stellen: Warum könnt ihr nicht auch für 2.000 Euro im Monat arbeiten?"

Gut möglich, dass Friedrich Merz nicht nur als der erfolgloseste, sondern auch als der dümmste Bundeskanzler aller Zeiten in die Geschichte eingehen wird.

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

Schneit‘s nicht?

Februar ist ja eigentlich auch nur November.

Allerdings mit Hoffnung auf Besserung.

Small Prophets is joyous, you should definitely fire up iPlayer and have a watch, you’ll thank me.

Tyneside morning, 1950, photo by Harry Morrison.

Noise cancelling, aber als Selbstverteidigung.

An e-bin lorry with the name ‘Sherlock Ohms’

I knew about the gritter names, but no one told me we have names for our electric bin lorries in Scotland.

Alte weiße Männer jonglieren überdimensionierte SUV durch Fußgängerzonen.

Oder auch: Freitagmittag vor dem Colombi-Hotel. #Freiburg

Hm. Dann liegt‘s wohl doch an der Erziehung.

Wenn sie mit Freund:in zusammen ziehen.

Wer hätte gedacht, dass sich die vollständige Abwesenheit von Regierungserfahrung als hinderlich für die Arbeit als Bundeskanzler erweisen würde.

😂

I wonder if this is an appropriate workspace conversation 😉

Perhaps he was both in different incarnations?

He probably used to be a knight in a former life. ☝️

That’s a hell of a lot of zeros 😉

It’s been on our bucket list for years but we never got around to it.

Can you recommend?

Teil eines gelben Kleintransporters mit einem Aufkleber mit Posthorn und dem Schriftzug „Boschd“.

Regionalisierungsbemühungen bei der Deutschen Post.